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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1960
Page
1
A small fire at 204 Yupan damaged no property after a rubber hose loosened from a gas stove. Fire Chief A HeArti Lintélinzin said the Wednesday blaze was contained with no injuries. Baytown residents may send Christmas greetings to servicemen via the Red Cross at 220 FE Defoe.
Friday tides in Galveston show high water at 2 10 a m and 4 59 p m with low water at 9 26 a m and 10 52 p m.
A group of Harris County newsmen and photographers, including Chester Rogers, travel to Alaska courtesy of the U S Air Force Reserve. The party plans to return home Friday as local updates include Blanche Stephens arriving early for work and Mary Beth McElroy recovering from a virus.
Cuban officials report a U S space rocket debris shower near Holguin eastern Cuba causing loud explosions and alarm. Fragments weighing up to 40 pounds hit a hillside ten miles from the city center after a launch from Cape Canaveral failed to place two satellites in orbit. U S and Cuban authorities weigh fallout for U S aggression claims and potential UN OAS discussions.
Washington AP report says Governor G. Mennen Williams of Michigan is chosen by President-elect John F Kennedy to be assistant secretary of state for African affairs. Williams will retire as Michigan governor January 1, with Kennedy making the announcement at his Georgetown home after a breakfast confab.
Moscow reports the third Soviet spacecraft launched with animal passengers aboard. Tass said two dogs were aboard the five ton orbiting vehicle for space research. The mission carried other animal life and plant specimens to study their condition via telemetry.
A quote states the speaker has asked Gov Williams to accept a top role as assistant secretary of state for Africa in the incoming administration, describing it as a position of unmatched responsibility.
The Baytown Police Association will award two $500 scholarships to Robert E. Lee High School graduates of 196 who plan to attend Lee College for the full two year course of study. Recipients will be judged on scholastic ability and personal need. The scholarship money is paid to the college and may fund further study if funds remain after two years. Proceeds from the association's hall fund finance the program and other charitable endeavors.
Baytown shoppers began registering at a brisk pace Thursday for prizes during Christmas Bonus Days. The event runs to December 22 with a $500 cash prize and 50 more prizes drawn at Brunson Theater. Open to anyone 16 or older, except sponsoring firms and households of their employees. Registration from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at sponsoring firms. photocopies not accepted.
Nine Robert F. Lee High School science students travel to Fort Worth for a Texas Junior Academy of Science meeting on Friday and Saturday. They will present papers with 10 minute recitations before a judging panel. Students include John Cater Penny Curtin Luise Horne Allan Dinsmore Helen Rose Dorothy Anderson Ruth Woods Donny Rae Diebel and Babs Pillaert with topics ranging from dielectric experiments to crystal growth and animal psychology.
Raymond Edward Petway seventeen of Elm Street sustained bruises and scratches when his car collided with a truck at Willow and Miriam in Baytown He was treated at San Jacinto Hospital and released Police cited Petway for failure to yield right of way and no operator license The truck driver Paul Young of Walker Avenue Houston owned the ready mix concrete firm and was uninjured according to police
Republican leaders plan a major investigation into alleged election irregularities. President Kasavubu breaks relations with United Arab Republic and orders diplomats out of Congo. Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher sue magazines for 7.25 million dollars for alleged character damage. Texas water board reorganization proposed by citizens group after study of water problems. Argentina faces rebel attacks amid Peronist movement claims. Grechko named Soviet defense minister. Melinovaky whereabouts not explained. Miriam Ferguson, former Texas governor, dies after heart attack. Eisenhower rumored to have rented desert property in Southern California. FBI recovers 282,515 dollars from abductors in Anthony Alessio case. Hutcheson says party will persist in contest over presidential vote. Bobby Darin star Sandra Dee scandal reported. Kennedy leads Nixon by 165,673 votes so far in nationwide tally. Khrushchev and Mao pledge friendly talks per Tass. Billy Graham urges Los Angeles churches to focus on social issues.
Funeral services for Louis Patiste Traverso 78 of 2001 Olive will be at 2 p m Friday at Cedar Bayou Methodist Church. He died Wednesday night at home after a career as merchant and Mont Belvieu business owner. Burial at Cedar Bayou Masonic Cemetery with Cedar Bayou Lodge AF and AM No 321 conducting graveside rites. Survivors include three daughters two sons four stepdaughters three stepsons a sister two brothers and eighteen grandchildren.
Tension rose in downtown New Orleans as a university student and three Black individuals faced taunts from white pickets outside William Frantz school. Police escorted activists to a patrol car amid shouts of insults as demonstrators tried to block entry for children including one girl. The incident followed other protests and a federal court decision upholding school integration, with three defendants set to be tried on December 7.
Dallas faces mounting criticism as the Fifth Circuit reverses a Dallas District Court plan for school integration. The court approves a two year stair-step desegregation starting with first grade in September 1961, but declines to endorse delaying full integration.
AUSTIN API-Dist. Atty. Les Procter said two University of Texas students accused of an attempted bombing at a student integration meeting will be brought before the grand jury later today. They were arrested Wednesday night about 24 hours after the incident at the University MCA.
Mrs Maxie Beatrice Lockard Graves 70 of 60% John Martin Road died at 8 am Thursday in Raytown. She was from Tennessee and a Grace Methodist Church member. Funeral at Paul U Lee Funeral Home Friday at 2 pm officiated by Rev Chester H Steele. Burial Linney Cemetery Dayton. Survivors: husband Joe S Graves Baytown. son Joe D Graves Baytown. daughters Mrs V J Emanuel Dassetta, Mrs Melvin Hathorn Baytown, Mrs Robert Hil Jr Baytown. eight grandchildren. two great grandchildren. mother Mrs A S Lockard Cleveland Texas. sisters Mrs J Waya Longview, Mrs Austin LeNormand Hullvind Mes, Mrs T F Enloe Cleveland. brothers Wo H Lockard Tomball, John Lockard Beaumont, Roland Lockard Dayton, Pete Lockard Baytown.
Baytown Housing Authority nears completion of a two year expansion adding 80 units at about 1 million dollars with 50 Negro and 30 Latin American families housed and 20 white units near occupancy in December. Total 1900s units financed by federal loan. rents average 2 dollars monthly with scale by family size. ongoing remodeling program covers windows, screens, doors and painting.
Baytown reaches 28,159 residents, up 150 from preliminary figures, while Pasadena finalizes at 58,737, a rise of 124 from the earlier count. Baytown’s 1960 population shows growth of 5,206 since 1956, from 22,953 to 28,158.
In Havana Catholic authorities warn Fidel Castro may force private Catholic schools to close or alter operations. A church spokesman says Villanueva University could be shut or placed under doctrinal courses, reflecting government pressure on 2000 private schools in Cuba. Villanueva, opened 14 years ago, started the year with 750 students, down from 950.
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