Baytown Bay Area Port Talks Revive Plan and Study
Baytown city leaders push revived port talks with U.S. Steel and Port of Houston while weighing a long range plan to add 30 wharves on Alexander Island across from Baytown. The effort includes hearings, land use studies, and possible Cedar Bayou channel development to speed barge traffic and address freight rate parity with Houston.
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Stein
Cedar Bayou
Port of
Houston
Baytown
Andy Braswell
Waterways Development Committee
Salveston Bay
Braswell
U.S. Steel
Corps of Engineers
Ion
Galveston Bay
Corps Tat
Descon Engineers Inc
Harris County Navigation District
Descon
Port Commission
Stanford Reservery Institute
Steel Company
Baytown Public Hearing on Loop 201 Construction
A public hearing will be held at Baytown City Hall at 10 30 a m Tuesday by the Texas Highway Department regarding the start of construction on Loop 201 from West Main Street to Spur 330.
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Baytown City Hall
Loop 201
West Main Street
Spur 330
Texas Highway Department
Eisenhower in stable condition after heart attack
Washington AP reports President Eisenhower remains alert and in good spirits after a heart attack. Doctors say heart rate and respiration are stable with no recurrence of pain since the initial episode. Hospital bulletin notes no signs of heart failure and that his return to Gettysburg is delayed.
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Walter Reed
Palm Desert
Catt
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Bobby Bland Freed on Bond After Warrant Arrest
Popular singer Bobby Blue Bland 38 of Nashville was released on $1,000 bond after a fugitive warrant charging neglect in child support and default in attorneys fees. Harris County Deputy Sheriff Marvin Zindler said Bland completed his Houston show before being jailed.
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Bobby Blue Bland
Nashville
Tenn
Bland
Harris County
Marvin Zindler
Frank Boyle Honored by Texas Senate for Community Service
Frank R. Boyle of La Porte, famed locally in EBayton, underwent neck tumor surgery at Methodist Hospital. A Texas Senate resolution by Sen. Chet Brooks lauds his unselfish public work, church involvement, and business leadership, noting recent Citizen of the Year honors and his service on local boards and committees.
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la Porte
Methodist Hospital
Michael E. PeBakey
Frank R. Boyle Sr
Texas Senate
Chet Brooks
Pasadena
Boyle
T.2 Porte
Bay
Ben Taub Hospitals
Baytown
Selective Service Board No
Vietnam stance shift eyed by Johnson aide
Former press secretary Bill Troyers predicts Vice President Robert Mumphreysen will move away from the administration's Vietnam position. A House Armed Services Committee member proposes a military medical academy to address doctor shortages. A space test mode, informally called the proud bird with the heavy tail, simulates crewed sleep at Houston. West Germany seeks ways to counter a Soviet grip as Berlin marks an anniversary of 1953 revolt. McCarthy cautions against panic driven bills as pam control debates heat up. Billy Graham predicts the world’s end saying everybody knows it and feels it.
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Newspper
Bill 3Royers
Robert Mumphreysen
Vietnam
Texas mini-bottle liquor bill sparks floor debate
Texas legislators prepare for their first floor debate on liquor by the drink as a $2.5 billion spending bill moves. Gov. Connally backs legalization of mixed drinks and the mini-bottle measure, with supporters claiming growing votes in the House and a Senate majority of 14. The measure tightens liquor controls, raises permit fees, and addresses private clubs and juvenile service, while a revenue plan to fund increased spending awaits approval.
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Texas
House
Serrators
John Connally
Connally
Senate
House Revenue and Taxes
Paris Students End Rioting At Sorbonne After Siege
Paris reports say the Sorbonne fell to gendarmes after a month long occupation and UNEF announced it would halt street clashes. Auto workers at Renault vote to resume work with a 10 percent raise by October 1 and shorter work week. Premier Pompidou urges a strong majority in elections to push reforms while police clean up the mess left by the clashes.
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Sorbonne
France
Latin Quarter
Renault
National Students Union
UNEF
Georges Pomp Dou
Pompidou
Battthe
NRA Starts Campaign To Block New Gun Controls
Washington AP The National Rifle Association launches a counter campaign to oppose stricter federal gun controls. NRA appeals to its 900,000 members to flood Congress with letters as a House panel weighs gun sale restrictions. The article notes past NRA success in blocking controls despite public support and cites the Kennedy and RFK assassination era context. The organization, founded in 1871, now claims about 900,000 members and a net worth near $12 million, operating from a prominent Washington headquarters with the credo defending gun rights marking its influence.
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National Rifle Association
Congress
House
NRA
Robert F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Louis Harris
National Guard
Annexation rejected in straw poll by Highlands voters
In a nonbinding poll by the Highlands Rotary Club, 149 voters favored incorporation while 79 opposed. Voters also rejected annexation by Baytown or Houston, supported sewer bond issuance, endorsed U S policies and troops in Vietnam, and favored designating Crosby Lynchburg Road as a state highway. Election judges Ezell and Teel reported turnout of 238.
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Highlands Rotary Club
Highlands Post Office
Baytown
City of
Houston
Haris County
U. S
Vietnam
Crosby, Lynchburg
Jimmy Ezell
Adron Teela
Crosby- Lynchburg Road
Ezell
the Highlands Rotary Club
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