U S Steel official tours Texas Works mill site
U S Steel executive Robert C Tyson said the Texas Works plate mill project at Baytown is on target with minor weather delays. He noted a 600 to 700 worker present, expected to double or triple in 15 months, and that plans to extend production beyond the plate mill are not set. Tyson praised Baytown officials and stated earnings drops won’t alter immediate Texas Works plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Holcombe Houston
U. S. Steel
Texas Works
Baytown
Robert C Tyson
New York
Houston Are
City Hall
Chamber of Commerce
Tyson
U. S. Steel Corp
Warwick Hotel
Texas
U.S. Steel
Siars KC Stew Supper and Alumni Meeting Notes
A stews supper for San Jacinto Council No 2788 and wives begins 7 p.m. Tuesday at Knights of Columbus Hall 2600 W Main. Tickets 25 cents. Alpha Delta Pi alumni meet 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Mrs George Felkner 1611 Southwood. Contact Mrs Richard Park 422-5233 after 4 p.m. for details. Painting classes begin March 5 at Baytown YMCA for ages 7-17. Leona Mouckleroy leads 4 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays. YMCA 427-1797. Bonus Bayshore Concert subscription offer for 1965-66 holders at 8 p.m. Saturday Lee College. subscriptions sold at door. Channelview school board meets 7 p.m. Tuesday to fill vacancy from James Condray’s December resignation. term would have expired next October. Channelview Crosby students have a holiday Wednesday for the Houston Livestock Show parade. Baytown Mont Belvieu La Porte Deer Park schools do not. Lee College Ex-Students Association meets 7:30 p.m. March 12 in Technical Building conference room. Jim Exell urges attendance.
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San Jacinto Council No
Knigits of Columbus Hall
W. Main
ADP
Alpha Delta Pi
George Felkner
Southwood
Richard Park
CV School Board
Channelview School Board
James B. Condray
Condray
Channelview
Crosby
Baytown
Mont Belvieu
la Porte
Deer Park
Lee College Ex-Students Association
College Technical Building
Jim Exell
Baytown Forecast Sees Mild Temperatures Through Wednesday
Partly cloudy conditions continue with mild daytime temperatures in the Baytown area. Expect highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s and comfortable overnight lows, with a gentle breeze and no significant precipitation.
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Baytown
Birthday notices and local moves in The Baytown Sun
Marsha Pruett Ambler plans to fly in from San Antonio on Wednesday to celebrate her birthday with family and friends while she and husband Steve live in Uvalde. Mrs. Fred Oliver’s father is critically ill in Poly Ryan Hospital. The Baytown Sun invites Leap Year birthdays and names to phone the newsroom. Reverend Bob Cheek jokes about collection plates as Julian Spring notes many ministers at a gathering. Wanda Orton gains a publicity assignment and Dorothy Saunders settles after six weeks touring Colorado, Kansas, and Louisiana, seeing daughter-in-law Myra off to Japan.
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Marsha Pruett Ambler
San Antonio
Steve
Uvalde
Fred Oliver
Poly Ryan Hospital
Baytown Sun
Sun
Julian Spring
Bob Cheek
Wanda Orton
Dorothy Saunders
Colorado
Kansas
Louisiana
Myra
Japan
Result Of State Probe Coke Stevenson Quits As TLCB Administrator
Coke R Stevenson Jr longtime Texas Liquor Control Board administrator resigns amid ongoing probe into liquor law irregularities. In his letter to board chair W D Noel and members O R Crawford and Alfred Negley he cites undeserved criticism and openness to revision of laws and personnel. He plans to stay until his successor is named and notes readiness to retire. Crawford says resignation would be his own decision and not due to firing.
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Austin
Coke R. Stevenson Jr
Texas Liquor Control Board
Stevenson
Department
W. D. Noel
Odessa
O. R. Crawford
Jasper
Alfred W. Negley
San Antonio
Crawford
O. N. Humephreys Jr
Burnside Seeks LC Regent Seat in At-Large Election
Incumbent Royal D. Burnside Jr filed his application with College Comptroller Alvin Miles. About seven other applications were submitted but none returned. Burnside, Boatright, and Strickler are the three regents whose six year terms expire this year. Prospective applicants must file by March 7 in Miles’ office at the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee College Board of Regents
Alvin Miles
Royal D. Burnside Jr
Garth Read
Miles
Burnside
O. A. Boatright
Bill Strickler
Board of Regents
College
Shell dredging data ordered by Army in Galveston Bay dispute
Baytown residents and conservationists clash over shell dredging that allegedly destroys a live oyster reef off Smith Point in Galveston Bay. Army officials in Washington and the U S Army Corps of Engineers were asked for precise updates on operations and permit applications as local meeting plans address protective actions.
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Galveston Bay
Smith Point
Baytown
Washington
Robert E. Jordan
Secretary of the Army
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Bayshore Rod, Reef and Gun Club
J. W. Smith
Minnesota
Bob Eckhart
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Jordan
Corps
Pollution Foot Dragging Blamed on Dr Quebedeaux
County Commissioner Vo V. Ramsey and County Judge Bill Elliott accused county health officials of delaying pollution control. Ramsey named Dr. L. D. Farragut and Dr. Walter A. Quebedeaux as laggards, criticizing the department for relying on nose detection rather than computers and machines. The dispute arose after Baytown officials requested a pollution control report at a Commissioners Court meeting.
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Vo V.ramsey
Precinct
Bill Elliott
Ramsey
L. D. Farragut
Walter A. Quebedeaux
Lagigards
Quebedeaux
Missioners Court
Baytown
Glen Walker
Channelview
Commissioners Court
Polution Control Division
E. A. (Squatty) Lyons
Kyle Chapman
Pollution Central Group
La Porte Man Killed In Wreck Near Mont Belvieu
Claude Ander Baren, 47, of La Porte died on arrival at Gulf Coast Hospital after a pickup struck him and Walter Raymond as they pushed a stalled car on the south access road of Interstate 10 near Mont Belvieu. Raymond was hospitalized in Baytown in good condition. State Highway Patrol Officer H. H. Stiles said the 7:30 p.m. crash involved Franklin Hargraves driving the pickup. no charges were filed.
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Forte Ian
Boren
Raymond
Inter State
Mont Belvieu
Franklin Hargraves
Hargrave
McNamara Briefs Senate Panel on Tonkin Incident
Defense Secretary McNamara met in a closed session with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to review the 1964 Tonkin Gulf incident. General Earle G. Wheeler accompanied him as questions arose over the administration’s full and accurate account at the time.
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Washington
Robert G. McNamara
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Tonkin Gulf
McNamara
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Saft
Viet Cong Antiaircraft Threat Closes In On Saigon
Allied dispatch reports Viet Cong antiaircraft guns near Tan Son Nhut Air Base threaten Saigon. South Vietnamese bombers targeted positions about 244 miles south of the base amid the so called second wave offensive. Intelligence indicates 10,000 to 35,000 Viet Cong within a day’s march of Saigon as U.S. and South Vietnamese forces press toward Hue and attempt to clear Phan Thiet.
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Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
Viet Cone
Gie Dinh
U.S
Mekong
Kien Hoa
High Command
Phan Thiet
Hue
First National Names New Director
J. Lan Williams co owner and president of Texas Motor Volkswagen Inc 606 E Texas named a director of First National Bank Williams a University of Arkansas graduate moved to Baxtown in 1956 entered Volkswagen business ten years later He serves on Baytown Community Chest board Goose Creek Country Club governors Rotary Club and is a member of the Rotary Club
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J. Lan Williams
Texas Motor Volkswagen, Inc
E. Texas
First National Bank
University of Arkansas
Williams
Baxtown
Volkswagen
Baytown
Baytown plastic wins GE Housewares Outstanding Supplier Award
Enjay's special grade polypropylene made at Baytown Chemical Plant earned General Electric Co.'s Housewares Division Outstanding Supplier Award for exceptional service in development and delivery. GE uses Enjay's plastic for blades of portable electric fans in Bridgeport Connecticut, with Ray Nesbitt receiving a plaque from plant manager P. M. Lubin.
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Baytown Chemical
Enjay
General Electric Co
Bridgeport
Conn
Plastics
Baytown
Ray Nesbitt
Nesbitt
Baytonian to report Angelo State president inauguration
Dr. Lloyd Drexel Vincent, 44, Baytown native and Baytown Lee alum, will be inaugurated March 24 as president of Angelo State College in San Angelo Texas. A physicist with a heavy background in atomic energy, his career includes roles at Sam Houston State College and University of Texas plus work with the U S Agency for International Development and the National Science Foundation. The ceremony features Dr Arleigh Templeton as principal speaker.
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Baytown
Lloyd Drexel
Thew
Angelo State College
Raymond M. Cavness
Vincent
Sam Houston State College
Arleigh Templeton
Huntsville
Templeton
U. S. Agency For International Development
United States
India
National Science Foundation
Southwest Education Development Laboratory
Texas
Louisiana
American Association of Physics Teachers
University of Texas
Sam Houston
University of Texas, Texas Aec University
University of Southwestern Louisiana
Tie
Texas Nuclear Corp
Austin
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Houston
Texas Daily Newspaper Association
Fred Hartman
Norman McElvany
Texas Works Real Estate
BOUT
Siars
MCA
Leona Mouckleroy
YMCA
Bayshore Concert Association
Lee College
Coke Stevenson
LC Regent
Shell
Enjay G L.umholtz
J. L. Pollak
Allied Nerve Center
Son Nhut Base
J, Lan Williams
Jmolding
GE i
Baytonian
Angelo College
Dr, L. D
Citizens National Bank & Trust Co
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