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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1961
Page
2
A whimsical AP piece shows a mother shopper weighing bagged goods and cans to save money. It contrasts price, size, and weight using light humor and early consumer math, highlighting how budget choices hinge on per ounce and package size. The tale ends with a playful note on choosing groceries for supper.
The State Department offered no comment on Aboricht’s remarks as Western diplomats wrestle with whether to begin talks with the Soviets soon or wait, amid Berlin tensions. France’s de Gaulle opposes rushing into talks while Soviet threats persist, while the United States Britain and West Germany favor early negotiations. A U.N. General Assembly session in New York next month could host a high level meeting. A State Department booklet portrays East Germany as undemocratic and notes West Berlin as the only freely elected government behind the Iron Curtain while describing the East German regime as a Soviet puppet.
In Tacoma Washington Phyllis Preuss the 22 year old Floridian met Anne Quast Decker of Seattle in the 36 hole final of the USGA Women's Amateur Championship. Preuss earlier defeated Roberta Albers 2 and 1 in the semifinals and Decker beat Gaines Wilson Jr 5 and 4 to reach the final. Decker held a strong record in the tournament and aims to defend her 1958 title amid six matches in the 1961 campaign.
Clyde Jones Rambler Co moves Monday from 407 W Texas Ave to 2800 Market St into renovated facilities formerly Paul Prince Motors. The 22,000 square foot site includes a complete service department with body paint radiator and machine shops. Seven new employees join sales service and parts. Jones vows better service and invites customers to visit the new location.
Hospital Beat lists patients at Gulf Coast and Baytown hospitals with room numbers and visiting statuses. Claude Bounds, Dutch Kaderli, and Stephanie Wunsch are noted patients, plus Cecil Goren and others. New arrivals include a baby girl for Mr. and Mrs. Paul Alpha at Gulf Coast.
Farmers placed 129,872,446 bushels of 1961 crop wheat under price support through July, with most in Kansas Oklahoma and Texas. Of the total 123,298,671 were warehouse stored 6,534,661 were formatored and 39,114 under purchase agreement. The volume compares with 126,902,207 bushels in 1960 and 77,720,889 bushels of coal...
Houston Republicans move to establish a standing committee to select and back Republicans for city offices on a unified platform. Behind the scenes compromise talks address the Houston Pasadena annexation suit filed in May challenging 72 square miles. Incident updates include a murder charge tied to Joe William Osan, 21, and a 17 year old survivor after a tree fell into a house. Extra fare announced for Houston bus riders on longer trips.
Milton Beasley Gingles 53 of 1300 E James Baytown died Saturday morning in a Baytown Hospital. He was ship superintendent for Standard Vacuum Of Co in Manila for eight years and formerly worked 25 years at Humble Oil Baytown Refinery. Survivors include wife Wilma Rogers Gingles two daughters Mrs Richard Barkley Lorretta Lea Gingles one son Robert Lee Gingles an uncle C R Gingles and one grandchild. Funeral arrangements are to be completed by Earthman Funeral home.
Poster (Continued From Page 1) Poster office in Beaumont. He studied engineering three years at the University of Houston. Mrs. Bozeman, the former Emmy Lou Adams of Lufkin, earned a teacher certificate from Sam Houston State, Huntsville. Sallie and Nadine Woods serve in the Liberty Foundation headquarters without pay. As a result of low administrative costs, the Liberty Foundation has devoted to research 9 cents of every dollar contributed. Contributions, all deductible, should be mailed to: Liberty Muscular Dystrophy Research Foundation, 2040 Trinity Ave., Liberty.
Top negotiators from the Big Three offered a seven cent per hour wage increase for three years with fringe benefits as a replacement for a cost-of-living escalator. The proposal preserves the current wage formula with modifications and includes pensions layoff pay and other benefits. Durham, Abbott, Cushman and Ed Hamilton are among players noted in the associated golf event coverage.
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