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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1962
Page
1
Senate investigators probe possible stock in politicians or spouses with firms tied to Billie Sol Estes. Reports allege taxpayers paid freight bills for shipping government grain via unusual routes to Estes owned Texas elevators, with cheaper alternatives available elsewhere.
A sun spots league opens Monday morning with the Ladies Summer Bowling League at Bay Lanes inviting women to join by calling 582-4297 or 583-260. Also listed are events at the Goose Creek Girl Scout neighborhood and a scheduled annual barbers Hill High School troop leaders’ hat-decorating contest, plus a school concert led by W. 2. Daniel and Estes’s federal fraud case involving fertilizer tanks and cotton allotment penalties. Mundt and Ellender comment on investigations into potential political influence and Agriculture Department conduct. Yard sales, YMCA camp notices, and weather/tide updates complete the section.
A dense roundup of classroom chatter and events includes JAMES MEARS and Leona Wash in a political skit, Catherine Walsh hearing West Side Story, Karen Teggeman returning to geometry, Key Club T shirts, and student council minutes. It covers a 7 pm meeting for a men’s scratch bowling league at Bay Lanes starting May 24, YMCA swimming classes, advance tickets for Questio n film, and Little League results at Channelview with Alber Heinroth’s three run homer.
Fragmented telegram style notice reports Prince Souphanouvong ordered Pa Thet Lao troops to withdraw behind a cease-fire line in Nan Tha and Maote Sing. It mentions U.S. clarifications with West Germany and the Soviet Union on East-West Berlin terms and notes possible new Algerian premier Ben Youssef Ben Khedda amid regional tensions. Walter Reuther comments on wage price policy while Senate struggles. Detroit newspaper strike appears settled and flood control funds approved for Beaumont and Port Arthur amid storm alerts. A Brazilian airline crash is reported with casualties.
The mobile chest X ray unit will tour Baytown in May with locations and times listed. Stops include Carver High School, Henke's and Weingarten stores, Tucetsy Holloway's, O'Brien's Grocery, United Rubber Co, Big Chief Stern Wooster, Post Office West Baytown, San Jacinto Hospital, and First National Bank, with varied hours across multiple days.
Chambers County Youth Projects Show opens Friday noon at the county park with a fireworks display scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. in Ana huac. Sherwood Blair, general chairman, notes the event is part of the annual Youth Show with division chairs named for parade, hall, tent, and livestock.
Baytown Lions Club auction for light bulbs to fund sight conservation scholarships and services begins at 5 pm Friday with co chairmen Danley Hacky Lee and Fal F Troffmann. Judges include Dr John Nance animal husbandry Sam Houston State College and George Roesner, Homer Wolfe, Lamar Tech home economics students, and more. House to house canvass runs Friday to 7 30 pm Friday, then Monday and Tuesday of next week. Proceeds fund glasses for the needy and talking books for the blind.
Harris County Judge Bill Elliott and commissioners plan a Washington trip to press for federal aid to build a public fallout shelter under the Houston Colt .45 stadium. They aim to boost funding from prior promises and seek meetings with key officials including McNamara, Yarborough, Casey, Thomas, and Johnson. Roy Hofheinz will accompany the delegation.
Houston area students from Robert E. Lee High School Lee College and REL were honored at a Baytown Rotary luncheon as part of a national effort recognizing outstanding scholars. U S Army Corps of Engineers in Galveston awarded a Phase Two fallout shelter survey contract to Gordon Farned and Associates of Houston for 35 Texas counties.
President Kennedy called for prompt action to halt shooting in Laos as pro Communist rebels breach the cease fire. He urged Royalist, Communist, and neutralist leaders to pursue forming an independent government while warning against any third course involving American troops. He noted U S-Soviet talks on Berlin would continue but warned leaks hinder negotiations.
A one year old boy, Roland Robertson, was struck in the neck and killed by a jagged soda bottle edge thrown by a six year old. Police say five children aged five to eight were in a Newark housing project yard when the fatal incident occurred, with the artery in the neck apparently cut by the broken bottle.
A nine month old nuclear powered submarine and a freighter collided about 30 miles west of Wennessy at night. The submarine burned into San Francisco bay under its own power, escorted by a Navy tug toward its home base. No injuries among 137 crewmen.
AP bulletin reports Grove State Bank in southeast Dallas robbed of 9800 with quick capture of the suspect. Witnesses noted the license plate as officers traced the car to a residence. A white male, small in build, used a note demanding cash while teller Betty Splawn described the note and attempted dialogue. The car and money were recovered. authorities linked the vehicle to the robber. This follows another Texas bank robbery last week in El Paso.
City council postponed the gas rate discussion and a library staffing issue due to the absence of Councilman Honstruction. The meeting will address sewer line extension to the Holiday Inn on Highway 146 and appoint members to the 1962 equalization board, plus traffic concerns near James Bowie Elementary.
Cape Canaveral AP reports an attempted Hashing light geodetic satellite launch failed when the second stage did not ignite. If successful, a 3355 pound payload on a Thor Able Star would have produced more accurate world maps. Early flight appeared normal until ground systems confirmed non-orbit.
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital administrator Burton Matti will attend the Texas Hospital Association convention at the Shamrock Hilton in Houston Sunday through Wednesday. SIMH delegates include Grace Armetdt Wendell Riley and Mary Ellen Cooke. Sessions overlap with the Texas Association of Medical Record Librarians. Notable speakers include Sen. John Tower and Coca Cola executive Edgar Fore. A skit titled Patient's Demerits vs Hospital Routine will be staged.
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