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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1963
Page
1
Dallas readers confront the Kennedy assassination not as unique to Texas but as part of a broader hate climate. The piece notes Texans feel deep guilt while affirming Dallas and Texas are not representative, examining frontier justice, extremism, and local attitudes shaping responses to the murder.
A Baytown Jehovahs Witnesses meeting schedule is disrupted by a three day Port Arthur Circus Assembly led by John K Fierce Jr. Local updates include Baytown Lite League officers meeting at Bowie School for the 1964 baseball year, a funeral service in Marietta Ga, and a memorial notice for Mrs Dr Watson. Also noted are a memorial and a church rummage sale, a soldier stationed at La Porte, a James Bowie Elementary Christmas display, and Galveston tide forecasts.
Bonnie Hance regrets limited time to help with the Optimist Club Pee Wee Charity Bowl next Friday. Various locals including Gregory, Fore, Doc Hill, Ray Turner, Gillette, Basil Jones, Rector Walton, Tommy Keams, and families in Dallas Waco Paterson NJ share weekend visits and social updates amid church music plans and Baylor Rice football weekend in Houston.
In Houston in the 2600 block of Lyons Avenue an unknown shooter fired at a Highlands resident. A pen and a nearby object deflected the bullet, preventing serious injury to the man identified as MocAdams, a Houston transit worker. The incident occurred Friday near a service entrance for Rapid Transit Lines. No further details on the shooter or motive were provided.
Dr. B. Franklin of Humble Oil Baytown Refinery was elected vice president of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers at the Houston convention. He has served as a director and committee member, with a long record in national engineering education and UT affiliations. Meanwhile a Houston service station shooting left driver McAdams wounded in the chest but stable, with the assailant described as a Black man about five feet tall, who fled Gringhurst Street after the incident.
WASHINGTON AP The Navy welcomed Paul H Nitze as its new civilian chief sworn in Friday as secretary of the Navy He has no naval background and is a disciple of Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara whose decisions challenge Navy aspirations.
The Robert A. Welch Foundation in Houston announced 31 grants totaling 1 343 years for basic chemical research. The program includes 8 new grants and 24 renewals for 39 scientists and 16 institutions, with UT and affiliated medical branches in Galveston and Houston receiving large shares.
Extremist Castroite groups attacked Caracas streets injuring police and civilians, blowing up buses, scattering tacks, and threatening voters as Venezuela prepared for Sunday’s presidential election. FALN and allied actors warned the public to stay indoors and pressured government leaders amid dispersed acts of violence and warnings against Betancourt’s supporters.
The Baytown Tax Department prepares final notices for property owners with 169 100 in unpaid taxes. Final letters indicate prior notices were mailed with no response, urging payment and arrangements to retire the balance. Tax assessor Funderburk says city services rely on ad valorem receipts and not paying taxpayers shift the burden. Final appeal and legal action may follow to recover the outstanding amounts.
A fragmented Baytown community note recounts Bob Matherne initiating the Goodfellows event in 1931. It credits CALEL GOODFELLOW with the first party’s concept, highlights early low funding, and praises the Baytown Carpenters Union for support. The piece stresses gifts for under twelve and the ongoing, volunteer-driven effort funded by small contributions and local newspaper involvement.
Puzzle page header and garbled editor notes present a muddled item about a hometown puzzle feature. It references names, places, and events in a strained, unreadable OCR format with mentions of presidents, funerals, and assassinations, but specifics are lost to error.
Fragmented text reports a public viewing at Kennedy's crave near Arlington and notes a Washington cemetery and a president’s assassination. Mentions death tolls, Thanksgiving weekend, and references to President and nation’s sorrow. Includes scattered names and unclear details from the era.
Washington AP report says President Johnson appoints a top level panel to investigate Kennedy's assassination to ensure the nation and world know the facts. Chief Justice Earl Warren will head the commission as Johnson seeks to avoid further inquiries that could cloud the truth about Kennedy's murder in Dallas and the subsequent death of the man charged, Lee Harvey Oswald. The commission aims to report on all facts related to the assassination and Oswald's death.
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