Baytown notices and obituaries mix in Sun Spots
Graywood Civic Association hosts its fifth annual barbecue at Memorial Drive and Fleetwood this Saturday with serving starting at five. Mrs. McCarteys father Tom Parker, 67 year resident of Lufkin, dies in a Baytown hospital after a 67 year marriage. Federal rites set near Lufkin Baptist church. Car theft charged: E P Vickers, 20, held in Baytown jail after stolen car found in Port Lavaca. vehicle owned by John L Brelsford of Deer Park. Partly cloudy, warm in Baytown area with 66 88 degrees and possible thunderstorms. Galveston tides for Thursday: highs 5 17 am 2 54 pm, lows 11 09 am 10 17 pm. Survival course and Kiwanis program announced. Vacation Bible School scheduled May 27 31 at Baytown Baptist. Surprise call: L Y J D Wilson contacted by Capt A L Costley in Spain.
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McCartey
Tom Parker
Inez McCarley
Baytown
Lufkin
McCarley
David MecCarley
Barbara Eilers
Charlotte Brummert
Port Lavaca
E. P. Vickers
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Vickers
John L. Brelsford
Deer Park
Galveston
Around Town News and Personal Notes Clip
Mrs C J Newberry is due home from M D Anderson Hospital in Houston early next week. Doug Bell shows a new expensive golf set. Sandra Barrett returns from Sam Houston State. Linda Webb models this afternoon. Al Melinger happy after the school bond election. Jane Roberts chats with a former classmate at dinner. Mildred Strait discusses a jacket. Rick Hurst and Barry Smith, Sam Houston College journalism grads, join the Sun staff Set. Mr and Mrs Roger Critzer and three children move to Washington DC this Summer where he will be stationed in the Marines. They will join her parents for a summer vacation in Michigan. The Critzers have been in North Carolina for three years.
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C. J. Newberry
M. D. Anderson Hospital
Houston
Doug Bell
Sandra Barrett
Sam Houston State
Linda Webb
al Melinger
Jane Roberts
Mildred Strait
Rick Hurst
Barry Smith
Sam Houston College
the Sun
Roger Critzer
Washington, D.C
Marines
A. R .Padgett
Michigan
Critzers
North Carolina
Crosby School Trustees Study Teacher Pay Hike
Crosby trustees meet to discuss a proposed $200 yearly pay raise for 74 teachers and staff to raise base pay from $3,144 to $4,314 for a bachelor’s, $4,339 to $4,539 for a master’s, with automatic $108 annual increases for 17 years. Also on agenda: summer school plan, athletic equipment bids, property development talk, and bank depository renewal.
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Crosby
Lto
Allison Koonce
Charles Drew
Koonce
Harris County
Texas Education Agency
Robert E. Lee
Ashman’s
B Sporting Goods
Holt’s
Bernice Havard
Crosby State Bank
Buck Turns Travel Chevy Styles Trade Opportunity
Vacations get a boost with Buck Turns offering a chance to trade for exciting Chevrolet style travel options. Limited time offer prompts readers to act now for added fun in their trips.
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Buck Turn
New York Hails Gordon Cooper as Parade Fetes Orbit Hero
Millions in New York celebrate Air Force major Gordon Cooper who orbited Earth 22 times. Crowds fill Broadway in a Canyon of Heroes parade from Bowling Green to City Hall with confetti and cheering officials guiding the motorcade. Police struggled to clear the streets as crowds swarmed Cooper's open car. In Ottawa Lester B. Pearson urged an equal North American European partnership under NATO during a three day ministerial session on nuclear strategy and defense.
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New York
Gordon Cooper
Broadway
Air Force
Earth
Cooper
Bowling Green
City Hall
Ottaway(p
Lester B. Pearson
North America
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Pearson
NATO
A&M lauded for women admission passes in Senate
In Austin AP Senator W T Moore used a Senate lull to push a congratulatory resolution praising Texas A M College for admitting women. The measure passed by voice vote amid a distracted chamber. several senators sought to record opposing votes but were denied as Abraham Kazen continued his filibuster on a redistricting bill.
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Senate
Kazen
Polio vaccines curb cases as health officials report lowest polio incidence
State Health Department officials say polio vaccine drives account for the lowest incidence in 30 years of record keeping. Other items note a Texas cloudburst with hail, Gordon Cooper’s NYC ticker tape parade, and political and international developments.
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State Health Department
Congressman Albert Thomas to Lead Houston Parade Party
U S Rep Albert Thomas heads a Washington party to Houston for the Gordon Cooper parade. The delegation includes NASA officials James Webb and Barnard Holmes and Rep Bob Casey with other Texas lawmakers. Astronaut Gordon Cooper will accompany the group and they return to Washington after ceremonies.
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U.S
Albert Thomas
Washington
Gordon Cooper
NASA
James Webb
Barnard Holmes
Bob Casey
Texas
Houston
Cooper
Baytown Chief of Police William Montgomery Dies
Baytown Police Chief William Montgomery 66 of 406 Scott died at 6 55 am in a local hospital after a two year lung cancer fight. Funeral at Memorial Baptist Church at 2 pm Friday. burial at San Jacinto Memorial Park. He served Baytown police since July 1 1931 and had earlier worked in Fort Worth and Harris County Sheriff’s Dept. Survived by wife Callie two sons Sully and William Roy aI, one brother Sully, one sister Mrs Dave Whitesides. Montgomery born Sept 14 1896 near Waxahachie.
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Baytown
William of Montgomery
Scott
Memorial Baptist Church
Robert Cheek
San Jacinto Memorial Park
Earthman Funeral Home
Montgomery
Houston
Police Administration
Callie
William Royai
W. O. Montgomery
Fort Worth
Sully
Dave Whitesides
Grapevine
Tex
Hu. E. McKee
McKee
San Jacinto Ordnance Depot
Harris County Sheriff’s Department
Neal Polk
Pelly
West Baytown
Goose Creek
Tri - City
Tarrant County
Ellis County
Waxahachie
North Fort Worth
North Fort Worth High School
Armour Packing Co
Wavy
Chicago
Texas Senate approves redistricting bill after long filibuster
The Texas Senate cleared a contentious constitutional redistricting bill after a 15 hour filibuster. Senator Abraham Kazen led a failed effort to stall the measure, while Senator Don Kennard continued the floor fight until dawn. The body approved a House substitute creating a new South Texas district, adding a second Dallas County congressman, and pairing North Texas seats, with several amendments and votes on boundary changes.
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Austin
Texas Senate
Abraham Kazen
Lareda
Tues Gaye
Don Kennard
Fort Worth
Franklin Spears
San Antonio
Senate
Spears
Dallas
Harris
Bexar
West Texas
Dallas County
Midland County
House
South Texas
NorthTexas
Wright
Patman
Texarkana
Ray Roberts
McKinney
Strickler Elected Vice President of Texas Savings and Loan League
J. W. Jack Strickler president of the Baytown Chamber of Commerce and executive vice president of Harris County Federal Savings and Loan was chosen as vice president of the Texas Savings and Loan League at its Austin convention. A 31 year Baytown resident, UT graduate, he has long served local civic groups and church committees. The league represents 237 savings and loan associations statewide.
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J. W
Jack) Strickler
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Harris County Federal Savings and Loan Association
Texas Savings and Loan League
Austin
Strickler
Baytown
University of Texas
iHumble Oil and Refining Co
Navy
Harris County Federal
Baytown Lions Club
Harris County League of Insured Savings and Loan
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Goose Creek Country Club
Community Chest
Grace Methodist Church
Scholarships Awarded To REL and Carver Grads At Bay Town Lions
Bay Town Lions Club announced two year scholarships of 150 dollars a year to two Robert E. Lee High School seniors Judith Elaine Gatlin and Robert M. Segers and Carver High graduate Thelma Jean Davis. Gatlin will study secondary education at Lamar Tech. Segers will attend Lee College as a pharmacy major. Davis will study nursing at Prairie View A&M. All three held active roles in local clubs and honor societies. Lions Club committee members listed.
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Robert E. Lee High School
Carver High
Baytown Lions Club
REL
Judith Elaine Gatlin
Ann Gatlin
Girah
Robert M. Segers
Metta Bell Segers
Maryland
Thelma Jean Davis
Anglas Davis
Fayle
McNair
Carver
Gatlin
Lamar Tech
Future Teachers of America
Distributive Education Club
Antler Club
Segers
Lee College
Stags Club
Miss Davis
Prairie View A&m
National Honor Society
Sciences Club
Buccaneer Drum| and Bugle Corp
Lions Club
Julian W. Spring
W. D. Hinson
Rey Helms
Rey Helms, Dr. H. W. Kilpatrick TI
John Woodard
Baytown Council to Discuss Retirement Plan at Meeting
Baytown City Council will discuss the city employee retirement program at a regular semi monthly meeting at 5 20 p m Thursday in city hall An audit report from Bobbitt and Chambles a Civil Defense report by J Fletcher Hickerson Civil Defense director appointment of an equalization board and election of a new mayor pro tem on the agenda
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Baytown
City Hall
Bobbitt and Chambles
J. Fletcher Hickerson
Civil Defense
Shell Strikers Claim Rangers Used Rough Tactics
A Shell Deer Park union picket line disrupted traffic on Highway 225 near Shell gates in a two and a half hour jam. Rangers allegedly manhandled Deer Park Councilman W Brice Tuck and arrested him briefly while aiding the stoppage during a nine month strike. The Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Local 4367 called it the first violence in the dispute.
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Shell
Deer Park
Texas Rangers
Highway 225
Shell Gates
W. Brice Tuck
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Local 4367
Shell Chemical Plant
Baytown Bond Elections Approve Modernization and New High School
Baytown voters approved four bond measures totaling about 3.429 million and rejected one to fund remodeling the district administration building. A new air conditioned high school for 2,500 students and modernization of Robert E Lee High were among the passed items. Turnout reached 5,624, a district record, with completion not expected before September 1965 and bond sales likely in summer.
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Baytown
Robert E. Lee
Cedar Bayou
Harlem
McNair
Robert E. Lee High School
Cedar Bayou Junior High
Robert E Lee
Baytown Doctor C H Dolph Retires After Long Career
Veteran Baytown physician C H Dolph retires June 1 after 38 years of practice in Baytown. He studied at Oklahoma University and the University of Texas, served in World War I era training, and has taught at Baylor and Oklahoma medical schools. Dolph plans to travel and pursue fishing and golf locally, remaining in Baytown with his wife at 112 Utah.
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Fred Hartman
Dolph
Chancey
Angine
Tf Itout
University of Oklahoma
Brownsville
Philip Hose
Uit Treetine Pines
China
Japan
Coloor
Fado
California
Oklahoma
Baylor University School of Michigan
Houston
University of Texas Medical
Galveston
Jandan
St. Anthony's Hospital
Oklahoma City
University of Pennsylvania
Wichita Falls
Baytown
N. L. Dudley
Pr. Dolph
Mrs. Dolph
Utah
Mercury flights ended as NASA keeps door open
Washington AP reports space officials have locked the door on further Project Mercury missions while keeping a potential way back. Abraham Hyatt of NASA notes plans now aim to end Mercury as of row. James Webb says officials will review Gordon Cooper's 2 orbit flight data before final decision.
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Washington
Abraham Hyatt
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
James E. Webb
Rocket Club
Webb
Gordon Cooper
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Wally) Wilson
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