Baytown Community Notices and Local Events Roundup
Baytown briefs list church purse theft at a Baytown church after a 17 year old was reported the same evening. Reed a community board meeting with new president Robert Gillette and committee appointments. A TV quartet and Pastor Paul Stephens featured on KUHT TV. Robert E. Lee Band to present Mid Winter Concert with free admission. Baytown Emergency Corps to meet at Fire Station 3. Woman of the Year nominees called by Jayceettes. Humble Oil manager Leonard Derden to serve on Harris County Grand Jury. Galveston tides posted for Wednesday. Two basketball games at Barkers Hill High School slated for March of Dimes funds. Bowling tourney entry deadline extended to Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard A. Derden
Baytown
Humble Oil and), Refining Co
Harris County
Grand Jury
Mila Jean
Local Coffee Talk Mixes Names and Snippets in Sparse Notes
A jumble of brief, unnamed vignettes features J W Strickler A C Jxratt and Al Metinger discussing missiles over coffee while other locals such as Tom Treflin and Ida Stevens appear in scattered lines. The item folds in travel plans a hospital visit a newsletter style snapshot of everyday lives with little cohesive narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W
Jack) Strickler
A. C. Jxratt
al Metinger
Paul Anderson
Tom Treflin
Lillie Duke Hospital
Robert Strickland
Steele McDonald
Warry Blum
al Molinger
New York
Billie Laughlin
Baytown
George Whitaker
Y. M. Lannon
Ida Stevens
Dorig Farmer
Juanita Judice
Annie Creekmore
Alice Creel
Della Ann
Laura
Jim Woods
Ophelia Tones
Charlie Masterson
Warren
Raytown
Jerry van Deventer
Corpus Christi Naval Air Base
D. Duhon
D. V. Ptacek
Felix Hatchell
Big Electric Firms Fined $145,000 in Antitrust Case
Philadelphia AP report: sentencing in an antitrust case results in fines totaling 145000 for seven major electrical manufacturers including General Electric and Westinghouse at 40000 each and other firms such as Allis Chalmers Kuhlman Electric McGraw Edison Maloney Wagner for price fixing and bid rigging in transformer related equipment sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Tudge A. Cutten Ganey
General Electric
Westinghouse
Allin Chalmers
West Allis
Wis
Kuhlman Electric Co
Troy
Mich
Llu
McGhraw-Edison
Elgin
Maloney Electric Co
St. Louis
Wagner Electric Co
F W Burke Candidate In Council Race
Three candidates compete in District 3 Baytown council race. F W Burke age 68 and long time resident of Baytown, born 1898 in La Grange, dies. He previously worked for Missouri Pacific Railroads, later selling advertising and novelties. Burke would push business and industrial growth, street and drainage plans, and belonged to St Josephs Catholic Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Burke
E. Pearce
Burke
Baytown
Kenneth Badgett
John R
Johnny) Fox
Missouri Pacific Railroads
Burkes
Charles David Burke
Suit Transmission Co
Houston
Marilyn Perley
Dallas
la Grange
American Bankers Association
William J. Burns
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Laytonian Injured In Three Car Mishap
R. E. Casey aged 64 of 3428 Aleander Drive was admitted to Baytown Hospital after a three car crash at 9 20 a m on Highway 146 north of East Foyle Asst Police Chief Cleve Dickens said George L Johnson of Houston faced negligent collision charges after his car struck James E B Shock of La Porte causing Casey to suffer injuries. the only major injury reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Casey
Aleander Drive
Baytown Hospital
Highway 146
East Foyle
Asst
Cleve Dickens
George L. Johnson
Houston
Johnson
James EB
la Porte
Casey
Kennedy seeks federal minimum wage hike in two stages
President Kennedy sends back to Congress a plan to raise the minimum wage from 1.00 to 1.25 dollars in two steps, expanding coverage to about 4 million more workers. As a former senator and Democratic nominee, he pressed the measure through the Senate last year and vows to push again despite business opposition. The plan includes letters from the President and Labor Secretary urging passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Massachusetts
Senate
House
American Retail Federation
U. S
House of Representatives
Secretary of
Labor
Arthur J. Goldberg
Council Candidate Chosen by Citizens Barred by Badgett
Baytown council candidate Kent Hansen was barred from a Citizens for Good Government meeting in St John’s Methodist Church. The district 3 selection committee, led by R. E. Payne, supported Hansen amid questions over his resignation as group chair and his availability as a candidate. Badgett said Hansen’s exclusion reflected internal disagreements within the Citizens group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Kent Hansen
Hansen
Pupuc
Badgett
C. A
Chris) Hansen
Citizens For Good Government
Humble
Senatorial Race Expands With 26 Candidates On Ballot
The Texas special U.S. Senate race grows to 26 contenders with 26 days left for filings. Notables include Ron ald J. Byers and Maida Erisius Sams who plan campaigns funded by a land sale and big business critique of farming. Key figures Wright Maverick Tower Gonzalez Blakley and Tower push active campaigns ahead of the April 4 vote. a public reception is planned in Houston for Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
U.S. Senate
Texas
Polificos
Maida
Sams
Byers
Austin
Lyndoni B. Johnson
Will Fam A. Blakley
Jim Wright
Will Wilson
Henry B. Gonzalez
Maury Maverick Jr
John Tower
GOP
Martha Tredway
Denison
Wright
Maverick
Tower
Houston
Citizens Committee Backs Wilburn For Mayor Run
The Citizens for Good Government, led by Jim Baytown, urged Theo Wilburn a Baytown Schools Board president to run for mayor in the April 4 election. At a District 3 meeting, possible candidates discussed included Hansen, Mills, Fox, Badgett, and Burke, while Wilburn awaited an answer by Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens For
Jim Baytown
Theo Wilburn
Baytown
Hansen Church
R. E.scussion
Organization of Payne
Central
Candi l
Christian A. Hansen Jr
Humpble
Kenneth
Oily and Refining Co
Badgett
John
Wilburn
J. R
Bob
Johnny) Fox
F. W. Burke
W. C
Swain
St. John’s Methodist
Payne
Roy Elms
Citizens For Good Government
Hansen
Fred Mills
Fox
Gerald C. Robins
C. D. Corbell
George E. Crist
B. M
Bill) Knowles
James A. Bryan
Citizens For Good Government Organization
James Monroe Bryan
New York
Humble
Bryan
Fred Canant
W. L
Dub
Lacy Tank
R. H
Red) Pruett
Velma Jordan Ansley
L. W
Slue Massey
U.N. Pushes Congo Crisis as Lumumba Release Sought
United Nations talks with Stevenson report hopes for U S backed consensus on Congo future. Lumumba supporters in U N Security Council debate possible release while Major General Mobutu remains in Katanga. Stevenson says he briefed Dag Hammarskjold and Valerian Zorin and seeks general council support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N.Y
Ceylon
United Arab Repub
Stevenson
Liberia
Council
Unit R
Congo
Lumumba
Nedy
Katanga
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Valerian A. Zorin
Hammarskjold
U.S
British court probes plot to ship naval secrets to Moscow
Five men stand charged over using a quiet London suburb house as a base for a high powered radio station transmitting British naval secrets to Moscow. Headlines in Washington note Kennedy aides push unemployment measures for March while US and Mexican lawmakers anticipate an early Kennedy Mateos meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Moscow
Two Dead As Texas Snowstorm Winds Down
Associated Press reports a major Texas snowstorm leaving at least two dead and prompting school closures across many districts including San Angelo Dallas Fort Worth areas. Snow totals ranged to six inches in Wichita Falls five in Denison Sherman and up to three in Dallas and Fort Worth while travel disrupted with buses late and a power outage affecting about 100 homes near Grand Prairie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Texas
Upper
Panhandle
Pass
Uvalde
Hondo
Castroville
Presidio
Dumas
Remis Elliott
Coxpus
Lamesa
Big Spring
San Angelo
Burkburnett
Valley View
Wichita Falls
Sherman and
Denison
Justin
Paradise
Newark
North Tarrant
Fort Worth
Cedar Hill
Duncanville
Celina
Dallas County
Sherman
Gainesville
Dalhart
Alpine
Dallas and
Abilene
Dallas
Grand Prairie
OCAW Wichita Falls Union OKs New Oil Contract
An Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union official said the union and American Petrofina Oil Co. reached a new contract for the Wichita Falls refinery after two hours of talks. The pact averts a potential walkout as the old contract had expired on Sunday. Harry Joiner announced the agreement as publicity chairman. Details of the agreement were not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Tex
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union Joint
American Petrofina Oil Co
Harry Joiner
Sun- 7
Merchants Prize Draw for European Holiday Trip
Baytown Sun invites all merchants to join seven weekly drawings granting entries for a European Holiday prize. Fifty winners will receive various gifts plus a $100 gift certificate. entries appear on Monday Wednesday and Friday during the seven week event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hale
Baytown
Sun
Citizens Bank
Spon-T
Baytown Sun
Spon ‘Sors
Pactici[rane
Pentagon Finds U S and Soviet Missiles Equal in Might
The new top Pentagon command tentatively concludes there is no missile gap favoring the Soviet Union, aligning with Eisenhower's view that the earlier bomber gap was fiction. Kennedy ordered a reappraisal to strengthen defenses, with potential future gaps deemed uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Pentagon
Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
State of the Union
U.S
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Bartown Citizens Offer Reward For Missing Woman Case
A local group in Bartown forms a reward fund seeking help to find Mrs. Fhnise Wat am Challings after a recent disappearance. Wilton A. Roper of Citinene Bank coordinates the fund with initial contributions from Fred Dittman and W. D. Hotlaway. In the photo, left to right, are Comstably Part Aderon, Dittman, Roper, Police Lt RH Turner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fhnise Watam Challings
Dan
Wilton A. Roper
Citinene Bank
Fred Dittman
W. D. Hotlaway
Mario
Roper
Davis
Lef
Righ
Aderon
Dittman
Turner
Reward Fund Launched for Arrest in Bank Robbery Case
A reward fund was started to aid the capture and conviction of two young sackers who robbed Citizens Bank in Baytown area on January 28. Fred Dittman and W D Hollaway urged contributions to police leads while honoring Mrs Eloise Cummins who remains in serious condition after four stab wounds and multiple injuries. Contributions may be made at Chong Bank with totals published in The Baytown Sun, names may be listed or anonymous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Bank
Rabel Jones V
Ueytown Frep Department
Chong Bank
Baytown Sun
Cumines
Sey Seal Dave
Bet
Teva
Senate fails to suspend rules on campaign spending bill
The Texas Senate did not obtain enough votes to suspend rules for immediate consideration of a bill capping U S Senate campaign spending at 25000 dollars. Senator Martin Dies Jr. of Lufkin led the measure, which would effectively apply the Federal Corrupt Practices Act as state law and empower the attorney general to enforce it.
Tomball school building destroyed by morning fire
A morning fire destroyed the 40 room Tomball senior and junior high building 25 miles northwest of Houston. One fireman injured minor. no occupants were inside. Firefighters from multiple districts contained the blaze after it spread, with the roof caving in two hours after discovery. Damage estimated at 250000 with 350 pupils affected. Classes suspended until a new elementary school opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tomball
Conroe
Cypress-Fairbanks
Spring
Jersey Village
Teddy Klein
School Board
Tomball Baptist Church
Methodist Church
Kennedy plan faces new foreign aid controversy
President Kennedy's push to halt the abroad aid program draws favorable reaction on Capitol Hill yet sparks dispute over aid spending. Sen. Fulbright defends keeping foreign assistance, while Sen. Byrd argues for bolder cuts and notes prosperity in Germany and others from past US aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Capitol Hil
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
Fulbright
Senate
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Finance Committee
A. Willis Robertson
Banking Committee
Byrd
Germany
Japan
England
France
United States
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Patsy Reynolds
Myers
I. L. Cocke
Baytown Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Robert Bob Gil- Jelic
Gillette
Billy Brewer
Robert Burroughs
W. C. Herring
Jimmy Herring
Kuht-Tv
Chancel 8
Paul Stephens
The
Second Baptist Church
Guy Leutwyler
Biblearies of
Robert E. Lee Band
Kel
Emergency Corps
William Hastie Jr
Special Projects
Jayceevttes
Jayeeeettes
Hastie
Woman's Department of the Sun
Galveston
Mont Belvieu
Barkers Hill High School
March of Dimes
Jusselee Velie
Bulletin
W. W. Burke
Laytonian
JFK
Citizens
Citizens Committee
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Willard Wirtz
Imperial Valley
New Orleans
University of Mississippi
Peter Lawford
Kenney
Switzerland
Ben Ree Jr
Lawrence C. Pope
San Antonio
Willie Ruuer
Beaumont
Jim Mulligan
Jefferson County
First
Inter
OCAW
Wichita Falls Union
Okl
Merchants
Europe
Baytown Protos
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