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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1960
Page
1
Junior high graduates are invited to open house after graduation Thursday night at the Quack Shack. Membership tickets may be bought by graduates at that time. ST Johns Methodist Kindergarten and Nursery registrations underway for next year. For information call Mrs. L. H. Davis or Mrs. Frank Thompson.
PARTLY cloudy and mild through Thursday with widely scattered thundershowers over this section of the state. Thursday's tides at Galveston will be high at 5:51 am and 3:06 pm with low tides at 12:05 pm and 10:33 pm.
Baytown residents enjoy brief breaks from work with trips to Las Vegas Flagstaff and New Orleans. Local figures including J T Strong Jr Gregory Strong Eva Whitfield and others resume daily routines and restaurant shifts while townsfolk share small moments from life and community events.
Jerry Wayne Cooper drove the car in a crash and was uninjured. Highway Patrolman M. H. Parker and A. H. Malone investigated the incident with Baytown Auxiliary Policeman J. F. Hickerson assisting.
Barbers Hill High School holds commencement exercises at 8 p.m. Friday with Sumner Daniel and Douglas Dugat delivering short addresses. Main speaker is George Parks of Lamar College of Technology. Diplomas and scholarships will be awarded by Supt. W. C. Underwood and Principal Charles Hornburg. Twenty one graduates, report cards will be issued after Friday’s sixth grade program.
516 graduates at Robert E. Lee High School will receive diplomas in commencement exercises at Memorial Stadium Friday at 8 p.m. The event marks the largest senior class in the school's history and follows Thursday ceremonies for junior high students.
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida AP a heat tracking satellite designed to detect hostile missiles will test infrared sensing and relay alarms to defense centers within about 30 minutes. The 22 foot long satellite with a 3 foot diameter will orbit overhead at 322 miles apogee and 292 miles perigee testing sensing gear while tracking rocket launches from Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg Air Force Base. The unit is expected to operate for three to four weeks with a three year planned orbit.
AP reports massive quake and tidal wave devastation in southern Chile with nearly 2,000 dead or missing and up to two million homeless. Officials warn totals will rise as reports arrive from isolated areas, with reconstruction seen as years away and damages in the hundreds of millions. Tidal waves killed hundreds in Quelen and Meta.
Baytown high school graduates face limited summer work as merchants have not offered many positions. John W. Durham of the Texas Employment Commission notes this echoes last year’s tight job market, with over 300 students graduating from Robert E. Lee High School.
In Wiesbaden Germany the nine Americans and their C47 remained on communist soil more than a day after being released by Soviet authorities. A Grevesmuhler police official cited bad weather reportedly delaying takeoff as gusty winds and clouds covered North Germany. The group had strayed from Copenhagen to Hamburg and spent four days in Seylet custody.
President Eisenhower addresses the nation on the collapse of the summit conference and its impact on free world policies. The address follows diplomatic fallout from the downed U S spy plane and will be broadcast live on CBS, ABC, and major networks with rebroadcasts on NBC TV and overseas via Voice of America.
Channelview Citizens Committee announced its opposition to creating a new East Harris County junior college district that would include Channelview La Porte Deer Park Pasadena and Galena Park. A May 31 election would decide the district and a 15 cent maximum tax rate.
Polling places are set for Tuesday May 31 to decide on creating a new junior college district in East Harris County. Voters from Channelview La Porte Deer Park Pasadena and Galena Park districts may vote on the first two propositions if they hold a 1960 poll tax receipt. Absentee voting available at the county clerk in Houston.
Lawrenceville New Jersey AP stockholders gathered at the annual meeting with about 4000 in attendance. President Monroe Rathbone forecast a 5 percent rise in all consumption this year and said the firm will secure its full market share. He acknowledged disappointing oil share prices but said the industry is in a low part of a cycle that must rise.
General Services Administration issued bid invitations for a 275000 expansion and remodeling of Baytown’s main post office with small business set asides. Rep. Albert Thomas said bids open June 23 in Washington. project would add a central air system and new doors, sandblast exterior to match addition, and aim to consolidate federal offices in Baytown.
Baytown merchants and businessmen are urged to ensure all employees are counted in the 1960 federal census. The Chamber requests help from the public to gather missed names, while postmen are warned of delays. Anyone unsure if counted can obtain a census form by leaving a note on their mailbox. District census director Hargrove Smith says the official Baytown count will likely be completed this week.
Humble Oil and Refining announces purchase of 27 retail outlets in California Nevada and other Western states marking entry as a marketer there. The expansion increases Humble’s outlets to 40 states nationwide.
U.N. Security Council rejects a Soviet resolution seeking condemnation of U.S. spy plane flights. In domestic bills, Mouse advances federal aid for school construction for a third time after two prior defeats. Dallas debates a stair-step school integration plan amid suits by the NAACP. Political shifts see Nixon backed by Tennessee and Florida Republicans. Severe weather hits the Northwest, with three tornadoes and destructive hail. Symington urges bold action against the Soviet Union’s strength, warning of a trade war. A San Antonio hospital plan aims to withstand atomic blasts. Regional security talks and international tensions surface as Japan and the Western Pacific face upheaval. A tidal wave toll in Chile reaches 183 dead or missing with millions in damage. Francis Crosby, ex-husband of Denise Darcel, is convicted of using mail to defraud in a $2.3 million oil stock scheme.
A Route 1 classified ad successfully generated inquiries and led to a quick sale. The seller Jerre Fi reports high satisfaction with responses and the buyer’s interest, noting the ad was redrafted four times before the vehicle sold.
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