Local events and notices mix with theft report and rocket news
Pie sale to fund SNEA convention participation at Lee College and Sunshine Center drive in. cash missing from shopper at Weingartens. ice cream supper at St. Pauls Methodist. Baytown area nursing tests and job notices. Lt Robert Kingrey on Blue Scout Jr. rocket team. Knights Templar to confer Temple on five candidates in Channelview with dinner and meeting.
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St. Paul's Methodist Church
Lakewood
H. S. Gore
Dyer
Lee College
John Guempie
Robert R. Kingrey
Lilian Jane Pratt
Baytown
Air Force
Cape Canaveral
Kingrey
Oscar C. Pratt
Knights Templar
Kenedy’ Commandry No
Order of the “Temple
Channelview
Norman D'Olive
Baytown Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Movements
Around Town notes Gulf Coast Hospital patient publicizing a Sunday church dedication photo request. New police chief Robert L. Fordhe hosts a get acquainted session with the city council. Residents, visitors, and travelers include R L Parker recuperating at home, Sutphin back at The Sun desk, Rev Edwin Summers dropping by, and Hargis family plans for Bandera and California trips with grandparents. L V Powell travels from La Grange for family visits.
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R. L. Parker
Gulf Coast Hospital
Richardson Lane
Willie Moreno
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
Bobby Sutphin
Sun
Robert L. Fordhe
Bay
L. V. Powell
la Grange
George Guerard
Ben Wilson
July Hottest For Month Since 1957 In Texas
The Associated Press reports July tied or exceeded records across Texas with 100 degree readings in all regions. San Angelo logged 21 straight days above 100, drought lingered in many areas, and Waco saw its driest July since 1939. Skies stayed mostly clear with a few morning showers near the Pecos River and along the Texas coast.
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Associated Press
Texas
Weather Bureau
San Angelo
Waco
Pecos River
Wink
Big Bend
Baytown Chamber surveys jobs for Negroes opportunities group
Baytown officials and chamber members announce a survey to determine job opportunities for Negro citizens. The form asks about types of jobs, starting salaries, and number of positions available, with Councilwoman Velma Ansley and Jack Strickler leading the effort for the community.
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Baytown Chamber of
Strickler
Trade Charges Red Chinese Soviets Fame TOKYO
AP dispatch reports Beijing and Moscow trading harsh labels amid the nuclear test ban treaty dispute. The Peking People's Daily denounces U.S. imperialism and calls Khrushchev a capitulator while Liao Chengchih accuses peaceful coexistence talks of imperialist manipulation.
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Tokyo
China
U.S
Moscow
Chou En-lai
Revo
Albania
Peking
Khrushchev
United States
Britain
Peking People's Daily
Chinese Communist Party
Soviet Union
People’s Daily
Liao Chengchih
China Peace Committee
Liao
Chou
B. Leibzon
Izveska
Underground Test Plans May Hasten N Ban OK
President Kennedy said the United States will continue underground weapons tests, a move that could ease Senate doubts about ratifying the limited nuclear test ban. Senator Henry M Jackson and Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said underground testing might provide the assurances and progress needed to back the treaty.
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Washington
Kennedy
United States
Senate
Soviet Union
Britain
Sen
Henry BM. Jackson
D J Wash
Jackson
House Atomic Energy Subcommittee
Mike Aransfield
Montana
Trinity River navigation project OK’d by Texas Water Commission
The Texas Water Commission unanimously approved the $900 million Trinity River navigation project as feasible and in the public interest. Findings go to Gov. Connally and then Washington. the plan would open the river for barge traffic 370 miles to Fort Worth and ranks as the state’s costliest project. The panel backed delaying a $55 million pipeline from Tennessee Colony to Ben Brook until further cost studies.
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Tennessee Colony
Ben Brook
Zerwekh Named Head of New Standard Oil Division
Charles E. Zerwekh Jr former head of Humble Oil Baytown Refinery technical information section has been named manager of Standard Oil Co new records management division. He will move with his wife and children to Summit New Jersey in August. He holds a chemistry degree from the University of Houston and has chaired and lectured in numerous library and science associations.
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Charles E. Zerwekh Jr
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
New Records Management
Standard Oil Co
Zerwekh
Kim
Jay
Zoe
Summit
Ords
State of New
Southeastern Texas
ACS
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Texas Academy of Science
Texas Library Association
Advisory Council of
Special Libraries Association
John Cotton Dana
University of Texas Graduate School of Library Science
Dana
Zerwekch
Robert F. Lee High School
Houston Library Club
Baytown Rotary Club
Humble Employes Baxtown Credit Union
Friends of Sterling Municipal Library
Trinity Episcopal Church
Summer School Pupils End Studies at Bertown and Baytown
Baytown district reports 239 students took driver training this summer with two sessions in August. Bertown junior high and Bowie Elementary hosted remedial and credit-earning classes while Robert E. Lee High School saw 423 elementary students and 75 in other subjects. Lee College enrolled 492 for the second session after 693 in the first.
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Bertown
Baytown
Robert E. Lee High School
Bowie Ele
Engmentary
Dan Stallworth
Stallworth
Lee College
The
NASA Budget Cut Sparks Clash Over Clear Lake Site
The House approved 5.2 billion for NASA this year, 509 million below the request, after another 35 million cut. Rep. H R Cross accused Rep. Olin Teague of skulduggery over site selection for the Manned Spacecraft Center at Clear Lake, Texas, amid decades of lobbying by local leaders and politicians.
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Washington
House
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Texas
Iowa
Clear Lake
NASA
Manned Spacecraft Center
Science and Astronautics Committee
H. R. Cross
Olin Teague
Cross
Albert Thomas
Houston
Lyndon Johnson
Harris County
Gross
Hugh L. Dryden
Eltington Air
Tillery Heads Baytown United Fund Drive for 1964 Budget
Charles Tillery will chair the United Fund campaign starting September 30 in Baytown with a goal of 192 908 for 1964. The budget committee cut the original 193 426 due to declines in national and county budgets. Last year’s goal was 192 158 and 36 Red Feather agencies will benefit from United Fund dollars including Thrift Exchange Baytown Opportunity School and Workshop Crippled Children Treatment Center Boy Scouts and American Red Cross.
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Charles Tillery
United Fund
Baytown
Tillery
Red Feather
Tilery
Baytown Sears
Tom Farmer
Community Chest
Baytown Red Feather
Thrift Exchange
Baytown Opportunity School
Crippled Children Treatment Center
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Baytown Health League
Community Chest Administration
American Red Cross
Young Men’s Christian Association
Raylonians
Space spending passes House amid slim protest vote
The House approved 2 billion dollars for space exploration this year in a 334 to 57 roll call. Employment rose to 70.9 million in July, up 600,000 from June. Secretary Korth accuses some Republicans of politicizing the TEX contract controversy during ongoing debates. A UAR rocket display on July 23 is reported with a 625 mile range.
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House
Secretary of Navy
Fred Korth
Congress
Tim
Vietnamese guerrilla headquar ters overrun in Camau clash
Our World Today reports Vietnamese forces clash with guerrillas in southern Camau, killing 31 after engaging a Communist platoon. A government spokesman says Kennedy’s order banning racial discrimination in federally aided housing has not hurt homebuilding. Nixon arrives in London with his family from Paris.
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Camau
Communista
Kennnedy
Richard M. Nixon
London
Paris
Purchase Of Voting Machines Delayed In Harris County
Harris County Commissioners Court delayed buying voting machines, considering cheaper options and a legal opinion on authority to switch makes. The court also approved 61,861 for stadium changes, including kitchen relocation, new restroom, and larger rooms, plus related contract adjustments.
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C. V
Buster) Kern
R. E
Bob) Turrentine
Richard P. Doss
J. D. Farragut
County Health Department
Ex-County Commissioner Fred Herrington Dies at 75
Funeral services set for 1 3 pm Sunday in Hattiesburg Miss for Fred Herrington 75 a former Precinct 2 commissioner Baytown resident since 1924 who died Thursday at St Josephs Hospital Houston from a heart attack Retired contractor Herrington served 1930 32 He lived at 3802 Barko Road Survived by three sons five daughters including E B Herrington J W Herrington Delno Harrington and several grandchildren Wife preceded him in death Funeral arrangements were finalized with Houston shipper and Hattiesburg funeral home references to his business in Texas and Ashbel from 1926 to 1943 and retirement in 1946 after auto injuries
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Hattiesburg
Fred Herrington
Precinct 2
Baytown
Herrington
St. Joseph's Hospital
Houston
Wothers
Lee Herrington
Bayown
Olan Herrington
Ausan
Clarence Copeland
Hattiesbore
Hede Shaws
Barka Oo Road
Hulett
Jernnsion
Priett
Texas
Ashbel
E. B. Herrington
Bartown
J. W. Her|rington
Salt Lake City
Utah
Delno Harrington
Orange
Leo Hagerman
al Saddier
Sulphur
Herschel
Shat Ues
July Rainfall Recorded at Baytown Weather Center
Rainfall for July totaled 3.35 inches at Baytown gauges, below the long term average. The month included several rainy days and a peak hour rainfall of 1.60 inches, with total rainfall for the year running 139 inches and July marking a below average period per Humble Oil and Refining Co. measurements.
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Durinches
UN Yponts
Humble Oi and Refining Co.s
Baytown Research Center
Baytown Baytown
Huminches
Ne Research
Mail Ballots On Wage Vote At Baytown Union
Gulf Coast Industrial Workers Union members will vote by mail next week on Humble Oil and Refining Co Baytown Refinery wage offer and on union officer elections. L E Kirkley says ballots mailed Thursday August 5 will be counted August 15 and include two ballots in one envelope. The vote uses a preferential ballot with 12 34 choices and requires reading instructions first. If accepted, wage increases and back pay adjustments affect various hourly grades and $20 monthly tool allowances.
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Gulf Coast Industrial Workers Union
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
L. E.kirkley
Sai
Kirkley
Think
Jasifresses
Sim
FI. M. Campbell
C. H. Hargrove
RL . Huntley
R. B. Kilough
L. B. Traverse
Kenny Roberts
J.B. Shoemaker
Rusk Heads to Moscow to Sign Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Secretary of State Dean Rusk leaves for Moscow to sign the nuclear test ban treaty with Soviet and British officials. Averell Harriman and six senators accompany him for three to four days of talks, outlining East West understanding and space policy, with Khrushchev expected to meet Rusk early in the talks. The participants include four Democratic senators and two Republican aides, plus Lord Home joining in discussions at the Kremlin St Catherine Hall.
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Washington
Dean Rusk Jeaves A
Jas
Moscow
Averell Harriman
Lord Hailfurther
Cham
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Rusk
W. Fulbricht
Arkansas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John C. Pastore
Rhode Island
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Leverlett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Armed Services Committee
George JD. Aiken
Vermont
Foreign Relations
Stephen Ward remains critically ill as condition unchanged
London AP reports Stephen Ward clinging to life with no improvement over 32 hours at St. Stephen's Hospital. The patient remained unconscious and a hospital spokesman confirmed no change in his condition since 10 o'clock last night while his latest girlfriend vowed to seek vengeance if he dies.
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London
Stephen Ward
St. Stephen's Hospital
Ward
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