Cancer Society Awards Honor Baytonians At Houston Meeting
Six Baytown women received ten year service awards at the statewide American Cancer Society meeting held at the Rice Hotel in Houston. Other recipients included Mrs C A Fortner of Crosby and 59 additional awards to society workers. Dr John A Wall urged doctors to diagnose cancer early to reduce fatalities, while Dr John R Heller predicted a cure within 15 years of research.
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Baytown
American Cancer Society
Rice Hotel
Houston
Harry Harriman
Hugh Echols
Charles Cater
Frank Moore
Q. Glenn Barber
Ben Wilson
C. A. Fortner
Crosby
John A. Wall
Wall
John R. Heller
National Cancer Institute
Referendum Vote Tuesday Without Knowing Rates
Washington AP Farmers vote on federal cotton controls Dec. 15 without knowing government price support rates. Agriculture officials said no plan to announce rates before the referendum. Approval by two thirds of voters is required. Ezra Taft Benson has leeway in setting rates, with minimum 75 percent of parity and maximum nine percent. A 40 percent overplant option with 45 parity points below the rate yields 65 percent this year. could drop to 80 percent in 1980. Kitchen tip notes carrots need only cold water scrub for stock.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Ezra Taft Benson
Christmas Comes But Once A Year Verse Sketch
A humorous verse sings of Christmas only coming once a year and the speaker’s woes from gout drink and family visiting. It notes modest gambling avoidance, gardening joys, and the hollowed holly and mistletoe as the season passes. Family gatherings arrive as snow prevents escape, ending with a festive mood despite discomfort.
Pasadena Route Rail Relocation Gets State Funding
Harris County Commissioners Court accepted a state offer of 918,225 to cover half of a 1,826,451 cost to move Texas and New Orleans Railroad tracks in Pasadena. The project frees right of way for the Pasadena La Porte Freeway, per a State Highway Commission minute dated November 23. The court also heard the South Houston Chamber backs county flood control oversight over federal handling, citing a Houston Chamber proposal and a five year needs survey.
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Harris County
Commissioners Court
New Orleans
Pasadena
Pasadena-La Porte
State Highway Commission
South Houston Chamber of Commerce
Han Federal
Scott Cockrell
Chamber
South Houston Chamber
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Houston Chamber
South Houston
Highlands Man Passes State Bar Examination
Ray Holbrook of Highlands passed the State Bar Examinations in Austin with a 76 average. A former senior chemical engineer at Monsanto in Texas City, he now works in Monsanto’s patent department. Holbrook, a registered professional engineer, earned BS and MS from A and M College and an LLB from the University of Houston. He has ties to St George's Church and Boy Scout work, is married to Mary Ann Fite, and is a former track captain who set Southwest Conference records.
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Ray Holbrook
Irma Holbrook
Highlands
Austin
Monsanto Chemical Corp
Texas City
Holbrook
Monsanto
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
American Chemical Society
The
Assn. For the Advancement of Science
Texas Supreme Court
Baytown
Panama Canal Wealth and Resentment in Panama
Panamanian frustration grows as the canal keeps busy every day with 27 ships passing through. U.S. control brings $71 million yearly to Panama though many locals seek greater revenue and flag sovereignty. The canal’s economic impact, treaties, and foreign presence fuel ongoing political tension.
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Panama
Panam Canal
Atlantic
Pacific
Canal Zone
North
Washington
John Hay
United States
Colombia
Bunca-Varilla
Refinery Man Joins UT Visiting Panel for Engineering
Dr. W. B. Franklin, head of Technical Division at Baytown Refinery, is named to the University of Texas Chemical Engineering Department visiting committee. Appointed by President Logan Wilson, the panel aims to strengthen engineering education across departments. Franklin, a Texas alumnus with BS MS PhD degrees, previously helped form UT Engineering Foundation advisory and serves on AIChE and Chemical Engineering Progress committees.
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W. B. Franklin
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Texas
Logan Wilson
Texas University
College of Engineering
Franklin
Baytown
University of Texas Engineering Foundation
Af Amer
Ican Institute of Chemical Engineers
Chemical Engineering Progress
Aiche
Washington
Joan
A. J. Phipps
Dallas
Texas
Carol
St. Mark's Methodist Church
East
Harris County Community Chest
Disease Resistant Gull Rose Rice Seeds Released
Gull Rose rice, resistant to hoja blanca, released by Rice Pas ture Experiment Station Beau mont for distribution in Chambers and nearby counties. Station released 20,000 cwt of cleaned foundation seed. orders for the 1960 printing season are being taken, to be validated and allotments assigned. Orders confirmed Jan 13 and due before Jan 1. Developed by Texas Agricultural Experiment Station USDA and Texas Rice Improvement Assn.
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Beaumont
Chambers
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
USDA
Texas Rice Improvement Assn
YMCA Directors To Be Elected For Three-year Term
The YMCA Nominating Committee named ten candidates for the board of directors for a term ending December 31 1962 with ten vacancies. Ballots mailed to members request votes. Also three nominees were named for vacancies expiring December 31 1960. Ballots due by December. The committee roster includes Sam Paine chair and others.
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YMCA
Board of Directors
A. Brown
James Harrop
P. Walter Henckell
W. L. Hernson
J. R. Hickerson
Dudley Huckabee
Morris Morrow
M.A
Texas
Investigation Ordered Into Why Local Students Fail
In San Antonio Oscar E Miller ordered a study to find reasons behind high failure rates. At Brackenridge High 54 percent failed the first nine weeks and at Thomas Jefferson High 39 percent failed one or more subjects. Principal Clyde Gott cited lack of effort while others blamed football and TV.
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San Antonio, Tex
Oscar E. Miller
Brackenridge High School
Thomas Jefferson High
Clyde Gott
Thomas Jefferson
Barbers Hill Faculty Christmas Party and Board Meeting
Barbers Hill Faculty Club held its annual Christmas dinner in the school cafeteria with 62 attendees including school board members and spouses. After the meal the Barbers Hill School Board met briefly to conduct routine business as the district recesses for the holidays from December 18 to January 4, with W. C. Underwood noting the schedule.
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Barbers Hill
Barbers Ean
W. C. Underwood
Business backs Padre Island national seashore plan
SAN ANTONIO AP Texas business groups urged unity to back a national seashore on Padre Island. Sen Ralph Yarborough said the park would draw steady tourist dollars to Texas. The Senate Interior Subcommittee will consider creation of the national seashore park in Corpus Christi on Dec 14.
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San Antonio
Texas
Padre Isand
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
Senate Interior Subcommittee
Corpus
Christ
Baytown Man Hurt In Truck Rollover Crash
James W. Smith 82 of 123 West Baytown was admitted to Baytown Hospital with cuts on his face and hands after his truck rolled over at 10 50 PM Friday on Woodruff Street near Alrhart Drive. Officer James J. Lankford said Smith was driving southeast on Weadrufe when the car left the road into a ditch. The left wheel and doors were damaged in the rollover.
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James W. Smith
West
Baytown Hospital
Woodruff St
Alrhart Drive
James J. Lankford
Lankford
Smith
Weadrufe
Anahuac Student Commended For High Test Grade
Everett B. Butch Williams of Anahuac High School earns a National Merit Scholarship Corp commendation for high performance on the National Merit Qualifying Test. About 27,000 students nationwide received letters. commendations honor national standing among 350,000 starters.
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Everett B
Butch) Williams
National Merit Scholarship Corp
W. R. Womack
Willams
Merrit
Stock Exchange Endorses Individual Investor Judgment
The New York Stock Exchange says average investors show strong judgment, citing six years of gains from its monthly investment plan. Top 30 favorites rose, with sixteen more than doubling. IBM up 735 percent. A hypothetical portfolio of 20 stocks would grow from 3766 to 15049, a 215 percent gain.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
the Exchange
International Business Machines
Plan
Real Estate Men Set Up Listing System
A group of Bayton real estate brokers formed a multiple listing organization to allow several brokers to show a listing, not charging extra for the service. Attendees included Claude Smith Jr, Wes Thompson, GC. N. Cook land and Tommy Reese.
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Bayton
Claude Smith , Jr
Wes Thompson
GC. N. Cookland
Tommy Reese
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