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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1960
Page
1
Baytown Elks Lodge 1649 will host Memorial Day services at the lodge home on Market Street at 4 p.m. Sunday with Rev. William Tinney as speaker. Public invitation extended, especially to relatives of deceased lodge members. Fort Worth-style community notices follow about local clubs and college board meetings.
County officials W V Ramsey and Kyle Chapman push a proposed 1961 bond to fund multiple projects in East and Southeast Harris County. Major items include a six lane Ship Channel bridge to relieve traffic near Pasadena and La Porte, a replacement Cedar Bayou bridge, and widening Spencer Highway and Fairmont Parkway. Plans cover Baytown area road work, flood control channels, and a new Precinct Two courthouse.
A collage of brief items lists students and staff such as Billy Hartless Delbert Hale and Charles Swick with college rings proofs and school activities. Mentions include Lee College play Death Takes A Holiday upcoming, a Red Wrangler game announcement, and various campus social shorthand.
In Austin Governor Daniel urged state Democratic leaders to back his 11 point legislative agenda focusing on public school improvements and higher teacher pay. He listed goals including enhanced schools, tougher law enforcement, regulation of small loan companies, highway safety, water planning funding, state insurance financing, juvenile rehabilitation, industry and tourism funding, medical aid for pensions, government reorganization study, and equitable tax laws with a balanced budget.
About 1,200 pledge cards prompted a tie break election at Humble Oil and Refining Co Baytown refinery to decide which union represents production and maintenance workers. Past results show split support between Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Local 4333 and Baytown Employes Federation with a prior BEF win in 1936 and subsequent challenges. The National Labor Relations Board oversees voting across multiple booths with extended hours and a new polling place system to reduce challenged ballots.
Baytown residents urged to support the annual Goodfellow fund to provide toys fruits and candy for about 1 000 needy children. Local contributors Louis and Velma Heller and Maurice Wiener were noted for today s donations. The fundraiser includes a Goodfellow Show at the Leslie School of Dancing and the Pee Wee Football Bowl to aid the drive with tickets sold at 50 cents for adults and 5 cents for children.
The Port Arthur to Houston highway project grows into an 85 mile four lane freeway with service roads nearing completion. Interstate 10 will run from Houston to Winnie in Chambers County then north to Beaumont, carrying Winnie to Port Arthur traffic. Cost estimates total about $102 million across Harris and Chambers counties, with key bridges over the San Jacinto River and Trinity River funded. Construction progress under Don Syphrett includes a 30 mile Chambers County section and plans for future widening as traffic grows.
Clarence Colling, 24, was given a 99 year prison term by a Houston jury for the murder of Mrs. Wilma Selby, a wealthy Houst on woman. Convicted after two hours and 45 minutes of deliberation, Colling pleaded innocent at trial. The case ties to a murder-for-hire. Mrs. Selby was killed in her home on November 16, 1959.
The Baytown La Porte Tunnel costs show an annual budget around 210000 with payroll of 135001 and daily traffic of 10000 to 12000 vehicles. The operation runs 24 7 with a 2 man crew and guards clerks and specialists. five track fleet and two mowing machines. power water and safety systems powered by large substations and a diesel generator. Maintenance includes constant ventilation to control carbon monoxide and regular cleaning with large water usage. The defense concern cited references a potential overhead structure and wartime vulnerability.
President-elect John F Kennedy chose North Carolina Governor Luther Hodges to head the Commerce Department at a $25,000 annual salary. Hodges, a Democrat 62, brings business and state government experience, with North Carolina securing $1 billion in manufacturing investment during his four years as governor. Kennedy said Hodges' appointment fits the vital need to boost the economy and U.S. commitments to world freedom. The move follows Kennedy’s earlier selections of Health Secretary nominee Alex Ribicoff and other senior posts.
Goose Creek Country Club will name five new directors in the annual election set for January 1. A nominating committee led by John D. Cook replaces retiring directors Bob Gillette Bob Matherne Jack Kimmons Lloyd T. Jones and Harry F. Hartman. The committee list includes Bill Lubbock Jim Bond Kim Worden and others. An anonymous New Year’s Eve party for members and out of town guests with The Highlighters Houston orchestra is planned for December 31 with 150 reservations.
William H Mc Knight and John H Win of the University of Texas were sentenced to WM days in county jail in Austin for exploding a bomb outside a student integration rally at the University YMCA. Separate reports note Mickey Cohen’s tax evasion trial set for April 3 in Los Angeles.
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