Farming Increases Its Pace As Spring Comes
In Texas and surrounding regions spring arrives with grazing still brief and moisture uneven. Livestock conditions vary from fair to poor as irrigation remains tight. pastures are below average in many areas while oats and clover show growth. Farmers plant cotton sorghum corn and vegetables as onion harvests proceed and fruit trees bloom.
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College Station
Texas
John
Hutchison
South Exes
Gulf Coast
Bermade
Avery
South Plains
Panhandle
Barkley Square Town House Open House Planned
Barkley Square Town House near Decker Drive on Park Street will open its first 20 of 63 apartments in a $750,000 project offering one two and three bedroom units. Features include landscaped patios patios swimming pool cabanas central heat air conditioning all wool carpeting and fully equipped kitchens with separate laundry facilities and covered parking.
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Barkley Square
Park Street
Decker Drive
Taunton
Barbers Hill School Menu For Next Week
Barbers Hill cafeteria reveals next week’s meals. Monday features salmon croquettes with blackeyed peas spaghetti and tomatoes green salad peach cobbler and milk. Tuesday offers trish stew buttered cabbage macaroni and cheese tomato and deity salad orange cake milk. Wednesday serves chicken spaghetti snap beans stream style carrot apple and celery salad pineapple pudding milk. Thursday includes hot dogs baked beans potato chips vegetable soup oatmeal cookies and milk. Friday presents beef roast English peas whipped potatoes cabbage slaw fruit gelatin milk.
Du Pont Fungicide Order Tied to County Jail Medical Plan
Harris County Commissioners authorize a 303 619 fungicide purchase for overseas sale and approve a jail medical program at La Porte involving E L DuPont Co plant operations. Judge Bill Elliott cites a Dallas County model with senior medical students under a physician, amid questions about retaining Dr. W W Coulter who previously served as county physician.
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Harris County
United Court
States
Bill Elliott
Sheriff C
la Porte V
Buster) Kern
E.L. DuPont Co
la Porte
Chase
Pakistan
Clem N. Kelly Anent
Ministry of Industries
Thelos Katy
Jait
Eliott
Dallas County
W. W. Coulter
Har Hean
Coulter
Elliott
Ashley Lima Plea Goes To Top Court For Stay
Clyde Woody and Lloyd Cuns ford, attorneys for Leslie Ashley and Catcy Lima, will try Monday to obtain a stay of execution for the Houston slayers. They face March 30 execution in Huntsville for the murder of Fred Tones, whose body was found burned in a ditch near the Houston Ship Channel. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and the Board of Pardons and Paroles denied stays.
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Clyde Woody
Lloyd Cunsford
Leslie Douglas Ashley
Catcy Lima
Will Sy
Washington
Houston
Huntsville State
Fred Tones
Hugo Black
Supreme Court
Tones
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Woody
Wris
Trinity River Dredging Hopes Reach Congress by Summer
Vice President Lyndon Johnson and Texas leaders push for Senate action on the Trinity River project from Dallas to Anahuac. After Army Engineers approve, Lt Gen Wilson, Gov Connally, and budget and congressional officials will route the plan to public works committees with a target vote late in the session. The 370 mile, 911 million plan would widen the river to create a 12 foot deep, 159 foot wide shipping channel.
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Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Trinity River
Dallas
Anahuac
Congress
Army Board of Engineers
Army
WW. K. Wilson
Wilson
John Connally
Connally
Bureau of the Budget
Cyrius Vance
John 30N
House
John McCormick
Senate
House For Public Works Committee
Hospital Beat Listings and New Arrivals
Baytown San Jacinto Gulf Coast and Channel View hospitals admit several patients with rooms listed. New arrivals include a daughter born March 1 1962 to Mr and Mrs Rudy Marek of La Porte and a daughter born March 23 to Mr and Mrs Asa M Duncan of El Fayle at San Jacinto.
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Rudy Marek
la Porte
San Jacinto
Asa M. Duncan
EL Fayle
Channelview Views and Local Highlights
Channelview community notes honor military and students. Airman Third Class Robert A. Boykin crowned USC party king in Bridgeport California. Linda Kay Ringer of East Texas Baptist College Dean's List and Miss Valentine Queen titles. Patsy Ann Tomlinson in basic training at Bainbridge. Mrs. T. C. McKnight wins Funny Valentine contest on Houston radio. Local health and family updates include Leonard Tipton recovering from surgery and several flu cases. Channelview Sports orders new uniforms for a women’s softball team amid local rain delays. The Holiman family awaits a San Antonio trip to visit Cecil in the air force. Mrs. Lampasas attends Lennien Services in Dallas.
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Robert A. Boykin
J. C. Boykin
USC
Bridgeport
Calif
Maj
C. H. Clipper
Boykin
Channelview High School
Linda Kay Ringer
East Texas Baptist College
Marshall
Miss Ringer
Robert E. Lee High School
Lee Junior College
University of Houston
T. C. McKnight
Houston
Leonard Tipton
Michael
Tidelands Hospital
Mildred Stone
Tidelands
June Mason
Doris Henson
Livingston
A. L. Casey
C. W. Holimans
San Antonio
Cecil
Air Force
C. S. Lampasas
Dallas
Lennien
Former Baytonian Nan Little Dies in Houston
Funeral services for Nan Olds Little 68 of 935 W 42nd St Houston will be held at 1 pm Monday at Heights Chapel Heights Blvd in Houston Rev J A Richardson will officiate Burial will be in Forest Park West Cemetery Survivors include her mother Mrs Maggie C Murphy a sister Mrs Hallie Gideon a niece Mrs Eddie Lee Davidson and a grandniece and grandnephew James Edward Davidson Jr and Leslie Ann Davidson all of Houston
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42Nd St
Houston
Heights Chanel
Heights Blvd
Little
Baytown
Leggett Drug Store
Pelly
J. A. Richardson
Forest Park West Cemetery
Maggie C. Murphy
Hallie Gideon
Eddie Lee Davidson
James Edward Davidson Jr
Leslie Ann Davidson
Channelview Hospital Beat Admittances to Tidelands
Admittances listed include Johnnie Daniel Lola Bell May Faye Smith from Houston Dana Liliane Harper Channelview Scott McGuffin Baytown Janice Sue Wingate Man Lou Mar cham Highlands. Dish Dr Wilson Bonnie Troptey Houston Trent Clark Channel Birth Mr Mrs James E Cham Highlands girl born Match.
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Tidelands
Johnnie Daniel
Lola Bell May
Faye Smith
Houston
Dana Liliane Harper
Channelview
Scott McGuffin
Baytown
Janice Sue Wingate
Man Lou Marcham
Highlands
Dr. Wilson
Bonnie Troptey
Trent Clark
Channel
James E. Marcham
DE Student Attends Houston Luncheon
Robert E. Cupps a Distributive Education student at Robert E. Lee High School joined five other DE students from Harris County high schools at a luncheon of the iRetail Merchants Association in Houston. Leaders and business figures attended as DE teachers and newsmen heard how the program benefited students. L. R. Alldredge, president of the Retail Merchants Association, presided. The gathering noted two DE students in Harris County and similar programs in city and county high schools.
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Robert E. Cupps
Robert E. Lee
iRetail Merchants Association
iHouston
Houston iChub
Harris County
L. R. Alldredge
Retail Merchants Association
Final Plans For Lake Shadows Sales Campaign
Plans are under way for the opening next month of a Lake Shadows sales campaign. E W Dick Smith, sales manager, announced Saturday. Lots are shown weekends at the east shore of Lake Houston. Baytown’s C M Sparky Bond named Baytown and East Harris County representative. Three homes priced 30000 to 60000 are under construction with eight more contracted. Section 1 covers 200 acres with 1300 more to be developed. Water and sewer systems, surfaced streets, and shoreline bulkheads have been built.
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Lake Shadows
E. W
Dick) Smith
Lake Houston
C. M
Sparky) Bond
Baytown
East
Harris County
Smith
Funeral notices for Cowan and Wood families in Texas
Alma Elsie Cowan 75 of 102 E. Republic died 6 45 am Saturday at home. Earthman Funeral Home to announce rites with bur ial in Rosenberg. Survivors include son Police Sergeant C Wy Cowan and five daughters. William Elsworth Wood 54 of 309 Neol isolating rites at Trinity Tabernacle with three pastors. Survived by widow Minnie Lena Wood, five daughters, two sons, several brothers and a sister. Pallbearers named. body shipped to Bolley Funeral Home for service in Clyde. Burial in Clyde.
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Ars
Alma Elsie Cowan
E. jRepublic
Earthman Funeral Home
Burla
Rosenberg
Police
C. Wy
Clairine Stratton
Boytowns
Jessetovees
Emma Stites
Golly Monross
Houston
Else Klopp
Cove
Wwood
Trinity Tabercacle
William Elsworth Wood
Denkins Wood
J. Q. Savell
A. G. Lesterjett
Minnie Lena Wood
Baytown
Mars
Mars. ?fAgry ¢AcGuire, Mrs. Ruby Hanns, Mtcs, Fred Sneed, Miss Willi
Ben Wood
Sawtown
Ralph
Billy Roy Wood
Abilene
Our Brothers
fAlston Cannel
Vernon Cannel
Hobbs
Num
Cole
Leonard Connel
Oklahoma
C Alster
Eunice Crawford
Denton Valley
Tex
C. W. Grantham
Wyne Moses
J. W. Patterson
Moore's Actions Worry Referee Latka After Fight
Former boxer turn referee George Latka, who oversaw the Davey Moore Sugar Ramos title bout, says Moore floundered from the start and never appeared himself. Latka notes Moore's unusual footwork from the first round, even after the first knockdown in the 18th. Latka, now 48, recalls Moore’s legs as the concern and praises the athletic commission's oversight.
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Los Angeles
George Latka
Davey Moore
Moore
Larka
State Athletic Commission
Space Control Room At NASA Center Project Details
A $50 million Integrated Mission Control Center will house a main control room to manage Gemini and Apollo flights at the Manned Spacecraft Center. The center supports simultaneous flight control and preflight operations. Ets-Hokin and Galvan Inc. of San Francisco submitted the lowest bid of 7,879,402 for the three story building.
La Porte City Ballot Scheduled April 23
La Porte City schedules council election for April 23 with deadline midnight Saturday to file. Charles Martin, 47, a contractor, filed for Position 1 to run against incumbent Dennis Dunham, 33, seeking a third term. Frank Baker, insurance man and city secretary, is unopposed for Position 3.
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la Porte
Charles Martin
Dennis Dunham
Mathieson, Inc
Frank Baker
Stormer
Odell L. Brown
Haunted former Beria house in Moscow attracts belief and fear
Reports describe Beria’s former Moscow residence as a haunted place with lights, moans, and rumors of gatherings by black cats. Residents recall tanks at the house during his arrest and note the building now serves as the Tunisian Embassy, while locals differ on the haunting.
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Moscow
Lavrenty P. Beria
Joseph Stalin
Secret Police
Tchaikovsky Boulevard
Beria
Kremlin
Lydia A. Smetanova
Ae Eet
Belial
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