Burnet Drive repairs set at 44000 cost in 1963 plan
Burnet Drive improvement work is estimated to cost more than 44000 as part of the 1963 street program. City Manager Fritz Lanham outlines that base material will be supplied but concrete paving on both sides won’t be replaced. Total program cost estimated at 144579 with funds from capital improvements and street maintenance transfers. Bids for Phase III expected July 20 with council review July 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bee Landrum
Burnet Drive
Fritz Lanham
Lanham
Raymond Donnelly
Gentry Drive
Claude W. Smith
Baytown
Robert Barnes
Decker Drive
Baker Road
Clem Massey
Decker
State Highway Department
J. C. Huron
Seaborn Cravey
WP. Smith
Bayfour
Burnet
Bayshore Wagon Wheel Club Hosts and Other Local Events
MIR and Mrs Herman Bush host Bayshore Wagon Wheel Square Dance Club at Knights of Pythias Hall on Alexander Drive Saturday evening with Red Porter of Longhorn Club Pasadena as master of ceremonies. Highlands Mission Baptist Church to show a film on the Holy Land at 7 20 p m, narrated by Dr D M Jackson of Jackson College Jacksonville, who will preach at the 11 am service Sunday. Police report shoplifting by Israel Earl Tolmes 18 at Henke and Pilot store. detailed thefts include a wristwatch and stainless steel case from J D Morton Garage and 45 dollars stolen from Mrs Charles Barton. Sugar poured into gasoline tanks at Holiday Inn parking lot reported by Mrs Laura Deerrie and Joe Speck. Weather clear to partly cloudy through Saturday. Galveston tides listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagon Wheel Club
MIR
Herman Bush
Baysnore
Wagon Wheel Square
Knights of Pythias Hall
Alexander Drive
Red Porter
Longhorn Club
Pasadena
Highlands Mission Baptist
The
Holy Land
D. M. Jackson
Jackson College
Jacksonville
Holiday Inn
Laura Deerrie
Joe Speck
Around cerna Town News Breeze
MRS BERTHA Kirkpatrick sails this week on the Naum berg to Rotterdam Holland. She travels via Rotterdam Frankfurt Mainz to Zurich to visit relatives. Vier son and daughter in law Mr aml Mrs Jesse B Kirkpatrick and son Charles accompanied her to the ship at Freeport. She will return about Sephi. Fannie Cooper reports Explorer Poste 14 has started emergency service training for disaster relief. This Scout unit is sponsored by the Baytown Police Department. Elsie Moore of La Porte enjoys her vacation. Barry Smith earns a promotion at a Houston public relations firm. City Manager Fritz Lanham and family have returned from vacation and are back at city hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Kirkpatrick
Rotterdam
Holland
Frankfurt
Mainz
Zurich
Switzerland
Vier
Aml
Jesse B. Kirkpatrick
Charles
Freeport
Fannie Cooper
Baytown
Elsie Moore
la Porte
Barry Smith
Houston
Fritz Lanham
City Hall
City Council Deplores Dumping On Private Property
The council urged action to stop unsightly dumping on private property on Elcker Drive. Council members cited egg shells, lettuce, coffee grounds, beer containers, and burning debris. City Manager Lanham said police were alerted weeks ago and a motion to file charges was discussed but not voted on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donnelly
Seaborn Cravey
Fritz Lanham
Robert Barnes
Lanham
Barnes
Carpenters Strike In Houston Remains At Standstill
Negotiations between Houston carpenters unions and two contractor groups stalled after a four hour federal mediation session yielded no progress. No face to face talks since the strike began at midnight June 30. Union seeks wage scale increases over three years. contractors offer 43 cents. Work continues on some projects under retroactive letters, though Span-Glass Inc at Sterline High School site halted by pickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenters’ Unions
Houston
James C. Hubbard
Carpenters
Fred Lucas
Carpenters District Council For
Houston& Vicinity
Associated General Contractors
Contractors Employers Association of Texas Ex
Nen Associations of Contractors
Mio
Span - Glass, Inc
New Sterline High School
Bastown
California Finance Boss Surrenders After Coastwide Bank Robbery Spree
Ex-cons Wilbur Grey and Carl Bowles surrendered near Tonopah Nevada ending a three day crime spree that included bank robbery and the slaying of a sheriff. They released Mrs Marie Champion and her 19 month old daughter before surrendering to Nevada police and federal agents.
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California Finance
Tonopah
Nev
Oregon
California
Nevada
Excouniels
Wilbur Mari Greg
Brutoa
Cletes Bowles
Amarillo
Tex
Marie Champion
Champion
Haile Charmpion
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Grey
Bowles
Sacramento
Calif
U.S
Marks
Coaldale Tunition
Benton
Nevada Highway Patrol
Mrs. Champion
Howard Hoffman
Sill Rick
Benton Station
Stark cites regent vote to curb petitions in Lee College split
A. R. Stark, former Beytown Schools board president, urged voters be allowed to name a board of regents for Lee College if separation from the public school system is approved. He argued petitioners should withdraw and questioned anonymity. The piece notes prior clashes and police actions in Bogalusa as tensions linger over school and college district separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.re (von) Stark
Board of Tristees
Beytown Schools
Lee College
Stark
Board of Regents
Bogatusa
APJ
Bogalusa
Thomas D. Burbank
Starke
Altonza Crowe Jr
Pearl River
New Or Oleans
Henry Austin
Milton Johnson
City School Joint Elections Study Under Way
A city council committee met to study the possibility of joint city and school district elections with a recommendation potentially delayed. City officials and Donnelly noted obstacles, agreed more information is needed, and planned to invite a county official overseeing voting machines and judges to a follow up meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Donnelly
Donnelly
Edna Oliver
George
Chandler
Karl
Houston
Qoryshek
Fiterney Brags
Jone Shane
Donnel
Critical Need In Oak Addition Cited
Baytown Human Relations Council recommends adding police by Oak Addition to improve law enforcement. Rev Charles H Teyki reported at Thursday council, noting rowdy and dangerous evening behavior and understaffing delays in response. Council discusses budget and extra patrols as solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Oak
Human Relations Council
Charles H. Teyki
Teyki
Police Department
Oak Addition
Teykl
Robert Barnes
Rev. Teykl
Barnes
Thomas H. Boyder
Woodrow W. Lewis
Gak Addition
Bay town council approves auto safety programs
The Baytown City Council approved two voluntary traffic safety initiatives sponsored by the Citizens Traffic Council. The first, Operation Clear View, will mail letters to residents flagging violations at intersections. The second creates a traffic committee to issue caution letters to auto owners. Details on signatories and preferred letters remain undecided.
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Baytown
Citizens Traffic, Council
Citizens’ Group
Robert G. Feinberg
Citizens* Traffic Council
Feinberg
Roy
Citizens
Citizens “Traffic Council
Groun
Central
Texas Avenue
Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Committee
City Planning Commission
Council
Washington hostages captured after police operation
Fragmentary report describes a hostage incident at a Louisiana parish with police involvement and a claim that Washington figures discussed wartime optimism. Names and details are unclear due to OCR damage.
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Ossi ‘Parish
Louisiana
Notable fitness leader dies after heart attack
Early April recognition by President Johnson lists Joe Barnanowskii of Mi shawaka Indiana among 32 top fitness leaders. The obituary notes his death at home from a heart attack and places the event in a national context of athletic achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Barnanowskii
Mishawaka
Ind
Johnson
Sunday Fish Fry At Brunson Park Promises Prizes
Community event at Brunson Park features boat rides by Baytown Emergency Corps around Cedar Bayou front area. Fish fry begins noon Sunday with ticket drawing offering a $500 top prize. Donations support prizes including a foot surf rod from Tiplin’s Hardware. Volunteers welcomed to assist at the fry area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunson Park
Fish Fry
Baytown
Fist Wooster Emergency Corps
Brunson Parl
Cedar
Cedar Bayou
Carisley
Tiplin’s
Channelgie Fish Fry
Grover
Edge
V. V
Elcome
Egge
A. Cree
Clifford “Anderson
Doramy
Morrison
iGaidowski
R. cL. Henderson’ Co
Autopsy Planned in Baytown Pharmacist Death
Linus Terrell Baker 38 was found dead at his Baytown home with Harris County medical examiners conducting an autopsy. Baker, a pharmacist formerly with Lloyds and then a Pasadena employer, was last seen Wednesday morning by landlord Delmar Powers. The time of death was estimated after 5 15 p.m. Wednesday. Baker’s body was sent to the Harris County morgue. funeral arrangements will be announced by Osborn Funeral Home in Shreveport Louisiana. He had no local family, apart from his mother sister and brother in Dixie Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris County
Linus Terrell Baker
Paul A. Lee
Osborn Funeral Home
Shreveport
Baker
Baytown
Dixie
Ife
E. R. Hardy
Sgt
Waray
Meg
Seabrook
Harns “County
Hardy
Oscar Ingram
Ingram
Johnny Heiner
Lloyd's Pharmacy
Pasadena
Uncle Jake Jacob Services Set Saturday
Funeral services for Alfred Uncle Jake Jacob 91 of 2 Cedar Bayou Road will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Paul A Lee Funeral Home with Reverend Jenkins Woods officiating. He died Thursday morning in a local hospital. Born May 3 1974 in New Iberia La he moved to Baytown in 1925. Survived by a son A Ly Jacob of Baytown five grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Burial will be in Hill of Rest Cemetery.
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Alfred
Jake
Jacob
Cedar Bayou Road
Paul A. Lee
Jenkins Woods
New Iberia
Baytown
Ly Jacob
DJ Jacob
Monahen
Vernon’ Jacob
Bill Jennische
James Lankford
Lionel Jacob
Bay
Hill of Rest
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Holy Land Film
Richardson
Holiday i Inn
Martine
J. D. Morton
N. Main
Charles Barton
Harold Lane
Goose Creek Country Club
A. W. Hens Cey
Fiona
Galveston
Iun
Unit
Israel Earl Tolmes
Henke
Richard Bigears
Holmes
Alvin Sotleau
Justice of the Peace N. M. Brown
Cerna
Estes
RERE
Baytown United Fund
John Coates
Hamble of and Refining Co
Regent Vote
Peoples State Bank
National Bank
F.d.1.c
Citizens of
Sea Council
Washinton
Jonas
Viet Nam
Washington
Utica
Joe Tonahitl
Jasper
Jack Ruby
Kennedy
Baytonian
Harris County Federal SaVings and Toan Assa
Jake Jacob
Citizens ‘of ‘Texas ‘Savings
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