City Panel Studies Baytown Oil Well Ordinance
A Baytown council committee, named by Mayor Al Clayton, met with about 30 oil company and independent operator representatives to study revising the oil well drilling control ordinance. They discussed well spacing, definitions of reworking versus workover, and the city’s practice of permit and rework fees while the council suspended drilling pending review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Clayton
Ordi
Ance
Baytown
Probe of Rice Acreage Expands Across Chambers Area
An investigation into alleged acreage misuses in Brazoria and other rice counties expands this week. The probe targets rice allotments across Texas with focus shifting toward Matagorda and adjoining counties as officials pursue potential errors and misuse in the program. Carlton E. Trant, head of the investigative service, said Tuesday that efforts concentrate in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trant
Texas
Ucasa
Chambers County
Jefferson County
Brazoria
Wharton
Colorado County
Matagorda
Christian Women Fellowship
First Christian Church
ASCS
H. E. Moor
State Ascs
Trobe
Baytown Council Sets Talks On Pay Rules And Drilling Fees
Baytown Council will hold a called session at city hall to discuss a new overtime policy for city employees. The agenda also includes oil well drilling fee reforms and proposed changes to permit costs aimed at reducing burdens on drillers while safeguarding property values and water sands.
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Baytown
Kelly Elliott
Humble
Mound Co
Mike Kelly
Houston
Sam F. Levy
Grace Oil Co
Homer Standeler
Hansen
Supreme Court Prayer Ruling Sparks Broad Backlash
Washington AP report notes heavy criticism from church leaders and lawmakers after the high court struck down the practice of official prayers in public schools. Critics fear limits could extend to opening House sessions with prayer, while a Jewish leader welcomed the ruling affirming that federal funds cannot aid parochial schools. The decision cites New York State authorization of a school prayer invoking Almighty God as unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
New York State
Venn Elected Humble Director From Baytown Career Highlight
Russell J. H. Venn former Baytown resident and Humble Oil veteran has been elected to Humble Oil and Refining Co. board of directors. He began in 1934 at Baytown Refinery and rose to Southeast Esso Region leadership in 1960 before a Houston assignment. Details on successors and succession plans follow.
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Russell JH. Venn
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
Humble
C. E. Reistle Jr
Comany
Venn
Igleside
Corpus ‘Christi
Houston
New Orleans
East
C. G. Herrington
A. A. Diffey
Humble Board of Directors
Hetee
Pentwater
Mich
Wayne State University
Detroit
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Humbie
Esso
Herrington
Tecumseh, Oklah
Oklahoma A and M College
Oklahoma State University
The
Carter of Co
Oklahoma
Varieg Engineering
Tulsa
Carter
Horticulture Club Meeting at 114 Crow Road
Horticulture Club will meet with Mrs. Fred Hederhorst at 114 Crow Road for a Bees program at 9 30 a.m. Wednesday Hostesses will be Mrs. Hederhorst Mrs. KR E Ferrell and Mrs. T L Culpepper. DeMolay meeting set at Goose Creek Lodge hall at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Letter jackets available for spring athletes at Robert E. Lee High School field house.
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Horticulture Club
Dirt Gardeners Horticulture] Club
Fred Hederhorst
Crow Road
Hederhorst
KR. E. Ferrell
T. L. Culpepper
Order of DeMolay
Goose Creek Lodge Hall
Robert E. Lee High School
Houston judge rejects bid to halt court of inquiry
Judge Wil Mer Hunt on Tuesday denied a suspended Probate Judge Clem McClelland's petition for an injunction to stop the court of inquiry. The ruling said due process is not being denied as the hearing resumes July 2 under District Attorney Frank Briscoe. McClelland's attorney J Edwin Smith gave notices of appeal, calling Hunt's ruling erroneous.
Multi-Topic 1960s Headlines Mix of Global and Local Unrest
Attorney Frank Cain claims Commercial Solvents Corp backed Billie Sol Estes. Congo figures Cyrille Adoula and Molise Tshombe in unity talks. Oran harbor fires from secret army terrorists. smoke drifts over Algerian port. Flight engineer safety debate label as bank by civil aviation official. Rostow praised despite mystery of his strategy document. NEA cites teacher unrest and strike threats amid poor conditions. Rusk and Home downplay China war buildup near offshore islands. Temple police stop robbery. Staley shoots suspect. Tornado hits Inwa causing property damage, no injuries. Possible resumption of flight engineers strike hinges on New York federal actions.
Installation of Wooster Lions Slated
Robert T. Kerr a vocational agriculture teacher at Robert E Lee High School will be installed as president of the Wooster Lions Club at a 7 pm Tuesday meeting at the Tower Gordon Dotson of the Houston Central Lions Club will install Kerr as well as several officers and board members New attendance pins will be awarded to Kerr Mills and Holzheuser for 19 17 and six years respectively and many members will receive pins for one to four years attendance The list includes Vaughan A Lirette J Hill Cone Fred Hederhorst Roy G Holzheuser and others.
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Robert T. Kerr
Robert E. Lee High School
Wooster Lions Club
Gordon Dotson
Houston Central Lions Club
Dotson
Vaughan A. Lircite
J. Hill Cone
Fred Hederhorst
Roy G. Holzheuser
Andy Bargainer
Lontamer
Larry Meyers
Jimmie Carroll
Tailtwister
Charles Cater
Ernest M. Gates
H.R. Thibodaux
William T. Smith
Kerr
Fred C. Mills
A. H. Howard
Paul Cater
R. C. Anderson
Nelson D. Longnecker
Orval A. Brown
Warren D. Moore
E. M. Gates
B. M. Burrus
J. W. Carroll
V. A. Lirette
W. T. Smith
D. D. Cooker
Lefkovits
O W Fayle Dies Pioneer of Cedar Bayou
Oliver Winfred Fayle known as Curly, Cedar Bayou pioneer, died at 8 30 am Tuesday in a Baytown hospital after a long illness. Funeral set for 4 pm Wednesday at Cedar Bayou Methodist Church with burial in Cedar Bayou Masonic Cemetery Cedar Bayou Lodge 321 AF and AM in charge. Survivors include widow Mrs C W Fayle three daughters Mrs R C Odom Mrs J M Endeyli and Mrs M D Pittman all of Baytown a son A Morris Fayle Baytown three brothers Earl La Porte Roy Channelview and Raymond Fort Worth a sister Mrs Bill William Houston and five grandsons. Fayle helped found Goose Creek first general store first telephone line first baseball team and the town site layout and school. he retired from General Tire. He belonged to Cedar Bayou Methodist Church.
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Oliver Winfred
Curly) Fayle
Cedar Bayou
Baytown
C. W. Fayle
R. C. Odom
J. M. Endeyli
M. D. Pittman
A. Morris Fayle
Earl of la Porte
Roy
Channelview
Raymond
Fort Worth
Bill William
Houston
Fayle
Goose Creek
Ross 5.Sterling
Hoover denounces court ruling against school prayer
Former President Herbert Hoover criticized the Supreme Court decision ruling against public school prayers. He called the ruling a disintegration of one of America’s most sacred heritages, warning of broader implications for the nation.
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NEW York
Herbert Hoover
Supreme Court
17 Cents An Hour Sought By Baytown Oil Workers Union
Members of Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union Local 4333 at Humble Oil Baytown Refinery vote on a six and one half percent wage increase with an 11 cent floor. Local president Bud Marsh says 7 percent ratification triggers a contract reopening and potential strike. The policy, approved in Chicago, requires 75 percent local and 75 percent international ratification.
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Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Baytown
Humble Oil and Refining. Co
Sage
L. J
Bud) Marsh
Humble
Marsh
International Union
OCAW
Chicago
Ford Geyer
O. A. Knight
Merm- International Union
Bers
Budgets Hearings Underway on UF Child Fund Agenda
Tuesday night budget committee session discussed services of Houston agencies Baytown Society for Crippled Children and Child Care Center with United Fund officials. Attendees included Faye Wayne USO Houston director and Wendell Ley National Council on Crime and Delinquency member. Committee members listed.
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Troy Peterson
United Fund
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Tillery
Shiirman
UF Drive
Baytown
Commerce
Houston United Fund
Baytown Society
Houston
Chamber of
Posesman
Third Week Hawaii Trip Finalists Named
The Sun lists ten finalists for a five week Hawaii Condor trip contest sponsored by Citizens National Bank and local merchants in Baytown Texas. Winners receive a chance at an all expense paid air trip to California Hawaii and Seattle with final drawing by Continental and Pan Am.
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H. D. Fortinberry
Ardrawing
Bor
J. C. Penney Co
Willi
R. C Partin
Williams
Cali-Lyons
Fornia
Hawaii
Seattle
Sn Seren Ye senceTe
The
Sun
Continental Airlines
Pan American World Airways
Citizen's Bank
Mary T. Sloan
Wisconsin
Baytown Hardware
Frank Deskxeocil
Grantham
Hathaway
Slow Jury Selection In Estes Theft Trial At Pecos
Jurors for the Estes felony theft case moved slowly in Pecos as defense questioned veniremen. One was excused saying sitting on the jury would embarrass him. Estes, 37, faces charges tied to a Reeves County farmer sale of fertilizer tanks and is under federal and state indictments. In Austin, state officials prepared further suits against East Texas oil operators amid a broad data-gathering effort as jury selection continued in the Reeves County case.
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Pecos
Tex
Dist
J. H. Starley
Veniremen
Estes
West Texas
Reeves County
Estés
Austin
East Texas
Houghton
Brownlee
West
Texas
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Chambers Area
Falmer
Baytown Lodge
Goose Creek Lodge
Masonic Hall
Scystiny Ransag
Peystine
ATR Patrol
North Main
Nelson
Roseland
Park Pavilion
Robert L. Kelley
Carl Larsen
Circle Drive
Winston Mettke
W. G. Mettke
Adams
Texas A&m
Galveston
Nickey Garrison
Wash
State University
N. C. Garrison
Yupon
Nickey
Robert E. Lee High
Lee College
Clare Wynnemer
Baytown Little Theater
Elks Pool
Nonie Cowhig
Betsy Taylor
Sandra Sebesta
Jerilyn Malone
Leta Mosesman
Tina Altman
Anne Hunter
Martha Strauss
Gail Sheffield
Robert Floyd
Jim Cunningham
Mike Cox
Tommy Dyer
Catherine Walsh
Howard Plagens
Lynda .Schulz
Patti Walsh
San Jacinto Hos
Russell H. Venn
Baytonian Humble
Carter Oil Co
Land Diffey
Esso Standard Oil Co
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
L. W. Vernon
Hamble Oil, and Refining Co
Gordon Research
Colby College
New London
N. H
Bulletin
Frank Cain
Commercial Solvents Corp
Billie Sol Estes
Cyrille Adoula
Congo
Katanga
Molise Tshombe
Secret Army Organization
Oran Harbor
Algerian
Governmeent
Senate Foreign Relations
Walt Whitman Rostow
National Education Association
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
China
Fukien
Walter Staley
Gan
Temple
Carrizo Springs
Inwa
Fan American World Airways
O. W. Fayle
Were. Fayth
General Tire and Rubber Co
Cedar Bayou Methodist Church
Hoover
H. C. J.robert Barnes
R. P. Beman
Earl Bissex
C. Camp
G. A. Darser
John
Echols
Raul
Edwards
James Ezell
Tom Farmer
Norman Hargrave
Leonard Hart
John Henderson
Ben Horton
W. C
Jackson
Frank
James
Jack
Beves
A. R. Knox
Jim Lutz
M. McKay
Harry Miller
E. A.milton
Max Mosesman
Charley Murphy
Nycomers
Lo J. Reilly
Charles Titery
Ed Vaught
John Wadley
Estes Slow
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