Sun Spots and Local Notices From Baytown Area
Sun Spots notes Humble Oil researcher E L Gunn coauthored a chapter in Advances in X Ray Analysis volume four. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 67 Baytown holds 7:30 pm meeting at Community House with plans for a September fish fry in Anahuac. McLain reports car coil theft at Bay Theater lot. YMCA seeks parent questionnaires for kid baseball. Baytown YMCA Executive Board plans 7:30 pm Wednesday at the Y Building. TV sermon by Rev Paul Stephens on KUHT Channel 8 at 9:30 pm Tuesday. Greater Baytown Development Council meets at 7:30 pm Tuesday at Houston Natural Gas. DeMolay Mothers meet 7:30 pm Wednesday at Goose Creek Masonic Lodge. Two sets of car keys turned in to The Baytown Sun switchboard.
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United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla No. 67
Baytown
Anahuac
Elmer Hargis
Paul Stephens
Second Baptist Church
KUHT
Channel 8
Galveston Tides and Weather Outlook This Week
PARTLY CLOUDY and warm with scattered showers through Wednesday. Wednesday's Tides GALVESTON TIDES will be high at 4:20 a.m. and 1:33 yem. and low at 10:26 a.m. and 9:06 p.m.
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Galveston
Local Notes From Dallas And Nearby Towns
LAVELLE BLANCHARD renews his Sun subscription while in Dallas. Gordon Stoerner and Ronnie Arcenaux plot privately. Mayor and Mrs Al Clayton entertain kin over Tenity Bay weekend. City Manager J B LeFevre enters budget study seclusion. County Commissioner V V Ramsey ensures a news story was delivered. J V Waldrop returns from a week’s vacation. Ken Walters, former Raytown store manager now in Pasadena, visits. Mrs D L Hornsby misses her blue ear screws and asks for return if found. Peggy Walker is shook up. Sam Carroll desires visitors. Dan Savell notes a small water game is for kids on grass. Cathrine spotting nig i Sang.
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Lavelle Blanchard
the Sun
Dallas
Gordon Stoerner
Ronnie Arcenaux
al Clayton
Tenity Bay
J. B. LeFevre
V. V. Ramsey
J. V. Waldrop
Ken Walters
Raytown
Pasadena
D. L. Hornsby
Peggy Walker
Sam Carroll
Dan Savell
Cathrine
Two Baytonians On Grand Jury Panel
L. B. Birkley and D. J. Teter from Baytown were empaneled as members of the Harris County Grand Jury for the August term. Other members include J. H. Weymouth, Mrs. Joseph Wiesenthal, George M. Kemp, J. W. Duncan Jr, Rev. William F. Bull, and local residents.
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Honstein
RT. Herrin
J. M. Dement
Hott
Page
Soviet Leader Krushchev Pushes Berlin Policy and Defense Buildup
Khrushchev told Soviets no extra funding needed for arms growth and urged preparedness. Defense plants reportedly shifted toward eight hour days as party activists voiced support. He warned of moving divisions to Western borders and calling up reserves if needed, while demanding a peace treaty with East Germany and intact access to Berlin.
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Moscow
Ben
Gerson
Mier Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Berlin
Communist Party
Pravda
Gherman
Titov
Soviet Union
Kennedy
West Berlin
U.S
Vienna
East Germany
United States
Britain
France
Cedar Bayou Flood Bar Right of Way Sought
Harris County commissioners study acquisition of right of way for flood control along Cedar Bayou and other waterways. Turner and Collie survey team warns urban county may surpass four million population in 40 to 50 years. Baytown committee outlined future flood control needs and city council showed interest in the engineers report, which could exceed 300 million dollars.
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Harris County
Cedar Bayou
Commissioners Court
Turner & Collie
Houston
Little Cypress
Green's
Cedar
Middle
Sims
Buffalo Bayou
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Commissioners Court Room
Baytown
M. L
Wimpy) Wismer
Max Nuttall
Perry Britton
M. Co
Buddy) Bray
E. B. Elswick
Wilton Roper
B. E. Greer
Houston Engineers
Denver Judge Barred From Colorado Amateur Golf Tour
Denver Municipal Judge James C. Flanigan barred from playing in the Colorado Amateur Golf Tournament at Cherry Hills Country Club as officials enforce racial eligibility rules. Other items report Russia's Titov surviving 17 orbits in space, U.S.-Cuba patrol boat talks, and UN sessions on French-Funisan dispute.
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Denver
James C. Flanigan
Colorado
Cherry Hills Country Club
Ghernan Titov
Russia
Earth
Fire Claims Two Children in Seagraves Texas
In Seagraves near Lubbock, a farm home fire killed Travis Kirby 16 and Mary Kirby 8. Four siblings aged 5 to 15 escaped with minor burns. Parents M. B. Kirby and his estranged wife were involved. Charles 18 was away at the time. Fire reported at 12 28 a.m. Cause unknown.
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Seagraves
Tex
Lubbock
Travis Kirby
Mary Kirby
M. B. Kirby
Ganger
Cities Service Old Co
Kirby
Dallas
Charles
NATO Members Hear Plea For West Backing
NATO nations convened a closed session at NATO headquarters where U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk presented allied diplomatic strategy in the Berlin crisis. He reported on talks with Home Couve de Murville and von Brentano and urged strengthening Europe’s shield forces by 75 000 to 80 000 troops with weapons and transport as Western ministers prepared for potential Soviet moves and negotiations on Berlin and Germany.
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Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Soviet Union
Berlin
Germany
Permanent Council
NATO
U.S
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Lord Home
Maurice Couve de Murville
Heinrich von Brentano
Dirk A. Stikker
Thomas K. Finletter
West Berlin
Khrushchev
Charles de Gaulle
Italy
Konrad Adenauer
Antonio Segni
Moscow
Baytown Chamber Joins Get Industry Push
Baytown Chamber of Commerce backed Mayor Al Clayton's Get Industry plan at a luncheon. The board instructed President Robert Gillette to coordinate with the city, aiming to hire a consultant to study Baytown's industrial potential and possibly form an Industrial Development Corp. Also discussed was marking city sites for easier identification during the All-Texas Air Tour visit planned for Oct 11 and June flight to Austin.
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Robert L. Gillette
James A. Anderson
Baytown
Anderson
Industrial Development Corp
Nelson McElroy
Baylowe
Austin
McElroy
Leonard Derden
Air Tour Group
Bert Black
Pr Gillette
Kennedy signs new farm plan bill amid showers
President Kennedy signed a new farm program described as a major step toward a sound agricultural economy. The act allows higher price supports with a 10 percent wheat acreage cut, continues emergency feed grain programs, and extends various farm measures. The signing drew leaders from Congress and agricultural groups as conditions eased in parts of Texas with showers lingering along the coast.
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Washington
Kennedy
Elonse
Congress
Senate
House Agriculture Committees
Orville L. Freeman
Victoria
Beaumont
Corpus Christi College
San Angelo
Dalhart
Tax bill deadlock looms as House and Senate clash
In Austin AP report the 2nd session neared midnight with House tax bill writers undecided after repeated Senate rejections. Speaker Turman led talks with House leaders while Rep. Ballman and Sen. Wardlow pressed for terms. Both Senate bills faced refusals and a governor threaten to act on abandoned property seizure.
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Sen. Wardlow
Lane
Center
Senate
Turman
Arete Senate Ae Boise
Charles Ballman
Borger
House
Sen. Wardrow Lane
West Berlin refugees hit daily high amid border patrols
West Berlin officials reported 2021 refugees crossing from East Germany, the highest daily total in eight years, as East German police step up patrols in disguised cars. Officials noted the stark currency gap and planned financial aid for commuters facing costs under Communist authority.
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Blin
Hia
West Berlin
Cotton crop forecast shows lower production for 1961
The Agriculture Department projects a 1961 government controlled cotton crop of 13,918,000 bales with Texas at 4,600,000 bales grown on 6,551,000 acres. Harvest acreage is set at 15,852,000 with a yield of 427 pounds per acre. Expected lint to cottonseed ratio suggests 5,770,000 tons of cottonseed.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Texas
Census Bureau
Department
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
California
Murder at the Stable Aide Sees Death Of Pete Murphy
In the early morning, a horse trainer finds Pete Murphy dead in a stall beside a bay mare. A blood stained ice pick and a blood sleeve implicate Gale Devores, who reveals she is Murphy’s associate, with Bob Ford named as a possible moneylender debtor. Ford denies recent contact. police doubt the claim.
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Haledjian
Ian
Gale Devores
Pete Murphy
Black Boy
Murphy
Bob Ford
Pete
Haleditan
Ford
Miss Devore
Two Minute Mystery Challenge From The Sun
A reader is invited to test deduction by solving daily two minute mysteries in The Sun. The prompt promises mental exercise and summer entertainment, framing the activity as a light brain teaser suitable for hot days.
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E. L. Gunn
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Leroy McLain
McNair
Bay Theater
YMCA
Baytown Ymca
Goose Creek Masonic Lodge
Edward Arcenaux
Baytown Sun
Sun
John Ellis
John M. Ellis
Baytonians
Robert E. Lee
Lee High School
Lee College
Texas Medical Branch
Gal
Sam Houston State
Weston
U. S. Navy
Ellis
Dayton High School
Maenliniorigh
Washington, D. C
Population Reference Bureau
Population Bulletin
Social Problems
Southwestern Social Science Quarterly
American Journal of Economics and Sociology
Utah Historical Quarterly
E. Gardly Jace
San Antonio
Southwestern Sociological Society
Texas Committee On Population
Morton King
Southern Methodist University
American Sociological Association
University of Texas
Alpha Kappa Detta
Gladys B. Elis
Els
Jotm
Elia Kee
Aneta
Nikita
Debbie Sauner
John Sauner
Ravenna
Ohio
Bajijo
Missouri Air National Guard
James Lionberger
St. Louis
Volk Field
110Th
MR Winston Cherekh Wae
Sik Laan
Fk Pee Tree
London
U.S. State Department
C. Stark Draper
Massachusetts Institute of Technol Ory
Hammarskjold
U.N
General Assembly
Wiliam Proxmire
Dwis
Lawrence J. O'Connor
Federal Power Commission
Mouse Ways and Meany Committee
Gateavile School
American Bar Association
Tawyer
Clayton
Imerce
Chamber Board
Angerson
meEllroy
Chamber of Commerce
Jack Kimmons
Lowell Lammers
Ted Lyman
Roy Elms
Fred Hartman
Black
George H. Gentry
J. W
JFK
Associated Press
Spaiventon
Fies
Paso
Lareda
Presidia
Remetia
Ger
Nowa J
Sonor
Dr. Haledjian
Tiylah
Votre
Eake
Robbey
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Hava Funi
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