Baytown Olefin Plant at Gulf Oil Complex Under Way
Gulf Oil begins surveying for a multi million dollar Baytown Olefin plant on 160 acres near Highway 73 Cedar Bayou Harris County. Stone and Webster Engineering handles design and construction with a July field office and a September 1, 1962 completion target. Initial work includes land clearing and road building to start this month, with 65 projected onsite workers and an annual ethylene output over 400 million pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Oil
Baytown
Stone and Webster Engineering Corp
Boston
Cedar Bayou
Harris County
Gulf
Nassau Bay Area Project Announced By Gulf Oil
Gulf Oil announces a $49 million Nassau Bay development near Houston, with residential apartments offices and stores on Clear Creek opposite the 570 acre 1776 Ranch. Jake Kamin will head the residential venture and Donald McGregor Charles Morrison to develop the 20 acre apartment tract. a Ramada Inn is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Aeronautics Godars
Space Administration
Clear Lake
Nassau Bay
1776 Ranch
Raymond Pearson
Houston
Cow Bayou
Clear Creek
Jake Kamin
Joe Siulls
Jack Ball
Annexation clash over Wooster levee billboards warning
Wooster Brownwood Lakewood residents plan to oppose Baytown annexation at June 28 council meeting. Chamber resolution cites risk to Harris County funded levee for storm protection after Carla damage. Committee urged by engineers and officials to push levee project, while tax and water bill hikes worry locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Pendergrass
Wooster-Brownwood
Lakewood
Baytown
Wooster
Gene) Muller
James Harro
John S
Bud) Blackburn
Wooster Chamber
Harris County
Wooster Brownwood
Carla
Brownwood
Lakeswood
U.S. Corps of Army Engineers
Galveston
Corps of Engineers
Washington
Albert Thomas
Houston
Price Daniel
W. V. Ramsey
Ramsey
Commissioners Court
Wooster- Brownwood
Sun Spots Weather And Tides Outlook Forecast
The outlook remains warm and partly cloudy with scattered showers through Friday. Galveston tides show a high at 12 26 am and a low at 8 46 am.
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Galveston
Around Town Highlights From Laverne Jarboe to Baytown News
Local notes capture daily life in Baytown and nearby areas with residents such as Laverne Jarboe adjusting vision by wearing two shoes and two temple bars on glasses. The column lists community happenings, garden club plans, rummage sales, teen events, reunions, and a street corner injury report, with names of city officials, clubs, and venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laverne Jarboe
Launderdale
Bill Stegall
Jack Wilson
Sadie
Crockett Cates
Nancy Dickerson
Baytown
J. B. LeFevre
Washington
Mrs. LeFevre
New York
Baytowna
Barney L. Ward
J. B
Dollar Day
Grimes
Lauri Woods
Cecil Morse
Elmer Deshazo
Queen
Ark
Elmer
Maurine Hurst
Ann Bush
Ken Pace
Wilton
Roper
Bo Turner
Bud Black
Taxes Delinquent After June in County and School District
State county and school district property taxes will be delinquent if unpaid by June 30. Delinquent rolls are prepared July 1 with second notices already issued in Harris County. Penalties total 7.3 percent for payments after three months, rising to 1 percent plus a $1 cost after June 30. County and state collections reach 92.96 percent of $33.86 million billed through the period, slightly below last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris County
Howver
Baytown
Global headlines mix aid, arms, and aid plans
Johnston Island scientists witness a second faliir as attempts to detonate a high altitude nuclear device proceed in two tries. Pathet Lao leader Pathet Lao ally arrives in Laos to clear roadblocks hindering a coalition government installation. US officials note France's resolve to build a nuclear force, regardless of American stance. Barn discussion in House spawns debate over surplus crops, while Texas readies a 33rd oil well as oil theft probe expands. Billie Sal Estes inquiry hearing delayed to next week. Senate investigations reveal a union official accepted gifts from a hotel linked to labor pacts. Queen Elizabeth II and Philip plan visits to New Zealand and Australia next February and March. Greece and Turkey inaugurate a million dollar bridge to boost cross‑country communications. U Thant urges Sukarno to negotiate with the Netherlands on the West New Guinea issue.
Rusk in Berlin for Brandt talk
Secretary of State Dean Rusk arrived in Berlin for a 24 hour visit to confer with Mayor Willy Brandt after arriving from Paris via Air Force Constellation. Preparatory talks in Paris reportedly shaped France's nuclear leverage in Western defense plans. From Berlin he will travel to Bonn for talks with West German leaders as tensions run high along the border.
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Berlin
Dean Rusk
Redwall
Willy ‘Brandt
Paris
Constellation
East Germany
Rusk
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
France
Nuuclear Strikim
Toree
Western Alliance
Oe Valley Wall
Ateve
North-Edgel Wall
Panhandle Anid
West Berlin
Grass Cutter Demonstration Highlights Savings for Taxpayers
City and Baytown Chamber of Commerce officials observed a new 15 foot hydraulically operated grass cutter for ditch bottoms and sides. Inventor Melvin A. Clark of Lakewood said the machine can clear six to 12 miles of ditches per day at a fraction of Gradall cost. Demonstration along Garth Road featured Clark and assistant Martin Wolcik with operator E L Faulkner and drew county and city officials including Commissioner Kyle Chapman and Baytown leaders.
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City
Conn
Baytown
Chamber of Commerce
V. V. Sey
Ramsey
Melvin A. Clark
Burnet
Lakewood
Clark
Martin Wolcik
E. L. Faulkner
Garth Road
Cedar Bayou
Lynchburg
Highway
Kyle Chapman
Chapman
George Tucker
Joe Welch
Phil Sayer
Hig
Arthur Morgan
S. B. Bruce
Clyde Lomax
Dick Doss
Red) Grantham
Clyde Pond
Grantham
Nelson McElroy
Inclaing Leon and
Derden
My 1
Wimpy) Wises
Engineers Reach Peace Pact with TWA in Jet Crew Reduction
Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg announced a settlement ending the engineers threat to strike against Trans World Airlines after an all night bargaining session. The pact reduces jet cockpit crews from four to three, protects Flight Engineers International Association jobs, and preserves union identity while requiring ratification by engineers. The deal aims to prevent groundings at Pan American and Eastern and sets up a one week negotiation period with Feinsinger mediation for unresolved issues.
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Washington
Trans World Airlines
Arthur J. Goldberg
Kennedy
TWA
Pan American World Airways
Eastern Airlines
Flight Engineers International Association
Goldberg
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Estes Men Fail To Block Probe
Defense lawyers sought to dismiss the grand jury or privately question jurors in a bid to halt further investigation into Billie Loj Estes, a West Texas promoter, as U S District Judge R E Thompson denied the motions. The grand jury had indicted Estes and three others in March on charges tied to fraud via mortgaged tanks.
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EL Pascap
Billie Loj Estes
Federal Grand Jury
West Texas
U.S. Dist
R. E. Thomason
Estes
John Cofer
Austin
Cofer
Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Eaton
Muttinet
Petiel
Judge Hunt Hints Action On McClelland Removal
Dist. Judge Wilmer Hunt studied a petition seeking the removal of Probate Judge Clem McClelland after a nine count felony indictment. He will rule this afternoon, with defense arguing lack of jurisdiction and no grounds for removal. Bonds set at 5000 for each defendant. McClelland faces charges of theft and misused estate funds amid other indicted aides.
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McClelland
Rosweber
Smith
Bryson Martin
Jerry O’brien
Richard
Putney
McCleland
Joe Resweber
Wilmer Hunt
Miard
Algiers Moslems Return To Work Amid Truce Optimism
Algiers reports show moslems returning to work across the city in virtually full force, restoring services and cleaning streets. Moslem auxiliary policemen begin patrols, signaling wider acceptance of peace ahead of independence, with authorities hopeful the western front holds to the truce.
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Algiers
Algeria
Movien National Liberation
Rotary installation features 170 attendees at Buck Turner Ranch
A barbeque and installation ceremony drew 170 Rotary Club members and their wives, the Rotary Anns, to Buck Turner’s Ranch on John Martin Road. Bill Broyles assumed the presidency, with Knox Beavers as vice president and Deeney Coker as secretary-treasurer. New directors include Alvin Miles, Jack Keyes, Leanne Derden, Leon Hart, Charles Tillery, and Miedweeters.
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Rotary Club
Rotary Anns
Buck Turner
John Martin Road
Ww. D
Bill) Broyles
Knox T. Beavers
Vite Presiden
Deeney Coker
Treacmrer
Alvin Miles
Jack Keyes
Leanned Derden
Leon Hart
Charles Tillery
Mie Dweeters
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Gulf’s Petrochemical Division
Alexander Lewis Jr
Pittsburgh
U.S
Inital
NASA
Lewis
Gulf Coast
Mont Belvieu
C. O. Mattiza
Gulf Oil Corp
J. H W. Fletcher
J. Stuart Broyles
Bear den
CBJH
Gymnastuc
Horace
Garden Club
Graigmont Garden Club
E. R. Wilkerson
Leland
Craigmont
ST. Paul's Lutheran
Kostas
Scarborough
Laird
Stephen Wayne Laird
Frank W. Laird
Wright Blvd
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
North Main and
Coady Road
Robert E. Lee
Bayway Drive
City Hall
John Durham
Texas Department of Employment Security
Lee Drive
Nazro
Perry Mates
Breck
Hearne
Mia
Sam Brock
Leonard Clark
Brock
Hearne’ S Hospital
Daytown Elks Lodge
C. G. Roquemore
Dennis Drvine
Ginny Pratt
Donald Wheaton
Bobby Floyd
Susie Schulz
David Schulz
Mike Cox
Gene Walker
Sue Stephens
Kenneth Manehae
Dim Cunningham
Tommy Dyer
Doug Phelps
Johnston Island
Prince Souphanouvong
Pathet Lao
Laos
Texas
Rouse
Billie Sal Estes
American Guild of Variety Artists
Miotas
Queen Elizabeth TI
Philip
New Zealand
Australia
Greece
Turkey
U.N
U Thant
Sukarm
Judge Hunt
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