Nine Deaths Reported From Texas Winter Weather
Nine deaths reported across Texas as heavy snow and record cold grip the state from Midland to the Panhandle via El Paso. Thermometers fell to near zero with Midland recording 7.5 inches of snow and many cities posting their coldest readings for the date. Lone Star Gas faced record deliveries as demand surged while ice formed from Texarkana to the Gulf Coast.
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Associated Press
Texas
Maisfer
Panhandle
Gulfheading
Mexico
Texas City
Lone Star Gas Co
Oklahoma
Rne
Texarkana
Baytown Kiwanis to hear automation talk Thursday
Neighborhood session at Community House features Dr. Ben W. Thomas of Baytown speaking on automation at 9 30 a m. Baytown Kiwanis Club meets for cookie sale until noon at the Tower. Senior Citizens Club to elect officers Thursday afternoon at the Community House. DeMolays install Tri City Chapter officers at the Masonic Hall Wednesday night. Barney Usry, 78, of 305 Bayou Drive dies in a Baytown hospital. burial planned in Longview. funeral by Paul A. Lee Funeral Home.
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Ben W. Thomas
Baytown
Kiwanis Club
Senior Citizens Club
Ikey Haines
Mothers’ Club
Tri - City
DeMolays
Iist
Masonic Hall
Barney Usry
Bayou Drive
Rarya
Longview
Paul A. Lee
City Hall
Severe cold grips the Gulf Coast and plains
Weather and tides report ongoing frigid air with lows 16 to 20 degrees. Galveston tides at 2:32 am and 2:51 pm, plus 7:26 am and 9:14 am. Houston meetings and civic notices amid frost and ice. statewide lows reach single digits, with towns like Dalhart and Lubbock reporting record lows and schools closing in Kilgore. Grounded motorists and industry slowdowns as roads ice over, forecasts call for more cold Thursday.
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Galveston
Texas
Weather Bureau
South Central
Baytown trip hints at Atlantic Union Oil post for Hanes Bay official
A Hanes Bay tonian and Humble Gil fining Co. official headed toward Baytown next week en route to a new role with Atlantic Union Oil Co. Ltd in Australia. The jumble of student notes lists peers Joe Jennings, Judy Parker, Sidney Mallory and others in school activities, sports, and local events amid a mix of trivia and anecdotes.
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Mike Mills
Andersonville
David Conway
Judy Parker
Sidney Mallory
Cleonus
Robert E. Lee High’ School
Kelly Rushing
Tommy King
Terry Simon
Wayne Bell
Gayle Wiley
Memorial Stadium
Maurice Marshall
Dottie Beal
Elroy Mallory
Beverly Mills
Bobbie Hendrix
Richard Sparks
Lee College
Bill, Hayes
Eugenia Jones
Joe Jennings
Roslyn Hanle
Gayle Brady
Highlands
Troy Donahue
Mickey Wilkerson
Unopposed Candidates Win Water Board Posts
In two Baytown area WCIDs three posts were filled by unopposed candidates. In WCID 58 Craigmont Place area EB W Anderson led with 22 votes, Troy T Herring and C L Miller had 21 each with Herring the sole incumbent. In WCID 3 Highlands three incumbents Oliver M Harman Arthur J Lostak and Wallace E Dunks won two year terms.
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Baytown Area
UT speaker shares math and science insights with REL students
Dr Hyman Ettlinger, a University of Texas research scientist and mathematics professor, spoke to REL students on Wednesday during first to third periods and to the science seminar group at activity period. He attended a Baytown Rotary Club meeting at noon. Ettlinger, a Ping Beta Wappa graduate of Washington University and Harvard degrees holder, has written math texts and articles and served as a White House Conference on Education representative in 1958. He has coached and officiated in sports and has toured many foreign countries.
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Hyman Ettlinger
University of Txas
Ettlinger
Baytown
Rotary Club
the Tower
Washington University
St. Louis
Harvard
White House
Byrd Foundation
American Association For ‘the Advancement of Science
An- Joan
England
Japan
Poland
University of Texas
No Traffic Fatalities Here In 61 Baytown Year Report
Baytown Police report 1961 injuries from traffic accidents total 121 with no fatalities for the second straight year. Afternoon and evening saw 379 incidents vs 176 in the morning, 555 reportable accidents and 680 traffic violations. Minor, serious, and dizziness injuries totaled across 87 major accidents, with 46 percent minor incidents. Property damage reached about $1,669, injuries 167.79, and frequent causes included automobiles hitting fixed objects, drunk driving, and hit and run.
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Baytown
House Begins Loan Shark Bill Debate
The Texas House opened discussion on loan shark regulation while postponing debate on farm and road repair funds until Thursday. Rep Criss Cole argued for the loan shark bill, Gov Price Daniel urged reorganization of the State Board of Water Engineers, and the Senate moved to guarantee more funds for farm roads with SB1 awaiting House action.
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Austin
Grainger Methaney
Wheeler
Criss Cole
Houston
Senate
Price Daniel
State Board of Water Engineers
State Highway Commission
House
Bar Association Pleads Governor Aktion on JP Patrol Fuss
The East Harris County Bar Association based in Baytown asks Gov Price Daniel to intervene in the clash between Precinct 3 Justice Walter Queen and the Texas State Highway Patrol. The group cites Sheriff and patrol actions releasing prisoners and shifting filings to La Porte and Houston courts, urging equal access to local hearings and noting 16 prisoners released December 23 24 and 28. The letter names William J Gidley and officers Tommy McManus and Dan Elkins as signatories.
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East Harris County Bar Association
Baytown
Price Daniel
Precinct 3
Justice of the Peace
Walter Queen
Texas State Highway Patrol
William J
Bill) Gidley
K. B. Hallmark
Houston
Justice Queen
Hallmark
Houston JP
The
Bar Association
Justice
John Ewing
Sheriff's Deputies
Highway Patrol
Capt. Hallmark
Queen's Court
Gary. Daniel
State Highway Patrol
Gidley
Otter
Tommy McManus
Dan Elkins
JFK Plugs Program In New Congress
Washington AP Kennedy urges early action on domestic program and softening foreign policy criticism as the 31st Congress opens. House picks John McCormack as speaker and Carl Albert as majority leader after Sam Rayburn’s death. Senate Republicans to choose new policy committee chair following Styles Bridges death. Kennedy’s world and domestic agenda to trigger partisan battles in a likely contentious session.
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Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Kennedy
John Bailey
Senate
House
Ways and Means Committee
Byrd
Washington
31Th Congress
John McCormack
D-Mass
Sam, Rayburn
D-Tex
Carl Albert
D-Okla
McCormack
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Sen
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Blizzard Warning For Pecos Valley West Area
Dallas AP bulletin reports a Weather Bureau blizzard warning for the Pecos Valley westward with 4 inches or more snow accumulation today and tonight. Expect easterly winds 20 to 40 mph, drifting, cloudy skies, light snow through Thursday, and continued very cold. Low near 21, high around 37.
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Dallas
Weather Bureau
Pecos Valley
Ex Pasadena Superintendent Leads Harris County Schools
Vincent W. Hure, former Pasadena schools chief, named Harris County school superintendent. He succeeds J. Sheppard, who served nearly 45 years, and will earn 16,300 dollars plus 2,400 in expenses for a four year term. Board accepts audits plan to use county auditor for annual reviews.
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Pasadena
Harris County
Criss Cole
Nolan
Count He
Tex. Houston
Harris Y. Cleveland
Raymondville
Las
Criminal Courts
Houston
Miller
Sheppard
Commmissioners Court
Raphe svAtter
Legisla
School District Tax Collections Up for Period
Social district tax collections rose 1.07 percent from the prior year per a report to the school board by Tax Assessor-Collector George L. Tennett. Current collections through December stood at 60.58 percent, versus 59.51 percent last year, with $2,724,437 collected since Sept. 1 through December that includes about $11,000 in non-vent collections. Remaining current collectible balance after December 31 is $1,965.
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George L. Tennett
Accused Attacker Freed Of Robbery By Assault
A 13 year old accused attacker in Baytown case acquitted of robbery by assault after a Houston jury deliberated three hours. Mrs Eloise Cummings, 46, sustained severe injuries including knife wounds and a brain concussion during the incident at Jones Store.
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Eloise Watson
Bob Jones
Sulphur
Cummings
Jones
Kentucky
Bertrand
Nin
Baytown
King
Joe
Thomas C. Dunn
Nefor
King's Court
Comeinst
West Baytown Kiwanis installs new officers led by Combs
West Baytown Kiwanis Club installs officers Monday night at Rebel Inn. Lt Governor Harvin Moore presides. Joby R. Comvis becomes president, Lynn Seamang first vice president, M W Morrigan second vice president, Byard Sooy secretary treasurer. Board includes J J Smith Kelly Martin Jr Gordon Denning David Killough Gerald Hayes T P Fenelon Douglas Seamans. O L Clark is immediate past president. Guests include Moore and wife and Circle K president Mike Lawless with his wife. Combs continues family Kiwanis service following his father’s San Marcos Kiwanis presidency.
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Joby R. Comvis
West Baytown
Douglas Seamans
O. L. Clark
Gav. Moore
Dis
Jessa Kirkpatrick
Marton Loftin
J Pearland
Mike Lawless
Circle K
Shirley Hunter
M.combs
San Marcos
Combs
Ipreaid Ont
Weather Blamed For Hood Mishap
Military authorities blame severe weather for the Ft Hood tank truck crash that killed five soldiers and injured 22 others. Preliminary findings cite strong winds sleet and slick roads as key factors in the collision.
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FT. Hoodap
Ft. Hood
Lee College Pool Work Nearing Inspection
The Lee College swimming pool project advances with planned college gymnasium work, following trustee reviews. Architect Lowell Lammers reported a likely early next week inspection, while the college library has been checked and both buildings are funded by a $570 bond issue, with completion delayed by weather and construction problems.
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Lee College
Lowell Lammers
PL G. Bell
Houston
Farned Elected President of San Jacinto Memorial Hospital Board
Gordon L. Farned of Citizens of Texas Savings and Loan Association is named president of the San Jacinto Memorial Hospital board of trustees succeeding Joe Reid. Farned has served since construction. the hospital opened in 1948. Reid remains on the board. Officers reelected include H. H. Meier and J. W. Strickler. Other members listed include Theo Withurs J. Bryan Stratton and Ted Leman.
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Gordon L. Farned
Citizens of Texas Savings and Loan Association
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Farned
Aas
Joe Reid
Baytown
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Reid
Reid, Strickland, Gillette and Ramsey
H. H. Meier
J. W
Jack) Strickler
Meier
Houston
Harris County Federal Savings and Loan Association
yTheo Withurs
Farmer
J.bryan Stratton
Citizens Life Associates
Citizens National Bank
Ted Leman
United Rubber and Chenical Co
Baytown Plunges As Freezing Temps Hit Area
Wednesday morning tempera tures in Baytown ranged around 14 degrees with reports of 10 to 12 degrees in nearby Mont Belvieu Highlands and Crosby. The cold caused pipes to freeze in homes and heavy demand for natural gas and electricity as utilities logged 5 to 50 calls.
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Baytown
Mont Belvieu
Highlands
Crosby
Bay
Astolic Works Department
Highlands Gas Shortage Strands Highlands Community
Severe gas pressure shortages left Highlands residents uncomfortable and schools disrupted on Wednesday. United Gas Pipeline cites undersized lines unable to meet heavy demand. Cold spell with 14 degree low. Weather Bureau warned of another freeze. Baytown students largely attended, Crosby district declared a holiday for Operation Freeze. several schools reported water and heating issues and minor bus/service problems.
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Baytown
United Gas Pipeline Co
Baytown Okbtmers
Weather Bureau
Crosby Highlands
George, Scott
Robert E. Lee Hich
Stephen F. Austin
Scott
Crosby
Allison Koonce
Drew
Barrett Station
Unsderwood
Carter Cotar
Joncrette
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