Absentee Voting and Local Notices in City Overview
Sun Spots lists absentee voting for a 9 720 000 capital project ballot planned for March 6 in City Secretary Edna Oliver’s office at City Hall. Other items include a Humble Refinery fire, a Hobert E. Lee Band concert, a plan for a ninth grade banquet, a St Mark’s dish supper, a Baytown revival center sale, and community notices from Cedar Bayou Mothers and Gulf Coast Gun Club. The Community Chest annual meeting is set for Tuesday evening at the Chamber of Commerce building with Red Feather agency reports.
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Edna Oliver
City Wal
Gulf ‘Coast Gun Club Wa
Chamber of Commitrce
Community Chest
Chamber of Commerce
Red Feather
United Fund
Weather and tides forecast for Galveston period
Mostly cloudy skies with scattered thunder through Wednesday and cooler temperatures. Daily highs near 46 and lows around 36. Galveston tides show low at 14:16 hours and high around 06:10 hours on Wednesday.
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Galveston
Muslim Building Fire Sparks Trustee Candidate Race
Rose and Greer file for Baytown area seats as two new trustees join the race in Districts 3 and 9. Incumbents and other hopefuls weigh re‑election bids while a coalition ticket forms amid early filing, with Rose described as a long‑time Baytown conservative leader and engineer.
No Good Samaritan Robbery Report From Cleveland
Police report a confused robbery in Cleveland where the intruder bound a resident and fled after a heart attack scare. The incident involved a home invasion on Pinger's residence, with the suspect later taken to hospital. Authorities are investigating the bizarre sequence of events.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Grove
Rober Lad
Pinger
Hen
Dinger
Hospital notes and random local items from Houston area
A fragmented local notice list mentions Donald W. McGregor in Room 77 at Methodist Hospital Houston and hospital visitors. Other items reference Kay Beavers, Dot Hil, Bobby Salphin pt, Martha Hemphill, John Ragsdale, Ophelia Ramirez, James Irons, M Brown, Tommy Carson, Grady Aftson, Evelyn Quinn, Mrs Champ Crawford, and a downtown find of a Rosary cross and beads with a possible reclaim through sale.
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Donald W. McGregor
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Kay Beavers
Bobby Salphin
Martha Hemphill
Sun
John Ragsdale
Anal Methodist
Ophelia
Ramirez
James _ Irons
Justice of the Peace Af
M. Brown
Tommy Carson
Montgomery County
Grady Aftson
Evelyn
Quinn
Baytown
Austin
Champ Crawford
Khanh to Represent Vietnam at United Nations
Lt Gen Nguyen Khanh ousted leader of South Vietnam says he will serve as a diplomat at the United Nations. He vows to present evidence of Viet Cong infiltration and notes continued military, political, and diplomatic struggle. An American enlisted man was killed and others wounded in Viet Nam actions during the period.
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United Nations
Ngo Dinh
Saigon
Phan
Khae Suu Bed
Khan
Sai- Fon
U.S
Nam
Vietnam
The
Armed Forces Council
Khanh
Husband Wife Teaching Teams Vital To Baytown Schools
Baytown teachers feature many husband wife pairs across schools. Acting Superintendent W D Hinson defends the practice as natural, noting many districts allow it. The Sun lists teams including Haldean Brown and Mrs Brown, Beverly Rockhold and secretary, Paul Bilkem and wife, plus others across REL, Baytown Junior High, and Cedar Bayou.
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Wanda Orton
Baytown
Wrough Lee
Thes
Hinson
the Sun
Haldean Brown
Robert £. Lee
Steale
San Jacinto
Roy Wedgeworth
Wedgeworth
Ansony Jones
Fred Blundell
Baytown Junior High
Elmer Hargis
BIH
Hargis
Eomer Sparris
Highlands Turnier High
Morris
Burnet
Tor Stone
Lee College
Stone
Cedar Bayou Junior High
Four Feet From Fortune Treasure Hunters Dig in Texas Rock Pile
Treasure hunters armed with dynamite probe a limestone rise near SACADC Texas hoping to unearth a Spanish treasure believed to include gold bars diamonds and silver. Led by Dallas figures McCord Wells Guerra and Richey the expedition claims a shaft cost over 200000 and may yield hundreds of millions if legends prove true.
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Sacadc
Tex
Texas
FL. D. McCord
Dallas
McCord
Tocal Irish Cononstadores
Salado Creek
Bids Opened for Repair of City's Leaning Water Tower
City bids opened Monday for moving the Baker Road water tower to a new foundation and for a new foundation. Low bid to move the tower was La Plant Adair Co at 15180, with several others up to 23000 310308. Foundation bids ranged to 33600 Gull Coast Indus trial Contractors Inc. Gerald L Cubbison of Turner and Colley Engineering Co op led bid review acting for the city. City officials will negotiate costs with Hedrick Chicago Bridge and Iron Works and report to the City Council. The tower has never been used since its faulty 1963 foundation caused a lean, but water lines serve nearby areas. The council authorized moving the tower and set a 60 day let deadline.
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Baker Road
la Plant - Adair Co
Berry Contracting Inc
Lone. Star Erection Co., Inc
Payne and Koller, Inc
Brown & Root
Gull
Coast Industrial Contractors, Inc
Payne and Keller
Brown and Rost
Berry Contractors Inc
Late Star Erections, Inc
Gerald L. Cubbison
Turner and Colley Engineering Co- Op
Frit Lanham
Wyatt’c. Hedrick Co
Chicago Bridge and
Jiron Works
Hedrick
Chicago
Water District 53
Baker” Road
Wooster
Lanham
George Chandler
City En Heer
Jack Morton
Chicago Bridge and Iron
City Coun
Dr McKetta to Address Texas Exes Monday Night
Dr John J McKetta will speak to University of Texas Exes in Baytown at Goose Creek Country Club Monday night for the annual Texas Independence Day celebration. Social hour at 6:30, dinner at 7:20. Tickets are $4.50, including membership dues for next year. Dr McKetta heads a major engineering school and has led UT chemical engineering since 1958 with notable service and research.
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Sellcom Iustve
Vuesday
E. AL
Woody) Rose
Raytown Conservatios
Joe
Edger Willie Greer
Baytown Steel
Joe Horcezy
Victory
Fie
J. T. Shane
HL iWon Stark
Stark
The
Hound
Karl Oprychek
Boa Hill
Benarity
Agreemham
N ‘Ig Ukely
Rose
Richard
Helen
Doug
Steve
Robert’ EB. Lee
Lamar Tech
REL
University of Texas
Wat Jrel
Travis
Drexel Institute of Technology
University of Pennsylvania
American Management Associathon
University of Texas Exes
Baytown
Eather Fox
Goose Creek Country Club
John J. McKetta
College of Engineering
Woll
C. L.chuck
Umihoitz
Baytown -Exes
University of ‘Texas
Ex-Sextents” Association
Umboliz
B.B. Ashby
Ben Rhodes
Dan’ Willson
Spencer Bisin
Louis
Yule
Herman
von. Ray
Speed
Ray
Aries
Wil
Dr. McKetty
Esso Research Baytown to Host Southern Review Meeting
Esso Research and Engineering Company and Baytown Research and Development Division plan their Southern Review Meeting Thursday and Friday at the Baytown Research Centers. About 20 officials will attend. The program covers polymers and chemicals, basic analytics, engineering research, and new ventures as Baytown RED highlights petrochemical growth and its expanded facilities with 29 laboratories in the main building and two more, plus a polypropylene lab testing fibers.
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Southern Review
Esso Research
Bayown Research and Development Division
Baytown
Baytown R&d
Er&e
Exijay
Humble Oil Refining Company
Escon
Baytown Red
Baytown Research and Development Division
Principal Not Rehired
Barkers Hill School Board did not renew the contract of high school Principal John Knie rim. Superintendent Larry Boyd confirmed the decision. Principal was unavailable for comment. school board president Harvey Cotton was out of town.
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Barkers Hill
John ¥. Knierim
Larry 4. Boyd
Iknierim
the Sun
Harvey Cotton
Decker Drive project awarded in April expected
James Baker of Houston, district design engineer for the Texas Highway Department, says a contract for two new lanes on Decker Drive from Brayway Drive to Interstate 10 will be awarded in April. The project, part of Decker Drive, is estimated at over $1 million with completion likely in about a year. Decker Drive will become a four lane divided road from Park Street to Interstate 10, Spur 201 will connect with it, and the Decker Drive Interstate 10 interchange is a federal project while the rest is a joint county state project. Harris County Precinct 3 covers 30 percent of right of way costs.
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James Baker
Houston
Brayway Drive
Baker
Decker Drive
Park
Park Street
Harris County
Dave
Baytown Civic Center
Bond Opponents Cancel Plans For Public Protest
Baytown Pro tectives Association has canceled a planned public meeting about the proposed $5 730 000 bond issue. The group said inadequate time to publicize the event led to the cancellation and no new date was announced. Attorney Ethan W. Bruce helped prepare the statement and noted he is not an officer of the association.
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Baytown
Atrhart Ae
Baytown Protectives Association
Cook
Ane
Ethan W. Bruce
Bruce
the Sun
Baytown Protective Association
Nothing Comes Easy Mayor Urges Pesage Bond Vote
Baytown residents are urged by Mayor Lee Liggett in a weekly message to vote March 6 on a proposed 7,735,100 bond issue for capital improvements and a new high school. The message stresses urgency, the need for local funds, and cites Baytown’s goal to compete with Texas cities and relieve facilities strain.
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Lee Liggett
Peo
Bayiontang
Baytown
Texas
Lee High
Teere
Ize
Fire roars through Harlem site of Malcolm X slay threat
Flames gutted the top two floors of Muhammad's Mosque No. 7 in Harlem after threats linked to Sunday's killing of extremist leader Malcolm X. Investigators found kerosene soaked rags next door, with Fire Chief noting the blaze was suspicious and mounting crowds watched as part of the building collapsed.
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New York
Harlem
Ag Indy
Malcolm X
116Th Street
John J. O'Hagan
Muhammad
Bammed
John Waterman
Oman
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