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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1969
Page
6
Charles Jelly of Edison Courts Baytown, born 1885 in Konstanz Germany, details a life of world travel, wartime detention, and culinary fame. He earned an MSc and teaching certificate in Texas, cooked for diplomats, studies languages, and paints while recalling Iceland voyages and global recipes.
Lufkin Texas will gain 94 new apartment units via a 1,024,200 mortgage from New York Life Insurance Co. under a 1 billion urban investment pledge. Construction aims for completion by end of 1963 with 47 one-story duplex buildings offering 16 one-bedroom, 40 two-bedroom, 34 three-bedroom, and 4 four-bedroom units.
R B Wilson Jr of Buda named field inspector for District 9 of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association succeeding A B Strickland retired. District covers Burnet Williamson Blanco Travis Caldwell Hays Bastrop Fayette and Lee counties.
Don P. Dixon of Baytown, a Texas A M graduate and engineer, built a custom air conditioner for Volkswagens and formed DPD Manufacturing Co in San Antonio. The company now accounts for about 20 percent of VW specific ACs worldwide and topped over 1 million dollars in sales last year with plans to expand, pursue VW of America distribution, and double staff to around 40 in 1969. Dixon, his wife Janette, and their son David are part of a growing automotive HVAC enterprise aiming to be the VW air conditioner king.
A London AP report surveys bierkellers flourishing in Britain. Heavy steins, Tyrolean music, and 30 cent entries draw crowds on weekends while pints cost up to 78 cents, prompting lively singing and table dancing. Arabs and Australians also frequent these kellers, with locals noting a vacation mood. Sculptor Ralph J. Mencori is noted for memorial medals.
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