Board approves eight member bi racial committee
The school board approved an eight member bi racial committee to address racial problems in the district. Dr Horeczy would appoint it with Supt Gentry guiding formation. Two Negro principals urged action and the panel will include two from Oak Addition two from McNair and four white members. Discussions highlighted dropout rates remedial reading vocational training and job opportunities, with focus on integration and education access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Horeezy
George H. Gentry
Carver High
Clyde Messiah
Harlem Elementary
Horeezy
Oak Addition
McNair
A. R. (von) Stark
Lateen
Green
Messiah ST
Horeczy
Lee College
Messiah
Harlem
Stark
David Williams
Baytown Night at Colt Stadium Ticket Deadline Set
Last day to buy Baytown Night tickets in Baytown is Wednesday. Tickets available at Chamber of Commerce office or Humble Oil and Refining Co Baytown Refinery. If unsold, Baytown loses a commission funding the youth baseball program. In other notes, ROTC cadets attend Fort Sill camp and Baytown Civil Air Patrol meets at the airport. Partly cloudy with thundershowers, 72 to 90 degrees. Galveston tides high morning and afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Colt Stadium
Chamber of Commerce
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Local Notes and Community News Roundup
Around town items include Harry Hensler and daughter Debbie returning from a Colorado vacation. Art League members Dixie Horton Mary Glenn Cunningham Louise Eldridge and Leona Muckleroy exhibit in Baytown stores. Patricia Miller models at the Wednesday luncheon and style show at Holiday Inn. Cub Scout Pack 100 conducts a tour. Buzzy Mitchell chosen for Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly youth week in North Carolina. Bill Stil undergoes neck traction at Ormanc Hospital in Houston. Gene Fuselier of Channelview recovering after surgery. L A Hawkins hospitalized in Baytown. Gary Hansen bowls 170 while father Gerald Hansen cards 270. Joe Standard, ex youth director at First Baptist, now resides in Waco with new ad Austin Ave, Waco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hensler
Debbie
Colorado
Dixie Horton
Mary Glenn Cunningham
Louise Eldridge
Leona Muckleroy
The
Art League
Baytown
Patricia Miller
Holiday Inn
Buzzy Mitchell
Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly
North Carolina
W. J
Bill
Ormann Hospital
Houston
Gene Fuselier
Channelview
L. A. Hawkins
Baytown Hospital
Gary Hansen
Gerald Hansen
Joe Standard
First Baptist Church
Waco
Austin Ave
School Custodial Supply Contracts Awarded
The school board awarded multiple contracts for custodial supplies and related items totaling thousands of dollars. Southwestern Paper Co. received 5041.50 for paper towels and toilet tissue. Brawner Paper Co. secured 5 contract for wax and disinfectant. Houston Paper Co. won 3737.76 for push head mops. American Desk to supply chalk erasers and sharpeners. Harris County Lighthouse for the Blind 3437.60 for mops and mop heads. Fuller Brush Co. to provide toilet bowl brushes for 67.30. Industrial Chemical Co. 4.64 for mop heads. Pruett Construction Co. 1393.30 for smoke stack and roof repairs at Cedar Bayou School. bid action on tire recapping awarded to Fullers, Inc. of Baytown. Supt. George Gentry sought prompt action on lightning damages. Scott’s recommendation on tire recapping followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sth
George H.’Gentry
Houston) ‘Paper Co
American Desk
Harris County
Fuller: Brush. Co
Industrial Chemical. Co
Pruett Construction Co
George Gentry
Scott
Fullers, Inc
Baytown
Army Engineers Approve Trinity River Improvement Plan
Rep Jim Wright says the chief of Army Engineers approves a $37 million Trinity River improvement program covering flood control navigation and water conservation from Fort Worth to the Gulf of Mexico Lt Gen W K Wilson Jr recommends a repayable pipeline water return from Tennessee Colony to Benbrook Reservoir for navigational use The project totals about 900 million with 737 million federal share and goes to the secretary of the Army for review by Gov Connally and agencies Public display of details to Baytown YMCA Wright notes the 88 mile long pipeline and 14 inch circumference aside from unspecified phase 1 data
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jim Wright
D-Tex
Chief of Army Engineers
Trinity River
Fort Worth
Gulf of Mexico
W. K. Wilson Jr
Wright
Trinity
Wilson
Tennessee Colony
Benbrook Reservoir
Wilcom
Congress
Board of Army Engineers
Trinity Report
Secretary of the Army
Texas
John Connally
Egineers
John Glenn
Baytown
Army
As -Eppiied - Bey
Kennedy Defends U S Pledge To Defend Western Europe
President Kennedy bluntly rebutted De Gaulle’s independent Europe concept in Frankfurt at Paulskirche. He warned that doubters give aid and comfort to enemies and vowed the United States will risk its cities to defend Europe, stressing more European unity and closer U S cooperation with over 40 allies.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Kennedy
Charles de Gaulle
Europe
U.S
United States
America
Asia
Africa
de Gaulle
Board Hires 12 New Teachers After Two Resignations
The school board hired twelve teachers Monday night while accepting two resignations. New hires include Mrs. Justine Andrus at Cedar Bayou Junior High and Mrs. Shirley Waggoner at Travis Elementary. Others joined Lamar Elementary, Highlands Elementary, and Robert E. Lee High School as teachers across grades and subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justine . Andrus
Cedar Bayou
Shirley Waggoner
Travis
Mary M. Armstrong
Lamar
Trinity Episcopal Church
Armstrong
Rice University
Henry Armstrong
Robert E. Lee High School
Clarice Rogers
Sam Houston State College
Wil
Everage
Galena Park System
Stephen F. Austin State College
Nacogdoches
Monte West
Highlands
Hardin - Simmons
Sam Houston
Bernadette B. Stone
Congressional push to back JFK on Common Market tariffs
Bipartisan lawmakers in the Senate rally behind President Kennedy to maintain U.S farm exports to Europe amid fears of tariff barriers. A separate scene shows Goldwater supporters rallying in San Francisco with about 1000 Young Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
JFK
U.S
Europe
San Francisco
Kennedy Civil Rights Bill Gathers Slow Senate Support
Washington AP report shows President Kennedy's civil rights bill lacking sponsor support in the Senate. Only 46 of 300 senators have signed on as sponsors, 37 Democrats and 9 Republicans, five votes short of a majority and well short of the two thirds needed to end a possible Southern filibuster. Southern critics claim executive orders on federally financed projects threaten liberty. Everett Dirksen not present as a GOP sponsor.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Hubert H. Humphrey
D- Minn
Senate
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Russell
Sam J. Ervin
John L. dicClellan
DuArk
Atlanta
Everett M. Dirksen
Ili
Accident Delays Sun Paper In Compose Room
A wheel collapsed on two metal carts carrying a completed classified ad page just before press time, toppling the form and forcing the Moor to rebuild the page from scratch delaying the hometown paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun
BEF Names Officers For 63 With Upchurch Elected President
C Re Upchurch has been elected president of the Baytown Employes Federation. Officers include T Marvey as vice president L B Phillips secretary and H A Edmonson treasurer. Trustees are Buster McAlister S J Chappell and W C Huffman. BEF represents 392 Humble Oil Baytown Refinery and Houston Special Products Plant employees across clerical technical and production units with contracts in force since 1952 and 1901 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Re
Appie
Phillips
Edmonson
McAlister
Huffman IV
Chappell
BEF
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
Houston Special
Upchurch
Ine Ilational Labor Relations Board
CIO
Democrats Plan 1961 Nomination Session in Atlantic City
The Democratic party will stage its 1961 presidential nominating convention in Atlantic City the week of August 24. A Senate Investigation Subcommittee neared a climax in its probe of the TEX Warplane contract award with Pentagon chiefs who approved the decision testifying Wednesday. The Power Commission opened a hearing on Transmission Pipeline Co. of Houston seeking a line to deliver LIS million cubic feet of gas daily to southern California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atlantic City
Senate
Pentagon Chiefs
The
Power Commission
Transmission Pipeline Co. of
Houston
California
Kennedy calls NATO to be a strong instrument of peace
FRANKFURT Germany AP Kennedy urged Western Allies to honor NATO duties and keep the alliance united as a bulwark against attack. He spoke at Sanau reviewing 15000 US troops and cited Canadian, West German and French participation. He warned that unity is essential to prevent economic and strategic instability in Europe. He avoided naming De Gaulle directly while criticizing Western European independence moves.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Charles de Gaulle
Kennedy
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S
Sanau
US S
NATO
Palse
Kehhedy
de Gaulle
Europe
United States
St. Paul's Church
Wester Europe
North America
Bonn
Khrushchev Plans Morale Trip to East Germany
Moscow reports Khrushchev will visit East Germany this weekend to boost morale after Kennedy winds up his West Germany tour. Western observers note earlier movements toward Bucharest and Romania amid signs of independence among Romanian communists.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
East Germany
Kennedy
West Germany
West Berlin
Bucharest
Romania
Begu
Aremiin
Imip
Bayshore Clubfish Fry Drives Annual Contest Announcement
Bayshore Rod and Reel Club plans its eighth annual junior and senior fishing divisions. Junior anglers under 17 compete for 30 prizes including a weekend at Holiday Inn. seniors vie for a No. 58% Zebco Rod and Reel and other gear. All contestants buy a $1 ticket for weigh-ins at Tri City Beach Grocery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuh
Grover Edge
Holiday Inn
Dac Cannon Net Co
Houston
Otcam
Fey
Os Grocery
Tri-City Beach
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Mette Stenstad
Abu Simbel
Newport News ~Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co
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New Humble
Fort Sill
James A. Pridmore Jr
James A. Pridmore
1635
Woodlawn
Oka
Alfred J. Stamm
Robertson
North Carolina State College
CAP
Baytown Civil Air Patrol
North Main
Galveston
Army Engineers
West Europe
Paulskirche
Press
U.S. Space Agency
Defense Department
Kim Christine Keeler
Jackson
Miss
Byron de la Beckwith
Johnson
Jabez Kaders
Les Anees
Jay
Ponting
Rhonda
Tna Subur
Kozamplik
Kozamplike
Ritisbands
Chicago
Nikita
Bayshore Club
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