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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1963
Page
1
Baytown District 3 council candidate Curt Ball says zoning could protect homes and that a bond issue may be needed for street drainage water system projects. He supports council-manager government, cautious annexation, and opposes blanket city expansion. He favors fiscal restraint and maximizing tax dollar value.
Bill Strickler of the Credit 4 Bureau of Greater Baytown will discuss Effects of Example on Youth at 7 30 p m next Hon day at Cedar Bayou Parents Council meeting held in the school auditorium. Also noting ARMY PVT John P Jones from La Porte completed a teletype operation course at Fort Gordon GA and ARE LAWLESS from University of Michigan joined Epsilon Delta at UT. DeMolay Mothers Club hosts spring rummage sale March 25 30 and World Clothing Fund collects items for victims of floods in the Eastern U S. Bear Den opens Friday at the school gym with a door prize amid cloudy mild weather in Raytown area.
Dr Herbert is hospitalized at Lile Duke Hospital after a slight heart attack and will convalesce with no visitors. Edits note new Bay town arrival Ben Savith from Anniston Ala. and a Sun editorial staff lineup. Hospital scenes feature Judy Rhodes and Lillie Nelson sewing blocks while families and neighbors assist. Earl Powell Jr and Earl Powell III receive reassignment and training notes. Baytown Stores to stay open on San Jacinto and Memorial Day. A local union meeting set for Friday at Humble OI Refinery.
In Austin the Court of Criminal Appeals declined to intervene in the case of Douglas Ashley and Carolyn Lima. Judge Mor denied a writ of habeas corpus to delay the March 30 execution as lawyers sought new evidence. Attorneys said they will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Judge Sans Davis in Hesston rejected similar pleas and habeas corpus requests for the couple slated to die in the electric chair March 20.
Nine Baytown area banks reported a three and three quarter million dollar rise in deposits from December 28 to March 28, 1963, totaling 24,493.23 on March 1. The gain contrasts with a drop for the Houston metropolitan area. Eight local banks align with Metropolitan Houston figures. Security State Bank at Anahuac is outside Houston’s metro. Deposit totals mark a first quarter high despite typical spring dip.
Baytown doctors urge residents who did not receive all three Sabin oral polio vaccine doses last year to complete the series before summer. Dr. C. Lee Liggett notes immunity requires all three doses and that ample supply is available at public health centers for those who cannot pay. Houston study on mass immunization results expected by early summer.
The Baytown Employes Federation won bargaining rights for two Humble Oil and Refining Special Products Plant workers in Houston after a National Labor Relations Board election. Of 83 votes, 59 favored BEF, 19 backed the Independent Union, and five chose no union. The BEF previously represented these workers before the OCAW waned rights last year. BEF plans contract talks with management before the May 1 expiration. Besides Houston, BEF represents about 600 technical and clerical workers at Baytown Refinery.
The London Times carried a Sun Classified Want Ad seeking to rent a lighthouse to “get away from it all.” The quirky ad promised to bring ten ants to the vacant property and offered inexpensive placement by dialing 592-8274. The listing notes the house rented on the first day for a nominal RR cost and mentions a Lafayette 112-bedroom Windsor enactment and Calf 482-4551.
City officials planned Friday talks over the new 69720 dollar water tank in Country Club Oaks that remains unusable due to a shifting foundation. City Manager J Bo LeFevre, City Attorney George Chandler, and A J Risch Jr. discussed liability with Wyatt Gr liedrick Engineering Corp. of Houston, which prepared the plans, but no agreement on who should bear the cost to bring the tank into service was reached.
U S Senator Ralph Yarborough of Texas will address the Young Democrats of Lee College in Baytown Saturday at 8 p.m. in the student union building on Problems In Education and other current legislative issues. He spoke in Corpus Christi Friday and will also attend a 10 a.m. Saturday dedication in Houston.
Gov John Connady resists lowering D665 funding for Texas higher education below his recommended level. House members approve a five state banks tax break then depart for weekend. House sends measure to Senate about franchise tax for banks. federal banks already exempt. Editorial notes Central America meeting kills Castro’s illusion of pushover to Communism. Highway upgrades planned for US 69 and US 96 toward Beaumont and Port Arthur. Lava from Agung eruption stops after five days. Bali governor cites at least 3,10 islanders dead. Karl Rolvaag elected Minnesota governor as recount ends. Elmer Anderson may appeal to Minnesota Supreme Court.
Bayshore Concert Association wraps its final season with world famous pianist James Mathis at Lee College auditorium. Membership drive ends at the concert. nonmembers may attend by bringing admission cards. Dr Jess Kirkpatrick notes proceeds support the association. reception to follow with Br and Mrs Douglas Benton and others in attendance.
Robert E Lee High School hosts the Texas Interscholastic League Region 5 contest with about 1600 students from 44 bands. Events run Friday and Saturday starting at 4 p.m., featuring regional schools from Houston area and judges from Richardson Beaumont Vanderbilt Lufkin Odessa Permian and more.
Future Homemakers of Robert E. Lee High School plan a bake sale Saturday with booths at Sears and Pennexs. Proceeds support club activities. The notice lacks specific start times due to OCR errors.
President Kennedy says he is haunted by the possibility of 10 nuclear powers by 1970 and 13 to 20 by 1975. He urges a nuclear weapons test ban with the Soviet Union to curb mass destruction and prevent a world where 15 to 25 nations may possess weapons. He notes recent events dimming hopes for a U.S.-Soviet accord.
Dean Walter Rundell announced 3300 invitations mailed to graduates and parents from Baytown Crosby Barbers Hill Anahuac Texas City and Clear Creek for Lee College Day on Friday March 23 at 7 30 p m in the auditorium A Curtain Club reading of James Thurber’s The Thirteen Clocks will be staged and the Community Service Award ceremony will recognize an outstanding graduate Readings and exhibits in each department plus a language lab demonstration and a library reception are planned Alton Laird leads arrangements and the public is invited.
City council candidate Dr. David L. Norton from District 2 advocates contracting for major street improvements and supports a mayor-council form with a city manager. He supports annexation only if residents consent and says taxes should not rise for the current city hall renovation. He notes surrounding cities’ forms, finding the manager form efficient in Baytown. Page 2 Street.
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