Freeways Are Happy Way Theme Song Bond Vote Sept 8
Baytown voters face a September 8 election on a 16 million freeway bond to ease a widening traffic jam. The piece argues freeways move traffic faster and are safer, urging property owners and auto owners to vote yes to fund rights of way and construction in Harris County Baytown area.
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Preston Pendergrass
Baythion
Baytown
Harris County
Nowy
Harris’ County
Septa
State Highway Department
Hero Closes Valves On Escaping Butane
A frightened truck driver failed to close safety valves after a butane hose disconnected at North Main, releasing gas from a 4500 gallon truck. An unidentified contractor halted the flow, fire crews set up road blocks, and precincts evacuated the area while Buell-Scott, owner, praised the quick action of the valve closure and noted the driver was not a company employee.
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Butane Link Farm
North Main
Buell -Scott
Tim
Scott
Aged Gospel Group to Lead City Hall Event
Saturday in the city hall G M Caole is in charge of a gospel program billed as SPOTS Y quirle with make aed el the gaxpel t for a pam. Local readers are invited to attend this community gathering.
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G. M. Caole Ig Jin
Negroes Seek Protection as Whites Guard Mansfield High
In Mansfield Texas more than 400 white residents guard the high school to block six Negro students from entering. NAACP attorney seeks federal court protection. governor Shivers reluctant to deploy state officers without a local request, while a fifth effigy is found amid tense standoff.
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Mansfield
Tex
Mansfield High School
Chilford Davis
Fort Worth
Allan Shivers
Austn
Tarrant
Shivers
NAACP
Sco
Front Will Reach Coast By Saturday
A front pushed into Texas on Friday lowering Panhandle temperatures to 33. The cooler air follows a turbulence producing a tornado and first good rain in North Texas this season. Dallas reported winds to 46 mph and a thunderstorm hit late Thursday. Forecasters said the front lay along a Vernon to Lampass line at 89.0 and was moving southeast today, followed by high winds over the Panhandle.
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United Press Aonld
Front
Texas
Panhandie
North ‘Ixas
Dallas
Dalais
Wearller
Colt
Panhandle
South Plains
Bond Issue Impractical Paving Plan Proposed for Baytown
Baytown Highway Committee of the Chamber of Commerce will urge the City Council to consider a paving ordinance based on property owners paying for street improvements. A bond program to fix all streets was deemed impractical. The panel backed a bascule bridge at Cedar Bayou and noted highway department studies affecting Highway 146 inside the city and Baytown access from Highway 73. Public officials and members including Busch, Beman, Hemphill, Higginbotham, Prince, Short, Wilburn, and McElroy attended.
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Baytown
Cedar Bayou
W. Busch
Busch
9. C. Greer
Way Department
Nx Joop
Highway Commission
Aig
Buweh
Robert P. Beman
B. Hemphill
Higginbotham
Paul Prince
Ta. Short
Sam Slassi
Hoo Wilburn
Richardson
Buddy Bray
Nason McElroy
Long Labor Day Weekend Closures Notice
Baytown reports a long weekend with many stores cafes and drugstores closed Sunday and Monday. Refinery workers plus bank city hall and post office staff observe a three day break starting Friday quitting time.
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Baytown
Si Wriday
Sonv
Process Department
Shelten Maingsnange
Lee College Graduates Five Honor Students Listed
Five students completed the prescribed work to graduate from Lee College in the summer session. Graduates: Donald V. Howard James B. Jackson James TH. Nelley Albert L. Mazoch Charles A. Sue. Honor roll includes students earning A in two courses: Julia Ann Bonner Eva Branton James B. Clegg Virgil Comper Jack Hopper Bennie Lee Johnson Allen Lane Don Meier Gwendolyn Mortis Paula Jane Rogers Janith Stroud Barbara Upchurch Robert Walsh Bettie Marie Wilson. Also A in one course with honorable mention: Myra Beth Adams Nancy Ann Agee Wack Bargainer. (See COLLEGE-Page Two)
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Lee College
Donald V. Howard
James B. Jackson
James TH. Nelley
Albert L. Mazoch
Charles A. Sue
Julia Ann Bonner
Eva Branton
James
BE. Clegg
Virgil Comper
Jack Hopper
Bennie Lee Johnson
Allen Lane
Don Meier
Gwendolyn Mortis
Paula Jane Rogers
Janith Stroud
Barbara Upchurch
Robert Walsh
Bettie Marie Wilson
Myra Beth Adams
Nancy Ann Agee
Wack Bargainer
United Fund Campaign Chief Optimistic About Drive
Frank Goss general chairman says response from division commanders is encouraging as the Baytown Community Chest United Fund gears toward a 153 408 budget. Two plans to inform the public start Sept 14 with tours of agencies and expanded downtown business outreach plus a pledge plan allowing firm quarterly or semiannual payments.
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Frank Goss
Baytown Community Chest-United Fund
Goss
Vi Wright
Charlie Caldwell
Community Chest
Gass
Driv
Five Thousand Acres Under Contract at Cedar Bayou
Five thousand acres along Cedar Bayou in Chambers County are under option with twenty two new options recorded in Anahuac bringing total options to fifty six on about four thousand acres. Earnings indicate several thousand dollars in earnest money paid. Names include E C Child, a Houston real estate man, who holds options for First City National Bank Houston as trustee.
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Cedar Bayou
Chambers County
Anahuac
AJL
E. C. Child
Houston
First City Naional Bank
Refusal in Guthrie on Typhoid Water Fatalities At Church Meeting
In Guthrie Oklahoma family members refuse medical treatment for typhoid fever amid a health scare linked to a meeting at Monark Springs Missouri. Reports say four or more deaths may be attributed to contaminated water at the gathering, with authorities investigating the source and urging sanitation measures.
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Guthrie, Ohl
Church of God
Monark Springs
Trustees Review Lee College Addition Plans
Baytown trustees on Thursday night examined initial plans for a third building at Lee College, adding over 25 000 square feet to the campus. The new structure, by Architect Dan Perkins, would sit to the left rear of the main building and include five classrooms on the first floor, seven faculty offices, a bookstore, lounges, a kitchen, a roofed terrace, and 26 classrooms on the second floor, with exterior design matching existing structures.
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Dan Perkins
Chance For 'Cashing In' Just Too Good
London dispatches report Soviet preparation for defense alignment with Egypt in the Suez canal crisis. President Nasser already has Soviet backing as tensions grow with Britain and France. Espionage charges and expulsions deepen the standoff while top officials weigh moves that could affect canal negotiations.
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Moscow
Egypt
Russia
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Suez
Robert Gordon Menzies
Moiles
Teaves Lonion
Tegypt
Paris
Store Hours Extended Through December 14 for Christmas
Merchants committee announced Friday that current store hours will be extended to December 14 when shopping hours will shift. The panel met to decide against the naval fall change and voted to start Christmas hours on December 14 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. through December 22, with regular hours resuming December 24. Billy G. Smith leads the committee to study stretch decorations and purchases, with members Budily Van Cleve Sam Paine Zeb Phillips L A Wiliede Al Melinger Clem Kevar and Harry Fl Massey arranging yearly displays.
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Fetal Merchants Committee
Gheistmag
Qisdas
Billy G. Smith
Budily van Cleve
Sam Paine
Zeb Phillips
L.A. Wiliede
al Melinger
Clem Kevar
Harry Fl Massey
Transfers OKd Allow Horace Mann Grade Change Plan
Supt Gentry and Baytown trustees approve a plan to ease pressure by transferring some eighth grade students from Cedar Bayou to Horace Mann Junior High if they provide their own transportation. Ninth grade transfers were already allowed. seventh and eighth graders east of Highway 146 north of Morrell Park remain restricted.
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Schoon
George H. Gon
Try
Baytown
Cedar Bayou
Horace Mann
Gentry
Cayoadr
Jar Bayou
Horacé Mann
Nith
Highway A
Morrell Park
Soviet Sets Off New Atomic Blast
President Eisenhower reported that the Soviet Union detonated a new large atomic test in southwest Siberia on Thursday morning. He said it was larger than last Friday's test, which yielded under one megaton, but final yield awaits evaluation by the Atomic Energy Commission.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Siberia
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Can
Atomic Energy Commission
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