Citizens Bank Buys Lot for Parking Near Library
The Citizens Bank Group bought a lot directly west of the old city library for 40000 dollars from the Dre. G. A. Lillie estate. The 73 by 100 foot parcel on Texas Avenue will be blacktopped to provide additional customer parking, per Hugh Echols Jr. chairman. Milton McGinty of Kiwanis Division 3 will visit West Baytown Kiwanis next Monday to lead the program. Nearby items note a rummage sale at 3411 Market St. and appointments on the Sam Houston Area Boy Scout Council executive board. Budding events include Humble Pioneer Club games night, Wooster Garden Club meeting, and Robert Hunt Bowman earning a UT master of arts degree.
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Kiwanis
Milton McGinty
Kiwanis International
West Baytown Kiwanis Club
Rebel Inn
Senate Tackles Loan Shark Issue Amid Broad Agenda
In Austin AP dispatch lawmakers meet at 7 pm Friday to hear a Senate committee study on loan shark regulation. The session follows rapid action on equal rights for women and Padre Island seashore park plans, as committee members weigh broader administration proposals and a precautionary civil defense course.
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Pioneer Club
Humble Pioneer Club
Will
Austin
Guv
John Connally
Senate
UCW
United Church Women Board
Mt. Rose Baptist
Oak
House
Texas
Senate Chamber
Dallas
Padre Island National Seashore
Tyro Padre Island Park
Lev
Bruce Reagan
Corpus Christi
Sen
George
Baytown Schools Plan Family Survival Course
Baytown schools will start a concentrated Family Survival course for grades six through 12. John M. Stuart, director of curriculum, said the week will cover instruction during one period daily in all grades, with teachers trained in civil defense education. The program aims to teach students how to protect themselves in disasters such as tornadoes and electrical storms.
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Alvera Griffin
Robert E. Lee
Quite Carvall
Baytown
Ewan Little
San Jai
Parkhouse of
Dallas
Parkhouse
Nurine
Jerry Sad
Ler
Senate
House
Air Mids
Shell House Committee
Wanda Ol'ton
John M. Stuart
Stuart
Bees Quchiee
George Blasin
Texas Education Agency
Isis
Pierre Coerne Estence
East Harris Scout District chair meets John Glenn in Houston
Jim Sherwood, chairman of the East Harris Boy Scout District, talked with Astronaut John Glenn in a Houston garage after attending the Sam Houston Area Council dinner. Glenn was elected to the council executive board. Sherwood is a longtime Scout leader. Nearby, others visited clubs and schools while local residents shared small news items and requests.
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Jim Sherwood
East Harris
John Glenn
Houston
Sam Houston
Shirley Shanks
Rosemary Larsen
Methodist Hospital
Frank Middleton
N. Burnet
Kathy Henderson
Robert E. Lee
Neal Dickens
Retail group names Baytown Chamber officers
Robert G. Feinberg owner of The House of Fashion was reelected chairman of the Baytown Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Committee at a meeting held Wednesday. Other officers named were Beall's manager Bave Kerron and John Wadley advertising director of The Baytown Sun. The committee authorized letters of appreciation to Baytown Chief of Police Rey Montgomery and Justice of the Peace M. M. Brown for their efforts in handling shoplifting and worthless check cases.
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Robert.g
Bob) Feinberg
House of Fashion
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Bave Kerron
Beall's
John Wadley
Baytown Sun
Baytown
Rey Montgomery
Justice of the Peace
M. M
Fats) Brown
Nuclear defense looming in Canada election race
U S critics say Canada may center its general election on nuclear defense as tensions rise over arming. State Department weighs releasing secret 1961 testimony from Cuban invasion inquiry while Britain begins steps to rebuild trade and economy after Common Market worries. A Denver quake, Nixon on Parr, Crosby health, and spaceplane research also appear in this period snapshot.
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U.S
Canada
Canrada
State Department
Britain
Stand ard Of Co New Jersey declares quarterly dividend
The board of directors declared a cash dividend of 65 cents per share on the capital stock payable March 1 to shareholders of record at the close of business February 1, 1963. This compares with 50 cents paid in the first quarter of 1962. Dividend payments for the year totaled $2.50.
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Board of Directors
Standard of Co. of
New Jersey
Precinct 165 Chairman Rose Joins GOP and Resigns
Baytown conservative Democrat E A Woody Rose will become a Republican with hundreds of Harris County Democrats in a March 15 ceremony in Houston's Rice Hotel Grand Ballroom. Sen John Tower will welcome new members at an 8 p m dinner. Rose resigns as Precinct 163 Democratic chairman and Baytown area leader of the Democratic Precinct Organization, planning to endorse Harold Moore for the term. About 700 letters of intent have been signed by conservative Harris County Democrats.
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Baytown
E. A
Woody) Rose
Harris County
John Tower
Texas
Rice Hotel
Houston
Rose
Lamar Kelley
WO. Tidman
Democratic Party
Kelley
Danubiia
Jack Henderson
Oak Shadows
Ken Offerman
Bayshore Drive
Norman Ponder
Inwood
Highlands
Republican
Kennedy proposes voluntary farm controls price support shift
President Kennedy outlines a shift from mandatory to voluntary farm controls for crops including cotton and wheat, with new programs to pay farmers to cut production and reduce surpluses. He warns Congress of broad changes and estimates farm aid costs drop from about 3 billion to roughly 0.3 to 0.5 billion annually, while stressing the need to address cotton pricing disparities for domestic users.
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Washington
Kennedy
JFK
Congress
Saci
Nual Federal
U.S
Marbon Plant Begins Styrene Production at Baytown Facility
Marbon Chemical Co s new Warner division plant in Baytown Texas started production on January 7 with a capacity for creating styrene, part of its 1934 Gary Indiana origin and Borg Warner linkage. The Baytown site reached its first three weeks on stream as it completes commissioning.
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Marbon Chemical Co
New Warner Corp
Baytown
Gary
Ind
Borg the Pliant
sty-Warner
Rene
First Negro Enters Lee College Today
Lee College welcomes its first Black student Alton Vernice Williams Marbon who began classes Thursday afternoon. He says education matters most and would have liked to attend Rice University, planning drafting and architecture studies with a future move to the University of Houston. He attends after work and notes no expected issues at the all white college.
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Blue Beatshard
Sun New
Lee College
Lee Collge
Alton Vernice Williams
Ing
Texas City Company
Williams
Sam
Rice University
Rice
Texas
University of Houston
Texas City
District Optimist Convention Set For Baytown
About 250 Optimists are expected at District 26 meeting Friday and Saturday at the Holiday Inn Baytown club hosts for the first time in eight years. Officials include Teal Bickhos of Texas City district governor and seven lieutenant governors. Activities review, entertainment by Opt-Misses Club, and a Junior Optimist Speech program mark the two day event with leaders from Galveston Houston Humble and Indiana. The new Marhof plant is highlighted in a Friday visit and Saturday sessions conclude with a district catechism and presentations.
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Baytown Optimist Club
Baytown Club
Teal Bickhos
Texas City
Jetor
Bishop
A. Kelly Mixon
Galveston
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Jr. J
Ack) Heffernan
Lester Alford
Baytown
Heffernan
Alford
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Hioiay
Charles Fuller
Kenneth Ford
Fuller
R. C
Dick) Wilson
G. K. Hathaway
Wilson
Hath-aWay
Marhof
Baker Road
President and Chemical Co
Liams
Kistler Recenenhen
Indiana
Wallan
Baytown to host part-time unemployment office at WOW Hall
The Texas Employment Commission rents Woodmen of the World Hall in Baytown for three days a week to handle unemployment claims and job placement. The move follows closures of full-time offices and complaints about two-day access. Local officials question funding responsibilities while Chet Brooks says he spoke with Perry Brown on the matter.
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Raytown Sun
Raytown
Humble Oil and Refining Co
the Sun
Austin
Texas Employment Commission
Woodmen of the World Hal
50Le
Texas
Baytown
Roseland Park Pavilion
Homer Jackson
Houston
Commission
Jackson
Roseland Park
Chet Brooks
Harris County
Perry Brown
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Parents Council
Baytown Opportunity Schoe
Market St
H. H. Meter
Wl 7
Rin Strickler
Sam Houston Area
Boy Scout Council
H. Frank Goss
Marshall Haas
Strickler
National Council
Humble Pioneer
Bayshore Red, Reel and Gun Club
Harold Powers
Wooster Garden Club
M. A. Jones
Robert Hunt Bowman
University of Texas
Utah
Kuching
Oem
Saraten
Brunel
Brunei
Kuala
Solaga
Jasseltors
North - Borneo
Indoresta
Philippines
British North Borneo
Upgsin
Indonesia
Aisa
Malaya
Saarawak
Malaysia Federation
Borneo
Teff
Retail Group
Our World
Singer
Bing Crosby
Denver
Boulder
Richard M. Nixon
Jack Parr
California
Defense Department
Air Force
Bill Hollowell
Grand Saline
Bulletin
GOP
New Marbon
Marbon
Borg
Jim Biacis
Parkersburg
La _eedstock
Ter
Marathon Oil Co
Humble Oi and Refining Co
Humble Docks
A VY. Williams
Ted Bisboe
Selfernan
Kelly Mixon
District 23
Bobby Warford
Tce
District Boys Work
Charles
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