Baytown Council to Weigh Gas Rate Hike and Codes
Baytown City Council will consider a Houston Natural Gas Corp rate increase totaling about 70 percent with homeowner impact near 57 cents monthly. Also on the agenda are housing code amendments, a fire lane easement ordinance, transceiver bids, a waste disposal study request, insurance recommendations, and a Cerebral Palsy Center lease matter. The session begins 6:30 p.m. at City Hall with a joint meeting of the Traffic Safety Committee at 7 p.m. Thursday.
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Baytown
Houston Natural Gas Corp
City IB
Fritz Lanham
Lanham
Ross Wilhite
Houston - Galveston
Dan Elkins
City Hall
City’ Council
Baytown Citizens Traffic Safety Committee
Teity Hel
Johnson Faces Another Billion Dollar Budget Cut
President Johnson faces potential further cuts after a $6 billion reduction to fund his income tax increase. Public reports indicate Congress may require $3 billion in reductions, leaving $4 billion for administration picks. Changes include payroll reductions abroad and reassessment of overseas jobs to ease the balance of payments deficit. The President has diverting plans amid health notes from X ray studies for Johnson’s diverticulosis.
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Austin
Tex
Johnson
Hill
George Christian
White House
Charles J. Kawiek
Christian
Zwick
Congress
Bike Stolen From 500 Gowie, Bryant Reports
Sterling W. Bryant told police a MINELIRE bike valued at 127 dollars was taken from 500 Gowie sometime between Monday and Tuesday.
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Sterling W. Bryant
Window Breakage Report At 315 East Lotti Home
F R Hefner reported to police that a window at 315 E. Lotti was broken by a rock. Total damage listed as 335.
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F. R. Hefner
Lotti
Crock
Baytown Man Robert W Bush Dies in Baytown Hospital
Robert Weldon Bush 40 of 220 East Murrill Baytown died Tuesday evening in a Baytown hospital after 30 years in the area. Survived by wife Edna and children Laura Basquez Wynetta Latrell. sister J T Foster Jr Louisiana. half sister Mrs Hugo Weinzell. half-brother Van R Bush. Funeral 2 pm Thursday at Earthman Chapel with Rev B D Nisbet. interment Cedar Crest Cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
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Robert Weldon Bush
East Murrill
Baytown
la Porte
Edna Bush
Laura Basquez
Wynetta Bush
Latrell Bush
J. T. Foster Jr
Louisiana
Hugo Weinzell
van R Bush
Earthman Chapel
B. D.nisbet
First Christian Church
Cedar Crest Cemetery
H. O
W. R. Bush
D. &. Calhoun
Charles Gunnels
28 Members of REL Latin Club At Convention
Twenty eight Robert E. Lee High School Latin Club members fly to the National Latin Convention at the University of Michigan. They will room in dorms with peers from many states and compete for the Sweepstakes award. Contests include Roman history life and mythology Latin grammar vocabulary derivatives Greek history and life and the decathlon. Lectures and seminars by professors and professionals will be offered. A Roman banquet with costumes is planned and the group will visit Detroit Chicago and Windsor Canada before returning home.
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Robert E. Lee High School
University of Michigan
Dorras
Texas
Detroit
Chicago
Windsor
Canada
Housing code would unlock federal aid for repairs
Wilhite urged adoption of the housing ordinance to help bring sub standard homes up to standard with government grants up to 1500 and low interest loans for larger repairs. He noted federal rent supplements for apartments built by non profit groups and said action may come at the Thursday council meeting though readings may not be required. He stressed not forcing any resident from their home unless completely unlivable.
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Wilhite
School board stalls on air conditioning bids for three junior schools
Housing and air conditioning plans face delays as bids for Horace Mann Baytown Junior and Cedar Bayou Junior were rejected or delayed. Cedar Bayou needs bids by August 27 for air conditioned additions while Highlands and Travis Elementary seek new bids. Alternate bids for Cedar Bayou to compare chilled water and direct expansion systems are under consideration.
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Carver-Jones
Horace Mann
Baytown
Cedar Bayou
James A. Davis
Asken
DéZavala
Davis
Highlands
Travis
Inert WWII era shell found near I-10 garage
2 Lt Hing and Lt King assess a violet tinted old 37 millimeter anti air shell found by Enderli near North Man and I-10. They say the shell is likely inert, powder emptied, and harmless after years of handling and moving it around a driveway.
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Tve
Lt King
Lt. King
Enderli
North Man
Interstate 10
Whisky Theft At Home Beverage Store
L C Lanier awoke at 3 24 a m to a shattered plate glass window at his Home Beverage Supply Store. Three asphalt pieces caused the break in. Damage was about 75 dollars. Six bottles of whisky valued at 31 50 were stolen. Police patrolmen investigated.
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Park
Lanier
Robert Rakeshaw
C. W. Smith
Burglary Attempt Reported at Bowie Home
ELRAZAR BALL of 212 Bowie told police Monday that garage doors were forced upon in an apparent burglary attempt at his home. Nothing was missing, however.
Bryant Family Attends Funeral for J G Bryant
James and Mrs Bryant of 170 California attend funeral services for J G Bryant, father of Bryant, following his passing. The family gathering marked a community remembrance at the local church and home.
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James
Bryant
170
California
J. G. Bryant
Operation Crime Spot to Feature Lawyer Voigt
Houston Junior Bar Association backs Operation Crime Spot with a speakers bureau. Carl Vogt of Fullbright Crocker Freeman Bates Jaworski in Houston will speak, endorsed by Police Chief Short who urged citizen vigilance in the war on crime. Baytown fire and traffic safety groups also participate with Crime Spot kits and emergency contact info.
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Houston Junior Bar Association
Yogt
Fullbright, Crocker, Freeman, Bates and Jaworski
Houston
Harris County Grand Jury Association
Houston Poice
H. B. Short
Chief Short
R. N. Bo" Turmer
Baytown
Tion
Mystery of Jail Receipt at Glenn's Food Market
A city jail receipt found near a burglary at Glenn's Food Market sparked suspicion of a thief leaving a calling card. Police determined the name on the receipt belonged to a prisoner already jailed in Harris County, Houston, suggesting a friend or rival may have left the clue.
Bus routes, desegregation, and budget on Crosby School Board agenda
Crosby School District trustees debated curtailing a two mile bus route serving Negro children near the Crosby campus to the Drew school and white students near Drew to Crosby. They weighed state approval, federal funding cuts, and a desegregation plan filed with HEW, while approving a $1.10 tax rate with an expected year end balance.
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Truman Reed
Crosby
Drew School
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Reynolds
Prochazka
Prochezka
Fire Flooding is New Sulphur Mine Development
Two Dallas engineers Jon Moss and Dr Phil White patent a sulfur burning method called fire flooding set underground to produce sulfur and gas, differing from the Frasch hot water method. They claim possible savings and heat management advantages, with trials in West Texas and Gulf Coast regions and potential field work to commercialize the process.
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Phil Wtite
iSulfur
Dallas, Tex
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West
Texas
Gulf Coast
Stewart Folk
Mining Resources Consultants
Folk
West Texas
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White
Swolten
Moss
Lic
Eday County
Odessa
Czech Films Demonstrate Liberalization Policy
New York AP report notes Czechoslovak cinema reflects Prague regime liberalization, shifting from socialist realism to ironic, humanist films. Watched Trains won best foreign language Oscar. Close watched Trains cited as negative realism by Soviet Culture. Directors Kadár and Klós discuss freedoms allowing new talent and less pre censorship.
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Ar Lyan
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Associated Press
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Seldom Seen Slim Dies in Death Valley Ghost Town
Ballarat California resident Seldom Seen Slim, age 86, spent 50 years as a recluse in Death Valley’s Ballarat, the town’s last resident. Born Charles Ferge in 1881, he claimed to have no people, died after five days of illness following a move to Trena. Funeral planned in Boot Hill. Slim to be Ballarat’s first burial.
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Slim
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Springfield
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Trena
Boot Hill
Billfolds Stolen From Car Purse Belonging to Pamela Wagner
Pamela Wagner reported to police that two billfolds were stolen from her purse left in her car between 4 and 5 p.m. Monday. Valued at $10, the billfolds contained photographs receipts a marriage license and a social security card.
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Army specialist Lonnie Wilker assigned to 13th Artillery Group
Personnel Specialist SP5 Lonnie S Wilker, 22, son of Mrs Florine V West of Baytown, Texas, has been assigned to the 13th Artillery Group at the Olathe Naval Air Station in Olathe Kansas.
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ARMY
Lonnie S. Wilkerson
Florine V
Baytown
Theth Artillery Group
Olathe Naval Air Station
Olathe, Kan
Walmsley Ends $200 Athletic Stipend as Team Doctor
Dr George Walmsley a school board member will relinquish a $200 stipend paid by the district so he may continue as football team physician. School attorney Bruce Ramsey advised that while he can stay as team physician the district cannot continue repaying the usual stipend. Walmsley first asked for guidance when appointed last May.
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George Walmsley
Bruce Ramsey
Walmsley
Baytown Sun front matter and misreadings
Fragmentary text from Baytown Sun masthead and Associated Press notice appears. It shows publication details, carrier rates, and rights language but contains garbled phrases and incomplete lines. No clear news event or names emerge for a solid summary.
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