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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1963
Page
1
Forecasters warn a 20 degree low tonight with freezing rain and ice in Baytown and nearby areas. Winds howl, skies clear by afternoon, and temperatures dip to near 27 in nearby towns. Residents should leave taps running and protect pipes, vegetation, and vehicles amid hard freezes across the region.
London dispatch reports a blazing burning liner Lanasia or Lincea in the Atlantic near Casablanca with passengers and crew scrambling into lifeboats. US and British planes joined the rescue as boats and rafts carried survivors, including children and several Americans, while authorities assess casualties and safety amid smoke and explosions.
Baytown bustles with last minute Christmas preparations as workers shift to skeleton crews on Christmas Day. Banks and government offices close. trash pickup shifts to Tuesday. Baytown Sun publishes Christmas Eve edition and schools resume after the holiday with students returning January 18.
LOUIS CHAMPAGNE a former Baytonian and uncle of two Baytonians died Sunday night in Lake Charles. His survivors include two nieces Mrs. Overstreet and Mrs. Virgil Hen at Baytown. Services will be Tuesday at Immaculate Conception Church in Lake Charles.
Robert Strickland sends holiday cheer to all as Baytonians greet the season. Juanita Levis muses that Christmas gifts may prevail and Jonita Rogers reports a chilly but cheerful Christmas time. Jim Bond and Beverly uphold Sunday work routines, Prof George Heniy and colleagues rattle through peculiars while plans for a Mexico trip surface. Weather sheets peg 19 degrees and Sanita delivers a surprise visit to the Adams family on Florida Street as Mrs Claude McClelland savors a hay ride.
A Murphysboro family of HL Conte and three children were surprise guests in Baytown on Saturday. The Cattanines were selected as recipients of Baytown tosai-
Reports from West Berlin say East German guards fired at a man attempting to flee to the West while other guards admitted visitors, as fears of festering tensions echo through a city divided by the wall.
The pope plans a pilgrimage route in Jerusalem along the Via Dolorosa during his first Christmas as pontiff. Vatican officials describe the Holy City walk as a symbol of peace and faith while the Christmas broadcast outlines the plans and expected involvement from church leaders.
Community fundraiser notes progress toward a $1,360.93 total with a remaining goal of $500. Chief Goedfelow thanks contributors and workers, citing widespread support and ongoing drives to boost donations and deliveries for those in need.
Fragmentary report mentions Charles Tilterd Madore and a university in China, a person named Rider, and a fishing vessel incident near Padre Island. References to civil rights legislation and political terms suggest discussion of upcoming rights bill passage.
Hundreds in Baytown gathered to mourn Gordon Farned the retiring Humble refinery manager born 1895. Funeral at St Marys Church with Masons at Forest Park Mausoleum Houston. Survived by wife Lynn, daughter Julia Ann Wright, two grandsons Gordon and Robert, two sisters and a brother. Farned served Baytown Refining Co and San Jacinto hospitals and was a longtime Methodist leader.
Officers recovered a pistol from a purse during Jack Ruby bond hearing as witnesses including Karen Bennett known as Little Lyn testified. Bennett, a stripper at Ruby’s Carousel Club, said Ruby sent money for her rent after his arrest. Defense raised questions about police precautions in Oswald transfer amid the Kennedy assassination case.
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