Bear Wins New Boat From Baytown VFW
TED BEAR of Cloverleaf received a new boat at a ceremony led by Councilman Seaborn Cravey with two year old Helen Darlene Henderson assisting. Baytown Veterans of Foreign Wars presented the boat. Nearby pages note events including a Police Wives meeting at Mrs. R. P. Merchant’s home and a Christmas basket drive. SARALDA ROSS of Mont Belvieu was initiated into Theta Upsilon Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi at Howard Payne College. A Baytown Rotary Club talk by DOBBS of Dobbs and Associates will focus on Citizenship Development. An accident victim, Donald P. Banning, 25, from Adone, was treated for a hand injury after a hunting accident on Tri-City Beach Road. The Baytown Civil Air Patrol will meet at O’Brien’s Food Market and then at Baytown Airport. Women may contact Linda Claar about the Woman Marine Corps. St Agnes Society will host a Christmas party at Community House. Baytown Board of Realtors meets to discuss zoning. Cloudy with rain chances through Tuesday. cooler locally. Galveston tides note high and low times for Tuesday.
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Bear
Ted Bear
Cloverleaf
Baytown Veterans of Foreign Wars
Councilan Seaborn Cravey
Helen Darlene Henderson
Saralda Ross
Mont Belvieu
Howard Payne College
Brownwood
Theta Upsilon Chapter
Kappa Delta Pi
National Honor Society For Men
Women In
Lectures by Dr Edward Teller Highlight Houston Event
A diverse group of AEL science teachers and staff are credited for their efforts surrounding recent Houston lectures by Dr Edward Teller. Students attended, with local observers noting memory gaps and busy schedules as various townsfolk appear in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne Gelber
Edith Hodges
Tom Hendricks
AEL
Houston
Edward Teller
Winnie Brown
Steele McDonald
Bob Frinberg
Vic Davis
Sam
Temple
Eichmann Convicted by Jerusalem Trial Judges
Israel found Adolf Eichmann guilty of crimes against the Jews humanity and war crimes. The three man tribunal detailed his key role in the Nazi apparatus and membership in the SS and SD. Sentencing expected by Friday with possible death penalty.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Adolf Eichmann
Gestapo
Tule
Eichmann
Hitler
Nazi Reich
Moshe Landau
Yale Seal Do It Day Campaign Seeks Donations
Mrs. Lan Williams of Baytown area chairs Harris County Christmas Seal efforts urging donations of about eight dollars or more to the Christmas Seal Fund in Houston. The drive aims to fund chest X rays health education and medical research to curb TB and other respiratory diseases.
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Lan Williams
Baytown
Harris County
P.O. Box
Houston
Weekend Traffic Kills 17 Texans Across State
Weekend traffic and crashes claimed 17 lives in Texas from Friday evening through Sunday. Police reported multiple fatal incidents including head-on and intercity collisions across several counties, with patrols handling emergency responses.
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Associated Press
Texas
Acciderdta
Pageenger
Charity Bowl Game Back On For December 15 In Baytown
Charity drive details for Baytown Goodfellows. Second annual Charity Bowl postponed by rain, now set for December 15 at Memorial Stadium with proceeds to Goodfellows. Local groups and individuals donate toys, funds, and services. ticket sales ongoing and volunteers sought for packing and delivery. Public support via The Sun office or mail to Goodfellows, Baytown.
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Baytown
Sun Office
Goodfellows
Sun
D.C. Box
Chief Goodfellow
Dee
Joe Hance
Cochairman
Sears
Bill Draper
Hance
Citizens National Bank
Memorial Stadium
Max Altman
Clem Kovar
Matherne
KWBA
Weekend Sun
Girls Sports Association
Robert E. Lee High School
Wilhite
Martha Gail
Beverly
J Amy
Russell Wilhite
Pee Wee
Bantam
Britain halts delivery of Congo bombs in Katanga dispute
In London, Prime Minister Heath announced the UK will not deliver 24 half ton bombs promised to U.N. forces in Katanga until the UN clarifies Congo policies. Heath defended the UN goal of calming factions and removing foreign mercenaries, yet warned of growing fighting. In Leopoldville, mobs attacked the U.S. consulate and embassy as U.N. sought a peace overture. General McKeown said Tshombe lacks control and foreign mercenaries drive the conflict, while U Thant urged acceleration of peaceful aims to restore law and order and free movement.
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London
Britain
U.N
Katanga
United Nations
Congo
House of Commons
Edward Heath
Privy Seal
Heath
Moise Tshombe
Leopoldville, the Congo
Apj
U.S
Elisabethville
Brussels
Sean McKeown
McKeown
Tshombe
U Thant
New York
Snow and Ice Sweep Northwest Texas Cold Front Brings Freezing Rain
Severe winter weather grips Upper Texas as storms drop up to two inches of snow in the Panhandle and North Central regions while freezing rain affects the South Plains and Dallas area. The Texas Highway Department urges limited travel. temperatures plunge to single digits in extreme northwest areas with lows around one to 11 degrees.
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Associated Press
Texas
Texas Panhandle
South Plains
Amarillo
Othen
South
Stratford
Panhandle
Dalhart
Lubbock
Marfa
Dallas
Abilene
San Angelo
Brownwood
Fort Worth Bulletin Focuses on Federal Visitor
In Port Worth AP bulletin, U S Secretary of State Mary enters Fort Worth for a notable conference. The brief note highlights the arrival and purpose of the official visit to the Texas city.
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Bulletin
Port Worth
U. S
Secretary of Fe
Mary
Fort Worth
Baytown Students Shine At State Science Meet
Baytown junior scientists earned top honors at the Texas Senior Academy of Science meeting in Galveston. Mary Corneil, a Robert E. Lee HS junior, won first in physical sciences for light retention by the eye, with San Angelo and Falfurrias students also presenting papers. Baytown juniors John Drouithet and Robert K Wilson won junior division prizes for planaria and light beam communication. Other REL and Baytown students earned accolades in physics, chemistry, and biology, highlighting local scholastic achievement.
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Wanda Orton
Texas Senior Academy of Science
Robert 5. Lee High School
Mary Corneil
Acade
Galveston
Mary
San Angelo
Falfurrias
Diviion
Inno
W. T. Guy
University of Place
Pers. Mary
H. G. Corneil
Florida
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
David G
Texas
Burnet
William B. Travis
Will Paul
J. F. Hickerson
Elwood A
Woody
Travnation
REL
Academy of Science
John Drouithet
Robert K. Whilson
Horace Mann
John Paul Cater
John
John McCulley Jr
Dave Jeffrey
AEL
Allan Dinsmore
Butch Diebel
Y Barbara Warne
Dan Gage
Sassafras
Billy Barrett
James Mears
Danny Odom
Robbins
Ta Parte High School
Diane May
Cardice Shoemaker
Ira
Baytown to Houston Air Service Agent Named Here
Gulf Aircraft Enterprises plans a Baytown to Houston air service using light twin engines. M. E. Taylor and Howard Humphrey, partners, work with Groves to implement ticket sales via banks and businesses. A 10,000 square foot hangar with pilots lounge and facilities rises at Humphrey Airport as groundwork begins.
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Gulf Aircraft Enterprises
Baytown
Aviation, Inc
Groves
Civil Aeronautics Board
M. E. Taylor
Howard Humphrey
Humphrey
Barkaloo Road
Taylor
Houston
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Lastport
Groves Air Service
Allsteel
Tagtor Avid
Office Speave
School Board To Name Textbook Committee
School trustees will appoint a 15 member textbook selection committee from district faculties at a 7:30 p.m. Friday meeting. The panel will advise on textbooks for media use in the district. Insurance adviser Steele M. McDonald will report on progress of a program to overhaul insurance coverage. Architect Lowell Lammers will present on building projects including Carver High School Gymnasium and additions at Lee College and William B Travis Elementary. other plans in progress.
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Steele M. McDonald
Lowell, Lammers
Lee College
William 8
Travis
Lammers
Carver High School
Vermnasium
sVars
Carver Elementary
Thia i
Water district board picks new president and secretary
G. W. Robinson is named president of the Board of Supervisors with Clark as secretary and other members James Harrop Umholtz and Tharp. The water district serves Wooster Wooster Terrace Wooster Heights Bay Villa Brownwood and Lakewood.
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G. W. Robinson
Board of Supervisors
Clark
James Harrop
Umholtz
Tharp
Woost
Ter
Wooster Terrace
Wooster Heights
Bay Villa
Brownwood
Lakewood
Supreme Court Overturns Baton Rouge Sit-In Conviction
The Supreme Court nullifies the conviction of 16 African Americans who protested against lunch counter segregation in Baton Rouge Louisiana. The case underscores civil rights tensions during the era and comes amid broader global and domestic political turmoil reflected in contemporaneous reports across the world.
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Supreme Court
Baton Rouge
Man Held for Murder of Teacher in Houston Case
George LaVerne Trabing of Houston confessed to shooting 34 year old Houston school teacher Mrs Winifred Whitaker and dumping her body near Trinity River under the Interstate 10 bridge. The arrest ends an hours long spree including murder robbery and attempted assault across Chambers Harris and Fort Bend counties.
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Chambers County Grand Jury
Houston
George LaVerne Trabing
Trinity River
Trabing
Winifred Jean Whitaker
Dodson
Texas
Chambers
Harris
Fort Bend
Auditorium Hotel
Ed Richmond
Texas Avene
Highway 146
Rosenberg
Williard B. Wagner
Inwood Drive
Baytown Chief to Promotion Three Officers to Lieutenant
Baytown Police Chief Roy Montgomery said the Civil Service Commission has named three officers as top candidates for lieutenant. Charles W. Cowit James P. Taylor and B. J. Ausley posted the highest civil service exam scores among 18 applicants. Montgomery will choose one Monday afternoon and announce Tuesday.
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Baytown
Roy Montgomery
Civil Service Commission
Donald L. Brunson
Charles W. Cowit
James P. Taylor
B. J. Ausley
Montgomery
R. H
Bo) Turner
Cleve Dickens
Illeyalth
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Police Wives Club
R. P. Merchant
E. Republic
Charles Hillburn
Johnie Deel
Rotary
Dobbs
Dobbs and Associates
Austin
Rotary Club
the Tower
Free Enterprises, Inc
Donald P. Banning
Adone
San Jacinto Hospital
Tri-City Beach
CAP
Baytown Squadron
Civil Air Patrol
O'Brien
Woman
Marine
Marine Corps
Linda Claar
Federal Building
West Defec
St, Agnes Society of
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Realtors Board
Baytown Board of Realtors
Harris County Savings and Loan Association
Virginia Broussard
Cynthia Mae Ramsey
Glenda Helm
Diane McBride
Rose Marty O'Rear
Lanse Tallant
Jean Jackets
Don Cannata
Norma
Mack Palmer
Tick Canster
Nellay
Adolph Eichmann
Yale
Princilla Glu
Csesenses
Martha Gai Wilhite
Beverly Wilhite
Amy Wilhite
Loo Russell Wilhite
Johnny Walker
Lee
Upper
Milan
Walter McHenry
Rock Island
St. Anthony's Hospital
Wooster Water District Board
R. A. McCain
G. S
Shorty) Tharp
Bayway Tieteeny
Baytown-To-Houston
Air Service
James Fermison
Grand Rapids
Mich
Henry Ford Museum
Dearborn
Soviet Union
Albania
Stalin
Yugoslavia
Cominform
Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
Balaguer
John G. Tower
Labor Department
Pottic
Walter Reather
Kenneth Waycott
Chambers County
P. C. Matthews
Liberty
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