Baytown calendar features talks and club meetings
Dr. Julian Spring will speak at noon Wednesday to the Baytown Rotary Club at the Tower on Fire All Purpose. Highlands Home Demonstration Club meets at 9 30 a.m. Wednesday at 404 Prairie for a furniture refinishing program. Baytown Duplicate Bridge Club hosts a master point game at 7 30 p.m. Monday at the Bridge Studio. Senator Ralph W. Yarborough kicks off his 1964 re election campaign with a public reception in Baytown on Saturday May 18. location to be announced. Also notes: IBEW plans a Tuesday meeting to nominate officers and discuss contracts. Mrs Edna Brittain, mother of Mrs A C Alfard, died in Austin. funeral later. St Joseph Altar Society meets Tuesday at 10 a.m. Weather: cloudy and warm with possible thundershowers. highs 66-86. Galveston tides high Tuesday at 4 08 a.m. and 3 p.m., low at 12 26 and 10 23 a.m. and p.m.
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Spring
Julian Spring
Baytown
Highlands Club
Highlands Home Demonstration Club
Mack Ford
Prairie
Yarborough
U. S
Ralph W. Yarborough
Hugh Echelsa
W. O. Tidman
Dick Manne
Baytown dancer Bob Thompson joins Robbins for Europe tour
Bob Thompson son of Mr and Mrs R L Thompson of Baytown sails for Europe with choreographer Jerome Robbins and three other dancers to demo dances in several countries Robbins known for West Side Story lectures accompany the demonstrations Thompson danced in the film West Side Story and has been with the Red Skelton TV cast for the past season He resides in Hollywood Baytown Mayor Lee Liggett will begin a weekly report in The Sun The Humble Echo carried a Humble post office dedication note by Preston Pendergrass Mrs Scottye Ray McMahon Scottye Ray Jr and Cathy Ann McMahon of Crosby were treated at San Jacinto Hospital after a two car crash at Wisconsin and Huggins Failure to yield charges filed against La Well Raiford Smith 31 of 2312 Missouri Police Chief Roy Montgomery said Scottye Ray McMahon Sr 21 of Crosby was driving the other car
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Bob Thompson
R. L. Thompson
Baytown
Europe
Jerome Robbins
Robbins
Bob
Red Skelton TV
Hollywood
Lee Liggett
People
Sun
Humble Echo
Humble
Tex
Sun Managing
Preston Pendergrass
Scottye Ray McMahon
Scottye Ray Jr
Cathy Ann McMahon
Crosby
San Jacinto Hospital
Wisconsin
Huggins
la Well
Raiford Smith
Missouri
Roy Montgomery
Scottye Ray McMahan Sr
Trading Mood Sparks Buck Turner’s Generous Plan
Buck Turner signals a generous trading mood as the season shifts, hinting at a timely meetup to exchange goods or favors and capitalize on the moment. The note reads as a casual invitation to reconnect during a favorable period for trade.
Dominican Armies Mass at Haitian Border Amid Invasion Threats
More than 1,000 Dominican troops, supported by banks and rocket planes, massed at the Haitian border awaiting orders amid tense talks in Washington on a possible regional mission. Dominican officials push for wider powers as fears rise of an invasion to secure safe passage for opponents in Port au Prince.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Washington
Organization of American
Apr
Negro Republic
Haiti
Gonzalo Facio E
Costa Rica
OAS Council
Limani
Juan Bosch
Francois Duvaier
Port Au Prince
Bosch
Duvalier
Frank Bobadilla
Santo Dos Mingo
U.S
Raymond Thurston
Thesj
Baytown X-ray unit praises response and listed stops
The Harris County TB Association mobile X-ray unit, praised by Odis Muennink, logged 387 X-rays in one day with 267 at Holloway's Grocery and 320 at O'Brien's. Baytown Service League sponsors take charge with Mrs. James Bond coordinating. May schedule includes Carver High School May 7, Big Chief in Pelly May 7, Morace Mann Junior High May 8, Highlands School May 9, and Lewis and Coker May 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Harris County TH Association
Odis Muennink
Holloway’s
O'Brien
Baytown Service League
James Bond
Iere
Houston-Harris County TB Association
Carver High School
Big Chief
Pelly
Morace Mann Jimior High
Highlands School
Birmingham Leaders Vow No Letup In Desegregation
Birmingham tensions surge as police back off peaceful march led by Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker and Eugene Connor. More than 1,400 arrests in four days, about 1,000 detainees remain, including 590 schoolchildren under 16. Burke Marshall seeks settlement with white and Black leaders.
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Birmingham
Ala
Eugene
Wyatt Tee Walker
Burke Marshall
U.S. Justice Department
Six Die In Paducah Crash As Texas Toll Rises
By the Associated Press a head on collision near Paducah killed six people on Sunday as Texas weekend violence deaths climbed to 35. The list includes Mark Gibbs 12 Porfirio Gutierrez 32 Erlinda 23 their baby Augustina and two nephews Abel Pla Benie 16 and Ysanel Placensio. Other late deaths included Dallas County men Sonny Sharp 33 and Sidney Moore 39 after a bridge plunge near Greenville. An Abilene couple died near Merkel on Interstate 20. James Tate 26 and his wife Eelyn Rachel Galvan 59 died in separate crashes. Several more victims range from Edinburg to Houston and Baytown with multiple fatal accidents and a drowning at Matagorda Beach.
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Associated Press
Paducah
Texas
Mark Gibbs
Porfirio Gutierrez
Erlinda
Augustinna
Abel Pla Bensie
Ysanel Placensio
Dallas County
Sonny Sharp
Sidney Moore
Seagoville
Greenville
Abilene
Merkel
James Tate
Eelyn
Rachel Galvan
San Antonio
Martin Jassino Jr
Edinsburg
Texas 107
Edinburg
Clyde Sparks
Gulf Freeway
Houston
Jo Stanley
Baytown
Raymond Hernandez
Wichita Falls
Mankins
Bobby Wooley
Lufkin
Henry Speckmaier
Barker
U.S. 90
Lyndon Battle
Seetera
Yolanda Davila
Air Force
Laurence Christman
Manned
Spacele Center
Toston
Sharon Campbell
Bay City
Matagorda Beach
G. W. Bragg
Midland
Big Spring
Fred Lorie
Russell Naquin
Victor
Cat Which Bit Child Sought In Lakewood
Mr and Mrs E C May seek a Siamese cat that bit their eight year old daughter Linda last Sunday at Lakewood Drive 210 The cat is light colored with dark brown markings If not found by May 12 Linda may need rabies shots Call Mrs May at 366 3821 with any information
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E. C. May
Lakewood Drive
Linda
May
Mrs. Bessie Brown Dies at 68 in Mont Belvieu
Mrs. Bessie Bertie Brown age 68 of Mont Belvieu died at 6 am Monday in the Sadie Bond Memorial Nursing Home Baytown Funeral services set for 4 pm Tuesday at Paul A Lee Funeral Home with Rev James Fanner and Rev M E Smith officiating Burial will be in Fisher's Belview Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law Delno Brown and wife of Mont Belvieu two granddaughters Mrs James I A Love of Abilene and Glenda Brown, a grandson David Brown of Mont Belvieu brother Q K Barber of Mont Belvieu sister Mrs Elsie Gilbert of Houston and several nieces and nephews.
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Paul A. Lee
Bessie
Bertie Brown
Mont Belvieu
Sadie Bond
Baytown
Delno Brown
James I A. Love
Abilene
Glenda Brown
David Brown
Mont Belview
Q. K. Barber
Elsie Gilbert
Houston
Rockefeller Honeymoon in Venezuela with New Bride
Gov Nelson Rockefeller and his bride Margaretta FitzGerald Rockefeller honeymoon at Monte Sacro ranch near Caracas. The couple arrived from New York and plan a two week stay amid drizzle and a celebratory rice greeting. Rockefeller says the marriage will be blissful and they love Venezuela.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Margaretta Fitler Mar J Iphy
Monte Sacro
New York
Reds Execute U S Officer Near Saigon
In daylight near Saigon a U S Army lieutenant was executed by Communist guerrillas along with two Vietnamese military men in a jeep. The three bodies were later found by a military patrol, and authorities withheld the American’s name while noting the incident on Route 12 has seen past ambushes.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hie
Route 12
Viet Nam
T3rd
Amaritaart
Tragedy at Sylvan Beach as Grandfather Dies Saving Grandson
A Houston man Roy H. Wallace 49 drowned off Sylvan Beach while saving his three year old grandson Dean Vincent Wallace 3 during a family boat outing. Andre Meyer an Eagle Scout rescued the boy and revived him after taking him to shore. Rescue teams from Chambers Harris and Galveston counties assisted in the search for Wallace.
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Sylvan Beach Park Pavilion
la Porte
Roy H. Wallace
Shawnee
Houston
T J. Bettis Corp
Wallace
Dean Vincent Wallace
Cloverbrook
Andre Meyer
Galveston Bay
Sylvan Beach Park
Dean
Meyer
Andre
Syvan Beach
Ed Randolph
Calvin Compton
Compton
Randolph
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Chambers
Harris
Galveston
Nixon Buys Fifth Avenue Co op Apartment in New York
Former Vice President Richard Nixon reportedly purchases a Fifth Avenue cooperative apartment in New York where Governor Nelson Rockefeller and his former wife hold units. The Nixons plan to move before June 1 as Nixon joins the Mudge Stern Baldwin firm. Rockefeller kept the penthouse floors in their divorce settlement.
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NEW York
Richard M. Nixon
Fifth Avenue
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
Mudge, Stern, Baldwin & Todd
Rockefeller
Mary Tedhunter
Clark
Rockefeler
Baytown Crew Aims To Deliver Trinity Belle To Fort Worth
Baytown hosts the Trinity Belle crew of four Fort Worth businessmen starting a 541 mile non stop jet powered barge trip from Anahuac to Fort Worth. The all aluminum 24 foot boat with a 100 hp diesel jet drive draws nine inches of water and carries freight including groceries and electronics valued up to ten million dollars per ton in theory. Freeman Gross Olen Yandell George Kolb and Bill Davis lead the mission with ground support and media along the route.
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Fred Hartman Baytown
Trinity Belle
Fort Worth
Trinity River
Anahuac
Chambers County
North Texas
Baytown
Trinity Belle Crew
Freeman Gross
Olen Yandell
George Kolb
Bill Davis
Trinity
Manmar, Inc
Great Southwest
Dallas
Gross
Crockett
Centerville
Yandell
New Beta Sigma Phi Officers to be Installed Monday
Rho Zeta Chapter holds a 7 30 p m meeting at the Citizens National Bank and Trust Co building to install new officers.
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Rho Zeta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Citizens National Bank and Trust Co
Daughter-In-Law Of Grover Edge Is Dead
Gloria Ann Edge 37 daughter in law of Grover Edge Baytown died Saturday in a Corpus Christi hospital after years of illness Funeral services 5 p m Monday at Lutheran Church Bishop Texas Survivors include husband Robert four children Bobbie Ann Ross Douglas Ralph and Roger mother Edna Davis of San Antonio sister Helen Torilo of San Antonio Burial in Bishop Cemetery under Cage Piper Funeral Home services The family had lived in Bishop 11 years
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Bishop
Gloria
Ann Edge
Grover Edge
Baytown
Edge
Corpus Christi
Robert
Bobbie Ann
Ross Douglas
Ralph
Roger
Edna Davis
San Antonio
Helen Torilo
Buriat
World News Briefs Include Cartel Claim and Air Crash
Reported claims that Mugh Scott and others charged Western cartel secretly divide U.S. steel markets. An airman from a BAT plane crash near Yellowstone is accounted for one alive in good condition. two dead. Western storms hit many areas while most regions stay dry. A fire at Chicago Board of Trade Building causes $300 million loss and is blamed on faulty wiring. Adolf Hitler body claim disputed as book author cites Russia identification. Laos crisis notes possible quit by Souvanna Phouma amid factional risk.
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Yellowstone
Rites Tuesday For Former Baytown Postmaster
Funeral services are set for 1 p.m. Tuesday for Eleanor M. Thomas former Baytown postmaster who died Sunday night in a Houston nursing home. She was the widow of A M Thomas a pioneer Baytown businessman and former tax assessor collector. The Thomases moved to Baytown in 1920 and Mrs Thomas served as postmaster from 192? until about 1. They were active in Goose Creek First Baptist Church now Memorial Baptist Church. Survivors include a son A M Thomas II a grandson A M Thomas III a sister Mrs I Fortinberry and a niece Mrs E B Thaman. Services will be at Seltegast Kopf Funeral Home in Houston with burial at Forest Park Cemetery.
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Eleanor M. Thomas
Baytown
Houston
Thomas
A. M. Thomas
Baytowns
Dry Hoods
Paine Brothers
Texas Avenue
Thomases
Goose Creek First Baptist Church
Memorial Baptist Church
A.M. (Ack) Thomas
A. M. Thomas Tl
I. Fortinberry
E. B. Thaman
Seltegast-Kopf Funeral Home
Forest Park Cemetery
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Duplicate Bridge Club
Ibew Electricians Union Willl
Union Hall
North Pruett
Edna’ Brittain
A. C. Alfard
Acbor Drive
Austin
Houston Weather Bureau
Buck Turner
Trinity Style
Kolb
Lakewood
Mrs. Brown
James Fanner
Fisher's
Belview
New Bride
Republian
Idlewild
United States
Sylvan Beach
Houstonian
Nixons
N.Y
Grover Edges
World News
Sen. Mugh Scott
R-Pa
Japan
Chicago Board of Trade
Gerald Blaze
Cornelius Ryan
Adolf Hitler
Fuehere
Berlin
Pathet Luo
Pearce Ovission
Souvanna Phouma
Reds
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