Sun Spots and Community Notices From Baytown
Local church groups schedule events including a Methodist dinner at St Pauls Church with officer elections and a 7 p.m. program by Glen Cummings A senior high costume dance at Goose Creek Country Club from 8 to 11 p.m. Friday Mrs R R Ware leads. A funeral in Alexandria for Otey L White banker prompts travel by Roy W White and his mother. Teen Canteen open 7 30 to 9 30 p.m. Saturday at Horace Mann Junior High School Dress sportswear. Elks Lodge Women host buffet 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday tickets 1 25 adults 75 cents children. Radio code classes planned for Baytown Civil Air Patrol cadets to qualify for FCC operator license Maj Cecil Behymer and staff to meet Coast Guard Auxiliary for joint search and rescue planning. Day camp registration closes 5 p.m. Friday at Baytown YMCA with crafts swimming BB shooting archery hiking nature study and overnights. Hubcaps stolen from M R Milligan’s car four rims missing. Church of the Nazarene Westside holds 3 p.m. Sunday dedication for new facilities. Boy Scout District Roundup 7 p.m. Thursday at Community House with demonstrations and mapping symbols led by H T Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Behymer
Baytown Civil Air Patrol
Coast Guard Auxiliary
Gulf Coast
Ares
Galveston Weather Tides Amid Thundershowers to Friday
Owers notes considerable cloudiness with scattered thundershowers through Friday. Friday tides at Galveston are high at 7:30 a.m. and low at 11:33 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Baytown Notables and Visitors Mentioned in Local Writeups
Local notes mention Catherine and Thomas Guinn commenting on a two legged table, Jor and Bettie Gilliland tidying a new house, and Baytown officials including Mayor and Mrs. Al Clayton planning to attend a Harris County Mayors and Councilmen's Association meeting in Houston. Patchett vacationing at Hot Springs National Park, Rev. and Mrs. Robert Richardson in Dallas for a revival, and Harry and Mary Fuller with children Hank and Dee visiting Baytown relatives. A range of assorted captions, travel mentions, and local color fill the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine
Thomas Guinn
Jor
Bettie Gilliland
Baytown
Harris County Mayors and Councilmen’s _ Association
Houston
al Clayton
W. L
Dub) Ward
Velma Ansley
Roy Hughes
J. B. le Fevre
C. A
Chris) Hansen
Seaborn Cravey
Surgeve
Patchett
Springs National Park
Hot Springs
Ark
Robert Richardson
Dallas
North Dallas Baptist Church
Harry
Mary Fuller
Hank
Dee
Lawrence Bourge
Pat Leslie
Texas
Leal
William Blakley
Schrock
Melanie Moorr
Pat Hud
Nal
David Givens
al Dacohs
Price Daniel
Blakley
Premier Khrushchev on peace moves in Europe this year
MOSCOW AP dispatch reports Premier Khrushchev stating that two peace settlements in Europe must be achieved this year. He outlined the goal after reporting to the Soviet people on his Vienna talks with President Kennedy, and he reaffirmed his stance on Germany and Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Mhrushchev
Europe
Germany
Nad Ber
Vienna
Kennedy
Confession Reenacts Baytown Stabbing Case
A man from Sulphur Louisiana re enacted the stabbing and beating of Mrs Eloise Cummings during a confession to Baytown police. He claimed the attack occurred on Highway 146 near a 2414 Kentucky store after hitchhiking, detailing his violence and intent while in custody.
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Bob Jones
Baytown
Eloise A
Watson Cummings
Jones North
Highway 146
Kentucky
Cummings
Eloise Watson Cummings
Baytown Polter
Bob Jones Wee
Roy Montgom
T ‘Ings
Sulphur and
Vinton
Jones
Jon
Jones Confession Details Louisiana Crime Spree
A signed confession by Bob Jones of Sulphur Louisiana details a crime spree starting January 28 1961 with a robbery and stabbing at a Baytown area store. The statement cites a partner and multiple robberies in Louisiana and Beaumont with Jones claiming an escape from a mental institution and prior military rejection.
Mind Still Open Tax Debate Echoes in Baytown
The text recounts a chaotic 1961 incident near Baytown involving Baker and associates, detailing a road trip to Dayton, arrests for alleged license issues, a stabbing at a store, and a later Austin trip to discuss a broad tax bill. It notes Baker’s push for a new state tax revenue to fund growth, and mentions the State Water Commission and legislative efforts.
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Broyles
Baytown
Sion
Alsn Baker
Board of Water Engineers
Austin
University of House
Wwa
Texas
Ion
Rauber
Baker
Bill Broyles
Sen. Baker
Sen. Broyles
Rot
Igov
Daniel
Teres
Deadline On Bids For Library Site Swap
City to open bids tonight for trading the Sterling Municipal Library site 500 feet west of Thomas Circle. Council favors a swap with a school district site at Lee Drive and Market Street but Library Advisory Board and most school board members oppose due to cost. Bids for the swap to be opened Friday at city hall after a Houston meeting. other agenda items include traffic control, park site in Oak Addition, and curb and gutter assessment plans.
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Pam
Edna Oliver
Sterling Municipal
Thomas Circle
Lee Drive
Market St
Library Advisory Board
City Hall
Oak Addition
Explosions at Humble Baytown Refinery and Docks Injure None
Large blasts rocked Humble Oil and Refining Co Baytown facility and its docks when a sewer line explosion near the Cracking and Light Ends Building set off Separator No 10. Firefighters used foamite to control the blaze. No injuries reported. lines flushed with steam. Traffic along Bayway Dr briefly halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
Humble Docks
Ofain
Humble
Elmer Hargis
Baytown Junior High
Hargis
Gewer
Bayway
Wisconsin
Fire at Humble Docks follows two explosions
Baytown police Lt. Turner said at 1 p m Thursday another sewer line fire occurred at Humble Docks after two explosions near a manhole cover blown off. The blaze was extinguished quickly but officials warned the full damage would take hours to assess as refinery switchboards swelled with calls. Crowds gathered near the scene cutting off water access.
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Baytown
It. H
Bo) Turner
Humble Docks
Baytown Ng
U S Tractor Team Heads For Home
Havana dispatch reports the U S tractors for prisoners team leaving for Washington after Fidel Castro's demand for 23 million dollars worth of farm tractors in exchange for 1,167 captives. The four man negotiating panel made no commitments and will present the demand to the Tractors for Freedom Committee led by Eleanor Roosevelt. Other leaders include Walter Reuther and Dr Milton Eisenhower. fundraising prospects remain uncertain.
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Havana
U.S
Washington
Fidel Castro
Eleanor Roosevelt
Castro
Roosevelt
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Milton Eisenhower
Tower sworn in as Texas senator to fill Johnson term
Washington AP report states John Tower, 35, a former college professor, was sworn in today as the first Republican U.S. senator from Texas since 1877. The oath was given by Vice President Lyndon Johnson after Johnson resigned to become vice president. Tower will serve the remainder of Johnson's Senate term.
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Washington
John Tower
U.S
Texas
Wicer
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Tower
Senate
Stickney Hearing Still Underway in Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi Texas April reports a stay of execution hearing for Howard Stickney continuing as judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals decline to provide a trial transcript. Judge Briggs sought the document to assess new evidence but the court urged proceeding under Article 112 within 10 days. Stickney, 25, remains on death row for the 19% Galveston Beach killing of Mrs. Clifford Barnes.
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Corpus Christy
Tex
Howard Stickney
Court of Criminal Appeals
Dist
Cullen Briggs
Briggs
K. A Woodley
W. A. Morrison
W. T. MacDonall
Stickney
Clifford Barnes
Galveston
Beach
Third graders share blunt views on parents and school
Valley Stream NY third graders at Bronkisn Avenue School anonymously evaluated parents school and teachers. Pupils describe parents as nutty or loving and note yelling and hitting but express affection. Students praise teachers and value the guidance they provide while recognizing flaws in both parents and school life.
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Valley Stream
N.Y
API
Bronkisn Avenue School
Long Island
Annette Higgs
Fidel Castro ends 51 hour talk withU.S. newsmen tour of battleground
Fidel Castro wraps a 51 hour session with American reporters and schedules a personal tour of the battlefield where Cuban troops repulsed the April 17 invasion. Jacqueline Kennedy returns home as Floridabound Freedom Riders begin arriving in Jacksonville amid uncertain conditions. A mixed batch of political and local items follows including farm policy debates, a shipboard fire near Freeport, a car train crash survivor in Galveston, and a plea to use closed schools for a summer remedial program in Richmond Virginia.
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Fidel Castro
Prince Edward School Board
Richmond
Goldberg Aims to Halt Imminent Ship Strike Threat
Secretary of Labor Goldberg moved to avert a nationwide shipping strike scheduled for midnight. He will fly to New York at the request of shipping companies and federal mediators. Negotiations among shipping firms and five maritime unions remain deadlocked, risking a disruption of about 90 ships and 70,000 workers, with NMU negotiations having stalled.
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NEW York
Goldberg
Golberg
Washington
Sid
Max Harrison
Gulf Coast
Deck Officers Union
Charles Crocks
NMU
Ent
Also Mentioned on This Page
St.Paul’s Methodist Church
Glen Cummings
Goose Creek Country Club
R. R. Ware
Roy W. White
Robert E. Lee High School Guidance Department
CK. White
Alexandria
Horace Mann Junior High
Elks Lodge Women's Association
Elks Club
Civil Air Patrol
Vernon Wright
Joe B. Daniel
Federal Communications Commission
CAP _Meeting
M. R. Milligan
E. Lobit
Westside Church
H. T. Ward
Owers
Bulletin
Sulphur
Harold Bertrand
Eloise
Chaursler Hordtan
Watson Conn
Iinwa
U. 5
Robert West
Harold
Wilbur Spell
Jim R. Bellow
Louisiane
Beaumont
Willard McClelland
Sul
Phur
Ing
Dul
Dayton
Highway Patrol
Bay
Sevaround
Fred Hartman Sen. Baker
Texas-Louisiana
Ee Foes
Pepe
Walter
Shere
Higgins
Jacqueline Kennedy
Fles
Freedom Rider
Jacksonville
Condi
Tio Bamphrey Bowne
Humphrey
Jason Bobartis
Dr. Friday
Ammouin
Telontae
Young Ban
Carl Mokies
Linda Rosa
Freeport
Adlai E. Stevenson
Alliance For Progress
Bolivia
American Farm Bureau Federation
Coast Guard
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