False alarm prompts new Civil Defense tape controls
An AP poll noted skepticism about a false alert. Defense Secretary Laird seeks a report on the mistake while FCC Commissioner Wells will review industry response. Smoyer states new procedures prevent recurrence by removing emergency tapes from the transmitter area and storing them in sealed envelopes in a nearby cabinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
FCC
Robert Wells
National Industrial Advisory Committee of broadcasters and wire _services
Louis I. Smoyer
Civil Defense National Emergency Warning Center
AAUW Meeting and Banquet Tickets Offered in Baytown
The American Association of University Women meets at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Community Building with Mrs Charles Deckert director of nutrition at Deer Park as speaker. UT Exes banquet tickets cost 3 95 and are sold at local banks and stores for March 2 at the Community Building. Porcelain Guild plans a 9 30 a m Tuesday demonstration by Mrs Doris Jane Williams of Houston with a workshop to follow. The Houston Galveston Area Council Health Commission opens a 7 30 p m meeting Thursday to craft a health planning program for Chambers County as a pilot for nine counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAUW
American Association of University Women
Deer Park
Charles Deckert
University of Texas Exes
Citizens National Bank
Citizens Savings and Loan
Baytown Sun
O’brien
Porcelain Guild
Doris Jane Williams
Houston
Baytown
Health Commission of the
Houston-Galveston Area
Funeral Services for Dezra McManus at Liberty Church
Dezra McManus 69 of Liberty died Saturday in a Houston hospital. Services held Monday at Middleton Memorial Methodist Church Wallisville with Rev. Jesse Robertson and assisting clergymen. Retired from Baytown Humble Oil instrument dept. Survived by wife Nella two daughters two brothers two sisters five grandchildren. Burial Fairlawn Memorial Cemetery Liberty under Allison Funeral Home. Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dezra McManus
Liberty
Middleton Memorial Methodist Church
Wallisville
Jesse Robertson
Tom Holcomb
Walter Gibbs
McManus
Houston
Baytown
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Nella Mc
J. E B. Weolick
Tommy Gates
T. V. Mayes
Permit Denied for Highlands Disposal Site Plan
The central committee, including Lindsay, May, Wayland, Walker, Fontenot, and Conway, recommended denying the permit due to location and land use. Clarence Johnson of TWQHE La Porte said TWQB staff also recommended denial. The proposed 57 acre site near Thompson and Jones Roads would use land owned by Don Lang.
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Thompson and
Jones Roads
Steel Road
Highlands
Don Lang
Lindsay
Ennis May
Frank Wayland
Jack Walker
Eva Fontenot
Margie Conway
Clarence Johnson
TWQHE
la Porte
TWQB
Indicted forglary theft and forgery across multiple cases
Indicted individuals include James Alvin Williams with seven counts of burglary theft forgery and passing, Don Huey Moore with forgery and passing, Ernest Lynn with six indictments for forgery and passing, Charles Clinton Doughty with two, Nancy Rochelle Weaver with two, Patsy Ruth Buntion with nine, Johnny Carroll with two, Terry Pitts with one, and Rebecca Ann Westberry with three. Also noted is the funeral attendance for Mrs Ernestine Beckner, who died February 16 in Borger, attended by Mr and Mrs Skipper Franssen and daughter Mrs Shelley Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Alvin Williams
Terry Pitts
Rebecca Ann Westberry
Skipper Franssen
Shelley Carter
Gresham
Franssen
Ernestine Beckner
Borger
Beckner
Mississippi twister toll climbs as damage spreads
Injuries and destruction mount across Inverness and nearby towns as a severe tornado outbreak devastates homes and businesses. A Civil Defense worker reports uncertainty over casualties while authorities note widespread destruction including a four block white area and a flattened school. Pugh City and Money suffer shacks swept away as Louisiana enters a tornado watch. Weather officials cite a very deep low pressure system and unseasonably warm Gulf air fueling the outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stroyed
Inverness
Miss
Jackson
Ray Armstrong
Civil Defense
Hunter Pratt
Parchman
LeFlore
Pugh City
Louisiana
Mississippi
Weather Service
New Orleans
Baytown Boy Injured In Car Mishap
A three year old Baytown boy, Andrew Blake Jordan, was hurt Monday when a car driven by his four year old brother crashed into a utility pole near the Jordan home. Their Baytown policeman father said the older boy took the keys while he slept. Andrew's injuries were undetermined at 10 am and he was taken to Gulf Coast Hospital by Baytown Ambulance Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Andrew Blake Jordan
Mike Jordan
Jordan
Andrew
Gulf Coast Hospital
Rebekah Lodge Past Grand Club Meeting Notice
The Past Grand Club of Rebekah Lodge will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the home of Mrs. Virgie King and Mrs. Jim Velie at 234 Mable Avenue in Lynchburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Lodge
Goose Creek
Grand Club
Virgie King
Jim Velie
Mable Avenue
Lynchburg
Burial Insurance Mail Offer Claims Easy Coverage
You may qualify for burial insurance up to $1,000 or more. The ad promises no medical exam and no agent calls, urging you to send name, address, and birth year to Centra Security Life Insurance Co., Recept. 686, 1414 West Resedute, Fort Worth, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centra Security Life Insurance Co
West Resedute
Front Worth
Texas
HLM
Harris County investigates death of Ernest Bates at Danek Road
Harris County sheriff's investigators probe the death of Ernest Berry Bates 36 found Monday morning at 3719 Danek Road. The body lay in a garbage pit behind his brother A J Bates home with a .22 pistol nearby. The Harris County morgue received the body for inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris County Sheriff's Department
Ernest Berry Bates
Danek Road
W. A
Harris County Medical
Turner 101
Bates
A. J
Fig
Harris County
Highlands
Turner
J. L. (Tooter) Turner
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Citizens National Bank and Underwood, Neuhaus and Co
Allis Chalmers
Jones & Laughlin Steel
Arlan's
Kerr McGee
American T&t
Kraft Foods
Anaconda
SS. Kresge
Armco Ling-Temco-Vought Bom Ashland
McDonald Douglas
Atlantic Richfield
Magnavox
Bendix
Marathon Oil Base
Bethlehem Steel
Microdot
Mobil Oi
Carrier Corpantes
Celanese
Monsanto Chrysler Carp
National Distillers Bees
Columbia Gas
Occidental Petra
Delta Airlines
Penn. Central R
Diamond-Shamrock
Pepsi Cola
Dow Chemical Phillips Petra Dresser Ind
RCA Eee
Trey al DuPont
Raytheon
Stauffer Chemical
Getty Oi
Sun Oil
Gillette
Syntex
Gordon’s Jewelry
Taft Broadcasting
Technicolor
Greyhound Corp
Gulf Oil
Teledyne
Gulf States Utilities
Tenneco
Gulf West Ind Tees
Texaco Stacyee
Halliburton Rt
Texas Eastern
Texas Gulf Sulphur
Yyee
Richard Schickel
Port Theater
Frank Perry
Sutsony
Miguel Santana
Lett
Texas Highway Department
Texas A&m University
J.D. Cook
Edwin E. Krupala
Bellville
Oswaldo Guayasamin
America
John Keller
Texaco Star
Gulf of Mexico
Friedrich
Appelt Electric CO
Bayway Dr
FORD
VIN Raney's
Faix
Wamsutta Print & Solid Weavers
Perl
Springmaid
Windsor Towel Ensemble
Bath Alte
Bay Fair
BankAmericard
Humble Credit Union
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