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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1963
Page
1
In Cambridge Maryland, racial tensions flare as 400 guardsmen restore order after shootings and protests. Gov. Tawes resumes guard presence, imposes curfew and gun checks, while Negro leaders plan the next step in integration amid demonstrations and a court ruling on juvenile delinquents.
Baytown Lions Club noon meeting will feature Dr J T Richardson with HMS Pinafore excerpts sung by Sue Dinwiddie Karolyn Griffin Gene Branscome and Sheldon Kine. Also notes on training cruise skipper John C Staton 14 days at North Island San Diego and Shipyard college registration for San Jacinto College summer session. Weather and tides forecast mild with scattered thundershowers and complex Galveston tide times.
A collage of brief nods to residents and visitors: Barney Ward is praised for shutter snapping with a photo. T. V. Waldrop recovers from knee surgery in Texas City. Tom Heffin mentions Robert Till. Chris Myers vows no diet. Winston Nowlin buys coffee for friends. Wilton Roper misses coffee group. Sid Whiteside speaks on YMCA youth project in Houston. Sam Alford jokes about air conditioning. Sam Johnson and his motorcycle are missed. Jack Huron has a pinched nerve. Jim Hale plans to take youngsters to Galveston. Duamta Lewis stays busy with foot work. Clarene Bradiondott continues ret work. Cora Tucker to Baytown Saturday after Corsicana. Weldon Jones seen riding around. Commissioner V. V. Ramsey inspects local progress. Cecil Bobbitt anticipates new office quarters soon.
International representative Anthony R. Hodnick said the OCAW loss in Humble Oil Baytown Refinery talks came from fear of a strike, not real support. Baytown Local 4333 will decide on its charter, as production and maintenance workers backed an independent Gulf Coast Industrial Workers Union 1244 to 1. If charter is surrendered, the international would hold assets in trust for five years. NLRB certification expected soon confirms the independent union as bargaining agent. Hodnick noted OCAW will not contest the result and awaits the new negotiation method’s outcome with Kirkley leading the new union.
Roseland Park officials move to fix unhealthy pool conditions by opening faucet and drainage valves twice daily for fresh water and adding extra chlorine. A sign to ban children with skin infections is urged, lifeguards to enforce rules. City discusses Gulf Oil site, park wind-down, and a Clean-Up Month award program with district prizes.
Moscow reports that Soviet and Red Chinese experts conclude unity talks may be final. Peking calls discussions a failure and signals openness to further bilateral talks. Negotiations come as U.S. British and Soviet teams prepare to meet on nuclear test ban. Authorities in Moscow note the feud persists with uncertain prospects.
Units of Georgia's National Guard stand by in Savannah amid refined peace talks and a secretly negotiated truce. The piece notes political clashes across states, including Arkansas nuptials and court rulings, plus international tensions as Soviet agents search for a master spy. President Kennedy's rail panel plans a busy week as civil rights debate continues.
The USS Lexington, a 42,000 ton aircraft carrier, opened to the public at Galveston with noon to 4 pm hours on Saturday and Sunday at Piers 16 17 and 18 foot of 16 Street. More than 12 000 people from Baytown visited Friday and hundreds were turned away after the 3 pm deadline. A five block long line formed at noon Friday and officials expected longer lines on weekend days when more workers would be off. The Lexington sails Monday with a crew of 1 850 and capacity to hoard about 30 tourists per tour, which lasts about a half hour. Cameras permitted. Captain Lucien C Powell noted most sailors would remain in the Galveston Houston area during the stay. The ship Lexington class was launched in 1922 and replaced the sunken Lexington of the early war days. Rear Adm She man T Wetmore boarded the ship upon arrival. Two helicopter-towed points and a Coast Guard cutter aided traffic as crowds watched the carrier slowly enter the channel. (See SHIP, Page 2).
A Missouri car dealer advertised a scheme offering ten dollars off per child in a family, with a promotion that included a free item and ten dollars in cash or gas credits. The ad ran four days at a total cost of 252 dollars, and the note credits the advertiser as very pleased.
An arbitration board in Baytown Craigmont Place considers fault for a 500000 gallon elevated water tank built under Water District 58. Engineer Wyatt Hedriel of Houston and Chicago Bridge and Iron Co. face liability while city officials seek cost recovery after the tower’s tilting and cracking, with methods discussed to restore service.
Funeral services for Dr. George Samuel Bays 50 will be 3 50 p m Monday at Trinity Evi Church with entombment at Lawndale Memorial under direction of Shiem Funeral Home. Bays of Baytown and New Ipsster Oklahoma a graduate of Baytown Refrn, active in Kiwanis Club Methodist Church United Fund and corporate roles in Esso Sian Ltd and Peru manufacturing coords.
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