Ruby's imprisonment wears him down in Dallas cell
Dr. Hivel Silverman describes Jack Ruby as deteriorating in a windowless Dallas cell. Ruby shows signs of self doubt and agitation, worrying about the electric chair, his sister and his dogs. He reads little, seeks solace in prayer, and clings to the mercy of being remembered by others.
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Jack Ruby
Ines
Silverman
Peanute
Yale
Ruby J
Ruby
Jack
Silvermunir
Wade
Daniel
Rabbi
Melvin Belli
Belli
Dr. Silverman
Say
Railroad service stopped in Valley threatening future
Brownsville chamber directors cited inconvenient schedules on the sole passenger train in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and urged the Texas Railroad Commission to address Missouri Pacific plans to end service. The line cut the day train to Houston in 1962 and shifted the night train to depart Brownsville at 6 p.m., arriving in Houston at 2:30 a.m., with Pullman service also dropped. Nearby notes mention peaks over 20 000 feet.
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Brownsville
Rio Grande Valley
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Pullman
Walker Named Senior Engineer at Humble Baytown Plant
Roy J. Walker has been promoted to senior engineer in the machinery engineering section of Humble Oil and Refining Co. Baytown Technical Division. He designs pumping equipment for new process units and modifications, and conducts studies on pumping systems including design, installation, trouble shooting, and maintenance. Walker holds a civil engineering BS from the University of Houston and is a state registered engineer. He and his wife live in Baytown with their son Rudy and daughter Rhonda Ann at 1106 Ward Road.
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Roy J. Walker
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
Walker
University of Houston
Astate
Rudy
Rhonda Ann
Bay~ Town
Ward Road
Patricia Fleischman
H. Fleischman
E. Fayle
R. E. Lee High School
L. J. Walker
W. Jack
Mayor Praises Humble Employees for Service to Baytown
In a weekly report, Mayor Lee Luget commends Humble Oil and Refining Co. employees for contributing time and talents to Baytown’s betterment. He notes strong ties between industry and city affairs, urges absentee voting for April 7 and encourages civic volunteerism beyond Humble, while promising interviews with candidates on the Wednesday broadcast.
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Nove
Lee Luget
Paylom
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
Marine
One Man's Way film stars Don Murray in Peale life tale
The Brunson Theatre shows One Man's Way Wednesday through Saturday with Don Murray as Norman Vincent Peale. Co stars William Windom Carol Ohmani and Diana Hyland. Baytown pastors praise the film for its uplifting message while noting Peale's controversial life and influence.
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Norman Vincent Peale
Brunson Theater
Murray
William Windom
Carol Ohmani
Diana Hyland
Baytown
Peale
Harold 0. Bomhoff
G. A. Johanson
Jack
Dr. Peale
Frank Ross
Arthur Gordon
Seling
Roth
California
Pastor Dan Bynum To Speak At Pulpit Exchange
Rev Dan Bynum of Crosby Methodist Church will speak at 7 p.m. at Assembly of God in Crosby as part of a pulpit exchange program beginning March 15 and continuing through March. The South Texas Assembly of God district will hold a chocolate candy sale to fund summer camp facilities at Camp Pearl White in Kerville. Regular Wednesday services will resume at 7 p.m. following the church study course in which 12 people qualified for study certificates.
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Tof Crosby Methodist Church
Assembly Aftor
Crosty
South Texas
Assem'blies of God
Pearl White
Kerveille
Incumbents file in La Porte city election
Four candidates, including three incumbents, filed for April ballots in La Porte. Mayor candidate and two commission races due. Osborn unopposed in Place 2. he chairs the water and sewer system. Warrick and Stabs vie for Place 4. Warrick with police reserves, Stabs a fire chief. Clovis Mann set March 28 filing deadline.
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la Porte
Commission
Tom Osborn
Osborn
Fred Warick
Bill Stabs
Warrick
Stabs
Pfeiffer
Pfeiffer’. Electric: Co
Houston
UST Chemical Corp
Shell
Clovis Mann
Lake Houston Church holds service March 15
Lake Houston Methodist Church schedules breaking services for 3 p.m. Sunday March 15 with Dr. William Hattaway district superintendent of the Houston East District to participate. The Lake Houston group is a mission church of Crishy Methodist Church and the public is invited.
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Lake Houston Methodist Church
William Hattaway
Houston
Lake Houston
Mission Church of
Gerontological Center Planned For Houston
The Sisters of Charity announce a 36 million drive to build St. Anthony Center Houston to provide a national Gerontological Center. A 2.5 million local goal plus 2 million from foundations will complete phase one, including a 10 story building for aged care and geriatric research with a federal 1.3 million research grant.
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Houston
Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word
St. Anthony’s
St. Anthony Center
Lynch
Mus
Amarillo Nurse Receives Estabrook Award Honor
Mrs Glen ja Vandergriff of Amarillo has been named Midwestern Area recipient of the Estabrook Award for Red Cross Nursing Services. Her badge and enrollment number will be presented at the Potter County Red Cross Chapter on March 12, honoring Jane Delano.
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Louis
Glenja K.vandergriff
Monre
Amarillo
American National Red Cross
Estabrook
Red Cross
Pearing
Vandergriff
Potter County
Jane Delano
Chanter
Anne Medcalf Estabrook
Did You Know Channel IslandsOccupied by Gercige Troops
Was the Channel Islands the sole British soil occupied by German troops during World War II. The islands lie off the northwest coast of France and served as a strategic outpost in the early war years.
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Channel Islands
France
Gercige
Wiorld
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