Christmas Glance World Yule Discord and Local News
Christmas 1962 showed goodwill amid a quiet Cold War. Moscow radio sent holiday greetings as a nuclear test marked the 24th in its series. Baytown Kiwanis speaker Glen Kollmeyer of Redeemer Lutheran spoke at noon. Knights of Columbus hosted St Joseph’s Parish children. Adoption announced for James Lee Hartless by Mr and Mrs A L Hartless of Lake Jackson. grandparents named.
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Associated Press
Moscow
United States
Kiwanis
Glen Kollmeyer
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Baytown Kiwanis Club
Tower
SAN Jacinto Council 20
Knights of Columbus
Children of
Sea
A. L. Hartless
Lake Jackson
James Lee
James A. Massey
Baytown
Martless
Channelview
W. E. Chandler
Diboll
Weather And Tides Cold Thursday Forecast With Deteriorating Drizzle
The weather bulletin notes colder Thursday with a tow of 4 degrees and continued rough drizzle through the night. Tides are forecast high at 1:12 pm and 6:10 pm, with Sweden's seismological observatory at Uppsala cited for timing. The report also reflects on global events from Cuba's released invasions captives to Christmas messages, war talks, and holiday observances across nations, highlighting leaders urging peace and humanity amid conflict.
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Sweden
Seismological Observatory
Uppsala
Fidel Castro
Cuba
United States
Viet Nam
Yemen
Congo
Berlin
India-China
John Diefenbaker
Vatican
Holy Land
Bethlehem
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Fla
Caroline
John Jr
St. Edward's
Elizbeth I
Telstar
U.S
Australia
Moscow
Santa Claus
Grandfather Frost
Rounded English Courses Beyond Textbook Purposes Outlined
Publicity report by four elementary teachers from Travis and Bowie outlines the English program for grades one to six. It emphasizes speaking and listening, grammar, word meanings, vocabulary, literary appreciation, and the impact of language on behavior and happiness. Oral activities include discussions, reports, conversations, storytelling, poems, choral reading, and dramatizations. Written work builds punctuation, grammar, sentence structure, paragraphing, and word usage, with goal to motivate students to apply learning to daily language use.
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Willie Fitzgerald
Travis School
Betty <Eefer
Travis
Tina Mae Dickon
DeZavala
Geraldine Yowell
Bowie
Local Notes and Holiday Visitors in Baytown
Baytown residents share holiday visits and family news including Mrs A J Bearden recovering in Gulf Coast Hospital Room 14 Jane Sheffield visiting from Albuquerque medical technologist The Houstonian reporters Jerry Mallory and Barry Smith alumni of Lee College The retirement party for D A Wight scheduled at Community House late Thursday Mrs George Scott reports loss of a white gold watch near Henkes and Weingartens contact 546 3618 Dr L D Victory selling two Cotton Bowl tickets for 11 25 583 1802 Clarence Nichols son of H J Nichols at 1301 Burbank home for holidays Teisser Foster eight birthday after Christmas Orville McDonald visiting from Dallas with family at Mayfair Apartments in Houston details of L F McDonalds family pup found at 1314 Bob Smith Road.
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A. J. Bearden
Gulf Coast Hospital
J. J. Sheffield
Janice Sheffield
Albuquerque
N.M
Baytown Sun
Jerry Mallory
Barry Smith
Sam Houston State Teachers College
the Houstonian
Barry
Jerry
the Sun
Lee College
D. A. Wight
George Scott
Henke
Weingarten
L. D. Victory
TCU
Clarence Ray Nichols
H. J. Kichols
Burbank
Teisser
Foster
Orville McDonald
Dallas
LF. McDonald
Cedar Bayou
McDonald
Mayfair
Houston
L. F. McDonald
Bob Smith Road
8 East Germans Flee To West
Eight East German refugees broke through three barriers into West Berlin before dawn. Bullets hit the bus, injuring one man from flying glass as the armored Soviet built bus carried the owner, his driver, their wives and four children. They traveled 120 miles from Neugersdorf near the Oder Neisse border.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Neugersdorf
Oder-Neisse
East Germany
Poland
More Cubans Due In Florida Thursday
Relatives of prisoners aboard the Cuban Bay of Pigs release voyage are set to join inmates in Florida. The Berlin and African Pilot ships carried 1,113 captives exchanged for $53 million in aid. Cuban officials stated departure rights were granted by Fidel Castro, with families facing asset forfeiture unless immediate relatives remain.
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Florida
Miami
Fla
Berlin
Havana
Fidel Castro
Red Cross
Dia
Ami. Jt
Cuba
Associated Press
Najimov
Joe McGowan Jr
U.S
Amiral Najimov
Ger Lon
Pan American World Airways
Ana Ocean Ba Nilies
Muuied Leywun
Manuel Artime
Artime
James RB
Donovan
New York
Lugowias HreUaDay
NauSesane
United States
Port Everglades
Othe
Crlba
Finis
Homestead Air Force Base
Tomas Macho
Gesu
Dock Pickets Resume Full Force Today
New York reports a fourth day of ILA walkouts with 60 000 longshoremen striking from Atlantic to Gulf ports. Perishables threaten delays as 3 million pounds of potatoes aboard the Glenview and 60 000 stems of bananas aboard the Frubel Julia await handling. Economic impacts loom from stalled cargoes to higher prices amid disputes over crew sizes and automation.
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New York
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
International Longshoremen’s Association
Glenview
Charleston
S.C
South Carolina
Searsport
Maine
Brownsville
Tex
ILA
Frubel
Julia
Standard Fruit & ‘Steamship Co
Two Youths Found Lost Overnight
Baytown Civil Air Patrol located two Rob ert E. Lee High School students Gus Brieden 15 and Larry Clevenger 17 who were lost overnight in a Trinity River swamp. They were cold wet and unharmed after sleeping on a pile of debris. Pilot Jack Saunders and observer Leo Font rescued them after locating their boat and signaling the youths.
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Baytown Civil Air Patrol
Robert E. Lee High School
Trinity River
Gus Brieden
Larry Clevenger
Hyo
Byrd in hospital from undisclosed ailment
Sen Harry F Byrd of Virginia is listed in satisfactory condition at Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore with no details on the illness. The items note Cuban longshoremen and Red Cross members aboard a freighter, Russian evacuees from Havana, Kennedy tax cut focus, Hoffa criticism in Wassville, and a frigid Canadian air mass entering the north central region.
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Harry F. Byrd
Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore
Havana
Lee College announces spring sign up and schedule
Lee College plans spring enrollment starting late January with classes resuming January 2 after holidays. Dead week January 14 18 precedes exams January 21 24. Second semester registration January 28 29 with a late fee after January 29. Exams run January 21 24 and commencement May 31. Easter holidays April 12 15. Exams, tests, and midterm dates noted.
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Lee College
Walter Rundel
Rundell
Lost youths search narrows in Trinity River bottoms
Parents of Breiden and Clevenger appealed to Major Cecil Behymer head of Baytown CAP squadron to lead an air search after the two Nutria hunting youths vanished Christmas Day. Searchers combed Old River swamp areas Tuesday night and Wednesday morning aided by Baytown Emergency Corps Chambers County Sheriff and Texas DPS. The boys’ boat was found beached near Old River four miles southeast of the Old River Bridge. Breiden and Clevenger are sons of local residents on Yaupon and Burnety Drive.
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Ku Tars Prinees
Cecil Behymer
Baytown
Trinity River
Briedon
Clevenger
Baytown Emergency Corps
Traffic Toll Tops Holiday Deaths This Christmas
Traffic deaths rose to about 650 during a 102 hour Christmas weekend with at least 160 fatalities in the final 24 hours. Fire deaths reached 105 and 82 other fatalities occurred in nontraffic incidents, as severe weather and heavy travel spurred hazardous conditions nationwide. The four day toll compares with 706 in the 1966 holiday period, a record high.
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National Safety Council
U S Former Ambassador To U Dies
Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Austin, 85, died at his Burlington home. A Republican and former U.S. senator, he opposed U.S. entry to the League of Nations after World War I, backed Roosevelt’s foreign policy in the 1930s, led the U.N. mission until 1953, and fought to name Communist China as Korea’s aggressor in the U.N. He once produced a Soviet guns model to prove Red China’s aim to enter the U.N.
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Burlington, Vt
Warren
Austin
U.S
League of Nations
United Nations
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senate
U.N
Harry S. Truman
Jacob A.malik
Security Council
Five REL science students vie for national scholarship
Five outstanding science students from Robert E. Lee High School compete for awards in the 22nd annual Science Talent Search. The field is organized by Science Cruths of America and Science Service for Westinghouse Scholarships and Awards, with entrants Elisabeth Alemán, Larry O. Clevenger, Donny Rae Diebel, and Paul M. Quinton among the participants.
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Robert E. Lee High School
Science Cruths of America
Science Service
Westinghouse
Elisabeth Allemah
E. A. Aleman
Scenic Drive
Larry O. Clevenger
O. L. Clevenger
N. Burnet
Donny Rae Diebel
Glenella Diebel
Paul M. Quinton
C. L. Quinton
Ohio
Danny L. Waddell
M. T. Waddell
Wright Blvd
Mae Nelson
C. A. Tipps
Davis
Waddell
REL
Winnie Brown
Iva School
U.S
Expense Aire
Washington, D
Paul Corneil
Wet Christmas Weekend Rainfall Hits Baytown With 2.55 Inches
Holiday period rainfall totaled 2.55 inches with Christmas Eve the wettest and Christmas Day reporting no rainfall. Police said Christmas was relatively quiet apart from minor refinery incidents while local students showcased science projects sponsored by teachers and prepared for a national contest in Washington.
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Baytoun
Humbie
Baytown
Oj and Refining Co
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Raytown
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Robert F. Kennedy
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