Chambers County Sells 300000 School Bonds
Chambers County sold 300000 dollars in school bonds at 2.713636 percent through Chambers County Commission ers Court. Proceeds fund Pine Island and Double Bayou school improvements, including a library, classrooms, health facility, recreation center, indoor pool, and shop and mechanical drawing rooms.
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Chambers County Commissioners Court
Rotani
Mosse Co
McClurg
Double Bayou
Al+ Knickerbocker
Pine
Island
Pine Island
Torch Murderer Ashley Insane, Psychiatrist Says
Houston psychiatrist Dr. Howard G. Crow testified at a sanity hearing that Leslie Douglas Ashley is insane with schizophrenia and paranoid delusions. Ashley, a death‑row convict for the 1960 pistol slaying of real estate man Fred Tones, and Carolyn Ann Lima were sentenced in May 1961. Briscoe and McKay contend he is sane. The jury of 11 men and one woman weighs Ashley’s mental state. if insane, he would be confined but death penalty remains.
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Houston
Leslie Douglas Ashley
Howard G. Crow
Ashley
Fred Tones
Carolyn Ann Lima
Lloyd Lunsford
Clyde Woody
Miron A. Love
Frank Briscoe
Neil McKay
Crow
Morris Mary Katherine Hillyer Morris Funeral Notice
Mrs Mary Katherine Hillyer Morris 39 of 490 Goose Creek Drive died at 6 45 pm Monday in St Luke s Hospital Houston Survivors include husband William Morris son Glenn mother Mrs George M Hill yer grandmother Mrs A R Hillyer aunt Mrs Arthur Meeks Funeral service by Rev Paul Stephens at 10 am Wednesday at Paul W Lee Funeral Home Burial in Forest Park Cemetery Houston pallbearers R Koppler P Swofford W Schweitzer E J Pratt F Tickner J E Bowmen
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Paul WU. Lee
Forest Park Cemetery
Houston
R. & Koppler
R. P. Swofford
W. H. Schweitzer
E. J. Pratt F. Tickner
J. E. Bowmen
Goodfellows Drive Seeks Baytown Support for Needy Children
The Baytown Sun runs the Goodfellows effort to fund toys and goodies for underprivileged children at Christmas. Donations through The Baytown Sun or Goodfellow cartons support bags distributed by volunteers on Christmas Eve. A benefit event with Baytown groups is set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Humble Community House.
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Baytown
Baytown Sun
Goodfellows
Goodfellow
Chief Goodfellow
P. O
Goodfellow Show
Humble Community House
Rusk Sees World Tangles in NATO and Cuba Talks
Secretary of State Rusk outlined the coming council focus on the world situation including Cuba and the India Red China clash. He defended Britain as a great power and addressed Ellender’s Africa remarks while signaling no major NATO breakthroughs ahead. He noted possible Soviet withdrawal from Cuba but details remain unclear.
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Cuba
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
State Department
Ellender
Rusk
NATO
United States
Paris
Alliance
U.S
Kennedy
Khrushchev
School jacket order and auditorium ramp mats approved
The board approved a jacket order from W. A. Holt Co. of Houston for football jackets and authorized rubber mats installation on hallway ramps at Highlands Junior High Auditorium costing 184.17 dollars. Gentry and W. D. Hinson were authorized to attend the American Association of School Administrators convention in Atlantic City. The school auditors will meet with the board at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17 to answer questions.
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W. A. Holt Co
Houston
Highlands Junior High
Gentry
W. D
Bill) Hinson
American Association of School Administrators
Atlantic City
Burn Victim May Return Home Soon
George Miles, a Baytown refinery worker, was burned on October 27 after stepping into a hole with boiling oil and water. After two weeks in a Baytown hospital and two plastic surgery operations in Houston, he is in Memorial Hospital Room 82 and hopes to return home at 117 E. Schreck this weekend.
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George Miles
Baytown
Memorial Baptist Hospital
Houston
Miles
Memorial
E. Schreck
Frost and Poison Risk In Frosted Johnson Grass
Chambers County Agricultural Agent J R Carroll warns frost raises prussic acid in johnsongrass and sorghum. Grazing frosted plants can kill livestock quickly. act fast with veterinary help. Do not self feed from silos of frosted Sudan or sorghum. test silage if in doubt.
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Jack Frost
Texas
Sudan
Hospital Beat Tallent and Others Listed by City
The Hospital Beat notes multiple admissions and new arrivals. Patients include Tallent in Bay town Hospital Room 203 admitted to Gulf Coast and Billy Todd in Room 102. New arrivals list residents by name and address with room numbers. New births reported: Oscar Sutter field daughter born Dec 10 at Gulf Coast. Bry an daughter born Dec 11 at San Jacinto. Peacock son born Dec 10 at San Jacinto. Mechler daughter born Dec unknown at San Jacinto.
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Travis. Tallent
E. James
Baytown Hospital
Gulf Coast
Billy Todd
G. James
W. Mauffair
Francis
San Jacinto
Jack Arnold Hensley Jr
N. Shady Lane
la Porte
Stephen Lynn Broussard
Timber Lane
Lem D. Edwards
Defoe
Gilbert Garcia
Laredo
Lisa Gail Norman
Willow
Clayion Williams Jr
Channelview Drive
Channelview
Cleo R. Tait
Maryland
Olf Raymond
Elkins
Dominck J. Hechler
Barkaloo Road
Loftus Torkelson
New Jersey
Oscar Sutterfield
Yaupon
William E. Bryan
S. Fifth
Sammy Peacock
Sunset
Leo Vincent Mechler
Tlinois
Dee
Adenauer Facing Pressure Similar to Churchill
James Marlow reports that West Germany’s Chancellor Adenauer, aged 87 next January, faces pressure to resign much as Churchill did in 1955. Adenauer’s tenure has strengthened ties with the US and France and backed European integration, but coalition politics and calls for retirement have emerged as Germany debates its democratic maturity and future leadership.
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James Marlow Washington
West Germany
Adenauer
Churchill
Gut
Stalin
Kremlin
Europe
Anthony Eden
Britain
Churchill Perity
United States
France
Germany
United States of Europe
Christian Democratic Party
Free Democrats
National Music Scholarships Offer Summer Grants
The Federation of Music Clubs offers two summer scholarships to the National Music Camp at Interlochen. Applications must be in by February 15. For details contact Mrs. Senne Umber at 3110 37th Place, Snyder, Texas.
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Federation of Music Clubs
Interlochen
Midh
Mexico City
Texas
Senne
Channelview Hospital Admits and Births at Tidelands
Channelview Hospital records list admits to Tidelands including Irvin J. Houston Jerry Dan Cobb Tina Emma Nelson Anna Atkinson Harry Cochran William Edwards Richard Seclinger and Houston. Discharged: Edker J. Mikel Bifful Allen Martha Gourley Sheilah Miller R. J. Gorrion Annie Smith Laura Pratt Houston Eudell Murphy Q M DeSquain James Neto Clarence Marlar Rudy Soffes FR W McDaniels Deborah Knight Nancy Garkind Channelview Birth: Mr and Mrs Elroy Nelson of Channelview welcome a boy born in December.
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Tidelands
Irvin J. Houston
Jerry Dan Cobb
Channelview
Tina Emma Nelson
Anna Atkinson
Harry Cochran
William Edwards
Richard Seclinger
Houston
Edker J. Mikel
Bifful_ Allen
Martha Gourley
Sheilah Miller
R. J. Gorrion
Annie Smith
Laura Pratt
Eudell Murphy
Q. M. DeSquain
James Neto
Clarence Marlar
Rudy Soffes
FR W. McDaniel
Global brief notes prompt mid decade conflicts and policy moves
Britis troops recapture Brunel oilfield town of Berlin and close in on a police station where 60 rebels held nine European hostages. Labor secretary meets NY publishers and printers to restart city presses. Texas school district integration deemed unconstitutional. Atty. Gen. says Indians await Red China reaction to PM Guzman terms. Communist party of U.S. refuses to register. Satellite to relay Dec 19 TV show across Atlantic. Bundy amid Cuban crisis article controversy. US welcomes Soviet box proposal signaling possible nuclear test ban.
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Brunel
Berlin
Sun Spots Garden Club Meeting In Wooster
Sun Spots Garden Club Wooster meets at 10 am on Thursday at the home of Mrs M A Jones 206 Bayshore Drive for a Christmas party. The Baytown area Navy program seeks veterans for pay up to 35 dollars for one weekend monthly with a 4415 Cullen Blvd Houston address. Five officers and 20 enlisted men needed.
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Garden Club
Wooster Garden Club
M. A. Jones
Bayshore Drive
U.S. Naval Reserve Training Center
Cullen Blvd
Houston
Naval Air
Baytown
Mirrors in colonial America tied to Washington inheritance
Plate glass mirrors were highly valued in colonial America, with George Washington's mother mentioning her mirror in her will and bequeathing it to her son, illustrating the era's prized possessions and familial legacies.
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America
George Washingington
Donnelly Elected President of Baytown Volunteer Fire Dept
John Donnelly is elected president of the Baytown Volunteer Fire Department Station No. 2 in a Monday night vote at the station. Sam Powers Jr. named vice president. Arthur J. Anders fire chief. E. R. Fort Jr. assistant chief. Louis Van Meldert secretary. Charles Webber III chaplain. Rev. William L. Tinney chaplain. A. J. Anders and FE J. Malich hold over directors. Charles Webber Jr. and J. J. King new directors. Prize money to be awarded at a December 17 dinner at the Sportsmen Inn in Kemah.
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John Donnelly
Baytown
Sam Powers Jr
Arthur J. Anders
E. R. Fort Jr
Louis van Meldert
Charles Webber III
William L. Tinney
A. J. Anders
J. Malich
Charles Webber Jr
Sportsmen Inn
Kemah
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