Honeymooning King Returns Amid Brussels Strike Turmoil
In Brussels 15,000 labor protesters clash with police as Socialist strike against austerity spreads. King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola, honeymooning near Seville, cut their stay and return home amid demonstrations. Pierre Harmel reports 2000 to 2400 troops recalled to guard government buildings. Antwerp port hit hardest. Premier Eyskens agrees to parliamentary talks on amendments to the tax and pension plan.
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Brussels
Belgium
Baudouin
Fabiola
Spain
Seville
Gov F
Red
Workers Federation
Brussel
Pierre Harmel
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
West Germany
Harmel
Antwerp
Leo Collard
Socialist Party
Gaston Eyskens
Eyskens
Yskeng
Kennedy and Fulbright discuss world problems in Palm Beach
President elect Kennedy and Senator Fulbright met in Palm Beach to review foreign policy and domestic issues while planning a round of golf. Archibald Cox was chosen as solicitor general and Robert V. Roosa named under secretary for monetary affairs, with Douglas Dillon designated treasury secretary. Salinger noted a possible New York base before the Jan. 20 inauguration.
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Ignate
Douglas Dillon
Rosa
Kennedy
Archibald Cox
Harvard Law
United States
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kennnedy
Pierre Salinger
New York
Salinger
Kennedy Jwil
Palm Beach
Dreams Come True On Headline Tour Leaves Baytown June 18
The Baytown Sun reports a headline tour departing Houston Intercontinental June 18 for a 17 day European visit including Amsterdam Copenhagen Burith Rome Davis France and London with a Canada stop in Montreal. Cost is 1030 per person with travel arranged by Citizens Bank Travel Department and Robin fees possible on deferment. Reservations call JU 28176. Baytown Sun will cover daily tour activities hour by hour.
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Europe
Baytown Sun
iCitizens Bank
Houston International Airport
Amsterdam
Holland
Copenhagen
Denmark
Burith
Switzerland
Rome
Italy
Davis
France
London
Eng
Galveston
Canada
Houston
KLM Rosal Dutch Airlines
Montreal
Atlantic
Simone Mary Shath
Citizens Bank Travel Department
JU 28176
Citizens Travel Department
iHotel
Baytown Sunn
Paris
Citizens Bank
Baytown Sees 1.37 Inches Rain Wednesday Night
Baytown received about 1.37 inches of rain on Wednesday night from unofficial gauges. The forecast calls for more rain and cooler weather on Thursday with a low near 24.
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Baytown
Panhandle
Brother Baytown
the James
Town notes and appointments in the region
Tre ne Conway reports a local update with Robert Hill recovering after surgery at Lillie Duke Hospital. Naval personnel Jerry Van Deventer prepares for a lieutenant commission next March. Grover Edge reads his hometown paper after holidays. Diem Kovar sends New Year wishes. Birthday greetings to Beulah Mae Jackson and Mary Hartman. Mrs. V. K. Davis acts as errand boy while Vic is away. Jinx Honeycutt visits family while on leave. Mary Lee Scott learns mothering duties early. Tom Heflin chats with medical staff. Mrs. A. D. Williams of 411 Aza notes cruelty to grandchildren’s dachshund Peppy. Mrs. Charles O’Connell returns home from hospital. Mary Glen Cunningham reports an art show and Sue Hickman seeks a ride to Houston. Jury dry can must be at courthouse by 8:20 a.m. JV 2061 is listed for contact.
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Trene Conway
Robert
Doc) Hill
Lillie Duke Hospital
Jerry van Deventer
Corpus
Mary Hartman
V. K. Davis
Vic
Jinx Honeycutt
California
Mary Lee Scott
Tom Heflin
A. D. Wiliams
Aza
Ira
Lee
Ren Entler
Charles O'Connell
Mary Glen Cunningham
Sue Hickman
Houston
Rand Daily Mail Says Zanzibar Used As Communist Launchpad
The Rand Daily Mail reports Zanzibar may serve as a staging ground for a Communist assault on Africa, supported by Nasser's UAR. A Zanzibar dispatch notes the irony of a Christian missionary origin becoming a stepping stone for communist influence from Peiping Moscow and Cairo.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Rand Daily Mail
Zanzibar
Peiping
Moscow
PraxUc
Cairo
Congo rebel advance hits Katanga contact with Baluba
A column of Stanleyville rebel troops crosses into Northern Katanga and contacts Baluba tribesmen fighting Tshombe. In Texas, Van George 38 a conservative Democrat who has voted Republican announces a bid for Lyndon Johnsons Senate seat. Memphis selects Mary of 1961 among 12 beauties including four Texans. National Maritime Union members in Houston await New York authorization to picket 88 Atlantic. A French test and Kennedy electoral gains are noted amid various legal actions. A Bayonne propane tank explosion injures four as residents flee.
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Stanleyville
Congo
Katanga
Moise Tshontbe
van George
San Antonio
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Mary of Cotton
Memphis
Texas
National Maritime Union
Houston
New York
Atlantic Robin
Sip
Union
Sun Writers Cover Three Bowls This Weekend
Sun writers will cover three bowls this weekend with staff at the Rose and Orange Bowls too. Jammie Weeds travels to Daas for the Texas Sports Writers meeting and Arkansas Duke Cotton Bowl. Fall Hartman heads to Waco and Jacksonville to cover the Gator Bowl Baylor versus Florida for a syndicated group. Ab Grimes vacations but will attend the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans. Ole Miss Owl game impressions appear in Tuesday’s Sun.
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Bigtown Sun
Sun
Jammie Weeds
Daas
Texas Sporty Writers Association
Fall Hartman
Waco
Jacksonville
Fla
Baylor
Florida
Baytown Sun
Ab Grimes
Ronta
Hart
Mississippi
Sugar Pens
New Orleans
Grimes
Hatice
Blaze Fatal To Mother, 11 Children in Quebec Tragedy
AP report from NOYAN Quebec details Marjorie Vosburgh 43 and 11 of her 15 children perishing in a fire after an explosion in a wood house near a village 35 miles south of Montreal. Abel Vosburgh survived with burns. remaining children were elsewhere at the time.
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Noyan
Quc
Marjorie Vosburgh
Quebec
Montreal
Abel
Sam
Phyllis
Katherin
Audrey
Beverley
Robert
Caroline
Leo
Dwayne
Hazardous Driving Warned as West Texas Faces Freezing Rain
Far West Texas warned of hazardous driving as light snow freezing rain and sleet create slick roads. The Weather Bureau noted dense fog and rain causing a Sugar Land train collision and heavy rainfall up to 3.5 inches in Corpus Christi with many cities from Lufkin to Texarkana reporting varied precipitation and cold readings.
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Associated Press
Guadalupe- Davis Mountains
Texas
Weather Bureau
Panhandle Plains
Amarillo
Port Houston
Sugar Land
Corpus Christi
Lufkin
Houston
Dare
Cotulla
Austin
College Station
Dallas
Fort Worth
Abilene
San Antonio
Wichita Falls
Longview
Texarkana
Darhart
Lubbock
EL Paso
Brownsville
West Texas
Bremond Public School District Violations Corrected
Austin bulletin reports State Education Commissioner JW Edgar ruled the Bremond Public School District violated church state separation but says most violations have been corrected.
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Austin (Am )Ee
Bremond Fublie
JW. Edgar
Houston Pasadena Annexation Battle Brews City Clash Over borders
Houston and Pasadena clash over annexation after Pasadena completes southward expansion past a 400 foot strip. Houston argues a prior annexed strip blocks Pasadena growth toward Gulf Freeway, while Pasadena contends the new annexation is legal. Court actions loom as jurisdictions dispute deannexation and expansion.
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Yuo Houston
Pasadena
Houston
la Worte
Deer Park
Lomax
Five Meza family members killed in interstate crash near Waco
A Dallas family of seven traveling from a Mexico City holiday died when their car struck a legally parked Pearl Brewing Co truck on Interstate 35 six miles south of Waco. The driver David Meza and four relatives perished. three children survived with serious injuries. The cab driver Andy Andrews was shaken but unhurt.
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WACO
Dallas
Mexico City
Pearl Brewing Co
Interstate 35
Here
David Meza
Asterp
Mara
Joe
David Jr
Henry Meza
Gloria Ann Meza
Mary Ann
Estella
Andy Andrews
Cisco
Urespot
Joe Moza
Meza
Mexico
Laredo
Davi Meza Jr
Refineries Offer Wage Increase Similar to Humble
Gull Coast refineries including Mobile Oil Co Beaumont and Port Arthur plants offered wage hikes about 14 cents an hour to workers represented by the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union. If ratified, earnings would rise to roughly 344 dollars for the two plants with similar discussions reported at Port Arthur’s Texaco refinery. Union locals at Pure Oil Shear and Atascosa also await ratification while Baytown OCWA meets Jan 3 to decide acceptance.
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Humble Oil and Refining Co
Oil, Chemical and Atomic, Workers International Union
Mobile Gil Co
Beaumont
Ult Gal Corp
Port Arthur
Texavy
Ae “Abs
Apoliesmay
OCAW
Atisohe Refining Co
Porn Areitiur
Hamble
Baytown
Tecal
Pavinen
Meriers
No Election No Board Crosby Water District Faces Dissolution
Crosby's Water Control and Improvement District No. 65 may be dissolved if no election is held. Board members Curtis, Milley, Miller, Martin and Hovard terminations end in January. three new seats would open if an election were held. President Havard said no election is planned by law and expenses justify not voting. Voters previously rejected bond issues for a water and sewage system, leaving residents reliant on septic tanks.
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Crosby
Water Control
Iun
Ap-Lare
Floyd Curtiss
G. P. Milley
Miller
Martin
Hovard
Tonthy
Henson Jr
Jordan Miar
Curtiss
Henson
Os Toenna
Claude Havard
Havard Isid
Hoavard
Goodfellows 1960 Toy Gifts Cost Cut Totals
A Baytown Goodfellows report shows total expenditures for 1960 gifts and candy were reduced to 1,470.22 with a 1,111.41 cash surplus. Donations from Beinken, Lynchburg PPA, St Ann's Guild, Robert E. Lee, Doris Treyhig, Baytown Chamber, and St Mark's Methodist supported the Pee Wee Bowl and other distributions. The Sun and Harris County savings funded the effort, with no funds wasted on administration. Chief Goodfellow closes with holiday thanks and plans for 1961.
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Chief Goodfellow
Cesar Devondumer
St. [Ann's
Robert E. Lee
Doris Treyhig
Baytown
Harris Coity
Feller Savings
Lean Ang i
Goodfellow &Elmlies
Baytown Sun
The
Sun
Goodfellows
Goodfellow Fund
West Virginia Mine Blast Kills Two in Newburg Area
An explosion at a Sanford mine near Newburg, about 13 miles southwest, killed two workers Thiman Burke and Jamesstoney while investigators Tarlewn and others entered the shaft to recover remains. The mine had been idle for days due to holiday shutdowns before the blast.
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West Virginia
Kingwood
Apis Acas
Morgantown
Newburg
Stors
Thiman Burke
Jamesstoney
Sanford Tlonts
Philips
Sanford Mhillins
Hore
Berause
Dleck
Leeedorn
Hutcheson Resigns As State GOP Chief In Texas
Thad Hutcheson resigns as Republican state chairman effective immediately. He has backed Kathryn McPanieLat Bastien and planned to join efforts for the appeal Senate campaign and to push a poll tax drive. Hutcheson has led the state party since May 1957, a high regard figure for both state and national Republicans.
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Thad Hutcheson
GOP
Kethryn McPanieLat Basten
Ate
Hutcheson
H. J. Por Thuston Oiman
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