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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1963
Page
1
A driver lost control near Interstate 10 west of the San Jacinto River bridge as a chartered bus bound for Memphis overturned. The bus crash killed a Houston child aged 16, with 22 others injured. The car driver escaped injury as his vehicle flipped onto its top.
A fatal crash on Interstate 10 near the San Jacinto River Bridge in rain reportedly struck a group including a 10 year old Houston girl en route to Memphis Tennessee for a church convention. The incident occurred near a slick spot on State 73 west of the bridge during travel in treacherous weather.
Local notices span YMCA day camp talks at Rose Celebration and registrations at Sterling Municipal Library for two fat moon program, Baytown Kiwanis Tower meeting, girls softball opening July 1 for ages 8 to 12, and automotive course sessions at Lee College. Funeral services for Mrs Lille Self set 2 p.m. at Nazarene in Pasadena. Partly cloudy with warm temps 72 to 92. Galveston tides high and low times listed.
Around town notes describe Johnny Shanks visiting his uncle's turkey farm in San Saba this month and the O B Lee family planning a three week California trip including Disneyland. Other items mention birthdays, picnics, encampment plans, and a local pastor recovering from a heart attack.
Roy Cutbirth was elected vice president of OCAW Baytown Local 4333 in a runoff against A. L. Lindstrom on Tuesday. Officers will be installed July 2 at the OCAW Hall with a buffet luncheon. Also announced, EAST HARRIS Boy Scout district invites to Sam Houston Area Council quarterly meeting June 27 at Camp Hudson Houston. Committees meet 5:30 p.m. Dinner at 6:30 p.m. followed by program on Strengthen America. Story Hour at Sterling Municipal Library Thursday 10 to 11 a.m. for ages 4-6, topic American Indians.
Baytown architect James A. Davis has completed plans and specs for Barbers Hill School District remodels and additions. Four bid categories cover general construction planning electrical and moving work. Bids due 4 p m June 27 with awards at 4 30 p m the same day under a 100 percent performance and payment bond.
A Baytown based bank proposal named Bank of Baytown has been filed with the State Banking Commissioner in Austin. Buck Turner of Buck Turner Chevrolet Co. would serve as president, with directors Tom Conder F A Richardson Elmer J Gray of Baytown and Rey Cales of Pasadena. The bank would have 250000 capital stock though total capitalization had not been decided.
Soviet Union’s man woman space team lands near Virgin Islands area with he claiming 82 and she 49 records. Mexican Congress approves constitutional amendment boosting small opposition parties’ representation in Congress.
Eighty cardinals gathered in St Peters for Mass before the conclave to elect the 262nd pope. Four ballots daily in the Sistine Chapel until a two-thirds majority. Moderates, conservatives, and progressives vie for a compromise pontiff to continue Pope John XXIII's modernization and ecumenical council efforts. Missing from the conclave are Mindszenty and de la Torre.
A wobbly highway section on State 73 near the San Jacinto River is blamed for two wrecks early Monday and Tuesday injuring 22 people and killing a 10 year old. A charter bus carrying 35 girls and five sponsors veered after hitting a slick spot on the rain slick concrete. A Channelview youth, 15, was hospitalized and released. State Patrolmen note the slick stretch is poorly understood and may be a persistent hazard.
The school board authorized a new Office Practices course this fall at Robert E. Lee High School. Funds will cover duplicating equipment, calculating and adding machines. Superintendent George H. Gentry notes the cost will range from 4.00 to 4600 dollars.
John F. Kneirim, 42, of Kountze, elected Barbers Hill High principal by the WC. He established the vocational department at Kountze 16 years ago and holds a master's from Stephen F. Austin. Kneirim succeeds R. C. Hornburg, contract to Aug. 1. Hornburg resigned after eight years. Henry Wheeler, from Anahuac, hired as vocational guidance instructor. contract begins Aug. 15. Wheeler to live in Anahuac and commute.
The Tips 7 weather observation satellite blasted into orbit from Cape Canaveral at 4 50 a m aboard a Delta rocket. Its first global pass sent cloud cover images as it began a hurricane and typhoon study for the 1933 season.
William J Murray Jr a Texas oil regulator was cleared of criminal wrongdoing by a Travis County grand jury. The report criticized publicity around the probe but found no criminal act in his conduct while noting a potential conflict of interest between official duties and private oil holdings. Murray, 48, resigned April 10 after articles on his oil dealings. He welcomed the investigation and urged stronger ethics rules for state officials. Carr urged ongoing ethical reforms and the public has a right to know government actions.
President Kennedy sent Congress a five point civil rights program he calls the most responsible and urgently needed solution. The plan aims to end segregation in public facilities, speed school desegregation, ensure full employment, and curb federal aid to segregated programs, with a community relations service to work with biracial groups. Congress may debate privately owned public accommodations and federal aid bans. Kennedy urges a year‑end omnibus bill and session continuation.
Jenefred Hederhorst of Robert E. Lee High School was elected lieutenant governor at the Bluebonnet Girls State in Austin becoming the highest office ever held by a REL student. Jennie Lee Badgley also won an office in the 1963 session and will be a 1963 city mayor. Both students traveled by bus to Austin for the program sessions at the Texas School for the Blind and will return Friday.
Willie Oscar Weber of Highlands died at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Houston Hospital at age 72. Funeral services 10 a.m. Thursday at Earthman Highlands Chapel officiated by Elmer Moore, with burial at San Jacinto Memorial Park Cemetery. Survived by two sons, two daughters, two brothers, four sisters, and four grandchildren.
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