Youthful Baytown JA firms prep wheel check fair
DARE Junior Achievement Company in Baytown led by D C Murray R L Patton Clarence Schima A R Stark J H Harding and R L Thompson of Esso Research and Engineering Baytown division prepared for the Houston Junior Achievement Trade Fair Feb 4 6 They sponsor with Humble Oil Du Pont United Carbon 100 wheel check sets have been made and 2400 JA participants and 500 advisers will help set up at Northline Shopping City Mall The program gives high school students practical pre business experience by forming companies and electing boards of directors
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D. C. Murray
R. L. Patton
Clarence Schima
A. R
von) ‘Stark
J. H. Harding
R. L .Thompson
Esso Research and Engineering Co
Baytown
Houston
Dare Junior Achievement Company
Er&e
Baytown Area
Humble Oil and Refining Co
du Pont
United Carbon
Dare Company
Northline
Jas
Bay
Town
the Space Center
NASA
Gaiéna Park
Pasadena
Junior Achievement
Crip Benefit Ball Tickets Still Available
The annual Crip benefit ball co sponsored by the Baytown Elks Lodge and the Knights of Columbus at 2600 W Main features dancing to Al Marks Orchestra. Tickets available from Elks and Knights members at the door, with weather forecast for Baytown turning clear and cold this weekend.
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Baytown
Baytown Police Chief's Family Highlights Weekend Trip
Baytown police set Ed Yardy recovers at home from mumps after three weeks of illness. Police Chief Blair Mann and wife visit Austin to see son Kirk at the University of Texas and daughter Mrs. John Langston. Local notes mention neighbors and events including hair fixes and upcoming shoots.
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Baytown
Ed Yardy
Blair Mann
Austin
Kirk
University of Texas
John Langston
Jerry Forderhase
Sherry Wade
Janie Gray
Tom Stone
Mary
Beth “McElroy
Pasadena
Lillie Burroughs
Jack Maxwell
Sam Brown
Parker
Jenny Rutherford
Ann Wallace
Morrell Street Dips To Be Studied By City Council
The council will study engineering reports and cost estimates to remove dips on Morrell Street. City Manager Fritz Lanham noted the street could become a major thoroughfare with dips fixed, reallocating part of a 159000 street budget. Lighting standards on Spur 201 were also discussed amid a power company and highway department disagreement over break away poles.
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City Council
Mectting
Morrell Street
Fritz Lanham
Pat Ball
Lanham
Morrell
Park Ave
Hng
Clem Massey
Spur 201
Houston Lighting and Power Co
Texas Highway Department
Highway Department
World News In Brief From South Vietnam To Chicago
Communist ground fire rocks down in South Vietnam with one pilot missing as helicopters and an observation plane are hit. In Saigon war games near the American plants blast suspected Viet Cong sites to clear the way for the exercise. Maoists in Sinkiang vow to seize local government. Saudi Arabia accuses Egypt of random bombing killing four and wounding three. Looters roam Chicago as police leave canceled and roads thaw after record snowfall.
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South Vietnam
Saigon
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
United States
Baytown Jaycees to honor two for service
Nominations close February 11 for Baytown Jaycees Outstanding Young Man and Distinguished Senior Citizen of the year. A committee canvassing groups seeks candidates aged 21 to 35 and those over 35 who have contributed to the community. Banquet set for March 3 at the Tower with awards from the Chamber of Commerce and Jaycee Board.
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Baytown Jaycees
Ben Haddox
A _Jaycee
Dave Bloom
Eme
Bloom
Jaycee
Jaycees
P.O. Box &1
Baytown
Baytown Parks Chief Maps Growth Plan for City Parks
Norman Foote told Baytown Chamber members that selling the need for city parks is the toughest task. He outlined ongoing park development, Civic Center construction on Market Street, and a May or June completion for the center and city hall. A new parks and recreation leadership setup would unify management with a parks director and a recreation superintendent overseeing the Civic Center and programs. The plan anticipates social events, music, dances, arts, a teen section, and a snack bar, amid Baytown’s 30 acres of developed park land including 20 acres at Roseland Park.
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Bobby Sutphin
Norman Foote
Baytown
Foote
Baytown Civic Center
Martet Street
Civic Center
Parks Board
Roseland Park
Quebedeaux Honoree At Dinner Here
Dr. Walter A. Quebedeaux county pollution control director will be honored at a Baytown air and water dinner at 7:30 p.m. February 25 at the Tower. Invitations have been accepted by County Judge Bill Elliott Houston Councilman Johnny Goyer and State Rep Rex Braun. Tickets are 3 dollars and available from E V Muller or Dean King.
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Walter A. Quebedeaux
Air and Water Conservation Board of
Baytown
Quebedeaux
Citizens’ Board
E. V
Gene} Muller
Anti - Pollution Board
Bill Elliott
Houston
Johnny Goyer
Rex’ Braun
Muller
Quebedeaoux
Bob Eckhardt
Dr. Quebedeaux
Louie Welch
Harris County
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Pasadena
Lakewood Village
Dean King
Bayway Drive
Three NASA astronauts die in Cape Kennedy fire
Grissom Edward White and Roger Chaffee perished in a space capsule blaze during a training exercise at Cape Kennedy. Investigators probed the cause as NASA convened a board of inquiry headed by Dr. Floyd Thompson. The Apollo program faced a sobering setback as engineers sought a safe path to the moon landing.
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Space Program
Edward B. White
Virgil 1 Grissom
Roger B. Chaffee
Wels
Phe Tris
Padiat Cape
Kennedy
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Samuel “Phillips
USS
Floyd Thompson
NASA
Langley Research Center
Pad 34
Virgil Grissom
Edward H. White I
Grissom
Whit
Jin
Pace
White
U.S
Chaffee
Ride
City council votes to remove Spur 201 sign in Baytown
The city council unanimously approved removing a brick and lattice sign on Spur 201 that advertised Baytown as a city. The sign, erected in former mayor Al Clayton's era, has been damaged by cars and is now in disrepair. council members discussed replacement with a new sign. Mayor Seaborn Cravey was absent. Councilman Andy Braswell urged a new sign be erected.
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Baytown
al ‘Clayton
Velma Ansley
Roy Hughes
Pat Ball
Seaborn Cravey
Andy Braswell
U S Base In Mekong Delta Cut Off By Water
AP dispatch from Dong Tam South Vietnam reports the U S Army base camp near My Tho in the Mekong Delta. Bridges and roads are damaged hindering supply. soldiers of the 9th Infantry Division erect a sandbag fortress on a newly dredged site as plans for delta operations unfold.
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U.S
Mekong Delta
George McArthur
Dong Tam
South Vietnam
U.S. Army
My Tho
Mekong
9Th Infantry Division
Colga H. Kauffman
Jefferson City
Ft Rikey
Kan
9Th Division
Delta
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Galveston
Citizens ' Nationaliae Meomeer F.d.1.g
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Jim Cacley
Lions Club
Burnette Dowler
Baytown Opportunity School
Hazel Echols
Ron
Haddon
Apollo
Gris
Mercury
Gemini
Tswillker
Participanie Hits
Peking Radio
Mao Tse-tung
Sinkiang Province
Lin Shao-chi
Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Aycees
FORD
Thad Felton
Ance
Houde
Frits Lankam
Mowest
Endre
Sarai
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