Macmillan bids for European Common Market entry
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Macmillan said Britain will apply for Common Market membership with entry dependent on arrangements to protect Commonwealth partners. Geneva AP notes EFTA urged merging with the market to form a 300 million person economic unit. Gatesville AP details a guard killed during a jailbreak at the State School For Boys, Billy Malone, 42, struck by a bat as nine trusties escaped.
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Sun Spots Lucky Shopper luminary rewards Baytown reader
Baytown residents joined the Lucky Monday Morning Shopper event with Mrs J P Wallace of 3226 Missouri noting pride in Baytown life as she claimed ten dollars. Other items include deadlines for Crosby Livestock Show and local youth sports events, plus a battery theft report on Decker Drive and a Rotary luncheon with speaker George R Moon from Fort Arthur on alcoholism economics.
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Baytown Sun
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Panel Working Tax Deadlock Looms Today
Austin panel in stiff deadlock as Senate and House face delays on a sales tax bill. Subcommittee rewriting the House passed measure likely not ready today or Tuesday. If full committee approval slips to Wednesday, debate and constitutional time could push sending to the House to late this week or next, with session ending Tuesday of next week.
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Skepticism and Hope Mark Britain on Soviet Policy
London AP report notes mixed emotions as Britain contemplates the Soviet Union amid Khrushchev’s stance. Public skepticism and guarded hope rise over peace prospects and potential policy shifts, with Dads Club meeting urged to support unity and pacific aims for a reformed society.
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Mae Pac Ortifiee
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Mi .Ion
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H. J. Burton
Seven Years Ago Tragedy Haunts Newport Man
Newport protest era tale recalls Hexie Maxie who survived a fiery escape after leaving eastern Kentucky hills. He crawled from a rear window as flames engulfed him and others. Bystanders pulled him away while he searched for peace amid memories of a ghastly moment seven years past.
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Hexie Maxie
Kentucky
Tragic crash tale and political echoes span Baytown page
A fiery Tuesday crash claimed one survivor among twelve aboard a car driven by Thomas Brown. The report blends personal recollections from Maxie and Brown family members with scattered notices and a separate national political analysis centering Khrushchev’s postwar plan, Texas politics, and tax debates.
Baytown Men Lead Metals Firm Merger in Houston Area
Reed Roller Bit owner John Mecom has acquired Diamond Metals in a merger that places Jack Henderson as head of the expanded Reed Metals division. Hank Johnson remains as sales chief. Henderson will operate the old Diamond Metals plant on Tele phone Road with output including tungsten carbide surfacing materials and Sintercut tools for oil wells and construction, sold in the U.S. and Mexico.
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Ing
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Don Shepherd
Shepherd
Houston
Telephone Road
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John Maher
Nationwide Mail Service Improves With NIMS Plan
Five to eight p.m. mail drop at hundreds of post offices under a new program called NIMS Nationwide Improved Mail Service aims to reduce the heavy receipts during the end of day bulge. The Post Office Department says depositing all day’s mail in those hours slows speedier service.
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Gentral Press
McCloy to report to Kennedy on Khrushchev talks
McCloy, secretary Kennedy, was to brief President Kennedy on discussions with Khrushchev. He had met with the Soviet leader at his Black Sea villa and in Moscow to work toward disarmament and Berlin crisis solutions. McCloy noted a possible shift in Soviet stance and expected further efforts in coming weeks.
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Hearing Tuesday On LP Freight Depot Closing
Texas Railroad Commission set 9 a.m. Tuesday at La Porte City Hall for a hearing on Texas and New Orleans Railway request to close its La Porte freight station. Testimony for and against the closure will be heard. no decision for weeks. T&NO says service remains, with Pasadena agent handling freight. Local chamber and city council oppose the move.
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Boat Blaze Hurts Three in Houston Area Crash
A fuel can leak triggered a boat explosion at Barbers Cut in Houston on Saturday night, burning three men and destroying a 2 foot cabin cruiser. Vernon Batterbee and his brother-in-law Clinton McNeil remain hospitalized in Baytown with burns. Floyd Batterbee was released. Donnelly, a Cedar Bayou native and retired farmer, died after a long illness, with funeral arrangements announced.
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Strickland
Clinton E. McNeil
Baytown Hospital
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Lynchburg Addition
Vernon Batterbee
Johnny Charles Donnelly
Mot
Oakhurst St
Houston
Houston Hospital
Cedar Bayou
Don W. Duran
Cedar Bayou Methodist Cemetery
Paul A. Lee Finneral
Donnelly
East Harris County
Grover H. Pennnelly
Barney Donnelly
Cedar Bayon
Grover H. Donnelly
Highlands Drive-In Damaged By Fire
Fire heavily damaged the Pace's Drive-In kitchen at 401 N Main Highlands early Sunday. Highlands Volunteer Fire Department Chief Jimny Hughes said the blaze started near the grill and smoke damaged other areas. Alarm reported at 6 45 a m by a passerby.
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Kakae Ree Mercer
All-Star Game Backdrop at Fenway in Boston
AP reports a sunny outlook for the All-Star Game at Fenway Park Boston with upper 70s temperatures and light northeast winds. The American League leads the series 16 to 14 after a 4 to 3 ten inning win by the NL in San Francisco on July 11 1967. Managers are Paul Richards for the American League and Wes Westrum for the National League.
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Three Hurt in Two Car Collision At Pearce and Jones
Three persons were injured, including Cathy Ann Cochran 19 of Houston, driver of one car, Jack B. Clay 10 of 54 Avon, and Bennie James Nelson of Houston. They received treatment for multiple lacerations at Gulf Coast Hospital. Accident investigator James Lankford said Trajacek's car struck Cochran's car at the center. Charges against Donald Peake 40 of Pearce for failure to yield right of way.
Grid Ducat Deadline Is Tuesday
Tuesday August 1 is the last day for north stand season ticket holders to claim 1961 Gander football tickets. The athletic office will be open 8 am to 6 pm to accommodate latecomers, normally closing at 5 pm. After, unclaimed tickets in the north stands will be offered to south stand holders due to a District 124A ruling giving visiting schools first choice on south seats. South stand holders may be contacted by priority based on years of purchase. mailing or in person options available.
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Dan Stallworth
Seana
Kennedy gets authority to mobilize reservists nationwide
Congress approved a Kennedy backed emergency measure granting the president power to muster up to a quarter of a million reservists, extend military enlistments by two months, and lengthen active duty tours. The House approved the measure after Senate passage, sending it to the White House six days after the president urged a rapid defense buildup to deter or win any conflict and counter Communist threats abroad.
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Senate
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Two Texas union leaders ignore pleas to resign
Two top officials of Texas labor unions refuse to resign fueling a split over policy. The White House says CIA director Allen Dulles plans retirement by year’s end with Fowler Hamilton rumored as successor. Salinger declined comment. A private Dow plane crash near Houston injures no one. traffic fatalities rise over the weekend in Texas. Cardinal Domenico Tardini dies in Vatican. funeral planned in St. Peter’s Basilica.
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Central Intelligence Agency
Pierre Salinger
Fowler Hamilton
Wall Street
Dulles
St. Peter's Basilica
Domenico Cardinal Tardini
Pope John XXIII
Vatican
John L Franks Rites Held At Local Funeral Home
Funeral services for John L. Franks of 01 E. Sterling were held at 11 a.m. Monday at Paul A. Lee Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Stephens and Rev. Robert Cheek officiating. The body was later taken to Scott Funeral Home in Gatesville for burial arrangements.
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E. Sterling
Paul A. Lee
Paul Stephens
Second Baptist Church
Robert Cheek
First Baptist Church
Crosby Resident Dies Rosary Set Tonight
John Robert Dubeak 65 of Crosby died Saturday afternoon in a Houston hospital. Rosary at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Paul G. Lee Funeral Home and services 9 a.m. Tuesday at Sacred Heart Church Crosby with Rev. J. G. Robinson officiating. Burial in Crosby Cemetery. Survivors include widow Margaret Frieak and two daughters Belig Slot and Lucille Priggs. Also listed are several siblings and extended family. Burial planned in Crosby Cemetery after services. Franks, a Baytown resident since 1923, died in Galveston hospital. Retired from Humble Baytown Refinery cracking department in 1950, later custodian at Baytown Junior High. Survivors include Ida Pearl Franks and daughter M. Kerr, among others. Burial in Baytown City Cemetery planned.
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Earl Harvey
B. J. Ausley
Johnny Black
R. C. Stephenson
R. C. Pryor
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Nelson McElroy
California
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Creeby
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