Local youth sign up for YMCA football and events listed
Baytown youths are asked to meet at San Jacinto Elementary School at 5 30 this evening for YMCA football signup hosted by Floyd Lancaster. Other notes include enrollment progress for Gerald Smith at Oklahoma State Tech Okmulgee for fall term in industrial electronics. Anahuac ESA Eta Phi plans Campus Fashions fashion show at 8 pm August 28 at the Anahuac American Legion hall with proceeds to welfare fund. Father Son Night at Cedar Bayou Methodist at 7 pm Tuesday. Christian Men's Fellowship meets 6 30 pm Wednesday at First Christian Church. JCL at Bennet E Lee High seeks donors for a Latin and ancient history library. Roy H Hughes reports hubcap theft from his car. Quack Shack opens 8 pm Tuesday with dress code jeans bermuda shorts. summer dance capstone Friday 8 pm with band. Methodist Youth Fellowship western dance 7 10 30 pm Friday at Cedar Bayou Methodist. Beta Sigma Phi PSI Alpha pledges review at 7 30 pm Tuesday at 501 Bayway Drive.
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Baytown
YMCA
San Jacinto Elementary School
Floyd Lancaster
Anahuac Show
ETA Phi Chapter
ESA
Anahuac
Harris County May Host Space Laboratory Site
Harris County competes with Tampa New Orleans and others for a NASA space laboratory project valued at 50 to 60 million dollars. A four expert team will study deepwater transport as a core site need while thousands of construction workers and 2,500 to 3,000 permanent staff are expected. Interim federal sites include San Jacinto Ordinance Depot Dickinson Gun Plant and Ellington Field.
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Washington (Lp
Space Laboratory
Ship Channel
Harris County
Galveston
U. S
Albert Thomas
Harp
Ris County
South
Tampa
New Orleans
Shreveport
Jacksonville
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
San Jacinto Ordanice Depot
Dickson Gun Plant
Galena Park
Houston
Ellington Field
City Budget Hearing Set For Tonight In Baytown
Baytown City Council resumes budget studies at 1:30 pm Tuesday in city hall after four three hour sessions last week. The council aims to trim about 100000 from the 1961-62 budget while resisting tax hikes. City Manager LeFevre cites water rate boosts as a potential $108000 revenue source and notes sewer costs are paid from taxes. A long range development program costing 10000 is eyed with federal participation.
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Baytown
City Hall
J. B LeFevre
Texas
LeFevre
Three-Man Panel To Administer School Insurance
A three man group named agents of record will manage district insurance after a school board policy change. Supt. George H. Gentry and the executive committee will nominate three local licensed agents. final board approval needed. The panel will advise on policy, provide evaluation and inspection services, and may use co insurances and deviated rates to save costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agents of Record
George H. Gentry
Agents J Record
Threeman Group
Local meet stars and coast guard tales mix in St Paul report
Baytown competitors P G Stepleton Jr Carson Dixie Howell and Clayton Elmer may win laurels at a boat race meet in St Paul Minnesota. Jim Callum removed boat plugs during a fishing trip causing trouble. Ray Tickmer and Jack Walmsley watch from the Little Theater platforms as a Thursday night production opens. Mrs Henry Moody finds she Jean 18 grease paint. C H Bones donate furniture to Washington Kennedy administration notes. Lindy Pool pilots plan new signs and Lip sign agreements. J L Malinson enters San Jacinto Hospital for surgery. Barbara Warne decorates for the theater effort as Goanerp team assists. State Department announces shift in cultural outreach citing Soviet talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. G. Stepleton Jr
Carson
Dixie Howell
Clayton Elmer
Baytown
St. Paul Minn
Jim Callum
Jim
P.S. Jim
Ray Tickmer
Jack Walmsley
Henry Moody
C. H. Bones
Washington
Kennedy
Jack Stewart
Lindy Low
Barbara
Warne
Enrollment Rise Foresees 355 More Baytown Students This Fall
Baytown schools expect total enrollment of 11 048 this fall, up 355 from last year. Elementary enrollment rises by 46 to 5 869, while Robert E Lee High School grows from 1 794 to 1 973. Junior highs foresee gains totaling 96 as Baytown Junior High drops slightly. Two high schools shift to six periods per day with longer sessions, and registration runs August 31 to September 6 depending on grade level.
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Baytown
Robert E. Lee High
Horace Mann
Cedar Bayou
Highlands
Carver
Lee Coll
College
W. D. Hinson
Highlands Junior Highs Versatile Communications Center Highlighted
The Highlands Junior High School features a modern intercommunication system with a hundred switches and a five foot wide metal box. It connects classrooms, the band room, auditorium, office, and language areas for instant contact, bell synchronization, and automated control of heating, air conditioning, and lights.
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Communications Center
Highlands Junior High
East Hurtis
Sity County
Mnasium
Ales New Ay
Phonue
Sandie
Chandler
Ihe
Emery
Ation
Connect
Assistant Police Chief Cleve Dickens Resigns
Assistant Police Chief Cleve Dickens resigned from the Gonse Creek Baytown department after serving about a year since consolidation in 1948 and rising to assistant chief in 1980. He cited a long standing physical disability and said he would remain on the force as a patrolman if possible. Dickens’ successor will be chosen via civil service exams with three eligible lieutenants and sergeants.
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Einen Dickens
Tus
Roy Montgomery
Rem Tagora
Dickens
Gonse Creek
Tri Cities
H. F
Herbie) Freeman
Freeman
Ta Toate
Rye
Montgomery
Police Department
S Reiays
Baytown
Sitleren
Tickene
Bitien
R C Lawrence Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Robert Cornelius Lawrence 68 of Old River set for 2 pm Wednesday at Earthman Funeral Home Chapel officiated by Rev Jimmy Gray and Rev J H Gray. He died Tuesday morning in a hospital. Burial Cedar Crest Cemetery. He was a Cham bers County native, retired carpenter and deacon of Old River Baptist Church. Survivors include his widow May Lawrence of Old River one daughter Mrs F C Josser of Baytown two brothers Joe Lawrence of Baytown and Charlies Lawrence of Mont Belvieu two sisters Mrs Exina Reever of Old River and Mrs RE Smith of Baytown and two granddaughters Mrs Bill Fortune Try and Mrs G t Grant both of Baytown.
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Robert Cornelius Lawrence
Old River
Earthman Funeral Home
Jimmy Gray
Baptist Temple
J. H. Gray
Old River Baptist Church
Cedar Crest
Lawrence
Cham
Bers County
May Lawrence
F.C. Josser
Baytown
Joe Lawrence
Charlies Lawrence
Mont Belview
Exina Reever
RE. Smith
Bill Fortune Try
G. T. Grant
Thunderstorms Erupt Across Texas Panhandle and North Texas
Storms erupt across the Panhandle and near the Red River in North Texas during the early hours. The forecast calls for more thundershowers statewide through Wednesday with skies clearing only in rain affected areas as the system moves through.
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Texas Panhandle
TRE
Associated Press
Panhandle
Red River
Texas
Adenauer Visits Berlin Amid Jeers and Border Tensions
West German Chancellor Adenauer toured divided Berlin amid jeers from East German crowds and propaganda trucks. He visited refugee reception centers before addressing West Berlin supporters. British troops staged routine alerts along the border as East Berlin workers faced pressure from the regime.
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Kate Tee
Wiest Berle
Wits
Rad Adenauer
Brandt
Bert Adenauer
Democratic Party
Refu
Adenauer
West
Gerhardt Lisler
United States
East Germany
Kont
U.S
Presing
Eis
Iglin
Eisler
Marienfelde
East Berlin
East Gerthey
Lyndon B. Johnson
West Berlin
Iron Curtain
U S Attacks Soviet Suppression at U N Session
Adlai Stevenson defended Western powers at a U N General Assembly special session. He called Morozov’s attack on foreign bases shameless and contrasted Soviet actions with France in Tunisia. The session focused on France and Tunisian demands regarding Bizerte and troop withdrawal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N.Y
United States Today
Soviet Union
Adlai E. Stevenson
U.N. General Assembly
Platon D. Morozov
United States
Stevenson
Morozov
Civil Rights Panel Fight Is Dropped
Washington lawmakers halted efforts to extend the Civil Rights Commission for two years by trying to attach the bill to a State and Justice appropriation measure. Senate leaders faced a tangled scene as Mansfield and Dirksen fared against Southern opposition and other riders, delaying action on the extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Civil Rights Commission
State
Justice Departments
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Kennedy and McNamara stress nuclear ban talks progress
President Kennedy signals a cautiously hopeful Soviet response on a renewed bid to ban nuclear tests while Defense Secretary McNamara warns that any Soviet plan to deploy abroad would threaten free world defenses. Cheddi Jagan regains power in Britain's Guyana colony for another four years amid Cold War tensions. An Air Force colonel faces court martial over neglect of duty linked to a Texas radar tower collapse that killed 28. Major U.S. automakers propose three year contracts with United Auto Workers as wage and benefit talks continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Texas
Col
William Wt. Franks
Newburgh
N. Y
Four Corners Station Burglarized Again
A burglary at Four Corners near Highlandsnet station is reported. About $32.35 in cash and two white watches were taken from Ed Hart's Guilt service station. Entry was gained through a rear door pried open. Time window: after closing Monday evening and by 3 14 a.m. Tuesday. Deputy George Bulpatick notes no other damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Four Corners
Highlandsnette
Ed Hart
Sheritt
George Bulpattick
Kennedy declines to hold Cuban ship for ransom
Norfolk AP report says President Kennedy refused to detain the Bahia de Nipe to force the families of 19 defecting crewmen out of Cuba. He warned such a barter would be illegal, risky, and harmful to innocent travelers, though envoy Navarro urged action until asylum seekers could depart.
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Norfolk
Kennedy
Jorge Navarro
Bahia de Nipe
United States
McGeorge Bundy
Navarro
Navarre
Cuba
Bania de Niga
Lynnhewes Roads
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Oklahoma State Tech
Okmulgee
Methodist Men's Brotherhood of
Christian Men’s Fellowship of
First Christian Church
Fellowship Hall
Forrest
Douglas Stewart
Bennet E. Lee High School
JCL
Carole Gagnon
Stoten
Roy H. Hughes
Midway
Quack Shack
Methodist
PSI Alpha
Beta Sigma Phi
M. L. Snyder
Bayway Drive
State Department
Wight “Yra
Pent Tates
Garner State Park
Old Baldie
Johnny
Feme
Mravious
Baytown Schools
High Schol
James Traweek
Highlands Junior High School
Conaleri
Highlands Junior Hish
Bay‘town
Cleve Dickens
R. H
Bo) Turner
H. H. Steele
R. C. Lawrence
Berlin
Barricade
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Cheddi Jagan
Widel Castro
Britain
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
United
Fry
Elgg
JFK
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