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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1961
Page
1
Sun Spots at Dedication will hold 3 p.m. Sunday services for the new WESTSIDE Church of the Nazarene at 2600 Virginia. The public is invited to attend as Lee College reports a record summer term registration.
Mrs. J. J. Lisenbee of 510 West Republic travels by air to San Diego to visit Navy Lt. J. B. Lisenbee and witness granddaughter Valerie graduate from high school. First plane trip aided by a Mother's Day gift ticket. Baytown Realtors group to attend state convention in San Antonio with Bond and Boyle representing.
In Havana AP reports an American missile to exchange tractors for prisoners arrived by air today. It was greeted by mid level officials of Fidel Castro's government. Four invaders were received at the airport by Major Luis Crespo, Enrique Cabre, and Fernando Queiro, aides to President Os Corticon.
Charles Frederick Kelly 64 of 505 N Pruett Baytown resident nearly 40 years and retired superintendent of the Maintenance and Construction Department at Humble Oil Baytown Refinery died at his home at 7 p m Monday He was stung on the face three or four times by wasps while working in the yard and a Baytown physician said he was highly allergic to insect stings This was listed as the cause of death Born November 20 1896 in Wellborn Texas he came to Baytown Refinery May 8 1922 in utilities division He retired August 1 1958 at age 61 after 36 years service He held the post of superintendent since March 1947
Principal Holly McLemore announces a letter from state athletic director Rhea Williams commending the Gander baseball team for exemplary conduct and sportsmanship at the state tournament in Austin where they won the championship. The letter notes fine representation of the community and school and mentions souvenir programs to be sent to all players.
Rep Albert Thomas of Houston announced NASA is studying the Houston area as a potential site for a multimillion dollar manned space flight program installation. Ellington Air Force Base has hosted NASA officials as part of the review. Thomas led a House subcommittee hearing on a $450 million NASA request amid President Kennedy's push for an expanded space program.
A gunman robbed and abducted four people in the Galveston Houston area. Three victims escaped while the suspect fled after forcing the fourth from a motel and later commandeering a truck terminal driver’s car. Victims identified include Paul Williams Leech, Joyce Heney, Andrew Andrews, and Albert Helms. details indicate the suspect claimed an escape from jail.
New officers for the Quack Shack will be elected at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Only members with a valid membership card may vote. Dances are held every Tuesday and Friday night, with cleanup crews meeting at 3:30 a.m. on dance days. The organization is sponsored by the Baytows Waycees Becca.
National Security Agency clerk William H. Covington is missing for four days after quitting his job. he is located near Delaware Park Race Track in Wilmington. Kennedy cancels speaking engagement to speed recovery from ailing back. Government reports show a strong May pickup in heavy industry employment, especially autos and steel. Iain Chambers Scarbeck, a U.S. foreign service officer, is arrested for allegedly turning over national security information to Poland. Sheriff Gilray in Jackson County, Mississippi, gains authority to transfer overcrowded prisoners to the state penitentiary 180 miles north. Authorities discuss nuclear test talks with Smid Taten pressing for an immediate inspection or resuming negotiations.
School board discusses cafeteria credit policy and bids for furniture. Trustee Upryshek pushes cash basis. Lammers named architect for Travis Elementary additions and Carver High facilities. Summer enrollment up 125. resignations accepted. teaching positions approved. bids for depository and band uniforms awarded.
Gov Price Daniel heads a 19 member education and welfare panel meeting with state agency heads to discuss how to fund education. Tom Sealy of Midland urged teachers to speak out to the governor and Legislature on where the money should come from, signaling a shift from cautious silence to public pressure amid a money crisis and possible impact on a teachers pay raise bill.
School trustees Karl Opryshek and Knox Beavers lead a committee to study federal aid for cafeterias and milk programs. Edythe Musick will work with Supt. Gentry. a June 22 meeting will name a funds depository. Debate centered on milk program participation and tax funding for schools.
Baytown received another inch of rain Monday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., boosting May rainfall to 2.2 inches at Humble Oil and Refining Co. Baytown Research Center. Weather officials noted continued unsettled conditions with high humidity and cool fronts, aiding local gardens and trash debris cleanup in the Easter period.
Harris County DA Frank Briscoe said a Houston woman, 28, Is Louise Chamness, wrote she could not identify Howard Stickney as the man who allegedly seized her in a Galveston motel and who, along with Mrs Clifford Barnes, was linked to a 3 year old case. Stickney, 23, Houston, was sentenced to die for Barnes murder but avoided the electric chair on a habeas corpus writ. He plans to seek subpoenas to pull Briscoe and others into a Corpus Christi hearing as a state judge was later told testimony had been withheld.
A Houston couple, parents of three, died in a West Little York Road crossing crash with a Southern Pacific train Monday afternoon. Wrecker teams towed and freed bodies for about two hours as investigators identified Havard and Havand, ages 28 and other details muddled by the damaged OCR.
A head on collision of two local trains at Esstingen Station, Stuttgart, Germany, killed at least 24 people and left many more seriously injured and trapped. The wreck occurred at the station entrance as trains traveling between Stuttgart and Eslingen collided. In Washington, President Kennedy proposed a broad expansion of unemployment compensation with higher benefits and payroll taxes to fund them, calling for the most extensive overhaul since the New Deal era.
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