Humble Day Big Barbecue Draws 9200 at Country Club
Humble Day crowds exceed 9200 on Saturday at Humble Country Club. Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang provides barbecue beef and sides while Boy Scouts run concessions. Activities include rides, sports demos, dances, and the Robert E. Lee band concert. The event marks the 40th anniversary of Humble Oil Baytown Refinery unit.
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Baytown
The
Sun
Humble
Humble Country Club
Red Bluff Road
Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang
Boy Scouts
Cubs
Country Club
Robert E.lee
Grand Central Station
Community Events Mixed with Parish Happenings
Sun Spots Pie Cake Sale by EAST HARRIS County A and M Mothers Club at 9 am Friday in front of Beall's. BAYTOWN SINGING Convention meets 8 pm Saturday at city hall with a free summer singing school discussed. Sacred Heart Crosby hosts a church barbecue and bazaar Sunday afternoon with meals at 1 for adults and 0.50 for children. main courses barbecue beef or country sausage and children’s rides. A Baytown ASME meeting features guests M. Parmlee and B L Ross of Johns Manville Corp at Humble Refining Co training building Thursday night. Galveston tides Saturday high at 7:55 am and 4:51 pm. low at 1:54 pm. Lamar-Alam Dadson to meet 7 pm Monday at Scout House 1101 North Pruett.
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East
Harris County A and M Mothers Club
Beall's
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Crosby
Baytown
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
M. Parmlee
B. L. Ross
Johns-Manville Corp
Humble of and Refining Co
Dads Club
Lamar-Alam
Dadson
Scout House
North Pruett
Birthday and travel notes fill local page events
Mrs Eddie Cox marks a Friday the 13th birthday as friends send good wishes. Rice University awaits first REL graduates Mary Lee and Mary Sue Williams. Domingo Vegas wins a 150 scholarship from East Harris County RPNs. Burton Burrus Viva Atchison report for Ridgecrest Baptist encampment in North Carolina. Melvin Johnson and Jay Smith plan to lifeguard duties this summer. Barbara White and Helen Hooker plan visits to Kerrville and Dallas while David Geaslin and Larry Macy head to Garner State Park. Vernon Olney to work in Louisiana. Margaret Fudge seeks more water skiing. Diane Kealing eyeing trips to PA NY WY CO. Jane Isenhower feted before moving to Australia. W T Daniel a busy band director. Mrs R D Burnside helps with Wallisville Road directions. Ken Purdue headed to California after school. Linda Henderson seeks swimming and horseback riding. John Rowe III turns one, birthday Friday the 13th.
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Eddie Cox
Cox
Mary Lee
Mary Sue Williams
REL
Rice University
Domingo Vegas
East Harris County
Burton Burrus
Viva Marie Atchison
Ridgecrest Baptist
North Carolina
Melvin Johnson
Jay Smith
Australia
W. T. Daniel
Barbers Hill
R. D. Burnside
Wallisville Road
Ken Perdue
California
Linda Henderson
John Rowe TI
John Rowe Jr
Houston OK for School Referendum Voting Machines
Harris County Commissioners Court assured the Houston School District that 260 voting machines would be provided for Saturdays public school integration referendum. Commissioner V V Ramsay said about 290 machines could be ready if possible while noting the Democratic committee originally asked for 700 machines for the election system.
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Harris County Commissioners Court
Houston
Democratic Executive Committee
Ramsey
Truman backs Symington for Democratic nomination
Former President Harry S. Truman endorses Sen. Stuart Symington of Missouri for the Democratic presidential nomination. The endorsement accompanies a broad political rally context amid 15 000 participants at Havana University voicing anti American captions and Cuba invasion fears.
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Harry S. Truman
Sen
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Havana
Uiversity
U.S
Cuba
Regents
University of Texas
American Council On Education
REL High School Traveler Debut Yearbook 1960
Robert E. Lee High School releases its 1960 REL Traveler yearbook edited by Eugenia Jones with Miss Vernon Liles as advisor. The volume honors late Principal R B Sparks and features candid student photographs, sections on clubs sports and organizations, and a color spread of the mascot Mr Lee.
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Wanda Ortoy
Robert E. Lee High “School
Lee Traveler
R. B. Sparks
Eugenia Jones
Quack Shack
REL
Mr. Lee
Frightful Friday 13th Salt Tainted Brunette Mentioned
A brief social note references a brown eyed brunette, daughter of Mr and Mrs W E Lamb of 605 South Fourth, with a Chinese salt superstition mention.
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Brunett
W. E. Lamb
South Fourth
Lyndon Johnson Deal Favored by Harris County Democrats
Liberals and conservatives in Harris County Houston flirt with a deal to endorse Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Democratic convention. Observers say loyalty clauses and division within factions make a Johnson endorsement unlikely without concessions. Precinct results show mixed support and many conservatives wary of a Johnson vote. The Credentials Committee will meet Friday to seat delegates, signaling a wider contest at Saturday’s court convention.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Harris County
Houston
Johnson
Baytown
Sen
Delmar Public Schools
Democratic Executive Committee
Battle
Page
Some Types On Upswing Police Keep Crime Rate In Check Here Some Types On Upswing
Baytown sees rising crime in 1960 with burglary and auto theft up from 1959. Police, 33 officers strong, handle more calls while patrols stretch thin and traffic enforcement dips 20 percent. Juvenile and adult arrests rise as jail totals grow.
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John Marsh
Baytown
B.J. Ausley
Harris County Peace Officers Awards Foundation
Humble and REL Emphasized Partnership at Baytown School
Robert E. Lee High School marked the 40th anniversary of Humble Baytown operations with a statement by Holly McLemore. He praised Humble and Lee as partners, noting Humble’s tax support for schools and the school's role in training local employees.
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Robert E. Lee High School
Humble
Baytown
Holly McLemore
Robert E. Lee
McLemore
America
London Times
Hurmble
Bost
Schedule for mobile X-ray unit in Brayfoyn area
The schedule lists May 14 at Weingarten's from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. and May 14 at United Rubber from 7 a.m. to 3 a.m. Details appear incomplete or garbled but indicate times and locations for the mobile X-ray service.
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Wy Brayfoyn
Weingarten's
United Rebber
Soviet air force chief cancels US visit amid spy plane downing
The Soviet air force chief Chief Air Marshal K A Vershinin postponed his US visit citing a more suitable time after the May 1 spy plane downing in the Soviet Union. Norway protested to Washington over plans to fund the spy plane in Norway.
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Washington
United States
K. A. Vershinin
Moscow
U.S. Air Force
Soviet Union
Norway
Echo satellite balloon mission fails to reach orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP The United States failed to place a giant balloon satellite into orbit as a reflector for long range radio waves during Project Echo. The 100 foot aluminum coated sphere was to inflate at orbit but signals were lost after the second stage burnout. NASA planned a retry later this year and ordered twelve rockets for inflatable spheres and solar power tests.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington
NASA
Reed
Sylvan Beach Day Attracts Crowd In La Porte
La Porte hosts Sylvan Beach Day with a downtown parade at 10 a.m. featuring 75 entries and beauty contestants for Miss Sylvan Beach. Notables include Glenn McCarthy and Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Lawrence. Events include Little Lady contest at 1:30 p.m., beard contest at 4 p.m., Miss Sylvan Beach judging at 2:30 p.m., pavilion dance at 9 p.m., with Ed Gerlach's Orchestra performing.
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la Porte
Sylvan Beach
Womn
Civic Club of
Sun Opens New Phone Service To LP People
The Baytown Sun announces a new telephone link between La Porte and its office enabling toll free calls to the paper. La Porte subscribers can reach The Sun via Enterprise 3540 with direct dialing from the La Porte operator. The service aims to boost La Porte Bayshore area coverage and daily news presence.
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Sun
la Porte
Baytown
la Porte - Bayshore
Fred Hartman
The
Hartman
la Porte City
Chamber of Commerce
John Marsh
Marsh
le Porte - Bayshore
Enterprise
Three Brownwood Dogs Poisoned In Week Fatality Reported
Brownwood veterinarians, led by Dr. H. M. Dismukes, reported three dog poisoning cases this week. One dog, belonging to Mr. and Mrs. George R. Shepherd of West Bayshore Drive, died. The other two dogs owned by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Carew and Mr. and Mrs. W. Z. Elis remain under treatment. Strychnine was used in all three incidents, including a Wiener eaten by the Carews' dog.
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Brownwood
H.M. Dismukes
George R. Shepherd
Bayshore Drive
Veterinary Hospital
Herbert Carew
Cabiress
W. Z. Elis
West Bayshore Prive
Dismiskes
Carews
Missile trap dish built by RCA for UK BMEWS site
A giant dish built by Radio Corporation of America in Moorestown is prepared for use at a Ballistic Missile Early Warning System site in England. The operation involves securing the massive radar dish for strategic warning operations.
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Radio Corporation of America
Moorestown
No 0
We Warkehire
England
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REL High School Traveler
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Klompen
Renning Wreagh
Central Press
Mendy Lamb
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