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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1965
Page
2
Readers learn of proposed elder health programs with basic and supplemental plans covering hospital stays, nursing home care, outpatient services, and mental health limits. Details note monthly premiums, cost sharing, and the dates when benefits would begin, with final actions pending Senate and House votes.
Five lawyers have been retained by the Gary Job Corps Center at San Marcos to defend five corpsmen charged in the shooting of two Air Force enlisted men. The defense aims to gain habeas corpus release as the case tests federal versus state authority. The five youths, all Africans from Chicago, were jailed after an alleged sidewalk robbery attempt near Lackland AFB. Airmen Robin Pellengill and Frank Marsello Jr. were wounded. Pellengill may be blinded. Marsello is in satisfactory condition.
Charles H. Grube son of Mr and Mrs G C Grube of Baytown has joined Bank of the Southwest in Houston as a petroleum engineer. He is a 1960 Texas A&M graduate and former petroleum engineer at Union Producing Co Shreveport and Pure Oil Co Houston. He is active in local engineering societies and is a registered professional engineer in Louisiana and Texas. He and his wife reside at TQCE Chevy Chase in Houston.
The Houston court challenges a 1963 redistricting plan for violating equal representation. It notes Dallas County 64,026 residents in 16 precincts excluded from a district. Districts 6 and 13 span Dallas portions, reducing local representation. George Bush and other Republicans opposed the original suit. Supreme Court actions and past primary deadlines are referenced.
Miss Rigsby and Miss Stark, last seen driving together toward a North Texas campus Sunday afternoon, remain missing. Relatives include Mrs. Bobby Rigsby of Dallas and Theo Rigsby, Fort Worth high school coach and Texas Coaches Association president. Local officers and Department of Public Safety suspect abduction. clothing found near campus fuels concern while witnesses place the pair near the university.
Baytown Junior Chamber of Commerce launches Clarissa Ann Spear fund at Citizens National Bank to aid 7 year old Clarissa Spear daughter of Clyde and Ann Spear. Doctors say a growing brain clot is inoperable. she recently left Methodist Hospital Houston for home. Donations invited via bank or phone contacts Monte Lawless and Roger Hales. Jim Ainsworth notes JC groups welcome. Clarissa attended first grade at San Jacinto Elementary. she has a 15 year old brother.
A compact list of stock quotes and company names appears, including Allis Chalmers Aluminum Amer Tel & Tel Anaconda Cop APMCO Celanese Chrysler and others. The OCR reads like a trading page with numerous firm names and partial figures, reflecting a market quote sheet from Merrill Lynch.
Crosby 26 year old Willie Herbert Jr of Croshh was charged after a crash at South Main and South Post Oak in Houston. Kirkpatrick 63 owner of Poolside Motel died when his station wagon was struck broadside by a truck carrying bricks. Accident investigators said Herbert ran a red light as his vehicle ran onto the intersection and struck Kirkpatrick’s car from the north side, sending his car into a ditch.
Powiela Ann Mayers seven month old granddaughter of Baytonians died Tuesday in a Houston hospital. Funeral services were set for 4 p.m. Thursday at Earthman Baytown Chapel with Rev J F Setcraig officiating. Burial followed at Cedar Crest Cemetery Baytown under Earthman Funeral Home direction. She is survived by mother Leang Ker ney of Houston father Floyd J Mayers of Slidell La sister Rebecca Lee Mayers of Slidell and three brothers Floyd M Mayers Dennis Mayers and Andrew Mayers of Houston and grandparents Mr and Mrs S J Silvey and Mrs Amy Mayers of Baytown. Pallbearers were R H Kingsbery A M Keech Harold Hamilton and Silvey.
Washington AP A bidder in New York wants to pay two dollars for two multimillion dollar missile silos. Most bids range from 2500 to 7500 dollars per silo with real estate and improvements. Atlas missiles era silos are now obsolete per the Defense Department plans. A village attorney says it would buy silos for a bomb shelter and water storage if it wins a bid.
Barbour G. Boshear, 33, of Greenville, was seriously injured in a two car collision at Bayway Drive and Avenue D Wednesday. Police charged William Fiendign in the accident. Boshear was eastbound on Bayway Drive when his left front was struck by Friend’s front bumper. Boshear was taken to Gulf Coast Hospital by Bow King, obtaining a step SI.
John Fairbanks of The Sun reported a Baytown Sun rack with a coin operated machine stolen near Vee Drive-In at Lae Drive and West Main. Patrolman Wilfred Spell, the investigating officer, listed the rack value at $30.
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