Towns Around Towns and Morning Visitors at The Sun
A string of small notes from The Sun office includes Rev Paul Opry shek and Blair Mann among morning visitors. various locals call in items, readers send letters, and family updates mix with brief personal tidbits from Baytown and St Louis to New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl. Opryshek
Paul Stephens
Blair Mann
Sun
W. B. McGregor
Jim Shepard
Ida Miller
Juanita Lewis
Bob Feinberg
Abe Rosenzweig
Jimmy Clark
Don Padgett
Ercelle Chandler
Raufus Honeycutt
Bill
Fren Gidley
Jerry Strickler
President
Municipal Opera
St. Louis
Glenn Lowry
Beverly
Colin
New York City
Glenn
E. A. Lowry
Baytown
Mona Lincecum
Sheri
Eleanor Breeland
Josephine Buford
Baytown Hospital
Paul Anderson
Deborah
Trey Clanton
James Clanton
South
Viet Nam
A. Ry
Liles
Pal
Mike Pool
Scranton Forces Face Setbacks in Romney Civil Rights Stance
In San FranciscoAP reports Romney has not lined up on a civil rights plank for the GOP platform. Michigan Governor George Romney faces internal setback as the convention committee advances a stop-Galdivater platform. Pennsylvania Governor William W. should appear Wednesday to address the platform declaration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry Goldwater
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
San Francisco
Romney
San” Francisco
Michigan
George Romney
Willam W
Marks
Seranion
Galdivater
King Rites To Be Held Wednesday
Funeral services for Thomas Sylvester King 15 will be held at 40 a.m. Wednesday at Paul U Lee Funeral Home with Rev. Dowler and Rev. McPhail officiating. King, a Baytown resident since 1920, died Sunday night in a Baytown hospital. He worked at Humble Oil Baytown Refinery until 1954 and was a World War II veteran, survived by his widow Jana and a daughter, plus two sisters and two grandsons. Burial at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery Houston. Pallbearers named. He belonged to First Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul U_ Lee
Thomas Sylvester
Tommie) King
Baytown
Burnette W. Dowler
First
Presbyterian Church
M. E. McPhail
St. John’s Presbyterian Church
Houston
Forest Park Lawndale
King
Humble Oil and Refining Co
First Presbyterian Church
Jana King
Gaushter
Mirs
A. D. Farvisl
Corpus Christi
Fred _Evertson
Mes
Edmund Furley Sr
Kerrville
Verne A. Scott
John Fenton
HH. B. Snider
Melvin Berry
J. B. Holloway
Albert Fanestiel
Cartoonist to Speak to Rotary Club in Baytown
Veteran cartoonist Sidney Van Ulm will address Baytown Rotary Club at the regular luncheon in the Tower. His roster of friends includes Tris Speaker Ty Cobb Honus Wagner and Babe Ruth among others. The event prompts emotional anticipation as supporters and critics expect a spirited gallery atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney van Uim
Baytown Rotarians
Tris
Ty Cobb
Honus Wagner
Christy Matheivson
Babe’ Ruth
Scranton and
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
van. Ulm
Jack Dempsey
John L. Sullivan
Pennsylvania
William
Craig Truax
Scranton Arckinley
Goldwaters
Kent Courtney
New Orfee
Berry II Contempt Cited in Pasadena Inquiry
Former Pasadena official Berry II was cited for contempt and jailed for refusing to testify in Pasadena fiscal affairs inquiry. He previously said a $6,900 check from attorney Carrigan covered private investigative work. Former Mayor Sam Hoover testified on ordinance questions and noted expense payments were common knowledge in Pasadena. The court recessed to July 21 at 10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Varreece
Berry
George Larkin
Carrigan
Sam Hoover
Hoover
Baytown population to hit 175000 in 30 years says planner
Jay Ash director of planning for Bernard Johnson Engineers told Baytown's City Council and planning commission Monday that the area bounded by Cedar Bayou Houston Ship Channel San Jacinto River and Wallisville Road now at 50700 would rise to 115000 by 1980 and to 175000 in 30 years. A preliminary survey of a new subdivision ordinance was also reviewed ahead of the July 23 regular council meeting. The council will hear Ernest Brown of Moroney Beissner and Co. discuss a future bond issue and the city’s fiscal status at an eight thirty p m Holiday Inn session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Jay Ash
Bernard Johnson
Tors Ash
Baytoun
Cedar Bayou
Houston Ship Channel
San Jacinto River
Wallisville Road
Moroney, Beissner and Co
Houston
juHy
Breton
Racial Violence Feared In British Crown Colony
Racial clashes escalate in British Guiana after a river launch bomb killed at least 10 laborers and left 23 injured. East Indian residents were evacuated as police seized arms and Governor Luyt declares emergency powers amid escalating tensions between East Indian and Negro communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
APJ
Guiana
Miami
Demerara River
South’ America
Wismiar
Mackenzie
Richard Luyt
Heddi Jaegan
Clark Gable and the early film era portraits
A caricatured jug eared young actor named Clark Gable earned warm praise from struggling youths and shared spaghetti dinners at his apartment. Van Uims sketched iconic figures like Theda Bara and Eddie Cantor, tracing a career from the Boston Record in 1914 to the Houston Press forty years later, ending with the paper's closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hts
Clark Gable
van Uim
Theda Bara
Eddie Cantor
Sarah Bernhardt
Alf Jolson
Eva Tanguay
Wil Rogers
Boston Record
Houston Press
Rites Set for Baytown Resident Mrs Littlefield 87
Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie Littlefield 87 of 409 Neal Baytown are at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Central Baptist Church with burial at Cedar Crest Cemetery. She died Monday night at home after residing in Baytown since 1929. Survivors include son B C Littlefield and daughter Bernice Gibbons of Baytown, eight grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Rev E R Burns will officiate with Cedar Bayou Baptist pastor Will Ward assisting. Paul A Lee Funeral Home directed arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cartie Littlefield
Neal
Central. Baptist Church
Cedar, Crest Cemetery
Baytown
Littlefield
Lavaca County
Central Baptists Church
B.C Tite Welield Sroowner
Littleid GY
Bernice Gibbons
Nix
E. R. Burns
Cedar Bayout
Political figures push civil rights stance in GOP platform
Reported lobbying by George Meany and AFL-CIO head to strengthen civil rights enforcement and repudiate rightward views of Barry Goldwater. Maxwell Taylor arrives in Washington with security concerns as Goldwater’s delegate momentum grows. Scranton and Rockefeller also feature amid a mix of campaign notes and election context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Meany
Apt-Cio
Barry Goldwater
Powers Held Without Bond In Mossler Murder Case
Houston AP Melvin JLane Powers 27 charged with first degree murder in the stabbing death of Miami and Houston financier Jacques Mossler 68 remained in jail after a habeas corpus hearing. Judge Sam W. Davis denied bond and ordered confinement pending extradition from Florida. Mossler's adopted children testified before a Harris County grand jury as authorities suggested a Houston Miami conspiracy may explain the killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Melvin Jlane Powers
J A Houston
Miami
Powers
Jacques Mossler
Sam W. Davis
Florida
Mossler
Harris County
Roy Lee Jones
Front
Davis
Messler
Wis
Frank ‘Brisene
Candace Messler
Bowers’ J
William’ FL Walsh
Walsh
Sheriff's Office
Grand Jury
Edward Glenn Mossler
Daniel Glenn Mossler
Martha Glenn
Brs
Mowers
Integration Tests Step Up as Civil Rights Actions Grow
In Alabama a nationwide Civil Rights Act test unfolds with King directing SCLC staff to Tuscaloosa and Selma. Abernathy calls for nonviolence at a Selma meeting while leaders map Summer plans amid peaceful demonstrations tests. Across states, Negroes face arrests, integration spreads to several cities, and authorities brace for orderly action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Alabama
Martin Luther King Jr
Birmingham
Tuscaloosa
Selma
Ala
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
King
Bill
Congress of Racial Equality
King’s
Ralph Abernathy
SCLC
Jim Clark
Clarence Allgood
Allgood
Fort Smith
Ark
Charleston
Greenville
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Memphis
Memphis, Tenn.; Ocala, Plant, City, and Dunnerton, Fla
Meridian
Miss
Ocala
Hopewell
Jackson
Atlanta
Brunswick
First In A Serial Soviet Life Shows Mixed Progress
Preston Grover reports from Moscow on life in the USSR, noting better living standards in some areas but ongoing shortages and social tensions. The piece highlights shifts among youth, gender norms, college life, divorce trends, and consumer scarcities, with references to prices and state controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Grover
Associated Press
Moscow
U.S.S.R
Two New City Patrolmen Start Duties
Billy Rolan Welch and Charles Schlever join the BON Police Department after passing civil service exams. Welch, 29, a Huntsville native with prior Baytown and Houston police experience, will move to Baytown with his wife Charlotte. Schlever, 21, from Aitkin Minnesota, is expected to join around July 15 after completing training and is a 1960 national marksman champion who will relocate to Baytown with his wife Rosa Marie.
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Jai Vreanties
Bon
Billy Rolan Welch
Fayle
Charles Sehlever
Aitkin, Gay
Ville
Tex
Hunts Lmah
Houston
Uta
Baytown
Teers Ecs
iRichands
Henderson
Georgia Naational Guard
Atlanta
AU Ha
Armanny Co
University of Hiuspion
Chlever
Rosa Marcie
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Charles Mitchell
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la Porte
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Chandler's Rodeo Arena
John Martin and
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Police Administration
Galveston
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GOP
Garier Tures
Sally Rankine
Goltwater
Iste
Scranton
Lomimpe
Ing
Melvin "Renaird
Senate
Washington
Goldwater
Denison Kitchell
Laird
Rotary Club
Berry II
Maxwell Taylor
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Taylor
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Fien
Gove Wit Tinta
U.S
Maxwell 2
Aylor
Gow
Winter Light
Gres
Maurine Neuberger
D.-Ore
Richard Neuberger
Whe Angrry
Linston
Philp Salomon
Charles Wal 38
Corsienna
Denison Rhitchey
de Willian
Arixonna
Mi Associaed Press
Goldwiter
Gove Scranton
Phiynetea
Winnis
Suige
Irwin Shapiro
Winston Moseley
Moseley
Joh F. Kroneidy
Capita
New York
Allstar
Solasoii
Pan American Union i
ST. Louis, Mo
Ussr
United States
Jeter Imm
Moscow University
America
Khrushchev
Amerithe
Ucsnir
Lear
Citizens National
BANK
Vhone
County Junior College
Athens
iWelch
Galena Park
Refractory Construction Inc
Tulsa
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