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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1964
Page
1
Story Hour will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Sterling Municipal Library auditorium. Children five to ten years old are invited to attend the event.
Caroline Salley Oliphint, 73, longtime Highlands Elementary sixth grade teacher, died Sunday at Houston hospital after a career at Highlands starting in 1937 and retirement in 1958. Native of Brenham, she lived in Fusion six months, taught earlier at Crosby, moved to Huntsville after retirement. Funeral at Huntsville Funeral Home chapel with Oakwood Cemetery interment. Survivors include daughters T C Reed Houston, Warren Wilhotte Austin, Thomas Q Adams Huntsville. son Dryden Prentice Austin. sisters Mrs Russell Leonard Decatur Ga and Mrs Frank Haver Monroe La.
Partly cloudy and warm with widely scattered daytime thundershowers. Temperature highs expected Monday and Tuesday. Galveston tides on Tuesday will be high at 2 a.m. and low at 7:27 p.m.
TIMOTHY PRATER, son of Mr and Mrs H D Prater, 1812 Amelia, to be admitted today to Memorial Baptist Hospital of the Southwest in Bellaire for eye surgery. Mrs Cecil Morse of Baytown returns home from Anchorage Alaska after visiting her brother. Janelle Marks of New Orleans visits her cousin Alice Antonini in Baytown. Sgt Ron Nussbaum brings Army news. H H Rosser works on new home. Charlie Ramsey family returns from vacation. Eugene Scott recalls three years at The Sun. AME Sparky Bond lost his glasses in a light tan case. Dub Ward vacationing from Fairview New Mexico and plans to return to Baytown. Deacon Jones answers a call for help on a hot Sunday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs J S Shepard of Baytown were seriously hurt nine miles west of Carthage on State Highway 315 in Panola County. Both treated at Panola County General Hospital. no charges filed. Shepard has facial and abdominal injuries while Mrs Shepard suffers multiple rib fractures and a fractured vertebrae. Son Jimmy, a Baytown Sun employee, rushed to the hospital.
A special meeting of the school joint has been called for Monday night for trustees to consider bids on repair of building foundations at Lamar Elementary School Cedar Bayou Junior High and Lee College. Also on the agenda is consideration of bids for electrical work at Anson Jones Elementary. Resignations and election of teachers.
Sharon D. Stuart, 21, of 3 Hines, was injured in a car truck collision at the North Pruett and Williams Street intersection. She suffered a forehead laceration and possible back injury and was taken to Gulf Coast Hospital. Roger E. Stuart, her husband, was the car’s driver. The dump truck, traveling south on Pruett, struck the car as it came from Williams. Frey of Channelview, the truck driver, received a ticket for running a red light at the intersection.
Baytown police reported a busy weekend with investigations into thefts prowlers and auto accidents. One man jailed for disturbing the peace and another for interfering with an officer, while a woman attempted suicide with sleeping pills.
Nimbus A, built by GE at Valley Forge, may launch from Vandenberg as early as August to upgrade weather sensing. It will carry high resolution infrared radiometers and earthward cameras in a near polar orbit for near daily global coverage, delivering about five times the detail of Tiros. The project, four years in development, costs up to 140 million dollars and faces delays.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Earthman Chapel for Tredell Deval Cowan of Baytown who died Sunday in a Baytown hospital. Burial will follow at Forest Park Cemetery in Houston with Cedar Bayou Masonic Lodge conducting graveside rites. Cowan, a World War I veteran, retired from Humble Oil and Refining Co.’s Baytown Refinery after 33 years in the process department. He belonged to St John’s Methodist Church Cedar Bayou Masonic Lodge and Arabia Temple. Survivors include his widow Sue Cowan, a daughter Dorothy Millikan, a son Roy Cowan, two sisters A. E. Archer and S. W. McMillin, a brother J. Ben Cowan, two grandchildren Edwin and Mike Cowan, and an uncle George McKinstry.
Two Houston men lost their lives in separate drownings near San Jacinto River and Lake Houston. T C Gaston 20 of Houston was recovered by Wooster Corps divers about 5:15 p.m. near the San Jacinto River Bridge east bank after Crabbing with Samuel and Asa Johnson. Johnny Stephenson 24 of Houston remained missing Monday after going overboard while water skiing at Lake Duessen Park about 12 miles northwest of the area. Deputies said he vanished after two companions jumped in to help.
Disjointed report cites unnamed officials in New York where discussions touched on freedom and criminality while noting bank stock gifts, labor protests, and regional tensions. Mentions of union talks in Houston Galveston and New Jersey arrests appear amid scattered references to public mobilization and a looming campaign.
Six top Gusténuian postal officers arrive in Houston from a four city tour to observe U S postal operations. They will tour the Baytown system on Wednesday August 22 led by Baytown postmaster Neal.
Three year old Tina Carolyn Baggett of Highlands suffered second degree burns to arms and legs when gasoline spilled and ignited in a yard shed around 2 20 pm Sunday. She was reported in good condition Monday at GUIE Coast Hospital. Her grandmother also burned lightly. the incident likely started from a water heater pilot light.
President Johnson announces heightened U S naval presence in the Tonkin Gulf after the Maddox attack by three North Vietnamese PT boats. He orders destroyers to destroy any attacking force, adds a combat air group, and states patrols will continue to deter aggression in international waters.
The four Quick children split between Baytown grandparents and Beirut parents. Debbie 14 Jan 13 Richani 9 Danny, born in Beirut, are bilingual and traveled widely. Jan and Debbie study at Bayou Junior High, with plans to join parents in Beirut this summer. Their US citizenship offers pride as they await January 1963 reunion and a Saudi Arabia posting for Mr. Quick.
Graveside services were held at Memory Gardens for Kelly Ann Walters four days old daughter of Mr and Mrs D W Walters of Baytown. The Rev Bruce Talarp officiated at the service under Barthiman Funeral Home direction. Survivors include parents three sisters and grandparents from Baytown and Alameda California.
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