Tea, tours, and talks highlight Baytown notices
Beta Sigma Phi plans a 2 to 4 pm tea at Mrs. Sam Caskey’s 115 Milner as part of a chapter event. Airman Robert Yarborough is reassigned to Okinawa after air traffic control training at Keesler. Open houses begin Saturday at Humble OH and Refining Co.’s new 4 story Houston building. Public tours start May 1. Films on Japan slated for 7 pm Sunday at Second Baptist Coorets. Connally AFB trip to Japan, India, and Russia with Hughes Jr. Channelview’s Errol A. to Japan. radar repairman from Keesler. Pianist James Mathis to perform at Lee College Bayshore Concert Association event. Tax tips from IRS official Robert L. Webb. Reverend leaders discuss Pioneer Evangelistic Association revival efforts. A Baytown funeral for Dee J. Smith in Tahlequah, Okla., and Annie Stephenson’s death noted. Elks Feed Night rescheduled to April 4. Cedar Bayou Past Matrons Club met at 7:30 pm.
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Humble
Humble OH and Refining. “Co
Houston
Japan
Second Baptist
James Mathis
Lee College
Audi-Tions Club
C. D
Little
Bayshore Concert Association
Harris
Baytown Lions
Tower
Robert Richardson
Glenn Walker
Pioneer Herald Evangelistic Association
Cedar Ayou
Rifle Purchasing Plan Disputed By Army Experts
Washington AP report notes sharp division among Army experts over AR16A Armalite rifle value for paratroopers and guerrilla fighters. Advocates cite light weight and handling. critics warn of stoppages in cold, limited range and questionable accuracy beyond close combat.
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South Vietnam
Arctic
Ariscc
Central Bible Institute singer on spring tour
Carolyn Woods, a freshman at Central Bible Institute in Springfield Missouri, joins a vocal ensemble touring Arkansas Mississippi Alabama Louisiana Texas and Oklahoma. They perform March 26 at Heights Assembly of God Houston. Carolyn is a 192? graduate of Robert E. Lee High School. Her brother Carroll, a junior at CRI, pastors an outstation church in Union Point Missouri.
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Carolyn Woods
Central Bible Institute
Springfield
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
the Heights
L. L. Woods
Baytown
University of Texas
Baytown Area
College of Arts of Sciences
Kareen Waddell
Rand Evans
Grace Broussard
Ben Michael Clapton
Jane Ann Baethe
Beth Burnside
W. C. Underwood Jr
Mont Belvieu
James Moore II
la Porte
Miss Weddell
University of Houston
Rosenberg Rites Set For Policeman's Mother Alma Cowan
Alma Elsie Cowan 73 mother of Baytown Police Sgt. C W Cowan Jr died at home after months of ill health. Funeral services will be announced by Earthman Funeral Home with burial in Rosenberg. Survived by five daughters including Clarine Stratton Baytown and Elsie Klopp Cove, and by her husband C W Cowan Sr who died in 1947. Baytown and nearby towns are noted in her life.
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Alma Elsie Cowan
Baytown
C. We. Cowan Jr
E. Remithlie
R. A. Johnson
Tri-City Beach Road
Jerry Junior Matthews
Can- A
Ton
Leora Creel
Earthman Fur Dyer
Ner
Rosthe Cat
Toenberg
Ais
Cowan
Burton
Tex
Washington County
Brenham
Rosenberg
Houston
C. W. Cowan Sr
Clarine Stratton
Jesse Jaynes
Emma Stites
Dolly Manross
Elsie Klopp
Cove
Absentee Voting Gets Slow Start in Local Elections
Absentee voting in the city and school district elections started slowly with 13 votes through Friday. Seven absentee votes were in the school board race and six in the city election. Ballots for the city election are due by Friday March 29, while school election absentee voting continues through Tuesday April 2.
Baytown Baton Rouge Union Pact Push For 5 Percent Rise
Baytown and Baton Rouge union members vowed to hold out for a five percent pay boost. OCAW Local 4333 leaders, including Bud Marsh, argued Humble Oil and Refining Co profits justify the raise. An open Baytown meeting at OCAW Hall heard three local union reps press for the wage increase as essential amid reports of large profits last year.
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Blue Beathard
Baton Rouge
Sun News
Town
L. J
Bud) Marsh
OCAW
Baytown
Humble Oil
Justi
Refining Co
Standard Oi
Ocaw Hall
E. Homan
Marsh
Humble Oil Sand Refining Co
National Association of Manufacturers
W. H. Boucher
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Jim Bailey
International Association of Machinists
Nani Anenanain
Ae Luu Uu
Harris County
American Cancer Society
America
Bailey
Jimmy Underwood
Independent Industrial Workers Union
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown Rouge
Burford
Baton Pouve
Sara
Cancer Societys drive sets goal of two hundred thirty thousand
Harris County and Baytown officials and workers discuss the American Cancer Society Crusade aiming to raise 230000 for research and awareness. Local leaders name board members and highlight the need for community outreach and annual checkups to combat cancer across Houston and Harris County.
Harlem School Bond Plans Propose New Facilities
Harlem Elementary in McNair would gain about 27,500 square feet of new buildings under a bond proposal studied by the school board. The plan, costing $494,400, would place a rear, nonconnected complex housing an admin section, band rooms, gym, two general classrooms, science rooms, and home economics and choir facilities. Remodeling and site work, including drainage and parking, would total about $24,400 plus $10,000 in architect fees.
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Carver High School
Baytown
thcNair
Harlem Elementary
Four Houston family dies in cable crash
A Houston man R V Holloway 42 his wife Mellie 22 and two children were killed when their car struck a cable stretched between two pieces of construction equipment. A fourth child Pamela 4 is critically injured while another daughter Tammie 3 died in the wreck. An investigator said a bulldozer pulling a ditching machine had the cable set between ten feet of space as the car apparently tried to pass between the machines.
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Houston
R. V. Holloway
Mellie
Michael
Tammie
Pamela
C. G. Wright
Wright
Halloway
31 Arrested In Gambling Raids Here
Thirty-one persons were arrested in Baytown during gambling raids led by eight city officers and six county officials. Floyd Abbott and Ivory Spencer faced charges, while three Houston men were charged in Baytown court. Equipment seized included an electric dice board, dice, tables, and poker chips.
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Baytown
R. H
Bo) Turner
Loyd D. Frazier
Houston
Sheriff's Department
Club 64
Idle Hour
Harbor
Floyd ©. Abbott
Peare MM. OM
Fats) Brown
Club
Ivory
Ike) Spencer
Brown
Spencer
Baytown Corporation
Turner
Texas Rangers
Liquor Control Board
James Douglas
Car plunges from storm damaged causeway bridge
An early morning Saturday accident near the end of Old Cause Way Road injured Lloyd Schock and his wife Betty. The Thunderbird plunged from the road into pilings of the former bridge blown away in Hurricane Carla. Both were taken to Gulf Coast Hospital with Schock suffering facial cuts. The crash occurred outside Baytown in Harris County and was investigated by sheriff's deputies.
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Houston
Lloyd Schock
Betty
Gulf Coast Hospital
Schock
Catstway
Hog Island
Carla
Texaco
Allen- Genoa
Baytown
Harris County Sheriff's Department
Deaf and Indy Enter Church With Ear Trumpet
A deaf attendee named Grin entered the church with an ear trumpet. While settling in, an usher whispered to her to leave, saying get out.
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Indy
Gun Club Honor Due Yarborough in Baytown
The Bayshore Red Reel and Gun Club will award its Sold Shirt Award to U.S. Senator Ralph Yarborough for conservation work including securing Padre Island as a national seashore and opposing atomic waste dumping in the Gulf. He will speak at Lee College Saturday evening to discuss Problems in Education.
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Bayshore Red, Reel and Gun Club
U.S
Ralph Yarborough
Baytown
Lee College
Sen
Yarborough
Padre Islana
Gulf of Mexico
Young Democrats Club
Sen. Yarborough
Albert Thomas
United Steel Workers Hall
Houston
Global News Briefs From Our World Today
Urgent force and helicopters attempt rescue for starving villagers cut off by lava flood. Apung volcano death toll rises to 1 264. Texas enjoys sunny weather while northern areas see showers. Estes awaits federal jury ruling on farm finance fraud claims. Johnson urges scientists and politicians to unite for space effort. San Jose explosion kills three and injures 71 in rubble maze. Candy Barr gains parole reform support from Gov. Connally. Party leaders seek to suspend equal broadcast time before next year’s election.
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Apung
Editorial Thank You To Candidates In City And School Races
The Sun thanks 22 candidates for answering questions on campaign issues before the March 4 deadline. Nelson D. Longnecker and Emery H. Zeke Harriets did not participate. The paper notes equal questions and deadlines, praising the service to voters ahead of April elections.
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Distrihe Ba' -Sun
The
Sun
Nelson D. Longnecker
Emery H
Zeke Harriets
Tax Plans Okay Urged By President In Speech
President Kennedy urged quick passage of a three year 10.3 billion tax cut to spur growth and reduce unemployment. He warned the jobless rate could rise to seven percent even without a recession due to agriculture shifts births and automation. He spoke at a civic luncheon after dedicating O Hare International Airport, touting U S leadership in a supersonic age and a more just world for future generations. Unemployed Americans last year logged one billion work days, signaling the cost of idle production and services.
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Chicago
Kennedy
O'Hare International
United States
Kern Hedy
Wood Rites Saturday
Funeral services for William Elsworth Wood 56 of Baytown will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Trinity Tabernacle. He died Friday in a Baytown hospital after seven years in the city. Rev. Jenkins Wood and two others will officiate. Earthman to send remains to Bailey Funeral Home Clyde Texas for 10 a.m. Monday services at Benton Valley Baptist Church with burial in Clyde. Survivors include wife Minnie Lena Wood four daughters two sons and several siblings.
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Trinity Tabernacle
William Elsworth Wood
Neal
Public Works Department
City of
Baytown
Wood
Jenkins Wood
J. C. Savell
A. G. Lestarrett
Earthman Funeral Home
Bailey Funeral Home
Clyde
Tex
Benton Valley Baptist Church
Minnie Lena Wood
Mary McGuire
Ruby Hanna
Fred Sneed
Willie-Ben Wood
Ralph
Billy Roy Wood
Abilene
Milton Connel
Vernon Connel
Hobbs
N.M
Ooie
Leonard Connel
Oklahoma
Eunice Crawford
Denton Valley
Shriners Benefit Set For March 30 In Baytown
Baytown Shriner club hosts annual benefit with shows March 3 at Robert E Lee High School auditorium. Parade at 2 30 pm starts from Arabia Temple unit assembly near West Defoe and Thomas Circle, ending on East Texas Fifth Street. Proceeds aid Arabia Temple Crippled Children's Hospital in Houston.
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Baytown
Shrine Club
AL Stewart
Sheffield
Chainsman
T Pan
Robert E. Lee High School
G. Rex Curtin
Arabia Temple Crippled Children's Hospital
Houston
Arabia Temple
Wilde
West Defoe
Thomas Circle
Fifth Street
East Texas
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Robert Yarborough
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Keesler Air Purge Base
Prairie View
A and M College
Robert L. Webb
Internal Revenue Service
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Dee J. Smith
Tahiequah
Okla
Rufus B. Smith
L. G. Franssen
Annie Stephenson
C. R. Biggers
Bud} Stephenson
Livingston
Pace-Stancil Funeral Home
Elks
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Ellis Smith
Highway 148
Washington
Army
Ashbel Smith
Galveston
Cancer Society
H Tom A. Cannon
Charles J. Entremont
Wann
Paul Quinton
Science In Action
Channel 2
Kprc-Tv
C. S. Quinton
Ohio
Paul
Greater Houston
Albuquerque
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Gal Tipps
Harlem School
Editon
Causeway
Gun Club
North Central
Worthtas Texas
Billie Sol Estes
Lyndon B. Johnson
Beiler
San Jose
Calif
Candy Barr
John Connally
Connally
Parole Board
Puten
Congress
Ussr Brotherhood
Kay I. Heinrich Jr
Robert E. Lee Bligh School
J. L. Lutes
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J. L. Lamberson
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