City Bond Expansion Aims to Fund Growth Projects
Editorial argues Baytown should approve a $2.84 million capital improvement bond to finance street widening drainage city hall and park site purchases. It notes the plan raises the tax rate 12 cents and ties to growth spurred by the NASA Space Center at Clear Lake, urging voters to back the measure while detailing how funds are allocated.
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City Hall
Baytown
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Clear Lake
Julie Harris: a perfectionist on stage and off
AP profile portrays Julie Harris as a blazing performer with a "doctrine of the last chance" in life. The article notes her rapid range from French maid to Queen Victoria, her twenty acting awards, and her method of handling anger by counting to 100 to regain composure.
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Nfiw York
Julie Harris
Miss Harris
Julie
Queen Victoria
Editor and Publisher . Business Manager Managing Editor Office Manager sees
A concise role listing shows the editor and publisher paired with the business manager, managing editor, office manager, and an assistant to the publisher. It also includes a retail manager and a national manager named Li in the hierarchy.
Kennedy picks McCone to head CIA amid questions on profits
Drew Pearson highlights Senate hearings showing John A. McCone profited from wartime shipyard ventures with Henry J. Kaiser. The inquiry details government funding, materials, and payments tied to the California shipbuilding yard, noting substantial profits and questioned costs and management salaries.
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Washington
Kennedy
FBI
Berlin
John A. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
McCone
Uncle Sam
Isill
FEI
Henry Kaiser
San Francisco
House Merchant Marine Committee
California Shipbuilding Company
Marvin Coles
Mee
House Merchant Marine
MecCone
Kaiser Et al
Coley
California Shipbuilding Co
Coles
Maritime Commission
Try and Stop Me by Bennett Cerf
A humorous column recounts Jackie Mason’s stage fright at football games and a joke about paying a psychiatrist. It also notes a bank robber caught in the act with a sawed-off shotgun and Colonel Culpepper at seventy declaring he will cease song. In 1962, by Barnett Cerf.
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Bennett Cerf
Ackie Mason
Mason
Colonel Culpepper
Barnett Cerf
King Features Syndicate
Fragmented trivia questions from a busy late edition
A miscellany of quiz items and quirky notes asks where Douglas MacArthur park lies, the origin of the lost ten tribes, which city sits north of another, a Shakespeare play with Catherine de Medici and Henry IV, and the names of a cobbler and fish peddler jailed for murder.
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Douglas MacArthur Park
Mie
Shreveport
Catherine de Medici
Henry of Navarre
Southern Democrat congressman from Virginia born 1883
The article recalls a 1956 revolt against the House Rules chair, cites a Broad Run native who studied at Virginia, practiced law in Alexandria, farmed, and won a perpetual seat in Congress after a judge career, seeking the name of the figure active on the Rules and Joint Economic Committees.
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Congress
Rules Committee
House Rules Committee
Broad Run
University of Virginia
Alexandria
Water Woes In Bay Town Cold Spell Drive Thru Thirst
A resident recalls a cold spell that froze pipes and left the house without water. He used a neighbor’s hydrant stream to fill a soup pot, rationed four cups for coffee, thirst, bathing, and shaving, and muses on water scarcity and foresight.
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Baytown
Romulus Opens on Broadway With Sharp Witty Parable
Broadway reawakens with Romulus at the Music Box. Cyril Ritchard shines in Gore Vidal adapted satire from Friedrich Duerrenmatt. The play lampoons Rome’s fall with biting wit, starting a refreshed Broadway lineup after a dreary spell.
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William Glover
Associated Press
NEW York
Broadway
Romulus
Music Box
Rome
Cyril Ritchard
Gore Vidal
Friedrich Duerrenmatt
Vidal
Caesar
Ritchard
Joseph Anthony
Letters To The Editor Respond To Drew Pearson’s 1962 Column
W C Scott from 715 Republic argues Pearson misapplies the term right wing extremists to conservatives. He disputes the drop the bomb phrasing and challenges views on U.S. stance in Congo and Cold War dynamics. He notes perceived gaps between American achievements and defeats since 1946.
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the Sun
Drew Pearson
U.S
Congo
United States
Russia
W. C. Scott
Republic
Analysis Of The News By James Marlow
James Marlow surveys the Cold War era shift from Stalin to Khrushchev and Eisenhower to Congress. He notes Russia’s 1953 nuclear test and space strides threaten U S supremacy, creating a perilous race for global power and mutual destruction without clear escape from conflict.
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James Marlow
Conry
Beneau
Jane
Ci Ital
Stalin
Nikita “Khrushchev
Whrushchev
Eisenhower T
Congress
Russia
United States
Bible Verse on Yielding to God Romans 6 13
A quoted Bible verse from Romans 6 13 urges believers to not yield to sin but offer themselves to God as living beings and instruments of righteousness. The phrasing reflects a transcription of a religious text’s exhortation.
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God
Did You Know Camel Drinks Water Quickly
A camel can drink 3 percent of a gallon of water in under an hour, illustrating remarkable thirst and rapid intake capabilities in arid conditions.
Know Your Bridge Bid Choices From Five Hands
Dealer presents fiveHands with opening bids including notrump and suit overcalls. Analyze point counts and suit lengths to determine optimal bids for each hand, considering partnerships' best chance at the contract and avoiding premature game.
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Akis Pais
Mags Paine
King Foot
Spartner
Fas Gyaitrsis
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