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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1964
Page
1
Investigating Officer Zach Booth reports no injuries after a car driven by Gary Wayne Ford lost control at a stop sign and overturned into a ditch near Arbor and Bayway Drive. The incident occurred at 8 08 p.m. Wednesday.
Edna Oliver makes a bank run at the day’s heat. Sam Alford recovers after a second operation. Robert Webb is an early post office riser. H H Bridges helps a friend with car trouble. David Fowler asks how many feet are in an acre. Moll Neal wrote a feature story. A Wilhite plans another vacation. The Horace Helms family returns from Alabama. Will Tidman and R L Parker receive coffee paid by Ken Badgett. Red Pruett volunteers for a project. Robert Pryor pursues designing. Bo Turner notes Policeman Neal Seeley becomes a new father. Bertha Kirkpatrick praised for hot rolls. Mrs W F Poe and son depart for the New York World's Fair.
Trustees will meet in secret to hear grievances from Negro parents about Carver High School conditions. Principal Green and Superintendent Gentry are expected to attend as board reviews complaints, dismissals, and community concerns amid press exclusion.
Peggy Goldwater, wife of Barry Goldwater, says she is frightened by politics and uncomfortable with campaigning, though she will support Barry publicly. She worries about speaking and interviews, notes a past ulcer from 1960 conventions, and mentions nerve deafness in her right ear. The Goldwaters include their daughters, two sons, grandchildren, and several pets totaling a close family unit.
Joe Garber a retired carpenter and Crosby resident for 60 years died at 10 a.m. Wednesday in a Dayton hospital. He is survived by two daughters Mrs Mable Johnston of Crosby and Mrs Clara Rosina of Katy, two sons Leo Garber of Victoria and Pete Garber of Crosby, two sisters Mrs Martin of Angleton and Vasek Garber of Houston, and brothers Nick Antone Garber of Houston and Mike Garber of Baytown. Also eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at Earthman Highlands Chapel with Rev R T Barnett of Crosby First Baptist Church officiating, interment in White Cemetery in Crosby.
The Texas Supreme Court agreed to hear oral arguments on an annexation dispute between La Porte and Houston. Houston seeks to overturn a Third Court of Civil Appeals ruling that La Porte’s land claim is legal, with earlier annexations in Harris County at issue. The decision follows a 1960 La Porte annexation and a 1960 Houston counter annexation amid new state law on annexations.
Lakewood Civic Association outlines six 1964 65 goals to inform residents and influence city policy on street improvements drainage lighting policing and clubhouse upkeep plans for a September membership drive discussed August 3 at Mrs. Dave Swaim’s home. Officers listed include Greg Davis president Cleon Easley vice president Marvin Handler treasurer and Mrs Swaim secretary with committee assignments for clubhouse membership city government publicity and more.
A Harris County Grand Jury member, Pete Sulfis, and colleague Ray Jonian travel to Huntsville to inspect Texas prison units but Pete contracts mumps delaying jury work. He is hospitalized and later returns to Houston to visit his wife, meeting old acquaintances. The term is expected to finish by August 1.
Jurors weigh whether suspended Sheriff Tammell Vance should be reinstated or removed as two shooting threats prompted Texas Ranger and city detectives to court. Officers claimed a plan to shoot Vance's star witness Mrs. Marie Cavet, who testified of Vance's wrongdoing, and Vance reportedly seized a gun and threatened her. Final arguments and the judge's charge were due at 1 28 p.m. as the civil oyster suit neared rest.
Simone Marshall of Citizens Travel Agency in Washington DC reports the Citizens Tour to the World’s Fair is underway with all participants onboard. They depart Thursday morning for New York arriving by 6 pm and plan a Friday morning start at the fair for four hours then stay for the day before returning to a Wyn hotel. Marshall will rejoin the group Thursday night.
SAN FRANCISCO AP Rep William E Miller emerged as Sen Barry Goldwaters VP pick on first ballot at the Republican convention amid jubilation. Miller, former RNC chair, is praised as a gut fighter and private enterprise advocate. Nixon and Knowland noted supporters move toward unity after Goldwater secure nomination.
Baytown reports a Baytonian supporter points to Goldwater enthusiasm amid district debates and convention chatter. The note references a San Francisco call and mentions Baytown teachers, delegates, and local voting sentiment ahead of the convention.
A townbound observer recalls delegate views during the 1964 Republican Convention. Mrs E B Lowe from Saint Franciscan shares delegate sentiments from train rides to San Francisco. Delegates from Iowa Ohio Kansas Missouri Virginia New York Florida Texas express grassroots concern about taxes centralized power and broken promises.
Ballots mailed for the Gulf Coast Industrial Workers Union election at Humble Oil Baytown Refinery. Incumbents Kilough and Harris face limited opposition for president and vice president respectively while many steward candidates appear. Ballots use preferential allot and must be returned within seven days, with eligibility limited to active members.
Records compiled by the U S Army Engineer District in Galveston show Cedar Bayou shipping reached 204 277 tons in 1963 while Texas waterborne commerce hit a new all time high for the year. District engineer John E Gaverferch notes 1965 totals rose to 195 503 777 tons with Gulf interchannel cargo climbing to 43 762 270 tons, surpassing 1962 figures.
Classified ad promotes a second hand tombstone and assorted household items in the Caxton Ohio Sun Classifieds. It urges readers to turn to the Want Ads for a large selection of new and used goods at money saving prices. Murphy is named in the ad as a buyer or target.
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