House Moves Toward Vote On Road Bill
AUSTIN AP The Texas House moved toward a possible vote on the Senate passed farm to market road bill after the Agriculture Committee sent it to the floor with a do pass recommendation. A House version differs in several respects and remains on the calendar. Rep Grainger Melhany of Wheeler said he would seek a vote on the Senate bill.
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Austin
House
Representatives
House Agriculture Committee
Price Daniel
Senate
Grainger Melhany
Wheeler
PKU test eyed to curb infant retardation in Baytown
Walter Paul, past president of the Opportunity School's Parents Council, urges universal early PKU screening for Baytown newborns. The test detects phenylketonuria, an inborn metabolism error, enabling treatment with a synthetic protein to prevent mental retardation.
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Baytown
PKU
Aies
Walter Paul
Opportunity School
Parents Council
Ents Council
Loflin
Lofiin
Baytown clubs set meetings and service notices
Sun Spots reports Dr Dike D Duke Jr and Beta Sigma Phi events in Baytown Harris County, plus A&M Mothers Club and Pilot Lub smorgasbord notes. Garden clubs, sorority Gamma Pi planning, and Holy Land Films program are listed with dates and hosts. Weather warns a hard freeze Tuesday morning and local traffic accident details conclude a roundup of community notices.
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Dike
Herbert H. Duke Jr
RHO Eta
Beta Sig
H.H. Duke
Stilma Phi
Baytown
At Hermani Hospital
Houston
Jack Carpenter
U.S. Air Force 28
Lakewood
Brooks Hospital
San Antonio
Beta Sig- League OF Women
Ma Phi
Richard Am
Johnston
Wright
Robert Wesselhoff
Caldwell
Holy Land
B.T. Dunlap
J. W. Thurman
Respondent
Arabia
East Harris County Federation
San Jacinto Memorial Jam
East House
Crosby Garden Club
Harris County
New Grandparents Ramsey Visit Dallas Grandson
COUNTY Commissioner and Mrs. V. V. Ramsey of Channelview spent the weekend visiting their new grandson, Christopher Wade Ramsey, born at Baylor Hospital in Dallas. Michael Wayne Ramsey is his father and Mrs. Ramsey is handling family notes amid parish and local society mentions.
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V. V. Ramsey
Channelview
Christopher Wade
Dallas
Baylor Hospital
Chris
Michael Wayne Ramsey
J Ue UN
Ai Ramsey
Arthur Jobert
Gimate
Bey [Stee
Michaeltown
Sy Wane
Southern Gay School
Methodist University
Bob
Ray McFerren
Oregon
Parkersburg
W. Va
Roy Comeaux
Val
University of Texas
Eddie
Boston University
Norman Neu- Titer
Baytown
Little Theater
Baytown Officials Return From Austin Conference
Baytown area school officials led by Supt. George H. Gentry and W. D. Hinson returned from a regional school administration conference in downtown Tokyo. Mrs. M. Ciruti and Mrs. Sphrha Jones attended with others including district and assistant superintendents from Crosby La Porte and Barbers Hill. Group sessions covered various actions in educational administration.
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Baytown Area
M. 8. Ciruti
TS. Joelhave
Tokyo
Cirutil
Austin
Saw
J. W. Edgar
Commis_ Jacinto Girl Scout Courecil
Sioner of Education
Baytown
Standard Vacuum Co
George H. Gentry
Hum
W.D
Bill) Hinson
Oil and Refining Co
Terias
Sphrha Jones
George Scott
W. C. Underwood
Barbers Hill
Allison Koonce
Crosby
J. Ho Smith
la Porte
Dutch Sinking Reports Off New Guinea Involves Indonesian Torpedo Boats
A Navy spokesman said Dutch warships sank an Indonesian motor torpedo boat in Dutch territorial waters off New Guinea. The encounter occurred as Dutch patrol vessels engaged several Indonesian torpedo boats. details on the fate of others were not available.
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Hollandia
New Guinea
New G Guinea
Navy
Sahil
NASA plans dredging project at Clear Lake site
NASA announced plans to dredge a channel and basin and build a wharf at the Manned Space Craft Center on Clear Lake to aid movement of rocket components for the $60 million space lab. The Corps of Engineers in Galveston issues notice with protest deadline. work details include a seven foot depth and a 60 foot wide bottom. Funeral services were held for Willian Ed Ward Hull of Baytown, who died at 51 after a long illness, survived by his wife two daughters his mother and siblings. burial at Memory Gardens with local clergy officiating.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Manned Space Craft Center
Clear Lake
U.S. Corps of Army Engineers
Galveston
NASA
Houston
Space Laboratory
Lubbeeea
Santa
Mayhaw
Corps of Baytown Hosp Engineers
Menxico City
Mexico
Baytown
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Leroy Stanton
Bay+ town
Paul A. Lee
Mavis Hull
Nancy Kay Hull
Tana Hull
Mary Hull
Burnet, Tex
Helen Bethune
Channel: View
Baytown Area Economic Future Talk Slated
Baytown area planners eye 1962 growth as Marvin Hurley of the Houston Chamber outlines regional prospects and the impact of the Clear Creek NASA center. The Baytown Chamber dinner features Hurley as principal speaker with Houston Chamber executives. Traffic in the La Porte Tunnel slowed by a cold weather leak repair, with one lane open after heavy equipment and 1000 to 1500 pounds of cooking materials used.
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Marvin Hurley
Houston
Compinexce
Hurley
Houston Chamber
Baytown-La
Porte Tunnel
Baytown-Houston
Travis McKinney
Baytown
Harometes
Halliburton Co
Houst
Clear Creek
National Aeronautics and Space _Administration
Baytown- Houston
Rights of Columbus
No General Wage Hike To Be Asked
Baytown locals of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union begin contract talks with Humble. The union will seek improved working conditions, job assignments, and jurisdiction while not requesting general wage increases. Union officials note reduced hiring, aging workforce, and several supervisory staff taking on hourly work amid 1962 labor talks.
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Baytown Ethery “Attics
God Offici
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Baytown Local Be
Monay
OCAW
McClain
L. J
Bud) Marsh
Ford Geyer
Baytown
Humble
Com
Time Short To Purchase Poll Tax For '62
Time is running out for voters to pay their poll tax with a January 31 deadline for eligibility in future elections. Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Carl Smith urged Baytown residents to buy their poll taxes now. Poll taxes are $1 each and exemptions apply for seniors and certain movers in or from Texas after January 1961. Locations in the Baytown area listed for purchase include Anderson's Grocery in Crosby, Cook's Ice House in Seabrook, and several other local shops and firms.
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Harris County
Carl Smith
Baytown
Texas
Jean
Lions Club Officer Election Set Tuesday
Baytown Lions Club will elect new officers at a Tuesday luncheon meeting in the Tower. Nominees include Milton C. Kelley and E. Jack Kimmions for president, with multiple listed candidates for vice president, secretary, treasurer, tail twister, and directors, as the club plans ten directors and three vice presidents.
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Baytown Lions Club
Tower
Milton C. Kelley
Jack) Kimmions
Ed Hoffman
David Norton Waldo Dean
W. J
Bill) Strickter
Curtis Herring
Walter Brown
Earl Bissex
George Bennett
Secrélary
Erwin W. Froetner
Rivmett Hutte
Liattates
W.T. Jones Jr
Leroy Stanton
Tailmnster
George Scott
David Fanderburk
Joe Moreczy
Vernon Myers
Waldo Dean
Daniley Huckabee
Tenney
Bond Issue Talks Open To Public
A public meeting in Baytown will discuss the forthcoming 2,940,000 capital improvement bond issue set by the City Council for January 27. Mayor Al Clayton notes audience questions will be answered. The plan allocates 2 million for street widening and improvement, 840,000 for a new city hall drainage and park projects, with 100,000 for park development.
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Baytown City
Baytown
al Clayton
Schools Brace for Freeze With Night Shift Checks
Bay town maintenance workers prepared for a predicted freeze by keeping 24 custodians in schools overnight to monitor heating. Supervisor George Scott said crews checked water and gas lines and boiler cables all day. Highlands Junior High and Elementary schools were reported in good shape after last week's boiler issues.
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Bay Town
George Scott
Scott
Highlands
Taentary
Spot
Refinery Facilities Damaged By Freeze
Humble Oil and Refining Co Baytown refinery damage from the freezing weather last week remains unassessed but expected to be considerable. Production continued with many operators and maintenance workers on better shifts. damage is mainly to pipes crossing the refinery area, with no heavy equipment harmed as in Hurricane Carla.
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Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
Humble
Bette
Carla
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London
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A&m Mothers Club
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Harris County Savings and Loan Association
Dorothy Harrison
LUB
Ida Walton
George Gentry
Baytown Art League
Fine Arts Museum of Houston
Plumwood Garden Club
Gerald H. Walker
Chilton
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E.J. Mouton
Plumwood
Georgia
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Emile Martin
Lafayette
Grace Angel Sublett
New York St
Market and
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Jacqueline R. Kilough
E. Hunnicutt
Kilough
Corporation Court
L. F. Manley
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MacKinney Road
Ronald W. Cornelius
Fort Chaffee
Ark
Barbara L. Stewart
Trehalek
Pamela
Baytown Hospital
Atlantic City
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Lillian
NASA Lab
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Thatcher
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College Station
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McKinney
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C. R. Singleton
Roy Hudgins
E. H. Horn
C. L. Fenter
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A. B. Price
C. H. Wheat
M. J. Sawyer
C. W. Terry
O. B. Sherman
L. J.bud
Ane Siu
Marsh
Joe Barsalou
Intersistant General Plants
Ike D. Hall
John Sylvester
Chamber of Commerce
Leon C. Anderson
Anderson's
Gary Bonner Ash
Cook's
Seabrook
Lulu Bailey
Weingarten’s
J. C. Baldwin
Baldwin's Grocery
Burtis A. Brinkley
Brinkley Insurance Agency
Jeannie Mae Byrdwell
McNair
Bart Candler
North Fifth
Geraldine Wood Cleveland
Leggett’s
Cephas DeBose
Harlem Road
Mattie Bell Dosset
Henry J. Doyles
Johnson's Funeral Home
Roy Elms
United Rubber and Chemical Co
Clara B. Harper
O'Brien
Priscilla Harrell
Voygt
Mary Helen James
Holee
James P. Keller
Big Chief
Wooster
Rosalie Rubin
Jay's
Lou Law Ter
Leon W. Nicholas
Shell Oi Co
Belle Nor
Highlands State
Big Chief T
Four Corners
Homer E. Norns
Jasper Norton
L. A. Reaves
Michalsky Grocery
Harry G. Skidmore
Clear Lake Drive-In
Harry Stefani
People’s’ State Bank
Lower Weathers Wy
Gertrude Norris
Okie
Lions Club
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