Dense Baytown Fog Closes Humble Docks and Halts Traffic
Heavy fog blankets the Baytown area for a second day, closing Humble Docks at Humble Oil and Refining Co. Only one ship, the Montan from Germany, tied up Monday. Houston Ship Channel traffic is at a standstill with few vessels moving. Police urge extreme Caution as minor accidents rise. Doctors report more calls for cold relief amid damp conditions.
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Baytown
Humble Oil Docks
Montan
Germany
Houston
Sun Spots Drives Caution as Fog Hits Baytown
Police Chief Roy Montgomery urged extreme caution for all drivers as heavy fog envelops Baytown. Several minor accidents were reported since the fog moved in early Monday. Otis Ewing was named deputy justice of the peace and night clerk, succeeding L. W. Sawders who resigned. A 7 year old girl was lightly injured after darting into a Main Street intersection. A car was reported stolen on Red Bluff Road and Spencer. Funeral attendance cited for R. C. Hales, a former Baytonian. An Army private, Gerald L Harrington, competed in a boxing tournament in Germany. Wednesday tides listed for Galveston.
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Roy Montgomery
Baytown
Otis Ewing
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown Jair
Ewing
L. W. Sawders
W. A. Gregory
North Main
Highlands
Red Bluff Road
Spencer
J. B. Fry
Local Notes and Updates From The Sun Staff
Edna Stokeley is home with phone reconnected. High lands Junior High basketballer Robert Dunaway on sick list. Lot Sanders joins The Sun advertising staff. Ann Comeaux reshuffles photo time for two Eagle Scouts. Margaret Crawford back to work after virus. Blanche Stephens takes a short lunch break. Mayor Red Pruett recovering from surgery at home. Dixie Watson does a favor. Kim Worden brings in news. Mrs Robert Kelley to have operation Tuesday. Tom Murrays planning to mate for Austin. Mrs W W Gardner recuperating after major surgery at San Jacinto Meynoriat Hospital. Rev Blake Farmer to guest at weekend revival. Rev James Farmer to assist.
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Edna Stokeley
Robert Dunaway
Highlands
Lot Sanders
Sun
Ann Comeaux
Margaret Crawford
Blanche Stephens
R. H
Red) Pruett
Dixie Watson
Kim Worden
Robert Kelley
Tom Murray
Austin
W. W. Gardner
San Jacinto Meynoriat Hospital
Blake Farmer
Southwestern Bille Institute
Waxahachie
Mont Belviou
Assembly of God
Hig Brother
James Farmer
Eddie Powell Leaves Retirement for Fort Worth Life
Eddie Powell, a Baytown native and long time refinery employee born January 10, 1893, has retired and moved to Fort Worth with his wife already settled there. He was honored with a retirement party by the utilities department and praised as versatile, with roles from linesman to boiler repairman.
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DA Orton
Eddie D. Powell
Cowtown
Baytown
Eddie
Fort Worth
Uitities Department
Wal
Henry
Eddie Willong
Lyles
Kentwood
Western Union
Powell
McCom
Miss
Tof
Ingar
Hinildening
Fort
Fravells
Utah
Utilities Worth
Twinois
Cows Ie
First Aid Kits To Be Sold In Baytown Civil Defense
Baytown stores will sell Civil Defense personal first aid kits from January 34 through February 15. Announced by Civil Defense Director Robert G Feinberg the kits, a yearlong research product, are for minor wounds and emergencies. Sold at cost 1.50 to promote Civil Defense awareness, the red white blue kit measures five by four by one and a half inches and includes a handbook for major emergencies.
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Baytown Drug and Grocery Stores
Robert G
Bob) Feinberg
Baytown Civil Defense
Houston
Civil Defense
Hartman Succeeds Massey as Bay Chamber Leader
Hartman replaces Harry F. Massey as president of the Baytown Chamber of Commerce after three years. Fred Hartman of The Baytown Sun becomes president with Robert J. Gillette as vice president Roy Elms secretary and M Buddy Bray treasurer. New board members include James Harrop Bruce Ramsey Jack Jacobs and others with several holdovers. A first executive committee meeting plans the annual membership meeting and a public reception at the new Chamber building at Main and Texas.
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Harry F. Massey
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Fred Hartman
Baytown Sun
Robert J. Gillette
Roy Elms
Buddy) Bray
Massey
Gordon L. Famed
Hartman
Gillette
Bray
Jack Jacobs
James Harrop
Bruce Ramsey
J. W. Strickler
Ted Lyman
Harry F. Hartman
Jacobs
George H. Gentry
al Melinger
Lowell Lammers
Chamber of Commerce
Main
Texas
Norris County
Mtn
Chinese pilot defects in Formosa crashing fighter jet
A Chinese Communist pilot defected to Nationalist China by crash landing a MIG fighter at an emergency air strip in northeast Formosa. The Nationalist Defense Ministry reported slight damage to the plane and did not disclose the pilot's fate. Washington reports also note House Speaker Sam Rayburn said he does not want to chair the Democratic National Convention this year and would not accept the post.
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TAIPE
Formosa
Washington
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Rayburn
School Costs Up Trustees to Study Tax Value Increase
Supt. George H. Gentry urged a 60 to 100 percent increase in district tax values with a lower tax rate to fund next year. The Board will discuss the plan at a special meeting, aiming to raise true values, adjust inequities, and improve bond market standing while allowing time for revaluations of 2 500 parcels and Tax Office updates.
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Fred Hartman
George H. Gentry
Gentry
Tax Board of Equalization
Wilson To Tell Political Plans On Radio At 7 P.M.
A source says Attorney General Will Wilson plans to run for re election to a third term and will announce this on a radio address at 7 p m House Speaker Waggoner Carr is a candidate for attorney general and may be his only opponent. Also associate justice Joe Greenhill seeks re election to the Supreme Court and Judge Lloyd W Davidson files for the Court of Criminal Appeals with opponents Jim Bowmer and Judge W T McDonald.
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Austin
Will Wilson
Wilson
Price Daniel
Waggoner Carr
Carr
Ton Daniel
Joe Greenhill
State Supreme Court
Greenhill
Graves, Dougherty and
Supreme Court
Court
People of Texas
High Court
Lloyd W. Davidson
Court of Criminal Appeals
Davidson
Jim Bowmer
Temple Attorney
We T
McDonald
Bry
Chambers Politics- Mayes And Lagow Seek Re-Election
Two veteran Chambers County Commissioners Mayes and Lagow announced for re election on Tuesday Mayes seeking his ninth term He represents Precinct 1 Wallisville area and Lagow represents Precinct 3 the southern part of the county Mayes a rancher andLongtime Wallisville resident has never faced a runoff Lagow a former Tee Institute football star and former head coach at Conroe High School is now a commissioner candidate
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Theouthern
Mayes
Beea
Dalry LaFour
Wal- Hisville
Ife
Old River
Tortie Bayou
Chambers County
Wallisville
Wallisville Common
Texas
Tennesser
Tees
Commissioners Court
Lagaw
Conroe High School
Ser Chambers
San Jacinto Hospital Board Elects Officers
The San Tacinto Hospital Board of Trustees re elected Gorton J. Warned and Hebert J. Meier to three year terms at the annual meeting. Reid was reelected president and Meier will serve as vice president for 195? TLW. (Jack) man board members include Theo Wilburn, J. Bryan Stratton, and Ted Lyman. The monthly meeting followed.
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Board of Trustees
San Tacinto
Pfeiffer Indicted On Anti-Trust Law Charge
Harold P. Pfeiffer of Pfeiffer Electric Co in La Porte along with Howard Foley Co and other electrical firms face a federal indictment in Houston. The conspiracy count accuses suppression of competition in Houston area electrical equipment sales and installation. Other named firms include J. S. Copeland Electric Co Houston Electrical Construction Inc Fischbach and Moore Hirsh Electric Co and Pfeiffer Electric Co with penalties up to fines and imprisonment.
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Harold P. Pfeiffer
Howard Foley Co
Pfeiffer Electric Co
la Porte
Om D.C
Houston
Pfeiffer
Texas
National Electrical Contractors Assn
Joe Ingraham
Ate
Daniel Wirsh
Hirsh Electric Co
Charles Schaliho
San Francisco
National T Electrical Contracors Asen
J. 8
Copeland Electric Co., Inc
Electrical Construction, Inc
Fischbach and Moore
Texas, Inc
Dallas
Fische Co
Hston
iPfeiffer Electric Co
Ambush, hijinks, and political shifts shadow 1960s headlines
A jumble of reports from a turbulent era notes an attacked ship denied by a South Korean official, a derailed train injuring twelve, street violence in Houston, and a Texas governor race speculation amid rising anti refugee sentiment. Foreign policy notes discuss Mexico’s president visiting South America and broader inter-American relations.
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South Korea
Seth Ko
Tren
Mtafford
Tev
Almard
Americas
Wexico
South America
Sam Grady Mactewood
Amarillo
Tejas
Leader In Constitution Party Will Speak Here
Robert E Nesmith, Horris County chairman of the Constitution Party in 1959, will address the Baytown Kiwanis Club at noon Thursday at the Tower. He will discuss inequities in the Federal Tax Structure and favors repeal of the 14th Amendment, constitutional government, free enterprise, and personal freedom. Nesmith, born in Dallas in 1918, worked as a mechanical engineer, founded Nesmith Aircraft Co, served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, and later established business and civic organizations in Houston.
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Robert. E. Nesmith
Horris County
Constitution Party
Baytown
United States
Sesmaith
Dallas
Nesmith
Ice
Wesmith Aircraft Co
Army Air Corps
Gen. Claire 0
Chennault
Flying Tigers
China-Buraya-India
Nesmith Cemed
Houston
Robert Eo Nesmith
Raytown Students Prepare for Exam Week
Raytown pupils gear for semester examinations next week with tests in all subjects across junior high and high schools. Units will be two hours long, with no exemptions. Exams count for one sixth of the final grade and start Monday in junior high.
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Raytown
Suh Inci
Wednesedas
New Term Approved For School Administrators
A new 1960 1961 term for Baytown and college staff was approved by the board with unanimous votes. The group includes Roy Rowland Miss Jresio, Lee Col. J Pumphrey Felix S iatchell and others, with Dean Walter Rundell and Alvin Miles among college leaders and several district officials and staff named.
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Roy 4. Rowland
Miss Jresio
Baytown Schools
Lee Col. J. Pumphrey
Felix S. Iatchell
Iege
Dudley A. Huckabee
Leslie E
Pennington
Leon Legler
Elemen
George Ho Gentry
Peaeand F. Green
Carver Plan of Trustees
Walter Rundell
Alvin H. Miles
Alton Laird
Bessie Durham
Statie
W. BD. Hinson
Gentry
J. M. Stuart
W.W. Brown
Dar ' Stalhearth
Rev. G. L. Bennett
Opholi S$. Tor
Bart Enoch
A. H. Willig
Tax Offien
Edythe W. Musick
BK. Scott
Hhen Tne
McLomiere
Robert FE. Lee
Winnie Brown
Henry Apastrong
AML Reston
Raytown
Cw Ile
Ayat Basan Jeier
Prion
Ripper
Tieghkinds Shinier Princis
Haracesistant
Hee Mann
Retty
Martin Dr
Woc
Flore
Classified Ads Work Fast
Classified ad copy outlines quick swap options and contact details. George Conway and Seoth Whiting are mentioned with prices and a note about cancellation after initial insertion. Dial the listed numbers to place or swap items and services today.
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Conway
Campus Location Of New Buildings At LC Decided
Lee College trustees hear initial plan for two new on campus structures to be built east of the Liberal Arts Building and between the gym and theatre block facing Lee Drive. Plans include immediate drawings and state funding discussions with Dean Rundell and faculty, while tuition and tax implications for district students are noted.
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Lowell
Sammers
Lee College
Jtill
West Gulf
Lee Drive
Lammers
Walter Rundell
Mer 4
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