Bridge Over Channel Aims 6 Million Dollar Cost
County officials report a proposed four lane bridge over the ship channel near Deer Park with an estimated price of 6,050,000 dollars. The 140 foot high span would let ships pass and links the Baytown La Porte area with the Washburn tunnels and South Lake Houston parkway. Ramsey and Chapman plan talks with U S Army Engineers about the project as part of an outer belt drive around Houston.
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Deer Park
Wo. V. Ramsey
State Highway Department
Old Penn City
Baytown-La Porte
Washburn
Houston
Market Street
Pasadena
Port Arthur
Beaumont
Ramsey
Kyle Chapman
U. S. Army
Death of Mrs Wegener in Baytown Hospital
Mrs Anne Altschul Wegener aged 79 mother of Mrs Lowell Lammers of Baytown died at 12 05 PM Saturday in a Baytown hospital. Funeral services set for 2 PM Monday at Art Simpson Funeral Home chapel La Porte. Survivors include three daughters Mrs Richard Campbell Wilmette Mrs Paul Vornholt and Mrs Lammers of Baytown, a sister and a brother, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Lowell Latimers
Baytown
Bayley
Board of ‘Trades
Cheago
Wegener
Richard Blake Campbell
Wilmette
Paul Vornholt
Lammerg
Baytows
Duke Johnston
Toronto
Canada
Arthur Altzhur
Deer Park High School DP Graduating Class Heads to Baccalaureate and Commencement
Patsy Ussery and Muriel Reeves lead thirty six Deer Park seniors in baccalaureate at the high school auditorium with Rev Nace Crawford delivering the sermon. Commencement follows Thursday with Dr F Hiller of the University of Houston as principal speaker. Patsy Ussery is valedictorian with 93.5 average, Muriel Reeves is salutatorian with 31.3 average.
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Muriel Reeves
Deer Park High School
P.m
Nace. Crawford
First Methodist Church
Pasadena
F. Hiller
University of Houston
Patsy Ann Ussery
Louis Ussery
Mis
Jessie Muriel Reeves
M. S. Reeves
Optimists Plan Baseball Parade to Kick Off Season
Baytown summer teen baseball sponsored by the Optimist club will start Wednesday June 1 with a 4 30 p m parade along Texas Avenue from First to Second streets then to Oller Park West Baytown. Open to all individuals groups and organizations to enter a float contact Charles Fuller at First National Bank. Parade includes players and bands with officials named and plans under way led by Dr John K Cox and B B Williams.
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The
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Texas Avenue
Oller Park
West Baytown
Carroll Jaeger
Cuit
Charles Fuller
First National Bank
Optimist Lab
John K. Cox
Marshall
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Grover
Edge
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Curtle McNabb
A. P. Shaddix
Otis Baughman
Charlie Woolridge
Dr F. Joubert
Tor Fuller
Pat Royle
Pat Patterson
Bill Whittredge
Curtis McNabb
Flow Charles
Langford
General Hoats
Billy Knowles
Jaycee
Harry Boswell
J. A. King, Jr
Baytown youths face juvenile authorities over vandalism
Eleven Baytown youths aged nine to twelve admitted causing about 3000 dollars in damage to fixtures at an abandoned North Main supermarket now owned by Grace Grenader of Houston. Parents will appear before juvenile authorities next week as police recount entrances Friday and prior visits. One girl involved and several boys were part of the incident, with details from Police Chief Roy Montgomery and Officer John Meadom.
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North Main
Eddie Garerell
Palee
Weingarten’s Grocery
Texas Avenue
Grace Grenader
Houston
Roy Montgomery
John Meadom
Magnolia to Move 350 Fort Worth Workers to Beaumont
Magnolia Petroleum Co announces about 350 Texans will relocate from Fort Worth to Beaumont this month. The move includes 1048 Fort Worth refinery employees affected by shutdown, with 105 workers and their families already accepting new jobs at Magnolia’s Beaumont refinery. moving expenses are paid. Families are relocating now or by early June.
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Dallas
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Fort Worth
Beaumont
Magnolia
Phillips to Build Gas Plant in Andrews County Texas
Phillips Petroleum Co. said it will construct a natural gas liquids extraction plant about three miles west of Andrews in Andrews County Texas. The facility will be the second in the county and the company operates 11 such plants in West Texas and southeast New Mexico with an initial capacity of 3½ million cubic feet per day.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Phillips Petroleum Co
Andrews County
Tex
Andrews
Phillips
West Texas
New Mexico
20 Inch Pipeline Crossing Houston Ship Channel
The Tennessed Gas Transmission Co applied to place a 20 inch pipeline across the Houston ship channel and adjacent bay at Baytown two miles south. Objections must be filed with the Galveston district engineer by May 43. The pipeline would run 48 feet below mean low tide for 500 feet under the ship channel and three feet below the bay bed.
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Tennessed Gas Transmission Co
Acrogss
Houston Ship Channel
Tabs Bay
Baytown
Corps
U.S. Army
Galveston
Crosby Parents Told to Await Word on Vaccine
Crosby School Superintendent C O Dusek told parents of first through fourth graders to await official word on Salk vaccine shots. No vaccine is currently available and Crosby will likely schedule shots after Baytown. Parents must bring children to schools. no bus runs will be arranged. Radio and newspaper notices will provide definite information.
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Crosby
C. 0
Dusek
Baytown
Lung cancer detectable by sputum study
SAN FRANCISCO The American Cancer Society announced a study of over 1000 patients showing more than 90 percent of lung cancers can be detected by microscopic examination of sputum. Researchers Seymour Farber and David A. Wood of UC San Francisco led the work with ACS support, noting this inexpensive method aids early diagnosis and potential cures through surgery.
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San. Francisco
American Cancer’ Society
Seymour Farber
David A. Wood
Univrsity of California School of Medicine
ACS
Ellington Officer Sentenced Three Years In Rape Case
Lt. Shelby Bohannon of Alexandria, La., a 23 year old Ellington Air Force Base officer, was found guilty by an eight man court martial of statutory rape of a 14 year old and enticing her to prostituting with other officers. He received three years hard labor a dishonorable discharge and forfeiture of all pay and allowances. Bohannon admitted risking his career but chose trial over resignation. The panel acquitted him of criminal assault and taking money from the dates.
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Houston
Ellington Air Force Base
Shelby Bohannon
Alexandria
Bohannon
Air Force
Cutor
Deaa -Delafield
Ellington
Channelview Woman Dies In Hospital
Channelview resident Lillie Frances Crawford aged 62 died Friday in a Houston hospital. Funeral services set for Monday at 1 am at Second Baptist Church Channelview with Rev Kenneth Trent officiating. Burial at Hurstown cemetery near Center. Survived by five sons Clarence Merlie Guilliams Thomas Guilliams Pearl Guilliams Joe Crawford Wayne Crawford. 11 grandchildren. two sisters and three brothers.
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Channelview
Houston Hospital
Second Baptist Church of
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Paul A. Lee
Hurstown Cemetery
Center
Clarence Merlie Guilliams
Thomas BG
Guilliams
Philadelphia
Pearl WN. Guilliams
Houston
Joe N. Crawford
Wayne G. Crawford
Defective Water Meter Ordinance Passed In DP
La Porte city commission approves an ordinance to bill average charges for defective meters based on the last six months. A second ordinance amends the peddler license to five dollars. The panel also authorizes street topping funding and county cooperation on water line moves. A community barbecue for Bayshore Memorial Hospital is planned and repairs to the firemen’s apartment are authorized.
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Nugent
21Th Street
McCain Development Co
H. P. Pfeiffer
Sylvan Beach
Bayshore Memorial Hospital
Peid
Services Saturday For Eddie Malcolm Smith
Graveside services for Eddie Malcolm Smith two day old son of Mr and Mrs W C Smith of 135 Katherine were to be held at around cemetery San Jacinto Memorial Park with Rev Wayne McCleskey officiating. The child died at 139 am Saturday in a Baytown hospital. Survivors include the parents two brothers W C Smith Jr and Larry Wayne Smith two sisters Shirley Ray and Jennie Lou Smith and a grandmother Mrs Annie Lindott of Waco.
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W. C. Smith
Katherine
San Jacinto Memorial Park Cemetery
Wayne McCleskey
Baytown
W. C. Smith Jr
Larry Wayne Smith
Shirley Ray
Jennie Lou Smith
Annie Lindott
Waco
Department Store Sales Rise Across Dallas District
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas reports department store sales in its district rose 14 percent for the week ending May 14 versus the prior year. Dallas saw a 17 percent gain, and San Antonio's sales were up 11 percent over the same period.
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Dallas
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
San Antonio II
Immunity Gaps May Require More Polio Vaccines
A Yale professor says children in clean homes might need more Salk vaccine doses for lasting polio immunity than those in dirty neighborhoods. Data from Charleston show exposure to polio viruses in dirty areas fosters natural immunity earlier, while in clean areas antibodies may be weaker in younger children, potentially altering vaccination needs.
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New York
Joseph L. Melnick
Yale University School of Medicine
Charleston
D.C
Melnick
Mary Walton
U. S. Public Health Service
Kharlestan
Russia Extends Refugee Deadline Extension Request Approved
London reports the Soviet Union agrees to extend the refugee exchange deadline between North and South Vietnam by one month. Britain welcomed the move after a formal Russian note and earlier British proposal. The extension follows the deadline that had just expired.
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London
Russia
Viet Nam
Foreign Office
Britain
Soviet Union
Fish Recovered After Flood Swamp Near College
In Darndest STILE WATER Oklahoma STILE, Okinoni Ag College students recovered a seven-pound carp washed from a campus pond by rain runoff. The heavy rain swollen water carried the carp onto College Avenue where it was found.
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STILE
Okla
Okinoni Ag Collegy
College Avenue
Mont Belvieu Women Set for Baylor Degrees
Two Mont Belvieu women will receive Baylor University degrees this month. Jo Helen Langston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Langston, earned a bachelor of business administration. Carolyn Smith Osborn, daughter of Mrs. M. E. B. Smith, will receive a bachelor of arts in education. Degrees awarded May 3.
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Mont Belvieu
Baylor University
Jo Helen Langston
M. L. Langston
Carolyn Smith Osborn
M. EB. Smith
Pau
Break‑in at Ann Arbor Home Seizes $27 From Fledgling Account
Mrs. Donald Knapp reported a burglary at her Ann Arbor residence. Entry was forced and two piggy banks containing 27 dollars were stolen. Knapp, an expectant mother, had saved the money to start a bank account for her child.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Donald Knapp
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