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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1960
Page
3
Texans can easily serve blackeye peas with hog jowl on New Year’s Day as markets stock the items. Legends claim feast size predicts next year’s success, with dried canned or frozen peas acceptable but best cooked with hog jowl.
A review of 1960s TV shifts notes cancelations and leanings in prime time as Tom Poston and Dick Clark navigate new formats while veteran actors like Emerson and Horton struggle for steady roles. In Houston, the annual Christmas Bird Count, a 24 hour census conducted with the Audubon Society and Fish and Wildlife Service, targets 120 species in Harris County and surrounding bays.
Texas markets highlight filberts and almonds as popular nuts for New Year crunching. Local buyers seek varieties, counting on fresh stocks and holiday demand.
Television listings for Friday night feature Life of Riley at 6:00 followed by Walt Disney World at Large and Talay in Sports. Weather, Newsreel, Troubleshooters, Man From Black, Eye Witness 1959, Twilight Zone, The Detectives, Person to Person, M Squad, and 77 Sunset Strip fill evening slots with News and Weather updates.
A dense page lists TV and radio programming for Saturday including news updates at ABC, theater and movie airings, children’s shows, sporting events such as Gator Bowl coverage, pro basketball, and football, plus local telecasts from Houston. It references venues like Hay Shore Ballroom and MGM Theater, with feature titles like Naughty Marietta, Ruff and Reddy, and The Lone Ranger.
Washington AP reports a team of experts says the Department of Health Education and Welfare is over sanitized. It claims the agency has too many rest rooms.
Washington AP reports 1959 labor relations fuel a tough 1960 ahead as steel and rail disputes loom. Labor and management see key issues: employer leeway to streamline workforces and wage gains under inflation. Mediators warn of ongoing stalemate, with potential strikes in steel and rail affecting contracts into spring.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Cauthen of 103 Greendale Highlands announce the birth of son Ronald Lynn born December 2. He weighed five pounds 127 ounces. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Tim Wolverton and Mr. sud Dire, Gg. C. Cauthen, all of Highlands.
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