Workshop to Help Choose Good Books for Children
A summer reading workshop led by Monteze Botkin and Willie Terry offers a curated list of children's books. The selections, compiled by Mary Owensby and Bertha Monday, span four age groups from preschool to ninth grade, with titles from Kate Greenaway to Beatrix Potter and Dr. Seuss.
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Monteze Botkin
Willie Terry
Mary Qwensby
Harris County
Bertha Monday
Houston Public Library
Kate Greenaway
ABC
John Walsh Anglund
Mr. Bear
Marjorie
Flack
Danny Ipick
Marguerite de Angeli
Cinderella
Charlies Perrault
Taro Yashiima
Endless Summer Premiere Draws Surf Fans at Encore Theater
Hollywood AP Bruce Brown, the producer of Slippery When Wet and Waterlogged, unveiled The Endless Summer, his sixth film, to sold out crowds. The world premiere showcased surfers riding Matterhorn-like waves on glassy boards as Brown plans eastward outreach from Dana Point to New York and beyond, narrating and editing himself for up to 150 showings a year.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Bruce
Brown
Bruce ,Brown
Bug
Bruce ‘Brown
John
Michaelangelo
Encore
Senegal
Ghana
Blond
California
Amlidwest
New York
New Jersey
Virginia
Florida
East
Dana Point
Australia
France
South Africa
New Zealand
Peru
Highlands Pastor Goes to Church in El Campo
Highlands Church of Christ minister Kenneth John Goodwin, with 36 years in ministry, is called to El Campo Church. The Highlands Rotary Club install includes Tom Holcomb as president and new officers. Ice cream social slated at Highlands Methodist Church June 20. visits by Kansas guests and Baytown/Highlands revival scenes noted.
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Highlands
EL Campo
Earl Peel
Cravey
Terry
Char - Highlands
Kenneth John Goodwin
Cedar Inn
High-Holton
Kenny Earl
Stevie Highlands Church of Christ
Lands
Lawrence
Patricia Gwenn
Clear Lake Road
Chevy
Lynn
Darenda
Sam Lorinad
Elbie Od- Christ
Goodwin
Church of Christ
Corpus Christi
North Beach
Tom Holcomb
Church Fellowship Hall
Methodist Men of the Highlands Methodist Church
Jeff Stroud
Kansas
Norman Parrish
Dreina
C. E. Rodgers
Parrish
Lanelle Rodgers
Arkansas City
Kaw
Glenda Rodgers
Robert Wyatt
Joan Stovall
Austin
Rotary
Ganget
Ij. C
Johnston
Ukev
Jones
Carl Mooney
Gee Lie
Bédinger
Jimy Brazzil
Charlie
Pos- Ramsey
WLLL
Herndon
R.L. Creel
Holcomb
Glenwat]ker
Ben Shirey
Daisetta
Baytown
United Pentecostal Church
Jimmy Jones
Peace Tabernacle
Chevrolet
C.T
Caruthers
Jan
Thorl .E. Downing
Cedar Bayou
Acci- Terry
Chaarles
Jewish Survivor Seeks Honor For Dead Nazi Official
FRANKFURT AP A Jewish survivor lobbies to clear Kurt Gerstein a dead SS officer whose work included cyanide gas for Auschwitz. Gerstein who aided evidence for Nuremburg died in Paris 1945 their widow denied pension by West German authorities. Wygoda a Frankfurt dealer and ex inmate argues Gerstein warned world of camps and inspired works while authorities label him Nazi offender. Jewish groups in Germany and France back the case and officials say they will review anew.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Ruhr
Kurt Gerstein
Gerstein
Auschwitz
Issy_ Wygoda
Ss.o
Wy- Gerstein
Hygiene Institute
Wyeoda
Otto Dibelius
Dibelius
Berlin
Christ
Rolf Hochhuth
Jtrook
Paris
Elfriede Gerstein
Gersstein
Wyeroda
Ger
Stein
France
Weyeoda
Slayer convicted in Brazos River killing case
Jurors found Allen Cook, 57, of Afuneral Wells, guilty of stabbing Glen D. Conley, 20, of Graham, near the Brazos River last April. Cook received a 20 year prison term.
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Gratary
Allen Cook
Glen D. Conley
Graham
Conley
Brazos River
Tyler GE Workers Set Strike Vote Tuesday
Union workers at General Electric Co. plant voted 360 to 19, set a strike vote for Tuesday as executives planned a company meeting. President Bob Walters said the vote does not guarantee a strike and that members will decide after discussions with company officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler
General Electric Co
Tuesda
International Union. of Electrical Radio
Dick Austin
Alout
Monty Stratton’s Son Killed in Greenville Mississippi
Greenville AP reports police hunt Monty Stratton’s son Dennis Stratton 23 killed by shotgun blast to chest near his Greenville home. Stratton a former Chicago White Sox pitcher who lost a leg in war era, had recently returned to baseball. wife Jean Finney and two young daughters survive. Police say gun was found near the body and will be sent to Dallas for lab tests. no charges filed yet.
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Greenville
Dennis Stratton
Chicago White
Chicago Sox
Monty Strat “ Stratton
Stratton
Tex Farmer
Jean’ Finney
Goig
Police
Bentiie Warren
Ngane
Dallas Police
Neres No We
Monty
White Sox
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Alice E. Goodey
Clair Huchet Bishop
Barthalomew
Dr. Seuss
Peter Spier
Mr. Fox
John Langstaff
Frog
Miss Mouse
Little Bear
Else Holmelund Minarik
Virginia Lee Burton
Madeline
Ludwig Belmelmans
Robert McCloskey
Charles River
Boston
Vandal Gag
Mr. Rabbit
Charlotte Zolotow
Janice May Urdz
Petunia
Duvoisin
Rachel Field
Maud Petersham
Rosa-Too-Little
Sue Felt
Ferdinand
Munro Leal
Ping
Marjorie Flack
Barbar
Jean de Brunhoff
Helen Bannerman
Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter
Robert McClosely
Maine
Tomten
Astrid Lindgren
the Weatherman
P&s Aluminum
N. Pruett
Culpepper
Culpeppers
Culpepper's
Baytown's Great Furniture Store
Houston
Corvair
Volkswagen
Curtis Harrison
Cirele
Gulf Coast Hospital
M. J. Gill
Morrison
Inself
Randy Eugene Arnett
S. Whiting
Arnett
East James
Wiurrison
Seventh
Alice Laird
Judy Downing
Janice Laird
Earl Feel Mlss) Downing
A. Bianchi Lana
Tony
Joey
Ann
J. R. Gooch
Lee
Van
Davy Crock Iett. National Forest
Gooch
Dallas
Bianchi
Tommy Talley
Eddie Lindsey
Creet
Dodgers
Audie Morgan
B.C. Norris
Steve
Weldon Cotton
Waves
Charles Fisk
George Bryant
James
Joe
Gary
Tommy “Talley A
Marilyn” Moorehead
D ‘Ome Shonping
Ignite
Tyler GE
Monty Stratton
THAD
Felton
Ladies Baby Doll
S-M-L
Jamaica
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