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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1961
Page
2
An archival snippet shows Noon Call stock quotes courtesy of Merrill Lynch and names Pierce Fenner and Smith. The fragment is terse, mentioning brokerage names and the noon quote service without additional context or figures.
Dollie Norris 66 resident eight years dies Wednesday at home of daughter Mrs. Fred Hopper 7322 Bayway Drive. Services at 2 pm Thursday at Eacthman Chapel with Rev Grady Allison officiating. Interment Cedar Crest Cemetery. Survived by daughters Mrs. Hopper and Mrs. C W Baker of Little Rock Ark. sons J F Shelby W L Shelby Denver Norris. brothers H A Harden Baytown Johnny Harden Tyler Cline Harden Waco. seven grandchildren five great grandchildren. Pallbearers grandsons W W Kirkland A G Pursnell Tommy Wayne Shelby James Shelby Curtis Hopper Jay Barker.
Civil Aeronautics Board proposes Hooseu on a cross continent route linking Miorida and Los Angeles via San Francisco. City officials say the move will greatly improve air service while Bishop James A. Pike of California hints at potential legal action after a Houston layman labeled him a Communist. Absent voters prepare for April 4 special Senate election as the county clerk announces office activities through March 31. Harold Bahr, 47, of Humble, an employee with OW and Refining Co, dies in a chartered plane crash near Buenos Aires. Mrs Myrtle Veronica Barber, 69, convicted in Houston of cashing about $1 million in hot checks. Lie detector tests suggest no murder knowledge by ex-con Si-gour-oig amid the Cecilia Atkins case. City officials review two detectives retained by Civil Service Commission after transfer from Police Chief Shuptrine. Legislature passes bill backing Harris County’s $18 million sports stadium bond issue. Houston City Council delays choosing a successor to late Councilman Wilfred Sanders. Houston planning officials report 80 square miles of decayed, low-spirited areas, proposing landscaped parking around an elevated loop surrounding downtown. Deer Park hires Horace F. Shackelford as city administrator.
Johnson Tather discusses use of funds diverted from a new city hall to other projects and weighs in on the library bond, favoring principal repayment after 14 years with interest only for that period. He supports city construction for street work when feasible, favors expense accounts over salaries, and urges diversifying industry to boost revenue without tax hikes. He also suggests delaying new municipal buildings, funding recreation, and keeping the library under city management with an advisory board.
Baytown residents travel to Houston for a rate hearing on an electric utility request to raise a typical domestic DRL by 1.07 monthly. City officials including City Manager J B Le Fevre and City Attorney George Chan will observe the proceedings opening at 9 a m Thursday in Houston. The hearing before Houston authorities may span days with potential court action and follow similar city hearings. A related Baytown education and voter registration note mentions the Brazosport School District and the growing number of citizens registering to vote for July elections, with Vera Dowell among the committee members. Cancer Crusade volunteers are sought in Baytown, with Mrs E B Thaman accepting calls at IU 22738.
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