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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1963
Page
1
The Sun salutes Baytown engineers as key builders of the city and nation. It notes Baytown’s high concentration of professionals, compares engineers to ministers and doctors, and praises their moral and civic contributions. A Sun space supplement highlights engineers’ role in daily life and progress.
The Bryan city council discusses refunding water meter deposits held by residents with good payment records. The issue, referenced as about 1500 dollars, appears tied to missed previous notes and agendas. Meanwhile XI Theta Gamma of Beta Sigma Phi plans a 7 p.m. spaghetti supper and games party at the Ponder home on Burnet Drive with several assistants listed.
BAYTOWN WEATHER: expect cloudy skies with a shower possible. Temperature range Saturday 40 to 53 degrees. morning low around 37, Sunday’s low similar. GALVESTON TIDES: Sunday high at 1:14 pm and low at 3:31 am. Monday tides at 2:06 pm and 5:35 am.
Baytown items report social updates with Kath Morris ushering a newcomer, reflections on friends, a Baytown trip by Jerry Sullivan, and John Echols and Bud Blackburrn on assignments. Events include Pocahontas council plans, concert drive, Dads Club meeting, new fire department officers, IRS tax notes, and United Carbon sale vote in New York with Ashland approval.
Fragmentary notice reflects on death and fate with uncertain tone, mentioning sun and wa and xe. It hints at contemplation of mortality and inevitability in a reflective, cryptic style.
Texas Attorney General Waggoner Carr says a provision banning lynching is constitutional and clarifies that the phrase any collection of persons means one or more individuals. Wichita County Attorney Stanley Kirk sought the opinion amid ongoing legal questions.
The bodies of a Lockhart man and his two children, missing since Sunday, were located in a car about 11 miles east of Smithville, according to state police. The incident is under investigation by local authorities.
Senate Republicans win prime committee posts in the 88th Congress with Dirksen and Mundt slated for Finance and Foreign Relations. Democratic reactions follow Steering Committee decisions as Republicans gain two Space and Banking seats and Jay L. Lis is reassigned in the revised Appropriations lineup.
The Citizens National Bank and Baytown Sun unveil a July Caribbean cruise tour from Houston Intercontinental Airport July 13 to July 27. Stops include Puerto Rico Martinique Trinidad Venezuela Curacao and Jamaica with San Juan and Port of Spain highlights. Bill Shewell to host. sponsors sought. free trip details to follow.
Houston City Council moved to delete its claim to 747 acres including Water District 58 after a second annexation reading. Baytown had claimed first rights, but Houston action ends the court battle over Lone Star Water Co. assets. Baytown backs Houston in seeking Supreme Court validation of a Houston water rate ordinance. Baytown Attorney George Chandlery said losses are unlikely if Houston wins.
Six Ethiopian students led a group of twenty Ghanaians to flee Bulgaria amid alleged racial discrimination. Britain said it is aiding Nigerian students to depart, while hundreds more African youths were deterred by money shortages from joining the exodus. Robert Kotey, 25, from Ghana, voiced strong charges against the Bulgarian regime.
A national flu wave, dominated by an Asian type outbreak, spreads from the Eastern Seaboard into the Midwest. Schools shut, job absenteeism rises in cities like Cincinnati, Detroit, and Memphis, with confirmed cases at the University of Michigan and Great Lakes recruits. Health officials report rising pneumonia influenza deaths for five weeks and expect the surge to continue into March.
Baytown and Baton Rouge OCAW Local unions negotiate with Humble Oil and Refining Co. Local 4333 seeks a five percent wage increase while Baton Rouge workers report an offer averaging nine cents more per hour there versus 1.38 percent at the Baytown refinery. Negotiations resume at 2 p.m. Monday with union reps from several Humble plants.
Reporter recounts Bobby Kennedy visiting Houston for a press conference with U S attorneys. Kennedy, taller in photos and modest in demeanor, arrived late and spoke calmly while reporters tested equipment. The piece notes a 30 mile walk Kennedy completed last week and includes playful remarks about reporters and a localSun affiliation.
A U S Navy search plane sighted the hijacked Venezuelan freighter Anzoategui steering south toward Brazil, with gunmen aboard. The FALN group claimed the seizure to bring attention to their cause against President Betancourt. The crew was reported confined and later released by the hijackers, who seized the ship after leaving La Guaira.
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