State Board to end safe driving plan August 1
The State Board of Insurance announced it would discontinue the safe driving insurance plan after August 1. Chairman Ned Price spoke at a noon news conference following a lengthy hearing where the board discussed lowering auto insurance rates or altering the premium penalty system for traffic violators or accident-involved drivers. Price said the board must find other ways to provide lower rates for drivers with fewer or no accidents.
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Austin
State Board of Insurance
Ned Price
Price
Teen Canteen Dance Plans In Baytown Area
The Knights of Columbus Council 2788 San Jacinto hosts a teen dance with Joe Sealigel and his orchestra. Also notes on a parade of local events, final exams, and community notices across Baytown including fire crews, military reassignments, and civic club updates.
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Teen Canteen
SAN Jacinto Council
Horace Mann
Knights of Columbus
Hall
Joe Sealigel
Oran Battle Dashes Algeria's Independence Fest
A violent gun battle in Oran erupts during Algeria's first independence holiday. More than 100 dead and wounded in the first hour, with casualties including Moslems and Europeans. Violence continues as authorities brace for a power struggle between Ben Khedda and Ben Bella amid exiled nationalist troops advancing from Tunisia and Morocco.
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Algiers
Oran
Algeria
Youssef Ben Khedda
Ben Khedda
Wilaya No. 3
Ahmed Ben Bella
Tunisia
Morocco
Ben Bella
FBI Probes Texas Rice Allotments
The Agriculture Department and FBI are investigating alleged sales of rice planting allotments in several Texas counties. Two department office managers, David C. Stephens and T C Thornhill, were suspended after new audits and records checks. An officer in Matagorda County died, prompting further inquiries and possible bribery schemes.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
FBI
Texas
Billie Sol Estes
Agericulture Department
Estes
Pecos
Tex
Carl E. Lively
Matagorda
David C. Stephens
Bravoria County
T C. Thornhill
Waller County
Department
Lively
Stephens
Traffic Charges Filed Here During June Total 524
Baytown Police Department in Corporation Court filed 637 cases in June, including 524 traffic charges and 67 public drunkenness cases. Traffic specifics include 143 speeding, 121 invalid license, 54 red light, 46 stop sign, 26 excessive noise, 79 improper turns, 16 negligent collision, and 13 expired license. Revenue totaled 35,120 for parking violations and 1,015 for other traffic penalties.
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Baytown Police Department
Corporation Court
Barney L. Ward
Ada
Traffic Toll Tops One Day July Fourth Mark
A July Fourth travel period saw a high toll on roads and waterways with multiple incidents recorded. Police and emergency crews responded to weather related hazards including boating and drowning in several counties.
Brazil Faces Political Crisis Drives Broad Strikes
In Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro a political crisis grips Brazil as Prime Minister Aura de Moura Andrade resigns after 36 hours, amid clashes between Labor and conservative forces over Goulart's government. Army units and police stand alert while lawmakers seek a new cabinet and potential October elections.
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Brazil
Senate
Goulart
Tancredo
Neves
Aura de Moura Andrade
Rio de Janeiro
Nomi
Anee
Francis
Tahawnaehye
Pene Uewar Para
Andrade
Joao Goulart
Labor Party
Social Democratic Party
Congress
Flor
Chamber of Deputies
World News Capsule Mixed Health and Politics
London hospital says Dr Robert Soblen age 62 is in satisfactory condition after a comfortable night. U S offers aid to ease Dominican Republic sugar legislation discontent. Rex Bell, silent film cowboy star and Nevada lieutenant governor, dies at 68 in Las Vegas. United States to try third time at underground nuclear test. Moramagoa Harbor strike called off after four days. Viet Nam recalls Ambassador Ky Quang Hun from Laos amid diplomatic strain. Stock market steady with energy and mining leading. trading slow in afternoon. Israel says Jordanian forces fired from Jerusalem positions killing two soldiers and wounding three civilians.
Fishing Contest Draws 2,500 Boats in Trinity Bay
Rampaging bull red fish roam Trinity Bay changing standings in the seventh annual Bayshore Reef and Gun Club two in one contest. About 2,500 boats searched the bay for award fish as W. Gilbert and family led senior red fish entries. junior leaders included George Leaving and Butch Gilbert in close pursuit. Several anglers reported big catches in red fish, speckled trout, croaker, and other categories with prizes pending and tickets required for entry.
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Trinity Bay
Bayshore Red. Reef and Gun Club
Co. W
Bozo
Ross Hargins
W. Woorall
Morris
Stella Quinn
C. F. Gallaway
Frank Kelso
A. W. Welch
Kelso
S. E. Broussard
L. C. Sandidge
T. A. Sandidge
Charles Clark
Ricky Cisec
Kenneth Vrana
Blair Graham
Jimmy Daniel
Vicky Prinze
Churchill Develops Pulse Irregularity During Recovery
LONDON AP A medical bulletin reported Sir Winston Churchill, 91, has developed an irregular pulse while recuperating from a broken left femur suffered in a Monte Carlo fall. The bulletin said he is comfortable and had a good night after being flown back to London for surgery to pin the fracture last week.
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London
Winston Churchill
Winston
Monte Carlo
Togeties
Quiet Fourth of July Observed in Baytown
Baytown celebrated a quiet Fourth with police reporting several fireworks complaints. A Roman candle caused a roof fire at 3111 Richart Drive but firefighters contained it with no major damage. Most businesses closed for the holiday while hundreds attended area picnics and swimming events and officials watched the Houston parade turnout.
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R. H
Bo) Turner
Dub) Ward
Tom
Lane
Baytown
Freeman to seek recovery of government cotton losses
Washington AP Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman told Senate investigators he will restore government losses from challenged cotton deals blamed on the Eisenhower administration. A June 29 comptroller general report said brokers for CCC in 1959 and 1960 sold $400 million of government cotton to themselves at prices up to $20 a bale below market. The practice stopped in April 1961. Freeman testified amid Billie Sol Estes hearings that protests by aide Horace Godfrey were ignored while he acted to recoup the losses for the government.
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Washington
Orville Freeman
Senate
Brobhers
Eisenhower
Comptroller General
Commodity Credit Corp
CCC
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Billie Sol Estes
Freeman
Horace Godfrey
Ezra Tait Benson
Grover Edge Hurt In Fall At Trinity Bay
Grover K Edge president of the Bayshore Rod Ree and Gur Club was injured about 9 am Wednesday when he slipped and fell in his fishing boat at Five Mile Pass in Trinity Bay. He was admitted to Bay town Hospital for a fractured rib and punctured left lung. Chester Rogers, in the boat, said Edge slipped and struck a protruding corner while trying to keep a companion fisherman's line from entangling the motor.
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Grover ‘K. Edge
Bayshore Rod, Ree] and Gur Club
Five Mile Pass
Trinity Bay
Baytown Hospital
Chester Rogers
Edge
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