Baytown area events and notices roundup
Community notices from Baytown report CAP cadet practice for interflight competition at St. Mark's Parish, a church meeting in Houston, a Baytown house fire caused by an electrical short, summer drivers education at Baytown Junior High, a grass fire at Humbie Oil and Refining Co. Baytown Refinery, YMCA summer day camp registration, a tank truck crash on Genoa Red Bluff Road killing driver Leonard Scheumack, local baseball standings in the Industrial Softball League, Industrial bowling and Ten Toppers leagues at Bay Lanes, auditions for Houston Youth Symphony Ballet Company, and Fire Auxiliary meeting at Tri-City Beach.
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Baytown
Civil Air
Wayne H. McCleskey
Patrol
St. Mark's
N. Main
Houston West
Texas Conference of the Methodist Church
Houston
Leonard
Scheumack
Lowe Chemical Co
Genoa Red Bluff
Baytown Weather Outlook With Warm 72 to 92 Range
Partly cloudy and continued warm through Wednesday in the Baytown area. Monday reached 92 degrees and Tuesday morning dipped to 73. Galveston tides list Wednesday highs at 4:13 a.m. and 1:37 p.m. with lows at 6:21 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
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Baytown
Galveston
Local Notes From Around Town Include Hospital Stay and Fishing Tales
Mrs Herman Rhodes recovering from surgery at Hermann Hospital Houston in Room 571. Baytown area updates: Gladys Skaggs on a Hill Country ranch fishing trip with two bluegills and a three pound bass. Others mention searches for subjects at University of Houston, bowling in La Porte, and car trouble. A puppy for sale vaccination details and contact Craddocks at 566-7340.
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Herman Rhodes
Hermann Hospital
Houston
Rosalie Myers
Sim
Molly Bowers
Houston Post
Sun
Nicky Mathison
Gladys Skaggs
Baytown
Hill Country
J. C Pratt
H. H. Curtis
Doug Bell
Huntsville
Mickey Dugar
University of Texas
Lela Webb
L. G Craddock
Rusty
Craddocks
Lee College Summer Term Hit by 650 Expected Attendance
Approximately 650 students are expected to attend Lee College's first summer term, says Dean Walter Rundell. Registration Friday runs 9 am to 8 pm and 4 to 8 pm. Classes begin Monday. June 32 is the last day to register for credit. The School and College Ability Test is set for June 18 and July 9 at 3 am and 6 pm. First term ends July 38, with second term registration on July 19 and sessions from July 22 to August 2.
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Lee College
Walter Rundell
A&M Enrolls Three Negro Students in Quiet Step
Texas A&M College quietly admitted three Black students marking its first racial integration since founding nearly a century ago. Graduate students Vernell Jackson and George Douglas Sutton, both with master’s from Prairie View A M College, and undergraduate LeRoy Sterling from Texas Southern University join the campus. Jackson and Sterling reside in Bryan, Sutton in Fort Worth.
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College Station
Texas A&m College
Momlay
A&m
National Science Foundation
Vernell Jackson
George Douglas Sutton
Prairie View Arm College
Texas Agm
LeRoy Sterling
Texas Southern University
Houston
Sterling
Jackson
Bryan
Sutton Aves
Fort Worth
Roy White Named New Principal At Horace Mann JH
Roy White elected principal of Horace Mann Junior High School Monday night. Former guidance counselor at Robert E. Lee High School, White began teaching in 1947 in Baytown. He holds a BS from Southwestern Louisiana Institute and an MS from LSU, with further graduate work at the University of Houston. White, a native of Bunky Louisiana, serves as a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force Reserve at Ellington Field. He succeeds A L Tillery. Nitchmann takes his REE counselor post. Three Baytown staff resignations followed: Martha Gaines, Gertrude Clinton, and Elizabeth Potter from Lamar Elementary. Gaines will pursue a master's at Abilene Christian College while teaching part time. Oltman and Potter retire.
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Roy W. White
Horace Mann
White
Robert E. Lee
Baytown
BJH
Southwestern Louisiana Institute
Louisiana State University
University of Houston
Bunky
Air Force Reserve
Elingston Field
A. L
Fred) Tillery
REE Wsre
HL Nitchmann
REL
Nitchmann
Southwest State Teachers College
San Marcos
Martha A. Gaines
Baytown Junior High
Gertrude
Sunshine Clinton
Elizabeth Potter
Lamar
Gaines
Abiléne Christian College
Oltman
Potter
OCAW Votes On Contract Tonight
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union Local 433 faces a Tuesday night vote on a Humble Oil contract for Baytown Refinery production and maintenance workers. Members meet at 7:30 p.m. to hear the offer report. a temporary extension lasts until June 7 with no immediate strike expected if rejected.
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Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Local 433
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
Travis Campus Improvement Contract Awarded at $34,814
The Travis Elementary School project received a $34,814 contract to Pruett Construction Co for campus improvements, roadways, parking, walkways, and drainage with completion by Sept. 1. Low bid, base $33,114, with twoHouston bidders vying for alternates. project updates include a covered walkway and bus turn-around. District delays bond sale until market improves. bond sale guidance cited by Supt. Gentry.
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Travis Elementary
Pruett Construction Co
Pruett Construction
George H. Gentry
W.,d
Bill) Broyles
Pruett
Skrla, Inc
Houston
Nelson Shields
Gentry
Travis
Ser
Our World Paul Maxey dies at 55 in Pasadena
Veteran actor Paul Maxey known for motion pictures television and stage dies at age 55 in Pasadena California. His roles included Mayor Peoples on The People's Choice Mexican news coverage notes several other items from the era including labor, weather and civil rights developments.
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Paul Maxey
Pasadena
Calif
Mayor Peoples
Woo
Boss Named at Refinery in Baytown
John J. Coates of Fairfield Conn. becomes assistant general manager at Humble Oil Baytown Refinery. He succeeds Joe Barsalon as he and wife move from Baton Rouge to Baytown with eight children. Coates held multiple posts since 1944 and holds degrees from Manhattan College and NYU.
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John J. Coates
Fairfield Conn
Fumble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
H. H. Meier
Coates
Meier
Joe Barsalon
Humble
Houston
I. D
Pittsburgh
Everett
Mass
Heisier
Water Plant Award Honors Henderson and Moses
R G Henderson and Wayne Moses, operations specialists at Baytown water treatment plant, received an official State Health Department citation for job competency. The award is signed by the state health commissioner and officers of the Texas Water and Sewage Works Association.
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R. G. Henderson
Wayne Moses
Baytown Municipal
State Health Department
Texas Water and Sewage Works Association
Jobs Come First JFK Pushes Desegregation in Work Programs
President Kennedy moved to curb racial discrimination in apprenticeship and construction programs. He directs the Labor Department to admit applicants to government programs on a nondiscriminatory basis, seeks a review of federal construction hiring, and plans an executive order to empower the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee in building projects. A civil rights package with Congress appears likely, aiming to ease Negro discontent and curb violence in the South.
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Washington
Kennedy
Secretary of Labor
Committee On
Federallg
South
Congress
Jury Indicts Hof fa and Seven Associates for Pension Fraud
CHICAGO AP James R Hoffa head of the Teamsters and seven associates are indicted by a federal grand jury on 38 counts for defrauding more than $20 million from the Central States Pension Fund. The indictment alleges over $1 million was diverted for personal use and accuses Hoffa of false statements to trustees and influence to obtain loan approvals. The case lists Benjamin Dranow, Rageere Otte, Hilary Weinblatt and others.
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Chicago
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters’ Union
Central States Pension Fund
Grand Jury
Federal Bureau of Investigation
London
Pope John VII
Sun Valley
Int
Florida Homes
Broward County
Hoffa
Together
Iwans
Seameaters
Hoa
Laster
Mip
Hofa
Benjamin Dranow
Minneapolis
Dranow
George Countessay
Unity
Re Burris
Vatican
Khrushchev
John XII
Kennedy
Notre Dame Cathedral
Lee College Barbers Hill Meeting Set
Barbers Hill residents and Baytowns Lee College plan a 7 30 pm meeting at the Lee College student center to learn about the college curriculum and merger prospects. Sam Bramslett leads the event with Q and A and tours for Barbers Hill students parents officials and interested citizens. Refreshments will be served.
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Barbers Hill
Baytown
Lee College
Junior College
Walter Rundell
Sam
Record enrollment in summer schools at local district
By Wanda Orton the district reports 572 total public school summer term enrollment. Robert E Lee High School leads with 365 582 enrolled while Baytown Junior High has 99 and Bowie Elementary 68. DeZavala Elementary runs an English course for prospective first graders and six students join summer band practice at several junior high sites through July.
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Wanda Orton
Robert EL Lee High
Baytown
Bowie
DeZavala
Robert E. Lee High
Horace Mann
Cedar Bayou
Highlands
Pope John XI Dies Amid World Toll in Vatican
In a twilight ceremony at St. Peter's Square Pope John XI died tonight as 280000 mourners watched from hushed crowds. The pontiff will be buried in the crypt beneath St. Peter's Basilica marking a solemn moment for the Catholic Church and global faithful.
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Vatican City
John XI
St. Peter's Square
St. Peter's Basilica
Johny XXVI
Rockefeller still contemplates GOP president bid
Gov. Rockefeller said he remains in the running for the Republican nomination despite views that his recent marriage hurts his prospects. In Washington, the SEC sent to Congress a sweeping overhaul of securities laws aimed at investor protection.
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Albany
N.Y
Rockefeller
Washington
Congress
Securities and Exchange Commission
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