District votes to raise tax rate for 1963 64 budget
School board finalizes a 7 483 915 61 budget for 1963 64 with a 1 53 per 100 valuation tax rate. The action includes funding for two major building projects Cedar Bayou Junior High cafeteria and Robert E Lee High renovation plus Harlem new building at a cost of 2 340 000. Total taxes for public schools and Lee College rise to 170 due to a 17 cent college budget approval. Four trustees approve the budget to two oppose and one abstain, with a public hearing set for August 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dm Hale
Cedar Bayou Junior High
Robert E. Lee ‘High i
Harlem
Schools and Lee College
Joe Horeezy
Knox Beavers
Te Supceivers
W. H. Bridges
Ben Shirey
Karl Opryshek
Dr. L. D. Victory
A. R
von) Stark
Te Opryshek
Victory
Starks
George Gentry
Gentry
Lady Bird Johnson To Attend Baytown Reception
Lady Bird Johnson and Vice President Lyndon Johnson will visit Baytown for a 7 p.m. reception at the Holiday Inn lawn. Secret Service and staff will meet with Baytown hosts to finalize plans. The vice president will meet local residents before and after the informal program. no major address is planned. Rep. Albert Thomas will introduce him, with Mayor Liggett and banker Walter Hall in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Washington, D.C
Texas
Lady Bird Johnson
Holiday Inn
W. H. Calaway
J. P. Keller
Johnson
East Harris
Galveston
Chambers Counties
Albert Thomas
Lee Ligcett
Walter Hall
Dickinson
Galveston County
Kennedy Baby Boy Dies Rites Will Be Saturday
Boston AP report of President Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy losing their newborn son Patrick Bouvier Kennedy after a 39 hour battle with hyaline membrane disease. The baby died at 4 04 a m at Boston Children’s Hospital. President Kennedy traveled from Otis Air Force Base to inform Jacqueline Kennedy of the tragedy. Salinger announced private funeral arrangements for Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Kennedy
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy
Pierre Salinger
Boston Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Cnry
Otis Air Force Base
Otis
Big Air Base
Salinger
Square Dance Funeral Services Held for Bay Area Resident
Funeral services for Middleton 46 of Houston were held after a 7:45 a.m. Wednesday death. The Bay Town area note references Knights of Pythias Hall events and guest callers from the VFW and local clubs. Weather shows partly cloudy skies with thundershowers through Saturday and Baytown highs near 98 with cooler nights. Tides at Galveston are high at 7:56 a.m. and 11:11 p.m. with low tides at 1:08 a.m. and 2:32 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Bay
Sore Wagon Wheel
Davids Club
Middleton
Houston
Knights of Pythias Hall
Hell
Jay
Angleton
L. G. Sanders
Cecil Walker
Texas City
Marion
Tony Derature Minge
Baytown
Galveston
Around Town items and community notices
Local notices report neighbors and families in Baytown and nearby. Entries mention flower gifts, grocery store greetings, camp activities in Kerrville, a possible Lee College band, and visits by residents to relatives in Corpus Christi and Englewood. Also listed are club events, a dance sponsored by the Baytown Humble Club, Lee College pre registration figures, military police training, UT degree commencements, missionary films, and Crosby School District budget hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Latham
Lola Alpers
Callie Alleman
Elaine Fuselier
Sarah
David Norman
Glen Norman
Baytown
Case de Palmas
Corpus Christi
E. P. Crow
Wis Bayway Drive
Charlotte Davis
Renee Car-roll
Camp la Janta
Kerrville
C. A. Davis
Charles Stephenson
Lee College
Irvin
Pauline
Bob
Susan Sanders
Ginger
Sanderses
Englewood
Carob
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point
N.Y
Martha Lilly
Sue Jones
Janise Skeen
Ar Brown
Garner
Bancey
Sgizy
Train Bandit Loot Nears 7 Million Pounds
London AP reports losses in history's greatest railway robbery near seven million pounds as Scotland Yard pursues gang members. Banks, Post Office and insurers post rewards totaling about 160000 pounds while London banks ship cash to be destroyed from the rural junction heist site near West of London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Scotland Yard
M. Cecil Bobbitt
Glass Goose Creek Country Club
Hugh Echols
Thurssday
Lanny Henninger
Odessa
Floot
South Street Church of Christ
Cheddington
Post Office
No Reply From Him- Mayor's Claim To Leadership Hit
The Baytown City Council sharply split over leadership as Cravey challenged Mayor Liggett during a meeting. Liggett offered no reply, and the council voted 5-0 to retain City Manager J B LeFevre until a replacement is found or Sept. 30 after budget studies. LeFevre proposed moving to finance director full time. councilmen Cook and others supported continued retention and a salary plan for the finance director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaborn
Cravey
Lee Liggett
Liggett
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Baytown
J. B . LeFevre
Scilmen Seaborn Cravey
M. BE
Earl
Lively
LeFevre
Arks
Pawdershe
Ao Thether
T. E
Tommy) Cook
Cook
39 Appear Before City Tax Board
City tax equalization board will hear complaints on property evaluations Friday night at city hall. David C. Fiunderburk says 39 people appeared Wednesday and Thursday, with about 60 percent from the Brownwood Lakewood Wooster area. Eight appointments remain as hearings continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Equalization Board
City Hall
David C. Fiunderburk
Funderburk
Brownwood - Lakewood- Wooster
Finderburk
R.H
Red) Pruett
Carter Miller
David C. Clark
Services Held Friday For Former Resident Bonnie Hance
Funeral services were held Friday at the Missouri Street Church of Christ for Bonnie Mae Hance 28 of Cut Off Louisiana, a former Baytown resident, who died Wednesday in Baytown. Officiating were Jack Arvin and A M Dooley. She is survived by her husband Damon Hance three daughters Jeni Dena and Vali her mother Edna Mae McKinney Laudeniale a brother Lawrence Lauderdale and a sister Leona Todd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missour Street Church of Christ
Bonnie Mae Hance
Baytown
Jack Arvin
Missouri Street
Vali
Edna Mae McKinney Laudeniale
Lawrence Lauderdale
Leona Todd
Baystown
Turbulent Security and Disaster News Across Regions
The report covers strong earthquakes in a 200 mile northeast Italy triangle from Florence to Trieste and Bolzano, arrests of alleged plotters for seizing Colombia’s government, Paraguay extends a 90 day state of siege, Haitian exiles waging guerrilla warfare against Dauviier, a coroner’s jury finding Dr Stephen Ward’s death self-inflicted, Senate debt ceiling hearings, and shifts in nuclear policy and markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tialy
Florence
Trieste
Bolzano
Eggs End Up Scrambled After Auto Crash
In Hibernia a dozen eggs survived a crash when Robert E. White’s car struck a telephone pole. White, returning from the store, lost control and was injured. Eggs placed in the back of the police car were smashed as he sat down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hibernia
Robert E. White
White
City Council Approves Master Plan and Management Survey
City council votes 3 to 2 to hire Bernard Johnson Engineers for a master plan and Griffenhagen-Kroeger for a management survey with costs shared by city and federal funds. Estimated master plan about 60000 dollars plus 20000 city share, survey 10000 to 12000 dollars. completion in three phases. Also approves traffic plan and street improvement measures, streetlight and zoning actions, and budget steps for Carnegie Street and New Jersey street projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rick Hurst
Cty Council
T. E
Tommy Cook
Bernard) Johnson Engineers, Inc
Houston
Griffenhagen- Kroeger, Inc
Los
State Health Department
J. B. LeFevre
Gota
Bernard Johnson Engineers, Inc
Liggett
Caudill, Rowlett and
Scntt
Robert A.caldwell
Lively
Baytown
Cravey
Taffic Committee
Bayway Drive
Market
Nevada
Wisconsin
North First
East James
East Favie
Brown and Root
New Jersey Street
Carnegie Street
Rcity
Budec
Goose Creek Country Club Awards Clubhouse Contract
Goose Creek Country Club awards a $230000 clubhouse contract to G B Chat ham Baytown contractor. The project includes remodeling, 12500 square feet of enclosed space, designed by W Jerry Wilson with James A Davis and W T Cannady assisting. Brown & Root to build two tennis courts for about $10000 and a new parking lot for $5000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Sutphin
Goose Creek Country Club
G. B
Goldie) Chatham
Baytown
Hugh, Echols Jr
Goose Creek Country Club Board
W. Jerry Wilson
James A. Davis
AIA
W. T. Cannady
Houston
Brown & Root
Echols
Goose ‘Creek
Florida to Baytown Memoir of a Cross-Country Crash
Mrs Lydia Wensley Guidry writes from Baytown Texas about a Texas California family accident near Crosby while en route to Miami. Lt Mercer and son David endured surgery and hospital care. Baytown locals aided the wounded at Gulf Coast Hospital during their long journey home.
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Miami
Fla
Sic Mercer
Togs
Mancy
David
Bay
Tex
Houston
Texas
Lt. Mercer
Mercer
Nacogdoches
Allen
Jeffrey
Lydia
Wensley
Marverne Mercer
Laura
Caliihey
Lucille Guirdy
Minami
Gulf Coast Hospital
Crosby
David Wensley
California
Wensleys
Hales Corner Road
Palos Verdes
Calif
Air Force
March Air Force Base
Cory Ave
Riverside
Baytown
HORC Machinists Contract Expiring at Bay Town Refinery
The International Association of Machinists Local 1031 and Humble Oil and Refining Co Baytown Refinery face contract expiry at midnight Tuesday after fruitless talks with Federal Mediator James O Hubbard. Under the pact either side may terminate with five days notice, and union leader T. Adams says a strike has been approved by the locals 193 members with a Monday meeting to decide next steps amid wage and work condition disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Association of Machinists
Humble Oi and Refining Co
Baystown
James 0. Hubbard
T. Adams
Jkxal
Adams
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Lady Bird
Lyndon
Johnnie Deel
Pamela
Martha Frazier
Houston Light and Power Co
Ausley
Highlands
Humble Club
Knights of Columbus
Les Brown
Bessie Durham
Walter BR. Bowers
Louise Bowers
Park
U.S. Army Training Center
Fort Gordon
Robert E. Lee High School
Pet. Bowers
Army
Barton W. Bruce
W. Bayshore Drive
Thomas W. Rushing
W. Lobit
University of Texas
Walter Copus
Mesaca
Bethel Mission
W. Main
Mexico
R. A. Nicholas
Charles Wood
Marcia White
Gunter Air Force Base
Alabama
Stead Afb
iNev
Crosby School Administration
Bor
Jared
iCravey
Gustavo Nofas Pinilhi
Colombia
Alfredo Stroessner
Paraguay
Haiti
Francois Dauviier
Stephen Ward
Senate
Demilitarized Zone
U.S. Navy
Itl Sped
U.S
Wall Street
Uniists and Exchange Commission
Ford
Council
GC Country Club
Florida
FMS
Garden State Park
Cherry Will
John Tatrick Sweeny
Percy
HORC
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