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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1964
Page
1
The Pioneer Club will discuss future meetings at a Games Party set for 7 p.m. Friday at the Bayshore Rod, Reel and Gun Club on Minnesota Street. Members are asked to bring their games as winter blizzards stranded thousands in the region.
Around Town notes show Mrs Lee Robertson lending a bracelet to a curious spectator at the REL swim meet. Mary Toups enjoys a splash night in the REL gym while Murphy Venible greets friends. Dr and Mrs H J Davis observed among fans. Randy Reber and Rusty Reber attend the top winning Ganders swim team. Roland Kudia seen filming amid crowd. Maurice Marshall reports snow flurries on Spur 201 decisions Friday. Pam Hudec allegedly got detention for chewing gum. Mrs Vasines remains hospitalized for surgery in Houston. James Armsworth begins as temporary Raytown YMCA executive. Jan Gilmore bikes to school for first time. Police Chief Bob Ford is recovering from an appendectomy in Room 35k at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital. Pammy Plocheck returns home after tonsil removal.
The Senate appears ready to approve a 16 billion tax cut bill by an overwhelming margin. Majority Leader Mike Mansfield said a final vote could occur this afternoon after a long debate. The bill would reduce taxes for most individuals and corporations, with some amendments under consideration by Sen. McClellan and Gore. The House Civil Rights fight also nears a final vote amid threats of force if leadership rushes the bill.
AP reports Byron De La Beckwith, a crusading segregationist, faced murder charges in the case of a Black civil rights leader. The jury was deadlocked, ending the trial. In Houston, Wheays Green, 43, a cab driver, was found beaten to death with his body dumped in a ditch near Champlipitous Golf Club.
Baytown's property revaluation program is about 75 percent complete, says Tax Assessor-Collector David Funderburk. A seven man study team compiles new figures to be ready for 1965 use, as annexations and consolidations prompted the need to equalize values. The board of equalization will review and approve any values, with an anticipated tax rate adjustment to offset higher valuations, not a revenue increase.
City to reimburse repairs on Baytowns unusable water tower at Craigmont and nearby subdivisions after arbitration. Three repair options cost 39 000 22 5 000 and 32 000 with city engineer recommendations due in 1963, following annexation of Harris County Water Control district No 58 and a 1962 agreement among City Architect Hedrick Chicago Bridge and Iron and others.
Observers report rising racial tensions as Neera students plan protests at Tuskegee Institute amid a broader segregation clash. Notasulga faces a white boycott of Shorter High School while it's closed for repairs after a fire. Local officials enforce the new fire safety law to limit attendance and control potential demonstrations. Federal courts are involved as inspectors and judges weigh injunctions to keep pupils segregated or admitted under orders.
Unusually heavy back to back blizzards paralyzed communities across the Southwest. Temperatures fell to 5 above zero with up to 30 inches of snow, stranding travelers and disrupting supplies. Emergency declarations covered San Miguel Union and Quay counties in New Mexico as National Guardsmen aided ranch families. At least 10 people were known dead, five in Texas and five in New Mexico, as helicopters scoured for stranded families.
President Johnson and his military diplomatic and intelligence advisers spent nearly two hours in Washington evaluating options over Cuba’s cut of water to Guantanamo. No decisions were announced as senators praised Johnson’s stance while Cuba kept the water shut off and fishermen faced charges for illegal fishing.
Houston attorney Percy Foreman argues his client faces a tougher chance at acquittal as a high stakes oil depletion tax dispute plays out. The Senate fights over graduated depletion rules stir nationwide interest while a separate court case in Tennessee nears verdicts in two Olympic team incidents.
In Washington Senator Mike Manraney of Oklahoma led the defense against Senator John Williams of Delaware who offered an amendment to reduce the oil and gas depletion allowance from 27 percent to 20 percent in three steps. The measure failed 61 to 23 as oil state lawmakers joined to preserve the 27 percent rate, a policy in place since 1996 to spur exploration and offset capital asset costs. The debate occurred as the administration's tax-cut plan faced new challenges, with Monraney arguing the nation’s oil reserves could last only about 11 years if new discoveries lag.
A preliminary hearing on prohibiting oyster shell dredging within 300 feet of live reefs in Galveston and Trinity bays, originally in Austin, has been postponed a week at the request of Houston attorney Bob Eckhami. The case in 129th District Court involves the Texas Oyster Growers Association and Save Our Shell Club with Bayshore Rod and Gun Club among opponents. The trial to seek a permanent injunction was set for March 3 if jurisdiction is-found. parties seek to broaden dredging limits and challenge the Parks and Wildlife Commission order.
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