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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1964
Page
2
The final of five articles by AP analyst Sam Dawson weighs how to drive growth in the 1960s. Executives, workers, and policymakers foresee rising demand, higher construction, and possible programs to fight poverty, urban renewal, and transit, while job competition could slow gains.
The Ice Capades 1964 arrives at Sam Houston Coliseum April 14 to 19 in a new $1 million production. Five shows plus four matinees, with ticket prices from 2 to 4 dollars. Sponsored by the Houston Police Burial and Pension Fund, mail orders accepted to Ice Capades, Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston.
Elliot Barold Elliot of Baytown has been named a certified rifle instructor by the National Rifle Association of America. He is now qualified to conduct local classes in firearms handling and shooting.
Baytown will not observe Independence Day as a holiday on Monday. City offices including General Telephone Houston Natural Gas and Houston Lighting and Power stay open. Mail schedules remain unchanged with post offices and local law officials closing for observance.
In San Francisco and surrounding cities, CORE shop-ins disrupt Lucky Stores by loading unpaid groceries into carts and leaving without paying. Tensions rise as Negro leaders threaten to end ties with CORE if the protests continue, while Lucky denies reverse discrimination and cites existing Black employees.
Winter wolves are increasing and bolder in Texas. A Houston hunter, Gary Rogers, killed a 40 pound wolf near Sims Bayou inside the city limits after spotting it stalking through tail grass about 200 yards away. He described the trend as noticeable and linked growth to regional industry and open spaces while industry officials predicted more jobs from new development.
The royal household announced that Queen Elizabeth will recover from appendicitis aboard the royal yacht Britannia in the Caribbean next month. She will fly to Jamaica via New York, arriving March 1, and return to England April 1.
The article details Johnsons security measures in Florida with extra aircraft dispatched as backups and secret arrivals. It notes removal of presidential markings from helicopters, unmarked flights, and continuous Secret Service presence led by James J. Rowley and Gerald Behn during the trip to West Palm Beach and Miami Beach.
In East Harlem, five firemen of Engine Co. 35 resign as a departmental trial was set to begin for Capt. Joseph F. Sosa and four crew members. Charges of dragging hours from alarms with immoral women and pornography were dropped after investigation. Sosa, 45, backed by 22 years of service, led the group alongside Martin Buchalter, Alfred W. Cordes, James J. McHugh, and William Allen, whose averages show about four years aboard.
Ali and Mrs Reda of 718 Grantham announce the birth of son Lowy Reda on February 18 at Gulf Coast Hospital weighing six pounds. The parents, from Mecca Saudi Arabia, are in Baytown while he attends Lee College. Grandfathers J N Leslie and A W Costley Sr. note family ties as Costley serves in the medical corps at Torrejon Air Base Spain.
A tribute to Rudolph and Bailey LeCompte of Baytown highlights Bailey’s seniority and skill in bass fishing. The brothers outfish many rivals, with Bailey’s homemade stringer a hallmark. Bailey cleans and shares the catch while Rudy handles filleting, and the anecdote emphasizes teamwork and positive thinking.
W A Morgan receives five U S patents for an electromagnetic device to test impact strength of plastic while Baytown area residents face common tax return errors said by IRS officer Robert L Webb. Various local notices include Baytown Kiwanis film on the New York World's Fair, a Crosby store crash injuring no one, dance and music events at San Jacinto, student graduations at Sam Houston State College and Howard Payne College, a military airman returning to base after leave, and Cedar Bayou Parents Council urging ninth graders' graduation plans.
President Jake celebrates his 100th day in office attending a frat mens conference carried on radio and television. Dow Jones industrial average nears 800 on the New York Stock Exchange as markets advance. The trial of Jack Ruby opens a new session but requires two more jurors, delaying the case.
Charleston AP reports a National Safety Council study will examine the West Virginia Turnpike to determine why the 8 mile toll road is described as the nation s deadliest toll road. Since opening 10 years ago it has a high fatality rate.
Funeral services were held at 2 p m Sunday at Paul U Tee Funeral Home for James David Norris 52 of Baytown who died Friday at Gulf Coast Hospital The Rev E R Burns officiated and burial was in White Cemetery Norris a native of Shepherd Texas lived in Baytown most of his life a retiree from Humble Oil and Refining Co Baytown Refiners Light Ends Department survived by his wife Norma Lee Norris a son Joe Fred Norris two daughters Sharlene Norris and Diane Norris his father and stepmother five sisters and two brothers Funeral attendees included many Humble employees with honorary pallbearers listed as regular attendees.
Carl E. Reistle Jr of Humble Oil warns a pending Congress bill to limit heavy fuel oil imports would cut available supplies for American industry and raise consumer hardship. He argues a 50 percent cap compared with last year would reduce overall heavy fuel supply as domestic refineries shift toward lighter products like gasoline and heating oil.
A five million dollar shipment of food clothing medicine and agricultural tools from Czechoslovakia arrived to aid Cuban victims of Hurricane Flora. Havana Radio said the merchandise was donated by the Czech people and government for Camaguey and Oriente provinces, in a broadcast monitored late Tuesday night.
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