Bay town notes and reunions headline mixed local items
Representative from Merrill Lynch to speak at Rotary Club meeting. U S Marine Raiders Association to hold 1961 reunion in Galveston at Buccaneer Hotel. Glenn Harrington and Michael T. Herr ing cited for degrees. Mater Dei meets, Bank of Baytown shopper feature, and News notes on local school board meeting set for Aug 14.
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Merrill Lynch
Pierce
Fenner
Smi
Rotary Club Sun
T. S. (Woo) Weaver
U.S. Marine Corps Veterans of World War, IV
U.S. Marine Raiders Association
Ton Buccaneer Hotel
Galveston
Glenn Harrington
Bay
Michael T. Herring
Son Town
Robert
Ring
Mayhaw
South Dakota State University
U.S. Army
Wohr
Germany
Herting
Grickiste
Uly
George Hgentry
Khrushchev urges round table talks on Berlin crisis
Moscow Premier Khrushchev calls for a round conference table with the Big Three to defuse war psychosis over Berlin while warning of possible Soviet troop moves and reserves mobilization. he praises Kennedy's common-sense stance but criticizes Western arms spending and warns against pushing the world to a dangerous brink. A weather note adds a gusty wind risk and a forecast of partly cloudy skies with scattered showers through Tuesday, plus Gulf tides for Galveston.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Berlin
Soviet Union
Kennedy
United States
Kbnishchev
West Germany
Bonn
Nazi Germany
Britain
France
Ragged City Notes and Campus Plans
Florence Neill attends Rutgers Mathematics Institute at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Miss Neill resides at 1610 Adams. City officials and locals, including Councilman Ward and Barbara Presnal, plan vacations and back to Tech. Shrimpers prepare for victims later this month, school registration nears in 27 days. Various locals are noted with minor social update and events around Crosby area and REL campus preparations for August events.
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Florence, Niell
Lee College
Rutgers Mathematics Institute
Rutgers
State University of New Jersey
Miss Niell
Adams
W. L. (Dub) Ward
Barbara Presnal
Tech
Deanna Tillman
Carolyn Freeland
Carolynn Pattillo
Rayma Bird
Becky Ponce
Stenoy
Edra Compton
John M_ Kilgore
Bill Davis
Huntsville
J. L. Long
Fata Potter
REL
Plowden Bridges
Nameg Drake
Crosby
Ray Baumann
Harry Rim
New piers rising amid reuse of surplus city materials
The public works department advances a pier project with surplus materials from prior jobs. It follows a city council recommendation by Councilman Seaborn Cravey. Baytown Photos.
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Public Works Department
Seaborn Cravey
Baytown
Titov Lands After 17 Orbits In Vostok Flight
Soviet space man Gherman Titov landed safely after more than 17 orbits in the Vostok. He reported feeling splendid to Premier Khrushchev and was promised a grand Moscow welcome and full Communist Party membership. Titov traveled over 700000 kilometers, circled every 88.6 minutes, and reached altitudes up to 159.59 miles.
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Moscow
Gherman Titov
Vostok
Khrushchev
Major
Kremlin
Titov
Communist Party
Siberia
Moscow Radio
Yuri Gagarin
Gagarin
Presidium
Central Committee of Parliament
Venus
U S Officials Respond To Soviet Space Flight
Washington officials weighed the Soviet Union’s second spaceflight with a mix of calm resolve and concern. Senate leaders urged steady progress in the U S space program while warning a large satellite could pose a weapon risk. Stevenson and Kennedy stressed space control and cooperative regulation as the Soviets press ahead. NASA officials said the feat was anticipated by American space leaders.
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Washington
Soviet Union
United States
Senate
Everett M. Kirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russell
Adlai E. Stevenson
Hyannis Port
Mass
Kennedy
U.N
Russia
Outer Space
Lake Texoma Storm Leaves Big Loss Across Texas Oklahoma
Boat and resort owners report about a quarter million dollars in damage after a vicious storm lashed the Lake Texoma area on Sunday. One man, Charley Lay, 25, of Shawnee Oklahoma, is missing, believed drowned after a boat capsized in the Texoma storm. The storm also hit Houston and Abilene areas with thunderstorms while a cool front lowered temperatures across Texas.
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Associated Press
Lake Texoma
Texas
Oklahoma
Texoma
Houston
Abilene
San Angelo
Dalhart
Fort Worth
Waco
Galveston
Brownsville
el Paso
Charley Lay
Shawnee
Okla
U S Soviet air route talks reach basic agreement
The State Department announced a basic accord for a New York to Moscow air route linking the two nations. Talks since July 18 aim at a final commercial agreement for the first direct passenger line. Some technical details remain, with a spring start planned for the 8000 mile NYC Moscow hop.
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Washington
State Department
New York
Moscow
Department
New York-Moscow
United Rubber Veteran Ray Sloan Retires To Golf And Fish
Ray Sloan, longtime traffic manager at United Rubber Co. Baytown plant for over 18 years, retired last week. He plans Florida travel with wife and friends then a steady routine of golf and fishing. Sloan began in Goose Creek in 1929 with Gulf Oil, later with Gulf Pipeline, and joined United Rubber when it operated there. He led shipping rates and routes, attended rate hearings, and remains active in local civic and church affairs.
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W. R
Ray) Sloan
United Rubber Co
Baytown
Miami
Nassau
Sloan
Florida
W. O. Partin
Goose Creek
Gulf Oil Corp
Ing
Gulf
Vinton
Minors Central Railroad
Texas
Gulf Pipeline Co
Crosby
Houston
United
Texas Railroad Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Grantham Road
Baytown Lions Club
Lawmakers race to finish revenue bill before midnight
In Austin the House Senate tax negotiators pressed to resolve a 360 million revenue package before Tuesday's midnight deadline. Conferees faced a split over franchise tax and a 2 percent sales levy while the attorney general advised on legal issues surrounding natural gas provisions as sessions dragged toward closure.
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Austin
Bob Baker
Houston
Charles Balhnan
Borger
Ened
House
Charles Ballman
Baker
Parks Board
State Parks Board
Ballman
Wardlow Lane
Center
Joint Committee
Will Wilson
Houston Lawyer W E Weems Dies
Houston lawyer W E Weems of the Vinson Elkins firm died of a heart attack in Houston after being stricken at La Porte. A native of Houston and University of Virginia alumnus, he practiced 43 years and left a wife and two sons as survivors. He spent years developing a bayshore home area along Highway 146 and was associated with a prominent legal practice.
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Wharton E. Weems
Houston
Bayshore
la Partie
Vietin
House Revenue and Taxation
al Cus
Vinson, Elkins, Weems and Searles
la Porte
Weems
Highway 146
University of Virginia
University of Texas
Vinson, Elkins
Mathilde Booth Reetig
Ben. F. Weems
F. Carriington Weems
Isler Solomon
Indianapolis
Ind
Benjamin F. Worms
Washington, D.C
F. Carrington Weems
New York
H. Rozier Dulaney
Washington, DG
Baytown Guard Unit Returns From Fort Hood Training
Baytown's Company D, 1st Battalion Group of the 36th Infantry Division of the Texas National Guard arrived home Monday after a two week training session at Fort Hood. Maj. Gen. Carl Phinney praised officers for realism in drills and initiative. The unit completed two weeks of summer training last Saturday.
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Baytown
36Th Infantry Division
Texas National Guard
Fort Hood
Carl Phinney
Dallas
Phinney
National Guard
August Rainfall Reaches .9 Inch in Baytown Storm
A thunderstorm dropped .9 inch of rain in Baytown at 11 p m Sunday marking the first rain of the month. Humble O F All Refining Co baytown refinery gauges show rainfall minutes after a temperature drop into the high 70s. Gusty winds up to 25 mph caused telephones to ring and a Houston TV station to go off air. More rain forecast for Monday.
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Baytown
Humble O F All Refining Co
Tve
Shearderstore
Harris County
Texas
Houston
KTRE
Baytows
Russians Target Moon Next Says British Space Watcher
LONDON AP Western scientists foresee Soviet plans to put a man on the moon between 1966 and 1967 after Maj. Gherman Titov’s orbit. Kenneth Gatland, vice president of the British Interplanetary Society, predicts a dog mission and a five to eight day moon reconnaissance. Officials in Paris welcomed Titov’s return as others warned of military uses of space.
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London
Soviet Union
Gherman Titov
Kenneth Gatlard
Interplanetary Soviety
Vostok TI
Titov
Gatland
Italy
Sweden
Netherlands
Europe
Paris
U.S
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Britain
Central Baptist Plans Ready About Sept 15
Plans and specifications for a two story, 220000 dollar educational wing addition for Central Baptist Church at Bowie and King will be released about Sept 15 by Baytown architect James A. Bitsy Davis. The 11300 square foot building will feature central heating and air conditioning. Working drawings are finished and preliminary plans approved. final drawings are in progress. The church has just completed the first unit of a new building program, with the first structure connected to the auditorium and the proposed wing to sit parallel with the auditorium via a covered walkway.
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Central Baptist Church
Bowie and King
James A
Bitsy) Davis
Baytown
Davis
Revival Opens As Baytown Hosts City-Wide Campaign
Ray Haggai leads a two week Baptist revival at Robert E. Lee auditorium drawing about 2300. Eight Baytown churches helped sponsor the 1961 crusade with noon day and evening services set through Friday. Haggai urges each attendee to lead at least one person to Christ as he plans 100 future city-wide revivals in Texas.
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Robert E. Lee
Ray- John Edmund Haggai
Evangeltown Baptists
Sos
Sling the Crusade
Christ
Hareai
Texas
Texas Baptists
Baytown
Haggai
W. H
Bill) Souther
Libraire
Roh Anderson
James Queen
Seirce
Anderson
REL
Brunson Theater
Mrs Ellis Rites Held for Martha Adeline Ellis
Funeral services for Martha Adeline Ellis age 76 of Baytown were held at Earthman Funeral Home with Rev A L Jordan officiating. Graveside rites followed at Caldwell Cemetery with Rev Robert Baker presiding. Survivors include three daughters Mrs D O Huddle Jr Baytown Mrs W R Robbins Austin and Miss Thelma Ellis Beaumont two sons James A Ellis Baton Rouge and R E Ellis Houston plus two grandchildren.
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Martha’ Adeline Ellis
W. Humble
Baytown
Earthman Funeral Home
A. L. Jordan
Memorial Baptist Church
Caldwell Masonic Cemetery
Caldwell
Tex
Robert Baker
Enis
Barton
La.t
Kennedy plan to defeat coalition on foreign aid and Berlin issue
The Kennedy administration pursues a vote to defeat a coalition effort requiring congressional approval of foreign aid lending. Western ministers show willingness to negotiate Berlin, while the US explores strategy talks with the United Nations. In other news, the Supreme Court decisions loom as the ABA opens in St. Louis. A 97-year-old Cardinal Van Roey dies in Brussels. A Fort Worth ex-convict is identified as the gunman in a Sanger holdup. A federal grand jury in El Paso convenes over an airline hijacking. Sen Dorothy Tower hints at possible Cuban military occupation.
Khrushchev Seeks Peace Through Space Efforts
Soviet Premier Khrushchev pledged that nature conquests will serve mankind. He said future space explorers from other nations will join Yuri Gagarin, aiming to foster cooperation and human progress. The remarks followed thanks to Canada for Gagarin's Nova Scotia visit hosted by Cyrus Eaton.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Yuri Gagarin
Gagarin
Nova Scotia
Cleveland
Cyrus Eaton
Mrs Vivian Gresham Dies in Mont Belvieu Funeral
Funeral services for Vivian Ellen Gresham 40 a Mont Belvieu resident of ten years were held at Old River Assembly of God Church. Burial followed at Cedar Crest Cemetery. Survivors include husband Harry Gresham daughter Darlyn Gore and siblings in Baytown Wallisville Dayton Kerrville.
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Vivian Ellen Gresham
Mont Belvieu
Old River
81 Year Old Man Injured In Baytown Auto Crash
81 year old Leo L. Fulton of 1514 Dallas Baytown was seriously injured Sunday at 4 40 p m when struck by a car driven by Michael Wayne Thurman 22 of Mr E Wright as Fulton crossed West Main in front of the Baytown Post Office Police said Thurman was driving west on West Main Fulton suffered a compound fracture of the right elbow contusions on both knees a fractured left ankle and lacerations above the left eye He was taken to Jefferson Davis Hospital in Houston Witnesses said the officer tried to stop the vehicle but could not avoid the impact and the investigation was continuing with no charges filed yet
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Baytown
Leo L. Fulton
Dallas
West Main
Fulton
Michael Wayne Thurman
E. Wricht
Thurman
Roy Montgomery S
Jeffecoge Davis Hospital
Houston
Char Iman
Filton
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A. R. Heiman
Mater Dei
Mater Dei Catholic
Daughters of America
Frederick W. Martin
M. M. Martin
Gaillard
New Mexico State University
Park Street
Soviet
Bulletin
Ray Sloan
United Rubber
Iurprise
Er Daniel
Hs S
Aea
House Senate
Wilson
Aneainns
W.E. Weems
Union
Premier Khrushchev
Bernard Lavell
West Berlin
Central Baptist
Jong
Teave Ott
Kenedy
Freek
United Natione Atmbasmador Adial
Stevengen
American Bar Association
St. Louis
Feneral Services
Brussels
Joseph Ernest
Cardinal) van Roey
Sanger
R. ©. Thomason
Federal Grand Jury
Arizona
Continental Airlines
Paso
Sen
Dotn Tower
K-Tex
Cuba
Nikita
Vivian Gresham
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