LBJ Reception Planned at Ben Milam Hotel
Lyndon B. Johnson will host a reception from 4 30 to 6 30 p m Thursday on the mezzanine of the Ben Milam Hotel in Houston. Baytown residents are invited to attend. The event is part of a busy notice page with a welfare league gift clearinghouse and a Galena Park Wichita Falls football broadcast. Weather shows continued cold and a Thursday freeze with increasing clouds. Tides for Galveston listed for Thursday morning and afternoon.
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LBJ
Houston
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ben Milam Hotel
Baytown
KWBA
Wichita Falls
Memorial Baptist Pastor Named to Texas General Convention Body
A L Jordan, pastor of Memorial Baptist Church, is named to the Human Welfare Commission of the Baptist General Convention of Texas and attends a quarterly executive board meeting in Dallas with 192 members. The Baytown community news notes local social and civic happenings including visits, illness, greetings, and party plans from residents such as Nadine Jimerzon Pauline Kopecky and Martha Sue, plus a Christmas ensemble at Bayshore Concert and Gamma Nu meeting date.
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A. L. Jordan
Memorial Baptist Church
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Dallas
Ronnie L. Pruett
Baytown
Portland
Maine
Houston
W. A. Blasingame
A. D. Anthony
Mortis Fayle
Ralph Ragan
Jim Jones
Judy
Gary Lannon
Juanita Judice
Martha Sue
Dian Anderson
E. A. Milton
Bayshore
Thelma Shall
Alice Tyree
Gamma Nu
B.D. Thomas
Irs
Mary Guempie
Sraithern
Citizens National Bank
Ui Tin Coondee
Naria
Baytown Goodfellows seek $2,000 for 1000 Christmas bags
Chief Goodfellow reports 10 small gifts and a large effort toward raising $2,000 to fill 1,000 bags for Baytown's needy children. With 11 days left before Christmas, donations are short by about $5000? No, $500. The fund aims to provide fruit, nuts, candy and toys as costs rise. The note thanks donors and notes many families rely on the effort.
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Chief Goodfellow
Baytown
Goodfellows
The
Chinese Ship Victims Leave Hospital Plans
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital will discharge Heng Mang Wang Shi Fan and Capt Heng Ying Hsu from the Union Reliance fire incident of November 7 in the Houston Ship Channel. Wang, the interpreter, aids the group while Capt Hsu, Mang, and the others adapt to recovery amid visitors from Houston Port Arthur and Formosa.
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San Jacinto Mermorial Hospital
Houston Ship Channel
Wang Shi-Fan
Cape
Beng Wing Hsu
Heng Mang
Charity Stone
Baytown
Wanda Orton
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Tiss
Wang Shi
Fan
Heng Ying Hsu
Union Reliance
Houston
San Jacinto
Jpercy Stone
Sit
Wang
Hsu
Mang
Rie
Port Arthur
Baylor Exchange
Formosa
Stephen F. Austin Elementary School
Robert Check
First Baptist
Cheek
God
Central America
South America
Red China
Treetia
Jacinto Crses
Pes
NASA expands Manned Spacecraft Center land at Clear Lake
NASA purchases an additional 600 acres, bringing total to 1,600 acres for the Manned Spacecraft Center near Clear Lake. The move, funded by a $60 million installation, does not imply an expanded building program. Rice University transferred the extra land from Humble Oil and Refining Co, with NASA negotiating buy terms.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Manned Spacecraft Center
Clear Lake
NASA
Rice University
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Federal Agency
Humble
Rice
Space Center
Space Agency
Eichmann Faces Death Penalty in Israeli Trial
Israel demanded Eichmann be executed for Nazi mass killings. Eichmann, claiming he was a tool in a vast machine, refused mercy and argued others bore the blame. The three man tribunal planned to deliver sentence Friday morning, with death likely. Attorney General Hausner urged one verdict: death.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Adolf Eichmann
Gestapo
Eichmann
Gideon Hausner
Hausner
Cottenme Eidemann
Israt
Ramsey to discuss jail remodeling with Baytown Council
County Commissioner V. V. Ramsey will address the Baytown City Council at 7 p.m. Thursday on remodeling the city and county jail facilities. Officials estimate costs near 87 000 dollars due to additional steel, and Ramsey will review the project with the council. A priority report from City Manager J. B. LeFevre covers streets needing paving and reconditioning, while bids will be opened for two passenger cars four pickup trucks and ten other vehicles.
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V. V
Ramsey
Baytown
Beptown
Richardson Addition - Ward
Enmeil
J. B. LeFevre
la Oor
Choosing Textbooks Complicated Process Described
A Texas procedure outlines how local textbooks are selected. A Baytown committee of up to 15 members, including M C Rushing and George H Gentry, will review materials in seven categories from a state list. They consult teachers and community members, then submit a report by March 1 with needs and bids.
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Hineson
Austin
Texas
State Board of Education
Bovat Fachon Syste
Council Massey Discuss Gas Hike
Baytown City Council met at the Holly Inn Restaurant to discuss Houston Natural Gas Co. rate increase. Manager Harry F. Massey answered questions about a proposed 95 cent monthly rise and a possible 60 day extension, with no formal action taken and little likelihood of decision until spring after more information is provided.
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Baytown
Seaborn Cravey
Holly Inn
Houston Natural Gas Co
Harry F. Massey
Houston Natural
Massey
W. L
Dub) Ward
Chris) Hansen
J P Taylor Named New Baytown Police Lieutenant
Sgt James P Taylor longtime Baytown officer promoted to lieutenant after leading civil service exams. He fills vacancy created by Lt Be Turner’s recent promotion. Taylor lives at 1203 Madison with Patsy Pack and two children, Micky and Jimmy.
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James P
Jimmy) Taylor
Baytown
Roy Montgomery
Taylor
Charles W. Cowan
B. J. Ausley
Madison
Patsy Pack
la Porte
Micky
Jimmy
James Bowie
K. Taylor
W. Main
Robert E. Lee
U.S. Navy
Korea
South
Hayden Fry to lead Southern Methodist University football
The Star-Telegram reports Hayden Fry, then Arkansas assistant coach, chosen to replace Bill Meek as SMU head football coach. In separate dispatches, the U S disagrees with Britain’s immediate Congo cease fire call and says no pause until U N objectives in Africa are met.
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Fort Worth
Star - Telegram
Hayden Fry
Arkansas
Bill Meek
Southern Methmist University
Washington
United States
Britain
Congo
United Nations
Mrs Roberta Hollister 92 Dies Rites Set
Mrs Roberta Hollister 92 dies with funeral services set for Thursday at 0 a m in Houston. Rev W S Graham will officiate at Penny Tabernacle with interment at Hilhot Rest Cemetery under Earthman Funeral Home direction. She is survived by four daughters, two sons and a brother Guy Wagner of Beaumont.
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Roberta Hollister
Raher
Mollister
N. Thied
Bobiseta
Fumsday
Houston
Penny Tabernacle
W. S. Grahan
Hilhot Rest Cemetery
Linder
Earthman Federal Home
Mrs. Hollister
Freezing Weather Marches South Toward Texas Coast
Freezing weather extended toward the Texas coast with more sleet and freezing rain expected in West Texas. Daybreak temperatures were lower than the previous day in many towns, with a 5 degree reading at Dalhart and Brownsville at 38. Residents continued to repair burst pipes from the prior freeze as treacherous ice remained on highways.
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Associated Press
Texas
Texas Panhandles
Rio Grande Valley
Weather Bureau
West Texas
Une
Middle Coast
South
Dalhart
Upper Panhandle
Brownsville
Amarillo
Lubbock
Marfa
Alpine
Victoria
San Antonio
Besemont
Waco
Dallas
Abs ‘Lene
San Angelo
Brownwood
Wichita Falls
Texarkana
Baytown braced for more cold as readings dip
Baytown residents faced another frigid night with an unofficial low near 28 degrees. The Weather Bureau warned to protect water pipes and vehicles as scattered ice formed in outlying areas. Temperatures across the region varied with Amarillo and Dalhart recording single digits to 16, while Galveston and Laredo rose to 36.
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Baytown
U.S
Howstom
Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Childress
Dalhart
Brownsville
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Mineral Wells
Texarkana
Abilene
Dallas
Fort Worth
San Angelo
Longview
Marfa
Tyler
Waco
Austin
College Station
Lufkin
San Antonio
Beaumont
Houston
Corpus Christi
el Paso
Galveston
Laredo
New LC Library Inspection Slated
School trustees will meet at 4 am Thursday to inspect the new Lee College Library. Construction should be complete by then if approved, enabling occupancy within weeks. President George H. Gentry said furnishings must be unded and installed. The swimming pool completion by Jan 1 was set by architect Lowell Lammers. The library and pool are funded by a 570,000 bond approved in late 1959, with construction starting in 1961. Weather and other complications have delayed progress.
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Lee College
George H. Gentry
Gentry
Lowell Lammers
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S. Noleyball League of Baytown Ymca
Welfare League
Albert Te Speck
Albert Thomas
House
Thomas
Veterans Administration
Pete Sultis
National Football Coaches Association
Fred Susie
A. G. Susie
Colorag School of Mines
Il Methodist Hospital
Oddfellows Lodge
W. O. Davis
Pensacola
Fins
J. J. Trney
C. W. Bates
Baytown Beeruitors Association
James Bowle
Herbert Mills
C. A. Morse
Arnon
Jones Goose Creek
Nou
Capt. Hsu
Wa Hsing Rie
Mangs
Webster-Seabrook Road
Council
Oal Breeden
H. W. Ormsbee
Guy Barron
Breeden
Texas Education Agency
M. C
Jimmy Taylor
J.P. Taylor
New Police
Chaen
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