Aggie Exes Split Over A&M Name Change
Baytown Sun readers face the A&M name change to university and the admission of women. Ex-students Gary Garner and Jerry Wilson express mixed views on tradition, esprit de corps, and progress as the campus broadens beyond the old all male model.
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Baytown Notices Highlight Police Talk and Club Events
Baytown police chief Bob Forche will address CAP cadets at Baytown Airport on rescue capabilities of the Air Force Reserve and Civil Air Patrol. Local events include a Woodwind and Choir performance, a funeral set for Bruno Morisse, a Baytown Coin Club meeting, a School Workshop, and boat races by the Baytown Boat Club.
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Miners Rescue Nears As Escape Hole Is Enlarged
Hazleton Pennsylvania AP reports rescue teams near freeing Henry Thorne and David Fellin after enlarging a cave-in escape hole. crews have bored through clay and rock to reach the trapped miners, with progress updates amid drilling plans and timing for possible ascent.
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Bova
Henry Throne
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David Feilin
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Winnie Brown to speak at cafeteria workshop event
Winnie Brown will address the upcoming cafeteria workshop while Cleo Allen begins a new year as president of the School Food Service Association. The jumble mentions moves, school staff, scout projects, and local interactions showing everyday town life and small anecdotes.
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Cleo Allen
School Food Service Association
J. R. Blanscet
Austin
Blanscet
Robert E. Lee High School
Lucy Guidry
Eddie Shoemake
Mark Godwin
Butch Heinrich
John McClintock
Linda Jacob
Herbert Duke
Seaborn Cravey
Ken Pace
Roy White
Tyler
Bertie
N.V
Linda
MelWilliams
Charles C. Latham
Lana Francis
Fe Duzbey
Paul U. Lee 71 Baytown funeral home owner dies
Paul U. Lee 71 longtime Baytown funeral home owner died of a heart attack Friday. He and his wife Zenobia opened the firm in 1923 and expanded it over the decades. Funeral services are set for Sunday at the Paul U. Lee Chapel with Rev. Edwin T Summers officiating. Cremation will follow at Brookside Memorial Park Houston. Survived by widow a foster son and granddaughter. Contributions are requested to Arabia Temple Crippled Children’s Hospital in Houston.
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Brookside Memorial Park
Houston
Shreveport
Lee
Texas
Zenobia
Harris County
Lees
Westheimer
Goose Creek
Af& AM Lodge
Arabia Temple
Approval Of Aid Cut In Senate Seen
Washington AP. Senate Republican leader Everett Dirksen of Illinois said the Senate may sustain the House cut of 585 million from foreign aid. President Kennedy condemned the action as short sighted and partisan. The House passed a 33.5 billion ceiling with 222-188 and 224-186 votes, sending the measure to the Senate. Kennedy urged bipartisan support and warned against reckless spending. Fulbright and Sparkman offered cautious remarks on restoration. Morse pushed for broader reductions. Kennedy noted his past support for aid and blamed Republicans for the attack on aid this year.
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Civil Defense Unit Seeks 11 Committee Aides In Baytown
Baytown Civil Defense director Fletcher Hickerson calls for citizen volunteers to join 11 committees including security, communications, rescue, engineering, supply, public information, transportation, manpower, shelter, schools and office. Disaster plan aims to save lives, minimize damage, and coordinate with state and federal agencies through detailed area surveys and public instructions.
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Fletcher Hickerson
Hickerson
Fire Department
Public Information Committee
Civil Defense
J. 2B. LeFevre
Dickerson
A. H
Art) Lintelman
Bob Forche
R. H.bd Turner
W. O. Finch
George Chandler
A. V. Barsher
Dave Sherron
J. M. Stuart
G. R. Scott
J. S. Blackburn
John C. Echols
W. A. Goodrick
Ex-Naval Chief backs limited test ban with safeguards
Adm George W Anderson Jr former chief of naval operations testifies to the Senate Preparedness subcommittee in secret backing the limited nuclear test ban with safeguards. Senator Jackson says Pentagon will respond on specifications as two weeks of hearings on the treaty continue. A third underground test was set off in Nevada at the AEC site, described as low yield under 20 000 tons TNT.
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Portugal
Henry Jackson
D. Wash
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D-Ak
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Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
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Labor Fails To Clear Path For Rail Strike Bill
Washington lawmakers grappled with a proposed bill mandating binding arbitration to settle mass labor disputes aboard railroads. Senators Magnuson Morton faced opposition from commerce panel members over compulsory arbitration timelines, while unions push for speed against crew-size and labor cuts.
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Billy Waren
Magnuson
D-Wash
Thruston B. Morton
R-Ky
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Waegant Labor
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Commerce Committee
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Library budget trimmed to 70 thousand for year
The council reduced the proposed 86 616 dollar Sterling Municipal Library operating budget for 1953 64, cutting 16 616 from the total. The book budget lost 8 354, leaving 16 in the original 20 000 proposed. Librarian Hank Blasick says the cuts would cover about 1 500 new books. The library now has about 17 000 volumes with a full collection expected around 60 000. Proponents and opponents traded views as council debated the cuts, ultimately preserving payroll for five pages and funds to hire two more staffers.
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Henry J
Hank) Blasick
Blasick
T. E
Tommy) Cook
Jack Huron
Earl Lively
Kenneth E. Badgett
Lee Liggett
Velma Anstey
Unhappy Aggies From 1958 Grab Photo Wire Services
A vintage Baytown photo featuring Gary Garner John Billingsley Armando Quirms and Lefty Beekman shows the era’s rough outlook. Garner notes the image circulated via wire services and appeared in newspapers.
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Baytown
Gary Garner
John Billingsley
Armando Quirms
Garner
Baytown Paintings To Be Presented To LBJ
Baytown will present two paintings by Mrs Haskell Lilly to Vice President Lyndon B Johnson at a Houston coffee in the Rice Hotel at 4 p m Monday. Bert Gresham will transport the works on behalf of Baytown citizens as a memento from Johnson's Baytown visit. Johnson, who will turn 55 the following Tuesday, is due in Houston for a state AFL CIO unions meeting.
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Bert) Gresham
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