Baytown Kiwanis to Hear Baytown Little Theater Program
Baytown Kiwanis Club will host representatives from Baytown Little Theater at its noon Thursday meeting at the Tower. Perry Britton will serve as program chairman for the day. LC course in auto mechanics to begin at Lee College Wednesday at 7 p.m. taught by R A Pinnell. five-session class in Room 130 with a 7.50 fee. Advisory Board of Baytown to meet Wednesday at the Chamber of Commerce Building chaired by Karl Opryshek with Harry Massey as vice chair. Local bridge players invited to annual charity games Saturday at the Houston Bridge Studio to benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Senior Citizens Club to meet Thursday at the Community Building for business and games. Houston Yacht Club dinner dance planned for Saturday with Frank Incampare orchestra. Knights of Columbus to receive corporate communion Sunday at St Joseph's Church. Ekhoes to perform in Houston and at Shauna Teen Club on August 2 and 4. Lee College dean Walter Rundell reported as doing fine after surgery. Cub Scouts announce a swim meet Saturday at Elks Lodge pool. Weather forecast calls for hot, partly cloudy conditions with scattered showers. Galveston tides: high 1:53 am and 10:44 am, low 7:40 am and 6:48 pm.
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Kiwanis
Baytown Little Theater
Baytown Kiwanis Club
Tower
Perry Britton
Kiwanis Club
Lee College
R. A
Ray) Pinnell
Baytown
Houston
Norfolk
National
Rice Gulf Gate Space Unit Demonstration Slated
A NASA space science education unit will stage demonstrations in Houston Thursday and Friday at Rice University Auditorium and Gulf Gate Shopping Center Auditorium. Lecturers Ellwood A. Johnson Jack Shattuck and Kenneth Mott will answer five key questions about satellites orbiting, and NASA programs including weather and communications satellites, manned exploration, and the Echo satellite. A scale model transmitter and receiver illustrate how space communications work.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Houston Area
Rice University Auditorium
Gulf Gate Shopping Center Auditorium
Ellwood A. Johnson
Jack Shattuck
Kenneth Mott
NASA
Washington, D. C
Civilian
Space Agency
Baytown murder suspect seeks bail after funeral death
Baytown garage owner James D Skelly 54 is jailed on a murder charge in his wife Olive Audrey Skelly s death. Bondsman plans were halted as defense attorney Ervin Flowers sought bond with Beaumont and Harris County authorities after autopsy showed a severe subdural hematoma. Neighbors alleged Mrs Skelly had been beaten. police noted no statement from Skelly who faced no prior public record.
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James D. Skelly
Baytown
Ervin Flowers
Beau
Harris County District Attorney's
Olive Audrey Skelly
Skelly
Beton Hig
Stella
Beaumont
Pipkin - Brulin
R. H
Bo) Turner
L. H. Ricketson
Ricketson
Justice of the
Barthman Funeral Home
Beatmont Funeral Home
Skellys
Roy Montgomery
Montgomery
Flowers
Mrs. Skelly
Sgt.Ricketson
James H. Sammons
Hars
Highlands
Mopigusieny
Joseph A. Jachimczyk
Harris County
Senate and House hear Estes cotton deal testimony
Senators and representatives hear further testimony from farm aid officials on Billie Sol Estes cotton allotments and grain storage schemes. Also coverage of Telstar images of Berlin, Kennedy foreign aid vetoes, and other Cold War era events. A wide range of political actions and international issues are outlined with named individuals and places.
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Senate
House
Billie Sol Estes
Food Prices Push Living Costs to New High in June
Washington AP reports living costs rose to a new high in June driven by higher food prices and restaurant meals. CPI reached 105.3 with a 0.1% monthly gain, grocery prices up 1% from last year and restaurant meals 2.8% higher. Factory workers’ after-tax earnings rose to weekly $85.91 for a four person family, driven by longer hours and modest May–June gain.
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Washington
Labor Department
Robert J. Myers
Myers
New York City
Polio vaccine makeup sites named for Sunday clinics
East Harris County Medical Society sponsors makeup vaccine clinics at Baytown Junior High Highlands Junior High and La Porte High School for all ages and races. A 25 cent donation is requested but not required. Minors must present consent forms found in today's Sun.
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Sabin
Baytown
Highlands Junior High
la Porte High School
East Harris County Medical Society
W 0. Finch
Sun
County Stadium Dilemma Faces Voter Looming Bond Vote
County leaders near a deadline as Houston Sports Association must deed stadium site property or risk halting maintenance work. Precinct 1 Commissioner Chapman may reverse to block funds, while County Judge Elliott backs the project. A late bond election up to 8 million dollars to finish the stadium is anticipated.
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Hartman
Call & Houston
Ramsey
Commissioners Court
Houston Sports Association
Lyons
Sayers
Jan
HSA
Penant
Polio Vaccines Cut Polio Toll Over Decade Timeline
A historical note traces polio cases from 1950s to 1961, contrasting Salk and Sabin vaccines. It recalls 10 years since a deadly year, records 15 cases in an era, and notes declining case counts into the late 1950s. The article discusses vaccine impact and ongoing challenges in eradicating polio.
Teamster Hoffa Tied to New York Mobster Corallo
Senate subcommittee accuses James Hoffa of corrupt ties with mobster Antonia Corallo. The 40 page report portrays Hoffa as indifferent to union corruption and payoffs. It cites wiretaps and January 1961 hearings detailing Corallo’s covert control of Local 239 and $31,000 yearly pay.
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Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
James K. Hoffa
Teamsters
New York
Antonia
Tony Ducks
Covallo
New York Supreme Court
J. Vincent Keough
Elliott Kahaner
U.S
Brooklyn
Hoffa
Corallo
Senate
239
Teamsters Union
Coralio
Kennedy backs Puerto Rico vote on status change
President Kennedy informs Puerto Rico's governor that the people should vote on independence, statehood, or to refine the present commonwealth. In New York, a fast-moving fire at St Mary's Hospital Brooklyn evacuates 236 patients with no injuries.
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Washington
Kennedy
Puerto Rico
New York
St. Mary's Bowptal
Brooklyn
Baytown Bond Program Aims to Fund Regional Roads and Health Efforts
County plans propose a bond program benefiting Baytown and East Harris County with funding for a channel bridge, Baytown roads, and a courthouse. Officials discuss mass vaccination access tied to Salk vaccine work at Clear Lake and NASA connections as part of the regional development agenda.
Housing Authority Seeks 50 New Units for Aged
Baytown Housing Authority plans to ask the city council to approve a resolution authorizing the board to seek government approval for 50 additional housing units for the aged. Board Chairman Bert Davison will present the resolution at a 7 pm meeting at City Hall, with members J. Rodger Read C. L. Thorpe O. C. Behymer and H. M. Campbell Draper also listed. No other business was on the agenda.
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Baytown Housing Authority
Hoard
Bert Davieson
City Hall
J. Rodger Read
C. L. Thorpe
O. C. Behymer
H. M
Campbell
WW. T. Cbs
Draper
Srecm
Council
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Harry F. Massey
C. E. Crawford
W. C. Tidman
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Lowell Lammers
Senior Citizens Club
Lp.m
Houston Yacht Club
Frank Incaprera
KC Communion
SAN Jacinto Council No
Knights of Columbus
T. A.m
St. Jogenh’s H Catholic Church
Pierson
Stanteen Club
Ley Road
Highway
Walter Rundell
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Elks Lodge
George Darsee
Galveston
Tony Kent
Diana Davis
Bobby Gann
Waco
Jack Jacobs
Nelson Melroys
Mexico City
Dan Stallworth
Jacy Ann
Jack
Gilfeamies
Cleveland
Salt Lake
Gregg Callaway
San Antonio
Points West
Karen Black
Tomball
Ricky Hurst
Chester Rogers
Jima Bailey
Bob Gilmore
Gulf Gate
Holmdel
N. J
Goldstone
Calif
Baytonian
Our World
Berlin
Walk
Americas
Telstar
Congress
United Nations
Alan Jack Pomeran
Mr. X
Buche and Co
Dist Atty
Frank 8. Hogan
U.N. Congo
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Congo
Katanga
Albany
Armied Hen Bella
Algiers
Ben Youssef Ben Khedda
Ben Bella
Dean Rusk
Andrei Gromyko
Tag Hoffa
Bill Elliott
Phil E. Sayers
E. A
Kyle Chapman
Precinct 1
Chapman
Nea
Gill
Houston Colt
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Wanda Orton
Jessee
Bay Hsa
Lee College Hsa
Tre Terss Medieal
MY. Tarkee Cotrenpel Arepital
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Pital
Susan Heller
Washington Zoo
Arem
Awimerees
Ger
Bee
Labor
Goldberg
East Harris Couny
W. V. Ramsey
Missioners Court
Channelview
Aint Deer Park
Clear Lake
Jetero
Salk Research
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Mea Praders
Harris Owenty
Harriseed Tere
Ori
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