Sun Spots and Meetings Cancelled in Local Notes
Local notices report meeting cancellations and upcoming programs. Thane Sun Spots group cancels Monday session at the Chamber of Commerce, will resume next month. Iron Curtain talk by Luch OBrien at Rotary Club, Tower venue, with Jacobs as program chair. Baytown hospital report: J E Shipman treated for minor Bayway Drive accident. Avery Martin to discuss sheltered workshop training at Lions Club, Tower venue, Brantley program chair. American Auxiliary Unit 323 to meet 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Community House. Baytown Duplicate Bridge Club meets 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jack Furhee directing. Hobo Day planned by Goose Creek Rainbow Assembly for August 27. contact Charlene Potlard or Penny Curtin. Epsilon Sigma Alpha Fall Style Show 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Community House, Al Mellinger commentator. Lee College tests from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday for new and transfer students under 24 hours. Southern Druggists from several towns to attend Houston exhibit August 20–22.
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Martin
Speck
Avery Martin
Baytown
Lions Club
Tower
Chet
Brantley
Showers Continue Through Tuesday In Bustown Area
Forecasters say showers will persist through Tuesday. Bustown Refinery instruments recorded 1.95 inches of rain Saturday and Sunday, lifting August total to 3.3 inches. For comparison, 1959 readings at this time stood at 0.32 inches. Galveston tides show high at 2:19 a.m. and low at 6:48 p.m.
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Bustown
Galveston
Local Society Notes Mixed with Travel and Events
A jumble of social updates lists Huntsville State Park postcards from H J Nichols and family, trips to Hawaii and Houston, hospital visits, homecomings, summer studies, and casual town visits. Names include Nichols Kettrick Selensky Bladwin Russell Jones Plazens Harris Turent Bowers Metinger Williams Brown Read and others, with varied activities and brief remarks.
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H. J. Nichols
Nickie
Huntsville State Park
Robert Kettrick
Camlyn
Port Arthur
Albert
Nichols
Hawaii
John A. Selensky
Gulf Coast Hospital
Maidie Bladwin
Houston
Ann Kelly
Happy Baumann
Audrey
John Russell
Jaro Jones
Connie Plazens
Austin
Pete Harris
Louise Turent
Pat Bowers
Mike Bowers
al Metinger
Lyna Williams
Fats Brown
Jerry Read
Mexico
Campaigns Differ As Kennedy And Nixon Debate Tactics
The Associated Press reports Kennedy and Nixon pursue contrasting strategies for voter appeal. Nixon plans swift Southern trips after a North focus, while Kennedy blasts into a Senate fight over medical rates for the aged and wins Eleanor Roosevelt support at Hyde Park. Nixon argues against resuming underground nuclear testing, and various figures weigh in on campaign strategies and civil rights matters.
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Associated Press
Congress
Richard M. Nixon
South
John F. Kennedy
Senate
Hyden Park
N.Y
Hyde Park
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Kennedy
Eleanor Roosevelt
Adlai E. Stevenson
Thruston B. Morton
Nixon
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Virginia
Greensboro
N. C
Portland
Maine
United States
Washington
Henry MM. Jackson
Cumberland County
Sen
J. William Fulbright
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
Nashville
Tenn
Ramsey Pollard
Southern Baptist Convention
B. C. Goodpasture
Church of Christ
Woman in coma gives birth to healthy son in Boston
Marilyn Tagen of 27 years gave birth to a healthy boy on August 6 at Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals while still in a coma. Doctors cited a rare brain pressure condition as the cause and said she remained unconscious. family notes she previously married six years ago and had surgery that appeared successful.
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Boston
Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals
Marilyn Tagen
Katanga Deomstration and U N Troop Move In Congo
Tear gas was used as Katanga protests flared in Elisabethville. U N forces began patrolling with Belgian troops handing over control, while troops from Ethiopia Mali and Morocco joined Swedes to form about three battalions replacing 4,000 Belgian soldiers in Katanga amid Lumumba Tshombe tensions.
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Elisabethville
the Congo
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
U.N
Tshombe
Patrice Lumumba
Leopoldville
Tshome
Cartel Party
United Nations
Tota 10
Katanga J
Laos Leader Yields Reins to Rebel Choice
In Vientiane the King accepted the resignation of pro Western Premier Tiao Som and named Prince Souvanna Phouma as premier. Rebels’ Capt Kong Li announced the plan to form a new government with Somsanith and cabinet members promised safety, drawing cheers from about 3,000 outside the rebel command HQ in Luang Prabang.
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Vientiane
Laos
Savang Vathana
Tiao Somelg
Sanith
Souvanna Phouma
Dent
National Assembly
Kong Li
Lugan Prabang
Somsanith
Mrs Powers Defends Husband as Normal Guilty Plea
Barbara Powers, widow of Francis Gary Powers, says her husband’s guilty plea is normal and he never posed as a spy. The Powers family arrived for the Moscow espionage trial, where Powers piloted the U2 when shot down May 1 deep inside Soviet territory.
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Moscow
Atri
Barbara Power
Bypc Km! Niassanve
Powers
Soviet Union
Barbourne
Nikites Khrushchev
Oliver W. Powers
Pound
Barbara
U.S
Edward L. Freers
State Department
Skasa
Mats Omether
Councilman’s $57.92 Job Time Reimbursement Sparks City Debate
Baytown July expense checks show Councilman Kenneth E. Badgett received 57.92 for time lost on a Fort Hood trip plus 14.30 for mileage and 22 for miscellaneous charges totaling 212.84 on two city accounts. City Manager Le Fevre and officials discuss revamped per diem rules and questioned Badgett about the time payment, with Badgett claiming it was “horseplaying” and promising no further payments. Badgett is employed by Texas Water Heater and Plumbing Co. and the city charter governs council members’ expense practices.
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Baytown
Kenneth E. Badgett
Fort Hood
Itex
National Guard
Badgett
Ager
Fort Hrext
SA. Tn
J. B. le Fevre
Cvore
Velma Ansley
Jane
Ansley
J. B
le Fevre
Texas Water Heater and Plumbing Co
South Pruitt
Trailing Truman to Serve Without Pay for City Duties
The article details July expense items from city council members including Seaborn Cravey and Ansley with misc expenses, mileage, and notes on absences. It lists Cravey 24.00 mileage and 4.60 miscellaneous, Ansley 17.00 mileage and 10.15 miscellaneous, Hughes 28.10 mileage, and Mayor Purett 25.20 mileage. Ward was absent from last Thursday night’s meeting. Lusk said his expenses would go to street improvement fund.
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Badgett
Seaborn Cravey
Ansley
W.L
Dub) Ward
Lacy Lusk
Cravey
Hughes
Soviet diplomat ordered to leave United States
Valentine M. Ivanov a 38 year old first secretary at the Soviet Embassy was ordered out after charges he paid a citizen to seek employment with the U K government. The State Department said he grossly violated diplomatic conduct. The formal request to depart was made Saturday.
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Washington
U.K
Valentine M. Ivanov
State Department
Norreau
Soviet Union
Sleeping Girls Mother Cited As Mental Case In Fatal Case
Washington and Cleveland report a stalled post convention session as the House plans return amid vacations and campaigns. The Senate advanced key bills including a billion dollar public works package while debates over minimum wage and other measures continue. In Cleveland, doctors label the mother of two hospitalized girls as mentally ill after revelations she fed them drugs for months. The case prompts calls for mental treatment and court involvement rather than criminal charges.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Antaretic
Senate House
Cleveland
Ohio
APM
R. Wagner
Bnt
Lillian
Frantantonio
Richard M. Nixon
Hoare
Sim Rayburn
Bernadete
Itis
Norman Ferris
Bernadette
Samuel R. Gerber
Karl E. Smith
Richard
Heavy Rain Reported In San Antonio
Drenching rains hit San Antonio with 24 inches downtown in under 3 hours after 5:30 a.m. and 4.50 inches at Hollywood Park area. Scattered showers reached Austin and the Rio Grande Valley while Beaumont, Port Arthur and other towns in Texas recorded heavy rainfall.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Tras
Hollywood Park
Austin
Rie Firande
Texas
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Port Neches
Nederland
Grives
Orange
Galveston
Houston
Abie
Palacios
Corpus Christi
Bringnaville
Father Jailed In Child Neglect Case In Apartment Stairwell
APIA reports a father Rudolph Escamil 24 charged with child neglect after authorities found his son Anthony, locked behind sliding doors in a cell like stairwell of the family home. Neighbors said the family lived there 18 months and were unaware of the boy. Anthony, wearing a T shirt, was found malnourished and with injuries, and authorities describe him as mentally retarded.
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Jomnet
APIA
Rudolph Riscamil
Anthony
Escamillia
Paula
Fayer
Ayas
Houston studies appeal of integration ruling
Houston Board of Education meets in special session to discuss appealing Federal Judge Ben Connally's order on integration. Board attorney outlines a plan to preserve four million dollars in state aid while challenging state segregation law. Several board members voice support for fast tracking integration starting in first grade next month.
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Houston
Houston Board of Education
Ben Connally
Joe Reynolds
Jose Omer
Cogaliv
Freeport Sulphur cobalt plant seized by Cuba
Havana reports the Castro regime has taken over Freeport Sulphur's 75 million dollar nickel and cobalt plant in Cuba. The move follows a government tax on output and a wave of nationalizations threatening other American mining properties. Freeport vowed to defend its legal rights under Cuban and international law.
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Havana
Castro
Freeport
Cuba
Moaday Mining Co
Osyalin Dortiros
New York
Moaday Company
Congo Premier seeks UN troop withdrawal and airport control
Premier Patrice Lumumba asks United Nations to withdraw all white troops from the Congo in a letter to U.N. General Dag Hammarskjold. He demands transfer of airport control to the Congolese army and that U.N. disarm all local forces in Katanga Province, handing arms to the central government.
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U.N
Katanga
Congo
Patrice Lumunsba
Dag Sammarskjold
Leopoldville, the Congo
Patrice Lamumba
Mer
United Nations
U.me
Dag Mammarskjold
Lamumba
Katange
Navy minesweeper Exultant disaster kills five crewmen
An explosion aboard the minesweeper Exultant leaves five sailors dead seventy miles off Georgia Grant as Navy investigators probe the fatal incident.
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Navy
Georgia
Grant
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Iron Curtain
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Tillman O'Brien
Poland
Rotary Club
the Tower
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Shipman
J. E. Shipman
Decker Drive
Bayway Drive
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Jack Furhee
Goose Creek
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la Porte
Southern Drug Co
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Khrushchev
Roy Wilkins
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John) Kennedy
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Houston Studies Appeal of Integration
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