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No one injured in a Baytown Refinery fire at Humble Oil and Refining Co Baytown plant with minor damage reported. Community notices list a crippled children's party at Plantation Ranch near Liberty, YMCA bantam softball registration starting June 10, and local club dances and shrimp dinners. Janet Hunt named secretary of Kappa Epsilon at UT. Burnett Travis and Hawks win in YMCA softball. Girl Scouts offer a morning swimming course at Roseland Park.
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Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
GOP Faces Emotional Bid for 1964 Nomination
Washington reports a split in the Republican camp as they weigh an emotional, can win strategy for the 1964 presidential nominating fight. Barry Goldwater and Nelson Rockefeller lead opposing camps while George Romney eyes a possible surge. Willkie-style convention momentum is discussed as delegates respond to grassroots pressure and party dynamics.
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Washington
Repith
Irtel
GOP
Michigan
George
Romney
B. Morton
Kentucky
Wendell” L. Willkie
Willkie
Goldwater
Wall Street
Central” Financial Clearing House
Gold- Water
South
Rockefeller
CAPT WILLIAM EDWARD JENKINS TO SPEAK AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
CAPT WILLIAM EDWARD JENKINS, son of Mr and Mrs Curtis Jenkins of 306 Gresham, will graduate June 16 from the American University in Washington DC where President John F Kennedy will be commencement speaker. Jenkin s served in the military and is married to Patricia Smith of Houston with a six year old daughter Shawn.
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William Edward Jenkins
Curtis Jenkins
Gresham
American University
Washington, D.C
John F. Kennedy
Jenks
Allen’ Academy
Sam Houston State College
Patricia, Smith
Houston
Shawn
Alma McNulty
Velma McNulty
Alma
Velma
Katy Morris
Martha Baronett
Lewis Cutter
Easley
West Baytown Kiwanis Club
Dave Sherron
Fletcher Hickerson
Sun
Baytonians
Bob Matherme
Baytown
Y W. O. Wheatley
Channelview
Stevie Undiawood
Dart
Bond Election Opens At 7 A.M. in Harris County
Polls open across sixteen Baytown area locations from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday for Harris County’s 85.8 million bond election. Voters will decide eight propositions, including a high level bridge over Cedar Bayou and a Baytown sub courthouse. County Tax Assessor-Collector Carl S. Smith notes car owners with license plates have been rendered for taxation and are eligible to vote. The program allocates 77.6 million for roads and bonds with two thirds needed for approval, plus 12 million in general fund issues requiring only a simple majority. Budget includes road widening on Bayway Drive and a 24-foot roadway from Highway 146 to Cedar Bayou.
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Baytown
Harris County
Cedar ‘Bayou
Carl S. Smith
Bayway Drive
Decker Drive
Highway 146
Cedar Bayou
Roseland Park
Rites Saturday For REL Junior Funeral Of Larry Grill
Funeral services for Lawrence Eugene Grill 15 son of Elsie Post Chervenka and C F Grill will be at 2 p m Saturday at Trinity Episcopal Church. He died Thursday night at home and was a junior at Robert E Lee High School. Burial in Memory Gardens under Earthman Funeral Home direction. Survived by his parents a grandmother and a sister. Pallbearers named.
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Trinity Episcopal Church
Lawrence Eugene
Larry) Grill
Elsie Post Chervenka
Utah
C. F. Grill
Virginia Beach
Robert E. Lee High School
P. Walter Henckels
Trinity Episcopal
Memory Gardens
Earthman Funeral Home
Eva Post
Eva Chervenka
Baytown
Robert Dippel
Calvin Rutherford
al Murphy
Gary Garer
Don Wiedeman
Bayshore Fishing Contest Set for Eight Days
The Bayshore Rod, Reel and Gun Club hosts its eighth annual fishing contest from July 29 to August 7. Mayor Lee Liggett signed two proclamations designating the week as fishing contest week, one from Baytown and another from the Baytown Chamber of Commerce. Dr. S. E. Broussard chairs the event, praising nearby Galveston and Trinity Bays as prime sportfishing grounds on the Texas Coast.
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Bayshore Rod
Lee Liggett
Baytown
S. E. Broussard
City of
Galveston
Trinity Bays
Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Bridge Tourney Starts Today
About 350 players are expected to participate in the San Jacinto Championship sectional bridge tournament at the Holiday Inn. Play begins 1:30 p.m. Friday with the team-of-four event, followed by men’s and women’s pair events, mixed pairs, and a two-session open pair on Sunday. Night events start at 7:30 p.m. Baytown volunteers include Jack Furbee as chairman and several committee members handling trophies, entertainment, partnership, publicity, and hospitality.
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San Jacinto
Holiday Inn
Baytown
Jack Furbee
J. C. Alspaugh
Ben 5. Love
W. K. Puderbaugh
Robert Matherne
S. P.blumberg
Park collapses bury two men at Parkersburg
Fragments describe a roof collapse at a railroad park in Parkersburg West Virginia burying two men under tons of rock and wire. Residents and officials discuss rescue challenges as crews work to reach the survivors.
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Alline
Parkersburg
W. Va
Nine Days Of Mourning For Pope John XI Begins
Vatican City AP reports the Roman Catholic Church began nine days of official mourning for Pope John XI, whose body lies beneath St. Peter's Basilica. Requiem Masses are said daily in the basilica as two million mourners view the pontiff in state. The period ends June 17 with two feast days omitted Trinity Sunday and Corpus Christi.
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Vatican City
John XI
St. Peter’s Basilica
Vatican Basilica
Pope John
Catafalque
Pius XI
Trinity
Corpus Christi
Racial violence leaves one dead in Lexington NC riot
Police report seven youths arrested after a race riot in Lexington North Carolina left one white man dead and a newspaper photographer wounded. Shots hit a reporter and a man died en route to hospital as streets erupted after segregation protests.
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Lexington
N.C
Head
Piedmont
Carolna
Charles Poole
Robert Neal
Hairston
Sonny Calhoun
Larry Wayne Winston
William Chester Johnson
Joe Poole
Roosevelt Smith
Winston
John Son
Art Richardson
High Point Enterprise
Fred Link
Link
Winston-Salem
Richardson
Lexington Hospital
High Point Hospital
John Baskin
Thomasville Morning Times
Dick Swain
High Point
James Comer
Alabama Guards Ready For Crisis At University
About 4,000 Alabama National Guardsmen will go on active duty Sunday ahead of the planned admission of Black students to the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa and Huntsville. The move ties into federal court orders for desegregation, with Army officials noting they could be federalized. Governor Wallace’s actions will shape whether federal troops are used. Military concentration centers around Ft McClellan and Camp Shelby as thousands await needed action.
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Washington
Alabama National Guardsmen
31St Infantry” Division
U.S
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Huntsville
Army
Alabama National Guards
Kennedy
Ft. ArcClellan
Ala
Birmingham
Camp Shelby
Mississippi
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Pthem
Love Affair Blamed Security Leak Faces Britain
London AP reports John Profumo resigns after admitting a liaison with Christine Keeler, a 19 year old in 1961, amid security concerns involving Yevgeny Ivanov. Queen Elizabeth II connection cited. defense and intelligence implications discussed as ministers react.
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Britain
London
Harold Macmillan
Eizabeth
Chris Keeler
Daily Express Today
John Profumo
Cmat
Yevgeny (Eugene) Ivanov
Archie Davis Heads Up Leukemia Drive In City
Archie Davis will head the Baytown Leukemia Drive a door to door canvass is set for 6 to 8 pm Monday officers of the Baytown Chapter of the National Leukemia Society coordinate the effort Mrs Irene Conway is chapter president with Velma Ansley Sybil Lively and C Ni Sutphin in leadership The drive supports research funds with Baytown receiving ten percent and the rest sent to New York City for programs and grants. Davis cited past Baytown totals and hopes for higher contributions this year.
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Archie’ S.davis
Fred Paul Davis
Baytown
National
Leukemia ‘Society
Irene Conway
Velma ‘Ansley
Sybil: Lively
Treasure
C. Ni Sutphin
Secre
New York City
U.S
National Society
Dation
Te Search
M. D. Anderson Hospital
Tumor Institute
Houston
National Medical Advisory Board
Davis
Optimists Reward Lester Alford for Boys' Work
Baytown's Lester Alford receives a bronze plaque engraved with the Optimist creed at District 26 convention in Galveston, honoring his four terms as district boys' work chairman and his work on oratorical contests. He led youth programs, helped form leagues, and collaborates with Hamilton High's Rob ert E Lee. his wife Ed Ta shares the credit for his civic efforts and he eyes Young Texan of the Month nomination and further contest involvement.
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Wanda Orton
Baytown
Lester Alford
Galveston
Ted
Alford
Cubs
Robert E_ Lee
East Harris
County Bar Association
William J
Bill
Gidley
Shannon L
Gion
Dallas
Paul Quinton
AEL
Harris County
Sun
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Melvin
Robert Gillette
District 25
Baytown Phetes
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Bill Daniels
Plantation Ranch
Liberty
Gin's
YMCA
Bantam
Teague
Janet Hunt
Kappa Epsilon
University of Texas
Bayshore Wagon Wheel Square Dance Club
Knights of Pythias Hall
Cecil Dunman
Austin
Oddfellow Lodge
Oddfellows Hall
Rebekahs
Lee College
The
San Jacinto Baptist Association
Lee “College
Bill Ingram
Hawks
Burnett Travis
Burnett
Huber
Pruett Construction
DuPont
Girl Scouts
Amtiars
Barry Or
Rocky
New York
Nelson A.rockefeller
Paull Anderson
N. Felton
U.S. Weather Bureau
the Sun
Harris County TB Association
Clarksville
Tenaca
St. Louis
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Thomas’ E. Dewey
Eisenhower
Commission
Teamsters
Agaist Truck -Company
Ralph Yarborough
D -Tex
Ross Barnett
George Wallace
Atomic Sumbmarine
Tino Ie
Sting
Swith Civil “Service
Ne-Etocs
Inspost
N. Carolina City
Jack Profumo
Ivanov
Miss Keeer
Daily Sketch
Jack
Christine
Eugene Ivanov
Profumo
Macmillan
House of Commons
Protumo
Valeric Hobson
Archie Davis
Leukemia
Baytonian
Bill Gidtey
East Harris Bar
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