SUN Spots Slumber Party and Local Elections Notice
SUN Spots reports Girl Scout Troop 200 hosts a Friday slumber party at Ashbel Smith Scout House. TV program For Times Like These on Channel 8 at 9:20 pm features Rev Paul Stephens of Baytown Second Baptist. Absentee voting ends Friday at 5 pm. city election is Tuesday April 2 with a mayor and three councilmen. Homestead tax exemptions deadline is Tuesday April 20. filings at 205 W. Defee. WWI veterans Channelview Baracks 1886 meet Saturday at Baytown Motors for Shriners parade. Retired Officers Association Houston area dinner Friday at Youngbloods in Houston. Mrs Barsalou’s mother funeral Friday in Uvalde. People's Lumber Co of Dayton bids 2,570 for Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Stephens
Baytown
Second Baptist Church
Channel 8
City Hall
Baytown Area
205 W. Defee
Channelview Barracks
Baytown Motors
Guy E. Barren
Weather And Tides In Baytown And Galveston
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with little temperature change through Friday in the Baytown area. Temperatures are expected to range from 52 to 82 degrees. In Galveston tides, Friday highs occur at 3 32 p.m. and 6 07 p.m., with lows at 12 45 a.m. and 2 17 p.m.
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Baytown
Galveston
Baytown Students Take Spring Tour of New York City
Kate Lynn Morris is among 30 Stephens College students spending spring break in New York City, touring the United Nations, NBC, Seventeen Magazine, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney, the Spanish Museum, and the Spanish Market. They will attend plays, an opera and a ballet. Baytown residents Paul Richmond Moore and William Allan Ware earned Phi Eta Sigma at the University of Texas, while William C. Underwood Jr. was invited to join. Julie Triche joined Alpha Gamma Delta at Texas Christian University. Darrell Brideton, Houston Colt 45s player residing in Baytown, was born in Nacogdoches where his parents still live. Gertrude Teter leads a discussion on honesty with varied topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Lynn Morris
Baytown
Stephens College
New York City
New York
United Nations
National Broadcasting Co
Seventeen Magazine
Museum of Modern Art
Whitney Museum
Spanish Museum
Paul Richmond Moore
William Allan Ware
Phi Eta Sigma
University of Texas
William C. Underwood Jr
Barbers Hill
Julie Triche
Texas’ Christian University
Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority
Shel
Poston
Sim
Darrell Brieidon
Houston Colt .45
Nacogdoches
Gertrude Teter
Houston Annexing Case Trials Drift Across City Lines
In a third day of hearings Houston attorney Will Sears challenges La Porte’s annexation claiming a 5,000 resident count was not met. Testimony reveals ordinance serial number changes and disputed population figures from 1948 directory. Houston argues annexation was legal. La Porte counters it was invalid. Separately, four Bellaire High students face aggravated assault charges after a Friday clash with Robert E. Lee students. one injured, others plead not fully provoked. Taylor pleads guilty to simple assault and affray charges. potential dismissal on court recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Will Sears
la Porte
Sam Johnson
Hillsboro
Shannon” Morris
Baytown
Bayshore
Clovis Mann
Ing Company
Henry Strasburger
Pagé
Strasburger
Page
Bellaire
Robert’ E. Lee High
Robert E. Lee
Larry Swint
Leonard Sanders
Jack Thomas
Travis Taylor
Baytown Sun
Baytown Corporation
Earl Ther
Jimmy Keen
the Sun
Justice of the Peace
Jack Treadway
Keen
Taylor
George Chandler
Corporation Court
Barney L. Ward
Estes jurors report progress after deadlock declaration
In El Paso the Billie Lon Estes mail fraud trial jury said they were making progress after noting a deadlock on Wednesday night. The jury sent a note to Federal Judge R E Thomason requesting a reading of the testimony of 3 S Hill and Dell Guy who entered a mortgage deal with the former promoter. In Austin the Senate accepted without debate a compromise measure to create a national seashore area on Padre Island.
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EU Paso
Tex
Billie Lon Estes
R. E. Thomason
3. S. Hill
Dell Guy
Austin
Senate
Padre Foland
Baytown Warns License Plate Deadline March 1 1963
Baytown Tax Assessor-Collector office to stay open from 3 am to 7 pm Monday April 1 to sell final license plates. Cars may use last year plates until midnight Monday. 1963 plates required after deadline with 20 percent penalty for late sales. Carl S. Smith notes 3,000 more plates ordered and Harris County expects a record year. More than 100 supermarkets and 2 substations selling plates.
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Baytown
A. B. Collins
Henke’s
Kmart, Lewis and Cokerlana Weingarten
Carl S. Smith
Harris County
Smith
Funeral Services Slated Friday For Ernest Hightower
Funeral services will be held at 19 am Friday at Earthman Chapel for Ernest Lee Hightower 53 a Baytown resident and Humble Oil and Refining Co Baytown Refinery pipefitter who died 7 30 am Wednesday in a Baytown hospital He lived at 1313 Ash a World War I veteran Survivors include his widow two daughters two sons a step daughter a stepson six brothers two sisters and twenty grandchildren Burial will be in Memory Gardens.
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Earthman Chapel
Ernest Lee Hightower
Baytown
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Hightower
J. L. Marbut
Congregational Methodist Church
Troy Smith
Houston
Myrtle Hightower
Leo Sennen
Vallejo
Calif
Jimmie Warren
Fort Worth
Dale Maurice Hightower
Greens Bayou
Doyle D. Hightower
Lillie Woodall
George Burnett
Joe
Cecil
Glenn
Elmore
Oscar Hightower
J. C. Hightower Jr
Oklahoma City
Okla
M. Dupuy
Joe Thompson
Lufkin
Two Killed In I 10 Car Crash Near Baytown
Interstate 10 crash 30 miles northeast of Baytown killed Tilman Burns Jr 23 and Ian Gibson 50 of Houston Brine Service & Chemical Co employees. Two others Clif ton Dominick and David Pattum injured. car blew tires and ran off road into dirt embankment. Bodies sent to Houston for funeral services.
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Baytown
Houston
Tilman Burns Jr
Parnell
Ian Gibson
Lawler
Brine Service & Chemical Co
Jefferson &Davis Hospital
Clifton C. Dominick
David R. Pattum
Gladman Henry
Cedar Bayou Bridge
Beaumont
Johnson-Frazier Funeral Home
Burns
Gibson
Transformers Missing in Baytown Drive Construction
Baytown police report two transformers worth 7000 dollars disappeared from Decker Drive area after being left on the ground overnight during freeway construction. Houston Lighting and Power Co. alerted authorities after workers found missing units the next day.
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Baytown
Decker Drive
Houston Lighting and Power Co
Heavy Voting Predicted in Baytown Mayor and Council Race
Baytown voters face a high turnout next Tuesday April 2 from 7 p.m. to the polls to choose a mayor and three council seats among 12 candidates. Leading figures include W L Ward Dr Lee Liggett and Ernie Hunt in the mayoral contest, with several newcomers contesting Districts 2 and 3. Observers expect runoffs in the mayoral race and two council contests amid annexed-area interest. Voting locations and election judges are listed for Precincts 12 13 99 24 301 102 103 149 165 248 249.
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Baytown
Tam
W. L
Dub) Ward
Lee Liggett
FE. W
Ernie) Hunt
Liggett
Ward
Hunt
Weil
Humble Oil and Refining Co
T. E
Tommy Cook
David L. Norton
Frank EB. Middleton
James M
Jim) Bryan
James C. McCaleb
Wayne L. Gregory
Earl Lively
Kenneth £. Badgett
H. C
Curt
Ball
Baytown Sun
Wooster
Lakewood
Brownwood
Bay Villa
Ponderosa
Country Club Oaks
Craigmont Place
Alamo
Waler B. Mabe
David G. Burnet
John S
Bud) Blackburn
Thad Felton
Jack Hester
Ashbel Smith
W. O. Tidman
Firemen’s Recreation Hall
G. E. Dabney
Baytown Junior High
A. Contreras
Stephen F. Austin
W. A. Goodrich
San Jacinto
Tu. Kloesel
Travis
John W. Pierce
Carver High School
Woodmw
W. Leivis
James Bowie
Wayne McClurg
Livestock Ordinance Eyed By City Council
A city council meeting at 3 30 p m will hear a request by Mrs W L Martin to regulate keeping livestock within city limits. City manager J B LeFevre will seek approval to hire more library staff at Sterling Municipal Library due to high demand. A hearing on Wea ves Volunteer Fire Department equipment purchase terms is planned. Proposals to add heating and cooling in the operations office will be considered. A beer license application at 6 Richard Drive will also be heard.
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W. L. Martin
J 8
Weaves Volunteer Fire Department
Richard Drive
Absentee votes cast for trustees and election details
Thirty one absentee votes were cast through Wednesday for the April school board election. The deadline for absentee voting is April 2. Nine candidates compete for nine seats with Murray B. Mangum withdrawing from Position 2 though his name remains on ballots. The article lists precincts and election officials for the local races.
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Iuinns
Murray B. Mangum
Alamo Elementary
Walter B. Maheridge
J. W. Hayes
Wilma
Adell Orion
Quida Hesler
C. Grentham
Court ruling could cost Texas $8.9 million yearly
The Texas state comptroller warns a civil appeals court decision may reduce sales tax revenue by up to 8.9 million annually. If taxes cannot be collected on sales under 24 cents, the loss would rise to about 5.96 million, as legislators seek to reform the 2 percent tax on low cost items. Merchants collect via cent-based brackets while retailers pay roughly 2 percent of total sales.
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Austin
State Comptroller’s Office
Court of Civil Appeals
Ben Atwell
Dallas
Eugene Guyon
Comptroller
Third Court of Civil
TANES
Attack Survival Course Set by Harris County Doctors
East Harris County Branch of the Harris County Medical Society will host an Attack Survival Course at James Bowie School at 7 pm Thursday. Dr. W. Q. Finch chairs the civil defense committee and will join Dr. W. A. Goodrich to lead an eight to 12 week program for school patrons and the public. Textbooks from the federal government will aid the medical self help effort. Additional civil defense leaders include Dr. W. F. Somes and Dr. M. A. Jones as the program expands to other community areas.
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East Horris County
Harris County Medical Society
W. Q. Finch
Civil Defense Committee
W. A. Goodrich
James Bowie School
Finch
Harris County
W. F. Somes
M. A. Jones
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Girl Scout Troop
Ashbel Smith Scout House
Houston Area
People's Lumber Co. 'of
Dayton
Chambers - Liberty Counties Navigation District
Monterrey
Lively
REL
Shriners
Allo
Baytown Shrine Club
Thad Fellon
Baxtown Shrine Club
B. A. Stewart
Ashhbei
Bob Beverly
Ernest Hightower
Baytonians
E.W
Ernie
Hunt W.L
Dub
Ward DE Lee Ligggerrr
TY. E
Tommy) Cook
David E. Nort
Frank E. Middleton
H.C
Curt) Ball Kenneth E. Badgett
Wayne L, Gregory EA Lively
James M. Wimbryan
W. ©. Tidman
Gerald Aronson
E. R. Rutledge
Frank Fields
Pansy B. Dabney
Almahore
Ruby Griffin
B. E. Slagie
Nami Katribe
Irell Sprayberry
New Causeway Road
Red) Ramsey
Melvin Clark
Old Causeway Road
Causeway Bridge
Hog Island
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