Baytown Briefs and Local Notices
No New Year baby report yet in The Sun. After midnight births checked at local hospitals. gifts await the first 1963 baby. The Texas Employment Commission itinerant claim service moves from Fire Station 2 to Roseland Park Pavilion starting Jan. 3, with Baytown reps visiting Thursdays and Fridays. Baytown students return to school after holidays. about 13,000 resume classes Wednesday morning. Baytown Emergency Corps to meet 7 am Tuesday at the corps building. Vehicle collision report notes Elda Bee Tucker Durant injured after a Willow and Nazro crash. Jessie Green charged with failure to yield and speeding. Lost billfold reported by Lucille Bevill, containing $28 and papers. Business and Professional Women's Club to meet 7:30 pm Thursday at the Chamber of Commerce, instead of Tuesday. J. Ward, brother of Mrs. Hub Bounds, dies in Houston. services Wednesday at Heights Funeral Home. Weather: mostly cloudy and mild through Wednesday.
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Tareet
Texas Employment Commission
Roseland Park Pavilion
Baytown
Elda Bee Tucker Durant
Baytown Hospital
Willow and
Nazro
Jessie Gteen
McNair
Ward
Hub Bounds
Houston
Heights Funeral Home
Local New Year Happenings and Town Talk Collage
Around town notes mix names and quick vignettes of residents celebrating New Year holidays. Linda Hanson Jennifer Jones and many others are pictured or cited in varied casual scenes from horseback riding to social visits. Police and university life touch the scene as public figures and locals share greetings and everyday moments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Carroll
Linda Hanson
Jennifer Jones
Korenek
Ronnie Johnson
Meo
W. L
Dub
Ed Summers
Lloyd Jones
Rey Montgomery
Charles Cowan
Earl Harvey
U. of
Hazel Stegall
Mike
Phillip Wiliams
Baytown
Bill
Fannie Wright
Tommy
Johnnie
Betty
Tommy Kimball
Nell
Reg Dreselly
Wilson
Clarene Bradley
Ramsey Begins Fourth Term As Harris County Commissioner
Commissioner Ramsey is sworn in for a fourth term in Houston with Precinct 3 justice of the peace M. M. Brown also taking office. Ramsey, a Shelby County native and 1936 SFASU graduate, defeated Baytown Mayor AL Clayton in the May primary to secure the Democratic nomination. He pledged full dedication to public service and noted his Channelview auto parts business remains active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sant
Ramsey
Othime
Houston
Justice of the Peace
M. M
Fats) Brown
Pruett
Baytown
AL Clayton
Harris County
Shelby County
Center
Stephen F. Austin State College
Nacogdoches
Teneha
Texas City
U.S. Navy
Greens Bayou
Channelview
Guerrilla Warfare Threatens In Congo
In Baytown 1962 topped by tax hike and annexation, councilmen faced mixed reactions as the city voted to raise the tax rate from 1.72 to 1.88 per $100 on September 10, amid petitions and debate. Announced on November 29, a 4 square mile annexation impacted Lakewood and nearby areas, shaping a busy year for local governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Beathard Sun
Iécent
Baytown
Tri- Cities
al Clayton
Jack Huron
W. Ui
Dub
Lakewood
Brownwood
Wooster
Craigmont
Ponderosa and Country Club
Baker and
Massey-Tompkins Roads
Seaborn Cravey
Baytown Board Tackles Taxes and a Second High School
In 1962 Baytown trustees voted to raise the tax rate to 1.64 and approved budgets totaling 6.6 million tied to a potential second high school. Key votes involved trustee Stark Opryshek and Dr. L D. Klory, with others opposing or supporting late changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. RB
von) Stark
Karl Opryshek
Dr. L. D. ‘Klory
New Year's Holiday Quiet in Baytown in 1963 Dawn
Baytown observed New Year with stores closed and many residents resting after celebrations. Post offices and city offices closed. garbage collection suspended Tuesday with double pickups planned Wednesday. Police reported routine fireworks complaints and no major incidents. schools prepared to resume Wednesday.
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J.’ B le Fevre
Baytown
Longshore union strike action and holiday traffic notes
Officials of the International Longshoremen’s Association allow striking workers to man a banana boat in Galveston while a rival union plans to picket another banana boat for Texas Forwarding Co. Traffic issues rise during the last hours of the New Year holiday weekend with 234 violent deaths nationwide. Temperatures vary across Texas with mild first day of 1983. U Thant and Moise Tshombe expected to agree on Congo reunification within 15 days. The Skybolt missile program is canceled as the Defense Department halts related production. Governor Rockefeller begins a second term amid national presidential buzz. Mexican Congress adjourns after passing worker profit-sharing bills. Texas yields the lead to California in New Year’s fatalities. 36 violent deaths reported in Texas, 22 in urban areas.
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International Longshore Men’s Association
Galveston
Untor
Texas Forwarding Co
Texas
California
Fremtic
Civil Service Exams Scheduled For Police Fire Posts
Civil Service examinations for Baytown Police patrolmen and firemen will be given at 6 30 p m Monday Jan 14 in the Chamber of Commerce building. Applicants must be 21 to 35 years old, 5 ft 8 in, weigh at least 160 pounds, and meet special qualifications. Pay rate is 380 per month. Application blanks are available from the Civil Service Commission office or police and fire chiefs.
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Civil Service
Bay 11Town
Baytown
Chamber of Commerce
Civil Service Commission
Wisconsin
Appli
Raymond T. Donnelly
Brenham Rites For Henry C. Emshoff Sr
Feneral services for Henry C. Emshoff Sr of Brenham were held at 2 p m Tuesday at Brenham Memorial Chapel. He died Sunday and retired from Humble Oil and Refining Co Baytown Refinery in 1946 after a 1920 start in the labor department. Burial was at Prairie Lea Cemetery Brenham. Survivors include his wife Annie Emshoff and sister Clara Reed plus three nephews.
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Henry C. Emshoff
Brenham
Humble Oil and Refining
Northeast Snow and Ice Claims Multistate Deaths
Arctic gales and subzero temps lash the Northeast with fires crashes and a heating disaster toll rising to at least 20 lives across Pennsylvania New York New Jersey and Rhode Island. New York temperatures fall to 27 below and Times Square holds a record low crowd as a 100 foot vessel Gwen dlyn Steers is missing with nine crew aboard and one frozen crewman found in a lifeboat.
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Associated Press
New York State
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Weather Bureau
Nework
Times Square
Long Island Sound
Coast Guard
Gwendlyn Steers
Katanga Crisis Urges Tshombe to Return to Elisabethville
The British Foreign Office urged Katanga premier Moise Tshombe to head back to Elisabethville to aid a peaceful path to Congo unity. In Washington, Sen Robert Kerr died at 68 after heart and respiratory issues. he was a longtime influential senator and former Oklahoma governor, hospitalized since December 16.
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London
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Elisabethville
Congo
Foreign Office
Tshombe
Washington
Robert S. Kerr
U-Okla
Oklahoma
Senate
Kerr
Doctors Hospital
Hero
Tshombe’s Battered Forces Gather in Kolwezi
Katanga leader Moise Tshombe consolidates remnant troops in Kolwezi amid UN demands to surrender or face destruction. Thant signals a two week window to implement reconciliation while Tshombe resists reintegration and contends for scorched earth tactics.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Kolwezi
United Ntions
Congo Legion
Elisabethville
Britain
Rhodesia
U.N
U Thant
New York
Thant
Congo Rift
Tshombe
Saveetoe Ans
Fats Brown Begins New Career as Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace
Fats Brown was sworn in as Justice of the Peace for Bar Town Precinct 3 by Judge Ben Moorehead. A former deputy sheriff, he led Baytown youth baseball efforts since 1950, organizing programs from a single field to Little League, with the Brown Bombers achieving county titles. He emphasized serving the people and advancing community youth activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanda Orton M. MM
Fats
Brown
Precinct
Bar Town
Ben Moorehead
Uth Court
Fred Hartman
Sheriffs Department
Baytown
High Crosby
Deer Park
Channel View
Naty
Tomball
Bombers
Paris
Tex
Dave Philly
George Robinson
Robert E. Lee
Briga
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Emergency Corps
Corps
R. L. Baker
Lucille. Bevill
Harold Lane
Jilile Chan
Arou
Lown
Mow Ser
W. H
Bridgess
Joe T. Hoceezy
Bridges-Adams-Beavers
Department of Instrumental “Music
Horcezy
Bridges
Adams
Beavers
Reed Parker
George Gentry
Gentry
North i
Gee
Coimcit
John) Busch
Councian
Roy Hughes
Velma Ansley
Invenpierre Eee
U. S
U Tham
Moise Tshimbe
Defense Department
Air Force
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Mexican Congress
Police
x-Raytonian
Bulletins
Betwen Tshombe
Cyrille Adoula
Panul Henij_ Spaak
Spaak
Precinct 3
Mara Kay Harper
Jimmy Brown
Martha Harper
William R. Harper
Mrs. Brown
Horace Mann Junior High
Fats’ Brown
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