Denver Jet Crashes at Stapleton Field Injures Passengers
AP bulletin reports a United Air Lines DC8 carrying 130 passengers crashed while landing at Stapleton Field near noon. Flames engulfed the airliner with no immediate casualty figures. A Philadelphia flight origin. Police radio noted many injured, ambulances and vehicles dispatched. a temporary morgue was to be set up at Smiley Junior High School.
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Denver
United Air Lines
Stapleton Field
Philadelphia
Smiley Junior High School
Baytown 4H Tour Of Humble Baytown Refinery
4H Club plans a Baytown Refinery tour for members parents and friends departing Community House at 9 a.m. Tuesday. The air conditioned bus will cover the Humble Oil and Refining Co. facility for about two hours. Auxiliary meeting at 7 30 p.m. July 12 in Baytown Community House features a guest speaker. Adventurers Club meets at 7 30 p.m. Tuesday at the Chamber of Commerce for a Delta Air Lines program and begins a language lesson series for tourists. Public may attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Humble Oil and Refining Co
United States Coast Guard
Travel Club
Adventurers Club
Lie
County Officials Approve High School Carver Additions
County officials gave go ahead for six additional classrooms at Carver High and Travis Elementary as the district moves to complete architectural plans. Lammers outlined two four classroom units east of the existing south block, with brick or tile interiors, individual heating, and shared facilities including toilets and a teachers’ washroom. Aerial and floor plan drawings were shown at the board meeting as bidding preparation begins.
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Lowell Lammers
Lammers
Carver
Travis
Carver High
Carver Bie
Mentary
Carver School
Imumatary Sahanl Sfter
Seiu Ay UR
Berr Uwe Oty
Supt Gentry predicts hike in school budget
Supt George Gentry outlined the 1961-62 school budget needs at a Monday board meeting forecasting a five percent overall increase to 5,133,773 for the district and 834,638 for Lee College amid rising property valuations under the revaluation program. He noted tax rate adjustments may occur if valuations rise or fall from projections, with a combined rate of 1.44 per 100 assessed value.
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Dereis
George H. Gentry
Gentry
Lee College
Burnet
Cedar
Galveston
Tion
Baytown
Cisco Boy Remains in Eastland Jail in Fatal Stabbing
In Eastland Nathan Curry, 15, remained jailed on accusations of fatally stabbing a neighboring church woman. The case centers on the alleged murder at the church area, with authorities continuing the investigation and awaiting formal charges.
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Cisco Boy
Eastland
Nathan Curry
Nelson Resigns From School Board As Family Moves
Edward M. Nelson Jr. resigns from the Baytown School District Board after just over two years of a three-year term. He is moving with his family from 181 Bayshore Drive in Brownwood to Metairie, Louisiana to be closer to his work with J. Ray McDermott and Co. He previously worked at Rohm and Haas and now serves as a project engineer. his office moved from Houston to New Orleans. Nelson is a UT mechanical engineering graduate and Merchant Marine Academy alumnus with sea service abroad.
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Edward M. Nelson Jr
Keen
Malcolm
Deborah
St. Mark's Methodist Church
Bayshore Drive
Brownwood
Nelson
J. Ray McDermott and Co., Inc
Rohm and Haas
McDermott
Houston
New Orleans
University of Texas
Merchant Marine Academy
Merchant Marine
Iceland
Scotland
England
Italy
West, Indies
North and West Africa
Pacific Islands
Reagan High School
The
Wooster Lions Cub
Nelsons
Mothers teach dads the summer language in Elmira
A humorous AP column lists mothers lessons on family life and summer rules from home and yard tasks to car use and backyard games. Fathers are portrayed as outsiders to this “current terms” domestic dialect. The piece surveys roles and slang through playful vignettes reflecting 1960s era family dynamics.
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Elmira
N.Y
County Officials Meet City Over Drainage Study
Two county officials will meet with City Manager and city officials in Baytown Wednesday at 9 a.m. to discuss drainage problems affecting the city. Harris County Flood Control District engineer H. R. Jensen, Precinct 2 official Ramsey, and city leaders including Mayor Al Clayton and City Engineer Le Fevre are listed as participants.
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V. V
Baytown
Ramsey
Neer John Busch
C. W
Red) Grantham
le Fevre
Eve Maude
Ward Road
Texas Rains Ravage Cotton Crops and Drainage Plans
Heavy Texas rains flood creeks and fields destroying cotton across South and Central regions. Bay City Magnet and Port Lavaca report extensive crop damage, with potential prison budget impact. City drainage issues in Baytown under review for immediate fixes and long term plans involving Flood Control District.
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Associated Press
Texas
H. H. Colfield
Matagorda County
Eddie Douglas
Bay City
Douglas
Magnet
Port Lavaca
Baytown Teen Summer Work and Local Notes
Baytown community notes summarize summer work by seven Baytown teens at Ridgecrest encampment in North Carolina. Local residents, including Homer Jennings returning to Fort McClelland, Terry Stephens compiling choir member names, and Don Cannada making announcements despite a lost voice, are mentioned with various personal movements and upcoming plans around Galveston and Pasadena.
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Homer Jennings
Fort McClellant
Baytown
Terry Stephens
Viva Atchison
Aline Bourge
Ridgecrest
North Carolina
Jerry Schieers
Pasadena
Don Cannada
Lynette Bishop
Loretta Fulcher
Bennie Gray
Ran Marcos
Donnie Sanders
Lacy Sanders
Buddy Prince
Johnny
Sharon Jones
Galveston
Reba Denny
Brose Beaugh
Adan Guemple
Billy Padgett
Virgil
Tiny) Sims
Little Read
Serge
Rain Lingers As Baytown Receives Heavy Monday Downpour
Days of slow but steady rain continued Tuesday with about 2.25 inches in the 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. Monday, bringing Baytown’s two day total to nearly four inches. Measurements were taken at Humble Oil Baytown Refinery Research Center. City officials slowed routine work but reported no major trouble, though many streets flooded Monday amid the downpour. The state plans to oppose a writ related to a telephone matter, affecting local service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humble Oil Land Refining Co
Baytown
Eee Granthany
City Putic
Ralns
Allen Dabney
Matick General Telephone Co
Quiet Cisco High student charged in church secretary stabbing
Curry a quiet, crew cut student from Cisco High School is accused of stabbing Florence Hussey 53, secretary of the First Baptist Church, four times on June 28. He was arrested July 4 after a six hour interrogation. District Attorney Earl Conner says the suspect confessed under pressure amid reports of a broader Communist China and North Korea pact.
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Curry
Cisco High School
Florence Hussey
First Baptist Church
Earl Conner
Tokyo
China
North Korea
Chou Enlai
Nile
Conner
S ‘Viet Union
Ikeresn
Worm
Kennedy Hosts Pakistan Leader at Mount Vernon Dinner
At Mount Vernon Kennedy hosts Pakistan's President Ayub Khan for a state dinner. The menu features French-cooked chicken and samples of early Independence era fare as guests gather at the historic estate once favored by Washington.
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Mount Vernon
API
Kennedy
Pakistan
Ayub Khan
Washington
Missing Bellaire Girl Found Alive on Oregon Coast
Twelve year old Becky Reever of Bellaire Texas survived three days without food or steady water on a rocky Oregon coast after a helicopter crew bravely landed on a narrow beach in fog to rescue her. She is in a Seaside hospital recovering with family expressing deep gratitude.
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Seaside
Ore
Becky Reever
Oregon
Becky
Bellaire
Tex
William Roever
Peter Long
Oregon Coast
Houston
Kennedy foreign aid bill gains support amid Cold War push
President Kennedy faces bipartisan backing for a $4.8 billion foreign aid plan as Senate leader Mike Mansfield and House Speaker Rayburn express confidence the measure will pass. Officials say aid would improve food, water, and shelter for those in need during a period of intense international tension. Khrushchev’s era and Soviet actions loom over the debate as leaders confer on tactics and timing.
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Sputum
Washington
Rayburn
Rautio
Ken
Kennedy
Thor
Nikita Khrush
Mansfield
Rayburn Autio
Mike Mansfield
Constantial
General MacArthur Returns to World War II Site
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur revisits Corregidor Island fortress, site of his fiercest WWII defeat, in a historic return amid global headlines. Senator Joby Tower of Texas gains three key Senate committee appointments. Yuri Gagarin spans Britain on a Soviet guest visit with a trade fair backdrop.
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Douglas MacArthur
Correguor
Island
Joby Tower
Texas
Senate
Yuri Ga- Farin
British Emphas
New Rules To Govern Quack Shack Operations
Quack Shack introduces new rules and policies starting July 18 including a $3 membership card, entry with a canteen badge, and a \$0.50 per session charge. Dress codes restrict blue jeans and sportswear while urging dresses for girls as the Junior Chamber of Commerce project operates with two supervisors and city patrol oversight.
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Quack Shack
Reg Lany
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Kerby Norriss
Glenn Carlton
Norriss
Carlton
Bobby Young
Jackie Stevens
Tera Schrock
Sharon Lerch
Tony Hix
Judy Gatlin
Buzzy Mitchell
Pat Hudnall
Baytown
Quack Shack and Directors
Three Teachers Hired By Board
The School District Board of Trustees approved hiring three staff members at Monday night’s meeting and accepted resignations from two teachers. Martha Lee Harper will teach English and social studies at Horace Mann, Gloria Pope will teach English and social studies at Robert E. Lee High School, and Faye E. Phillips will become secretary at Alamo School. Phillips was previously a secretary at Baytown Elementary. Resignations include Arthur Garner from Cedar Bayou Junior High, who will join Lamar Tech in Beaumont, and Jane Stanberry from AEL, who will teach in England with the Air Force.
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Martha Lee Harper
Horace Mann
Gloria Pope
Robert E. Lee High School
Faye E. Phillips
Alamo School
Phillips
Baytown
Arthur Garner
Cedar Bayou
Janet Stanberry
AEL
Garner
Lamar Tech
Beaumont
Stanberry
Ballot Rejected Federal Milk Program After Panel Study
After nearly a month of committee study, a 42 vote rejected participation in the federal milk program at a Monday board meeting. Trustees Opryshek and Horeczy urged program participation, while Bridges Nelson Adams and Beavers opposed. Fuller did not vote, noting no hungry children, and the district would continue local funding with Community Chest support in lunches and milk.
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School District Board of Trustees
Roy L. Fuller
Karl Opryshek
Joe T. Horeczy
Opryshek
Community Chest
Thrift Exchange
Oprysbek
Bridges
Nelson
Fuller
Rites Wednesday For Mrs Kissick
Funeral services for Mrs. Louisa Edna Kissick 80 of Mont Belvieu will be held at 2 pm Wednesday at Piet Methodist Church Highlands with Rev Berwin Walker officiating Burial in San Jacinto Memorial Park Crosby Chapter 1 Order of Eastern Star will conduct graveside services She died Monday in a Baytown hospital She was a long time Highlands resident who moved to Mont Belvieu last May to live with a daughter Mrs W Shires Survivors include two sons Herbert Kissick and James Kissick both of Baytown Ree Thomas Wright of Croll Nebraska and seven other relatives
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Louisa Edna Kissick
School Ave
Mont Belvieu
Piet Methodist Church of
Highlands
Berwin Walker
San Jacinto Memorial Park
Crosby Chapter 1
Order of Eastern Star, Hichlamts
Mont Belview
W. Shires
Roe
Order of Eastern Star
Highlands Methodist Church
Herert W. Kissick
James Kissick
Baytown
Ree Thomas Wright
Croll, Neb
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Bulletin
Baytown Civic Youth Organization
TBH
Boyer
Federal Envelope Co
Sexton’s
Benson Paper Co
Carpenter Paper Co
Ditto, Inc
Frankel Carbon and Ribbon Co
Matherne’s
Sexton's Printing Co
Smith-Corona Supply Products
Stationers, Inc
Wallace Dupri
SEN
Metairie
Peace Corps
Social Security
Ipper
Adams Street
Alumwood
Solnty
Slood Control District
Commie
Jfk
Fishseman Inia Bantin
Caneido
Hartley
National Maritime Strike
General Motors
United Auto Workers
Ramon Miller
California
Adolph Eichmann
Israel
Gestapo
Third Reich
Eichmann
Sky Spy Midas
Earth
Soviet Union
Gulf Oil Corp
New Mexico
Louisiana
Jimmy Dale Garner
Weatherford
Take Weatherford
Mickey Mantle
New York Yankees
San Francisco
Elizabeth Taylor
Eddie Fisher
Mrs. Kissick
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