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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1960
Page
6
A noisy OCR list shows ticker mentions across Merrill Lynch and others including Ford GM Kodak Dow Chemical Gulf Oil Texaco Unlisted names and prices. It reads like a stock board snapshot with several company fragments and percent cues rather than coherent trades.
Lodges of the Independent Order of Addfellows hold a joint officer installation at 8 pm at the OOF Lodge Hall in Jacinta City. Jacinta City’s Wade Davidson and Ben Lensing of Bigtown will be installed as noble grams, and Earl Williamer of Baytown as vice noble gram, with installing officers led by WP. Smith and district deputies. Jacinto City Lodge No. 151 and La Porte Lodge No. 109 are noted.
Washington reports a bill favored by oil and gas interests to curb helium waste and create 32 government built plants to extract helium from natural gas before delivery. The House passed it, the Senate Interior Committee approved an amendment, and it awaits full Senate action.
The Mexican Nuclear Energy Commission reports the largest uranium ore deposit found in Mexico, located in Durango, estimated to contain at least 150,000 tons. The discovery signals a major potential supply for the country.
Port of Houston customs collections for Mint month total 29160.44, toppling prior marks while beating 25171.04 for a comparable period. In July three people died in a Harris County traffic crash near Baytown, two in a car wreck. The Harris County School Board spent just over half of its tax receipts. no request was made for a one cent per hundred valuation tax, though the sinking fund remains intact.
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Joe Tyllick of Channelview at the North Houston Pat H Foley Chapel. Tyllick died Sunday in a Houston hospital. Survivors include four sisters and two brothers, all in Texas, with burial at Rosewood Memorial Park.
Multiple funeral notices report deaths in Baytown and surrounding areas. Frank Luthringer of Denby Street and Asa Luthringer of Cedar Bayou are named, with mourning relatives including wives, children, and siblings. Services are set at Cedarcrest Cemetery and local Methodist churches under Earthman, Paul A. Lee, and Grace Methodist arrangements. Graveside rites conducted by Goose Creek Lodge AF and AM accompany the ceremonies.
The Soviet Union begins demobilizing its first army units under plans to cut 1,200,000 men. Soldiers are sent to construction sites factories and state and collective farms, signaling a shift to bolster the economy and reduce military strength.
In Aumthampton district court Joseph Podolski faced a traffic violation. An attorney reported Podolski was upstairs serving on a superior court jury. A bailiff escorted him down and he paid a fine for speeding before returning to jury duty.
A small box of Texan soil from the 1958 Nautilus North Pole voyage is back in Texas. The soil was mailed by the Nautilus crew to Clemente Ortega, Yeoman second class, who left it aboard when transferred. Ortega says he was training with the Nautilus crew in Hawaii in 1958 and his father sent the soil from San Antonio.
Washington AP report notes Congress rests a month after adjournment for presidential nominating conventions. Senate leader Lyndon B. Johnson framed a charge that the Democratic National Convention was rigged. Congress quit after a nine hour push to pass a sugar bill. Senate back August 8, House August 15. Major economics and foreign aid bills linger, sugar quota issues renew.
At Stanford Stadium, U S track and field stars converge for the Olympic trials with coach Larry Snyder predicting the deepest and strongest competition yet. About 5 000 spectators are expected Friday and Saturday as contenders vie for spots on the U S team amid a busy weekend of events and debates on federal aid and housing bills in Beaufort and national politics.
The giant clams of the East Indies weigh about 500 pounds each and contain roughly 20 portions of edible flesh. This curious fact highlights the immense size and reef habitat of Tridacna species and their traditional culinary value.
Charles Cantrell 67 was found shot on a Weatherford area farm two miles west. The weapon lay in a bathroom as two notes were found, handwriting disputed by his brothers. State police review and a pending verdict delay press findings.
Conan Doyle readers challenge a mistaken Holmes residence number. The correct Baker Street address remains 221B rather than the misprinted 3915 in some references, with fans noting the error was unintended.
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