Ready For Next Term Purchases Approved By School Board
The school board approved purchases totaling 27,219.42 for fall term supplies and equipment including 408.32 to Matherne's 607.50 to Paxton Equipment 200 to Sonnet Products and 300 to Visual Aids. An air conditioning upgrade for the data processing lab was awarded to Gulf Coast Electric Co with work starting next week and finishing by August 2. Largest item was 1520.10 to Wedco Tab Supplies for Lee College data processing, 876.15 to IBM.
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Matherne’s
Paxton Equipment and Supply Co
Sonnet
Gulf Coast Electre Co
Lee College
Wedco
International Business
Sun Spots A Film On Social Security At Club Meeting
A Baytown town group, the Grandmothers Club, will show a film on Social Security at a meeting in the Citizens party room Thursday. A Social Security Office spokesman will speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Grandmothers Club
Ppm
Citizens Party Room
Social Security Office
Baytown items span hospital news and community events
SCOTT MANN, son of Mr and Mrs J S Mann, recuperating in Methodist Hospital Houston after emergency appendectomy. Margaret Alexander honored with a wedding shower. Bob Mathernes trip to New Orleans noted. Baytown visitors report on Texas schools and private Cambridge tuition. Lewis Rushing returns with a gold shovel from Fort Worth event. Local scouts and Channelview cheerleaders listed with new ranks and enrollments. Galveston mayor to speak at La Porte Chamber luncheon. Parents Night at Westminster Church. Lee College summer term registrations. Beta Sigma Phi Fish Fry planned. IBEW Local 641 signs eightenth-hour wage hike and $100 bonus with Baystown Refinery. agreement pending signing.
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Scott Mann
J. S. Mann
Harvey
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Roy M. Pickering
Margaret Alexander
Bob Mathernes
New Orleans
Foxy Mathernes
Pancipal
Holly McLemore
England
Texas
Cambridge
Smoky Mountain
Baytown
Lewis Rushing
Fort Worth
Gene Branscome
Finn
Gary McCowan
Bruce Mills
Herby Reid
C W Smith Of Highlands Dies At 76
Choice Willard Smith aged 76 of 108 N Eighth Highlands died in a Baytown hospital at 6 am Wednesday. A 21 year Highlands resident and retired farmer, he is survived by Edith Mae Smith, three sons Oscar C Smith Wilbert Smith and Lester Smith, a brother A T Smith and sister Mrs Leslie Lanier, plus nine grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral at 2 pm Thursday Earthman Highlands Chapel with Rev T S Holcomb. Interment San Jacinto Memorial Park.
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Willard Smith
Eighth
Highlands
Baytown
Earthman Highlands Chapel
T. S. Holcomb
Highlands Methodist Church
San Jacinto Memorial Park
Edith Mae Smith
Oscar C. Smith
Houston
Wilbert Smith
Weimer
Lester Smith
A. T. Smith
Dayton
Leslie; Lanier
Garwood
Baytown Man 73 Dies After Long Gulf Oil Career
William Leroy Grant of 14 Dyer Baytown died at 1 45 p m Tuesday at home after 33 years with Gulf Oil Corp He was World War I veteran and survived by four sons Homer K Grant W T Grant Charles Derrick and George Derrick a daughter Mrs J M Keith and a grandchild Funeral 2 pm Thursday at Earthman Chapel with Herschell Williams Church of Christ officiating burial Cedar Crest Cemetery
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Earthman
Wiliam Leroy Grant
Dyer
Herschell Williams
Church of Christ
Cedar Crest Cemetery
Grant
Baytown
W. T. Grant
Arlington
Charles Derrick
Fort Worth
George Derrick
J. M. Keith
Woman Charged With Possessing Narcotics
Mabel Barrett Brown Barett of 3209 Dayton faces narcotics charges in Justice of the Peace M M Brown’s Court. Police investigators Jack Maxwell and Max King say a 24 inch marijuana bush was found beside a house on Cherry Street near her Bee Hop Inn. She claimed no knowledge of the plant.
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Justice of the Peace
M. M
Brown
Mabel Brown Barett
Dayton
Barrett
Baytown
Jack Maxwell
Max King
Cherry Street
Houston man awarded more on Carla damages suit
Federal Judge Allen Hannay ruled that E L Palmer's Brownwood home should receive 14 900 on a 20 000 policy, rejecting insurer Utah Home Fire's claim most damage came from rising water. The ruling covers wind and water damage from Hurricane Carla. Palmer's house at 114 Mapleton Ave. was two stories tall with a 100 deductible policy.
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Houston
Brownwood
Allen Hannay
Hannay
E. L. Palmer
Mapleton Ave
Utah Home Fire Insurance Co
Palmer
Rail strike crisis looms as report drafted by special panel
Amid signals that only Congress can avert a nationwide rail shutdown a presidential panel forges a preliminary report on the railroad union clash over jobs. Three-judge Oklahoma reapportionment shifts legislative seats as a derailed Missouri Pacific freight crash hits Humble Oil plant near Palestine. European workers gain 10 percent wage growth while Texas City Sun suspends after a strike. Witness cites immunity in a civil suit, and Viet Nam violence hits US troops. Moon mission debate grows as Russian scientists seek international accord. Lovell reports on British space views.
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Congress
Secrecy Surrounds Moscow Talks On Partial Test Ban
In Moscow, the United States Britain and the Soviet Union pressed toward a partial nuclear test ban as secrecy surrounded the sessions. Khrushchev showed interest and readiness to agree, with Western diplomats noting no unacceptable Soviet conditions. The three powers issued a communiqué saying progress was made on provisions for an accord banning atmospheric outer space and underwater tests, while underground tests remain contentious.
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Moscow
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
U.S
W. Averell Harri-s
Lord Hajisham
Ain
Khrushchev
Brit
Communiane
North Ilantic “Alliance
Warsaw Pact
Baytown Mayor Forms Panel To Study Goose Creek Project
Baytown Mayor Lee Liggett will sponsor a plan to tap Goose Creek for better navigation drainage and possible park development. A committee including chamber, city, and business leaders will consult Port Commission officials and County Commissioner Ramsey to pursue a leading role for the city.
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Lee Liggett
Baytown
Bill Parker
Parker Bros
Houston Shell Company
Hatten
Ramsey
Port Commission
OCAW Votes to Retain Charter at Humble Refinery
Members of the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Local 4333 meet to keep their charter while seeking to use the independent Gulf Coast Industrial Workers as a bargaining option. Ford Geyer cites members’ desire to aid colleagues and regain bargaining rights, despite support for independent action.
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Oi, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
Gulf Coast Industrial Workers
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Geyer
OCAW
Focal
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
Afl-Cio
AIL
Ste Ocaw
Saturday Eclipse Dares Eyes With Safe Viewing Cautions
New York AP reports warnings about a forthcoming solar eclipse. Experts urge indirect viewing or dense filters while warning against sunglasses or smoked glass. retina burns can cause permanent central vision damage with no remedy, as incidents in Australia showed.
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New York
National Society For the
Society For the Prevention of Blindness
Australia
Bayshore Club Seeks Action On Clear Lake Pollution
Bayshore Red Reef and Gun Club of Baytown pressed Texas Water Pollution Control Board at a Webster hearing to curb raw and inadequately treated sewage harming Clear Lake and its tributaries Taylor Lake and Clear Creek. The club urged immediate measures to preserve recreation, wildlife, health, and property values.
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Clear Lake
Texas Water Pollution Control Board
M. T
Bebo
Bayshore Rod, Reef and Gun Club
Taylor Lake
Clear
Texas Water Pollution Control
Texas Water Poll Nor Control Board
Iessen
Lockheed Pinpoints 500 Acre Industry Site Near La Porte
Lockheed Aircraft Corp has locked a 500 acre site on Red Bluff Road near La Porte, with an option on adjoining land, part of a proposed industrial complex extending toward Galveston Bay. The purchase follows earlier Humble Oil acquisition, with no firm development plans announced. A map in the report situates the tract about six miles from La Porte and within ten miles of Baytown, amid regional growth near Clear Lake.
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Baytown
Lockheed
la Porte
Lockheed. Aircraft Corp
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Red Bluff Road
Sebrook
Humble
West Ranch
Galveston Bay
Shoreacres
Big Fshinch Slough
Sell de Continue
Shoracres
Clear Lake City
U.S
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Europe
Washington
New York City
Leon Gillis
Htis
Richmond
Grandmothers Club
American Desk Co
Foremost Equipment Co
Baytown Blueprint Co
Texas Art Supply Co
Driner Art
Meearery Geeeep Ewe
Betsy B. Denay
Charles Ed Moak
Mary Beth Monk
Highands
Thomas Newman
Robert E. Lee
Audrey Russell
Ashhel Smith
Ernestine S. Harbin
Marie J. Lowery
Travis
Sil * i. Burnet
Market Street
W. Mannings
Sterlingtown
Memorial Library
Sammie Smith
J. B. LeFevre
Susan Hodges
Galveston
Channelview
Doris Anders
Mellanie Wilson
Channelview High School
Lamar State College of Technology
Beaumont
Doris
Birdie Anders
Meads Dr
Mellanie
Reece ‘Wilson
Box
la Porte Chamber
Edward Schreiber
la Porte-Bayshore Chamber of Commerce
Zeisig
Chamber of Commerce
la Porte - Bayshore Chamber of Commerce
Westminister Presbyterian Church
Walter Rundell
Aecon
Rundell
XI Theta Gamma
Beta Sigma Phi
Bayshore Rod, Reel and Gun Club
Eddie Huron
Electricians Union Local No
IBEW
Humble CW
Relininz Co
Bays Town
International Union
C.W. Smith
Bulletin
Our World
Federal
Oklahoma
Missouri Pacific
Oakwond
Palestine
Texas City Sun
Sun
South Viet Nam
Sir Bernard Lovell
Goose Creek
GCIWU
Bayshore Club
Burbank, Calif
Harris County
Seabrook
Kemah
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