Two Elections Saturday Incorporation Issue in Highlands
Voters in Highlands and Channel-Channelyein face separate Saturday elections to decide incorporation. Polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at junior high and elementary schools with Mrs. Frank Slack and Wally Hunt serving as election judges. Speculation centers on how many residents favor or oppose incorporation and potential Baytown measures if Highlands votes no.
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Polla
Highlands
Channel-Channelyein
Frank Slack
Baytown
Local club notices and events in Humble area
Sun Spots G. E. Whittle and prospective members meet Monday at Brig o Line to discuss plans after two years of Lee Brigadiers were found missing from cars. Humble Country Civic elects Craddock Wilder Leonard Reid as directors. East Harris Medical Assistants plan 7:20 p.m. games party at Mrs. Bull’s home. Humble Country Club to vote on admitting associate members Friday. Cedar Bayou Rainbow cake and pie sale Saturday in front of Sears Bel. East League All Stars host Galveston in Baytown for District 44 championship at 7 p.m. Friday.
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G. E. Whittle
East Hum Jnew
Ble
Lee
Oline
Humble
Reland
Levi Craddock
Helen Wilder
Baytown
Refinery
Humble Country
John Leonard
Houston
Bill Reid
Research
East
Harris County Medical Assistants Society
R. J. Bull
Laredo
Humble Country Club
Sears
Leana Dix
Worthy
Ats
All Stars
Galveston All - Stars
Lee Drive Park
Galveston
Texas City
Highlands and Channelview Bill on Incorporation Divides Community
Residents debate incorporation as Baytown annexation fears and taxes loom. Supporters cite growth and service needs while opponents warn of cost and loss of control. Local groups like Highlands Rotary Club back incorporation amid concerns over orthoxylene and petrochemical production impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Kimball
Highlands
Baytown
Red
Wooster Volunteer Fire
Grady Shepherd
Humble Oil
Tion
Houston
Refining Co
Texas A and M College
Channelview
Seas Paroles Oani
Fay
Annelview
Incort
Atty, Burke
Holman
Oltn
Bill Elliott
Automobile Seat Group
Enjay Miarastnelse Tihe Rele
Pale Corporation
Highlands Rotary Club
The
Highlands Star
Albert Thomas backs Kennedy Johnson ticket in debate
Rep Albert Thomas described the Kennedy Johnson Democratic ticket as a fighting campaign that would win, saying the side looked good and would draw strong voter interest with campaign chatter around tides and schedule times. He warned of the anticipated campaign noise but remained confident in victory.
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Galveston
Albert Thomas
Kennedy-Johnson
Various Baytown notes and campaign reflections excerpted
A collage of local items includes Jeannine Lyons returning from trips to Disneyland and California, Justice of the Peace staff changes as Wanda Jones yields to Gray Mertens, a watch found in Woodlawn, hospital patient updates, parakeet finds, Carlsbad Caverns tours, a birthday, and neighbor favors. It also covers campaign chatter on Kennedy versus Nixon, Thomas’s assessment of platforms, and his Baytown visit with Herring to the Community Building, plus plans to return for the November election with opponents from the Republican and Constitution parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeannine Lyons
Disneyland
California
Wanda Jones
Justice of the Peace
Walter Queen's Office
Gray Mertens
Ira Thompson
Woodlawn
Ann Wallace
Bavterwa Hospital
E. H. Rheaume
Guy Woods Stuart
Eugene Woods
Fort Bliss
Sarah Woods
Carlsbad Caverns
New Mexico
Shelley Lea Pillow
Mickey Pillow
Sally Robinson
Kemah
Raytown
W. A. Stevensons
Sun
Preston Pendergrass
Tennessee
Wanda Orton
Charlie Caldwell
Humble
Esso Baltimore
Thomas
Henry Cabot Loder
Nixon-todge
United States
Kennedy
Nixon
Baytown
Garrett R. Herring
Domme
Failed Atlas Mercury test capsul e mission at Cape Canaveral
An unmanned Project Mercury capsule and Atlas booster were lost after a likely explosion near Cape Canaveral. The capsule and rocket sank in the Atlantic 4 to 12 miles offshore as rain and low clouds obscured the blast. NASA later said contact was lost 65 seconds after launch and officials noted a catastrophic event ending the test while telemetry was reviewed.
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Cape Canaveral
Fia
Atlantic
Cape Shaervers
National Aeronautics Anl Space Administration
Nitoff
Suit Filed Against CV School Board by Residents
Seventeen Channelview residents sue the Channelview School District to block future revenue payments totaling 55 000 claimed owed to two banks and the county school board A hearing is set for 9 am Tuesday Aug 9 before Judge Ben F Wilson at the 61st District Court Houston The suit alleges improper borrowing without required voter approval and cites 1957 1958 loans plus a 25 000 620 000 loan issue approved March 5 195? It warns such payments would illegally burden taxpayers and seeks injunction against future debt payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Channelview
Chan-nelview
County School Board
Ally
Billy J. Lee
61St
Houston
Ben F. Wilson
National Bank of Commerce
Courty School Board
Channelview State Bank
County Scool
Ilegally
Lee
BUIT
BEF Seeks Bargaining Vote at Baytown Refinery
The Baytown Employes Federation announces plans to seek a bargaining vote at the Humble Oil and Refining Co Baytown Refinery. FP OL Potter, BEF president, led a meeting urging members to pledge support and begin solicitation while promising plant workers continued contact with company progress. The BEF previously held bargaining rights there for nearly two years before losing them in a mid summer election in 19.
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Baytown
Federation
Humble Oil and Refining Co
OL. Patter
Bins
BEF
Potter
Chemical
Atomic Workers of America Jocaw
Dew
Politician Denies Farm Campaign Neglect While Lenders Meet
Richard M. Nixon meets lenders to discuss farm programs and asserts no neglect of his campaign work. Two shrimp boat captains under Navy inquiry claim to saw a submarine near Aranda Vasa Texas in dawn hours. Powers faces espionage fronts claim. U2 flight plans to Aug 17 in Monrovia. Two women and seven children die in a high speed crash near Odessa. Kennedy and Johnson plan a meeting to discuss military spending amid insults from Premier. Lamimaba leaves Washington with pledges of economic aid but no troop backing.
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Richard M. Nixom
71 Year Baytown Resident Barbara Mazoch Dies
24 year Baytown resident Barbara Mazoch 71 died Thursday in a Baytown hospital. She was a member of St Joseph's Church and St Agnes Society KIZT. Rosary and funeral rites were planned at Earthman Chapel with a high mass at St Joseph's and burial at St Cyrid and Mathodious Catholic Cemetery. Interment under Earthman Funeral Home direction. Survived by four sons, four daughters, three brothers, three sisters, 16 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Barbara Mazoch
Maryland
Baytown
St Joseph's Catholic Church
St. Agnes Society
St. Agnes Socvety
Legion’ of Mary
Earthman Chapel
Duhina
Earthman Funeral Home
Frank Mazoch
Steve Mazoch
Granger
Julian Ermis
Weimar
Christine Fredrith
Scholenburr
Celia Rose
Rosenberg
Gramichildren
Nixon selects Lodge to continue U N work in August
President nominee Richard Nixon said Henry Cabot Lodge will keep his United Nations duties in August as Nixon campaigns. Eisenhower asked Lodge to present the U S disarmament position at the U N next month, with Lodge possibly resigning later. Nixon plans Washington weekdays and weekend campaigning nationwide while Lodge handles U N duties.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Gor
Chicago
Richard Nixon
Lodge
U.N
Richard M. Nixon
GOP
Henry Cabot Lorge
United Nations
Nixon
Eisenhower
U. S
U.N. Post
Washington
Senate
Nous
Ambassador Lodge
Congress
Advisory Group For City Sought
Mayor Pruett asked the city council to appoint a four man advisory board to map a master plan for growth and to study the gas company records for possible rate increases. The council heard the request after a prior review with Baytown officials and discussed replacing the city planning commission with such an advisory body.
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R. H
Mantines
Lamar
Harry Massey
Baytown School
PTA
Oper Green
Chandler
le Fevre
Roy Hughes
W. L
Dub
West City
Alold City
Highway 146
East Fayle
We Road
Beaumont
Davis Road
North Main
Pruett
J. 8
Roy Montgomery
Lobit Ton Crossing
Highway 146 Group to Appear at City Tax Hearing
Highway 146 Association representatives are set to appear before the Baytown Tax Equalization Board Saturday to contest a 25 percent increase in tax value for Highway 146 properties. The hearing at 9 am will hear officials and property owners about assessments tied to street paving and improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway 146 Assn
Baytown
R. H
Equalization Board
Covun
George Chandier
T. L. Gunn
Highway 146 Agsn
Tops In Law Enforcement Work Of FBI Famous Throughout World
A broad overview traces the Federal Bureau of Investigation from its early limits to a world renowned agency. It notes wartime shifts toward counter espionage, constraints on firearms and arrests, and the impact of the 1919 Dyer Act on interstate transportation of stolen vehicles.
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FBI
Blue Beathard
Canada
Royal Mounted Police
London
Scotland Yard
Bur
Jusinel
Hee
United States
FBT
al Basiners
Pama
Burt
Study on Annexation Laws Sees Testimony From 15
A Texas statewide study committee on municipal annexation heard 15 witnesses including Houston Mayor Lew Cutter and Austin attorney Johnnie B. Rogers. They urged reforms to curb abuses, create a dispute arbitration body, require area approval, restrict annexing areas based on size, and set de annexation and service provision standards to limit city expansion while preserving growth.
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Texas
Houston
Lew Cutter
Pasadena
Maye
Coner Whitaker
Billy Ragan
Johnnie B. Rogers
Austin
Betvicps
Rams Mitive
Rice
Inelucind
Cutter
Ragan
Baytown Brothers Plan New Ridge Subdivision Development
Baytown brothers A M Howell and C J Dixie Howell plan a subdivision off Garth Road with about 100 by 12 foot lots. Pruett Construction Co will build streets and install sewer and water. work expected to start next year with the first section containing 30 lots. Both brothers are Baytown Refinery employees. Jack Howell has lived in town since 1928 and his brother arrived in 1996.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garth
Baytown Brothers
A.M
Jark
C. J
Dixie) Howell
Howells
O Pruett Construction Co
Howell Brothers
Baytown
Dixie Howell
Sewell
Jack Howell
Brother
Snarky Bond's Mother Dies
Mrs. Sadie Mirrick Bond 0 of 816 East James Avenue died at home on Friday in Tuam. Funeral services at 1 p.m. Sunday at Paul A. Lee Funeral Home with Rev. H. Leroy Stanton. interment in Forest Home Cemetery Milwaukee. She was mother of Clifford M. Bond of Baytown and widow of Dr. E. C. Bond of Milwaukee. Survived by numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. burial in Milwaukee.
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Sadie Mirrick Bond
East James Avenue
Tuam
Clifford M. (Sparky) Bond
Baytown
Bond
E. C. Bond
Milwaukee
Wis
H. Leroy Stanton
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Paul A. Lee
Forest Home Cemetery
Mibenukee
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