Baytown Urged to Adopt Codes for Urban Renewal
Fort Worth official Leonard E. Church told Baytown leaders that the city faces blighted areas and inadequate zoning and street plans. He urged rigid code enforcement, a comprehensive general plan, and an urban renewal program to qualify for federal aid, noting local opposition and the need for public support and funding.
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Baytown
Devel
Church
Bay-town
State of
Texas
Urban Renewal Administration
Region 5
Fort Worth
Tax Board Holds Sessions on Valuation Protests
About 200 taxpayers protested valuations set by the School Tax Board of Equalization hearings, seeking relief due to pipelines, drainage ditches, and substandard construction. Most left convinced time was wasted, as protests target equity and use values, with sessions running mornings and afternoons through next Wednesday.
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George L. Bennett
Bennett
Chambers County
Baytown
Highway 73
Rayborn Johnson
Tax Board
French Attack Tunis Senior Citizen Meeting
Bizerte naval base notes invite seniors to a 1 p.m. Thursday session at the Community House for coffee and games. Retired men are urged to attend, with Ikey Haines as president coordinating the event.
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Ikey Haines
French clash with Tunisia over Bizerte base escalates tensions
The Associated Press reports Tunis says French assault at Bizerte damaged the city base as Paris seeks to force Tunisian barricades with land sea and air attacks. Radio Tunis claims French planes and cruisers backed armored thrusts while Bourguiba lodges a UN protest and cuts diplomatic ties. Casualties are reported on both sides amid a broader diplomatic showdown.
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Associated Press
Tunis
Bizerte
Bizgette
Habib Bourguiba
United Nations
France
Radio
Arromanches
Colbert
Bouvet
Chevalier Paal
Radio Tunis
Oil Production Pattern Remains At 8-Day Level
Texas oil industry officials and independent producers debated the eight day production pattern. TIPRO urged inquiry into Texas market losses while others called to maintain the current eight day rate amid requests to adjust the pattern.
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Sool
Humbie Austin
F. B. Cochran
Corpus Christi Area
James West
Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners’ Association
TIPRO
Texas
West
Stamford
John Davenport
Davenport
Louisiana
Utah
No Change In Forecast Warm With Scattered Showers
The forecast remains warm with partly cloudy skies and scattered showers through Friday. Galveston tides: high at 3 18 a m and 9 37 a m, low at 5 04 p m.
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Galveston
Moving days and personal notes around town
JANICE STEVENSON jokes about hairdos and old faces clashing as Karen and Connie Crow anticipate summer WAER tion. Red and Harlene Flowers move to a new house while Robyn Chandler recovers from a four day visit with her grandmother. Mrs. Mona Costley of Denver, a former Baytonian subscriber, is noted. Virginia Herrington undergoes an appendectomy at San Jacinto Hospital. Anniversary acknowledged for Paul A. Lees. E. TH. Lusk finds a key case and car keys on a bench at McCallum Park. The Sun office holds letters discussion between P. Walter Honckell and Dick Manne. Dr. Herbert Duke and George Hanson discuss school as Lovell Larmmers and Karl Opryshek listen. Constable and Mrs. Paul Anderson plan a Sunday trip to West Tennessee to visit relatives and enjoy sightseeing.
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Janice Stevenson
Karen
Connie Crow
Virginia Herrington
Bob Herrington
San Jacinto Hospital
Paul A. Lees
E. TH. Lusk
McCallum Park
Tri-City Beach Road
Hot Weather Forecast For Texas Climbs Across State
The Associated Press reports more hot weather expected in Texas with clear skies aside from a few clouds in South Central Texas. Overnight moisture was limited to the northern Panhandle with isolated thunderstorms. Early morning temperatures ranged from 71 at Amarillo to unspecified high at another city, signaling a warm day ahead.
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Texas
Panhandle
Amarillo
Galeeston
Grocer Slaying Suspect Caught In Houston
A 23 year old ex convict, James Curtis Oglesby, was arrested in New Oceans while boarding a bus to Pensacola after the fatal shooting of Houston grocer Thomas John Binford Tuesday night. Police recovered the weapon and tied Oglesby to the holdup, with Sheriff Buster Kern stating the case is solved.
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Houston
New Inbang
Thomas John Binford
Binford
Warris County
T. A. Binford
James Curtis Oglesby
Dirnan St. Houston
New Oceans
Pensacola
Fla
Houston Offiess
Oglesby
Florida
Buster Kern
New Orleans
Eye
Ken
Youth held in incident of three Houstonians
Houston AP reports a 21 year old man, Charles Kiel, alleged to terrorize three Houston women and injure one as he forced entry into a car and forced travel beyond city limits. One victim, a city employee, was hurt while the others escaped or freed themselves. The assailant’s motive and full details remain unclear.
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Houston
Boston
Charles Kiel
Oth O Hak
Kennedy eyes aid vote as Senate panel acts
President Kennedy seeks a major foreign aid win as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes to authorize Treasury borrowing for a five year 7.3 billion economic aid loan program abroad. Moise Thyombe’s Katanga government threatens Soviet help to keep Elizabethville from joining a united Congo. Eight Southern states back a unity movement on racial issues and economies, planning a Montgomery meeting to launch Safe Southern Action for Economy. Kennedy warns mobilization of National Guard could trigger increased air support for troops. Mayor Willy Brandt says there will likely be no war over Berlin. Elizabeth Taylor remains in good condition after throat scar removal surgery.
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Kennedy
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Treasury
Dackton
Miss
Montgomery
Ada
Mississippi
Ross Barnett
Baytown Officials Attend Harris County Mayors Meeting
Baytown Mayor Al Clayton and five city council members will join Harris County Mayors and Councilmen Association Thursday to question Harris County legislators about their Austin voting records. Only two delegates are confirmed. others may stay in Austin, delaying a follow up meeting after the current session ends. Council reservations include James M. Jim Bryan Verma Ansley Seaborn Cravey Gris Hansen and W L Daby Ward.
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Baytown
al Clayton
Harris County Mayors and Councilmen's Association
Harris County
Austin
Houston
James M
Jim? Bryan
Verma Ansley
Seaborn Cravey
Gris Hansen
W. L
Daby Ward
Resident Of Highlands 30 Years Dies
Thelma Blac Jones of 7315 Thompson Road Highlands died at 1 a.m. Thursday in a Baytown hospital. She had been a Highlands resident for 30 years. Survived by husband Tien DB Jones two daughters Mrs A F Brown and Miss Linda Jones parents Mr and Mrs David Wingate three brothers Gilbert Clavborne and Reese Wingate two sisters Mrs E Parsley and Mrs Annie Jones one grandson Rex Brown, all of Highlands. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday at Earthman Highlands Chapel with Rev James Morris and Rev Lonnie Bowlen officiating. Interment Memory Gardens of Baytown Cemetery.
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Thelma Blac Jones
Thompson Road
Highlands
Baytown
Tien DB. Jones
A. F. Brown
Linda Jones
David Wingate
Gilbert, Clavborne
Reese Wingate
E. Parsley
Annie Jones
Rex Brown
Earthman Highlands Chapel
James Morris
Highlands First Assembly of God Church
Lonnie Bowlen
Central Assembly of God Church
Baytown Cemetery
First Tropical Storm Forms In 1961 Atlantic Season
SAN JUAN Puerto Rico AP reports the first tropical storm of the 1961 Atlantic season formed today in the southeast Caribbean. It is packing top winds around 40 mph and is located near latitude 12.0 north and longitude 61.0 west. The system moves northwest at a slow pace about 17 mph and is named Anna.
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San.auan
Puerto Rico
Caribbean
Navy
Sandaan
Mrs Albright 49 Dies. Rites Friday Boston Resident
Mrs Sarah Katherine Albright 49 of 9 Knowlton Road Baytown dies at 6 45 p m Wednesday in a Baytown hospital after eight years in Baytown She had lived in Boston 31 years and was San Jacinto Hospital dietician four years Rev D A Ford Highlands Missionary Baptist Church to officiate Burial in San Jacinto Memorial Park Survived by husband John Thomas Glaker Albright Baytown two stepsons two uncles and other relatives from Baytown and Retin
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Sarah Katherine
Rater Albright
Knowlton Road
J.B
Ann
Bay‘hits
Mattie
City to study federal urban renewal program
After a special Wednesday night meeting city officials heard Leonard E E Church deputy ra explain the federal urban renewal program in detail and decided to study its practicality before any vote. FRESTON PENDERGRASS provided the summary of the program for the council.
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J.B. LeFevre
Church
Freston Pendergrass
Leonard EE. Church
New London Confession Repudiated
W illiam Benson repudiated the confession he gave in Oklahoma City claiming he loosened pipes that caused the New London school explosion killing 296. Benson, 41, spoke in a Rusk County courtroom after lie detector tests supported his withdrawal of the confession. He said the confession was started with a lie and journalists amplified the claim, while his sister who died in the blast weighed on him.
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Henderson, Tex
William Benson
New London
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Benson
Rusk County
Pete Gibson
Dallas
William Ferguson
Ferguson
House Rejects 2 Percent Retail Sales Tax Package
In Austin the House defeated the 2 per cent sales tax compromise 62 to 77 after 12 hours of debate. The package, amended to trim millions, could be revived when the House returns, as Senate plans a meeting and action looms on related appropriations.
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Austin
House
Senate
Guv. Price Daniel
Charles Sandahl
Charles Ballman
Pennsylvania
Yale
Fort Worth Boy Shoots Stepfather
A Fort Worth 17 year old church choir boy shot his stepfather, Don E. Miller, wounding him in the chest but he survived. The youth confessed intent to kill and said the plan grew over five years and began two weeks earlier. He was turned over to juvenile authorities with no charges filed due to age.
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Fort Worth
Don E. Miller
David Miller
Country Club
Miller
Tragedy Averted As Cruise Boat Burns
In Braceville Ontario a wooden cruise boat named Mildred with 88 aboard caught fire near the Muskoka River. Skipper J. MacPherson steered to shallow water and passengers, including 15 children, were helped to shore by crews and onlookers. The vessel, converted from oil to diesel, burned in the engine room and most passengers were saved as chaos and smoke filled the scene.
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Ont
Mildred
Lake Muskoka
Toronto
Miltred
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