Christmas Decorations Up In Tokyo
Tokyo shops glow with elaborate holiday decor as department stores display mammoth evergreens and artificial snow, while windows sparkle and signboards flash Merry Christmas. The season fuels yearend bonuses and brisk shopping as crowds flood escalators and stalls. mannequins and clerks in festive attire add to the Yuletide bustle in a city that treats Christmas as a commercial peak rather than a religious holiday.
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Johnson Rites Set Wednesday
Funeral services for B. W. Johnson of Kemah will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Malloy and Sona Funeral Home in Galveston. Born December 19, 1897, in Greenville Virginia, he served as a medical corpsman in World War I and later as a pharmacist’s mate in the U.S. Navy. Burial is at Galveston Memorial Cemetery near Hitchcock. Survivors include his wife, one daughter, two sons, seven grandchildren, three sisters, and four brothers.
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Neil S. Godwin
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Baytown
T. M. Johnson
Fort Worth
Funeral Services for Paul Stolander at Cedar Bayou
Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Paul A. Lee Funeral Home for Paul Stolander 72, longtime Cedar Bayou resident. He died Monday at Highlands rest home after a farming life. Born in Beaumont, he lived in Cedar Bayou since infancy with pioneer parents. Survived by sister Mrs Edward L. Scott of Baytown and Leather Sam Stolander of Brenham. Nephews will pallbear.
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Paul Solander
Cedar Bayou
Paul A. Lee
Je. Solander
Highlands
Beaumont
John P. Stolander
Stolander
First Christian Church
Baytown
B. R. Burns
Cedar Bayou Rape Church
Byron L.lady
Bifocal Contact Lenses Move Toward Mainstream Use
Dr. N Jay Rog era of Texas State Optical and Dr. Eric Penney describe a bifocal contact lens that splits vision for distance and near tasks. The wearer sees through a thinner portion when looking up or to the side and through the thicker portion when looking down. Over the past decade lens wearers grew from about 200000 in 1950 to over six million in 1960, opening a new market segment.
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N. Jay Rogera
Texas State Optical
Eric Penney
Dr. Penney
Local retail list names many businesses in alley catalog
A long OCR fragment lists numerous local merchants and stores including Ainsworth and Co., Altman's, Bay town Hardware, Big Chief Super Market, Black's Pharmacies, Beall's, Bebe's Ladies' Apparel, Bo Peep Shop, Commerce Food Market, Culpepper Furniture, De Bruhl's, Drew's, Economy Town and Country, Hi-FI Center, Grand Cleaners, Kinney's Shoe Store, Kovar's TV Center, S. H. Kress & Co., Levin's, Morrison's Furn Co., Paine Bros., Penney's, Sears Roebuck & Co., T.G.&Y., O'Brien's Food Market, Perry's Variety, Robson's Jewelry, Style Shoppe, Wilkenfeld Furniture, Whitcomin's and others.
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Altman's
Baytown Hardware
Big Chief Super Market
Black’s Pharmacies
Beall's
Bebe's Ladies’ Apparel
Bo Peep Shop
Commerce Food
Market
Culpepper Furniture
de Bruhl's
Drew's
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B. F.inch
Grand Cleaners
Guys’ ‘N Dotls
Hathaway
Paine Bros. Penney’s
Perry's Variety
Robson's Jewelry
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Sears, Roebuck & Co
Style Shoppe
Wilkenfeld Furniture Co
Wilkies
Whitcomin's
Harris roundup on school board and transit proposals
Harris officials discuss nonexpense campaigns and at large candidacy options while Houston and Dallas plan a regional transit authority proposal. County budget for 1981 seeks 1.845 million, up 701k. grand jury indicts youths for murder and assault. trials and judgments ongoing. Mayor Cutter urges Sunday closings to curb weekend business activity as talks with operators continue.
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Harris County
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Gene Carroll
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Retha Mae Wooten
Clifton Bedell Thrift
La Porte Juniors Drop Three Games
Jackson Junior High swept La Porte Juniors in seventh, eighth, and ninth grade games on Monday night. In the ninth grade Jackson led 47 to 36 behind Gerard Probandt's 14 points and Leslie Neugebauer's 13. Rickey Barrett and David Boatman keyed the defense as Jackson dominated the lower brackets with 22-15 and 25-point margins.
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Leslie Neugebauer
Rickey Barrett
David Boatman
Dr. Hermann Participates in Washington Water Pollution Conference
Dr. FE R Hermann, industrial hygienist from Baytown refining, will join the Matton Conference on Water Pollution, invited by Surgeon General L B Burney at President Eisenhower's request. The event gathers leaders in medicine, environmental health, sanitary engineering and officials from industry, agriculture, labor and government to discuss national water resource use and pollution policies.
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Humble OH
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Eisenhower
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Washington
U. S
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T.mccann
Fort Worth
Waiter Pollution Centre
Flermann
American Water Works Association
American Society of Civil Engineers
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Moody Named Allstate Agent In Houston
Gene Moody, appointed as a recording agent for Allstate Insurance, is a Lee Junior College and University of Texas graduate. A former Rohm and Haas employee, he served four years in the U.S. Air Force in Japan as a staff sergeant. He belongs to Fair Park Civic Club, PTA, Cedar Bayou Masonic Lodge, and Eastside Baptist Church, and lives with his wife Rose Ann and their three children at 117 Long Drive.
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Allstate Insurance Company
Marty Thompson
Houston
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Lee Junior Collegee
University of Texas
Rohm and Haas Company
Deer Park
United States Air Force
Japan
Fair Park
Fire Extinguished in Baytown Apartment
Baytown Fire Department put out a small fire caused by a heater hose breaking loose at a residence in the borough. The blaze at 3405 Tershing Little reportedly caused little damage. The incident occurred at 3 p.m. Monday.
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Noon Call Stock Quotes for Anahuac Area brochure
Directors of Anahuac Area Development Inc prepare facts for a brochure detailing the Anahuac region in Chambers County. The data will be compiled by Gulf States Utilities Co for use by potential new industrial and business interests.
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Anahuac Area
Develo . Inc
Chambers County
Gulf States Utilities Co
Beaumont
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Belgium Welcomes Secretary Herter on Brussels Visit
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter arrived in Brussels to represent President Eisenhower at royal celebrations. He will miss a wedding due to urgent diplomatic business in Paris. This marks his first Brussels visit since last summer’s nationwide anger over Patrice Lumumba.
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Washington
Anahuac Sets Week of Christmas Parties by Seven Groups
Seven local organizations in Anahuac plan Christmas celebrations this week. Faith Class of First Methodist met Monday at Mrs James Callaway for a gift exchange. Mary Martha Class of First Baptist gathered Tuesday at Mrs C A Pepper’s home. Civic Club plans a Wednesday meeting at C A Russe to hear a Christmas program. Bukota Sunday school class of First Baptist hosts a party Wednesday at L J Hand’s home. Women’s Fine Arts Club meets Thursday at First Methodist Fellowship Hall for a Christmas program. Anahuac Home Demonstration Club holds Friday at 2 p m in City Hall for its holiday event.
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First Methodist Church
James Callaway
Mary Martha
First Baptist Church
C. A. Pepper
Civic Club
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First Baptist
L. J. Hand
Fellowship Hall
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DuPont Opens Lab Bid for New 7000 Square Foot Building
La Porte Illinois DuPont Nemours and Co plans to open bids Monday for a new one story 7000 square foot laboratory at its plant site. Eleven contractors are invited to bid on the project which will house a production control room process development room methods chemists room mechanical room library and conference room.
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