Regional Chairman AL SIMMONS elected for Texas association
AL SIMMONS of Liberty and partner in the Dougharty and Simmons Insurance Agency was chosen regional chairman for all county areas including Harris County at the 68th FAIA convention in Austin on May 27. The piece also notes student honors and local civic notices from Baytown and surrounding areas.
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AL Simmons
Liberty
Dougharty and Simmons Insurance Agency
Harris County
Texas Association of Insurance Agents
Simmons
FAIA
Austin
Weather outlook and tides for Galveston region
The reading notes partial to clear skies and temperatures ranging from four to eighty six degrees. Wednesday saw 63 to 88 degrees with a 76 degree reading at Sun Weather Station at 8 a.m. Friday tides will be high at 6 a.m and low at 10 12 p.m.
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Sun
Galveston
ARON visits Baytown and plans two year Toyo stint
Dr. and Mrs. Jesse Kirkpatrick bring Aron to Baytown for a visit with his mother Mrs. Bertha Kirkpatrick and brother Charles at 105 W Bay shore before they depart for San Francisco and two years in Toyo Japan with Uncle Sam. Army captain Jesse shares a reminiscence of the Holy Land while Gary Hill pursues stock car racing and Ann Farmer maps a Georgia trip. A stray red poodle is taken in by humane officers seeking its owner. Sherry Bramlett returns from UT summer school as W. M. Dobson offers antique cabinet tips. Mrs. Mack Ford wins a radio contest and Mrs. J R Smith seeks a candy bar recipe.
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Jesse Kirkpatrick
Baytown
Bertha Kirkpatrick
Charles
W. Bayshore
San Francisco
Toyo
Japan
Sam
Jesse
Jim Brown
Holy Land
Gary Hill
Ann Farmer
Georgia
Humane
W. M
Bull) Dobson
Sherry Bramlett
University of Texas
Mack Ford
J. R. Smith
Valley Strikers Face Extended Western Harvest Fight
Rio Grande City AP reports a six farm strike by the Independent Workers Association, aiming to block melon harvests with civil disobedience. Leader Eugene Nelson was arrested for disturbing the peace after stopping a switch engine. he posted 400 dollars bond. The union seeks 1.23 per hour and union recognition while several farms kept harvesting with commuter workers.
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Rio Grande City
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
Eugene Nelson
Independent Workers 'Association
Margill Sanchez
IWA
la Casita
Lake
Los Puertes
Santex
Sanchez
Trophy Farm No. 1
Trophy Farm No. 2
Negro Farm
Stern County
Mexico
United States
Willard Wirtz
Afl-Cio
Public hanging draws massive Leopoldville crowd
In Leopoldville the Congo, four Congolese politicians including former Premier Evariste Kimba were hanged for plotting to kill President Mobutu. The execution was declared a holiday and broadcast to urge turnout, with crowds estimated between 100,000 and 720,000.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Joseph Mobutu
Evariste Kimba
Emmanuel Bamba
Jerome Anany
Alexandre Mahamba
Balaguer Holds Narrow Lead In Dominican Vote
In early returns from the Dominican presidential race, conservative Joaquin Balaguer leads Juan Bosch. At 4 a.m., Balaguer 357,594 to Bosch 146,935. other figures show Bosch and Balaguer trading small margins across Santo Domingo, Santiago, and other towns as incomplete counts come in.
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Balaguer
Bosch
Rafael F. Bonelly
Nnever
Santo Domingo
Boseh
Santiago
San Francisco de Majeans
Fire at Humble Baytown Refinery Brings Quick Containment
A fire at Humble Oil and Refining Co s Baytown refinery occurred at the varial hydro finishing unit around 8 30 am Tuesday. Fire crews brought flames under control within minutes and extinguished by 9 15 am with no injuries. Damage was confined to the unit and the cause is under investigation.
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Humble Oil and Refining’ Co
Baytown
Varial
Caune
MOPAC City to discuss spur track with Baytown council
Five Missouri Pacific Railroad officers will meet the Baytown City Council at noon Friday for lunch at Goose Creek Country Club to discuss extending a spur track to U S Steel's plant site in West Chambers County near Baytown. Feasibility surveys are under way to pick the best route, following talks with U S Steel officials after last Friday's plant location announcement.
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Missouri Pacific Railroad
Baytown
U.S. Steel
West Chambers County
Goose Creek Country Club
Missouri Pacific
Fritz Lanham
J. C. Lave
Gulf District
R. A Griesman
Houston
R. L. Carmichael
J. W. Dolson
E. F. Hednett
Love
Pittsburgh
US. Steel
Third Straight Day Missile Raids Hit North Viet Nam
U S planes pounded North Viet Nam for a third day focusing on antiaircraft and missile sites. A spectacular strike hit a 20 truck Communist supply convoy as U S casualties rose with 254 planes shot down and one pilot rescued. Government reports show weekly Allied and enemy losses and captured Reds rising.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
United States
Flying Machines Spark Wild Speculation by Wanda Orton
A humorous column imagines flying machines transforming daily life from parking to shopping. A Sun news editor notes a stunt at the Astro dome and predicts bold, if chaotic, improvements and problems ranging from traffic to safety and consumer life.
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Wanda Orton
Joe Beyer
Sun News
Astrodome
Mysel
Beyer
Texas Avenue
Open move by China seeks Cuba ties with Cuba
Compiwnist China moves to mend relations with Cuba while accusing Moscow of betraying the Cuban people. A surveyor carried a 4 by 6 inch mag purchased for 3 cents by a scientist on the project, hidden in the craft frame. A Western Union telegraphers union contract extends to midnight June 7 after a nationwide walkout. State Rep. Henry Fletcher, 32, of Lockhart, shot in San Marcos. condition not serious. CORE urges civil rights priority and U.S. exit from Vietnam. Princess Margaret fingerprinted during a visit to a new Winchester police headquarters.
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China
Cuba
Moscow
Surveyor i
Henry Fletcher
Lockhart
San Marcos
Runoff Road Bond Vote Sets Two East Harris Races
East Harris County voters face a Saturday ballot settling two May Democratic primary runoffs for state attorney general and State Representative District 33 plus an $11 million county road bond. Martins and Spears lead the attorney general race. Cruz and Rice seek District 33. Bond funds would improve Almeda Genoa and Little York Roads.
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East Harris County
Crawford Martin
Frankin Spears
Laura Cruz
Bill Rice
San Jacinto River
Martins
Spears
Almeda - Genoa
Little York
Houston
Little York Road
Commissioners Court
Almeda
Harris County official finds no fraud in voter registration probe
Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Carl S Savith said shortly before noon Thursday that an investigation into alleged free voter registration irregularities showed no planned effort to fraudulently register voters. He noted overzealous groups and individuals rushed to register, causing street address errors but found no deliberate fraud.
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Harris County
Carl S. Savith
Smith
Baytonians Hurt In Gulf Freeway Auto Accident
Pat Butler and his brother Wylie Butler were injured in a Gulf Freeway crash while en route to Houston International Airport. Pat, 24, visiting from Illinois, and Wylie, 22, a Lamar Lutheran student, were treated at Galveston County Memorial Hospital near Texas City. The parked car reportedly ran out of gas. Pat was the sole passenger in the brothers' car.
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Pat Butler
Houston International Airport
Diinois
Wylie Butler
Gulf Freeway
Juanita Butler
Oak
Galveston County Memorial
Texas
Pat
Tors
Ilinois
Surveyor 1 lands softly on Moon in first success
Pasadena reporting from AP notes Surveyor 1 touched down on the Moon after a planned, precise braking maneuver. Televised earthward photos showed a firm touchdown with minor surface irregularities and a shallow shadow around a camera foot.
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Pasadena
Calif
United’ States
Cape | Kennedy
Goldstone
Canberra
Madrid
Johannesburg
REL Students Attend Summer Math and Science Seminars
Five Robert E. Lee students selected for top science standing will study math and science this summer at universities. Participants include Mike Hare at Rutgers University New Brunswick NJ and Larry Brill at Texas A&M University with others working with research specialists on science papers and autobiographies.
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REL
Robert Zubik
A. R. Zubik
Chilton
Cliff Atherton
W. C. Atherton
McFarland
Thomas Post
Henry Lovell Post
Hill
Larry Brill
N. K. Brill
Virginia
Mike ‘Hare
Lones Hare
Army
Hare
Rutgers University
New Brunswick
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