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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1962
Page
1
Community groups schedule events in Baytown area including a hospital tree trimming party 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, school board and college board meetings, Craigmont Civic Association gathering, YMCA basketball practice, and various notices from Rotary, Carver PTA, and Baytown organizations. Obituaries, weather, tides, and local notices accompany coverage.
Community snippets from The Sun report on a special edition in preparation, publicity chairman duties, a December charity tea by Catholic Dough Baytown, thanks for help locating a missing person, Goodfellows Fund donation mix up, a misprint correction, a stray billfold found on Decker Drive, and residents traveling to Huntsville for ailing relatives.
Harris County voters face a Dec 22 bond election on a 9.6 million stadium project. Officials say no tax increase will occur if the bond issue passes, with study showing existing funds and reallocation could cover the costs. Eligible Baytown voters will cast ballots at their regular precincts with a valid poll tax receipt.
The Leslie School of Dancing presents the program Enchanted Evening at the Yamble Community House starting 7 30 pm on Thursday. The public is invited and funds from two Goodfellows events plus Charity Bowl and other activities will boost the Goodfellows drive as volunteers appeal for contributions.
Weather across Texas brought freezing temperatures from the lower 30s to 58 degrees at Brownsville. Forecasters predicted a modest warmup in the southern part of the state overnight as a new cold front moved into extreme North Texas. Tuesday outlook called for clear to partly cloudy skies with patchy humidity and a few showers along the middle and lower coast while South Central Texas stayed notably damp.
British forces including 70 Gurkhas and troops attacked rebel forces in Brunei’s Seria oil fields. Main rebel force reportedly surrounded with no immediate casualty reports. one British soldier wounded in Brunei Town skirmishes. Over 500 rebels reportedly surrendered, government bans Rakyat Party amid links to the revolt. Rebel leader Azahari vows no armistice and appeals to world leaders for mediation with independence aims.
President Kennedy flies back to Washington after a tour of nuclear installations in the West and a brief weekend of relaxation in California. The Soviet budget totals 87.6 billion rubles for 1963, with a 3.6 percent rise in military spending.
Horace Mann Junior High teacher Robert Wayne Stevenson, 33, was killed when his rented truck crashed into a diesel locomotive near Pearland Texas. His cousin Robert B Waddle Jr 25 was injured and in fair condition. Stevenson leaves wife Delores and four sons. Funeral plans to be announced.
India prime minister Nehru told Parliament China must withdraw to positions of Sept 8 as a condition for talks and offered to take the border dispute to the International Court of Justice if Beijing withdraws. He warned the conflict could last years but voiced confidence of victory.
Life magazine reports President Kennedy opened government files to two writers who produced a controversial account of Adlai Stevenson’s Cuban crisis role. The White House denies the Post piece’s portrayal. Stevenson retains Kennedy’s support amid dispute over Stevenson’s stance and timing. Life asserts Stevenson urged a strong U S position and disputes the Post’s soft-hand portrayal.
Wanda Orton reports Baytown area makeup clinics for polio vaccines show largest Sunday turnout yet. In Baytown Horace Mann and Cedar Bayou schools, 6 857 Type 2 vaccines administered, surpassing July totals, with 2 832 at Baytown Junior High, 1 887 at Cedar Bayou, and 2 188 at Horace Mann. Countywide, 181,102 persons received Type 2 on Sundays, with 781,767 total in the county by December 2.
Washington reports say a US mission reviewed India’s arms needs and proposed a three stage aid plan. Aims include emergency patches and long term modernization possibly totaling about 1 billion dollars. Immediate help has reached India totaling nearly 15 million dollars.
New York City, home to eight million, faces a second day without nine metro dailies as printers strike in a wage dispute. The New York Typographical Union No. 6 struck the Times, Daily News, Journal-American, and World-Telegram & Sun at 2 a.m. Saturday. Several papers suspended publication voluntarily, with the Long Island Press printing only suburban editions. The nine papers collectively print about 5.5 million copies daily, idling 18,000 workers. The strike mirrors a prior month action tied to the News contract and wage talks.
REL seniors Alan Buster and Paul Quinton of Lee High School participated in a Houston area National Forensic League student congress held at San Jacinto High School. Two delegates per chapter argued bills on topics like prayer in schools and segregation grants. Alan was named outstanding speaker and runner-up for a national meet. Paul leads REL's newly formed forensics chapter with about 30 students.
United Nations reports say the United States and Soviet Union will issue separate Security Council statements to wind up the Cuban crisis. Washington seeks verification that offensive weapons left Cuba and guarantees no invasion. Moscow seeks a U.S. pledge not to invade Cuba. Khrushchev and Kennedy earlier agreed on weapons withdrawal and lifting the blockade.
Baytown Post Office reports incoming mail outpacing local card and package sending as volume hits 463000 pieces this week, a 6.2 percent rise from last year. Postmaster M L Neal urges residents to mail early, notes no extra staff, and explains posting rules for first class and nonforwardable mail.
More than 5,000 visitors attended the grand opening of the Holiday Inn on Alexander Drive Sunday, hosted by Texas 100 Corp. president Norman Margrave and Chamber of Commerce manager Nelson McElroy. Guests toured the motor hotel, with refreshments served and guided tours for attendees. Stockholders of Texas 100 Corp were hosts at the reception from 1 pm to 3 pm.
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