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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1966
Page
1
Baytown motorists warned that officers will issue tickets for violations at the newly established four way stop at Sterling and Felton. The change makes the intersection a two four way stop system.
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies through Wednesday with colder nights Tuesday and Wednesday. Winds shift to northerly Tuesday night. Temperatures expected between 52 and 63 degrees. On Wednesday tides in Galveston will run low at 7 24 a.m. and high at 3 54 p.m.
Vivian and W H Hicks visit Fort Polk with Penny and Gary to see Pvt Wayne Hicks. W R Nicholas in intensive care at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital. Martha Moore and Dave attend a movie. Mildred Walmsley receives compliments on her raisin cake. Sandy Bearden enjoys a social. Husie Sutphin starts a new job. Sherry Bramlett returns home from the University of Texas with a guest. Bob Van Deventer praises daughter Jane’s grades at Texas Woman’s University. Johnny Holliaway and Lou Williams broker a golf deal over coffee. Mildred Price finishes a fast trip to friendly neighbors. Tom Heflin and Eddie Allman plan next week’s events. Mickey Jenkins dines out after TV night. Flo Newby lines up a misplaced key. Eddie Kerenick keeps winter coat on in warm weather. Jim Nelson takes pride in his new grandson. Johnny Enderli miles a magazine route by delivering papers. Buddy Miller and P L Miller plan a do it yourself project.
U N Council debates Viet peace proposal as conflicts surge across Southeast Asia. Troops remove squatters at Greenville base where 150 air police arrived to clear demonstrators occupying federal property amid food and housing protests and poverty program tensions.
The United States urged the United Nations to invite both North and South Vietnam to participate in a proposed peace conference debate. Ambassador Goldberg argued for Saigon and Hanoi representatives during current council discussions while noting Soviet opposition and questions about inviting the Viet Cong.
Green ville Mississippi report says 60 Black squatters were forcibly removed from the deactivated Greenville Air Force Base. The group resisted and was carried out bodily by air force troops amid the eviction.
Chambers County officials with terms ending in 1966 have filed for re election. The May 7 primaries draw candidates for county offices including judge, commissioners, clerks, and six justices of the peace. Several incumbents listed include Oscar F Nelson Jr B Wooldridge H H McCollum E L Turner and others with Turner facing opposition from P F Durr for Precinct 2. Also filed are state Rep Cameron Hightower State Sen William Moore Mrs Neveille Colson and U S Rep Jack Brooks.
Funeral services are set for Frank Speedy Hruby 53 a Baytown area restaurant operator who died Monday in a Baytown hospital. Rosary will be recited Tuesday at Earthman Funeral Home. services follow Wednesday at Earthman Chapel and St Josephs Catholic Church with interment in Garden of Gethsemani Houston. Hruby born Shiner Texas Oct 17 1912 lived in Baytown 135 years and led Victory Cafe and several local eateries. survived by wife Mary two children two sisters and three brothers plus three grandchildren. He moved from East Bernard in the early 1930s and also worked for Granada Grocery and Weingarten's. He died after internal hemorrhaging.
Twenty motorists were ticketed Monday afternoon on Wooster Cedar Bayou Road by a radar unit operated by state highway patrol officers Dan Lair M H Parkers and K D Woolsey. The country maintained road renamed Park Street runs through industrial property not in Bay town city limits with a 30 mile per hour limit. Speeding tickets allege speeds from 44 to 64 mph. Some cases heard Monday night in Justice of the Peace M M Brown's court.
Vance, 32, an assistant district attorney since March 1 1958 and former chief prosecutor in criminal district court, was appointed district attorney of Harris County by Gov. John Connally. He will take oath Tuesday. The record shows a long career in law and public service with military duty in 1957 and 1965, and roles in various bar associations.
Baytown officers confront a case dubbed a headache by Police Chief Blair Mann and Assistant Chief R H Turmer as a bondsman arrives with a list of prisoners needing bonds. A lawyer previously attended jail visits to assist prisoners in posting bonds, then vanished and a bondsman appeared, directing inmates to lawyers. The police say it is improper to suggest or steer prisoners to specific lawyers without a request.
The Junior Forum executive board will meet at 9 30 a.m. Thursday at the home of Mrs James M Cauley 102 Crestway.
Mrs A H Fenley of 1701 Mississippi won $19 on Monday morning in a shopping promotion sponsored by Baytown merchants.
U S and allied air and ground forces press Masher operation 290 miles northeast of Saigon. Ambitious strikes against Viet Cong yield 488 reported dead and 12 prisoners after six days of fighting. Ground forces drive from south and west while South Vietnamese and Korean troops hit from other directions. Casualties light for Americans and Koreans, moderate for South Vietnamese. A missing Air Force pilot from F105 Thunderchief. Vietnam war update amid new offensives near Saigon.
The royal couple depart London for a five week Commonwealth tour in the Caribbean causing delays to flights. General Motors posts over two billion yearly earnings and the 1965 bike profit reaches 391 million. Labor Secretary urges Florida growers to speed West Indian labor intake to harvest citrus hit by cold. Krabinozen drug acquittals reported though its future remains undecided. Johnson asks Congress for five year foreign aid authority splitting programs into economic, arms and food education health aid.
The Florida prosecution opens its case in the Mossler murder trial. Candace Mossler and her nephew Melvin Lane Powers face charges of conspiring in a love affair that led to the death of her wealthy husband. Arthur Huttee outlines the strategy for a 12 jurors panel as Percy Foreman represents Powers and Clyde Woody weighs an opening for Mrs Mossler. The courtroom, packed since session start, will keep the audience section sealed during testimony. The first witness will be Dr. J V Handwerker who found the body of six year old Messler at a Key Biscayne estate with a will gifting $28 million to his wife.
A crowded Monday night queue formed as East Harris County residents rushed to pay the 1965 poll tax before the deadline. A. B. Collins of the county tax office said lines persisted until midnight, with total payments possibly reaching 375,000 for the county. County assessor Carl Smith projected last year’s total at 342,000 and warned the 1965 tally would near or exceed that amount, with final figures due in about 19 days. The deadline also marked the start for 1966 motor vehicle registration plates, to be issued beginning Monday, February 7, as tax office staff remained busy processing payments.
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