Kennedy meets US military chiefs and freed Cubans in Florida
In Palm Beach Kennedy receives a Pentagon briefing on armed strength and defense budgets while planning final edits to the 1963 tax cut plan with Treasury and Defense officials. He also hosts four freed Bay of Pigs inmates and three other captives, arranging briefings and a news conference.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Pentagon
Kennedy
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Treasury
The
Henry Fowler
Stanley $. Surrey
Dillon
Hobe Sound
Robert §. McNamara
Aspen
Colo
Washington
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Maxwell Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs
Curlis E. LeMay
Air Force
Harold
Ing
Salinger
Miami
Manus Artime
Cuba
Joe Perez San Roman
Erneido Oliva
Roberto Perez San Roman
SUN spots and exhibits mix in Houston area notes
Building permits issued last week totaled 6,452,005, lifting the year’s pace to 330,160,609 while last year’s same span stood at 246,039,054. A San Jacinto Museum exhibit displays 100 antique Yuletide cards tracing origins to 1843 London. Gordon Cooper’s wife Mrs. Gordon Cooper of Houston named Harris County chair for the 1963 Mothers March of Dimes. drive set for Wednesday, Jan 30. Claude Free Jr. reports a 1953 car stolen from Morrell. A New Year’s Dance, 9 p.m. Monday at Knights of Columbus Hall, features Joe Scaliso Orchestra. admission 10 per couple. reservations via 583-2645 or 583-3726.
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Harris
San Jacinto Museum
San Jacinto Monument
London
Gordon Cooper
Houston
Harris County
Knights of Columbus Hall
Joe Scaliso
Weather and Tides Forecast for Galveston
Mostly cloudy with occasional drizzle and rising temperatures. Galveston tides show high at 2 29 am and 6 55 pm Friday. High and low times are approximate with minor shifts expected.
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Galveston
Wet Cable Knocks Out Wooster Phone Service
A wet cable cut telephone service for about 1280 customers in Wooster and nearby areas Brownwood Lakewood Craigmont and Country Club Oaks. Repairs by Saturday with new cable replacing the waterlogged section. About 20 percent restored by Thursday says Ken DisMang General Telephone district manager.
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Wooster
Ken Dismang
General Telephone Co
Brownwood
Lakewood
Craigmont
Country Club Oaks
Lost Boys Stay Put After Night in Marshland
Two Trinity River nutria hunters from High School endured a freezing night in waist deep mud after losing their bearings in a marsh between Old River and Lost Lake. They stayed put to conserve energy, relying on Boy Scout training to navigate at dawn. They reached their boat four miles away, then spotted lights on Highway 73 as dawn neared.
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Robert E. Lee’ High School
Marsh
Trinity River
Tom
Gus Brieden
Larry
Clevenger
Brieden
Cleyvenzer
Old River
King’s Old
Barbers Hill
Lost Lake
Woman Delivers Baby After Car Crash in Damp Street
In 44 degree weather on Damp Street Houston, a woman named Barbara Chandler gave birth in her car after a collision between her husband’s car and a pickup. An emergency corps member and University of Houston senior pharmacy major helped deliver the baby, a 4 pound girl, who is in good condition alongside her mother.
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Houston
Dianp
University of Houston
Barbara Chandler
Baytown News Highlights Personal Notes And Local Cheer
A collection of brief Baytown items notes thanks for a returned watch found in Houston and read in the Sun, training helps in a Trinity River swamp incident, local names and small events including school papers and pets, a hospital patient in San Jacinto, and festive card displays with community snapshots.
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George Scott
Houston
Gus Brieden
Larry Clevenger
Baytown
Trinity River
Elo. Veselka
Deana Gibbon
H. J. Kloesel
San Jacinto Hospital
Lorene Brawner
Lawrence
Jerry Mallory
Sue Clay Williams
Science literacy for all in Baytown elementary schools
A Baytown elementary science committee argues against the idea that only gifted pupils learn science. From grade one to six, science is taught as a continuous process building from plants and animals to space, energy, and simple machines, aiming to make all pupils scientifically literate and citizenship ready.
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Baytown
Mary Terry
Burnet School
Edward Lille
San Jay Einto
W. C. Beasley
Alamo
Christine Morris
Burnet
Lite
Lpupil
Baytown Schools Names Remain for List
Baytown area schools release a prepared report naming remaining personnel Mary Terry Burnet Little W C Beastex Alamo and Christine Morris Burnet as tied to the district.
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Baytown
Mary Terry
Burnet
Little
W. C. Beastex
Alamo
Christine Morris
Household survey area in Baytown to study home repairs
The U S Bureau of the Census will conduct a home repair survey in Baytown during the first ten days of January. Baytown is among 332 sample areas for the quarterly household survey. Interviews will be conducted with Mrs. Addie L Culver, Mrs. Florence Bowman and Mrs. Janet Isbell. Topics include painting plumbing heating flooring and related projects.
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Baytown
U.s.bureau of the Census
United States
Addie L. Culver
Florence Bowman
Janet. Isbell
Released Prisoners Kin Arrive in Miami
In Miami the freighter African Pilot with 922 Cuban prisoners’ relatives aboard arrived at 9 01 am after a fearsome voyage. Families embraced aboard the ship while Coast Guard escorts and observers watched. The port was restricted and a Red Cross report noted nine illnesses including measles among the passengers.
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Miami
Fla
Everglades
Fort Lauderdale
Tree
Joelton
Fidel Castro
United States
Red Cross
Joe McGowan
Associated Press
Havana
Banning Lary
U.S. Coast Guard
Angla Ceballos de Marera
Castro
Cuba
Next Year’s Poll Tax Payable Now in Baytown
Baytown residents may pay the next year’s poll tax at the county tax assessor-collector office 205 W. Defoe open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. About 30 deputies will collect in January across Highlands Channelview Crosby and La Porte. Tax must be paid by January 3.
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Baytown Area
Baytown
W. Defoe
Texas
Baytour
Hichlands
Channelview
Crosby
la Porte
Lomax City Board Candidates At Wayne Shiremian’s Store
Ten candidates compete for five Lomax district board seats in the Tan, 2 election at Wayne Shiremian's store. Incumbents A J Finchey and R B Howell seek re election. W W Stevenson O J Christie and C T Wall retire. Remaining candidates include J Tones Jr A Kre Gi A Clingan R J Post EL J Childs TF McQueen Norman L Malone and S A Grant. The district aligns with Lomax city boundaries west of La Porte.
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Wayne Shiremian
A. J. Finchey
R. B. Howell
W. W. Stevenson
Four East Germans Reach West Berlin Amid Night Escape
Four young men slip from East Germany to West Berlin during the night, marking another successful escape amid the Christmas holidays. Grain and cargo backlog worsen at New Orleans docks as Longshoremen strike drags on, with officials estimating losses. Descriptions also note Harriman’s warning on China challenging Soviet leadership, and traffic deaths over the Christmas period projected to rise, with regional figures from Canada and other global notices rounding out the dispatch.
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East Germany
West Berlin
Christmay
New Orleans
Steady City Income From Baytown Parking Meters
Baytown's parking meters yield steady income about 350 in nickels and pennies per workday. Employee B A Dobbs empties meters into locked containers then into a leather pouch. City Clerk Edna Oliver unlocks and sorts with a separator and counting machine. Mrs Oliver says Baytonians are honest folk as miscounts are rare. Dobbs collects coins from the voters each Tuesday, taking about four hours.
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Baytown
B.A. Dobbs
Edna Oliver
Oliver
Aya
Arctic Cold Front Delays Texas Warm-Up
Arctic air loses strength as a high pressure system slows the front. Forecasts show only a weak warming trend with cloud cover and light rain in South Texas through the last week of 1962. Temperatures remain cool but not frigid. teens were reported in the Panhandle while many areas stayed above freezing.
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Associated Press
Texas
Fort Worth
Texas Panhandle
Longview
Galveston
Wink
Midland
West Texas
Panhandle
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JFK
U.S
Claude Free JR
Morrell
Gus Brieden and
Edward Little
San Jacinto
Strongs
Household Survey
Byman
Lomax City Board
W. Averell Harriman
China
Communist Movement
Soviet Union
National Safety Council
Canada
Tass
Dan
Pakistan
Kashmir
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Palna Beach
Manchester
Alaska
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