Civic Meet and Bazaar Schedule for Craigmont and Baytown
Craigmont Civic Association sets a 7 30 p m meeting at VEW Hall Decker Drive Thursday Women of Baytown Elks Lodge hosts a bazaar from 10 a m to 9 p m Saturday at 2525 Market Lunch begins 11 30 a m supper at p m Plates 1 for adults 65 cents for under 12 Proceeds go to lodge women's fund Baytown Chapter Hadassah holds a called meeting at 8 p m Wednesday at the Jewish Community House Open House December 15 Graywood Civic Association invites 7 00 to 10 00 p m Friday December 15 at Mrs O Collins 904 Felton The Sun Tuesday did not specify the affair would be held Dee 15.
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Craigmont Civic Association
jMall
VEW
Decker Drive
Baytown Elks
Lodge Women’s Fund
Baytown
Hadassah
Jewish Community House
Graywood Civic Association
Cold Front Brings Rain and Cold Air to Texas
A cold front trailed the Texas coast while another pushed frigid air into the Panhandle. Readings dropped near freezing in Dalhart Lubbock and Amarillo with 29 31 and 33 degrees respectively. East Texas saw up to 66 in Galveston and 65 in Houston as showers lingered early.
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Associated Press
Texas
Panhandle
Childress
Laredo
Panhandle Plains
Dalhart
Lubbock
Amarillo
Wink
Weather Update Favors Cooler, Scattered Showers Predicted
Mostly cloudy through the night with a cooling trend and scattered showers. Thursday will be cooler and partly cloudy with GALVESTON tides showing high tides at 2:29 a.m. and 5:05 p.m. and low at 9:38 a.m. and later times remain unreadable.
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Galveston
Deer hunter Roy Campbell bags 11 point buck for Denver trip
Roy Campbell, famed for luck on hunting trips, shot an 11 point buck and found a tag granting a free deer hunting trip to Denver. He plans to fly from Houston Saturday and return to Baytown Tuesday. Norman Hargrave seeks someone to deliver a package to Austin this weekend.
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Roy Campbell
Denver
Roy
Houston
Baytown
Norman Hargrave
Austin
Norman
Helen Dodd
Sadie Wilson
Evelyn Guidry
Awline Hutto
Mandie Krigar
Attica Sarmers
Baykret
New York
Pritzhert
Kennedy urges lower tariffs to stimulate trade
President Kennedy called for a new bold program to reduce tariffs and expand trade with Western allies. He urged cooperation with the European Common Market while cautioning against joining a Common Market or sacrificing sovereignty. He said reciprocal tariff cuts could boost U.S. sales abroad and strengthen the country and its allies, noting Britain’s application to join and that 90 percent of free world industrial production could concentrate in these markets.
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Kennedy
West
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Canada
Japan
Free World
Congress
National Association of Manufacturers Congress of American Industry
Atlantic
United States
Great Britain
Goodfellows Will Play Santa To 1,000 Kids
Baytown Goodfellows push toward funding 1000 Christmas gift bags for underprivileged children. donations include a $12 anonymous gift and a $15 gift from St Cecilia's Guild Trinity Episcopal Church. Pee Wee game proceeds to add to the fund, no profits kept, Sun staff handle bookkeeping.
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Goodfellows
Baytown
Goodfellow
St. Cecilia’s Guild
Trinity Episcopal Church
Goodfellow Drive
Baytown Sun Bookkeeping
Baytown Sun
P.O
Tex
City weighs drainage ditch for Richardson Addition area
County Commissioner W. V. Ramsey told Baytown officials a cost study and preliminary plans are to be presented December 14 for a nearly two mile drainage ditch. The project would channel water from Bowie Drive to Ward Road and into Cedar Bayou, with funds drawn from flood control bonds.
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Pimcertta
Baytown
Richardson
Eva Maud
Kilgore
Ward
W. V
Red
al Clayton
J. B. LeFevre
John Busch
Ramsey
Bowie Drive
Kilgore Road
Cedar Bayou
Richar Addition
Ward Road
Jensen
Bowie
Baytown [Ath Metals
La Porte Woman Bitten By Snake
Mrs. Lyle Berkley of La Porte was bitten on the ankle by a snake in her back yard around 6 p.m. Tuesday. She received first aid from Ja Peere merps before an Art Simpson Funeral Home ambulance took her to San Jacinto Hospital in Baytown, where she was listed in satisfactory condition Wednesday.
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Lyle Berkley
la Porte
San Jacinto Hospital
Baytown
Berkley
Art Simpson Funeral Home
Dallas Firm To Repair Post Office Substation
Dallas firm Finder Construction Co. submitted the low base bid of 4.47 for remodeling and enlarging the post office substation near Sea Drive. The project includes entrance improvements and facility upgrades for the Dallas area.
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Dallas
Finder Construction Co
Renal
Enlargim
Aecmaaane
Ramsey to Discuss Jail Remodeling Data Dec 14
County Commissioner V Y J Ramsey of Precinct 2 will meet with Baytown City Council at its next regular meeting December 14 to provide more information on the county engineer's estimate.
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Ramsey
V. Y.J Ramsey
Baytown City
Top Vote Turnout Re Elects Cutter
Houston voters turned out in record numbers to reelect Mayor Lewis Cutter to a third term, defeating Louie Welch by 67,135 to 62,246. Miller won re election over Pruitt. turnout surpassed the 1957 runoff, with over 130,000 casting ballots and 52 percent of total voting strength.
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Houston
Lewis Jutter
Louie Welch
South
Cutter
Bey Se
Welch
Baker Road
Quene Holcombe
Decker Drive-Baker Roads
Decker
Ramsey
Baytown
al Clayton
Harris County
Aalcot
A A. L
Curly) Miller
Earl Pruitt
Little York
Garth Bates
Miller
Pruitt
Houster
Quiter
Bitten by Unknown Dog In Brytown Parking Lot
Baytonian Mrs. Curtiss was bitten on the hand by a small black and white terrier type dog after reaching to pet it near a Brytown supermarket about 10:15 a.m. Tuesday. She described a 182 green Chevrolet with the dog and asked the owner to call 308-45. The dog was towed and placed under observation. she must undergo 14 shots.
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Mets
John Curtiss
Arthur
Brytown
Weingarten
U.S. Offers 21 Air Force Planes for Congo UN Mission
The United States proposes 21 additional Air Force transport planes to support UN operations in the Congo. The commander in chief in Europe is ordered to provide up to 15 124 planes and up to six C130s for use by the United Nations, with bases in France or Libya and operations around Leopoldville. NASA says a manned Mercury orbital flight is scheduled for early January, with John H. Glenn Jr. assigned, replacing earlier animal tests as it aims for a 1961 manned orbit.
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United States
Congo
U3, Air Force
State Department
U.8
Europe
United Nations
Joseph W. Reap
France
Libya
U.N
Leopoldville
U.S
Space Agency
John H. Glenn Jr
Baker Road to Detour for Decker Drive Widening
County Commissioner V. V. Ramsey said Baker Road will serve as a detour when Decker Drive is widened this spring. The shell surface is applied to ready heavy traffic on one of East Harris County’s oldest roads once a Burnet Bay to Cedar Bayou route, part of a countywide road improvement program.
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Decker Drive
V. V
Red) Ramsey
Harris County
Burnet Bay
Cedar Bayou
Ram
Air Forces join in Congo fight near Elisabethville
Second day of fighting in Katanga as UN and Katangan forces clash near Elisabethville. Swedish Indian and other jets support UN air operations while ground battles and mortar fire rage in Leopoldville region and at Kolwezi base.
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Katanga
Luluabourg
Kasai Province
United Nations
Stock
U.N
Air-Shelm
Odiers
Dublin
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Albert Nyplanes
Leopoldville
U.N. Com-Jembo
Katanga Moron Kolwezj
United Na
Jadot-Elisabethville
Abdul Latif
Elisa-Suegar
Miain Elisabeth
Damece
Selves Yadutets
U_ Mee BES
Congo
U.S
Britain
Sweden
India
Kolwezi
K. A. S. Raja
Soviet Budget Hikes Military Expenditures
Moscow AP reports the Soviet Union unveiled a 1962 budget totaling 1.9 billion rubles with military spending up nearly 50 percent from 1961. Finance Minister Vasily Garbuzov told the Supreme Soviet that defense outlays would reach 13.4 billion rubles, while science programs were set at 43 billion. The United States planned 46.6 billion dollars for defense in 1962.
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Moscow
Vasily Garbuzov
Supreme Soviet
Soviet Union
Grand Kremlin
Garbuzov
United States
Kennedy Delighted By Policy Push As Stevenson Stays UN
President Kennedy signals delighted approval of a broader U S foreign policy role while Adlai Stevenson remains at the United Nations, passing up a U S Senate bid. AFL CIO leaders hold closed talks to resolve conflicting labor war proposals. An infantry company leaves Berlin via the autobahn to West Berlin and clears Soviet controls with no issue. Artist Hugh Cabot reports his wife died from an overdose of his medicine. Galveston Buccaneer Motel plans conversion to a church for the elderly. Polaris missile tests show continued progress with substantial thrust control successes.
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Kennedy
U. S
Adial KE
Stevenson
United Nations
Humble Oil Refinery Fire Causes Minor Damage
A small blaze at Humble Oil and Refining Co Baytown Refinery near the No. 8 Boiler house at about 30 a.m. Wednesday interrupted power in several units. The fire was put out quickly by nearby workers and an investigation continues to determine the cause and full extent of damage.
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Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
Wedneway
No. & Boiller
Extra Yule Jobs in Baytown Seek Holiday Help
Baytown Texas Employment Commission reports about one million extra temporary positions arise for the Christmas holidays. Many roles filled. students urged to contact the Baytown office before school to secure work. Authorities note the job surge mirrors prior years and closes by December 15.
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Jobin Durham
Baytown
Texas Employment Commission
Durham
la Porte
Ager
Holf- Hospital
Qnecarac
Black Duck Bay
City
Shutter
Allen BP
Chandler
November Rainfall Above Average in Baytown
Baytown recorded 8.5 inches of rain in November, surpassing the 3 year average. The Baytown Refinery gauge showed 4.65 inches in a 24 hour period ending November 13. For January through November, Baytown totals reached 56.06 inches, with rain on five days in November.
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Baytown
Hiuwable Oil and Refining Co
Elizabethan Madrigal Singers Return To Local Stage
Baytown’s Robert E. Lee Madrigal Singers recreate Elizabethan ambience with period costumes and unaccompanied Renaissance and Baroque selections. Director Mary Guemple introduces the performances as Mary Clare Babin and Judy Smith provide narration and color as servants. The group, formed last year by Mary Beth Gartner, plans several community engagements and Christmas caroling across Texas Avenue, with members including Nelda Day Ruth Ann Wood Sharon Head Patricia Quen Mary Klein Syd Bynum James Colley Carl Contella Andrew Shipp Johnny Peet Mary Clare Babin and Judy Smith. The four male members perform as the Robert E. Lee Lads while the sextet is three Lassies.
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Wanda Orton
Baytown
Robert E. Lee
REL
Mary Guerple
Mary Clare Babin
Judy Smith
Madrigal Singers
Madrigal
Baytown Music Study Club
Goose Creek Country Club
Cerebral Palsy
Nelda Day
Ruth Ann Wood
Sharon Head
Patricia Quen
Mary Klein
Syd Bynum
James Colley
Carl Contella
Andrew Shipp
Johnny Peet
T. F. Seale
Guemple
Mary Beth Gartner
Robert E. Lee Lads
Madrigal Singers Represent Rob ert E. Lee High
Twelve students blend voices as the Madrigal Singers from Rob ert E. Lee High School perform in Elizabethan style. Top photo shows Sharon Hood Ruth Ann Wood from Matfield with members An iran Shing Carl Conteli and Aiety Smith. bottom row lists Syd Byrwm Patricia Oren and Ne ia Gey with Mary Clare Batam and dew Cottey.
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Robert E. Lee
REL
Sharon Hood
Ruth Ann Woodgins
Matfield
Iran Shing
Carl Conteli
Aiety Smith
Tere
Syd Byrwm
Patrica Oren
Ne ¥Ia Gey
Mary Clare
Batam
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