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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1960
Page
1
Tickets for the Inter-Faith Pro Charity football game in Houston on August 20 will be sold in Baytown this week at Paine Bros. and the Baytown Sun. The Houston Oilers host the Denver Broncos.
In Honolulu Nixon urged nondiscrimination as a national moral issue while stressing security and foreign policy. He argued time and experience decide the presidency and called for a restrained federal role when states or individuals can handle issues. A 3,000-strong crowd greeted him at Iolani Palace, making him the first candidate to campaign outside the continental US.
In Austin the jury handed Joseph Selby a life sentence for the fatal shooting of his wife in Houston. Prosecutors said he plotted the murder during a years long scheme and even suggested poison or a gun. Selby, 52, showed relief as the verdict came after 4 hours 40 minutes of deliberation. His defense said they will consider an appeal within 10 days.
Galveston tides for Friday show high water at 3 51 am and 1 12 pm with low water at 9 23 am and 3 49 pm.
Readable fragments spotlight everyday life in Baytown with names like Ivy Shepherd W. E. Warner Rex Curt Velma Ansley and Velma Ansley noted as Baytown’s only woman council member. A Houston paper highlights women in politics and other locals including postmaster M. L. Neel and Minister Paul Me in brief vignettes.
James John Durst 72, of 210 East Hunnicutt, a Bay town resident and retired carpenter, died at his home at 1 45 p.m. Wednesday. Funeral at 10 a.m. Friday at Earthman Chapel officiated by A M Dooley and Bob Floyd. Interment Cedar Crest Cemetery. Survived by widow Erin, a daughter Mrs J Dy More Madisonville, and two sons C Durst and BR H Durst Bey town.
U N Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold rushed his chief troubleshooter Dr Ralph J Bunche to Elisabethville Katanga amid Katanga Premier Moise Tshombe’s warning that UN forces will have to fight their way in The UN planned to dispatch units Saturday and a multiracial task force was alerted Fab Katanga mobilized all able bodied men to back Congo lese troops The aim is to keep Katanga from becoming a tool in Lumumba’s central government drive while Katanga seeks a federated Congo with retained revenue from uranium and copper mines The central Lumumba government denies UN acting as its agent and asserts a strong central state
SAN RAFAEL Calif AP Kids tree homes are tagged as dens of gambling drinking and smoking claims Sheriff Louis P Mountanos vows to tear them down He reports patrols in Marin County uncovering a site stocked with school items and another with adult magazines a wine bottle and gambling paraphernalia
Sen John F Kennedy and farm policy advisers meet Gov Herschel Loveless of Iowa and a Midwest group to discuss farm issues and criticism of Nixon. Kennedy calls agriculture the nation’s No 1 domestic problem and urges emergency farm legislation and action on crop surpluses.
Three missing Baytown youths Dale Jackson Ronnie Jackson and Mike Earl McCarthy were found safe at an aunt's house in Texas City after a 12 hour walking and hitchhiking spree that stretched across several jurisdictions. Police and sheriff departments from Harris and Galveston counties joined the search along Goose Creek and major roadways. The boys had left their home near West Texas Avenue shortly after 9 am to visit their ailing father in Texas City.
Rain in Baytown for July totaled 7.05 inches, above the long term average by 6.82 inches. The Baytown Refinery area recorded the heaviest one hour rainfall, with 1.99 inches above the usual noon July 1 reading. The month marked the most rainfall in 31 years, contributing to a yearly total near 7.13 inches through July 1 noon.
Intelligence officials refuse to discuss how a runaway North Korean fighter pilot landed in the south undetected. Fourteen persons believed drowned as a boat capsized in the Indus River near Rawalpindi, Pakistan. News item recounts worldwide political tension with Khrushchev and Eichmann. local crime details tied to multiple incidents across regions.
In a forest clash 75 miles north of Saigon three American hunters killed ten Communist guerrillas. A French operator accompanying them was killed, and the attackers were repelled with return fire. The Americans were not injured.
Federal judge Ben Connally ruled the Houston school district must desegregate starting with first grade next month and add one grade per year until full desegregation by 1972. He criticized the board’s plan to desegregate only three of 70 schools as a sham and subterfuge. The order allows transfers for reasonable training but prohibits race as a factor in placement.
Humble Oil and Refining Co. will begin placing its name on service station facades in 33 states starting mid August, expanding to 38 states with completion. The Esso Standard Carter and Oklahoma Pate Divisions will carry the Humble brand while the familiar happy oil drop symbol and slogan remain in use.
NATO's Lauris Norstad told President Eisenhower at the White House that Western forces in Europe could be augmented by substantial reserve manpower if the Soviet Union attacked Berlin. He said NATO deterrence is highly effective and would grow stronger, noting that a full Allied response would involve all Western forces, not only NATO troops in Europe.
Tennessee voters head to polls in a Democratic Senate primary largely split over civil rights. Estes Kefauver defends a two year record while challenger Judge Andrew Taylor attacks civil rights support. East Tennessee base backs Kefauver, West Tennessee hugs segregation opponents as turnout nears a record. Election results expected after first polls close.
Washington lawmakers debated boosting farmers' income with a proposed one billion dollar add on top of defense spending. The session could push a four point emergency program though civil rights proposals not to be rushed. Key figures included Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson allies and Republican lawmakers signaling potential quick action.
Baytown school system will begin a special education expansion in September. Programs start at age three and extend through all grades, linking to five regional schools. Officials cited cooperation with Horace Mane Junior High and Conley district leaders as they seek broader legislative support.
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