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Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1964

Page

2

Ranger 7 photos hint Moon landings need few changes

Rangers 7 close up lunar photos released by a panel of scientists show the moon’s seas are dotted with craters and a thin dust layer. They say a large crewed spacecraft might land with minimal redesigns and note areas with few large craters could be suitable for landing.

Ranger U.S. Moon Ralph Dighton Treas Sclenow Pasadena Calif Ranger 7 William I. Pickering Jet Propulsion Laboratory Kuiper Copernicus Eugene Shoemake Gological Song Flagese Ariz Fueture Shoemaker Shawna Cane Kennedy Moon Russia Lunik Tif

Channelview man dies day of retirement

Clarence Columbus Pursnell, 62, of Route 1 Channelview, died of a heart attack at 10 50 p.m. Friday in Tide lands Hospital. He retired that day from Diamond Alkali Co after 13 years as a custodian. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Monday at Memorial Baptist Church Channelview with Rev. John Heaton officiating. Burial at San Jacinto Memorial Park Cemetery. He was a Channelview resident 18 years born in Montgomery County. Survived by widow Annie Mae Purswell a daughter Merrill Jenkins three sons Cecil Jimie Allen Ozell Purswell mother Mrs Missouri Purswell four brothers W F Oscar Elmer Walter Purswell all of Channelview two sisters Mrs Stanley Mizell Cleveland Tex Earsel Coker of Ni.

Clarence Columbus Pursnell Channelview Tidelands Hospital Diamond Alkali Co Pam Memorial Baptist Church John Heaton San Jacinto Memorial Park Paul A. Lee Pursnell Montgomery County Annie Mae Purswell Merrill Jenkins Cecil Jimie Allen Ozell Purswell Missour, Purswell W. F Oscar Elmer Walter Purswell Stanley Mizell Cleveland Tex Earsel Coker Purswell Clarence Columbus Purswell Charmelview Diamond Alk.all Co San Jaclnn Memorial Park Paul A. Bee Oil Stanley Ille Nederland Palibaoers Kenneth Coker Jerry Hamilton Glenna Purswell Rayford Mizell Judy Coburn Ronnie Hamilton

Glass Floats Drift Over Ocean To Matagorda Isle

Rocksport AP reports Gulf of Mexico yields a modest treasure as Warren Kane finds nine long voyage glass balls on Matagorda Island near Cedar Bayou. Nets balls range grapefruit to 28 inches. colors blue green gold amber white. Some bears marks from Belgium Russia Britain. drifted by currents. Float finds noted by Mrs. J R Houser Sr and others along Washington Beach.

Rockport Gulf of Mexico Matagorda Island Cedar Bayou Warren Kane Kane Christopher Faye Belgium Russia

Johnsons stance on nomination and future plans outlined

The passage notes that Johnson rejects any nomination bid, will not pursue a convention stampede, and intends to stay as attorney general through the election and possibly into a Johnson administration. He remains keen on foreign affairs in South and Central America and Africa and may accept a related post. He will attend the Atlantic City Democratic convention as part of Massachusetts delegation.

Johnson South Central America Africa Atlantic City Massachusetts

National Commission on Food Marketing Formed

President Johnson appoints Judge Marvin J Jones as chairman of a new 35 member National Commission on Food Marketing to study production and marketing costs over a year. Rep Graham Purcell of Texas and other U S lawmakers join, aiming to clarify why farm prices and consumer grocery costs diverge. The panel will hire 1.5 million dollars for hearings and expert testimony.

Washington Ntional Commission On Foodketing Marvin J Jones U.S. Court of Claims Johnson Congress Texas” Panhandle Jones House, Agriculture Committee Franklin BD. Roosevelt National Committee On Food Marketing Texas Jude Jones Fie Graham Purcell Wichita Falls House Agriculture Committee Lubbock Amarillo Atlantic City W. R Bob Poage Purcell Texas A&m Baylor

Baytown Man Recovers From Slight Arm Burn After Fire

J R Hughey of 6400 Bayway Drive woke to smoke at 3 a.m. and again at 5 30 a.m. when flames engulfed his bed and mattress. Fire Marshal W H Taylor said the blaze damaged furniture and clothes but Hughey suffered only a slight arm burn as baytown firefighters extinguished the fire in minutes.

J. R. Hughey Bayway Drive Amell Taylor Hughey Baytown

White Migrants Struggle With Big City Life

Chicago migrants from the Southern Appalachians face poverty, exploitation, and housing turmoil in Uptown. Dewey W. Wood notes rents of 27 to 35 dollars weekly for crowded apartments, while higher living costs offset wages. Many drift between northward opportunities and home regions, seeking stability yet facing eviction and hardship.

Mark Harris Chicago Johnson Uptown Dewey W. Wood The Council of the Southern Mountains Dewey Wool North West Virginia Kentucky Tennessee Wood

Mother Tries in Vain to Save Her Children

A Baltimore mother, Norma Jean Clark, 31, tried to reach five children trapped on the third floor as a fire swept their home on Thursday. Cassandra Jane Clark 7 Beverly 6 Duane 5 Reginald 4 and Fannie 3 were found dead in a corner. Veronica 11/2 escaped on the first floor. Flood Jr 12 was not at home when the blaze started.

Baltimore Thurday Casandra Jane Clark Beverly Duane Reginald Fannie Norma Jean-Clark Veronica Flood Jr

Cedar Bayou Junior High Band Resumes Practice

Cedar Bayou Junior High band will resume practice at 7 30 a m Monday August 3 announces Director Douglas Wallace. Students will follow the same schedule as before.

Cedar Bayou Douglas Wallace

William Harvey Proved Heart as a Blood-Pumping Engine

English physician William Harvey demonstrated that the heart acts as a pumping organ driving blood circulation throughout the body. His work challenged Galenic ideas and laid the foundation for modern cardiovascular physiology.

William Harvey

City facing widening needs on Cedar Bayou Road and others

City official Lanham outlined urgent street and utility improvements across Baytown including Cedar Bayou Road narrow sections and a railroad crossing upgrade. Budgeted 244000 for street work this year. water lines, hydrants, parks, and lighting projects totaling over 1.5 million are planned.

Bayshore Missouri Texas Avenue Price Goose Creek Sterling Deckers Cedar Bayou Road Mainton Point Cedar Bayou Junior High Lanham Cedar Bayou Cedar Bayou Road McKinney Singleton Roads Massey - Tompkins Ferry Roads McElroy Park Roseland Park Milner Park Humble Street Baytown Houston Lighting and Power Co General Fund Houston Ilighting and Power Co Texas East Texas Avenue Chambers County West Texas Avenue Downtown Perry Britton Chamber W. J Bill) Strickler Gil Seeker Penney Jack Huron Steele’ McDonald Becky Lyon Lynelle Jeffcoat

Space payload mastership praised by European leaders

Photos from page show Augste Collier of the French Academy of Science affirming the new American capability to thrust a heavy payload into space and guide it to a target. West German Chancellor Erhard telephones President Johnson praising the achievement. Communist radio services in Czechoslovakia and Hungary quote space expert Enroe Nagy, lauding the feat.

Sai Auguste Collier French Academy of Science Ludwig Erhard West Germany Johnson Budapest Enroe Nagy

Funeral Notices for Sprayberry and Purswell

Funeral services are announced for John W Sprayberry 80 of 3317 Michigan at First Baptist Church with Rev. Cheek officiating. Burial in Memory Gardens under Earshven Funeral Home direction. Also, Clarence Columbus Purswell 62 of 16213 Highway 73 Charmelview died of a heart attack at Tidelands Hospital after retiring from Diamond Alk. Channelview Memorial Baptist Church to conduct Monday service, burial at San Jacinto Memorial Park under Paul A Bee Funeral Home. Survivors include widow, children, siblings, and grandchildren in Baytown LaGrange Channelview Nederland Cleveland and other areas.

Ray Berry John W. Sprayberry Michigan First Baptist Church Robert Cheek Memory Gardens Earshven Funeral Home Sprayberry Delle Spreyberry Baytown Johnie Wilson LaGrange Tommy Sprayberry Henry

Fragmented Introductory Chapter Criticized for Sociology Book

The passage mocks a university sociology text saying freshmen learned nothing from it. It notes the introductory chapter is filled with confusing telegraphic words and claims the poles and the cook conveyed ideas more effectively than the sociologists.

Veltturg Poles Cook

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