Honor roll names engineering students at University of Texas
Two Baytown residents Frank Floyd and James Porter were named on the University of Texas College of Engineering spring honor roll along with Victor C. Meitzen of Anahuac. Also noted is that L. P. Malone of Bellaire drove a station wagon in a Tuesday collision with a scooter driven by Roger Reed of Baytown.
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Sun
Bellaire
L. P. Malone
Roger ‘Neil Reed
Baytown
Frank Floyd
James W. Porter
College of Engineering
University of Texas
Victor C. Meitzen
Anahuac
Khrushchev Arrives in Vienna for Nine Day Visit
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev lands at Schwechat to begin a nine day state visit to Austria amid a largely apathetic crowd. He and his party of over 80 are to tour Vienna opera Habsburg palace the Alps and Salzburg as Austria seeks peaceful coexistence messaging with the Soviet Union.
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Vienna
Austria
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Lin
Imperial Hotel
Schwechat
Adolf Schaert
Julius Raab
Moscow
Opera
Hapsburg Palace
Alps
Salzburg
Harris County debate on city county consolidation at hearing
Readable fragments show the Texas commission on city and county governments holding a one day hearing in Pasadena and Houston area towns. Officials including Harris County tax assessor-collector Wright and Rep. Ben Atwell discuss consolidation and its potential practicality while local residents hope for governance reforms.
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Royce Garber
Moore Hill
Austin
University of Texas
E. L. Welch
Houston
Pasadena and Sons
Galena Park
Garner State Field
E. M. Busseys
Allen Welch
Harris County
Suel
Con Wright
Sue
William Blevins
Dade
Ethel Bush
Wimberly
Ann
Van
Linda Pierce
Robbie Holladay
Texas Commission On
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Kenneth
Lavon
Moore
Ben Atwell
Dallas
Longview
Mount Vernon
Mickey Pillow
J. O. Willis
Dena Willis
Hilda Willis
Len Willis
Thomasville
Ralph
Alyce Parrotta
Dana Kay Wood
Lenna Harlan
Gladys Goold
Ivy
St. Luke's Hospital
Rules Panel Bottleneck Denied by House Chairman
Washington AP The 12 member House Rules Committee faced charges it acts as a bottleneck stalling bills like education aid and housing while the chair Rep Howard W Smith of Virginia defended the panel. He said majorities can force action via discharge petitions or calendar Wednesday to bring approved bills to a vote.
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Washington
Icharges
House
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Smith
Rules Committee
Burdick Leading In North Dakota Race
In North Dakota Burdick led over Republican Gov Davis by about 600 votes with 2,297 of 2,314 precincts counted late Wednesday. Burdick 104,007. Davis 102,207. Burdick, 52, freshman congressman, flew to Washington to vote on a postal workers pay raise veto override. The canvassing board must finalize figures within 20 days.
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Fargo
N. D
Burdick
Quentin Burdick
Ner
Davis
John E. Davis
Senator
North Dakota
Davie
Washington
Commission to study taxes and services in clear terms
The commission created by the Just Legislature will review taxation public health welfare police and fire services and education. Mayor W J Philpot of Galena Park and councilwoman Margaret Randolph of Bellaire support it. Whittaker Carl Smith the county tax assessor will run the transfer plan, noting it could streamline transfers for all government agencies.
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W. J. Philpot
Galena Park
Margaret Randolph
Bellaire
Whittaker
Carl Smith
New Rotary President Is Man Of Versatile Talent
Lowell Lammers, Baytown Rotary Club's newly installed president, is described as an articulate leader with a wide range of interests from civics to world affairs, architecture, engineering, and the arts. Born in Chicago, his father Herman C. Lammers was a painter and his mother Antoinette a sculptress. Influential figures included Clarence Hatsfield and Frank Lloyd Wright, shaping his architectural path.
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Baytown Rotary Club
Lowell Lammers
Chicago
Herman C. Lammers
Antoinette
Tate Frank Lloyd
Wright
American Architecture
Clarence Hatsfield
Uncle Clarence
Lowell
Hatsfield
Chicago Board of Education
New Mexico Military Institute
Messachies Feus Institute of Technology
Tammers
Johnson Campaigners Seek Truman Backing for Convention
Washington AP reports Johnson backers believe Harry S Truman may reverse his boycott of the Democratic National Convention. Truman gave no immediate comment. Speculation centers on a possible Symington Kennedy deal, cabinet prospects for Symington, and Truman’s own political calculations as he prepares a news conference.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Harry S. Truman
Trumph
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Stgns S
Aing
John F
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Truman
Symington
Los Angeles
Independence
Angeles
Defense
Air Force
Battle Over Minimum Wage Bill Splits House
Washington AP reports a heated House debate over a proposed federal minimum wage of $1.25 an hour. Democrats push to pass the measure, while Republicans and Southern Democrats seek to dilute or discard it amid broader tax and pension funding debates. The Senate has already passed a related bill authorizing federal aid and pension provisions, with heavy bargaining and calls for broader convention-related political maneuvering.
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Paul
M. Butler
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Senate
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Butler
Truman
Thruston B. Morton
Morton
Cuba
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
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Abin J
Los Angeles
Congress
Johnson
Ike Vetoes Pay Hike For U S Workers
President Eisenhower vetoed a bill to raise federal worker pay by 74 percent for about 1 percent of the workforce, calling it indefensible. He hinted at a smaller, modest increase tied to living costs, while Democratic leaders plan an override vote in the House Friday.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Last Call For Suggestions For Baytown Improvements
Baytown Chamber of Commerce makes a final call for suggestions to improve Basia Baytown for residents, businesses, and visitors. Chamber manager Welson J McElroy says input so far is good but not enough, urging all to submit ideas by mail or in person for consideration.
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Beytown
Chamber of Coommerce
McElroy
World figures clash as new republic formed amid warnings
A former leader transfers control to a 14 million Afro nation, warning against foreign greed while a Vatican official calls the church’s main challenge the global priest shortage. Disasters, plant plans, political forecasts, and sudden events weave through a barrage of reports from Port Lavaca to Cleveland and beyond.
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Eling Baudouin
Congo
Vatican
U.S
Baytown Guardsmen Train at Fort Hood in Two-Week Drill
Texas National Guard 36th Infantry, including more than 40 Baytown men, trains at North Fort Hood under combat conditions for two weeks. New weapons and equipment like the M-14 rifle and a 2,000-yard capable Semorpion tank are demonstrated as mobility and rapid deployment become essential. Maj. Gen. Phinney says readiness could place the unit in combat in about 21 weeks with reserves.
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Dohn Marsh
Fort Hood
Tex
Texas National Guard
Baytown
North Fort Hood
36Th Infantry
3Rd Infantry
Galvestons
NATO
Carl L. Phinney
Sth
National Guard
36Th
Natron
Con
Lewis Griff
Forts Hoel
Sugar Subsidies In Cuba Might Be Cut
Washington reports indicate US strategists weigh tougher Cuba policy. Potential actions include slashing US sugar subsidies to fund American claims on seized property, while OAS and Moscow responses influence scope. Officials cite Cuban resilience and Caribbean stakes shaping future steps.
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Cuba
Washington
United States
U.S
House
Organization of American ‘States
Castro
OAS
Caribbean
Moscow
Department
Inter-American Peace Committee
Wildcat strike widens against New York bus lines
Insurgent drivers escalated a wildcat walkout to shut down Fifth Avenue Coach Lines omnibus division. About 1,500 strikers massed after failed pickets at garages, threatening to halt all 733 buses serving 500,000 daily passengers as other transit modes ferried people or pedestrians crowded streets.
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New York
Fifth Avenue Coach Lines
Lino
Fidel Moves Toward New U S Seizure in Cuba
Havana AP reports Fidel Castro reshuffled his cabinet with Communications Minister Enrique Oltuski resigning and Raul Curbela Morales named as replacement. The move accompanies threats toward seizing Cuba’s Electric Co, a $300 million American owned asset, and signals possible action against the 65 percent U S ITT stake in the Cuban Telephone Co. as Castro tightens control after ousting last U S executives.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuban Electric Co
Cuba
Osvaldo Cortiess
Enrique Oltuski
Raul Curbela Morales
Oltuski
American and Foreign Power Co
Olinski
Cuban Telephone Co
U.S. International Telephone and Telegraph
Texas May employment up and down with jobless rise
Texas shows both higher employment and more unemployed in May compared to April and May 1959. The Texas Employment Commission cites 3,447,100 employed, a 38,100 year over year gain and 20,200 above April 1960, while the jobless total climbs 9,600 from May 1959 but falls 4,100 from April. The labor force grows by 48,300, amid a transit strike affecting Texas transit services and a census-taker release that influenced nonfarm employment.
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Texas
Texas Employment Commission
Transit Workers Union
Omnibus Division
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