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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1961
Page
3
London report notes Speakers' Corner moved slightly toward the West as roadwork disrupts the area. Religious and political orators continue amid heckling crowds, with traffic cuts and grass edging altering the scene. A Welsh nationalist and a beret wearing protester mingle with tourists on a sunny Sunday afternoon as free speech endures.
Bonn AP report says Chancellor Adenauer's government drafts a 1962 budget with a 500 million dollar defense increase. The 13 billion budget totals 344 billion for defense, mainly funding tanks planes and ships, amid talks on world affairs.
An informal poll at Blytheville Air Force Base event recalls Virgil Grissom's past as a milkman. Dr. Donald Soper, noted British Methodist leader, headlines the question Who is Virgil Grissom? The answer cited: he is a real nice guy, though not a frequent speaker on religious topics.
Houston plant of Sheffield Division Armco Steel Corp will open a new plate heat treating production line this fall. The system will harden and temper high strength alloy plates up to 144 inches wide and integrate with a 160 inch slab and plate mill planned for next year, expanding capability to heat treat plates from one quarter to four inches thick up to 10 tons.
Washington AP Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon announced that A. E. Baughman chief of the Secret Service will retire on August 31. Baughman aged 56 has led the agency nearly 13 years and spent over 33 years with the service. He cited the need for complete rest and expressed reluctance. Dillon replied with genuine regret.
The Texas Highway Commission approved a purchase of more than 1.6 million dollars for 47 miles of Interstate 20 in Ector and Midland counties. Other actions included updating a Jefferson County highway plan, improving the South Chadbourne bridge in San Angelo, and widening seven-tenths of a mile of U S 79 in TVG and 23 miles of U S 60 and U S 66 in Potter County.
Grissom received honorary mayoral status in Newport News Virginia with a new branch library named in his honor. Peninsula Chamber of Commerce president R Van Buren Jr. noted the committee supported an honorary life director title for Grissom as community tribute.
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