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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1961
Page
3
Lancaster mayor Thomas J. Monaghan urged citizens to report potholes to the streets department, creating a Pothole Spotters Club as he noted a severe winter worsened street damage. He said city crews cannot find all flaws in Lancaster's 61,000 population area.
In Stamford Connecticut an independent board chose three children of Pitney Bowes employees for four year college scholarships. Reet Varnik daughter of refugee mother Mrs. Varnik and Estonian troops member Andris Varnik won as did Marit Varnik, while third winner remains unnamed. The family arrived in 1949 after escaping Estonia in 1944. The program covers tuition fees up to 7500 per year and room and board with a four year cap of 9000. Pitney Bowes employs 4700.
The San Francisco school district will award two $500 safety driving scholarships annually one to a boy and one to a girl who completed high school driver training. The sponsor is the Godean Funeral Home.
The Urban Renewal Administration announced Edinburg Texas will start work on its 120 acre Gate way City No 2 project with a 702 558 federal loan and a 629 433 grant. The area near the central business district includes 268 dwellings and 321 families. Displaced residents will receive relocation. The net project cost is 981 582 with 628 423 grant covering part of the deficit.
Don Allen, administrator of Gulf Coast Hospital in Baytown since 1958, will resign April 15 to take an administrator post at Tidelands General Hospital in Channelview. Harry H. Miller to become Gulf Coast administrator, replacing Allen.
Baytown Thrift Exchange and Goodwill Industries of Houston organize the annual Baytown clothing drive. Students collect repairable clothing and shoes to aid elementary and junior high pupils across Highlands Cedar Bayou and the district. Empty bags go home April 1 and returns are due April 28.
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department found the 1960 cotton crop averaged higher quality than 1959 in all respects except yarn strength. The note adds Bilhoeg is the name given to an iron bar with sliding shackles once used to confine prisoners.
Eugene Snyder, 33, known for a brief bank robbery at Flagler Savings and Loan, returned $4,667 minus 23 dollars spent on groceries. He cited unemployment pressure and was given five years probation with a proviso to attend church regularly by Judge Emetta Cheat.
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