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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1962
Page
6
Baytown residents vent harshly at city workers not involved in the annexation. The piece urges addressing officials at council meetings, noting employees merely carried out orders from department heads and council, who voted with full responsibility in mind.
The Baylor University president Abner McCall canceled six remaining performances of Long Day’s Journey after complaints of profanity. The Sun supports his decision as protecting the university’s moral standards and church ties, criticizing critics who call it bigotry.
New York AP columnist HAL Boyle surveys corporate images with humorous sketches. Du Pont mocks consumer health claims, AT and T shows a burdensome long distance bill and a frazzled operator, GE features Edison with a burned bulb and a quip about progress, GM portrays a chauffeur removing a bumper scuff from a car.
The Baytown Sun notes publication afternoons Monday through Sunday at Pearce and Ashbee in Baytown Texas with staff including General Manager Bowah Mae Teckeonaaeee and Managing Editor Robert K Gilmore. It lists circulation, advertising, and subscription rates with a Baytown address and mentions legal notice filing under an act of March 3 1879.
Barry Goldwater argues the Cuba crisis proves brinkmanship can defend freedom but warns against relying on a single display of strength. He notes past uses under Dulles, Eisenhower, and the need to maintain firmness against the Soviet test while avoiding complacency in future crises. He invokes Patton on decisive action and calls for clear strategy beyond Cuba in the broader Cold War struggle.
A Californian applied for a Washington job through regular channels and met the agency head in San Francisco who hired him on the spot. Three months later a forwarded letter from his old address showed the job had been denied for lacking qualifications, signed by the man himself.
A playful reader puzzle featuring five questions on biology geography history and a cryptic clue. Items include identifying an area expert on pteridology and blood vessels, locating Savoy, naming Laurence Marques island capital, linking Johann Gansileisch to a famous figure, and naming the saint who founded Canterbury in 597, plus a future prediction and a folk fame guessing game note.
A collage of misread notes and trivia highlights a regal romance during February 1609 in the French court and a later quiz on notable dates. It recalls Roald Amundsen reaching the South Pole fifty one years ago and lists scattered questions about people and places with partial captions.
The column traces a White House power struggle centered on Adlai Stevenson versus Dean Acheson, with John McCone emerging as a hard line voice. It recounts Stevenson’s UN leadership, Kennedy era intrigues, and Acheson’s push to steer U.S. policy, including the Bay of Pigs fallout. It also critiques Tito’s Yugoslavia stance and U.S. aid amid Cold War realignments.
Fragmentary line from Luke with capitalized words. A terse biblical quotation noting that nothing secret will remain hidden and all that is concealed will be brought to light. The text appears as a fragmentary verse reference rather than a full passage.
D M Gillespie and C R Upchurch report from the Federation of Independent Oil Unions convention in Baton Rouge where three resolutions were adopted. The measures call for a 6.5 percent wage increase with a minimum 20 cents per hour, a 40 hour or 32 hour alternating work week with overtime rules, and efforts to raise Social Security eligibility to age 62 with compatible retirement plans.
In a pass situation with South not yet opened, four hands are analyzed for the next bid after East and South have passed and West opens 1 spade. The discussion covers whether 3 spades is forcing, responses to 2 hearts, and the logic for bidding 3 notrump or 4 spades based on hand strength and partner’s assumed distribution.
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