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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1961
Page
1
A watch stolen from Tom Rush ing of 612 W. Lobit and valued at 75 dollars was recovered by Baytown Police Sergeant Robert P. Merchant and officer H. Ricketson, following the arrest of a 15 year old Baytown boy.
U S Navy and Marine units near the Dominican Republic increased alert as reports of unrest follow the assassination of Rafael Trujillo. Officials said American lives were not yet in danger, with contingency plans for evacuation if needed.
Baytown police report a string of malicious mischief incidents targeting car windshields over the past several days. Lt. Bo Turner confirmed the spike coincides with the end of the school year as officers assess suspects and motives.
The Associated Press reports federal Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. issued sweeping orders to stop violence and restraint against interstate travel during the Freedom Rides. Enforcement threats included potential jail terms for violators as riders face a federal injunction aimed at stopping clashes in Montgomery and Jackson amid ongoing civil rights protests.
Baytown honors longtime Humble Oil veteran Glen Busch at a retirement gathering. The event recalls prewar and wartime Baytown support for local sports, with former players and community figures attending. Busch, a Cedar Bayou native, recounts Baytown’s evolution from brick production to oil town, highlighting local families and longtime employees.
Al Pearce, known on air as Elmer Blurt the door to door salesman, died at 62 in Newport Beach Calif from ulcer surgery complications. A longtime radio and TV entertainer, his varied career began in San Francisco in 1926 and included his own variety show Al Pearce and His Gone. He created characters such as Tizzie Lish and Arlene Harris and also starred in Eb and Zeb. He spent recent years doing TV commercials.
In Monterrey Mexico a cable car car collided with a tower during a celebration of a new 2100 foot mountain system. Four people died and 500 guests were stranded atop Saddle Mountain as rescue teams descended the canyon. One victim was a designer from Apple Barch Co Paris and another was Jesus Fernandez Guerra, head of the contracting firm. The system was to open July 7 with President Lopez Mateos attending.
Funeral services for George Irving Reavis 52 of Edinburg a former Baytown resident will be held at 5 p m Sunday at Florence Funeral Home in Florence He died Friday night at his home He was in the orchard business with his brother In Baytown he worked at Humble s Baytown Refinery Surviving are his wife Mrs Lae Holle Reavis of Edinburg a son and two daughters one sister and two brothers not fully named in the readable text
Governor Price Daniel praised by AFL CIO head H. Brown for stance against a general sales tax as Roman Catholic Church in Mexico launches broad anti Communist campaign. Texas records include a fatal shooting by a 14 year old at Milburn North Dakota and deaths of Ninnie Baird founder of Texas bakeries. Equitable oil market sharing, a Houston rape case, and a Fort Worth hotel fire are noted along with a Bay Area quake and death penalty considerations for Houston area murder suspects. Gulf patrol boats prepared for Gulf shrimp season.
The Baytown School District opens a two month summer recreation program directed by Jay Bollinger. It runs at 15 schools, three Baytown pools, Memorial Stadium, and Robert E Lee High tennis courts with sessions 8:30 to 11:30 and 2 to 5 Monday through Friday. Guidance runs at Alamo Elementary 8:30 to 11:30 daily.
AP reported a supersonic bomber crashed in a farm field about 16 miles north of Paris near Louvres. The aircraft, the same bomber that recently flew from New York to Paris in record time, had departed Bourget Air Field during the international airshow around 5 p.m. It vanished after passing the control tower with its crew of three aboard.
Castro faces a Wednesday deadline to respond to Tractors for Freedom after the group proposed swapping 1 200 Cuban prisoners for 500 tractors. The cable, signed by Eleanor Roosevelt and other notables, urged Castro to confirm and provide prisoner names for release as part of the deal.
Baytown's Jerry Wilson and Houston's Dave Woodard propose an $800 million northern downtown renewal for Houston. The plan features a 5,000-car garage with heliport, two 30-story apartment hotels, a 30-story UH branch, monorail fencing, a new Main Street through the center, and a university campus. The project aims to transform the business district with new office towers, housing, and transit links.
In Vienna the Kennedy Khrushchev talks began with a friendly toasting session at the U.S. embassy residence. Kennedy arrived after Khrushchev and the two leaders met for more than an hour in a formal setting. They discussed war risks and Berlin tensions while planners expect Kennedy to press for disarmament concessions and avoid new crises.
Bell, manager for Humble Oil in Houston area, urges Baytown Texas Society of Professional Engineers members to join TSPE. He praises technical societies for idea exchange, problem discussion, friendships, and advancing engineering. Bell also holds roles in AIME, API, AAPG, and TSP E.
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