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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1963
Page
1
Spotal visits Europe with BENNIE GRAY and two University of Texas students touring 20 European countries on a 67 day trip arranged by the Texas Student Union. Also notes library programs, military police training, golf and softball results, meetings, moves, and tide/weather updates.
A collage of brief notices shows Pearl and Wilson Lee aiming for a long vacation if schedules allow. Violet Morgan changes a dress again. Bonnie Smith checks on Ferdinand. Brenda Mosley hosts Frey and Donnie Lee with coffee and doughnuts. Various locals encounter daily tasks and small ambitions while discussing fishing and shrimp law updates.
Baytown city council members spent 3 1/2 hours Tuesday at city hall to clear a backlog and prepare a regular Thursday meeting agenda. Mayor Liggett and others discussed retirement rules for city workers, the Ward judge issue, a new cost act, and annexation plans for a 1 square mile area along Black Duck and Tabbs bays. The master plan for city development and housing for seniors were also addressed, with several items slated for Thursday including a planning commission ordinance and pool fencing proposal.
Mrs Hettie Devonia Pursley 76 of Ti East Fayle died at 2 45 pm Tuesday in a Baytown hospital Funeral services will be held at Pine Valley Baptist Church New Waverly with Rev Bill LaRive officiating Burial will be in Pine Valley Cemetery Further arrangements will be announced by Earthman Funeral Home She had lived in Baytown 21 years Survived by three daughters Addie Mae Lusk of Baytown Ms John Hurt of Bryan and Mrs Wayne Allison of Baytown six sons Oliver D A and Oscar all of Baytown Floyd of Sour Lake David of Conroe and E A Pursley of Hearne Thirteen grandchildren and nine great grandchildren also survive
President Kennedy warned of a racial threat and urged Congress to enact a broad civil rights program. He proposed prohibiting discrimination in stores hotels restaurants and theaters and argued for a peaceful change to desegregation with federal support. He said Congress has a responsibility and vowed to present a legislative package next week to extend civil rights protections nationwide.
Four Baytown youths Daniel Wade DuBose Jr Cheryl Frank Terry Herschel Hinton Rosser Franklin David Barnes register for the American Legion Boys State in Austin. They join 676 high school seniors assigned to Longhorn or Pioneer parties. The highlight is a trip to the Capitol and the Governor's Ball Friday.
A list of competitors includes Pat Brill of Florida State Maureen Scannell Manhattanville Andrea Hricko Minnesota Wilberta Lisenhardt Minnesota Patti Fisher Oklahoma Barb Hodgin Purdue Joanna Vissa Quincy and Sharon Moore Washington, highlighting a regional college pageant lineup.
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers strike at Deer Park Shell refinery and chemical plant risks port closures for Gulf coast ships. Union leaders met with federal mediators after fruitless talks to pressure Shell over job security and contracting. Two pickets briefly delayed a Colombian freighter at Port of Houston before leaving under Shell guidance.
Mrs. Ruby E. Oliver, 70, a Houston grandmother, confesses to killing Eugene Earl Thompson after starting a lie detector test. Thompson, a Freeport chemical worker, was found shot to death in his pickup in a Santa Fe Industrial Park area near the airport.
Gov. John Connally said he trimmed $12.4 million from a $3.2 billion state spending bill, arguing that bricks were given priority over brains in higher education. He warned of a possible special session if education funding remains insufficient, while noting ongoing talks with educators.
Gordon L. Farned was reelected chairman of the San Jacinto Methodist Hospital board of trustees with the full executive committee serving next year. Rev. Larry Stokes announced the report at the Texas Conference on hospitals in Houston. New officers include Theo Willburn, G. E. Vaught, Rev. Basil Jones, Rev. Ed Summers, B. E. Franklin, with Albert Nelson Jr. and R. M. White on the executive committee. The board dropped staff and trustee discount policies, while the hospital prepares to launch a Service Corps by July 1 and organizes a women's auxiliary led by Mrs. G. Rex Curtin.
Two African American students Vivian Malone and James Hood enrolled at the University of Alabama as federal troops and Governor Wallace clash over desegregation. White students offered friendly support while Wallace defied federal authority before relief from a federalized National Guard, signaling a major step in civil rights integration.
NAACP Mississippi field secretary Medgar Evers, 37, was mortally wounded in the driveway of his Jackson home and died about 50 minutes later at University Medical Center. Police pursued a rifle used in the shooting as the NAACP offered a $10,000 reward.
Space Chief James E Webb announced no further Mercury orbital flights. NASA will advance to the two man Gemini program to practice space docking for future Apollo moon missions. Webb spoke to the Senate Space Committee after a conference with Robert Seamans Jr. and Hugh Dryden.
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