Retarded Children Die In Fire At Indiana Home
In Rockville Indiana six of eleven residents at the dobi nson Home for the Retarded died from fatal burns after flames from an electric dryer ignited their clothes. Five others were injured and carried out by volunteers and firefighters. one resident escaped. Names of the deceased include Muriel Johnson Pamela Taylor Bryant Smith George Spurgeon Linda Landrigan and Tamera Wallace. Wallace died in Vermillion County Hospital at Clinton.
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Rockville
Ind
Dobinson
Bill Early
Indiana
Muriel Johnson
Gary Pamela Taylor
Indianapolis
Bryant Smith
South Bend
Sun Spots Weather For Baytown Area This Week
The weatherman predicts clear to partly cloudy and warm conditions through Sunday for Baytown. Saturday temperatures ranged 68 to 90 degrees with Galveston tides high Sunday at 2:35 am and 2 pm, low at 8:52 am and 10:48 pm. Monday tides rise 3:25 am and 2:36 pm with low at 9:34 am and 3:07 pm.
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Baytown
Galveston
Local students sweep awards at regional convention
Barry Smith of Sam Houston State won first in sports column writing at a TIPA convention in Alpine. Seven Houstonian staffers entered against 48 colleges, winning three other firsts and two seconds. Community notices include club meetings, pet giveaways, and a missing shingles report.
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Barry Smith
Sam Houston State
TIPA
Alpine
The
Houstonian
Adventurers
Tours and Travel Club
Chamber of Commerce
H. J. White
Arkansas
Melvin Roark
Cedar Bayou Estates
Roarks
Cedar Bayou
Lynchburg Road
Barbara Sticht
Denby
Vernetta Elis
S.irole
Baytown
Second Try To Climb Everest Postponed
In Kathmandu Nepal an American expedition postponed its second assault on Mount Everest for about a week due to bad weather. All crew will rest at base camp during the period. The plan to attempt the untried west ridge route is also delayed. One American and one Sherpa climber reached the summit on Wednesday, names withheld.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Everest
Buck Turner's Keeps Sunday Close Tradition Alive
Buck Turner's remains closed Sundays continuing a long-standing tradition. The store invites customers to attend the church of their choice this week.
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Buck Turner's
Heir to Red leadership post is kind of Kozlov illness
The Kremlin announced that Fro Kozlov the heir apparent to Premier Khrushchev was ill. Western sources cited a thrombosis likely in the brain or heart area, keeping him hospitalized for months. Officials did not specify the ailment, while rumors of a brain hemorrhage circulated but were denied.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Kozlov
Khrushchev
Kozlay
Communist Party
Central Committee
Soviet Union
Deadly Brazilian air crash claims 37 lives
In Sao Paulo a Convair twin engine airliner crashed after takeoff from Rio de Janeiro, plowing into a building in a crowded area. Forty four aboard, seventeen rescued, thirteen critical. Passengers include Brazilian Deputy Miguel Bahury and TV comic Rena K. Consorte. one Uruguayan GE Brazil director James Goss Hughes among the dead. Local officials reported 20,000 bystanders hampering rescue efforts.
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Sao Paula
Brazil
Ling
Cruzeiro Do Sul
James Goss Hughes
General Electric
Miguel Bahury
Rena K. Consorte
Rio
Political Patronage and Nuclear Shield Sparks Britain Debate
Britain faces a controversy in the press after Sir Winston Churchill warned against abandoning nuclear defense. A Connecticut insurance agent of record released names linked to political patronage and insurance commissions. In Fort Worth, J Lloyd Parker Jr admitted firing four bullets at his socially prominent father. House Republicans claim credit for nearly 1.2 billion dollars in Kennedy budget cuts, drawing Democratic rebuttal. High school spring football training remains a contentious topic in the Interscholastic League. Texas A&M admissions for two Bryan women were approved. The Teamsters Union aided a political effort with a clearcut role.
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Winston Churchill
Britain
J. Lloyd Parker Jr
House
Republican Congressional Committee
Kennedy
Fatal shooting at Til Lloyd Lane in Baytown
Carl Avant Sr. of Baytown died at 8 25 am after a 12 gauge shotgun blast at his home. The shooting occurred about 5 am when Avant forced entry. Mrs Sohn B Hester and her son said she fired from 3 to 4 feet away into Avant as he moved toward the kitchen. Assistant Police Chief Turner said the case goes to the Harris County Grand Jury with no charges filed against Hester.
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Carl Avant Sr
Hunnicutt
Baytown
R. H
Bo) Turner
Turner
Til Lloyd Lane
Sohn B. Hester
Avant
Hester
Turmer
Harris County Grand Jury
Lise
Tuer
Our World Today Plans Campaigns in Six South Texas Towns
Our World Today announces a campaign push across at least six South Texas towns and cites in the upcoming elections. The plan targets community centers and local events to boost visibility and support.
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Crystal City
South Texas
South Fourth Street Rebuild Nears Completion
South Fourth Street and other streets are undergoing resurfacing curb and gutter work from East Republic to Texas Avenue about five blocks. City Manager J B LeFevre said portions of the base on South Fourth were restabilized and the street surfaced with hot mix asphalt. Curbs and gutters were installed with costs assessed to nearby property owners. North Pruett resurfacing is finished with curbs installed where none existed. The Homan to Park base was restabilized and Bob Smith Road east from North Main to the Southern Pacific tracks is receiving work including a 10 foot strip replaced where a sewer was laid. Remainder repair is planned.
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South Fourth Street
East Republic
Texas Avenue
J. B. LeFevre
South Fourth
LeFevre
North Pruett
Men Going To Mars
Maxime Faget of the Marin é Spacecraft Center says studies are underway on sending astronauts to Mars in the early 1970s. A three to 12 crew, three-module ship could take more than a year with re entry and landing modules. Budgeted funds cover study of the re entry and mission modules, with feasibility uncertain until orbit alignment.
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Houston, Tex
Maxime Faget
Marinéd Spacecraft
Mars
Faget
Earth
Center
Sso
King Warns Negroes Prepare Doubling Demonstrations
In Birmingham Alabama police and civil rights activists brace for a doubled effort in protests led by Martin Luther King Jr. after a day of clashes. Police report injuries among demonstrators and officers as thousands remain in custody amid ongoing efforts to desegregate public facilities.
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Birmingham
Ala
Steel City
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Eugene (Bull) Connor
Connor
D. B. McClesky
Marcus Jones
Bate Ration
L. H. Kirk
Debaters clash in Baytown Sun on capital punishment
Harris County District Attorney Frank Briscoe and Dr. John R. Silber debate capital punishment. The piece notes Briscoe’s stance as deterrent, Silber’s abolitionist stance, and cites Texas execution history and related statistics from the U S Bureau of Prisons.
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Baytown Sun Today
Harris County
Atty
Frank Briscoe
John R. Silber
Department of Philosophy
University of Texas
Silber
Briscoe
Houston
Texas Society
Texas
House
Senate
Dr. Sither
Trinity University
Yale University
Yale
Northwestern School of Music
Yale Divinity School
University of Texas Law School
Germany
Sitber
New Crisis Threatening Haiti Over Strict Curfew
SANTO DOMINGO Dominican Republic AP Haiti teetered on the brink of a new explosion as President Francois Duvalier declared martial law and imposed a curfew from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. No reason given for the measures announced Friday night. Haitians fear reprisals and tighten his grip to head off a threatened revolt. May 15 reports reaching Santo Domingo through Duvalier censorship said informed circles spoke of more killings and purges than believed. Unconfirmed reports from Port au Prince spoke of a bomb failure at a water installation. Duvalier declared martial law after the Inter-American peace mission left Port au Prince. The mission sought to cool tensions and pledged protection for foreign embassies and asylum seekers.
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Duvalier
Negro Republic
Santo DoMingo
Haiti
U.S
Washington
Port Au Prince
Organization of American States
37 Year Baytown Resident Is Dead
Leona Sally Lowe 61 of 116 Bayshore Drive died Friday night in a Baytown hospital. Funeral at 2 p.m. Monday at St. Mark's Methodist Church with Rev. Basil Jones officiating. Interment in Memory Gardens of Baytown Cemetery. Survived by husband Allen P. Lowe and two daughters Joyce Simmons and Barbara Ann Connor, sister Gladys States, three grandchildren Gail Cauthen Kay Simmons and Slaces Connor, and one great grandchild Arion Cauthen.
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St. Mark's Methodist Church
Leona Sally Lowe
Bayshore Drive
Baytown
Woman's Society of Christian Sercs
the Wooster Garden Ud
Allen P. Lowe
Joyce Simmons
Houston
Barbara Ann Connor
Pasadena
Gladys States
Ie . Eex
Soepper
Toy
Gail Cauthen
Kay Simmons
Slaces Connor
Arion Cauthen
Basil Jones
LP Is Still in Business Despite Home Rule Ruling
La Porte Mayor Harold Pfeiffer said the city remains operating as the highest court decides if La Porte has a home rule charter after a judge ruled the city lacked the required population. He urged speeding delinquent tax suits and warned of continued control over disputed industrial areas near the Del Webb Humble Oil development.
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la Porte
Harold Pfeiffer
City Commission
Sam Johnson
Hillsboro
Johnson
Frank, Baker
Russell Sheperd
Odell E. Brown
D. C
Humble Oil and Refizing Co
New Union At Refinery Surpasses 300 Members
L E Kirkley says Gulf Coast Industrial Workers Union at Humble Oil Baytown Refinery has about 200 dues paying members and 30 signing pledges. More than 70 attended a Bay Theater mass meeting amid an OCAW filed unfair labor practice charge. A bargaining election may be pursued May 25 if no new contract is signed. election timing depends on contract status and NLRB rulings.
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L. E. Kirkley
New
Gulf Coast Industrial Workers Union
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
Humble
Kirkley
National Labor Relations Board
Bay Theater
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Usor
NLRB
OCAW
Peti
Kinder
Defense official testimony questioned in TF contract probe
Washington AP Republican Sen. Carl Curtis challenged Deputy Secretary Roswell Gilpatric's Senate testimony amid the TF contract award inquiry. The hearings explore potential favoritism in awarding the contract to General Dynamics of Fort Worth after evaluations favored Boeing's rival design from Seattle, claiming better performance and lower cost.
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Washington
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Senate
Carl T. Curtis
Nebraska
Pentagon
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
General Dynamics Corp
Fort Worth
Tex
Noted Prosecutor Advocates Death Penalty This Case
A relentless prosecutor, and firm believer in the death penalty for capital crimes, remains focused on bringing criminals to justice. He vows to pursue extreme punishment where warranted and to ensure the guilty are punished.
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Cve
Baytown X-Ray Unit Extends Free Screening Schedule
A Harris County mobile X-ray unit has scanned 2,367 Baytonians to date with 702 tested at Baytown Junior High Friday. Free X rays run 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Woltoway's Grocery Highway 146 and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at O'Brien's North Main. The unit will travel to Cedar Bayou Junior High Monday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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Jenefred Hederhorst
Jennie ‘Badgley
Robert 5. Lee
Austin
American Legion
Tenefred
Fred Hederhornt
Jennie
Babe Badgley
Lions Club
Ramon Harbin
Highlands
Baytown Lions Club
Tower
Knights of Columbus Hall
Happy Country Boys
Lee College
Texas * Education Agency
Father
Dan Dillahunty
E. Sterling
Lufkin
Nancy
Nancy Gilmore
Robert E. Lee High
Kovar
Red
Connecticut i Isurance
Bryan
A&m
Teamsters Union
Fung
West Bay, Town
Rebel Inn
Briscoe-Ut
University of Washington
Uni
Bonn
Sion
University of
Richmond
Briscoe Texas
Texas A
U.S. Marine Corps
Chicago Law School
Guggenheim
University of Texas School of Law
Butler, Binion, Rice and Cook
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U.S. Bureau of Prisons
Hungsville
Dominican Republic
Francois Duvalier
New Union At
Refinery
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