02 May 1960
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1960
Page
1
A nationwide Civil Defense Mobilization practice alert will be held Tuesday. The Office of Civil Defense Mobilization reports a nationwide drill with coordination by local civil defense offices.
In San Quentin California, Martin B Wilkinson 74 died at 10 12 after gas pellets released cyanide in the death chamber at 10 03 45. Associate Warden Walter D Sty reported the end came within minutes as witnesses watched. Chessman had faced repeated appeals and a lengthy legal battle before the final execution.
In Baytown the hottest runoff in memory produced a record A423 vote total just shy of 4500 as Hughes Cravey Ansley Tickner and Clayton faced test. In District races Ansley beat Tickner in 4 of 8 boxes with Box12 69 vote lead while Tickner carried Box102 and 149. Fifty percent of runoff votes went to Hughes Cravey Ansley Tickner and Clayton led Campos in District 1. The Bay Sun predicted turnout but results showed a tight contest with strong precinct variance. The article also notes international context with a Paris conference and Eisenhower message on Western disarmament aims.
NATO leaders approve a framework for disarmament talks with plans for a June resumption. Western allies remain divided on terms as five Soviet bloc states participate in the process in a bid to find a mutual agreement.
Clark testified before the House Oversight subcommittee that he learned of payola involving an ex producer connected to Bandstand. He said Anthony resigned from the show after a late night November 14 15 meeting where money from record companies was accepted. James K. Kelly of the subcommittee began proceedings by stating ABC had relied only on Clark’s sworn statement denying payola.
Mr and Mrs A R Padgett and Mrs A R McNeill returned Sunday from Baylor University where they spent the weekend. McNeill's daughter Sandra acted in a Paul Baker drama Saturday night and they visited Don Padgett and attended an opera Friday. Billie Godwin helps with a sewing project. Terry and Brent Bowen picked blackberries. Jerrie McKinney checked sorority committee plans. Kenneth Moore had a brief hospital stay. John Holland took a trip to Livingston. A J Richey shared a picture. Velma Miller arranged carnations and greenery. Adrianne Wooddell displayed roadside flowers. Vermen Liles drove to town. Mindy Archer planned a two week trip. Mrs Higginbotham at 1908 Utah is praised for a beautiful yard.
California Supreme Court denied a last minute stay for Caryl Chessman just before his scheduled 10 a.m. PDT execution. A George Davis appeal and two habeas corpus petitions were rejected minutes earlier. Supreme Court Justice Douglas refused to delay the execution after a telephoned appeal from Chessman’s attorneys.
A noisy week of primaries and political rhetoric unfolds with Nixon responding to Democratic attacks from Chicago to Washington. House Speaker Sam Rayburn counters party lines while campaigners roam the nation praising regimes and farm programs amid broad calls to change government policy.
In Washington AP reports say the United States plans to launch an Atlas missile on a record flight extending from Florida to the Indian Ocean. The test will involve tracking stations in the Atlantic to the South Africa region, with Navy ships and planes supporting recovery of the nose cone if needed. Governor Nelson Rockefeller faced questions in Chicago about a potential draft at the Republican convention, dismissing speculation as remote.
A report describes efforts to operate the first U S intercontinental postal halt under extreme conditions. Key details note the route through Houston and the system's testing phase as officials evaluate reliability and safety measures for cross continental mail delivery.
The ICC ordered Santa Fe to discontinue two daily passenger trains between Kansas City and Houston effective May 7 citing continued losses of about 723000 in 1958 and nearly 700000 in 1959. The Atlas missile tests prompted the action as the proposed impact area lies in Oklahoma and Kansas near the Prince Ed ward islands about 1250 miles southeast of Cape Good Hope. The Defense Department noted the plan involved cycles of standard Atlas components for ballistic missiles. US South Africa and other nations were informed of the course and international waters involved. President Kennedy expressed mixed views on campaign support amid the incident.
A Baytown document lists precinct locations and corresponding ballot boxes for voting. It mentions boxes at Alamo School Box 13 Thad Felton’s Box 100 Wilkenfield’s Box 101 Mremen’s Recreation Hall Box 102 Community House No 2 Box 149 San Jacinto School Box 248 Carver School Box 248 Bowie School and notes the Abst column refers to absentee ballots.
Lana Turner's 15 year old daughter Cheryl Crane and two companions fled the El Retiro home for girls near Sylmar after scaling an 11 foot fence. Police tracked them to a friend’s home and the teen who tipped them off was booked for parole violation. Cheryl Crane had been placed in the county home previously for psychiatric therapy following the 1958 death of Johnny Stompanato.
The Associated Press reports light showers dotted South Texas while western areas enjoyed sunny skies. Breakfast rain touched Seaumont Brownsville Corpus Christi and Austin as cloudy conditions lingered along the coast and eastern regions. Expect continued scattered showers in the east with decreasing cloud cover Tuesday. Morning temps ranged from 35 in Lubbock to near 58 in Big Spring and Lubbock with mild highs overall.
Afternoon reports say Negro college students jailed for lunch counter skirmishes in Marshall plan a September boycott of Marshall stores. An estimated 120,001 gather on Galveston streets for Splash Day parade and crowning Lealin Ann Oakley Jr. of Texas City as Miss Splash Day.
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