Sun Spots Jackson Appointed GUY C. JACKSON Jr. named to water resources panel
GUY C.Jackson Jr. of Anahuac was appointed to the water resources committee for 1960 61, while Humble Oil plans the Humble No 2 Navajo oil test in Apache County Arizona. The well follows the 1955 Humble No 1 Navajo first commercial Arizona oil well. other items note military training awards blood donor appeals tides vandalism and local events in Baytown Channelviews and Galveston areas.
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Jackson
Guy C. Jackson Jr
Anahuac
Water Resources Committee
Mast
Texas Chamber of Comve
Humble Well
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Boundary Butte
Apache County
Arizona
LC Registers 681 Students for Summer Term
LC Records 681 students for the first summer term page. Registration continues through Wednesday with expected total around 700. A late registration fee applies and a new accounting course is added with no penalty fee. accounting class meets at 6:30pm daily, starting Monday.
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Les College
Waller Rundel
Elasses
Baptisms and visits span Oklahoma City to Fort Worth
Rev. Horace Williams of Nashville baptizes granddaughter Jeanine Naomi at St. Mark's Methodist Church as Dr. Wayne McCleskey assists. The Williams family, including Mrs. C. C. Tate and Judy, plan orientation at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth this fall. Kareen Waddell performs at Bill Daniel's crippled children event. Dr. Norman Nett reiter and wife from Baytown speak at the Texas Federation of Business and Professional Women's Club convention at the Rice Hotel.
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Horace Williams
Nashville, Tenn
Jeanine Naomi
St. Mark's Methodist Church
Wayne McCleskey
Joe Williams
C. C. Tate
Judy
Alicia McKinney
Oklahoma City
TCU
Kareen Waddell
Baytown
Bill Daniel
Hitt Record Co
Norman Nettreiter
Texas Federation of Business and Professional Women's Club
Rice Hotel
Wis
Johnson Kennedy ticket urged by Florida senator
Florida senator George Smathers told a Tampa press conference that a Johnson Kennedy presidential ticket would be the most effective Democrat vote getter this year. He praised Johnson for experience and judgment and said the convention would consider Kennedy if he does not win on the second ballot.
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Associated Presa
Florida
Lyndon Johnson
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Johnson
Frida
George Smathers
Tampa
Fla
Kennedy
Sen
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Hie
Claeo Pande
Nixon Plans Houston Visit for June 18
Nixon arrives at Houston Intercontinental Airport at 1 45 p m Saturday to meet supporters and address a luncheon. He will speak at the Rice Hotel banquet and hold a news conference at the airport before proceeding to Washington to meet with Oscar Chapman and other Texas party leaders for campaign planning.
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House
Spencer
Sam Rayburn
Dallas
Houston
Csi
Richard M. Nixon
Richard Nixon
New York
Nelson Rockefel
Texas
Rice Hotel
Yburn
Austin
Johnson
Pennsylvania
California
Nixon
West
National
Abet
Yeurday
Washington
Oscar Chapman
India Edwards
Chapman
Retary
Reck Hilton
TPA
Quet
Late News Flash on Castro Espionage Charge in Cuba Clash
Fidel Castro faces a U S defamation suit over espionage claims after alleging a U S military plane photographed a Soviet ship off Cuba. The State Department calls the attack an intense official campaign of slander. In Texas, Dallas delegation and party leaders weigh Sen. Lyndon Johnson for president as Ralph Yarborough loses delegate status. Eisenhower welcomes 30,000 Alaskans for his first visit to the state during a 15 day Far East goodwill tour.
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Fidel Castro
U.S
Cuba
U.S. State Department
Fon
Ralph Yarborough
Austin
Lyndon Johnson
Yarborough
Eisenhower
49Th
Far East
Wallisville debate over Four Foot barrier plan heats up
Joe Matthews urged Wallisville Landowners to write congressmen after a State Board hearing on the U S Army Corps of Engineers proposal to raise the Wallisville salt water barrier to four feet above sea level to create a reservoir. Opponents fear land loss while supporters cite conservation and wildlife refuge plans.
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Joe Matthews
Wallisville
Houston
Price Daniel
State Board
Army Chiefs of Engineers
Washington
Congress
Trinity Valley
Sip
Chambers
Liberty Counties
Perl Irish
Chambers County
John Bradshaw
Touston
Board of Water Engineers
City of
Trinity River Authority
Army
Houston Population Figures Cited by Thomas
Congressman Albert Thomas says preliminary counts place Houston’s population at about 990000, ranking it sixth largest in the nation. He cited Harris County figures relayed by Robert Burgess, director of the census, noting a discrepancy with Morris County data referenced in Washington earlier.
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Houston
Stevenson Ready to Enter Democratic Presidential Draft
New York Post reports Adlai E. Stevenson announces availability for the Democratic presidential draft. The news places Stevenson as a potential candidate and signals his readiness to campaign.
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New York
New York Post
Adlal EK
Stevenson
Plans Revised for Ike's Japan Tour
Washington AP report says the detailed plan for President Eisenhower’s June 1922 visit to Japan is being reviewed awaiting a Hagerty decision amid anti Ike demonstrations in Tokyo. A preview trip to Tokyo preceded the Alaska leg as tensions rose over the tour.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Japan
Anne Wheaton
Newsmen
James C. Hagerty
Tokyo
Hagerty
Nobusuke Kishi
America
Kishi
Liament
Ike
Ei- Ten
Senhower
Tima
Baytown Post Office to Add 9280 Square Feet Wing
Baytowns Main Post Office will gain a 9280 square foot addition costing about 275000 dollars. Nine federal agencies will have offices in the new wing with four unassigned spaces to be filled before completion. Construction starts after bid award with a nine month timetable and bids due June 23.
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Baytown
Nelson McElroy
Chamber of Commerce
Navy
Army
Air Force
Marine
Old Age and Survivors Insurance
Selective Service
General Services Administration
Internal Revenue Service
Defee
Post Office
Dallas
Albert Thomas
East
Harris County
44 Story Humble Building uses Baytown butyl waterproofing
Houston construction of a 44 story Humble building uses Baytown produced butyl rubber as a waterproof membrane. Workers roll 6,000 square feet of sheet material atop a seven foot thick reinforced concrete slab, with an eventual 230,000 square feet used for the office tower and connected garage. The material offers durability and cost advantages over conventional barriers, with the membrane encasing foundation and retaining walls while subterranean pumping maintains a water free site. The project leverages Welton Becket Associates design and targets completion in 1962.
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Refining Co
Houston
Baytown
Manu
Gan
Humble
Humble Division 1 General Services Department
Welton Becket and Associates
399 Years Young s and sealed almost to ground level
The text discusses butyl film and its strength under a 44 story building, noting its air retention and resilience after rubber shortages. It traces butyl’s origins with Japan cutting rubber supplies, its rise in inner tubes, and expanding uses in water proofing and construction.
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Hower
Far East
America
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