Houston hearing on power rate hike opens with local officials present
City of Houston began its hearing on a rate increase request by Houston Lighting and Power Co at 9 am Thursday. Baytown officials attending included Mayor R J Pruett City Manager J B Le Fevre and City Attorney George Chandler plus council members Velma Ansley Roy Hughes and W L Dubi Ward. The Baytown concert and Zionist event details appear among community notes, along with a funeral party report and an UT Austin seminar on polyolefins by H G Boynton. A Quack Shack music night and a Civil Air Patrol safety seminar at Ellington AFB are also mentioned.
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City OF
Houston
Houston Lighting and Power Co
Baytown
R. J
Red) Pruett
J.,b. le Fevre
George Chandler
Velma Ansley
Roy Hughes
W. L.dubi Ward
Weather notice for Galveston tides and showers
Forecast shows cloudy skies through Friday with scattered showers and little temperature change. Tides indicate highs at 4:23 am and 5 pm and lows at 10:45 am and 10:53 pm in Galveston.
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Galveston
Local notices mix with names and events from a small town
Glenice Shamblin plans a San Francisco conference March 19 to 23. Wayne and Mrs Brock share two stand ups at a coffee counter. Eastside Baptist members wear I for got pins inviting you to a revival starting Friday. Dr Charles Liggett moves into 1 Bay Villa. Sam Stassi to build near Houston Yacht Club. James Cathey Jr on three week Navy leave in Highlands. M I Deason may have visitors at San Jacinto Hospital after surgery. Deason jokes about surgery. Doc Lowry and RE Casey prep for warrot. Mrs Fred Canant ry covers Eastern Star Style Show news. Marcia Reaugh fitted with a new cut.
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Glenice Shamblin
San Francisco
Wayne Brock
Eastside Baptist Church
Charles Sb. Liggett
No. 1
Bay Villa
Sam Stassi
Stassi
Houston Yacht Club
James A. Cathey Jr
Highlands
U. S. Navy
M. 1
Deason
San Jacinto Hospital
Doc Lowry
Casey
Warrot
Fred Canantry
Marcia Reaugh
Legislature May Intervene CV Wants No Part Of College
AP reports Jefferson County probes shift as two Texas Rangers support a new district attorney after Ramiy Griffin’s ouster. Grand jury indictments target a Port Arthur jukebox operator and two local officials for bribes while efforts to disannex junior college districts prompt debate. Harris County legislators consider a bill to allow disannexation upon petition, with Channelview and Pasadena voting against the college district in 1960.
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Tackitt
Teguler
Jefueson County
C.H. Helms
Port Arthur
Justice of the Peace
Ac Town
Miadshal
Harold Clayton
Griffin
W. O. Walley Jy
Harris County
Netview
Texas
San Ja
Bill Lee Cide
Wenry
Chan
Lee
College Board
Uiee Moonths
Channelview
Pasadena
Channelview Citizens Committee
Channel|View Group
Gander McManus Signs with Southern Methodist University
Gander McManus, star Gander lineman and 1960 all state schoolboy center, signed a commitment late Wednesday to join Southern Methodist University. The move makes him the third Gander player to sign with a Southwest Conference school, following Osborne Koudson to Baylor and Wayne Bertsch to Rice. several schools had pursued him including Rice.
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Vernon McManus
Robert E. Lee
Southern Methodist University
Sharkey Price
Mustangs
Price
Baytown
Manus
Osborne Koudson
Baylor
Wayne Bertsch
Rice
Ne McManus
SMU
McManus
Hornsby Dies at 53 in Baytown Refinery Work Incident
M. M. Hornsby, 53, of Austin, dies after heart attack at Humble Oil Baytown Refinery while working in utilities. Funeral services set for Friday at Earthman Chapel with Rev. William Tinney officiating. Survived by widow Leontine, five daughters, two sisters, and a brother.
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Earl Woodruff
Baytown
James S. Maxwell Sr
Tuscalooga
Ala
Woodruff
Dorothy Maxwell
Mary ¥. Smith
Janes Maxwell Sr
Joseph A Maxwell
Tuscaloosa
Marold Richard Hornsby
N. Jones
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Harthmen Chapel
William Tinney
St Joseph
Earthman Chapel
Lsopviers
Hriday
Austin
Hornsby
Leontine Hornsby
Molly Ann
Dixie
Margaret
Mary Jane
Ellen Clare Hornsby
Tu Sis
Ity
Joe Dillan
Lawrence Landblad
M. M. Hornsby
Texas money debate looms as chambers clear path
In Austin the House and Senate agreed to suspend joint rules to permit quick passage of the 1962-63 state spending bill at any time, with a tax bill to pay for it. Debates over a tax loophole bill were postponed, while a House measure to set Houston polling at 6 am was amended and sent back to the House. The House rejected Senate changes to the state employed classification bill and named a conference committee.
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Austin
Tex
House
Senate
Charles Baliman
Borger
Corman
Truse Revenue and Taxation Committee
Houston
James Cotten
Weatherford
House Appropriations Committee
Rep
Robert Hughes
Dallas
Cotten
Shamrock Texas Prepares for Patrick's Day Festivities
Shamrock expects about 35 000 visitors for St Patrick's Day events at the National Guard Armory led by speaker Senator William Blaine The town decorates with green and white banners and plans celebratory activities highlighted by Irish rose displays and community pageantry despite uncertain weather and preparations.
Europe Film Is Tonight Europe Film Is Tonight
Tonight at 730 the Europe film will be shown at the Chamber of Commerce in connection with a tour by Citizens National Bank Bay Town Sea Headings. KLM officials and Sun representatives will answer questions and distribute folders. The Tidlay tour leaves Houston in march at a cost of 1030, including transport and lodging.
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Europe
KLM
Royal Dutch Airlines
Chamber of Commerce
Citizens National Bank
Baytown
Simone Marshald
Citizens Bank
Edward d. Bissell
the Sun
Headling
Will Wilson To Meet Here With Supporters
Texas Attorney General Will Wilson, among 70 Senate candidates, will meet campaign workers at 8 14 p m at Rebel Tan to discuss strategy. A contingent of supporters and interested people will attend the meeting as reporters interview Wilson via KTRE TV. Fred Hartman of the Paytow Su is listed among pace members.
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Texas
Will Wilson
U.S. Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Rebel Tan
Thorscheyte
Wilson
Sisfon
Ktre-Tv
Pace
Fred Hartman
The
Paytows
Soviet Union demands urgent Congo debate at UN
The Soviet Union urged the U N General Assembly to start full debate on the Congo issue before week’s end in a letter from Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko to Assembly President Frederick Boland.
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United Nations, N.Y
Soviet Union
U.N. General Assembly
Congo
Andrei A. Gromyko
Assembly
Frederick H. Boland
Ireland
Baytonian Embezzlement Case Hits Baytown Bank
Former First National Bank teller Helen Maurine Smith of 1006 Patsy Baytown was charged with embezzlement and making a false withdrawal slip. FBI arrested her at home. bond set at 1000 dollars by U S Commissioner Billy Costa in Houston. Bank president W T Busch declined comment while noting FBI initiated action.
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First National Bank of
FBI
Absentee Voting Starts in Baytown School Election
Mr and Mrs G L Rugel cast absentee votes for the April 1 bay town school board election. A voting machine was brought to the Baytown Administration Building to serve out of town voters. Voting runs 8 am to 5 pm weekdays and 8 am to noon Saturdays with a March 28 final day. The Rugels noted this was their first ever absentee vote.
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G. L. Rugel
N. Sth
Houston
Baytown
Tucuing
Rugels
Rugel
Humble of and Refining Co
Union Action Challenge To U N Power
The U N General Assembly censured South Africa for actions in West Africa. Vote 74 4 with nine abstentions. U S and most Commonwealth except Britain and Australia voted for. South Africa may withdraw from U N amid ongoing complaints on white rule and Indian nationals.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Union of South Africa
West Africa
British Commonwealth
South ‘Africa
League of Nations
South Africa
United Nations
United States
Britain
Australia
Belgium
Dominican Republic
Finland
France
Luxembourg
Portugal
Spain
Union
Heidhrik Verwoerd
Commonwealth
Baytown Candidate Badgett Outlines City Tax, Annexation Plans
In a set of answers to readers, council candidate Badgett argues the hospital should bear some city tax burden, favors repaying principal without raising rates, and supports benefiting from a 14 year deferment. He endorses annexation on a mutual basis and calls for immediate bond funded street improvements with voter approval, while opposing a new city hall and arguing for fair tax shares among Humble, Baytown industries, and residents.
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Kenneth E. Jira
Sid Thurs
Sandivinta
Qty
Peil Hospital
Turther
Humble OU
Retin Cols Bastown
Baytown
Humble
iBas
Lake, Wood
Brownwood
Wooster
Hall Row
Baytown Slashes Council Expense Payments in Two Months
Baytown taxpayers saved 229.30 over the past two months after instituting a new expense system in May 1960. The change required itemized reimbursements for mayor and council expenses, replacing blanket lump sum payments that were previously 1200 annually. Councilman Lacy Lusk supported the old method at first. payments now require monthly itemized submissions to City Manager J B Le Fevre.
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Baytown
Councilwonan
Velie Ansley
Ray Tickner
Ansley Y
Lacy Lusk
Lusk
J. B. le Fevre
Kennedy asks Congress to delegate farm program authority
President Kennedy urges Congress to empower the secretary of agriculture to draft and implement farmer programs with Congress retaining veto power. Verwoerd says Britain will stay financially linked after breaking from the Commonwealth, while Macmillan welcomes the move. Texas oil wells to run nine days in April, down from March, and a 126,098 barrel daily cut is approved. City of Houston plans $50 million revenue bonds for Trinity River development over four years, says Mayor Lewis Cutter. Senate backs Kennedy victory measure as it passes key economic provisions. Fire causes a refinery incident with temporary release at Denver facility.
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Texas
Railroad Commission
City of
Jet Trainer Crash in Houston Kills Pilot
A jet trainer crashed near Houston during a routine flight, killing Captain Gary J. Herot of the Sanal Guard. Witnesses reported frantic radio chatter before the flameout and crash, with searchers locating the pilot’s body in the northwest Houston area. The accident is linked to the Mir Navon Fighter Group and the incident occurred near Wetat last words were unclear.
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Houston
Gary J. Herot
Sanal Guard
Paniano Vis
Elineton Air
Ein Arnapen
Meverland - Westbury
Scintat
Hanston
Kadmenisar Cap
Atheaad
Heriad
Mir Navon
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J. L. Franklin
Gold and Fizdale
Frank
Glickman
Sol Glickman
Zionist Organization of America
State of Israel
Congregation K’nesseth Israel
Goose Creek
Lorena Ingram
Boynton
H. G. Boynton
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
University of Texas
ATR
Civil Air Patrol
Ellington Air Force Base
Texas Rangers
Jefferson
Gander McManus
Neely
Owls
H.R. Hornsby
Clear Creek Bridge
Clear Creek
Seabrook
Kemah
W. R. Aldrich and Co. of
Baton Rouge
Wiley Carmichael
Shamrock, Tex
Kenneth Fe, Batkiett
Bulletin
Baytonian
U.N. Power
General Assembly
Badgett
Inien
R. H
Red
Kennedy
Congress
Carse Fara da Come
Priest
Ventrik F. Verwoerd
Brittan
Macmillan
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