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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1962
Page
3
New Concord Ohio residents greet Mercury astronaut John H Glenn Jr with quiet pride. His parents Mr and Mrs John H Glenn Sr maintain composure amid waves of reporters and visitors. Town signs, school officials and local leaders discuss honoring the family while preserving privacy during the orbital flight period.
An international crew finishes a $12 million film about the last days of Sodom and Gomorrah. Titanus produces with Joseph E. Levine distributing in the United States. Robert Aldrich directs with a star cast including Stewart Granger and Anouk Aimee. Filming occurred in Italy and on location in Morocco, where thousands of locals and cavalry were used.
Humble Oil and Refining Co announces John M. Craddock as representative for West Ranch development near Houston. Craddock will coordinate plans with Del E. Wet Corporation to develop 15,000 acres into a balanced community and light industry as part of the 30,000 acre project near Galveston Bay.
Arlington, Va AP Mrs John H Glenn Jr has had three more television sets brought into her house so all three networks can be watched the day her husband Marine Lt Col John H Glenn Jr is scheduled to be shot into space as Americas first man in orbit The Glenn home now has four sets and the family plans to watch it all on TV with their two children and Mrs Glenns parents nearby neighbor describes the Glenns as very nice people The couple met as children in New Concord Ohio and attended Muskingum College She plays an electric organ and their son John David 16 is keen to follow in his fathers footsteps while daughter Carolyn 14 prefers letting the men do it.
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