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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1960
Page
2
AP reports a sharp drop in Mexican bracero workers heading to the United States for harvests. About 454000 normally go, but this year the figure is around 40 000 with complex factors including U S unemployment, more mechanical harvesters, and cross border movements from Guatemala.
La Porte High School Bulldogs beat Lamar High School 58 55. Frank Hitchens led La Porte with 15 points while Kenny Ford topped Lamar with 17. La Porte led most of the game, trailed briefly late in the fourth, and faces Dayton next. Other La Porte scorers included Grater, Childs, Moser, Norris Weir, and Gonzales.
Texas dairy output fell in most regions as milk production declined while livestock feeding rose, driven by cold dry weather. Director John Hutchison notes the dry conditions pressured pastures and weight gains, with some crop damage in South Texas and South Central moisture ample.
A scattered Harris roundup reports Luther Hodges commuting John McHargue’s sentence after the ex prisoner fled to Houston and later faced justice. It notes a Houston injury case, a 3 year old boy’s death from burns, a hit and run in Pasadena, a near deadly incident at sea, stockholder actions in California, and suit over hospital blood transfusion damages in Houston.
A scrambled OCR extract lists numerous company names and tickers such as Freeport, Gen Motors, Exxon, Shell, Sinclair, Union Carbide, United Airlines, Westinghouse, Phillips, Oil firms, and others. The fragment hints at a midday stock quote roundup with many misread entries and jumbled terms.
The Baytown area reported a double shooting in Carmi TH involving Hirbert Sisco 46 who died after three hours and his wife Iva Sisco 49 who died soon after. Sisco formerly married to Mary Osbun of Baytown and divorced in 194. He faced a June indictment for child support for four children aged nine to 17. Funeral services for Ida Bey Gearey 84 are set at Kathrinewin Chapel with burial in Rest Cemetery.
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