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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1962
Page
1
In Niagara Falls Ontario two students wore Bermuda shorts during a 50 degree heat wave. Principal Werner F Fullerton sent them home to change into proper attire. He stressed that boys must dress appropriately regardless of the heat.
CAPE CANAVERAL FL A P Engineers work to modify the parachute system for astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter delaying his orbit flight to at least next Tuesday. Carpenter, Navy LTCDR, may meet his wife Rene at the spaceport as four children may join them. Officials cite tests on Glenns Feb 20 mission suggest a stray electrical impulse could trigger premature drogue release, delaying checkout until the main parachute deploys at the planned altitude.
Local Baytown area seniors and staff members are noted in Schreiner Institute activities. Recipients include Joseph Winston Brunson and N. Gaillard candidates, with Bart Ray Brunson and LaVelle Ficklin among the faculty and student leaders. Commencement plans and related accolades at Carver High School and Texas Tech are mentioned alongside local tidbits.
At Robert E Lee High School graduation exercises are planned for Sunday at 8 15 PM with more than 530 graduates to attend. Holly McLemore principal said rain forced use of the auditorium for the REL baccalaureate program with four lickels awarded to each graduate as part of the recognition.
Lee College announced a home nursing course to begin Tuesday in June at 6 pm in Room 131. Instructor Mamie Lea Reeder, RN, will teach relationship management, home care skills, and hospital home connections for $6.30, with registrations open to the public through the college and the director of nonacademic courses.
Harris County Commissioners discussed finishing the domed stadium using county funds after efforts to secure federal aid faltered. V V Ramsey favored completing the project with county money while denying a $5 million figure and promising to wait for cost estimates from architects and engineers. The panel noted existing funds and potential sale of seat options, with excavation already done on the South Main site and the Colt Stadium legacy noted.
Magistrate John O'Brien closed the curtain Friday on the Abie's Irish Rose like dispute between a dewish youth and his Catholic sweetheart. The Broadway style romance mirrors real life with Jon Glicker 18 and Patricia Kramer 18 of Queens and New Town River N J as the reunited couple. Family members withdrew an assortment of charges.
Four Robert E. Lee High School seniors will attend Boys State Austin from June 3 to 9, sponsored by the American Legion. Delegates Bill Marshall John Cunningham George Butch Perkins and Kelly Rushing will help model government with elected governor lieutenant governor attorney general and legislature.
Construction of NASA Manned Spacecraft Center at Clear Lake brings educational opportunity to Harris County and nationwide. Students may apply to the NASA Co op program for practical engineering and research experience plus financial support for college. Participants alternate between school and NASA work periods, gaining hands on training during their trainee term at the center.
A federal jury indicted Teamster Union President James R Hoffa in Nashville on two counts charging violation of the Taft Hartley Act and illegal collection of about $1 million through Commercial Carriers Inc a Detroit auto transport firm. The case ties to Test Fleet Corp and involves payments routed via an auto hauler operation linked to Hoffa Brennan and associates. If convicted Hoffa could face up to one year in prison and fines up to $10 000 per count.
Community Chest officers for Welfare League Health League and Thrift Exchange named. T F Seale named president of Welfare League with Rev Earl Bissex as vice president and Elaine Linder as secretary treasurer. Health League lists Dr W P Cappleman president Henry Armstrong vice president and Dr Karl Opryshek secretary treasurer. Thrift Exchange assigns Mrs M M Brown president Roy Rowland vice president Kenneth Irby treasurer with directors Mrs R B Battarder Mrs Rex Curtin B E Greer and Don Holloway.
A humorous incident from Memphis Tennessee describes a man who, after being heavily sedated, bumps into a mouse and quips I’ve been heavily seducted. The AP report notes the surreal scene as witnesses reacted with amusement.
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