Johnson Launches Bid for Democratic Presidential Nod
Washington AP Lyndon B Johnson of Texas declared his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination at a news conference in the Senate Office Building. The move comes six days before the Los Angeles convention, aimed at reversing John F Kennedy’s momentum with a pro Johnson crowd cheering his formal entry.
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Los Angeles
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SUN Spots Club Meeting and Activities Highlight
HORTICULTURE CLUB will meet at 9 30 a m Wednesday in the home of Mrs Velma Tharp 130 North Pruett A program on Lighting to Produce Flowers in the Garden will be presented by Mrs FE O Jones BAND DIRECTORS Fred Parker Horace Mann Douglas Wallace Cedar Bayou Ramon Harbin Highlands Charles Forque Robert E Lee will attend the 13th annual marching band clinic Thursday and Friday at the University of Oklahoma Little Roy s ROY MONTGOMERY Jr son of Police Chief and Mrs Roy Montgomery underwent surgery at San Jacinto Memorial Hospital Tuesday Holy Name Society OFficers of the Holy Name Society of St Joseph s Parish will meet at 7 20 p m Wednesday at the home of Ted L Kloesel Safety Classes SENIOR CLASSES in Red Cross saving and water safety sponsored by the Pilot Club will begin July 13 Aug 11 with Mrs T F Stephens as instructor Classes will be held in the Elmer Gray swimming pool 604 West Jack Mrs Hal Nix is in Charge of reservations Junior classes are set Aug 1-24 Scout Trip EAST HARRIS District Explorer Scouts and their guests will take a trip on the boat Sam Houston down the Houston Ship Channel on Aug 3 R C Dick Halter announced The boat will leave Wharf No 8 at the Port of Houston at 10 a m Each member of the Explorers may bring a guest VEW Sets Meeting VETERANS OF Foreign Wars Post No 912 will meet at 8 p m Tuesday Commander James French said A business session will be conducted.
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Velma Tharp
Y North Pruett
FE. O. Jones
Fred Parker
Horace Mann
Douglas Wallace
Cedar Bayou
Ramon Harbin
Highlands
Charles Forque
Robert E. Lee
University of Oklahoma
Red Crossic Saving
Pilot Club
T. F. Stephens
Elmer Gray
West Jack
Hal Nix
East Harris
Sam Houston
Houston Ship Channel
R. C
Dick) Halter
Port of
Houston
Heart Attack Fatal To Jim Massey Aged 54
Jim Massey aged 54 died from a heart attack. The death notice is reported with brief details and mentions no further relatives or funeral arrangements.
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Jim Massey
Chambers Residents Seek Baytown Annexation Plans
A Chambers County resident committee seeks Baytown’s plans for the West Chambers land annexed on first reading. The seven member panel led by Marshall Haas met June 27 to discuss legal options and will present questions at the Baytown City Council meeting on July 14.
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Chambers County
Trinity River
Baytown
Marshall Haas
Sevenman
Joel Jee Cune
Luther Mackrell
J. M. Duras
C. W. Plato
Rita Whitt Iedge
Bill Whittredar
2Nd Baytown
Jetty Council
Toll on highways tops four hundred during holiday period
The Associated Press reports nationwide highway deaths reached 432 through a long weekend, with totals across 50 states showing clusters in Ohio California and Hawaii. The National Safety Council urged urgent action to curb holiday traffic slaughter and urged officials to boost highway safety efforts beyond the holiday period.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Alaska
Delaware
New Hampshire
Hawaii
Ohio
California
Early Morning Tasks and Local Health Notes
Stella Herring begins gardening before breakfast. Tom Crawford shows improvement after a hospital stay. Captain Jack Jacobs arrives early to work before business hours. Frank Hruby visits Houston hospital for a checkup. Mary Griffin worries about a long distance call. Maggie Smith seeks Leta the Chihuahua’s return. Maggie, just released from hospital, uses a wheelchair at home. Mrs. Lmise Ciruti recovers from leg surgery at Lillie-Duke Hospital. Tommy Martin recalls losing a shoe after Torn Canteen night. son of Clyde and Mrs. Martin. Odene Cnders volunteers for the Business and Professional Women’s Club.
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Tom Crawford
Jack Jacobs
Frank
Speedy) Hruby
Houston
Mary Griffin
Maggie
Smith
West Sterling
Leta
Lmise Ciruti
Lillie- Duke Hospital
Tommy Martin
Torn
Tommy
Clyde Martin
South Circle
Odene Cnders
Business
Professional Women's Club
Rainstorms sweep Texas area with deadly blast in El Paso
Thunderstorms drenched portions of Texas overnight with six inches of rain near Latchbock and heavy totals at Colorado City Farmers Branch and Farmersville. An El Paso gas and diesel storage building exploded during the storm killing two workers, with Border Patrol noting a gas storage strike nearby.
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Én Dichtning
el Paso
Latchbock
Colorado City
Farmers Branch
Dallas
Mutskirte
Farmersville
Dating
FE Paso
Derrice
Mamet Chavez
Paya Gomez
Fl Pass
Raina Fe
Fixas Areca
Big Spring
Khrushchev escalates West Germany pressure and Anschluss fears
Khrushchev renews attacks on West Germany warning of a new Anschluss that could restore Austrian dominance. Britain demands Fidel Castro regime reopen Shell refinery in Cuba under operator. A spaceflight dog Daring makes fifth orbital test and returns safely. Construction begins on a new imperial palace area residence for Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako amid Tokyo business district. Oklahoma parties select nominees for Congress and state offices in primaries. An El Paso explosion at a chemical supply plant kills two and destroys the building. A so called 0.8 reconnaissance bomber matched to xeomehers proves to be wooden. Afternoon update notes a state education board seeks guidance on funding and a required election before school district reorganizations.
Cabinet Long Session Seethes Over Cuba Seizures
AP dispatch reports Fidel Castro regime presses to seize U S sugar properties and oil refineries in Cuba. cabinet ministers met at Havana palace to discuss suspending sugar quotas and mobilizing workers for wage cuts. Eight tankers with Soviet crude oil head to Cuba. Peking oil ship collides off Tunisia. Britain protests Shell assets seizure. U S readies protest over Texaco Esso refineries. Entitled to oil for sugar barter with USSR. Cuban airline to operate only for cash refueling.
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Moscow Radio
Tunisia
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Lloyd’s Register of Ships
Bizerte
Alfonso Gutierrez
Petroleum Institute
London
Stanley Fordham
Shell
U.S
Texaco
Esso
Venezuela
Cubana
City Traffic Record Is Unmarred By Holiday
A Texas holiday traffic review shows 432 national crash deaths during the Fourth of July week, with Texas totaling 24 traffic fatalities. In Harris County two more deaths raised its toll to three, including John Allen Hall of Rushmon who was struck on Almeda. Beaumont area crash killed Jasper Turner and two Beaumont teens. Baytown and Crosby saw no local traffic fatalities as patrols and road checks aimed to curb speed-related crashes.
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Rushmon
Houston
Almeda
Jasper Turner
Anihuae
Beaumont
Texas
Naton
United States
National Safety Council
Baytown
Neal D
Crosby
Charlie Kovalcik
Mott
Wallisville Road
Crosby Cod
Bayou Road
Pa Yaleik
Shirley
Acclout
Dent
Gulf Coast
Hos
Kennedy Defies Call to Drop Out for 1960 Bid
Senator Kennedy, 43, said he will not withdraw his candidacy for the 1960 presidential race despite Truman’s suggestion that he step aside. He argued he is best situated to lead in all primaries and rejected claims of a rigged convention. Kennedy cited his wartime service and his work with youth groups as part of his readiness.
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Rainbow Girls
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Molay Four-Square Club
Mother Ad- Ment
Views
Truman
Los Angeles
Kennery
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William Prosoture
Wisconsin
Independence
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Tacqueline
Washington Jefferson
Pitt
Napoleon
Kennedy Rule Out From Race Echoes in 20th Century Debate
A fragmented report discusses John F Kennedy not withdrawing from politics, with references to past presidents and a debate on who among Democrats could lead. The piece mentions Truman, Wilson, Franklin D Roosevelt, and Woods as examples of presidents considered for leadership, amid speculation on Kennedy’s future role.
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Woodlaw
Wilson
Franklin Roosevelt
Tarry Truman
Tooking
Asa Luthringer Dies At Age 78
Asa Luthringer, 78, died Monday at his Cedar Bayou home on Highway 149. Funeral at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Cedar Bayou Methodist Church, with Rev. Byron Lovelady officiating. Survived by widow Izette Luthringer of Baytown, son L. S. Luthringer of Baytown, two sisters Mattie Lathringerpo of Victoria and Mrs Albert Adams of Miles City Mont, four brothers Ernest Frank Lathringer of Ber- ville Gus Lathringer of Mathis Phillip Lathringer of Victoria, and three grandchildren. He was a retired rice farmer who had lived in Baytown two years.
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Asa Luthringer
Highway 149
iZettie Luthringer
Baytown
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Mattie Lathring
Epo
Victoria
Albert Adams
Miles City
Mont
Ernest
Frank Lathringer
Berville
Gus Lathringer
Mathis
Phillip Lathringer
Byron Lovelady
Suital
Cedarcrest
Funeral Rites Held For Two Wreck Victims
Funeral services were held for Neil Delmont Burnside of Baytown and Charlie Kovalcik of Crosby who died in a highway crash at Wallisville Road and Crosby Cedar Bayou. Burnside, a WWII veteran and longtime farmer, left a wife, two sons, a sister, and parents. Kovaleik, a five year Crosby resident and carpent er at Brown and Root, survived by his wife and daughter. services were at Shiloh Baptist Church. Interments followed in Memory Gardens of Baytown.
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Aw Peres
Harris County
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den Harris
First Presbyterian Church
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Betty Su
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Waller
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Houston
Bayton
Farnek
Shiloh Baptist Church
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Baytown Cemetery
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East Gate
Brown and Root Construction Co
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Steve Kovalcik
Sean Movalcik
August Kovalcik
Hoy
Paul Kovalcik
Torristas
Wille Florus
Kenneth Henley
Crosby and Fee
Annie Smikas
Lawrence Gregory
Saytown
Bil Duplantis Ey
Avie Arthur Morgan 33 Dies in Baytown Hospital
Avie Arthur Morgan a 33 year old resident of 208 West Hrnnt Cut in Baytown died Sunday morning in a Baytown hospital. He was a World War veteran and lived in Baytown for years. Funeral services will be held 9:30 am Wednesday with Chester Stevie officiating. Burial will be at White Cemetery. He is survived by his widow Minnie Pearl Morgan of Baytown a brother Jack Morgan of Houston four sisters Mrs Gerthale Dismuke of Liberty Mrs Bunter Jackson of Orange Mrs Lalla Johnson of Harwood and other relatives.
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Te Missari Pacific Railroad
Baytown
Chester Stevie
White Cemetery
Ors
Minnie Pearl Morgan
Jack Morgen
Howston
Gerthale Dismuke
Liberty
Bunter Jackson
Orange, Mire
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Harwood
Kam
Cile Morgan
Bayel
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