Baytown Lions Club to host noon program at Tower
The Rev Leroy Stanton will lead a noon program at the Tower for the Baytown Lions Club. Cedar Bayou Lodge No 321 AF and AM holds a 3 pm Sunday called meeting for praveside services for Elmer R Kilgore. Scouts observe Scout Sunday with Catholic Church girls receiving corporate communion at 9 30 am Mass.
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Cedar Bayou Lodge No. 321
Elmer R. Kilgore
All Girl Scouts
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Around Town Teenage dances featured at Rice Hotel ball
Con Pierson's band will play for the Junior Achievement sweetheart ball March 23 at the Rice Hotel. The event is one of the area’s largest teenage dances and Con has been playing at many functions during the season. Bud Brock praised Con's talent and pop style.
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Con Pierson
Rice Hotel
Con
St. John’s
St. Agnes
South Park
Buddy Brock
Baytown
Victory Cafe
Main
Defee
Tommy Laird
Williams
Baytown Hospital
Jayne Goodson
Ann Mullens
Jerry Gieger
Ellen Lioyd
Bertie Smith
Bryan
Eula Smith
Sue Prince
Dayton
Barry Smith
Sun
Sam Houston
Rosse Johnson
Rice
Carl Mann
Kosse
Johnson High School
Aaatin
Seabrook Kemah Bridge Opens with Parades and Ceremonies
More than 2,000 people witnessed the formal opening of the Seabrook Kemah Bridge, marked by a ribbon cutting led by County Judge Pete La Valle and others. Three parades followed, including scouts, dignitaries, and a boat parade under the 43‑foot span, as officials announced plans to extend Highway 146 to a four‑lane freeway.
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Seabrook
Kemah
Pete la Valle
Galveston County
Pat Stovall
Bill E. Watt
Harris County
W. V. Ramsey
Kyle Chapman
W. E.carmichal
U.S
Pat Ashby
Clear Lake
Bayshore
Yhet
Livingston
Galveston
Sportsman's Inn
Clear Creek
Fire Traps Bellport Students In School Fire
A gymnasium ceiling blaze at Bellport High School trapped scores of students on the second floor. Fire Commissioner from Albany aided investigations after 13 year old Hassell and others suffered serious injuries. Dozens were treated, with seven released. teachers and a principal described chaotic scenes as smoke filled the halls.
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Bellport
N.Y
David Hassenl
Bellport High School
Albany
Hassell
Critcally
John Allers
Richard Harrow
Brookhaven Memorial Hospital
Deatt
Thomas Feeney
Long Island
New York
Feeney
Baytown Homebuilders Group Formed To Aid Community
A new Baytown organization the Baytown Homebuilders Group replaces the Greater Baytown Development Council. It aims to promote Baytown through ethics in building and better homes, with officers including Frank Thielen Dean King and Son Real Estate AS president, Truan Cox vice president, and Kenneth Krasoff secretary treasurer. Charter members and affiliates span local firms and lenders, with ties to national and state homebuilders groups.
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Baytown
Ailing Co
Citizens National Banksociation
Basjand Trust Co
Kim Worden, Inc
Frank Thielen
Dean King and Son Real Estate
Nresident
Joe Ayler
Akard Beall
F. A. Richardson
Gene Muller
Richardson
National Association of Homebuilders
Texas Association of Homebuilders
Houston Homebuilders Association
Lare
Fritz Seligman
Frank Kurtz
JT. F. Odom
Bill Shipp
Ray iHolis
Harris County Federal Savings and Loan Association
Gunn
Miss Bar Town 1963 Beauty Winner Lauer Named LP entrant
Sandy Lauer a Baytown area senior was crowned Miss Bar Town VEW 1963 after 18 contestants were judged at the Holiday Inn. Diana Boodell placed second and Sally Petty third while the event was sponsored by the Robert R. Tuck Post 912 VFW.
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Sandy Lauer
Potte Hish
Reggie Brewer
Baytown
Author Killed In Car Wreck Near Austin
Prescott Webb, 74, noted writer and professor of American history, died after a car crash on Interstate 35 near Austin. His wife Ellen Maury Slaydon Webb, once widow of Maury Maverick Sr., was driving the car when control was lost. both were hurt and Webb died at the scene. Webb authored The Great Frontier and We Stand, shaping views on the American West and its economic history.
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Austin
Walter
Prescott Webb
Webb
Frohler
Dee
San
West
Texas
United States
Europe
Can
American West
Pal
Pal: Vally, Culturally and Historically— Brought A Chamber of Commerce
American Historical Association
Soviet pledge renews troop withdrawals from Cuba
Washington reports that the Soviet Union vows to withdraw several thousand troops from Cuba by next weekend. Antoly Dobrynin reiterates Moscow will honor its withdrawal promise, while U S officials note ongoing outflow and ships moving to Cuba. The debate in Congress centers on past and present Cuba policy and the Bay of Pigs deaths in 1961.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Cuba
Antoly
Dobrynin
Rusk
State Department
Rusk Nor
Kremlin
Moscow
White House
Kennedy
U.S
Congress
Senate
Mike ‘Mansfield
Howard Wer
Bay of Piss
Everett M. Dirksen
Mansfield
I People
Syria names Salah Bitar premier after army coup
Damascus reports veteran politician Salah Bitar named premier as officers friendly to Egypt's Nasser topple the government. Vatican seeks safe conduct for Cardinal Mindszenty from Hungary amid his pledge to stay in country despite pressure. Kennedy apologizes for a ski resort misunderstanding after a photographer's camera damage. Vermont Governor May Kayser discusses a letter expressing regret. Humble Oil loses exec William Naden retires April 1 after joining in 1959. John Ben Shepard acquires oil stake in Hawkins Field while in office. Largest dynamite plant explosion in JOHANESBURG, South Africa, leaves casualties low per officials.
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Revolutionary Council
Damascus
Salah Bitar
Syria
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Vermont
Canera
F. May Kayser
Pay Hike Retroactive to Jan 1 at Baytown Refinery
The Baytown Employes Federation accepts a wage increase from Humble refinery retroactive to Jan 1. Hourly workers gain about 11 cents per hour, salaried staff receive around $24 extra monthly, with roughly 55 percent of BEF members voting approval. The move follows a rate maintenance clause tied to top refineries’ wages.
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Baytown
Humble Gii and Refining Co
C. R. Upchurch
BEF
D. M. Gillespie
Upchurch
Humble
Upehurch
Baytown Employes Federation
Special Products
Houston
National Labor Relations Board
Oi, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
Poison Gas Charges Surge Across Cold War Front
Soviet Red Star accused the United States of using poison gas against civilians in South Vietnam, claiming hundreds died and alleging a Nazi formula dubbed GB was loaded into warheads. The Ottawa and Budapest protests, plus Chinese broadcasts, followed reports of weed killer use to suppress Viet Cong, with initial tests failing and weeds proving hard to control.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
South Viet Nam
Krasnaya Evesda
Red Star
Defense Ministry
South Vietiste
Dover
Crossocean
Budapest
Hungary
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Dior
China
Red Chinese Red Cross Organization
Saigon
Associatas Press
Malcolm W. Browne
First National Bank Director Elmer Kilgore Dies
Funeral services for Elmer R. Kilgore of Cedar Bayou Lodge 321 Kilgore 89 a director of AF and AM and former shipbuilder will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Bowerard Funeral Home Culside Houston. Graveside services at 5733 Cullen Bled will be conducted by De Houston. Survivors include wife Rosse Ann Kilgore Houston two daughters Ethel Scho macher and W Busch plus five sisters Roberta Robinson Matilda Kilgore three brothers John M Kilgore James Marvin Kilgore and Dr F H Kilgore and a grandson E R Schurmacher.
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Elmer R.iber
Cedar Bayou Lodge
Kilgore
Af&am
First National Bank of Baytown
Monroe Vivian
Rev
Mnet
Earl
Beltsonic
Cedar Bayou
Houston
Houston Hospital
Dar Bayou
Rosse Ann Kilgore
Ethel Schoof Parker
Methodists Macher
W. Church
E. R. Schurmacher
Sun Grin Money and Misery Theme
A compact note reflects on money’s double edge, suggesting wealth brings access yet also distress. It contrasts pleasure with consequence, implying financial ease can mask underlying misery and dissatisfaction.
16 Wells Put To Work In 2 Weeks Oil Production Hottest In Barber's Hill
Oil men report sixteen wells put to work in two weeks at Barber's Hill, with production reaching about 200 barrels per day. The field on the Barbers Hill salt dome saw new plastic screen technology boost outputs in the Mineene sands, yielding one quadruple producer and several triple pay wells in the south fault zone. Independent operators like Russell and Price expanded leases, while chemists developed the plastic that allows sand exclusion and oil entry, speeding up drilling on the 11 acre tract along Highway 145.
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Barber's Hill
Chester Rogers
Texas
Barbers Hill
Russell
Lds
South Flank
Barbers Will
Salt Dome
Mills-Bennett
Rosymond Brown
Dayton
J. 0. Price
Houston
Brown
Price
Ho Np
Gulf Crash Seashores
Libby. J
Arrish
Otis Russelown
Bay City
Mineene Sands
Hinebie
Buresell
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Robert L. Webb
Internal Revenue
Joseph W. Brunson
Brigham Young University Chorus and Symphony Orchestra
Nevada
California
Utah
Brunson
Howard E. Brunson
911 Gaillard
Jody Dowler
Burnette W. Dowler
Westwood
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Highlands Jamboree and Improvement Club
Sells Brothers Circus
Davidt York
M. C. Currie
Steele Highlands
Frank Frazer
Clute
Highlands
Bartown Phatos
Seabrook-Kemah Bridge
Harris
Tat of Commerce
Highway Department
Homebuilders Group
LP Girl Beauty
E.W
Ernie
Lee Lingell
Camerton
Our World
Vatican
Josef Cardial Mimiszenty
Prioaite
Wiliam Naden
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Esso Standart Ui Co
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Dallas News
John Ben Shepperd
Hawkins Field
Wood County
Johanies- Ing
South Africa
First National Bank
Barbers Vant
Laytown
M. Langston
Glen Hodges
Barbers
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