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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1961
Page
1
Barbaloo Road dumping ground will close Wednesday and a new landfill site on Cedar Bayou Road, at the former brick yard, will open. Public Works Director C. Thant said the sign on the old gate directs motorists to the new location.
Low cloudiness persists with slightly warmer temperatures through Wednesday in Galveston. Forecast times note tides and high readings, with multiple lunar and solar cues.
In Rockport over the weekend science teacher Wilkins from Baytown Junior High set a fishing line to study tides. A duck bit the bait and became hooked, then Wilkins brought the trapped bird back to show his students.
The 1951 Mothers March kicks off tonight with a 6 p.m. door to door campaign. Co chairs Mrs Bynum Sooy and Mrs P Blumberg urge Baytonians to leave porch lights on while volunteers collect funds at Citizens National Bank in Baytown and similar events run in La Porte Channelview Highlands McNair and Ana tine. Police will guard routes and official collectors display badges and numbered containers. Teens Against Patio earns praise for teen volunteers led by Charles Dippel and Francis Sweeney with support from the Baytown Chamber of Commerce KWBA General Telephone Co Gene's Hi Fi Humble Baytown Refinery and the Lions Club.
Rear Adm. Allen E. Smith Jr reported from the captive liner Santa Maria that talks with Portuguese rebel Henrique Galvao on releasing passengers were generally positive. Smith, Caribbean commander, left Recife at dawn aboard the destroyer Gearing to meet about 35 miles offshore as Galvao awaited Brazil's inauguration and offer of safe haven.
Cape Canaveral reports a 83-foot Redstone rocket carries a chimpanzee passenger designated No. 6 into space, aiming for Atlantic splashdown 420 miles downrange. The capsule overshot target by 130 miles. recovery forces sweep the area as observers note capsule separation and ascent in a test for a future manned mission.
Washington AP report notes House Speaker Rayburn faces a tense vote on enlarging the Rules Committee to 10 Democrats and 5 Republicans. The plan, opposed by Rules Chairman Howard Smith, hinges on last minute maneuvers, possible absenteeism, and potential compromise efforts amid a 6-6 deadlock pattern.
J W DePoister 54 of Baytown died Tuesday in a Baytown hospital. Funeral services set for 3 p m Wednesday at Earthmin Chapel with Rev Grady Allison officiating. Burial in San Jacinto Memorial Park Cemetery. Survived by widow Eline DePoisier daughter Nancy Delish father Walter C DePoister all of Baytown. He was a bolermaker at Humble Oil Baytown Refinery long resident of the area.
In Baytown light turnout marked the morning as about 620 of 1,300 ballots in 15 boxes were cast by noon while nearby precincts in La Porte Highlands McNair Lakewood Wooster and Crosby showed similar light voting. Ballots up to noon and bond election details plus candidates for council and mayor were discussed amid references to poll tax rules and the stadium financing plan.
Dr Sherman S Shaffer longtime Humble Baytown Refinery chemist and public relations head retires after 38 years with Humble Oil and Refining Co He held leadership roles in technical education committees and American Chemical Society panels Born August 12 1901 in California Missouri he earned degrees from Cornell College and UC Berkeley.
AUSTIN AP The legislature began hearings on redistricting as a third major step this session. The House Revenue and Taxation Committee opened work Monday while the Senate considers mill- billion-dollar spending for 1902-1963 and a transportation bill. Senator Adrian Keven introduced a bill on residential districts, with Rep Charles Hughes of Sherman among supporters.
An eight-year-old white boy joins his brother at integrated McDonogh No 19 in New Orleans, extending a tenweek-old segregation boycott. Reports note the broader regional tensions and a quiet weekend weather shift as a cold wave lifts across the state. President Kennedy schedules a Wednesday news conference for 2 pm CST.
President Kennedy orders Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson to return to Washington for consultations on all aspects of Soviet American relations. Thompson is due to arrive by February 8 for first-hand observations and reports on the Soviet scene for the White House and State Department.
Har County Commissioners Court approved the 1961 budget totaling 528.14 for the Justice of the Peace Walter Queen and Constable Anderson’s office after trimming salary and car allowance requests. Anderson received a 27 dollar monthly raise and various officers saw adjusted compensation while several clerical raises were scaled back.
A Bay city contingent led by Major lo L Boteler and including Lt. George Chandler and Suert ieee Giebbene toured Fort Riley. The group toured facilities and viewed a military aircraft display before returning to Bay n Thursday.
Weeklong wave of burglaries hits Home Lieber Co in Texas with two break ins in three days. Cash and merchandise stolen include around 28 dollars in losses and a window entry noted at the front of the building. No injuries reported.
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