Denver DC8 Crash Kills 17 as Federal Probes Cause
Federal investigators sift the wreckage of United Air Lines DC8 Flight 859 after a runway crash in Denver. 17 dead, 122 aboard with 18 unhurt, 56 others injured. Passengers and crew praised rescuers and a temporary morgue was set up at Smiley Junior High School.
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Denver
United Air Lines
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Blom
Chicago
Omaha
John Grosso
John Bryne
Lyle Creek
Phoenix
Ariz
Bryne
Saiky Whipple
Ta Jolla
Calif
Stanley Aviation Corp
J. L. Ryan
Patricia Ann Eberhardt
Smiley Junior High School
Baytown Community Notices and Postings Update
Baytown advisory meeting discusses central technical division proposals and a U S patent for piston coating. plus local incidents including acid damage to a car, DeMolay Mothers installation, girls at Heart O'The Camp, hospital returns, emergency corps meeting, Moose Lodge Women organization, hot checks case, senior citizens meeting, tax collections, convention attendance, civic meeting postponement, and UT Phi Eta Sigma election.
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Baytown
Moose Lodge
New Type Phone Number Scheduled For Crosby
A new all-number dial system is set to replace the old letter prefixes across regions. Pvt. Piwetz dies in Hood Hospital at 25, leaving parents Mr. and Mrs. L.G. Piwetz and siblings. Funeral services follow at Baytown.
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Teepecoer
Crosby
Iwi
Piwets
Beauford J. Piwetz
L.G
J. Piwetz
Market Loop
Fort
Sev- Hood
K. M. Dismang
Piwetz
Baytown
Rester
Norma Lee Piwetz
Tomers
Wichita Falls
Tex
Thursday Tides at Galveston
The Galveston tides schedule shows highs at 5:45 a.m. and 2:53 p.m. and lows at 11:43 p.m. and 10:24 p.m. on Thursday.
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Galveston
Odd Local Notes From a Small Town Ledger
A collage of brief items mentions Geraldine Dickerson chasing a horse that isn’t there, Edith Gordon grumbling over unpaid postal cards, Joyce Lannon’s birthday, and Carl Dickerson reclaiming glasses. C. W. Grantham notes city hall stayed put during heavy rain while Olaf Larsen helps with moving. Charles Whitten attends summer school in Huntsville, and Dr. Herbert Duke with George Hanson issue a bulle tin about fish slaughtered in Louisiana. Norman Hargrave is reported missing from the stern Tuesday.
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Geraldine Dickerson
Edith Gordon
Joyce Lannon
Carky Dickerson
Yvonne Coker
C. W
Grantham
Ralph Canaan
Heytown
Olaf Larsen
Larsen
Wayne Sanders
Charles Whitten
Huntsville
Herbert Duke
George Hanson
Louisiana
Atchfalaya
Norman Hargrave
David Y. Arpert
A.C. Kraft
Frank Goss
Wreatha Oakes
Severe storms forecast for South Texas region
The Weather Bureau forecast severe thunderstorms for parts of South Texas from Del Rio to Corpus Christi. Isolated damaging winds and large hail were expected within a 60 mile wide band along and near a line from 60 miles north of Del Rio to 60 miles northeast of Corpus Christi. Forecast period was 3 to p.m.
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Dallas
Weather Bureau
South Texas
del Rio
Corpus Christi
Corpus Chris Je
City Street Master Plan Taking Shape
City and state officials along with Chamber members discussed developing a master plan for Loop 201 access and entrances at a Tuesday meeting. Pruett Street extension over or under the highway was a key request, with preliminary planning and sketches to be presented to City Council.
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Baytown
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee
City Advisory Board
State Highway Department
Pruett Street
Highway Department
W. E. Carmichael
Karl Opryshek
City Council
Pruett
Carmichael
Pat Caldwell
Ngineer
Pakistan President Ayub Khan seeks U S help in Kashmir talks
President Ayub Khan met President Kennedy in Washington to press for U S support in negotiating Kashmir disputes. He is due to address Congress, while Nehru in Jubbulpore criticized Ayub's portrayal of U S Indian ties and denied India seeking military aid from the United States, stating only economic assistance was sought.
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Washington
Pakistan
Ayub Khan
U.S
Jubbulpore
India
Nehru
Ayub
U.S. m
Rains Bring Thunderstorms As Cool Front Advances Across State
Thunderstorms lashed West Texas and New Mexico with heavy rain after a warm Gulf air intrusion met a advancing cool front. Amarillo reported over an inch in six hours, Magnet near Bay City saw 13.5 inches, causing multi million dollar crop losses, while Bay City Cotton and coastal prison farms faced significant damage and crop destruction.
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Amarillo
New Mexico
Ranch Country
Hobbs
Panhandle
Colorado
East Texas
Georgia
Gulf
South Texas
Texas
Southcome
Magnet
Bay City
Matagorda County
Eddie Douglas
Prison System
H. H. Coffield
U S Missile Alarm Satellite Is Fired
A hurricane hunting weather satellite Tiros I II was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard a 92-foot Thor Delta rocket at 5 25 am EST. The three stage missile placed the satellite about 400 miles above earth as tracking stations across the globe confirmed receipt. NASA officials expect the craft to transmit cloud cover pictures to aid hurricane forecasts and study origins and development of storms.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Chpr Canaveral
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Woomera
Australia
San Nicholas
Calif
Wallops Island
Tiros Iil
Tiros
Earth
Corcha
Atlantic
Caribbean
Dam Break Near Seoul Kills 114. 13 Missing
Seoul AP report says a dam burst near Namwon 150 miles south of Seoul killed 114 and left 13 missing. Red Cross crews rushed food and clothing to 20,000 affected as 220 houses were washed away and 208 destroyed after days of torrential rains.
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Seoul
South Korean
Red Cross
Namvwon
Namwon
Myim
Czech Crash Kills 72
A large Czechoslovak airliner en route to West Africa struck a power line and exploded while preparing to land at Casablanca Morocco. Seven people were killed and another died later. The aircraft had 61 passengers and eight crew aboard all boarding at Prague. No Americans were reported aboard. The Soviet Hyushin-ty four engine turboprop had been slated to stop at Rabat Sale Airport but bad weather redirected to Casablanca.
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Casablanca
Morroco
West Africa
Zurich
Prague
Rabat
Sale
Camp Caze
Dead In Denver Crash Victims Named In AP List
Denver crash victims listed include Jason Gale 10 Torrance California and Jill Guyer 1 Fort Lyons Colorado. Others named are Earl Linne 28 Harvey Lane Malvern Pa George Hambrecht 28 Willow Street Pennsylvania and Dr B A Williams professor UC Santa Barbara California among many residents and officials affected by the United Airlines DC8 crash at Stapleton Airfield.
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Denver
United Air Lines
Stapleton Airfield
Jason Gale
Torrance
Tait
George Lake
Thule Air Force Base
Greenland
Ent Afb
Colorado Springs
Earl Linne
Harvey Lane
Malvern
Jill Guyer
Fort Lyons
Colo
Ann Guyer
Cynthia Guyer
George Hambrecht
Willow
Four figures mourned in era of press, politics and strife
Lloyd Stratton long-time Associated Press secretary dies at 4 in Irvington on Hudson New York. Eichmann admits sending Jews to camps. four Freedom Riders remain jailed after Little Rock bus assault. A Las Cruces judge halts a wage scale plan for Mexican workers. meteorite found in Marshall Texas yard. West Berlin tension with Adenauer visit. Dallas man Johnson arrested for fatal pistol slaying and wounding.
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Lloyd Stratton
Associated Press
Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y
Little Rock
Ark
Alan Walker
Las Cruces
Labor Department
New Mexico
James Franklin Johnson
Dallas
City Insurance Debate Likely At Council Meet
City council set for Thursday at 7 p.m. to hear insurance bid proposals from G C Robins who seeks a deviated rate claim. Robins argues Baytown Insurance Exchange monopoly raises costs while Steele McDonald defends current coverage as sound. Agenda includes long range street planning, Sterling Library elevation plan, fund transfers, and manager’s report.
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Robins
Baytown Insurance Exchange
Steele McDonald
Exchange
Baytown Advisory Board
Sterling Municipal Library
Former Cedar Bayou Methodist Pastor Dies
Former Cedar Bayou Methodist Church pastor Rev. Thomas I Beck 76 of Houston died Monday at his home 4317 Coyle St Funeral services were Wednesday at Epworth Methodist Church with burial at Forest Park Cemetery Survivors include his wife daughters a son brother and sisters twelve grandchildren and three great grandchildren
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Finneral
Thomas I. Beck
Houston
Cedar Bayou Methodist Church
Beck
Coyle St
Epworth Methodist Church
Fizar
Oliver
Porest Parks ‘Cemetery
Rmmet Hilda Beck
Vernon Fox
M. 1
Gil ‘Peeath
M. Gormycki
Jesse Beck
JA. H. Prince
Sarah Dean
US launches Midas II to record 1850 mile orbit over Russia
Rocket lifts from Point Arguello achieving a polar orbit about 1850 miles high, far surpassing prior U.S. satellite records. Midas II aims to warn of hostile missile firings with infrared sensing, providing rapid coverage over Soviet territory and key bases in the Ural region.
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Point Arguello
Calif
United States
Russia
Air Force
U.S
Africa
Navy Space Base
Soviet
Midas Til
Midas IC
Midas
Atlas
Samos
Ural Mountains
Legislators Busy With State Money Problems
In Austin AP reports the Senate Finance Committee opened hearings on the Senate appropriations bill totaling 364,288,408 from the general revenue fund. Gov Price Daniel outlined tax and budget plans while committees considered revenue legislation and a teacher pay raise, aiming to balance a two year 833 million general appropriations package with potential new taxes or savings.
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Ballman
Price Daniel
George Hinson
Bob Erkhardt
Charles Hughes
House Education Committee
Kep Dewitt Hale
Daniel
Hale-Aikin
Rain Slows LC Library and Pool Construction
Rain delays LC building work with plastering slowed and high humidity likely to push completion. Architect Lowell Lammers says library should finish early September, pool by mid October, with progress lagging about three days behind schedule.
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New
Lee College
Lowell Lammers
Lammers
Hwas
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Earl Guyer
U.S. Veterans Hospital
Guyer
Henry Blom
Vincent Canales
W. Humble
Goose Creek Masonic Hall
Besty Broyles
William D. Broyles
Burnett Drive
Lounelle O'Grady
Norman B. O'Grady
Nancy Kay Smith
C. E. Smith Jr
Bayway
Lynn Stratton
J. Bryan Stratton
Bayshore
Heart O
Kerryville
William H. Bridges Jr
Hospital General Hospital
U. S. Army
Sterling
Johns
Bridges
Sealy Hospital
W. H. Bird
Emergency Corps
Wayne Woolsey
Big Chief Super Market No. 3
Peoples State Bank
Senior Citizens Senior Citizens Club
Baytown Community House
Edythe Musick
American School Food Service Association
Graywood Civic Association
Happy E. Baumann
N. E. Baumann
Ben M. Clopton
University of Texas
Calbraith
Perry Rogers
Wright Brothers
Long Island
California
Smithsonian Institution
Rock & Days
Rogers
James L. Baker
Texas Highway Department
Jimi Bryan
W. L. (Dub) Ward
Roy Hughes
Velma Ansley
J. B. le Fevre
John Busch
Lowell Lamtners
Chamber Highway Committee
W. D
Bill) Broyles
L. J. Fuller
Nelson McElroy
West Texas
William G. Stroud
NASA
Ramow
Miller
Fresno
Mojave Desert
Armor and Desert Training Center
Camp Irwin
Gretchen
Czech
Kathryn Tobin
Regina Vogel
Oaklark
B. A. Willams
University of California Santa Barbera
Adolf Eichmann
Marshall
Konrad Adenauer
West Berlin
West Germany
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Soviet Union
Berlin
Council
G. C. Robins
Cedar Bayou
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