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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1961
Page
1
Baytown Lions Club will award 150 toward two years of tuition for Prairie College biology studies to Eloise Bradley a Carver High School graduate candidate. The presentation occurs at Prairie College programs and campus events with other local student achievements noted.
The Galveston daily note details a $500,000 bond issue approved by voters to fund 12 new Travis Elementary classrooms a gym at Carver High six classrooms at Carver Elementary and a cafeteria plus furniture. Bid process will begin next Monday with Lyndon Johnson overseeing and an architect to be selected. Also covered are trustee meetings updates to policies and band program funding at Robert E. Lee High School.
The Texas House approved a measure to fund the University of Houston for two years, sending the bill to Gov. Price Daniel. Debate centered on state aid, with estimates around $26 million annually. Conference negotiations aimed to resolve differences with the Senate and a possible budget report due Wednesday.
Mississippi Gov Price Daniel urged urgent traffic safety actions in a message to Texas lawmakers, pushing reforms to the ceaseing act expand school courses and chemical testing, while increasing Highway Patrol funding. The 10 man tax conference committee met multiple times with Lt Gov Ramsey and Speaker Turman as debates continued over university funding and loan shark legislation.
In racially tense Montgomery leaders plan a news conference to outline future actions for a segregation testing freedom ride. A Nazi hate bus toured the city amid martial law after race riots, while two NBC workers were attacked and a state legislative session weighed emergency measures.
In Washington, heated Senate exchanges erupt as critics accuse Kennedy aides and Castro of bowing to a fund raising drive for Cuban prisoners. Senators call for a clear U S stance while Cuban officials threaten to break off negotiations over indemnification and alleged imperialist pressure.
Henry Mills reports potato plants bearing tomato like green products. experts sought. A birthday note for S Winston Nowlin the speckled trout catcher. Bob and Lea Gingles plan a deep east Texas trip with parents Milton and Wilma. Various locals mention vacations, pool time, travel, warden Arliss Payne, and a funeral note for W W Gober.
Baytown appoints Drew W. Dunlap of Dallas as a one year mathematics teacher and assistant track coach at Gander High. A 1960 UT grad, Dunlap captained the Longhorn track team and helped set SWC relay records while partnering with ex teammate Wally Wilson.
Negotiations proceed for a 14 acre site at Park land Pruntt Baytown where Pioneer Savings Stamp Co plans a $25 million shopping center. Graywood would host a Stamp Redemption Store and nine buildings totaling 126000 square feet with 21 tenants and parking, with leases already signed for most spaces.
The Baytown Chamber of Commerce releases a prospect brochure for industrial inquiries. Supervised by Al Melinger and Norman D'Olive r, it covers city data, tax rates, labor supply, utilities, water, transportation, and raw materials to aid industrial location decisions, with no editorial comment.
Two members of the U S Corps of Engineers in Galveston will explain channel development requirements of Cedar Bayou and Goose Creek Stream at 1 30 p m Wednesday at city hall. Davis and Kaun will meet with Baytown City Council Ways and Means Committee on Waterway Development for Industrial Expansion.
Damaging hail rolled through several Texas locales during a Monday night storm, with scattered showers continuing across the state. Reports from Fort Worth and Snyder note hail and unsettled weather, while authorities monitor further activity.
Democratic leaders say President Kennedy will propose a comprehensive budget increase this week covering government, space, military ground forces, and Southeast Asia. The piece notes Laos cease fire issues, calls for wider International Control Commission, and probes on domestic oil policy and education spending. It also mentions a court case in Boston where Bernard Goldline pleaded guilty to income tax evasion.
Baytown is spotlighted in Southwestern Law Magazine as a progressive example, celebrating Montgomery’s career in law enforcement. The piece traces his rise from local roles in Fort Worth to leadership in Baytown, noting public praise and a wave of well wishes after his injury.
Graduation exercises will honor about 250 ninth graders from Bray area junior high schools with ceremonies at Memerial Sraeitia. Supt. George FE Gentry and principals will recognize graduates. combined bands and choir led by Thrace Mann staff will perform. speakers include W. AR. Jones and Rev. P. Walter J Henckell.
Houston Police search for Charles S. Herbert 24 a friend of the victim in a lounge shooting case. A suspect fled in a car after the slaying as officers probe motive and the sequence of events surrounding the firing at a downtown lounge.
Palm Springs California radio and television comedian Joan Davis died at 3 a m in Desert Hospital after a heart attack. She at 47 led the TV series Married Joan and spent years in radio and films before retirement in the desert home.
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