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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1963
Page
1
Baytown Sun highlights include candidates photos and ineligibility notices, a priest's Lenten talk, and a corrected phone number for a Garden Club member. Weather notes report 40 degree low with frost, clear to partly cloudy skies, and bay area tides with highs at 12:55 p.m. and 4:03 p.m. on Thursday.
Baytown Police seek help locating Hebert Lee Akers Jr. after his December Navy discharge. Loretta Akers of Morrison Illinois asks informants to contact the department so the information can be relayed to Morrison. Other notes include Clifton High School Band winning in El Paso, and Dr. Norman Neureiter to Washington DC for National Science Foundation work.
The Rev. W P Deatherage of Houston will be main speaker at the Park Town Reserve Police annual banquet at the Holiday Inn Monday night. About 100 reservations have been made. George Simon, W B Hooks and Wilton A Roper oversee arrangements. Deatherage has led the Second Christian Church in Houston for 25 years and has wide travel in the U S Europe and the Middle East. He is active in Lions Club Salesmanship Club Knights of the Round Table and Mayor's Youth Activities Commission and serves as chaplain of the Texas Safety Association.
Joe Eiland Lee 62 of 815 Gresham Baytown resident since 1948 dies in a San Antonio hospital. Former owner of DeLuxe Barber Shop on Texas Avenue, he will be buried at San Jacinto Memorial Cemetery after services at Memorial Baptist Church. Survived by his widow Margery, a son John W. Lee, a brother W A Lee and three sisters. Funeral 2 pm Thursday at Earthman Funeral Home with Rev A L Jordan officiating.
Gov. John Connally outlined Texas financial facts of life signaling minimal room for new revenue next biennium. Only 51 million dollars remains for all increased state expenses out of about 3.1 billion from all sources over two years, with most funds earmarked. He invited editors to a breakfast briefing and stressed transparency to lawmakers.
President Kennedy affirmed support for a tax package that links reductions with tax revisions and said Congress would likely pass a bill embracing both. He indicated willingness to back whatever is necessary to secure passage, while maintaining his preferred plan as his best program to Congress.
Rep Adam Clayton Powell's standing faces a tough test as the House weighs an out of budget allocation for his Education and Labor Committee. A House Administration subcommittee trimmed the two year budget from 697000 to 200000 for 1962. Cloudy skies foretell milder Texas temperatures ahead. U S and Mexico near a Chamizal dispute breakthrough expected this spring. Yale taps 35 year old John Pont of Miami University as head football coach after a five week search, succeeding Jordan Olivar. Conservative opposition blasts government over Bidault access. Two segregationists advance to a Birmingham mayoral runoff, Albert Boutwell and Eugene Connor. Oil pooling bill hits votes next week. Texas Baptist board opposes liquor by the drink but delays on missions programs. Paris bank president Henri Lafond shot dead in parked car. New York mayor hopes for fair printer contract settlement as eight city papers strike ends.
Harris County Commissioners' Court issued a work order for the domed stadium project with a $19.476 million price tag. Construction firm Johnson Drake and Piper will handle the build, aiming for completion in about 17 months and possible use by the 1964 Houston Oilers season. The facility, operated by the Houston Sports Association, will host sports, conventions, religious meetings, and other large events, financed by bonds backed by annual rental income.
Murray B Mangum 27 a Baytown attorney and lifelong resident is a candidate for Position 2 on the Baytown school board He has run a Humble service station and earned degrees from the University of Texas including a law degree in 1962 He has been active in local clubs and churches and his parents recently returned from Australia as the elder Mangum worked for Humble Oil and Refining Co The Baytown council debated tying city water systems with nearby districts to lower fire insurance costs and considered bidding on pipe options with an estimated project cost ranging from six thousand to one hundred thousand dollars. funds could cover contingencies.
A Baytown family, Mr. and Mrs. Jackie Lacky and their two young daughters, lost their home to a fire caused by a faulty stove. They are staying with relatives as neighbors organize aid after reading of the troubles in The Baytown Sun.
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