31 Jan 1962
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1962
Page
1
Twenty Baytown teachers and students traveled to Dallas for a four day Texas Educators Association meet. Revival services are held nightly at Peace Tabernacle with Evangelists Rev and Mrs Jerry Ward of Beaumont.
President Kennedy sent a tough new farm program to Congress offering farmers a choice between tighter production controls or reduced price supports and subsidies. The plan aims to boost net farm income, curb surplus, and reserve rights to sell off large grain stocks while introducing quotas for dairymen and linking acreage allocations to marketing orders. The package marks the sternest agricultural policy since federal controls began.
Crosby resident Mrs Cecile Dunn and Houston’s Allen Stark promote a Buck Turner Chevrolet Co sale with proceeds to the American Red Cross and Salvation Army for Hurricane Carla victims. Sue Sellers notes Carla Hurri cane book copies for Baytown and Brownwood stories, priced at 1 dollar with all funds to relief.
National Engineer's Week February 38 24 will focus attention on the engineering profession and its broad contributions to America's strength. Baytown TSPE leaders plan a coordinated program with speakers for civic groups. Dr. E R Hermann of Humble Oil will discuss Nuclear Warfare and Survival.
Former Baytown mayor R H Red Pruett cites ill health and will not run. At a Harris County meeting, John Ray Harrison filed for Place 11, while W J Philpot announced candidacy though unsure which seat. Harrison, a Pasadena PD liaison, would push compulsory attendance to age 17 to curb dropout woes and counter automation driven unemployment.
Baytown residents face a midnight Wednesday deadline to pay poll taxes as receipts lag and weather dampens sales. County officials report 129,890 paid so far, with deputies collecting in the field and the main office staying open until midnight. The list of deputy locations includes Baytown area merchants and stores in Highlands, Crosby, and La Porte.
Grover says the measure enjoys support from Sen. Robert W. Baker and the Martin County delegation. He claims the bill imposes a tax restriction that harms county homeowners and accuses Baker of not doing all he can. Teeter suggests adjournment approaches.
At the Inter-American foreign ministers conference in Punta del Este Uruguay the OAS adopted a final report calling for the expulsion of Fidel Castro and Cuba from the organization though a two thirds vote fell short as Brazil Argentina Chile Mexico Bolivia and Ecuador abstained The US had urged immediate expulsion but the bloc groups urged waiting for treaty changes Cuba remained absent from the plenary session.
The annual Mothers March in Baytown will be held from pm to 7 p.m. Thursday. Residents are urged to turn on porch lights, tie up dogs, and place donation envelopes in homes for researchers. Volunteers will collect funds for arthritis birth defects polio and vaccine research.
Sterling Municipal Library in Baytown grapples with shelving excess as 318 500 dollars worth of books pile up in temporary quarters at Whiting and Pearce streets. Director Hank Blasick and aide Sally Evans manage cataloging and storage while awaiting the permanent library's completion.
A surge of grass fires threatens several homes in the Baytown area with main damage avoided after quick action. Five Houston roofers stopped a fire spreading at Lakewood Drive 305 Lakewood Drive home. Baytown Fire Department logged six to nine calls in three days. Chief Art Lintelman urged caution around vacant lots and burning grass in dry weather. A Wooster department said five calls Monday and Tuesday. Last week near Mont Belvieu 2000 acres burned but no structures damaged. five houses were threatened and controlled by crews from Mont Belvieu and Baytown.
Gander basketball players reported theft after a game at Freeport on Tuesday night. Coach Jay Bollinger said the Baytown Brazosport gate area was left unlocked in the second half, with money missing ranging from 30 cents to a few dollars. Branosport High School principal Kenneth Wiensed confirmed the incident and noted investigators would review security footage.
A Washington commission urges big funding for outdoor recreation, while U S Soviet tensions ease slightly. Reports on Franco De Gaulle Algerian ceasefire eyed. Angola moves toward independence. U N calls for end to low mood in Angola. In Vietnam protests rise over a Marxist Leninist party, and two Wallendas die in a circus fall. Marshal Formby urges Texas focus on tourism and roads as unemployment dips to 0.8 percent. Connally runs for governor saying Thamel won’t seek a fourth term.
Baytown police investigate strychnine poisoned dogs in Morrell Park as Ex-Oilers chief Melvin Berry retires from Humble Baytown Refinery after 42 years of service. Berry, longtime Humble Club member and Oilers supporter, recalls shaping players and guiding games, while his Baytown home endured hurricane damage.
Lawmakers moved a package including education and DA salary raises as the Senate and House held a stalled appropriations bill. A conference panel pressed to finish a loan shark bill before the special session ends, with talks on interest limits and a compromise pace.
Washington AP reports two new regular Army divisions will form sooner than expected. The 1st Armored Division will be activated at Fort Hood Texas and the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division, originally planned for March, will be formed at Fort Campbell Kentucky.
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