Baytown Public Works urges early garbage out for July 4
Baytown residents with Wednesday pickup are asked to place garbage out early Wednesday morning to aid early collection crews during the July 4 holiday. Brown & Root will surface Rosewood Street from Memorial Drive to Felton, blocking sections during work.
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Topping
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Memorial
Lindenwood
Defee
Commercce
Whiting
Commerce
Weather And Tides For Galveston Through Wednesday
Weather forecast shows warm and partly cloudy conditions with isolated showers through Wednesday. Galveston tides list high tides at 7 0 and 3 50 p.m. with low tides at 12 53 p.m. and 11 33 p.m.
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Galveston
Local Happenings Around Town and Nearby Notes
Mrs J R Martin reports a thunderstorm Friday morning startled a small brown chihuahua in their patio. Contact Mrs Martin at 5824719. Mr and Mrs Frank Edar return from Dime Box Texas after attending the wedding of Emil Banek. Margaret Bains a Baytown teacher studies biology at Howard Payne College Brownwood and met Baytown residents summer. Glenda Yandell Thomas and Pete Kelley, REL students, plan missionary work on an Arizona Indian reservation. they have a newborn eight pound boy. Cecil Sulphim Sul’s former SMU coach Rusty Russell now at Payne. Maggie visited with husband Louis and daughter Catal. Sharon Mitchell joined Maggie to see friends at the camps. Bill Broyles arrives home from New York.
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Montana
Martin
Frank Edar
Dime Box
Tex
Emil Banek
Margaret Bains
la Porte
Baytown
Howard Payne College
Brownwood
Glenda Yandell Thomas
Pete Kelley
Glenda
Arizona
Pete
Howard Payne
University of Houston
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Maggie
Cecil Sulphim Sul
Fonner Smu
Rusty Russell
Louis
Catal
Sharon Mitchell
Bill Broyles
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Baytown Prepares to Celebrate Fourth With Closures
Baytown observes Fourth of July with most firms closed at 10 a.m. Exceptions include emergency and essential services. Banks post offices and downtown businesses shut while several residents travel to Houston for a parade honoring NASA astronauts and personnel. Mayor Pro Tem Ward will represent the city on the reviewing stand as the parade begins.
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Baytown
Huber Corp
Porcemen
Houston
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Gulf Coast Cattlemen Report Severe Mosquito Fire Loss
Texas and Louisiana cattlemen along the Gulf coast reported cattle losses today from mosquitoes, totaling millions of dollars. The feature event was described as the heaviest ever to strike the area. An appeal was made to Washington for emergency aid to combat the pest.
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Texas
Louisiana
Gulf Coast
Washington
Railroad board chief denies oil probe dirt claims
Dallas reporter quotes RR Commission chair Murray denying rumors of bias and a private investigator digging dirt on him and others. He says he cooperated with a directional drilling probe, denies bribes or preferential treatment, and cites a May 16 polygraph as proof of truth.
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Weg Panes
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Department of Princ Gofal Ae Aine
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Houston Post
Dallas Times Herald
Austin
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Inmate Orville Hodge Helps Menard Diploma Class
Former Illinois auditor Orville Hodge, now an inmate, congratulates the prison class at Menard State Penitentiary as they receive high school diplomas. Warden Ross Randolph notes Hodge aided teaching a heavy equipment course while serving a sentence for looting over $1 million.
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Orville Hodge
Illinois
Menard State Penitentiary
Chester
Ross Randolph
Hodge
City County Fire Pact Questioned in Texas
The proposed Baytown Harris County fire fighting agreement faces legal challenge. County Attorney Resweber warns constitutional prohibitions may bar the arrangement allowing Baytown firemen to operate outside their jurisdiction, while Chandler says parts may be disputeable and will need review.
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Harris County
Baytown
Ite Department
V. V. Ram
Joe Resweber
Ae Chandler
Oyre Cuiteneanat
Chandler
Ramsey
Chambers County
Sports Club Sponsoring Fishing Contest Off To Big Start
The Bayshore Rod Reef and Gun Club sponsors the seventh annual two in one fishing contest as the event kicks off with many anglers submitting catches. Johnny Williams leads the senior division with an eight pound 15 half ounce red fish, while Roy Chavers tops the speckled trout at six pounds 13 and a quarter ounces. Various anglers vie for top spots across croakers, sand trout, gafftop catfish, and junior divisions as weigh-in closes at Plato's Corner Grocery.
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Chester Rogers
Bayshore Rod, Reef and Gun Club
Johnny Williams
J. A. Anderson
Victor Waddell
Roy Chavers
Chavers
O. M
Butch) Moody
Moody
A. J. Crawley
Plato's Corner
Jim G. Callam
C. H. Williams
Nadine McKinney
Ervine Prinzer
David Vrana
W. L. Shepard
T. A. Sandidge
L C. Sandidge
Russell Colburn
Jimmy Daniels
Secon Place
Vicky Prinzel
UN- Jesa
Tindel
Jerry Wooster
Rick Cisco
Ami
Charles Fotkree
Ates
Bonnwe
Tim Forers
Policemen Seek 5 Dollar Month Pay Raise Via Election
Baytown police officers petition for a special election on a 5 per month across the board pay raise. Sgt. Charles W. Cowan says about 600 signatures collected on five petitions with a goal beyond the required 1,200 to trigger a council vote. Current scale tops at 60 dollars monthly after six months with longevity boosts and promotions the only path to higher pay. City clerk will verify signatures, then council has 30 to 60 days to call an election if the petitions stand.
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Charles W. Cowan
Baytown
Rainfall in June exceeds average in Baytown
Baytown recorded five inches of rainfall in June, the second month above average, with 7.79 inches below normal on a longer trend. The June total peaked in a single hour from 6 to 7 pm, as officials weighed a pay hike proposal for police and fire department members amid ongoing civil service talks.
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Perunes
Civil Service
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Micyor
Claston
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Medic Strike Hits Saskatchewan Provinces Doctors Walk Out
Saskatchewan faces a doctor strike over a new compulsory medical care plan as a three day holiday ends. Officials note many clinics closed for Dominion Day, leaving 70 doctors in the province uncertain about available services. Hospitals report limited emergency coverage by volunteer doctors at 34 hospitals, with numbers fading from 240 to fewer as Monday night approached.
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Sask
Saskatchewan
North America
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132 Year Old French Rule Put To End
ALGIERS AP French President Charles de Gaulle proclaimed Algeria independent after years of French rule. Guerrilla factions threaten upheaval as Ben Bella loyalists push to shape a new government with Tunisian exile leaders arriving to stabilize the situation. Mutinous forces mass near Algiers amid celebrations by Moslems for independence.
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Youssef Ben -Khedda
de Gaulle
France
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French Republic
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Abderrahmane Fares
Ben Khedda
Tunis
Provisional Executive
Ben Bella
Si Mokhtar
Imaslem
Firm Eight Years Old- Chemical Plant Putting Crosby On Map
Crosby Texas firm Spence and Green Co led by engineer Spence built lab and pilot plant in Crosby from 1954, developing the Horizontal Film Fractionation process to extract tall oil by products. After early funding troubles, O-T interest in 1958 boosted growth. plant in Valdosta Ga will process 3,000 pounds per hour and license the technology broadly.
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Spence
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Armour’s By
Houston
Ventive
Anderson-Clay- Andy Spence
Tex
Green Spence
Ives Right Cross
Cactus Chemical Co
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Wate
Valdosta
Usi Jae Thie Neneace
O-1
Spence and Green Co
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Horatio Alger
Acu
Charles Green
Annan
Camped Soviet spy Soblen unable to travel soon
Dr Robert Soblen protests ill health delaying trip to United States for at least two or three days. U S transport assets move Marines from Thailand to land and sea units in the Pacific. Barry Goldwater’s boycott of All Republican conference sparks GOP governors’ rift. National Guard reorganization debated at Hershey conference. Byrd urges large federal deficit and tax cut discussions with Senate Finance Committee. Last, convicts leave Western State Penitentiary amid protests and nervous breakdowns.
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Robert Soblen
United States
Prenes
U. S
Thailand
Pacific
U. 8
Washington
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Byrd
Senate Finance Committee
Sen
John
U.S
Williams
Chamber
Senate
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