Laos Crisis Deepens as Vientiane Recaptured by Government
AP reports Prince Bouin Oum's forces retook the key northeastern town of Niengkhovang from pro Communist rebels. Government info minister Bouagain Norasing cited a paratroop battalion’s jump from east of Xiengkhouang. U S personnel evacuated then reassigned as SEATO ambassadors met in Bangkok without action.
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Laos
Bouin Oum
Niengkhovang
Bouagain Norasing
Xiengkhouang
Norasing
Ban Ban
Plaine Des Jarres
Adengkhouang
U. S
Bangkok
United States
U.S. Information Service
U.S
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Thailand
Pete Sarasin
A. Alexis Johnson
Sarasin
Viet Nam
Kong le
Boun
Pathet O
Mekong River
Luang Prabang
Baytown Sun News Briefs and Events
Birth deadline announced for Baytown's first baby of the year with gifts from local merchants. Emergency Corps to meet Tuesday at the corps building. Holidays over as Baytonians return to work and school after New Year’s weekend. Mrs R W Rogers and sister injured in weekend crash near Fairfield. expected to recover. Editor Fred Hartman to speak at AAUW meeting on "Where To Now?" in Community House. Police warn against BB gun use inside city limits. Rainfall 1960 total and below normal. OCAW Local 4333 meeting at Tidelands Hospital. wage vote and officer installation. Mose Summer hosts Byron Backlar. Coleman Engineering staff present. LOCAL 644 to vote on wage increase at Electricians Hall. Slim Rogers suffers stroke. patient at Gate Coast Hospital.
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Fred Hartman
Baytown Sun
American Association of University Women
AAUW
OCAW
Eddie Becker
Baytown
Edward Becker
Chemical and Atomic Workers
Channelview
Tidelands Hospital
Humble
Roberta Street
Texarkana Editor Mahaffey to Speak at CC Dinner
Texarkana Gazette editor Mahaffey, a veteran Texarkana journalist, will headline the Southwest Chamber of Commerce annual dinner in Baytown. Organizers led by A C Kraft announced ticket sales and urged Chamber members and Baytown residents to reserve seats. The luncheon at the chamber office will name a new officers slate, with 10 new directors to be inducted for three-year terms.
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Q Mahaffey
Texarkana Gazette
Tnnate
Fred Hartman
Baytown
Cominon
S. T. Weaver
Merce
Robert E. Lee Ant
Perry H. Britton
Jacobs
Mahaffey
Ja- 16
Éffey
Texarkana
Jack Jacobs
C. Kraft
Supt
George H. Gentry
Kraft
Chamber of Commerce
Kreft
Jack Strickler
Jack Kimmons
Ken Dismang
Hartman
Chamber
Robert GL. Gillette
Roy Elms
M. C. (Burkdy) Bay
Gordon Laetna
W. T. Burda
Amene
Hee Mastey
Send Snes
Joe Barsalou
J. W. Ainsworth
Charlie Tillery
W. J. Strickler
Sam Paine
A. C. Kraft
Lloyd T. Jones
Robert L. Gillette
M. C
Buddy) Bray
W. T. Busch
Police And Strikers Clash In Brussels
Police clashed with strikers in Brussels and in other cities as demonstrators answered a Socialist led call for nationwide protests. About 9,000 marched in Brussels with police clearing the square after insults, while 10,000 joined at other sites. Soldiers guarded power plants railroads and public buildings as the strike enters its third week, with Catholic unions opposing the action.
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Belgium
Antwerp
Asl
Ty P ‘i
Tournai
Eyskens
Baytown College students prepare to return to campus
Welford Hutton heads to the University of Texas with a car load today. James Shires and Buddy Boudloche visit The Sun before resuming UT duties. Jimmie Words, the sports editor, returns today from Dallas. Sandra Barrett returns to Sam Houston after holidays in Baytown. Other notes mention Mrs I A Treadway’s good report, Butch Fluki’s visitors, and M T Thomas at Pasadena General Hospital.
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Baytown College
Welford Hutton
University of Texas
I. A. Treadway
Florida
Richard Mc Williams
Happy Baumann
D. R. Roberts
Miami
Janette Anderson
N. FE
Chester Wayne Burchett
Chet
Baytown
Jacksonville
Fla
Martin
Butch) Fluki
M. T. Thomas
Pasadena General Hospital
Doris Farmer
Embassy Staff Reduced Castro Order Frays Cuba U S Ties
In Havana the Cuban premier Fidel Castro ordered a drastic cut in the U S Embassy staff to 11, matching Cuba's Washington embassy, and urged the staff to leave. He claimed the U S plans an invasion, while thousands backed him in Civic Plaza. The U S Embassy said services will be minimal, with the visa section closed, and about 30 000 Cubans have visa applications on file.
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Fidel Castro
Security Council
Cuba
United States
Castro
Washington
Civic Plaza
Guantanamo
Daniel Braddock
Philip Bonsal
Santiago
State Department
Demos Demand Changes At 87th Congress In Session
Washington AP reports Democratic insurgents push for direct voting on vacancies for policy and steering committees as Senate opens. House debate centers on liberal legislation blocked by conservative Rules Committee and possible purge of Rep. Colmer from the committee after Kennedy alignment.
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Washington
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Sen
Lyncome
John F. Kennedy
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Republican Committee
Kennedy
House Democratic Caucus
Colmer
House J
Final Rites Held For W H Douglas 51
Funeral rites were held for WoMM Bill Douglas age 51 at Trinity Episcopal Church with Rev. P Walter Genekell officiating. Burial followed in Memory Gardens Cemetery. A Baytown resident for 29 years he worked 27 years at the Baytown refinery and served on the St James House board.
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Womm
Bill Douglas
Bayshore Drive
Trinity Episcopal Church
P Walter Genekell
Memory Gardens Cemetery
Douglas
Baytown
St. James i House
Water Board Vote Today In Highlands Highlands
In McNair a public water board vote was held as Highlands polling began for a five-seat board among 14 candidates. The district faces a bond program about 250000 with legal challenges from sub contractors and ousted supervisors seeking reelection. John Golden, Houston attorney, summarized the dispute and contractor withdrawal before completion.
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McNair
Highlands
Harry Grandberry
Texas Corporation
San Antonio
T P.m. T
John Golden Houston
Golden
Bend
Baytown
Sones
Christmmas
Baytown Brother Of Tug Victim Dies In Ship Channel Tragedy
The brother of a Baytown man died aboard the tug Philip Arthur when it sank in the Port Arthur Ship Channel shortly before midnight Saturday. After 15 hours of recovery the tug was raised Monday and the bodies of Captain Pant R. Rogiemore of Texas City and two crewmen were found. Rogiemore was the brother of Col. Rocky Rogquemore of Baytown. Services for Rogiemore were set for 4 p.m. Tuesday in Texas City with Emken Funeral Home handling arrangements. Survivors include his wife, one daughter, three step-daughters, two brothers C. R. Roquemore of Pasquotla and G. Rogquemore of Baytown, two sisters, and his mother.
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Philip Arthur
Port Arthur
Pant R. Rogiemore
Texas City
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Col
Rocky Rogquemore
Wright Blvd
Kineral
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Emken Feneral
Isa’ Bell Roquemore
Dauhtr
C. R. Roquemore
Pase Soula
G. Rockmore
J. J. LeBlanc
Webster
Buard White
Tage Leing
Berry I Wickman
Three Relatives Buried After New Year's Day Crash
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Guy Ethridge and his wife found dead in a Texas two car crash near Gatesville. Their son James Ethridge, a vocational teacher, and brother Alton Neatherlin also died in the accident. Several others were injured and transported to Coryell County Hospital in Gatesville.
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J. Bo Neatherlin
Alton Neatherlin
Highlands
Neatherlin
Gatesville
Ethridge
Coryell County Hospital
Miller
Sue Trahwe
Noet Bn
Cit
Kennedy names McCloy to lead disarmament effort
President elect John F. Kennedy announces John I. McCloy, former Allied high commissioner in Germany, as director of the United States Disarmament Administration. McCloy, 65, brings legal banking and government experience and will be Kennedy's chief adviser on nuclear disarmament policy.
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Fla
John I. McCloy
John F. Kennedy
McCloy
United S
Iate
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
United States
Multinational moves and political tensions across 1959 headlines
A broad snapshot shows officials seeking subpoenas in Jefferson County, protests erupting in Somalia, Khrushchev meeting Indonesian delegates in Moscow, a Finnish airliner crash killing all aboard, a celebrity divorce, a Los Angeles murder trial, and Japan demanding U.S. base consultation before Laos actions.
Calvert Elevates to State Chief Justice in Turbulent Era
R W Calvert rises to the state’s top judicial post amid mid-century political turmoil. Long praised for calm rulings and unity fostering leadership within the Democratic Party, he helmed the state Supreme Court and shaped executive committee strategy. Strong calls urged him to run for governor during a period of factional strain.
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Astin
Robert W. Cakevert
Hey Bee
Jrestien
Cori
Gree
Toda
Democratic App
Calvert
New Year Holiday Traffic Death Toll Reported
The Associated Press notes the New Year holiday traffic death toll stood around 338 with final figures unclear due to reporting delays. Early tallies showed 388 deaths in earlier counts, while other accidents pushed the overall total to about 482, surpassing the prior year's three day record of 301 fatalities.
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Tennessee Gas Plans Huge Channel Plant
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co plans a multimillion dollar channel plant west of its facility, with two units to produce 100 million pounds of acetylene annually and convert much to vinyl chloride monomer for Cary Chemicals. Long term agreements and expanding R D aim to grow vinyl resin markets and broaden hydrocarbon handling.
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Beck Land and Cattle Co
Jesse
Jones
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co
Audrey Jones Beck
Jesse H
Tennes
Tennessee Gas
Cary Chemicals
East Brunswick
N. J
iCary
Vinyb Pelysmers
Byyatere + naly
Fies
Emiv
Resignation of Lyndon Detmson From Senate
Washington reports Lyndon Detmson of Texas resigns from the Senate. Vice President Nixon reads the resignation letter to the Senate about ten minutes after Detmson took the oath of office for a new term. Detmson seated near Johnson as the chamber fills.
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Lyndon Detmson
Texas
Senate
Richard Nixon
Ohmsen
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