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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1961
Page
1
Baytown residents woke to a loud sonic boom blamed on Air Force flights over the Gulf Coast area. No major damage reported beyond a shattered furniture store window and a few alarm calls as authorities explained the phenomenon.
A list of local graduates includes Tommy M Clavon of 2514 Ce Herbert Vernon Cooke Jr and 301 Worth Pruett receiving degrees in School Administration from Trinity University. The group, 73 candidates, were examined by the State Board of Public Accountancy in San Antonio. Cooke, a 1954 Baylor graduate and Lee High School alum, earned a ME in School Administration. Music DJ Larry Warren, in Houston, hosts Songs by Larry Warren on KWBA Baytown mornings. R L Heinrich of Humble co authors a patent on a new coating for fast drying varnishes and enamels. Burglars sought by Baytown police after two boys seen entering Optimist Club building and causing minor disruption. Police seek missing items from a local resident. Baytown book mobile schedule announced with hubcap theft noted. Public notices include PTA meetings and college party events. Junior officer patrols report minor thefts and medical updates.
Weekend weather will be partly cloudy and warm with brief isolated thundershowers in the afternoon. Temperatures range from 70 to 92 degrees. Galveston tides: Sunday high at 6 24 am and 4 49 pm, low at 11 05 am and 1 13 pm.
Elizabeth Meees starts downtown early while theatergoers fill the Little Theater for the first night. Maria Coker seeks a lost puppy in Lakewood as Mrs. Jane Russell and others mingle. Notables include the Meyers family from La Porte, Baytown praise for the show, and plans for Garner State Park.
The Texas and New Orleans Railroad depot in La Porte, open since 1896, closed Friday afternoon after the Texas Railroad Commission approved a non agency prepaid station. Southern Pacific Transport will handle freight pickup and delivery from Pasadena station, with calls from La Porte patrons accepted by phone. Freight train service to local industries continues, and a local train arrives daily around 2 p.m.
Five area students received degrees Friday at Baylor University summer commencement in Waco General Bruce C Clarke commander of US Army Forces in Berlin delivered the commencement address Degrees awarded went to Marilyn Gilbert Derrett Baytown Bachelor of Music Education Gerald Coleman Cain Deer Park Judy Blanche McNulty Anahuac Bachelor of Business Administration Cleo Verl Proctor Baytown Bachelor of Science and Mary Elizabeth Hartman Master of Arts A total of 280 degrees were conferred led by Dr Abner V McCall Baylor president.
Baytown Water Department receives an Award of Merit from the Southwest Section of the American Water Works Association for an excellent safety record in 1960. Baytown may gain national plaque recognition if safety standards are kept up, said L A Jackson secretary treasurer of the organization.
A collage of brief items notes C A Knight of Denver reelected president of the OU CWA union, looming censorship readiness in Texas daily association motions, mobilization of National Guardsmen and reservists for Berlin tensions, Kennedy’s planned rest with briefings, Brazil’s political crisis, UN support for France’s Tunisia withdrawal, crime hearings calling tougher laws, a space debris mission, cold weather, a fatal Air Force jet crash near Tinker AFB, Dallas school projections on integrated classes, Texas license fee increases, a 3 year old riding razor incident, a California transfer case, and renewed sales tax rules by Comptroller Calvert.
DETROIT AP report says AMC and United Auto Workers nearing history making profit sharing for the auto industry. Top negotiators paused at 1 am and may resume by weekend. Walter Reuther and Edward Cushman led talks while technical staffs planned a morning session as the Big Three faced potential strikes before contracts expire next Thursday.
Washington AP reports a Soviet diplomat downplays reliance on its own shelter program and emphasizes trust in the American government for protection amid international tensions.
Baytown residents face increased hay fever as abnormal rainfall boosts ragweed pollen. State Health Department urges immediate cutting of rank weed growth in vacant lots and chemical suppression where safe for vegetation. Ragweed accounts for about 80 percent of local hay fever, with pollen spreading from mid August to October.
The Baytown Sun extends an invitation to Ronald W. Cooper of 2800 Newcastle Drive to attend the Brynson Theater showing of Ben Hur. The invitation is valid for two tickets when presented at the Brunson box office.
J. R. Singleton of Baytown has been named a regional director for the Texas Game and Fish Commission, effective Sept. 1, and will oversee Region 4 based in Seabrook. Region 4 spans from the Sabine River to just before Bexar County with specialists assigned to the Seabrook office.
Washington officials and Western diplomats held a 14 hour Berlin crisis meeting with Rusk McNamara Bundy and other leaders. notes were sent to Moscow warning against air corridor interference as East German leader Ulbricht vowed to block Western access routes.
BEAUMONT April graduates from Baytown included Stephen Thompson with a bachelor of arts in government Dewey Childress earning a bachelor of business administration in marketing and Janet Jones Long with a bachelor of science in home economics The campus commencement speaker Dr F L McDonald warned graduates about balancing individual freedom with the general welfare and cautioned against subsidy programs debt and expanding government role in education and defense programs.
Milton Beasley Gingles 53 of 1300 E James died Saturday morning in a Baytown Hospital. He was ship superintendent for Standard Vacuum Oil in Manila for eight years and formerly worked 25 years at Humble Oil Baytown Refinery. Survived by wife Wilma Rogers Gingles two daughters Mrs Richard Bailey Larretta Lea Gingles one son Robert Lee Gingles an uncle R Gingles and one grandchild. Earthman Funeral Home to complete arrangements.
Linda Lou Bozeman ten, of Port Neches, named poster girl for the 1961 Liberty Muscular Dystrophy Research Foundation campaign. This is her sixth year in the role. Despite being wheelchair bound, she engages in piano and embroidery, plans a Disneyland trip with parents, and will start sixth grade at Hughen School. The foundation, started in 1950 by the Woods sisters, has raised over $300,000 for research at UT Medical Center Galveston and Baylor College of Medicine Houston.
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