Local clubs schedule meetings and events in Baytown area
Multiple community notices list the Sigma Phi speaker at 7 30 p m Tuesday at 715 Pamela Drive Dr Thomas Aczel of Humble Oil will discuss Eastern Europe Shriner installation dinner dance set at 8 p m Friday Houston Yacht Club IBEW and Priscilla Club announce upcoming meetings Bayshore Rod Reel and Gun Club solicits deer hides for charity Adventurers Club to host Riviera film Auxiliary at Wooster Volunteer Fire Department VFW and Barbers Hill PTA also hold sessions Cloudy with scattered showers through Wednesday cooler temps Galveston tides noted for Wednesday Continued on Page 2
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Shriner
Baytown
Shrine Club
Houston Yacht Club
Troop 68 Tour Of Baytown Police Station Report
Around BILL WEEDE reports Scout Troop 68 toured Baytown Police Station and recalls the sound of the heavy front door shutting behind them. Mozelle Davis led the boys on the tour. Residents discuss hurricane damage in Lakewood and Missouri ancestral home visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Weede
Baytown
Mozelle Davis
Leo Fonts
Lakewood
South Burnet Drive
R. €. Anderson
Fighting flares in Elisabethville as U.N. and Katanga clash
Heavy fighting erupted in Elisabethville with casualties on both sides. The U.N. accused Katanga of a prepared ambush on its headquarters while Katanga argued the U.N. opened fire with heavy weapons. Two mercenaries were killed at a roadblock near the airport and nine Katanga wounded were reported. U Thant gave the U.N. authority to restore order and ordered jet fighters to Elisabethville as truce talks loomed.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
the Congo
U.N
United Nations
Leopoldville
Sture Linner
Congo
U Thant
Evariste Kimba
Moise Tshombe
Brian Urquhart
Pasadena Houston Land Grab Dispute Moves Toward Trial
Houston and Pasadena face a full civil trial over Pasadena annexation of 72 square miles including NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center site at Clear Lake. Judge Sears McGee ruled pleadings insufficient to resolve the dispute, which centers on La Porte disannexation and corridor access for the annexation. No trial date set.
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Houston (Lp
Pasadena
National ‘Aeronautics and Space Administration
Manned Spacecraft Center
Clear Lake
Sears McGee
Houston
Harris County
McGee
la Porte
Shaver
Allen-Genon Road
Crenshaw
Kente McGee
Houston Voters Stream To Polls In Mayoral Runoff
Houston voters flocked to nine polls as incumbent Mayor Lewis Cutter faced challenger Louie Welch in a high stakes runoff for the city’s top job. The race centers on Cutter’s record of progress and Welch’s charges of police brutality and inefficiency, with a larger turnout expected than the first primary.
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Houston
Lewis Cutter
Louie Welch
Cutter
Welch
Garth Bates
Fife
Republican Party
Irer
Runnoff
A. L. (Curley) Miller
Earl Pruitt
Humble Gets Contract For Aviation Gasoline
Humble Oil and Refining Co has been awarded a $6,907,248.55 contract by the Military Petroleum Supply Agency for aviation gasoline. Work on the contract will be done at Baytown Peabody Brownsville Irving and Eagle Mountain locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humble Oj and Refining Co
Military Petroleum Supply Agency
Baytown
Peeters
Brownsville
Trving
Cy Aed
Eagle Mountain
School Burglars Take Lone Dime
Burglars hit Baytown Elementary and Baytown Junior High Sunday night. Only a dime was reported missing from a secretary’s desk drawer. Police Investigator Don Herring noted burglaries occurred through windows at both schools. Principal L F Pennington said ten cents were taken, while custodian Ren Araizo reported nothing else missing.
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Baytown
Don Herring
L. FE. Pennington
Baytown Junior High School
Ren Araizo
Magnolia
Baytown Panel Forms to Assist NASA Families
A Baytown Chamber of Commerce committee was named to coordinate housing and relocation needs for NASA personnel assigned to the Mamich Spacecraft Center at Clear Lake. Chair W. F. Miller led a group including W. J. Strickler E. C. Wack Kimmons Harry F. Massey and Kenneth Dis matg as they plan to help NASA families tour Raytown housing schools and shopping areas.
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Baytown
Clear Lake
Raytown
Miller
NASA
Baytonian Indicted in Car Murder Case
Vernidon Leadon of Bay town was indicted by the Harris County Grand Jury for murder by automobile after striking pedestrian Verney James Jackson in Hicllands on Sept 17. Jackson died at the scene. Leadon also faces charges of failure to stop and render aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernidon Leadon
Baytown
Harris County
Grand Jury
Leadon
Verney
James Jackson
Hicllands
Jackson
Lemdon
Goodfellow Pee Wee Game Prompts Local Charity Drive
Baytown residents are urged to attend Friday night’s Pee Wee football game at Memorial Stadium to raise funds for the Goodfellows. Tickets support gifts for 1,000 needy Baytown children, with Chief Goodfellow announcing totals after the 7:30 p.m. kickoff. Donations are welcomed at The Baytown Sun office or the game, with early contributions already totaling under 100 dollars toward a 2,000 dollar goal.
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Chief, Goodfellow
The
Goodfellows
Baytown
Goodfellow Fraternity
Baytown Sun
Memorial Stadium
Chief Goodfellow
Goodfellow
Cedar Bayou
Stephen F. Austin Pta
P.O
Tex
World sport and politics in sketchy notes
A compiled diary of sports and world events notes an Archie Moore Bob Cleroux heavyweight bout postponed without a reason or date. Mississippi fullback Billy Adams sustains spinal fractures in a car wreck and will miss the Cotton Bowl against Texas. Amelia Earhart disappearance remains unresolved since 1987. The Keanes plan Dec 16–17 visits to Venezuela and Colombia to promote the Alliance for Progress. Berlin Wall fortifications are complete at seven crossing points. An Interior Secretary Udall inspection near Manhattan Kansas. Protests and unrest mix with a government strike and calls for regime change amid China’s threats to invade India’s northeast. A U.S. committee revamp mentions poultry policy and broader reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Adams
Misissippi
Carthage
Misg
Texas
Gulf Oil plans Baytown petrochemical complex
Gulf Oil Corp announced options to buy 1000 acres near Cedar Bayou for a multi million dollar petrochemical complex with ethylene production and 400 million pounds annual capacity. Construction slated to begin in spring of 1962, with land split around U.S. Highway 73. site to support plastics, anti freeze, synthetic rubber plants and related facilities.
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Gulf Oil Corp
Petrochemiecal
Baytown
Cedar Bayou
Gulf
U. Highway 73
Cedi Bayou
Mont Belview
Cummings
Groves
Cummings and Groves, Inc
Pany
Petrochemical
Groves Aviation, Inc
Husi
South Texas
Ing
Houston
Jack S. Grove
Civil Aeronauics Board
Port Arthur
Texas
Louisiana
Missippi
New Orleans
Texarkana
Kerrville
Beaumont
Liberty
Lake Charles
Jennings
Abbeville
New Iberia
Houma
McComb
Watcher
Miss
Alexandria
de Ridder
Jasper
Nacogdoches
Lufkin
Huntsville
Conroe
Galveston
Freeport
Bay City
Palacios
Victoria
Rockport
Port Aransas
Refugio
Corpus Christi
Beeville
Pleasanton
San Antonio
Fredericksburg
Austin
Cameron
Temple
Hearne
Bryan
Brenham
la Grange
Eagle Lake
Rosensberg
Nacogdoshes
Palestine
Tyler
Longview
Shreveport
Paris
Sherman
Denton
Dallas
Fort Worth
Abilene
Brownwood
Waco
Limayette
Brownsville
Harlingen
McAllen
del Rio
Alice
Mineral Wells
Midland
Odessa
San Angelo
Plainview
Lubbock
Big Spring
Course On Freedom, Communism Stated
Baytown Chamber approves sponsorship of a citizens course titled Freedom vs Communism The Economics of Survival developed by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States to compare private enterprise with Communist Russia The eight two hour workshops will be held weekly in January with 16 to 20 participants and no lecturing Absent are muddled details about dates and venues but list of attendees includes J W Ainsworth J R Barsalou Jr Knox Beavers Bert Black and others
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Baytown Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
E. C
Jack) Kimmions
Hairohan
Kimmons
Russia
Chambers of* Commerce, Trade and Professional
J. W. Ainsworth
J. R. Barsalou Jr
Knox T. Beavers
Bert Black
Powder Puff Grid Clash Set Jan 20 at Memorial Stadium
The Robert E. Lee High School girl student council members play a rag football game against the Dixie Darlin's on January 20 at Memorial Stadium. Proceeds go to finance a foreign exchange student. tickets are 50 cents with free admission for preschoolers. Coaches are Rudy Herrera and Wayne Bell. Gander equipment and uniforms used. halftime by Allan Ewin. Credit to Allison Walsh general chairwoman and others coordinating.
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Dixie Darlin
Stonewall Sissies
Memorial Stadium
Robert E. Lee High School
Rudy Herrera
Wayne Bell
REL
Allison Walsh
Allison
Allan Ewin
Geraldine Kitaman
Jackie Stevens
U Thant Orders U.N. Jets to Katanga Action
Acting Secretary General U Thant ordered jet planes flown into Elisabethville to support U.N. forces in Katanga. A U.N. spokesman said jets would back UN around action and destroy hostile aircraft to restore order as directed by Thant.
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United Nations
U Thant
Elisabethville
U.N
Katanga
Galveston Plane Joins Search For GP Man
A Galveston County school department plane joined the search for William C. Conerly a 52 year old Deer Park High School custodian missing since Sunday after fishing in Galveston Bay. His empty boat was found drifting and towed to a camp in San Leon as Coast Guard crews and Baytown emergency crews continued the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston County School Department
Deer Park
Galveston Bay
William C. Conerly
Deer Park High School
Geome
San Leon
U. S. Coast Guard
Baytown
Deer Turns Into Dear Newborn Boy in Kane Hospital
Mr and Mrs Lewis Signorella of Taren tum hunted for deer on Monday at Kane area. A deer turned out to be a baby boy born to Mrs Signorella, 31, who was rushed to Kane Community Hospital for delivery.
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Kane, Pa
Lewis Signorella
Tarentum
Signorella
Kane Community Hospital
Kennedy Macmillan plan meeting December 21 in Bermuda
The White House says President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan will meet in Bermuda on December 21 to lay out strategy for postwar negotiations with Bertin and press disarmament talks. They are expected to discuss ways to end nuclear tests under international inspection and consider new arms control cooperation with the Soviet bloc.
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Washington
Ape
Benmeds
Berish Pris
Harold Macmillan
Bermuda
Dee
Bertin
White House
Om Bertin
Kennedy
Macmulin
MBA Will Name Five Directors for Mutual Benefit Association
Five new directors for the Bay town Mutual Benefit Association will be elected this month to two year terms. Ballots were redistributed Nov 27 and voters will finish by Sunday. Nomination committee chaired by Mtaway and Behymer oversaw volunteers from many members including Rhodes Sample and Rhodes.
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Baytown Mutual Benefit Association
W. Boucher
Boucher
MBA
Lea A. Rizzuto
A.T. Martin
W. Alton Janes
Ernie Canet
Raymond E. Parker
L. F. Beair
Dave C. Pennington
L. J. Weiler
JH. H. Allaway
Harry T. Sample
Cater
A. M. Rhodes
Fred G. Clark
E. R. Mountgomery
Rizzalo
R. L. Bull
J. Hill Cone
Karl Opryshek
Conmilfere
Mtaway
0. C Behymer
LW. Bains
WR. Barker
M. 1. Rabin
CC. Bowman
FG. Clark
J. B. Coulter
R. H. Cramer
H. B Creexmore
J. R. Gillen
Cayman Tamet
PW. Hebel
Leonard Keller
Erwin R
S. Manne
Ari C. Matysiak
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Sigma Phi
GMAA
Knights of Columbus Hall
W. Mair
IBEW
Ibew Electricians Union
Union Hall
Pruett Street
Earl Mallory
Ammanced
Priscilla Club
N. D. Stiles
Kilgore Road
Bayshore Rod, Reel and Gun Club
Taylor Hunt Motor Co
Pearce and Commerce
Wright Packing Co
Adventurers Club
Chamber of Commerce
Air France
Riviera
Norman Reiter
Wooster
F. E. Whitten
Abbott
VFW
Veterans OF Foreign Wars
VEW
Decker Drive
PTA
Barbers Hill
al Hudee
Thani
Italy
Dag Hammarskjold
Mittent
Tshombe
Leonoldville
Sucwaenmiany
U.N. Secre
Mundivel
el Conds
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Ibelaguer
Arena da
Humble
Aviation
Baytonian
Archie Moore
Bob Cleroux
Amelia Earhart
Pacific
Fred Noonan
Keane
Venezuela
Colomba
Alliance For Progress
Berlin Wall
West
East Berlin
Stewart Udall
Manhattan
Kan
Dongui Balaguer
China
India
U. S
Panres Enos
Earth
Baytown-To-Houston
Bulletin
Kennedy and Macmillan
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