Baytown Mayor reports tax value revisions and cleanup push
Baytown Mayor Lee Liggett outlines 1963 assessed value increases driven by new construction and annexed areas. He directs residents to contact the tax department for explanations and to attend Board of Equalization hearings on Aug 7, 8, 9, and 10. The city stresses reevaluation, urged citizen cooperation, and mentions Goose Creek and Cedar Bayou stream plans with upcoming master plan interviews.
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Tax Department
David Fundermirk
O. M. Coe
Board of Equalization
Coe
Baytown
Itill
Baytown Sun
Goose Creek Stream
San Antonio
Cedar Bayou
Chamber of Commerce
the Elks Lodge
San Francisco
KWBA
1360
Kiwi Bird Holds Record for Smallest Wing Span Relative to Body
The New Zealand kiwi, a flightless bird, exhibits the shortest wing span in proportion to body size among birds, highlighting its unique evolutionary adaptation.
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New Zealand
Hightower Rites Are Held Tuesday
Funeral services were held at 2 p m Tuesday at Earthman Funeral Chapel for Leslie Wayne Hightower 22 killed when his motorcycle collided with another in the 800 block of South Main Highlands The Rev Thomas Guinn officiated Burial was in Memory Gardens He was a Baytown native and is survived by his widow Darlyne Hightower Baytown his parents and grandfather all of Baytown
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Earthman Funeral
Leslie Wayne Hightower
South Main
Highlands
Thomas Guinn
Central Baptist Church
Burtal
Memory Gardens
Baytown
Darlyne Hightower
Roland Farris
Lakewood Lakewood Civic Association actions shift after annexation
The Lakewood Civic Association redefines its role after Lakewood's annexation by Baytown. The group will focus on government liaison, dropping plans for a barbecue and tennis courts while maintaining the clubhouse. Goals include publishing ordinances, attending council meetings, improving street lighting, signage, and drainage, and collaborating with county officials on levee protection. The board lists Kniffen as president and other officers among its ranks.
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Parents Leagues
Kniffen
Lakewood Civic Association
Baytown
Lakewood
Civic Association
City of Baytown
City Council
Wooster
Noon Call Stock Quotes Courtesy Merrill Lynch
A stock quotes note appears under Noon Call Quotes from Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith. The entry lists intraday figures and advisory context typical of a financial market brief from the era.
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Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith
Tyler Ordnance Works and the Confederate War Effort
Tyler AP notes a munitions plant analogy to the Confederate Tyler Ordnance Works CSA that aided the dying Confederacy. Founded 1862 by Short and Biscoe, government takeover under Lt Col Gabriel Hill produced rifles shells and supplies, even windows and belts, before its surrender to Union forces.
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Tyler
Tyler Ordnance Works
CSA
Short Confederacy
Ordnance Works
Confederacy
James Short
W. S. M. Biscoe
Gov. F. R. Lubbock
Uild
Lubbock
Jem
Texas
Short
Biscoe
Richmond
Fand
Gabriel H. Hill
Hill
Jbesides
Mississippi
Col. Hill
Trans-Mssissippi
Col. Hit
Congress
Funeral services for Linn Adichael Welch
Funeral services for Linn Adichael Welch of 7 Madison will be held at 2 pm Thursday at St. Pauls Lutheran Church with Rev Alles J Gregory officiating. Burial will be in Remembrance Gardens under Earthman Funeral. The Bureau of Freemen Refugees and Abandoned Lands sold works to Mrs Mary McQueen for 543.76.
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Bureau of Freemen, Refugees and Abandoned Lands
Mary McQueen
Everywhere By HAL BOYLE Reflects on ashamed parents and growing up
HAL BOYLE recalls feeling ashamed of his parents in youth, then maturing to appreciate their wisdom. He reflects on childhood fantasies of gypsy kidnappings, a life lesson from a porch conversation, and a car accident that spurred growth. The narrative shifts to Texas history, noting ordnance works, tree felling, a lead-filled section found in an oak, and a state marker marking the ordnance site.
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Tyler
Ordnance Works
Col. Hill
Confederacy
W. M. Bailey
Clyde Jones Named Area Director of Texas Automobile Dealers
Clyde Jones of Clyde Jones Motors Inc has been appointed an area director of the Texas Automobile Dealers Association. The announcement was made by John H Nash Sr of Austin, president of the TADA.
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Clyde Jones
Clyde Jones Motors Inc
The
Texas Automobile Dealers Association
John H. Nash Sr
Sam Houston State accepts Baytown students for fall
To Sam Houston VIRGINIA CHAPLIN and Lauret ta Livingston, both of Baytown, have been accepted for fall semester studies at Sam Houston State Teachers College in Huntsville.
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Sam Houston
Virginia Chaplin
Lauretta Livingston
Baytown
Sam Houston Sate Teachers College
Huntsville
PT 109 to Open Here for Week Run at Brunson Theater
Warner Bros. film PT 109 opens Thursday at the Brunson Theater for a week. The war drama portrays Kennedy as PT boat skipper in the Solomons, starring Robertson with Ty Hardin and James Gregory co-starring. The cast includes Lew Gallo and Michael Pate with technical advisors from the Navy. The story follows the 109 crew after the 1943 dawns to Kennedy’s rescue efforts and survival.
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John F. Kennedy
South Pacific
Warner Bros
Brunson Theater
Kennedy
Chi Robertson
Hollywood
Robertson
Ltigh D.metires
Ty Hardin
James Gregory
Robert Culp
Grant Williams
Simon
Solomon Islands
Jack L. Warner
Washington
Robert J. Donovan
Solomons
Cl Uskeree
Lear
Harvard
Lew Gallo
Errol John
Michael Pate
Robert Blake
Biff Elliott
Norman Fell
Sam Gilman
Clyde Howdy
Buzz Martin
James McCallion
Evan McCord
Sammy Rees
Glen Sipes
John Ward
William Douglas
David Wharf
Panavision
Tulagi
Rendova
Breen
Navy
Okinmawa
Guam
Saipan
Leine
J. E
Robert Surtees
Col William Lava
de Spattcnpt
Cliff Robertson
LST
Peslainn
Funeral Services For Linn Michael Welch
Funeral services for Linn Michael Welch 17 of 229 Mable will be held at St Pauls Lutheran Church at 2 p m Thursday with Rev Miles J Gregory officiating Burial will be in Memory Gardens under direction of Paul A Lee Funeral Home Welch was killed Monday morning in a car accident near Port Arthur He is survived by his parents Linn B Welch and wife two sisters Sheryl Linda Welch and Mimi Sue Welch all of Baytown grandparents Mr and Mrs H F Winkleman of Brenham
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Alley Ludlum
Allis-Chalmers Aluminium Lia
Amer Cyan
Amer Tel & Tat
Am Viscose
Anaconda
Civics Service
Colgate Patmo
Columbia Gas
Saeteeveee
Delta’ Air Les
Cow
Chem DuPont Eastman Kodale
el Paso
Ace
Ford
Foremost Dairies
Freeport
Gulf States Util
Guslin-Bac
Sereerese Uh L & Po
IBM
Tun
Eeesee
Minerals
Int
Nickel
Dones & Laugh
Kerr-McGee Liggett-Myers Litton Ind
Lockheed Louis Landa
Magnavox
Marathon Oil i
Monsanto
Nat Dist
News News
New York
Olin-Math
E.essa
Pfizer
Philip Morris Phillips Pet
Safeway
Sears
Cacee Shell
Sinclair
Mob San Pacific
Sperry-Rand
Stan Cal
Heevince
Weleh
Air
Linn B. Welch
Sheryl Linda Welch
Mimi Sue Welch
Boytown
Mr. and
Aars
H. F. Winkleman
Stenhem
Linn Michael Welch
Mable
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Miles J. Gregory
Memory Gardens
Paul A. Lee
Brenham
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Ducky
Pitewe Pope PR
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Taryn
Rock
Hudson
Eagles
Brunson Moscy
Cuff Robertson Et Certeoh
Lihaj Thal Shanda
John Ford
Donovans
TNO
Hightower
Ces
Wayne Highfowes
Hal Boyle
Harald
N. Main
Fair Park
Rth
Motor Trend
Rambler
Rambler American
Oath
Clyde Jones Rambler, Inc
Market St
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