Baytown Community Club and Band Entertain at Noon
Senior Citizens Club meets at 1 30 p m Thursday in the Community House with a social security official present to answer questions Coffee and games follow. TEXAS BLUE Wings Accordion Band will entertain the Baytown Kiwanis Club at noon Thursday at the Tower.
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House
Social, Security Office
Tor
Kinenis
Texas Blue Wings
Baytown Kiwanis Club
Tower
Harris County eyed for space lab site amid budget talks
City and county leaders weighed location for a National Aeronautics and Space Administration laboratory in Harris County with estimates of 50 to 60 million dollars and more than 3,000 jobs. Meanwhile Baytown cut coffee and veterans service funding to trim the budget, and withdrew from a regional association to save about 1,300 dollars yearly.
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Menton
Houston
Harris County
Albert Thomas
Space Administration Laboratory
Washter
Ington
Harris
Birthday gift car keeps Mary Mercer smiling
Mary Mercer Bowen recalls a memorable birthday when her parents gave her a new car. Mrs. D Donahoe and Wanda Boatright survived a Saturday car crash and seek the Good Samaritans who helped them. They ask helpers to call 566-5048 to be thanked.
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Mary Mercer Bowen
J. W. Mercer
D. Donahoe
Wanda Boatright
Johnnie Garner
Park
Claude Hill Sr
Jim Bryan
Katherine Moran
E. Sterling
Doris Billings
Latelia Robberson
James Allen
Bitsy) Davis
Caroline
Stella and
Roth
Herring
Bremerton
Wash
Officers Still Probing Murder in Port Arthur
Port Arthur police and investigators probed the shooting death of Homer Widener 45 the Pleasure Island Golf Course head pro. His 70-year-old father Ben Widener remained hospitalized with gunshot wounds as a suspect described as a former Corsicana police officer faced murder and attempted murder charges. Police considered robbery a possible motive while Assistant District Attorney Patterson said only preliminary details were available.
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Port Arthur
Arizona
Wayne Patterson
Port. Arthur
Pleasure Island
Homer Widener
Hotel Dieu
Beaumont
Ben Widener
Corsicana
Hint Of Fall Brings Cool Front To Texas
A cool front spread across northern Texas with 52 degrees at Dalhart and 53 at Amarillo as showers touched the Panhandle. Drizzle and fog were reported in the east while turbulence rose at night causing utility poles to fall and church roof damage in Giddings. Northeast and North Central skies were cloudy, with coastal areas partly cloudy and minimal rainfall overall.
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Associated Press
Texas
Dalhart
Amarillo
Panhandle
Texar
Kana
Weather Bureau
Giddings
First Methodist
Tesas
U Lay
Satellite Launch Platform Orbit Attempt Fails
CAPE CANAVERAL FLA AP The United States launched a satellite platform into orbit but failed to send a piggyback payload as planned. NASA said the Agena stage and Ranger 7 were in near earth orbit and did not separate as intended. Signals and radio data are being analyzed to determine what went wrong.
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Fla
United States
Mars
Venus
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Ranger
Agenay
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Ranger 7
James D. Burke
Proselect Range
West Tanks and Infantry Face Berlin Sector Border
Western Allied columns pressed tanks and infantry toward the Berlin sector border as East German redirects limit entry to East Berlin. Patton tanks appeared at Friedrichstrasse crossing while Communists warned West Berliners to stay 328 feet from the border. British forces added Green Jackets to Brandenburg Gate as tensions rose.
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U.S
Friedrich- Strasse
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West Berlin
West
King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Brandenburg Gate
Courts Seek Integration in Texas City and A&M Districts
Federal petitions filed in Galveston and Houston challenge school segregation in Texas City and the A&M Consolidated School District at College Station. Parents of three Negro students in Texas City allege denial of enrollment at Texas City High School this summer. Parents of 33 Negro children in the A&M District ask court to end color based student assignments. College Station petition seeks ruling that district segregation policies are unconstitutional.
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Houston
Texas City
A&m Consolidated
College Station
Galveston
A&m
Tom Good Texas rancher dies at 62 in Big Spring
Tom al Good a leading Texas rancher dies in his sleep at his modest ranch north of Big Spring at age 62 after a heart ailment. He began as a cowboy and stayed in cattle drives and ranching, once owning 55 sections in Borden County and handling up to 4 06 steers a year. His son Jeff Good manages a large ranch near Yeso in Ranch County.
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Big Spring
Tex
Tom al. Good
Texas
Here
Good
Lamesa
Borden County
Rondon County
Laree
Jeff Good
Lee College Adds First Honors Humanities Course
Two Lee College instructors discuss Humanities 300, an honors course with a round table format, no routine assignments, and emphasis on independent reading and critical writing. The class will explore great ideas across philosophy, religion, history, politics, art, and literature, selected by students.
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Lee College
Neo
iClass
Ous
London thief hid portrait in National Gallery briefcase
Detectives believe a thief who stole 292 dollars the portrait of the Duke of Wellington hid it in a briefcase inside Britain's National Gallery for more than 12 hours before walking out with it. Attorneys select juries for first freedom rider appeal trial in Jackson Mississippi after judge overrules defense motion.
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London
Duke of Wellington
Britain
National Gallery
Jackson
Miss
Budget belt tightening at Baytown City Hall plan
Baytown council pushed a 85 000 cut as essential austerity, trimming the 1961 62 budget to 2 025 450 to close a projected 100 000 gap. Key cuts include coffee for employees 2 100 dues 4200 two year Harris County mayor and council association, and a long range community development plan. Additional reductions target travel, clerical help, office supplies and car allowances. A special merit fund starts with 700 and will be boosted as needed. An audit study of 200 city workers is ordered to refine salary bands.
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Civil Defense Office
al Clayton
C. Darwin Middleton
Velma Ansley
Ansley
Seaborn Cravey
Veterans Service Center
C. A
Chris) Hansen
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Houston
Roy Hughes
VSO
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Grover K. Bylge
East Harris County Veterans Service
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Councilmen's Association
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Red
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Harris County
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Finance Department
C. C. Redd
W. L
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