Lee College bond issue heads to voters this Saturday
The Lee College bond proposal totaling 1.3 million dollars goes before voters this Saturday. Officials expect about 52 percent of the funds to come from bond money with land purchase and building costs on the campus. Citizens groups led by Jim Har Top have supported the plan, while college president George Gentry and board president Sam Bramlett anticipate approval with a likely modest turnout.
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Lee College
Feder
Jim Har- Top
Citizens For Lee College Growth
George Gentry
Gentry
Sam Bramlett
1J College Board of Regents
Bramlett
Lee College Board of Regents
James M. Black
David Fracht
Warren Spivey
Alma McNulty
Alien Rice
Dr. W. Travis Porter
E. IL. Gunn
Sam H. Hastings
Wallace Hunt
Reception for Mr and Mrs George Car Folk Golden Anniversary
A reception honoring Mr and Mrs George B Car folk on Sunday from 2 to 4 p m at the Holiday Inn, replacing a home gathering. Friends invited to attend this announcements notes the couple’s 50th wedding anniversary and the event details.
Weather prophets honored with plaques and town notes
Lawrence Bourge recovers from illness as Dub Ward and Katie King may receive plaques for long service as weather prophets. Raymond Adams plans ahead and Dave Moore’s predictions prove true. LV Waldrop returns to the Main Stem. Ruby Gottleib back home after hospitalization in Houston. Edith Peacock resumes work after illness, and other local updates.
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Lawrence Bourge
Dub Ward
Katie King
Raymond Adams
Dave Moore
Bill Strickler
Ben Shirey
Lavern Fuhr
Waldrop
Ruby Gottleib
Houston
Johnny Green
Rae DeLaune
Edith Peacock
Lawrace Shelton
Virginia Wert
Germany
O. B. Lee
Public School Week Invites Parents To Visit Baytown Classes
Baytown elementary schools invite parents and patrons to tour classrooms during Public School Week from March 7 to 12. At Travis Elementary, first and fourth grades host observation hours March 10 with work on display, reading and spelling lessons, a sing song in the auditorium, and lunch in the cafeteria. Fifth graders present a folk dance program March 10 morning under Mrs. Warren, featuring the Virginia Reel and other dances.
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George Lerch
David G. Burnet
Dianne Kunz
Jerry Creel
Obe Creel
Barnes
Carolee Shanks
J. D. Shanks
Baytown Sun
Clay Nolen
Bobby Sufphin
Baytown
William B. Travis
Travis
2. V. Warren
Baytown Education Meet hosts NEA staffer at REL Tuesday
Dr T M StinNet t o f the National Education Association will speak at the Baytown Education Association meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday March 8 in the Robert E Lee High School auditorium. Stinnett has held multiple NEA leadership roles and has a long career in Arkansas and Texas education.
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Baytown Education Association
NEA
T. M. Stinnett
National Education Association
Robert E. Lee High School
National Commission On ‘Teacher Education and Professional Standards
Citizenship, Credit Unions
Arkansas
Dr. Stinnett
Arkansas State Department For Education
Arkansas Education Association
University of Arkansas
Henderson - Brown College
Arkadelphia
Ark
Second Crash In Month 60 Feared Dead In Tokyo Plane Disaster
A Canadian Pacific DC8 landing in fog at Tokyo International Airport struck approach lights and a retaining wall, killing at least 56 of 122 aboard. Seven survivors were rescued, one later died. Flight 402 was en route from Hong Kong to Vancouver via Tokyo with onward legs to Mexico City, Lima, Santiago and Buenos Aires.
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Tokyo
Canadian Pacific Airline
Tokyo International
Canadian Pacific
Jesse Zousmer
American
Broadcasting Co
Fotth Hie Wife
Reala
Wetutats
Tokyo Bay
Hong Kong
Vancouver
Mexico City
Lima
Santiago
Buenos Aires
U.S. Steel Plans Baytown Office Activation
U S Steel will open a Baytown office leasing the downtown 207 West Pearce building from Robert Matherne interests. Matherne’s office supply and printing business will move to Pearce and Ashbel on March 12, with remodeling to house U S Steel real estate, law and engineering reps.
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Houston
United States Steel Corp
Baytown
Norman O. McElvany
West Pearce
Robert Matherne
Matherne
Baytown Sun
Pearce and
Ashbel
Teal Estate
U. Us. Steel
Astronauts Attend See Bassett Burial Ceremony
In Arlington National Cemetery, buglers sounded taps as astronauts Elliott Lee Jr. and Charles Bassett were laid to rest with full military honors. Lee, 38, civilian. Bassett, 34, Air Force major. both died in a St Louis jet crash while training for a May space flight. Seventeen astronauts and officials attended, with formal graveside services and processions led by Navy and Air Force bands.
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Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Eliot M. Lee Jr
Charles A. Bassett I. See
Bassett
Air Force
St. Louis
National Aeromautics
Space
Air Force Band
Christian Science
Peter B. Vanderhold
Houston
Tex
Bnet
Lee
Navy
King Hassan orders six man draft in Morocco
King Hassan II of Morocco declared compulsory military service for six men drawing mixed reactions among subjects. William Buckley Jr of National Review appeals to subscribers to raise 150 100 dollars to pay creditors and keep the magazine alive. Vietnam war deaths exceed earlier conflicts with 2335 Americans since 1961. Black Smokey I, grand champion steer at Houston show, sold for 15000 dollars to Wanda Petroleum Co. owned by Paul Holloway, 14, of Taylor County.
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Hassan VI
Morocco
Willam Buckley Jr
Voice of American Conservatiom
National Review
Black Smokey
Houston
Jury Deliberating Fate Of Mrs Mossler Powers
Twelve jurors resumed deliberations in Miami on the 1964 slaying of Mrs Mossler and her nephew Melvin Powers. The case hinges on alleged premeditated murder for a $33 million fortune. Prosecutor and defense closing arguments framed the motive as incestuous desire and manipulation by Mossler. The judge instructed the jurors before they retired to deliberate.
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Miami
Fla
Candace Mossler
Dade County Circuit Court
George Schulz
Roward
Massler
Powers
Biscayne
Percy Foreman
Texas
Foreman
Jacques Mogsler
Richard Gerstein
Snoock's Blue Jays win in overtime at state tourney
Snoock's Blue Jays defeated Alba-Golden 52 to 46 in overtime at the State Schoolboy Basketball Tournament securing their tenth straight victory. The win puts them one shy of the all-time record of 78 set by Bowle in 1852 to 1854.
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Snoock
Blue Jays
Alba-Golden F
Pirates
Bowle
Mississippi tornado toll climbs to fifty seven deaths
Bes que workers scoured rural areas east of Jackson for more victims of savage Mississippi tornadoes. The statewide toll rose to 57 with one church and many homes destroyed. In Jackson at Candlestick Park the disaster caused widespread devastation while 411 were injured in the capital and eastern counties. Congressional candidate Joe Bullock was among the dead near Fork Evville in Scott County. Authorities fear more bodies in Scott County as the line of twisters moved into Alabama where one death and 11 injuries were reported. An Air Force Reserve C-130 carried two mobile Red Cross disaster trucks and blood to support relief efforts.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Alabama
Larry Parks
Wqft-Fm
Forest
Scott County
Woodville Heights Baptist Church
Joe Bullock
Congress
Bullock
Agriculture and Industrial Board
Highway Patrol
Forkeville
Bob Fasano
Air Force Reserve Cas
Mobile Red Cross
Mobile
Als
Candlestick Park
City Hall and Community Center Plans Reviewed
City council held a special meeting at architect Lowell Lammers' office to review plans for a new city hall and community center. No action was taken and final approval remains pending with March 10 agenda set for further discussion.
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Lowell Lammers
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