Baytown officers elected at state Disabled American Veterans convention
Durwood Bailey of Baytown was elected senior vice commander at the Disabled American Veterans state convention in Laredo. The 1961 convention will be in Brownwood. also noted were local notices about tennis program contact, vacation follow ups, and Rotary and Jaycee meetings. Police arrested two juveniles in a separate incident, with weather and Galveston tides listed.
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Durwood Bailey
Baytown
Disabled American Veterans
Laredo
Brownwood
Rotary
Rotary Club
Weares
Bay Villa
Sam Stassi
Lowell Lam- Iners
Natal
Mayor Pruett boycotts secret Bay town council session
Council members met in private to probe alleged irregularities in the police department with City Manager Le Fevre and Police Chief Montgomery to investigate. Mayor Pruett declined to attend, calling secret meetings improper, while a later conference with Montgomery and Le Fevre was planned for Tuesday morning.
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R. H
Red) Pruett
Baytown
J. B. le Fevre
Roy Montgomery
Velma Ansley
Pruett
the Sun
le Fevre
Montgomery
City All
Local notes highlight community life and events
J B Ethridge helps a sick animal while Fort Collins postcards reach families. Lions Club guests Raymond McDowell and Roberta McDowell attend the installation. Students report trips to Kentucky, church missions and a fried chicken meal. Others study, write, dissect earthworms, and prep for exams at Lee College and Houston flood raises a peculiar problem.
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J. B. Ethridge
K. E. Chandler
Fort Collins
Colo
Robert
Sue Gillette
Raymond
Roberta McDowell
Lions Club
Jim Sheley
Milton Kelley
Bruce Ramsey
Joan Blumberg
Juanita Porter
James Shires
Houston
Martin
Butch) Fickinger
Kenneth Roberts
Gene Smith
John Marsh
Sun
Fort Hood
Patsy Hardison
Eisenhower Says He Would Go Again If Needed For Free World Unity
President Eisenhower defended his personal diplomacy and said he would not hesitate to undertake another goodwill tour abroad if circumstances required. He noted the Tokyo riots and Japan's security pact with the United States as a significant victory for the free world, while suggesting his trips are waning in importance as Congress weighed his diplomacy. He reaffirmed no plans for future trips and stressed staying firm against Communist pressure.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Japan
Tokyo
United States
America
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
The
Foreign Relations Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Senate
Earme
Free World
Christian A. Herter
Cuba Sugar Bill Approved Cuts Cuba Quota
Washington AP reports the House Agricultural Committee approved a bill giving the President authority to cut Cuba's sugar quota if needed. Cuba called it economic war. The measure would raise quotas for U S producers and others with stall quotas when Cuba’s quota is cut and could grant quotas to Brazil and similar nations.
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Washington
House Agricultural Committee
Cuba
United States
Raul Cepero
Ant- Bonilla
Havana
U.S
Castro
Brazil
Wereeseae Pepe Ee Nee Meee
Agriculture Committee
Alcoholism Is A Disease Says Presbyterian Leader
A United Presbyterian Church official told the Third Institute of Alcohol Studies that alcoholism is a disease, not a sin, urging acceptance and ministry toward alcoholics. He noted progress in viewing alcoholism as treatable and emphasized churches must not impose moral judgments on drinkers.
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Lee
Chambers Group Seeks Land De Annexation Review
A seven member committee from Mont Belvieu and West Chambers plans to ask Mayor Pruett if Baytown would de annex the 70 square mile area west of the Trinity River south of Highway 73. The group will also study incorporation options for the region, including Mont Belvieu.
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Mont Beivieu
Highway 73
Tri - City Beach Road
Mont Belvieu
Chambers County
H.H. McCollum
C. A.bud Pounds
C. W. Plato
Tri-City Beach Road
Joel McCune
Luther Mackrell
Marshall Kaas
J. M. Dugas
Plato
Rita Whitridge
Bill Whitridge
Pruett
Baytown
Trinity River
Committee
De-Etermine
Chambers
Baytown Resident Sarah S Holland Dies at 86
Baytown resident Mrs. Sarah Susie Holland died at 5 15 p m Monday at her home 106 East Wright after 29 years in Baytown Funeral services will be at 10 a m Wednesday in Earthman Chapel with burial in Glendale Cemetery Lakin She is survived by two sons J Q Holland of Lufkin and M D Holland of Houston three daughters C C Walker Baytown Willie Mae Barker Jacksonville and W F Bryant Denver Colo two sisters Mattie Boatright Trinidad Tex Juanita Holland Athens Tex a brother Ode Humphries Maybank Tex two steps sisters and a stepbrother six grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren
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Sarah Susie Holland
Baytown
East Wright
Paul Stephens
Second Baptist
Earthman Chapel
Lufkin
Nazarene Church
Glendale Cemetery
Lakin
Lakin. Mrs. Holland Is Survived By Two Sons, J. Q. Holland
M. D. Holland
Houston
C. C. Walker
Willie Mae Barker
Jacksonville
W. Fryant
Denver
Coro
Mattie Boatright
Trinidad
Tex
Juanita Holland
Athens
Ode Humphries
Maybank
La Porte Electrician Injured In Dickinson
Archie Houston, five, of 2108 New Jersey, fell from a power pole at the Amoco Recreation City in Dickinson. An employee of Pfeiffer Electric Company in La Porte, he was taken to Galveston County Hospital in La Mirada. Hospital officials reported multiple injuries.
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Archie Houston
New Jersey
Amoco Recreation Cid
Dickinson
Houston
Pfeiffer Electric Company
la Porte
Galveston County Hospital
LaMirque
HP. Pfeiffer
Electric Company
Oil Tanker in distress aided by three ships near Charleston
A water-logged tanker, SS George McDonald, listing after an explosion, drifted 100 miles east southeast of Charleston with part of its crew aboard. Four vessels including the J. C. Dyer and Esso Scranton raced to assist, 28 crewmen were rescued by lifeboats, and guards stood by for further action as power and radio failed. No injuries reported.
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Miame
Fla
George McDonald
Charleston
D.C
Sinclair Oil Co
Coast Guard Search and Rescue
Miami
MacDonald
Coast Guard
J. C. Dyer
Esso Scranton
Air Force tests Atlas missile with new nose cone
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP the Air Force demonstrated the Atlas intercontinental missile with a new tactical nose cone on a five mile flight achieving a close to target impact off Ascon sion island This second test of the advanced re entry vehicle tested heat resistance at 1000 degrees during a plunge from 700 miles altitude Meanwhile on Florida s west coast a Nike Asp two stage rocket fired from Eglin Air Force base carried a pound instrument package two miles over the Gulf of Mexico as part of a separate test program to detect fields at high altitude.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
General Electric
Space Systems Department
Atlas
South Atlantic
Ascon
Governors May Try To Join Forces At Democratic Convention
Four governors from New Jersey California Iowa and Kansas discuss keeping the 1960 Democratic convention from being Kennedy’s show They consider promoting an open convention after the first ballot and perhaps splitting votes to prevent a first ballot Kennedy victory While careful not to oppose him they urge a chance for other candidates and a more open process in Los Angeles
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Glacier National Park
Mont
John F. Kennedy
Los Angeles
Kennedy
Robert B. Aleyner
New Jersey
Edmund G
Pat) ‘Brown
California
Herschel C. Loveless
Iowa
George Docking
Kansas
Meyner
Loveless
Brown
Adlai E. Stevenson
Semuy
Landon B. Johnson
Texas
Stuart Symington
D+ Mo
Will He Ever Return Army Reporter Faces Fort Hood Visit
Reporter John Marsh details his uneasy plan to visit Fort Hood with Baytown National Guard troops amid a summer field exercise. He weighs risks of AWOL exposure, military rigors, and possible delays, while promising to report back if he returns by the stated deadline.
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Sun
Nis
Fort Hood
National Guard
Fort Hoel
Exeari
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