Oak Ridge Teen Wins National Spelling Bee Title
Thirteen year old Glen Van Slyke TI of Oak Ridge Tennessee won the National Spelling Bee on biliousness after a dramatic North South contest with Elaine Fiecuch of Winslow Maine. Glen earned 1000 first prize and a trip to New York. Elaine received 600. The final rounds featured a record 752 words to decide the champion from 68 competitors.
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Glen
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Winslow
Maine
New York
Elaine
America
Scripps- Howard Group
Baytonians Attend Lions Club Convention in Miami Beach
Four Baytown Lion members and their wives prepare to represent Baytown Lions at the international convention in Miami Beach June 19 and 20. President Jack Kimmons and wife, Albert Nelson, and others depart by car, with Tail Twister C. M. Sparky Bond and third vice president Leroy Stanton also traveling.
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Baytown
Tate Club
International Convent
Miami Beach
Jack Kimmons
Albert Nelson
Tailtwister C. M
Sparky
Bond
Tan Leroy Stanton
La Porte Plans 29-Room Addition To High School
La Porte School Board hires Anne Engberg to draft plans for a 29 classroom addition to the high school as part of a 1962 bond funded project. The project would increase capacity from 750 to about 1,900 and add seven classrooms with an estimated 900000 cost, with completion aimed for fall 1964. Trustees also debated keeping the drill team versus a chorus line and planned tentative milestones.
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la Porte
Anne Engberg
Housston
Engberg
Ralph B. Pearce
Chates
Pearce
Preston D. Head
National Civil Defense Warning Carried Out Here
A national Civil Defense drill was sounded in Baytown on Tuesday morning under the Baytown Civil Defense unit. The alert began at 10 09 a m after a call from the Texas Department of Public Safety reported a simulated attack detected by radar. Fire Department sirens announced the planned strike from 10 10 to 10 15 a m. KWBA was alerted at 10 12 p m to warn residents it was a test.
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National Civil Defense
Baytown
Art Lintelman
Lintelman
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Fletcher Hickerson
Houston
Alvin and
Liberty
Hickerson
Advances in leukemia drugs shown to extend life
Washington AP reports dramatic gains against acute leukemia, with three new drugs added to six in use. National Cancer Institute leaders say team drug use and two new supportive therapies offer extra time, while researchers explore tumor-virus links and expanded hospital access to treatments. Names and numbers include Ernie Davis's death, Rep. Francis E. Walter, Vincristine, Methy, Cyclophosphamide, platelets, and white-blood-cell transfusions.
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Ernie Davis
Syracuse University
Cleveland Browns
Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
Kenneth M. Endicott
National Cancer Institute
House
Ernie
Pool Bill Seeks Higher Social Security Earned Income
Texas Representative Joe Pool introduces a bill to raise the no penalty earned income limit from 1200 to 2400 dollars for working spouses. He argues cost of living has risen since 1934 and many families rely on one earner already. The measure would let a working spouse earn more without reducing Social Security benefits.
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Washington
Joe Pool
Texas
Congress
Rep. Pool
Dallas Drivers Win National Traffic Safety Honor
CHICAGO AP The National Safety Council awarded its second highest traffic safety honor to Dallas. The city also earned two certificates for its public education program and for engineering and planning performance. Ten Texas cities were cited for traffic safety in schools including Abilene Amarillo Corpus Wichita Falls. Austin Berger Fort Worth and Waco recognized for traffic engineering and Waco noted for organizing traffic safety improvement at government and citizen levels.
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National Safety Council
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Texas
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Berger
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