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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1962
Page
1
Absentee voting on the Bay town policemen pay raise begins Monday at City Hall and continues through August 21. Mrs. Enda Oliver, city clerk, reports hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Absentee ballots may be cast at City Hall. the vote is scheduled for Saturday, August 25. Also noted are a cancelled board meeting and upcoming union and funeral notices.
A teenage dance will run 8 to 11 pm Saturday at St Joseph's parochial school auditorium with music by Oscar Berard and the Twisters from Opelousas La. Sponsored by the Catholic Youth Organization. Admission is $1 per person. The item also notes Marilyn Monroe's death and related international reactions.
Baytown readers note Gene Lewis on a 20 day Navy furlough and stationed in Fresno with five months to active duty end. Others report fishing success, a UT distributive education workshop, and a wage increase letter to editor. Community updates include hospital news and local remarks from residents and police chief remarks.
Baytown developer Elmer Gray and his son Eddie are among bidders in Dallas for Billie Sol Estes assets. Creditors seek recovery via Estes grain storage, fertilizer sales, cotton farming and oil ventures. Kaplan group may bid up to 14 million, with Gray’s offer near 24 million for most estates.
Harris County Commissioner W V Ramsey instructed maintenance crews to perform temporary repairs on a sinking Market Street Bridge near Robert E Lee High School over Gonse Creek. County Engineer Doss reported 1931 construction and five year settling, but deemed not yet dangerous, with deck leveling using asphaltic concrete as a temporary measure and ongoing monitoring.
The note list surveys UN actions in Katanga and Congo politics, a bill to reopen the nation, and veterans insurance prospects. It notes Vietnam paratroopers, Jamaica’s Western Hemisphere debut ahead of a royal watch, and Johnson high school honor student facing murder charges. Also referenced are a Brookings count on violent weekend deaths, weather for summer heat, Japan and the Soviet Union in tense scenarios, Odessa damage from a lightning-related event, and political shifts around Romney and primary elections amid impasses in Georgia and Alabama.
Senate Judiciary Committee summoned Dr Frances O Kelsey to discuss Kennedy amendments expanding FDA authority to pull unsafe drugs. Eastland said he expects no conflict over tightening thalidomide regulations while Kefauver proposals remain largely excluded. Kennedy urged broader power to remove unsafe drugs, aligning with Kefauver’s earlier framework.
Baytown announces the Graywood Arms project near Memorial and Maplewood west of Graywood Shopping Center. John Iserhardt of Houston will direct construction of the 22 unit first section, with total cost about 656000. The complex features a central garden, pool, waterfall, fenced playground. Rentals from 115 to 125 dollars monthly.
Crosby's August rodeo features four buffalo riders in addition to cows with Tex Tyler confirming the event as part of the Rodeo Cowboys Association schedule. Buffaloes loaned by Winfree Cattle Co of Orange, a stagecoach procession and daily Crosby deliveries, plus a record entry lineup across livestock poultry rabbits swine and dairy. Crosby Sports Association hosts a street dance August 15 and FFA Fair committees list the wide crew coordinating budget livestock concessions and rides for 1962.
Uppsala Sweden reports a new Soviet nuclear explosion near Novaya Zemlya reaching about 40 megatons. West says no surprise amid Western efforts for a global test ban as Geneva continues disarmament talks led by U.S. and allied delegations.
Carolyn Sue Robison a 19 year old Houston bride died 24 hours after a Friday afternoon one car wreck on Highway 73. She had been returning from her Louisiana honeymoon with husband Donald Vincent Robison who survived the crash. Funeral services were held Monday and burial followed in Brookside Cemetery. Survived by husband and several Dailey relatives and a Birmingham grandmother.
Lawyers for suspended Probate Judge Clem McClelland sought a change of venue after prior delays were overruled. No decision had been reached at noon as court recessed for a second time. The DA and defense presented affidavits for and against a fair trial in Harris County, while publishers testified on publicity. The judge overruled motions to quash indictments and to continue, citing further postponement would raise publicity.
Rev. Willie Jenkins of Houston reported his braille Bible stolen Sunday at 100 W. Dufee Bayshore Bay Lines station. He is blind, the Bible valued about $75, and police said he set it down briefly before a thief took it. Police Chief Roy Montgomery commented on the theft.
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