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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1962
Page
1
A mixed set of local notices covers absentee ballot planning for Seadrift Pipeline Corps elections with details on locations and dates, plus multiple community notices from Baytown area groups. Also includes tax refund reminders, study club meeting, Boy Scout district plans, and local safety and recreation announcements.
Baytown students will study Americanism and communism in contrasted units across eighth through senior high courses. J M Stuart outlines the planned curriculum enhancements plus summer workshops to gather materials. Elementary teaching will stress Cornerstones of American Way of Life as a guide. Weather notes include mild temperatures and fair skies with Galveston tides listed.
The CIA stated U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers complied with his duties and treated captors cooperatively after his May 1960 flight over Russia. The committee release confirms Powers disclosed prior Air Force service and CIA employment, marking official acknowledgment of his CIA role.
Silas Gaston Moore 58 of 801 N Gaillard Baytown shoe store owner died Monday afternoon in Baytown hospital after a heart attack in his shop. He is survived by his widow Myrtle Louise Moore two daughters Cynthia Louise Moore Elizabeth Anne Moore and Melanie Jeanné Moore two sisters and one brother. Funeral services will be held at First Christian Church with burial in Memory Gardens of Baytown. Rev Earl Bissex will officiate.
Baytown marks Public School Week with no special programs, inviting parents and adults to visit at least one school. Norman D Olive says the event strengthens mutual understanding between parents and teachers and Mayor Clayton proclaims March 5 to 9 for the observance.
About 150 tickets were sold for the Cham ber of Commerce luncheon set for noon Monday March 12 at the Tower. Principal speaker Dr Alexander Lewis Jr Gulf Oil Corp Pittsburgh will announce the contract for a proposed Cedar Bayou ethylene complex and a construction start target date. The plant with 400 million pounds yearly ethylene capacity is to be completed mid 1963 and will be Gulf's first outside a refinery.
Mild temperatures and fair skies are predicted for Baytown on Wednesday after a cold dawn on Tuesday. Temperatures fell to 32 in parts of the city with light frost, as much of the state shivered under a fresh surge of chill air from the Midwest.
The Baytown Sun marks National Want-Ad Week March 11 17 with free three line six day ads for unemployed residents and a perpetual free six day offer for first time users plus a six day swap ad for item traders.
Baytown Chamber president E C Kimmong will lead a local delegation to an Aircade for Citizenship Action conference in Austin on Thursday. The event, led by U S Chamber President Richard Wagner and Arch N Booth, will run 9 30 a m to 3 30 p m with 12 key cities represented and topics on current federal business issues. Other Baytown attendees include Perry Britton W J Strickler Jack Strickler Theo Witnen Grover Edge and Webster McElroy.
President Kennedy told Khrushchev progress toward disarmament should replace sterile propaganda at Geneva. He welcomed Gromyko's planned talks with U S and British ministers and proposed March 12 as the start date for three power negotiations. In Moscow Khrushchev warned of food shortages and blamed past farm policy and a defunct agricultural scientist for the seven year plan’s woes.
Engineers heard from Harris County officials and residents on a proposed 30 foot levee to shield Brownwood Lakewood and surrounding bays from storm surges. Public testimony urged construction with Commissioners Court backing local cooperation to fund and build the project amid tide and subsidence concerns.
The world news brief notes Katanga forces on alert following a 20 minute clash with U N patrols near Kamina, with reports of large scale movement by Katanga troops. President Kennedy to host a 3:30 pm news conference. An explosion at an all reclaiming plant in North Houston causes dark smoke, no injuries reported.
Baytown prepares a Shrine Show on March 17 with a downtown parade along Texas Avenue featuring Baytown Shriners five Shrine units, Baytown Girl Scouts, and local bands. Robert E. Lee High School bands perform at the auditorium where tickets support the Crippled Children's Hospital. Parade assembly at 2 0 pm, steps off 2 40 pm, ending at Fourth Street. A fire engine will haul children who buy a show ticket.
The 76th World Day of Prayer will be observed Friday in five countries. Bay town’s United Church Women will conduct three Grace Methodist services at 10 am, 3:30 pm, and 7:30 pm with a roster of local participants and musical support by Bill Schubert and others. Delivered devotional segments and a Uruguay crafted theme highlight the day with offerings shared between women’s divisions and foreign missions.
Two late entrants join incumbents in the Baytown School Board contest as filings close. A. R. von Stark and Bob Burroughs join Roy Elms Roy L. Fuller Dr J T Horeczy and others as candidates for Positions 5 and 7. Ballots drawn after deadline. Election set for April 7 with about 20000 eligible voters. runoff debate fails 3-2 to adopt majority rule. Absentee voting runs March 19 to April 3 at the school tax office. plans for Lee College library space also approved.
Baytown officials described revising an industrial brochure to include 1961 details and a new section highlighting Baytown’s manufacture allied fields. The plan notes NASA and Gulf Research ties, local firms, and a push to attract additional plant sites amid expected regional development.
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