Baytown Events and Local Notices Roundup
Baytown police say 19-year-old Marshall E Rushing Jr of 1300 Morris was not arrested in a Pasadena car theft case after a voluntary statement. Craigmont community picnic set for Saturday at Camp Reber with a 5 PM meal. Baytown Little Theater tickets on sale Aug 14 for Biography. Blue Jean Dance at Quack Shack with 3 PM start and door cards. Miss Leona Dawson sister of QO H Dawson dies in Louisiana. Edythe Musick attends American School Food Service Association convention in Denver. Pastor Gordon A Peterson of Channelview Grace Lutheran recovers and will lead Sunday services. Holloway family reunion to be held at Rosemond Park pavilion with entertainment Saturday night and dinner Sunday.
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Baytown
Marshall E. Rushing, Jr
1300
Morris
Pasadena
Rushing
Weekend Weather: Scattered Showers and Warm Skies
The forecast calls for scattered showers with warm temperatures and partly cloudy skies through Saturday. Galveston tides indicate highs around 1:50 am and 0:13 am, with low tides at 7:52 am and 6:36 p.m.
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Galveston
Hijackers Seize Jet In El Paso Border Chaos
A father and son hijacked a Continental Airlines Boeing 707 at El Paso Texas triggering a congressional hearing and swift chase. Border Patrol shot tires to stop the plane as FBI agents boarded and hostages left except one deputy. Gilman knocked the hijacker, while Bearden was captured. Khrushchev’s note and Cuban protest added to the tense scene.
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EL Paso
Tex
Congress
U.S. Border Patrol
Leon Bearden
Cody Bearden
Lo & Federal Grand Jury
Kennedy
Border
Continental Airlines
Havana
Cuba
Bearden
FBI
Leonard Gilman
Gilman
Border Patrol
Long Beach
Calif
J. Edgar Hoover
Fidel Castro
U.N. Security Council
Council
U. S
Airlines Get OK To Carry Armed Crew
Washington AP The Federal Aviation Agency authorized commercial airline crews to carry guns to prevent any man hijackings. The move allows licensed crew members to bear firearms in flight to deter hijacking attempts.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Agency
Americus Air
el Paso
Tex
Schulze to Return From Germany August Fourteen
Mary M Schulze, daughter of Mr and Mrs Nolan Schulze of 102 Williams Street, is due home around August 14 after spending two months in Germany with The Experiment in International Living. Lawrence brothers of Swindon England depart Saturday after a month with Mrs L V Hyvilhold of 428 Scarlets Bay Town.
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Mary M. Schulze
Nolan Schulze
Williams Street
Germany
Boh Lawerence
William Lawrence
Swindon
Wilts
England
L. V. Hyvilhold
Scarlets
Baytown
Harry Mullins
George Scott
Lindberg
Edna Stokely
Wright
Sheri Bsnn Poignee
Brite
Baytown weighs hiring expert to study industrial site benefits
Baytown City Council and chamber officials endorsed a plan to hire an economic geographer to study industrial location advantages over six months at about 15000 dollars. The report would detail cost comparisons, assets, and which industries could locate in Baytown, aiding tax base growth and development.
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Baytown
Chamber of Commerce
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Robert L
Bob) Gillette
Gul Coast
James M
Jim) Bryan
la Porte
Gillette
Senate votes to send tax bill to conference committee
The Texas Senate approved 26 4 to grant a House tax bill conference, with senators Lane Weinert Parkhouse Hardeman and Owen opposing the compromise. Preston Smith predicted passage of a law before the deadline while Oliver pressed for a public stance from Daniel and Turman. Within Britain, Macmillan won parliamentary support for talks on joining the European Market. In Switzerland a diver found bodies of 15 American tourists in a submerged bus in Lake Lucerne. Texas Governor Daniel and officials discussed preventing violence at Gatesville school, and a Discoverer XXVIII launch failed to reach orbit. San Jacinto Memorial Hospital’s tax assessment was cut in half by the Baytown board, with the hospital appealing for equalization of personal property value. The board will hear protests on other property assessments and will remain in session until 5 pm Saturday.
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Moscow
United States
Dirksen
Plata
Betasked Congress
Cuba
Ling
Carroll
Havana
John C. Carroll
Oe Washington
Senate Aviation Sub
Mos
Ger
Britain
France
West Germany
Khrushchev
el Paso
Tex
Ilmen
East Germany
Fidel Castro
Cel
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate
West Berlin
Russia
West Ger
Ter
Tors
House
Wigppish
R. A.weinert
George Parkhouse
Dorsey Hardeman
Frank Owen
Hardeman
Lane
Bruce Reagan
Jep Fuller
Tom Creighton
Preston Smith
Lubbock
Austin
Price Daniel
Ben Ramsey
W. T. Oliver
Port Neches
Daniel
James Turman
Turman
Oliver
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Baytown
Joe Reid
Hospital Board of Trustees
Burton Battle
Reid
Equalization Board
S. Bardin
Bob Smith Road
C. MN. Cook
Airhart Drive
City Building and Inspection Department
J. W. Milner
S. Main
Main
Fayle
Lee Drive
Milner
Tax Department
WJU
City Budget Plan For 1961-62 To Be Presented Next Week
City Manager J B Ledrevte has prepared a proposed budget for the 1961-62 fiscal year. It will be shown to the city council early next week for study with copies to be available by Monday or Tuesday. The council will decide how to proceed with the review.
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J.B. Ledrevte
LeMevre
Itinerant salesman and son hijack jet to Cuba
In Coolidge Arizona a 38 year old salesman Leon Bearden and his 16 year old son Cody allegedly hijacked a Continental Airlines Boeing 707 with 65 passengers and six crew aboard. They planned to fly to Cuba, shocking family and friends while authorities pursued the case in El Paso Texas. Leonard W. Gilman later described subduing two gunmen who hijacked the jet, with one surrendering as the other attempted to resist.
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Coolidge, Ariz
Cuba
Concensus of
Arizona
Leon Bearden
Cody
el Paso
Tex
Continental Airlines
Leonard W. Gilman
Gilman
Shotgun Riders on Jets? Old West Theme in Air Security Debate
AP reports a possible return of armed crew on jets as a last resort amid hijack fears. Airlines study FAA authorization while pilots and associations oppose arming, and CCTV surveys face mixed support. Airlines cite passenger anxiety and unclear policy as reasons for cautious steps.
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Associated Press
Sears Baytown expands with 5304 square foot wing
Baytown Sears Roebuck and Co. undertakes a westward expansion adding a 5304 square foot wing, extending toward Hemphill Street on Texas Avenue with rear parking. The project doubles service area to eight bays, enlarges mechanical repair shops by 1607 square feet, and remodels the garden shop. manager Charles Tillery notes more details on page 2.
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Baytown Sears Roebuck and Co
Revert
Hemphitl Street
Texas Avenue
Abstate Arte Center
Sone
Charles Tillery
Sear
AFL-CIO Meet Ends In Muddle In Galveston
In Galveston the South Texas AFL-CIO convention dissolved in turmoil over a two cent per capita membership tax increase. Opponents accused President H S Hank Brown of procedural violations delaying a roll call. After heated debate, the two cent boost was adopted 331 to 189 by delegates present amid threats of walkouts and lingering power-struggle tensions.
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Galveston
Sth
Texas
H. S. Hank Brown
Brown
Fred Schmidt
Constitution Committee
Wold
Senate Approves Peacetime Defense Spending Boost
The Senate approved a peacetime defense bill totaling 46.84 percent of a 282,000,000 budget, including President Kennedy's request for nearly 3.5 billion to expand and equip conventional forces. It also allocates about a billion for continued production and development of weapons and reserve forces, sending the bill back to the House for further consideration.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
House
Rusk Arrives in Paris for Berlin Talks Planning
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk lands in Paris to lay groundwork for talks with Soviet Union on West Berlin and Germany. He will confer with British and French ministers, saying Western Allied forces operate under postwar accords guiding Berlin and East German withdrawal.
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Paris
U.S
Dean Rusk
West Berlin
Germany
Rusk
Berlin
Fle Pointe Wir
Berle
East Germany
Esat
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Quack Shack
Leona Dawson
QO. H. Dawson
Haynesville
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Schumpert Hospital
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C. W. Farr
Edythe Musick
Denve
House of Delegates
Gordon. A. Peterson
Channelview
Grace Lutherary Church
Arecent
Holloway
Rosemond Park Pavilion
Tou
Jit
Mexico
Anee Myennis
Najeeh E.sree
American Airlines
Clarence N. Sayen
Airline Pilots Association
James A
Jim) Anderson
Humble of and Refining Co
Hugh Echols Jr
Citizens National Bank and Trust Co
Ned Bishop
Anderson
1Éth
Janet Quinn
Gibraltar
London
Harold Macmillan
Lake Lucerne
Switerland
Gatesville School
Panhandle
South Pacific Ocean
Polar
Vandering Air Force Base
Ocean
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