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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1962
Page
1
Baytown City Council will begin budget studies at 1 50 p m Monday in City Hall. The meetings are open to the public. Weather forecast calls for partly cloudy skies through Saturday with scattered showers along the coast. Galveston tides list high tides at 246 a m and 9 08 a m with other low details.
A Baytown area social page notes Joyce Ellen Thomas eight and Barbara Ann Thomas eleven will depart Friday after a five week visit from their Baytown hosts Mr. and Mrs. Glen Barriger of Orlando Park Illinois. The piece mentions local scenes at Roseland Park and summer activities including swimming at Sylvan Beach, with several local residents and events referenced.
Baytown police arrested two two year old boys from Freeport and Belkfire after they stole a black car on West Texas Avenue Garder and wrecked it in Clute, Texas. Officer B. J. Ausley questioned them at a washateria on South Pruett at 4 am Friday. They admitted stealing another vehicle from Baytown and involved in various thefts in Fortstown.
Washington notes to Moscow call for a meeting among the Western Big Three to curb Berlin tensions. Washington London and Paris insist the Soviet Union remains responsible under postwar arrangements and reject East German sovereignty over West Berlin.
Funeral services were held in Austonia Texas for David B Ted Moses 33 a former Baytonian who moved to Oakford Oakwood area a year ago Moses died at 935 pm Tuesday in Palestine Hospital from injuries when a horse fell on him on Demony Ranch in Oakwood He is survived by wife Joyce two children David Bryan 4 Dennis Bob 2 his parents Harley Moses Love lady and Mrs Fred Hawthorne Crockett brothers James Vernon Hawthorne and Donald Hawthorne Crockett wife is former Miss Hoyer dunes of Baytown Remaining details note arrangements by Waller Funeral Home Crockett and relatives from Baytown and Crockett attended the funeral
Berlin calm returned as three Soviet armored cars entered the Western sector with token resistance to a U.S. convoy. Mayor Willy Brandt urged calm, saying the city must live while the wall remains, after a refugee was killed by East German guards. Western powers urged a four power meeting to prevent further deterioration.
City council discussed replacing city garbage collection with private contractors to save up to 38000 dollars a year. Huron led a committee studying commercial service and noted potential 18000 dollar yearly savings if a contractor buys the city’s trucks. no action taken. Residents would be served by contractor crews, with city employees retained only as needed.
J W Strickler president of the Harris County Savings and Association told the city council that one way streets around the firm hamper access and create traffic problems. He urged Gaillard to be two way or remove parking on Sterling. The matter was sent to the council traffic committee for study.
Voters in Baytown decide on a proposed $45 monthly pay raise for police, with ballots listing For or Against. The measure would add about $20,000 to the budget, prompting a three cent tax rate hike. taxi rides are offered to voters. The Baytown Police Association emphasizes police risks and urges support.
A cold front moves south through the Texas Panhandle expected to ease August heat for a day or two. By morning the cool air edge lay south of Amarillo with lows around the 60s behind the front and a few showers in its path. Elsewhere Texas remains mostly clear with drought persisting in Central Texas.
Poll locations and election judges are listed by precinct. Details include school names such as Alanis, Ashbel Sovith, San Jacinto, Carver, Bowie, and community venues with assigned judges like Rhodes, Hester, Tidman, Dainey, Contreras, Kloesel, Lewis, and McClurg.
City council approved renaming five street segments to resolve conflicts and improve uniformity. Lacy Drive from Alexander Drive to end becomes Ivie Lee Drive, Rosille Drive from Kilgore Road to west end also Ivie Lee Drive, Cedar Lane to Narcille Street, Woodside Drive from Ward Road to Ivie Lee Drive becomes Hartt Drive, and Dorcis ete from North Fifth Street to end is Ward Road. LeFevre stated portions with mixed names were consolidated under the most populated segment.
AP bulletin notes The Weather Bureau predicts severe thunderstorms across a wide Northeast Texas area from Fort Worth to Hot Springs Arkansas with a four mile wide south and north corridor in effect from 2 to 6 pm Bill Allcorn 38 former Texas Ham commissioner and participant in the Vatertoy Land Scandal dies today
A 15 year old Baytown boy was treated at San Jacinto Memorial Hospital after a pistol discharged at Jim's Lounge. Owner Billy Wayne Ashley, 41, was charged with discharging firearms in the city and released on bond. Police described the weapon as a small derringer and noted a bullet hole in an icebox behind the bar.
A Dallas AP brief reports the James Richard Martin family of Groves Texas, on vacation in the Big Bend area, lost their pet monkey left in a neighbor's care. Authorities fear rabies as the animal died Tuesday. a doctor said age makes it hard to determine rabies and advised immediate treatment for the family.
A mixed digest notes U S farm aid rollbacks under secretary Charles Murphy, Huntsville strike fears near Redstone Arsenal, Ahmed Ben Bella’s popularity test in Algeria, Johnson’s Tehran visit pledging independence, and rising stockpile inquiry jitters. Tremors threaten southern Italy, nuclear talks accelerate, and Sherri Finkbine faces privacy battle. A Colombian DC 5 crash on takeoff leaves seven dead, Kennedy visits New England family sites.
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