Queen of American Tankers Glides Into Humble's Docks
The Manhattan tanker arrives at Baytown docks after a long voyage from New York, setting records for length and dead weight. It carries 38.2 million gallons of fuel and 27 million in cargo capacity, dwarfing nearby tankers like the Achilles. Baytown officials note port improvements and highway talks continue with St Paul’s Church refusing land sale offers amid Loop 901 right of way plans.
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Highway
Harold G. Bomhoff
St. Paul's
Highway Department
Arch
Spaytdaen
Bomhoff
Ermual Square
Manhattan
Japan
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Massachusetts
Manhattan Tankers, Inc
Hudson Waterways Corp
Texas City
New York
New Jersey
Dalton Steamship Corp
National Defender
Houston
Achilles
Baytown Dock
Baytown notices include training, tournaments and local events
Baytown residents were informed of a late course completion and extended store hours for IMP training at Fort Eustis. The Scramble Tourney at Goose Creek Country Club opens February 10 with 3 p.m. registration. A SACRIFICIAL luncheon benefits United Church Women. Baytown Opportunity School meets Thursday for its annual meeting at the Chamber of Commerce with new directors to be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer R_ Hamilton
Baytown
Lewis M. Davis
Gillie
Travis L. Davis
Crosby
E. Wright
Transportation
Army Training Center School
Fort Eustis
Fort Gordon
Chamber of Commerce
University of Arkansas
United Church Women of
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Ed Vaught
Opportunity School
Baytown Opportunity School
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Assault On Officer Charged To Youth
Robert Wayne Goodrum 18 of Sour Lake jailed at 1 45 a m Thursday on assaulting a police officer after scuffling with Detective Jack Maxwell during an interrogation at the city jail. Goodrum challenged Maxwell to eject him and was helped by Patrolman A R Liles. He was charged in Justice of the Peace M M Brown's Court. Tickets for the Baytown Chamber of Commerce banquet are 3 each for Monday night Jan 21 at the Knights of Columbus Hall 2600 W Main Tex. The event includes Clyde Jones Community Service Awards with main speaker Bryan Blalock. New officers will be installed and a social hour and dinner follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wayne Goodrum
Sour Lake
City
Roy Montgomery
Goodrum
Jack Maxwell
Maxwell
Montgomery
Goodraum
Baytown
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Knights of Colum Mas
Joe Krizak
Weimar
W. Main
Tex
Chamber of Com
C. E. Fort
Marshall
Blalock
Canada
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Marshall Rotary Club
Texas A and M Research Foundation
Jack Jacobs
J. W
Jack) Strickler
Charles T. Tillery
Norman Hargrave
Perry Britton
Weather Alert Warns Texas Cattle Regions Ahead of Cold Wave
The Weather Bureau cautions residents in Northwest and Southwest Texas to brace for a massive cold snap. Forecasters predict temperatures will dip by Friday morning into the upper Panhandle. Baytown will turn windy and colder with cloudy skies and occasional rain, with a low around 38 tonight.
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THE
Weather Bureau
Northwest
Ssutthwest
Texas
Upper
Panhandle
Baytown
Burton Battle Calls In Personal Notes At The Sun
A fragment from Around Town lists names and casual scenes including Mrs Max Altman Mrs C Shewell Lola Alpers and others at social breaks and meetings. It notes former Sun staffer Johnefta Boynton visiting and Z L Boe Satterwhite attending a New York meeting with a printers strike hobbling city papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton Battle
Max Altman
C. ¥. Shewell
Lola Alpers
Sun
Johnefta Boynton
Rosemary Larsen
W. J
Bill) Strickler
J. L. Franklin
Bobby Brady
E. J. Hargis
Galena Park
Carol Port
Jerry Gieger
Don Teter
Gertrude
Cecil Morse
Z. L
Boe) Satterwhite
Humble
New York
Doc
Pasadena man drowns near oil platform off Galveston Bay
George D. Tims, 30, of 3002 Thornwood St., fell from an oil well tilting platform one half mile off Cedar Point in Galveston Bay and drowned around 9 am Thursday. Baytown Emergency Corps searched the area but had not recovered his body by noon. Tims worked for Dicks Swabbing Co. of South Houston.
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Pasadena
George D. Tims
Thornwood St
Cedar Point
Galveston
Hay
Baytown
Feinberg Resigns as Baytown Civil Defense Chief
Robert G. Feinberg resigns after serving as Baytown civil defense director since 1958. He cites medical advice and plans to assist his successor. Feinberg helped organize the auxiliary police reserve, led Civil Defense after George Keene, and later joined the Chamber of Commerce committee. He and wife Alice celebrate 25 years March 20. they have daughter Linda, a high school senior. He worked with schools on adult education and spoke at civic groups, notably during Hurricane Carla.
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Feinberg
Ery
Reurine
Auxiliary Police Reserve
Baytown
Auxiliary
George iKeene
Keene
New York City
Houston
House of Fashion
Red Hot Weekly Autos Sales Ad in Baytown Sun
The Baytown Sun Classified section promotes Autos For Sale with weekly specials. Baytown dealers advertise top cars at bargain prices for safer family driving and comfort. Call 582-8234 to place an ad.
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Baytown Sun
Baytown
The
Sun
Dial
City Council Set To Meet Thursday In Baytown
The Baytown City Council will hear a request to release a temporary easement for a street in Ponderosa Subdivision after annexation. Other items include a new electrical ordinance, bid openings for concrete pipe, a city attorney car, and a water-posting machine. Special announcements are planned by Grover K. Edge of Bayshore Rod Reef and Gun Club, and a Key Club group from Robert E. Lee High School will seek action on the locomotive at Rose and Park.
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Baytown
Ponderosa
Tthe
Thhe City
Water Department
Grover K. Edge
Bayshore Rod, Reef and Gun Club
Robert E. Lee High School
Rose
and Park
Senators face four year term amid wide Senate drawing
Our World Today notes 16 Sneaky senators drew four year terms while 15 will serve two years before re election. President Kennedy plans to seek a new Congress amid urban affairs cabinet status talk as foreign and domestic issues ripple through politics and labor disputes.
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Criss Coleafl Mouston
Senate
Nedy
Congress
Ceretie Department of Urban Affairs
Two Houston Granddaughters Ill in La Porte Hospital
Marguerite and Ariadne Houston, aged 82 and 84, are very ill at San Jacinto Memorial Hospital in La Porte. A cousin says they refuse to live with anyone and notes their history, including ties to Gen Sam Houston and a family fire in 1960. Their lineage traces to Col Andrew Jackson Houston and the U.S. Senate tenure of their grandfather.
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Paul Strong
Houston
Texas
Price Daniel
Marguerite
Strong
la Porte
Andrew Jackson Fiowston
Gen
Jouston
Ve UL Jouston
Tyler
Dallas
Col. Houston
Carrie
U.S. Senate
Washington, D.C
Engineers Prepare for State Convention in Baytown
Baytown Chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers schedules a Friday noon meeting at the Holiday Inn to finalize plans for the state convention. The Ladies Auxiliary meets at 10 20 am and joins husbands for the noon meal and meeting. J L Lamberson Jr president notes final plans for the January 16 19 Galveston event with Baytown Freeport and Galveston chapters hosting.
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Baytown
Texas Society of Professional Engineers
Holiday Inn
J. L. Lamberson Jr
Galveston
Freeport
Wooster Chamber Urges Buy Now for City Votes
The Wooster Chamber of Commerce plans to mail letters to residents of former Water Districts urging payment of poll taxes to qualify for April city elections. Sammie McPhail said the group will not endorse candidates but will encourage participation in selecting mayor and three council members. A new redistricting plan for annexed areas may be acted on by the Baytown City Council. The coordination committee, chaired by Paul G. Cater, will oversee the transition. Members include G. S. Tharp, Hugh Lansford, Joe Ayler, Jim Mafory, Ben C. Renfro, and Jack Smalting.
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Wooster Chamber of Commerce
Sammie McPhail
Chamber
Water District
Baytown
McPhail
Paul G. Cater
G.S. Tharp
Hugh Lansford
Joe Ayler
Jim Mafory
Ben C Renfro
Jack Smalting
de. M. A. Jones
CG Dismukes
Joby Scott
Roy Holtzhouser
Beno Muller
Muller
M. Ja. Clark
C. O. Walker
N. D. “Longnecker
Longnecker
Jesse Hirkpatrick
Ex-Galang Mayor William J Philpot Dies at 58
William J Philpot 58 former Galena Park mayor and Baytown friend died at 245 am Thursday from a heart attack at his Galena Park home. Funeral services planned at First Baptist Church in Galena Park under Howard Funeral Home direction. He served as mayor 16 years and was a Democratic candidate for State Legislature District Position 6 against Don Shipley.
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William _J_ Philpot
Galena Park
Baytown
First Baptist Church
Howard Funeral Home
Philpot
Don Shipley
Baytown Resident Since 1917 Dies
Baytown resident William Miller died at 1 a.m. Thursday in a Baytown hospital. Funeral rites are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Paul A. Lee Funeral Home with Rev. Don Duran officiating. Burial will be in Cedar Crest Cemetery. Survivors include his widow Cora Mae Miller four sons Monre Miller A J Miller and PLL Miller a daughter Maybelle Green two brothers and six grandchildren. Miller was born September 9 1879 at Oak Hill Texas came to Baytown in 1917 and worked for Gulf Oil Co until retirement in 1940s.
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Wiliam Bred Miller
Baytown
Paul A. Lee
Don Duran
Cedar Bayou Methodist Church
Cedar Crest Cemetery
Cora Mae Miler
Monre Miller
Bay City
A. J
Pll Miller
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Harris County
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Texas Paint and Body Shop
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Bob) Feinberg
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