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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 09, 1962

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Thor Missile High Altitude Test Lights Hawaii Sky

A Thor booster carried a megaton-plus nuclear device aloft to about 200 miles over Johnston Island in the Pacific. Officials call the blast a success, saying it could boost U S missile prestige and test effects on magnetosphere and radiation belts. Public observers in Hawaii watched a brilliant, multicolored display as radio and communications briefly failed but were restored.

Honolulu Japanese Overseas Telephone and Telegraph Co Oakland Calif Buenos Aires Task Force Hiroshima U.S Johnston Island Hawaiian Islands Johnston Joint Task Force & Headquarters Pearl Harbor Thor Moscow World Peace Congress Kremlin United States Pacific Ttis Congress Pravda Georgi Zhukov Radio Khrushchev Judith Cook Communist Party

Rainbow Girls Meet at Masonic Hall Change

Rainbow Girls will meet at 8 pm Monday at the Masonic Hall instead of 7 pm due to a 6 pm covered dish supper for members' parents at St Mark's Methodist fellowship hall. Tickets go on sale Monday for Baytown Little Theater's The Clown Who Ran Away, 75 cents, call 5660 or Mrs Stevenson at 5667. Police Wives meet Tuesday at 7 pm with Mrs Cooper 2800 Newcastle. Horace Mann Parents Council meets 7 30 pm Tuesday at Harris County Federal Savings and Loan. Baytown Police Reserves meet 7 30 pm Monday at the Police Administration building. KICT St Agnes Society meets 7 30 am Monday at Knights of Columbus Hall West Main.

Masonic Hall G. Rex Curtin St. Mark's Methodist Fellowship Hall Baytown Little Theater C. H. Stevenson R. W. Cooper Newcastle Parents Council Horace Mann Parents Council Harris County Federal Savings and Loan Association L. I. McCraw Baytown Police Administration Fletcher Hickerson KICT St. Agnes Society Knights of Gyumbus West Main

Moscow denounces and Britain defends high altitude test

Moscow radio declared the U S high altitude nuclear blast over the Pacific a crime while Britain split, with some scientists approving no weather impact. Distant observers in Auckland Fiji Johnston Island and Honolulu reported vivid sky displays and communications blackouts as the test unfolded.

London U.S Pacific Soviet Union Britain Moscow Radio U.S.A World Congress For General Disarmament and Peace Moscow Auckland New Zealand New Honolulu Ue Pacific

Ben Khedda Seeks Peace With Ben Bella Amid Turbulence

In Algiers Premier Youssef Ben Khedda moved to reconcile with Ahmed Ben Bella as Ben Bella’s loyalists hold sway in Oran and western Algeria. Ben Bella, after talks with Egypt’s Nasser in Cairo, heads toward Rabat where envoys await.

Algiers Yousssef Ben Khedda Ahmed Ben Bella Wose Arimy Oran Western Peria Opper Ben Khedda Rabat Baytown Peer Ac Ants Ben Bella

Duplicate Bridge and MechanicsCourse Notes

The Humble Duplicate Bridge Club meets at 7 p.m. in Citizen's National Bank Public Lounge on Monday. LEE COLLEGE offers an auto mechanics course starting Monday in Room 180, main building, covering alternators and AC generators. Registration remains open until class time. A firecracker caused slight roof damage at 1508 N Highth. Weather shows only light clouds and warm through Tuesday. Galveston tides: Tuesday high at 3:00 a.m. and low at 10:15 p.m.

Humble Duplicate Bridge Club Citizen's National Bank LEE College T.m

School Board Finances Dominate Monday Meeting

Finances lead agenda as Supt Gentry cites audit by Phillips Sheffield Luther Hopson and Lewis. Reports on tax collection cafeteria operations and tax sheltered annuities. Purchases include furniture supplies and equipment. Athletic budget lighting and attendance areas reviewed. Lammers and Davis to discuss Lee College projects.

Phillips, Sheffield Luther, Hopson and Lewis Gentry Lubbock Carver School Lowell Lammers Lee College Lounte Lammers James A. Davis Lee iCollege

Baytown Notes Highlight Local Social and Scout News

MARLENE BUTCHER and Kathy Martin host as hobo hostesses. Mr. and Mrs. J. Chamblee host Eddie Wittel of Mountain Home Idaho. W. S. Caver vacationed in Albuquerque New Mexico. Lonnie Sellers family visited Livingston Alabama. Mrs. Bebe Dickens thanked for Saturday Music Festival success. George D. Barnett advances to first class in Boy Scout Troop 68. Marilyn Critzer to serve as an alternate in Bible Reading contest. she placed second in the year 2 contest near Ridgecrest North Carolina. Marilyn and Roger Critzer reside in Jacksonville with their children Roger and Cheryl. Mrs. Carl Wanvick, Baytown known as Nancy Hensler, featured in a Houston area social page about Colt 43s Mayers wives. Nancy met her MLB husband at TCU. they now live in Houston.

Marlene Butcher Kathy Martin J. Chamblee Eddie Wittel Mountain Home Idaho W. S. Caver Albuquerque Lonnie Sellers Connie Milton Livingston Ala Bebe Dickens Shirley Roach Baytown Police Wives George D. Barnett Adams Marilyn Critzer A. R. Padgett Southern Baptist Ridgecrest N.C North Carolina Marilyn Set Roger Critzer Roger Hi Cheryl Jacksonville Carl Wanvick Baytown Nancy Hensler Colt 43S Mayers Houston Nancy TCU Mow

Florida Fabulous Vacation by Baytonians

Chester Rogers recounts a Baytown family trip through Florida and nearby states. The group visits Key West Cape Canaveral St Augustine and Pensacola stopping at Forest Hill New Orleans and Mississippi City. Notable encounters include public health nurse Joan Johnson and judge Bud West.

Chester Rogers Florida Baytown John C Frances Key West Cuba Cape Canaveral Tower of Babel Forest Hill Louisiana Lee Dunn Lee Inter Ban Missouri Pacific Bert Mabel Black Pat Teme Lane Alabama Pensacola Tallahassee Stephen F. Foster St. Augustine America Joan Johnson A. N de Lew

Dog sought after by Brownswood couple for missing pet

Mr and Mrs Ray Rushing of 106 Queens Court Brownswood seek a sable long haired dog after it bit their daughter Jeanie 12 near Cabinexs and Mapleton Streets around 2 30 to 5 00 pm Thursday The dog may need rabies shots if not found Call SRA during the day or SGBs MM after 5 with any information

Ray Rushing Queens Court Brownswood Jeanie Cabinexs Mapleton Streets

Kennedy urges schools to require children exercise

President Kennedy urges all schools to require more child exercise after a report shows one quarter of the nation’s children cannot pass a simple fitness test. Proposals to boost health and foreign aid take center stage as Congress considers measures in Kennedy’s program.

Kennedy Tivo Congress

Deaths Of J R Seydler And Daisy Bell Wilkins

J R Seydler died en route to the Seattle World's Fair after a heart attack in Provo Utah. He was a long time Baytown Refinery employee, retiring with his wife Daisy Bell Wilkins, who died at 58 in Baytown. Funeral rites set for Tuesday at Paul A White Chapel. The obituaries note long Baytown careers and family survivors including eight children and many relatives.

J. R Buddy) Seydler Provo Utah Seattle Friends Baytown Seydler Paul A. Lee ‘Funeral Home Paul A. Lee ‘Funeral Home. Mr. and Mrs. Seydler E. James Shiner Seydier Altaire Columbus Tex Cedar Bayou Humble Buddy Seydler Wilkins Edna Kathryn Laib Denver Colo M. D. Ford Faith Temple C. T. Caruthers Peace Tabernacle W. A. Guidro

Tunnel Closure Decision for Baytown La Porte Tunnel

A Monday decision to close the Baytown La Porte Tunnel from 2 to 1 a m Wednesday for emergency repairs, after earlier plans to keep it open during repairs. The closure ends the tunnel's only Line since its 1953 opening, with access streets widened due to flood damage and hurricane impacts.

Baytown-La Porte Trevidt Teaffre Ronda Travis Moines Teaviewer The Creel

Peace Congress利用形势受美核试激化

Moscow报道指出世界和平大会在克里姆林宫开幕后迅速转向反美宣传。新华社党员路透社和报纸刊载称美国在太平洋核试验成为大会发声焦点,与中国及苏联一致对美国帝国主义进行指控。共産党媒体预测将动员全球舆论支持裁军 与反对核试验。

Hawaii Trip Winner To Be Named Tuesday Draw

Fifty people await the final drawing after five weeks of weekly winners chosen in a Citizens National Bank Baytown Sun and local merchants contest. The top prize is an expense paid Hawaii trip with stopovers in California and the Seattle World's Fair. Entrants clipped coupons and dropped them in boxes at 41 Baytown stores for a chance at the final drawing held at Citizens Bank.

Citizens NationalBank Baytown Sun Citizens Bank Hawaii California Seattle Wash The Sun Baytown George Darsee Alford Hathaway's Foodliner J. L. Clay Avon Hathaway Foodliner W.C. Millican New Jersey Culpepper Furniture W. C. Tidman E. Gulf Holloway Footmarket Adling Englett Thad Felton Ford B. J. Beaty W. Re L. Woods Jr J.C. Penney Co E. A. Hanna Bayshore F. W. Burke Jil E. Pearce DeBruhl Furniture Lala Bailey Alva Lyons Food Service

Chambers County school survey on consolidation offered

Copies of a Chambers County school survey by three University of Houston researchers are available at the office of W C Underwood superintendent Barbers Hill schools for study by patrons. The study recommends consolidating four districts and creating a junior college district. Trustees from the four districts discussed the survey in Anahuac last Thursday with no decisions, planning a September 7 meeting. Copies may be obtained at the offices of Barbers Hill Anahuac East Chambers and Pine Island districts for distribution to patrons and study with neighbors.

Chambers County University of Houston W. C. Underwood Barbers Hill Anahuatl Anahuac Andmont East Chambers Pine Island Common School Marriet Creeting Baytown Mies Creel Jnr Creae Underwood Houten Fueneen H. Foley Swrerel Bn Rae Ar Rannenneela

Former Resident Mil dred Creel Dies in Houston

Mil dred Geraldine Creel a former Bayton resident age 37 died at 130 a.m. Monday in a Houston hospital. Her husband Reverend James L. Creel longtime assistant pastor at Peace Tabernacle now at Mount Houston Church will officiate funeral services to be held Tuesday at Mount Houston Pentecostal Church. Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery in Bowu.

Mount Houston Pentecostal Church Houston V. A. Guidroz The Pentecostal Church of Texas Barial Magnolia Cemetery Bowu

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