Lakewood Baytown notices mix politics and local events
Officials urged residents to attend a reception for Vice President Lyndon Johnson as City Manager J B Brownwood Wooster announced applications for city engineer. The page also lists club meetings, funeral notices, a Rotary talk, bios of local youths in ROTC, and community matters from Baytown and nearby areas.
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LBJ
Lakewood
Baytown
J. B. Brownwood
Texas City
Coin Club
Bayshore Coin Club
Carla
Sterling Municipal Library
School Board Meeting At 8 30 P M Monday
The school board will meet at 8:30 p m Monday in the board room of the school administration building. Bids for selling school boards will be opened and awarded for Cedar Bayou Junior High cafeteria additions and for petroleum products. resignations from Sharon Branscome and Jo Ann Weeks will be presented. The board will consider three new Carver teachers Willie Mae Bennett Mack Johnson and Billy B Solomon. Tax collections and financial statements for Goose Creek District and the college district will be presented.
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Cedar Bayou
Sharon Branscome
James ‘Bowie
Jo Ann Weeks
Carver
Willie Mae Bennett
Mack Johnson
Billy B. Soloman
Goose Creek
College
Harris County Citizens to Address Jail Overcrowding
About 50 Harris County residents are invited to speak before the Commissioners Court at 9 20 am on Wednesday. They will advise on relieving overcrowded jails, including expansion, a jail farm, program needs, and related necessities.
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Harris County
Commissioners Court
C. V
Buster) Kern
Grand Jury Association
Houston Chamber of Commerce
League of Women Voters
Kern
Sheriff's Office
Grand Jury
Rusk urges Senate approval of limited nuclear test ban
Secretary of State Dean Rusk testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee urging ratification of the limited nuclear test ban treaty. He argued the pact would slow the arms race without harming U.S. security, while addressing concerns raised by wary senators.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Senate
United States
Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Republican Committee
Sen
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
East Germany
Sterling Library Sets New July Circulation Record
Sterling Municipal Library reports July as its busiest month since opening in February with 14 294 books circulated in a 31 day period. Total books circulated reached 59 157 with 2 647 fiction and 2 349 adult non fiction titles. Cards issued totaled 379 adults and 225 juveniles. Fines amounted to 256 50. Donations included memorial books and a Freeman subscription while grounds were replanted and a flag pole installed by the American Legion Post and A HL Red Pruett.
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Sterling Municipal Library
Javorite
Baytown Service League
Samimie Smith
Coin Club
The
Freeman
Friends of the Library
American Legion Post
AHL
Pruett
Global and U.S. political notes and bids in Congress
Senate leader Dirksen doubts tax cuts this year. Humphrey backs a joint committee on trade problems. Echo I marks its 3rd birthday after half a billion miles. Kuusinen accuses China of trying to start a war with the U.S. Nolting presents Diem. Pow rescue of a Nationalist pilot. Bank of Canada raises rate to 4 percent. China exploits U.S. racial strife. France says it should have been informed on U.S.-West German tank talks. Kennedy proposals face action on college aid and a National Service Corps. Halleck aides push for 1964 GOP nomination. Kefauver honored by Senate adjournment. funeral plans in Tennessee.
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Kennedy
House
Senate
National Service Corps
Gift Wrapped Money Ads Spur Odd Market Pitch
Enterprising banks in California began selling gift wrapped money in a novelty promotion. A Sun Want Ad notes A H Witt of 500 E Humble bought a five pound box of money for 4 cents and won a Chevrolet EstAir four door sedan valued at $495. Readers are urged to place ads at 582 8323.
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California
A. H. Witt
Johnson visit to Baytown marked by large reception
A public reception for Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson at the Holiday Inn in Baytown is set for 6 30 p m with 2000 to 3000 expected attendees. Officials include Fred Hartman of The Baytown Sun as committee chair and Congressman Albert Thomas as the introducer. The event follows a luncheon at the Rice Hotel and appearances before American Municipal Association delegates.
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Holiday Inn
Lyndon B. Johnson
Fred Hartman
Baytown Sun
Johnson
Albert Thomas
Houston
Burnette W. Dowler
First Presbyterian Church
Lee Liggett
Baytown
Walter Hall
Dickenson
ia-Harns, Chambers
Galveston County
Harris County
Rice Hotel
American Municipal Association
Justice of the Peace
M. M. Brown
Baytonian Injured In Bedroom Fire Mishap
Carl McKinney Jr of 900 Rosewood Drive escaped serious injury after a mattress fire in his back bedroom Sunday around 5 30 p m He inhaled smoke and suffered head injuries while escaping He was treated at Gulf Coast then Baytown Hospital The fire likely started when he slept with a cigarette in his mouth Damages were estimated at 4000 to 5000 McKinney works as a supervising engineer in the recreation department at Humble Oil and Refining Co
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Carl McKinney Jr
Rosewood Drive
A. H
Art) Lintelman
McKinney
Baytown Hospital
L. A. Hawkins
W. H. McBride Jr
L. V. Bailey
W. H. Taylor
Gulf Coast Hospital
Baytoun Hospital
Recreal
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Editorial Tribute To Vice President Lyndon Johnson
Baytown and neighboring counties prepare a Monday 7 p.m. public reception at the Holiday Inn honoring Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Mrs. Johnson. The event marks Johnson as the city’s first vice presidential guest and a Texans homecoming, with a goal of shaking hands with all attendees. Johnson’s long career, Navy service, Star Medal, and public leadership are highlighted along with his role in bringing the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center to East Harris County and his enduring devotion to America.
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Hartman
S. R
Buddy) Jones
Pasadena
Delbert Atkinson
Walter Hall
Dickinson
M. A. Graham
Houston
Houston Building and Construction Trades Council
N. E. Coward
Harris County
Afl-Cio Council
NASA
Manned Spacecraft Center
Baytown
Lyndon B. Johnson
Holiday Inn
East Harris
Chambers
Galveston
United States
Washington
Richard Kleberg
King Ranch
Texas
National Youth Administration
Johnson
Navy
Douglas MacArthur
Kennedy
America
Lyndon Johnson
First Session Opens Today Area Vocational Program Lauded
Lee College hosts the Manpower Development Training Act auto mechanics course opening in Baytown with praise from Homer Jackson of the Houston TEC for regional foresight. Ed Vaught of Buck Turner Chevrolet discusses job prospects while TEC coordinator Melvin Kutch, LC Dean Walter Rundeil, and other officials attend.
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Bobby Sutphin
Lee College
Baytown
Homer Jackson
Houston District
Texas Employment Commission
Jackson
Vaught
Ed Vaught
Buck
Houston
MDTA
John Guermpie
Robbed and Trailled by Houston Area Teens
Baytown Sun reports three youths, described as about 16 to 22, robbed and forced the Sun sports editor into a late night drive. The victim, Jim Woods, was ordered at knife point to reveal cash and valuables and to follow the teens to an Interstate 10 exit. The incident began near the newspaper offices shortly before 3 a.m. as Woods sought coffee and help locating relatives. The suspects fled with about $60, a typewriter, watches, cards, and other items.
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Baytown
Fair Park
Mdta
Houston
Woods
William J
Bay Wells Til
Sen
Robert E. Lee
Rash
Albert
Thomas
U.S
Sun
Sun Building
Interstate Highway 10
North Main
Jin Woods
Wells Nominated For AF Academy In Colorado
Bill Wells, son of Josh Wells Jr and related to Josh Wells Sr and Sam Lundy, is nominated for the Air Force Academy. A student at Robert E. Lee High School, he is varsity football, National Honor Society, and English award nominee, active in science seminars and history clubs, with church and community roles.
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Nr Force Academy
Colorado
Josh Wells Jr
Idlewood Drive
Bill
Josh Wells
New Jersey
Sam Lundy
Kentucky
Air Force
Sears
Baytown
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Robert E. Lee High School
National Council of Teachers of ‘English
Catholic South
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
How Name Society
Katheryn Ann
Jaso
Samuel
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Rotary
Raymond Martin
Rotary Club
Martin
Humble of and Refining Co
Alvin Miles
Forest Hill
Richard Henry Carpenter
Ae Jordan
Ruth St
Trinity Episcopal Church Parish
Emil Bowerman
Country Club Oaks
Country Club Oaks Civic Association
Goose Creek Country Club
Jim Sheley
John B. Killingsworth
Bill Killingsworth
Schilling
Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
Webb Air Force Base
Texas A&m College
Women's Auxiliary
Women’s Auxiliary
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
R. P. Cockerham
Red
J. A. Humphrey
Sagamore
Jack Stewart
Walter Williams
Great Council of Texas
C. N. Cook
Ronnie Nasser
John Busch
W. L. Wards
Beulahislae Jackson
Mary Louise, Moore
Peach Creek Ranch
New Caney
Judy Bowers
Martha Madeley
Conree
J. G. Lillard
Agnes Arnold
Alanna Watson
Georgia
E. L. Weimer
al Herring
Dallas
John Holland
Arkansas
Jerri Milner
Joyce Connally
James Prewitt
V. V
Ramsay
Harris
Citizens’ Group
V._V. Ramsey
Precinct 2
Sterling Library
Our World
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Congress
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Echo I
Herta Kuusinen
China
Frederick E. Nolting Jr
Ngo Dinh. Diem
Halsey Powwil
Forma Strait
Bank of Canada
Red China
France
Charles Halleck
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Chevrolet
EstAir
Baytonian
Johnsons
Sun Sports
John Martin Road
Ril. Wells
Wells
AF Academy
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