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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1963
Page
1
W L Dub Ward, a Baytown mayoral candidate in the April election, says a civic center is a must within a few years. He argues it would serve retirees and youth, and supports financing from available revenues with no property tax hike. He favors efficient government and city hall renovation over new construction.
Funeral notices report the late W M Hooks of Baytown and son of Mr and Mrs Barnhill of Highlands. Services set for Friday in Pittsburg and Saturday at 3400 Market with burial in Houston. Survivors include three sons and two daughters. The item notes Baytown and Houston connections and a trusteeship in a university program.
Gov John Connally's proposal to merge the Game Commission with the Parks Board wins Senate State Affairs Committee approval and heads to Senate debate. A spokesman calls for broader study of media competition to include labor unions. AFL-CIO and publishers dispute. Flood aftermath spreads as rivers recede in five southern states.
Aranna Watson thanks the finder who mailed her lost jetter after she dropped it downtown. Jesse Ford, ex Sun employee, visits with cigars and announces his eight pound boy at Hill AFB Utah. Kay Morgan explores plastic zippers while Frances Bryan admires city lights. Patty Walsh seen with someone new and Judy Wood Ward named baby sitter of the year.
Final action on a supplementary budget to cover city operations in newly annexed areas is scheduled at 5 30 p m Thursday by the Baytown City Council at city hall. An appropriation ordinance covering the new budget will be presented for final approval. The council will discuss street repair priorities. A special breakfast meeting was held last Friday to begin preliminary street program discussions. Three library board appointments are to be considered. terms expire on odd and even years. Golf Bitulithic of Houston will present a paying assessment skip letter on Fourth Street paving. Other business includes bids on painting the locomotive in Roseland Park.
A service station attendant questions a young boy asking for several gallons of gasoline claiming the school is on break. The brief exchange highlights the boy's vague purpose and the clerk's cautious response.
Barbers Hill residents vote on a 150000 bond issue for land purchase and school improvements. The plan funds a new high school site, interior repainting, lighting upgrades, rewiring, and covered walkways. Additional library, equipment, and cafeteria upgrades are proposed with a trustee election set for April 6.
Washington reports rising disenchantment with Defense Secretary Robert McNamara as Congress critics clash over the fighter plane program and budget. Republicans and Democrats alike challenge his push for a multibillion dollar defense package and question the effectiveness of U.S. intelligence and spending.
In a fraught week McNamara battles Senate probes into a potential 6.5 billion TFX fighter award to General Dynamics over Boeing. He denounces the inquiry as distorted while contending Congress undermines Pentagon integrity. Tensions rise with GOP leaders Halleck and Arends criticizing defense budgets and his authority.
Baytown residents were invited to the Conservatives Unite rally at 8 p.m. Friday in the Grand Ballroom of the Rice Hotel. About 1,000 conservatives will switch from Democrat to Republican, with Senator John Tower as the main speaker. Other participants include Norman Ponder Von Kenney C M Maspssey Jack Henderson Houston Schweiler Lamar Kelley Harvey West and George Bush the newly elected Harris County GOP chairman. Tower will speak in Houston Friday afternoon and tape a TV appearance for Saturday.
A nationwide railroad strike loomed after the collapse of five-union negotiations on featherbedding. Union leaders accused carriers of stalling while railroads prepared sweeping work-rule changes. A Kennedy-fact-finding board could delay any strike, threatening 5,000 jobs and 160 million dollars yearly impact.
Absentee balloting in the city election will begin March 18 instead of March 2 due to a clerical error. Voters have 10 days to cast ballots from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at city hall and the city clerk's office, with the school board voting starting March 18 at the Administration Building. City Manager J B Le Fevre apologized for the inconvenience.
G C Carlton candidate for Position 2 on the school board calls for removing deadwood among district teachers and supports bond plans to build a new high school air condition facilities at Robert E. Lee and Harlem Elementary School expansion to handle growing enrollment. He favors federal funds with strings if needed and backs joining Lee College District with neighboring county. He endorses the milk program and urges consolidation for efficiency.
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