Groundbreaking planned for NASA area city near Clear Lake
Ground will begin in about 45 days on the first phase of Clear Lake City a large housing and light industry development beside the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center. The project aims for a 140 000 to 180 000 population with multi million dollar spending over five years including an 80 room hotel offices shops and a school accompanying residential and park facilities.
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Blue Beathard Sun News
Houston
Clear Lake City
NASA Manned Spacecraft Center
Clear Lake
Wesley G. Mohr
Webb Corp
First Road
Ellington Air
Humble
Aera
Mohr
Manned Spacecraft Center
Seabrook Loop
Baytown
Msning
Ee Eee
Manned Sp
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NASA
Mobr
Baytown Hires Appraiser for Tax Revaluation Program
City Council authorizes hiring an appraiser and an assistant to study 1962 63 budget for a long term revaluation. If satisfactory, the appraiser may become a full time tax assessor collector. Cravey pushes the plan to correct inequities and avoid revenue gain, noting no prior revaluation since 1948 consolidation.
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C. C. Redd
LeFevre
Seaborn Cravey
Eastown
No Change Tickets For Baytown Little Theater Show
Relatives report no change in the condition of Thomas Foster a Baytown resident injured in a car wreck Saturday at Adena General Hospital where he remains in critical condition. Tickets for The Remarkable Mr Pennypacker are available $1.50 at the box office or by calling 566 7617 or Mrs Tart between 4 and 5 pm. Cloudy mild with showers and thunder possible through Thursday. Galveston tides Thursday high at 5 01 am and 3 44 pm, low at 10 34 am and 10 21 pm.
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Ler Tag
Baytown
Last Registration Set for Opti mist Pee Wee League
The Opti mist Club calls for boys to register for the Pee Wee League this Saturday from 9 am to 7 pm at the Optimist Club building. Also noted is a town bulletin of obituaries, local meetings, theft reports, and student activities from Baytown and surrounding areas.
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Optimist
Optimist Club
Channelview Schools Open Next Wednesday
Channelview schools will open Wednesday September 5 with junior and senior high students registering. Grades six and nine registered Monday, seven and 10 on Tuesday, eight and 11 on Wednesday. Seniors register in the principal's office, and new students may register on or after the first day, bringing report cards.
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Channelview
Anahune
NASA bids opening set Thursday at Rice Hotel Houston
Bids totaling more than 4 million for Clear Lake construction will be opened at 2 30 p m Thursday by the U S District Engineers Fort Worth office at the Rice Hotel Houston The largest contract is for a 60 601 square foot Central Data Building housing the technical information office library and computation division and graphic arts services Also planned are a heating cooling system a fire station water treatment sewage treatment unit a 44 916 square foot warehouse and another office building with office space for supply warehouse personnel If awarded the contracts more jobs will follow at the center
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NASA
Manned Spacecraft Center
Clear Lake
Rice Hotel
Houston
U. S. Distist Engineers
Fort Worth
Spacecraft Center
Graphic Arts Services
W W Thomas Ad for Sherman City Court Notice
W W Thomas of 321 8 Main High tande Whey Serr Cirmaifitd Ade advertises a writ and solicits attention to the fine eat. The notice mentions a payment or remedy and urges action today.
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M. Thomas
Defense Dept awards 47.4 million contract to Chance-Vought
The Defense Department awarded Chance-Vought in Dallas a 47.4 million contract to produce the FSU-2NE aircraft. Scattered showers persist in Southeast Texas and nearby Zaelstaria areas face heavy rains as weather disruptions spread.
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Chance - Vought
Dallas
Navy Jet Plane
Texas
Zaelstaria
Hoover Undergoes Three Hour Surgery Reports In Good Shape
Former President Herbert Hoover, age 38, is listed in satisfactory condition after a three hour operation for removal of an intestinal growth at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. Dr Rudolph N Schullinzer said Hoover is perfectly lucid with stable vital signs. Doctors expect two to three weeks for a lab result to determine if the growth is benign or malignant.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Rudolph N. Schullinzer
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Hoover
New Bus Routes Told By School Officials
Baytown school officials announced a new bus route in Glen Arbor Addition. Bus 71 will pick up Horace Mann Junior High students, then elementary riders for Ashbel Smith School. A second route serves Country Club Oaks and nearby streets with buses 61 and 4 for elementary students starting about 7 20 a.m. Junior high riders use buses 52 and 64. Bus 66 serves all Lima students.
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Baytown
Glen Arbor
Horace Mann
Ashbel Smith
Country Club Oaks
iCraigmont Place
Reddell Road
1Cedar Bayou
Lynchburg Road
Decker Drive
Market Street
Lima
Area School Registration Schedules For 1962 63
Enrollment up six percent as La Porte district sets detailed reg start for fall 1962. Elementary and middle school pupils begin Sept. 4 with grade level times. high school entries follow. St Josephs adds eighth grade. Lee College and Channelview plan fall registrations. Seniors, juniors, and others have specified windows and locations.
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Bers Hill
la Porte
W. C. Underwood
Crosby
Bar
Enro
Howling Tornado Hits Cameron La
A destructive tornado struck Cameron Louisiana late Tuesday night causing at least two deaths with authorities warning the toll may rise. Rescue teams searched debris as heavy rain hampered operations and about 50 people were injured. The town flooded and several low-lying areas were submerged while power and communications were knocked out.
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Cameron
Louisiana
Pichar
Billy Stephens
Hye
Avald
Nelson Decker invokes Fifth Amendment in probe testimony
Dallas AP reports Nelson Decker a former state employee hired to ferret out legally slanted as wells invoked the Fifth Amendment 26 times today refusing to divulge his source of 15 850 beyond salary He claimed constitutional immunity against self incrimination while testifying for 18 minutes before a Texas House Investigating Committee probe Decker described as a tall gray haired veteran of the oil fields appeared on the stand during the session
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Dallas
Nelson Decker
Decker
Texas House
Council Plans Study Of Garbage Contract
City officials explore a possible garbage service contract to cut costs and save taxpayers money. The plan includes bids, guarantees, and potential staff questions, with budget reviews and priorities on library funding and fire department budgets as the council debates funding changes. Local contention centers on contractor hiring and bond requirements.
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J. B. LeFevre
Jack Huron
Jing
LeFevre
C. A
Chris) Hanlwages
Anticipated School Enrollment Reaches 11 612 Districtwide
School officials estimate total enrollment for the district at 11 612 across elementary, junior high, and senior high schools. White and Negro pupil counts are broken down by school, with special education and homebound classifications noted. Senior high totals list White Robert E S Lee and Negro G W Carver High among others.
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Anson Jones
Sam Houston
Ashbel Smith
David G. Burnet
William B. Travis
James Bowie
M. B. Lamar
Ramo
Stephen F. Austin
San Jacinto
DeZevala
Highlands
Negro Carver
Harlem
Victoria Walker
Dubia High
Horace
Part Of Human Jawbone Found At Rooming House
A small piece of human jaw bone was found Tuesday in a radio cabinet in Busch's Rooming House at 200 W. Gulf Baytown Police sent the bone to Houston Police laboratory for tests. Assistant Police Chief Turner said it was identified as part of a human skull at a Baytown hospital. It was found in Room 202% by new resident Robert Brown. Police were told by owner Mrs. Busch. Investigating officers were Merchant and Hardy. Brown said he found the bone inside a radio cabinet in a bathroom.
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Busch
Robert P. Merchant
Ser
E.R. Hardy
Brown
Three men indicted in AP federal probe of free acreage transfers
Houston reports three individuals David C. Stephens Angleton Texas T Thornhill Waller and Gene Newman Lake Jackson indicted by a federal grand jury for alleged free acreage transfer schemes. Austin dispatch notes a man claiming to identify the mystery death prime suspect says he is positive, while state police say Brennan identified by Nolan Griffin was checked out and cleared.
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Mona Craft
Bay City
Texas
Gulf Coast
Houston
Aft
David c. Stephens
Angleton, T
C. Thornhill
of. Waller
Gene Newman
Lake Jackson
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Pete) Kelley
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