Bids Sought On Library Site Locations
Bay town City Council votes to reopen site discussions for Sterling Municipal Library and seeks bids on trade sites. A joint meeting with the school board may consider the Lee Drive and Market site, though the board previously said land could not be used. Councilmen push delaying planning until June 22 to study options, with new member Hansen backing a site clearly superior to the present one.
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Blue Beathard
Baytown
Sterling Municipal Library
Thomas Circle
Texas Avenue
West Sterling
Lee Drive
Market
C. A
Chris) Hansen
Toe Cod
Feelles
Toe Oe
W. L
Dub) Ward
Hansen
James M. Bryan
Ward
Vena
Hugh Gires
Abetages Lughes
Bryan
Graywood
Decker Drive
Sun Spots X-Ray Unit And Community Notices
A Baytown area note sheet details a mobile X-ray unit at a Saturday dance in Crosby Baytown area with admission set at $1.50 per couple and the event running 10 am to 5 pm. Other items include memorial services for veterans at Cedar Crest Cemetery, VFW Post 912 organizing grave flags, a women’s auxiliary church dinner, voter transportation help, a UT French prize, Kiwanis program on Japan, land purchase by the Casey family, Russia tour recap, bridge lessons, staff update for George Liles, a late night TV panel on anti-Communism, Baytown council schedule changes, and a skeet shoot at Camp Reher.
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Houston
Harris County Mobile
Agnes Kjzt
Crosby and Pillot
Baytown
American Legion Hall
Rosenberg
Cedar Crest Cemetery
Robert R. Tuck
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW Post
Talks resume on multi million tax compromise
Austin negotiators from Senate and House agreed to renew talks on a multi million dollar compromise after brief discussions between Senate chair Ren Wardlow Lane and House chair Rep Charles Ballman. Earlier talks had stalled with no clear agreement in sight. President Kennedy asked Congress for a drastic overhaul of aid programs in a four point seven five billion annual plan and a long range system for future years. Weather outlook calls for cloudy to partly cloudy skies through Saturday with scattered showers possible.
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Washington
Kenedy
Congress
Kennedy
Local Notes Include Archery Meet Plans and Community Mix
Ed Ratley Bill Williamson Bill Miles and Melvin Jones will leave Friday to attend a two day archery meet in San Antonio. The Baylonians are members of the Bow Hunter Club. Mrs W E Sharp recently ill in John Sealy Hospital Galveston is reported doing fine and returning home Friday. Blair Mann is popular with two young women in town ages two and three. Mrs Matthew Heiman hosts a Sunday School swimming party. Mary Cantrell cuts do dads for church vacation school. Mrs Burtis A Brinkley of Highlands visited Galveston and attended the Texas Association of Insurance Agents convention. Jesse Smith proud of fishing craft on the water in a stiff breeze. Forrest McKinney nearly finished with new planting. Mrs Baddy Miller straightens a native on Ward Road. The Houston Weather Bureau reports 16.55 inches for a neighborly visit this year below the 17.11 average.
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ED Ratley
Bill Williamson
Bill Miles
Melvin Jones
San Antonio
Baylonians
Bow Hunter Club
W. E. Sharp
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Blair Mann
Matthew Heiman
Mary Cantrell
Burtis A. Brinkley
Highlands
Texas, Association of Insurance Agents
Dim Nelson
Jesse Smith
Forrest McKinmey
Baddy Miller
Ward Road
Parker
Houston
Jenny Jaken
Heavy rain dumps 1.6 inches in 35 minutes in Baytown region
A thunderstorm drenched Baytown and parts of Harris County with up to 2.5 inches of rain. Thursday’s rainfall totaled 1.77 inches, with 1.6 inches falling in a 35 minute span, chilling temperatures to 67 degrees around mid‑day. The Humble Baytown Research Center notes its last appreciable rainfall date was April 6.
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Baytown
Harris County
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown Research Center
County OK On Stadium Lease Due
The Harris County Sports Stadium lease undergoes final review as commissioners weigh Atty. Gen. Wilson approval and County Attorney Resweber ruling. The plan hinges on a June 1 deadline with the National League, while the Houston Sports Association shifts to sole tenancy and a veto power deal. A group of Harris County businessmen pushed for immediate court approval.
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Harris County
Commissioners Court
Houston
Atty. Gen
Will Wilson
Joe Resweber
Houston Sports Association
HSA
W. W Ramsey
Atty. Gen. Wilson
Wilson
National League
Warren Giles
Houston Group
Wilton A. Roper
Baytown
Citizens National Bank
Harris County Park Board
Interview With Librarian Candidate Blasick At Baytown
Baytown Library Board interviewed Henry J. Blasick for the Sterling Municipal Library post. Blasick heads an eight county Florida system centered at Live Oak with 250000 volumes circulated. Plans call for construction to begin this summer under Architect Lowell Lammers as the board seeks to hire before completion.
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Baytown Library Board
Henry J. Blasick
Sterling Municipal Library
Blasick
Live Oak
Fla
SLO
Ler College Library
Florida
Lowell Lammers
Lit
Efficiency Economy Improvement Panel Aims For City Gains
Mayor Preston Pendergrass appoints a four member Municipal Economics Committee to study city policies and push efficiency and cost saving measures. The panel will operate as a policy investigating group, not an administrative body, and report recommendations to the council. A tax overcharge dispute involving B P Cameron of Graywood highlighted municipal notices and refund policies.
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Preston Pendergrass
Clayton
Little Hoovers Commission
J. B. le Fevre
C. A
Chris) Hansen
James M
Jim) Bryan
Seaborn Cravey
W. L
Dub) Ward
Municipal Economics Committee
Council
B. P. Cameron
Rosewood
Graywood
Cameron
Kennedy names labor dispute commission for space sites
President Kennedy sets up a commission to handle labor disputes at space and missile sites to avoid strikes and slowdowns that have delayed projects, as witnesses told a Senate subcommittee. Also notes progress on racial integration, trials for Freedom Riders, and calls for a CIA investigation and stance on civil liberties and religious freedom.
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Kennedy
Sensis Subcommittee
Heavy Ballot Expected In Texas Senate Runoff
In East Harris and across the state a heavy turnout is forecast for Saturday's runoff to determine the U S Senate seat. Republican John Tower faces Democrat Blakley amid mixed Democratic support and Republican backing. Absentee ballots and polling irregularities loom over the race as campaigns push to mobilize voters ahead of the deadline for absentee votes and the election day tally. Local precincts in East Harris list polling sites and election judges as campaigns clash over turnout and legitimacy.
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East Harris
Blakley
Dallas
Tower
John Tower
William A
Bil) Blake
Fort Worth
Ley
U.S
Senate
Lyndon
Harris County
Tahnenn
Wichita Falls College
Ton
Price Daniel
Sen
Austin
Sen. Blakley
Theovernor
Blakey
Tad Smith
el Paso
Texas
Nere
Alamo School
Jamey F
Kim) Rhodes
Buriet School
John 8
Hud
Blackburn
Highlands
Wallig Hunt
Croghy High Schoul
Jamen M. O'Reiily
Huffman Elementary School
D. Helms
Thad Felton
Duck
Mester
Chambers Bayou Area Eyed Annexation Sparks Debate
Baytown City Council discussed annexing land along Chambers Bayou and a Cedar Bayou stream section near the new sanitary landfill. Roy Hughes proposed crossing the boundary to include the east bank of Cedar Bayou, but concerns about county friction led to dropping the stream from the ordinance. The council set agenda deadlines, approved a patrol car bid, and planned ordinance revisions and subdivision street decisions.
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Baytown
Busch Straight
Drum
Houston
Clayton
Cedar Bayoe
Harria County
Roy Hughes
Chambers County
al Clayton
James M. Bryan
Hughes
Thad Felton Ford
Police Department
Dub) Ward
Ward
Leo Frost
Glen Arbor
Water Department
Bryan
Bom Busch
REL Students Win 42 Awards This Year
Forty two state and national awards in science English and other subjects were earned by Robert Lee High School students. Wake Epps received the Bausch Lamb science award and an expense paid trip to Rochester University. Grace Broussard Mary Corneil and others won national recognition and trips. Finalists in National Merit included Wayne Bertsch Beth Burnside Dorothy Camp Dee Heald Kaylah Holcomb Jane Isenhower and Christopher Knapp. Jackie Susie earned a $6000 scholarship. Eddie Comeaux scored 117 of 120 in Latin and earned a trophy.
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Robert Lee High School
Wake Epps
REL
U.S
Bausch Lamb
Rochester University
New York
Wake
Grace Broussard
Westinghouse
Mary Corneil
Kansas City
Mary
Houston
National Science Teachers Association
Dan Gage
Terry Jones
John Cater
Donny Thiebel
George Ferguson
Barbara Warne
Larry Clevenger
Fiddie Comeaux
Patsy Littlepage
Kathy Retz
National Council of Teachers of English
Wayne Bertsch
Beth Burnside
Dorothy Camp
Dee Heald
Kaylah_Holcomb
Jane Isenhower
Christopher Knapp
Jane
Christopher
Baytown
Jackie Susie
Eddie Comeaux
Iwon
James Allen
Area School Executive Panel Elects Officers Names
Baytown officials Paul Dixon Jr and Mrs Marjorie Warren were elected to Cypress Fairbanks Amended School Board executive roles joining Kenneth Tice Jena Park Blair Roland and Dr C Ford among Gulf Coast area members. The group named Dr Horeczy president and voted to meet four times next school year with programs for districts including Harris Galveston Fort Bend and Liberty. The first meeting will be in Cypress Fairbanks with district reps from Austin Brazoria Fort Bend Seabrook Harris Galveston Liberty Matagorda and Montgomery counties.
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Joel Horeczy
Baytown Fot
Paul Dixon Jr
School Tristee
Cypress Fairbanks
Marjorie Warren
la Porte
Imiltee Gulf Coast Area
Kenneth Tice
Galtion
Jena Park
Horeczy
Blair Roland
Spring Branch
Galtj
C. Ford
Hitchcock
Latevamitiva
Feuzend Caribon
Cypress-Fairbanks
Austin
Brazoria
Fort Bend
Sea Ppe
Harris
Galveston
Liberty
Mata- Tr
L. F
Rosenhad
Texas
Jorda
Montgomery
Waller
Kity
Oth i
Wharton
Military rulers compromise over Korea command control
In Seoul the military rulers and U S General Cartier B Mas Rider reached a pact restoring most of the operational control over Korea's 525,000 troops to Magruder before last week's coup. Magruder said authority as UN commander was restored to a considerable degree, not fully.
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South Korea
U. S
Cartier B. Mas Rider
Magruder
Magrinitz
U.N
Korea
Two New Jersey Socialites Slain
In Plainfield two socialites were found dead beside a white Cadillac after abduction. One woman was strangled and the other run over as she tried to flee. Police detained two young Black suspects, Lorelle Parks and Joseph Maxey, both Plainfield auto shop employees, with officers noting both denied involvement but implicated themselves. The victims were Mrs Elliot C Ewell of Westfield and Mrs Robert Tyson of Plainfield.
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Plainfield
API
Netwoman
Severand
Daniel Hennessy
Elliot C. Ewell
Westfield
Mark Trick Ico
Robert Ty Ison
New York
Mack
Lorelle Parks
Joseph Maxey
Dunellen
Prin
Seven Die as Car Crash Shocks Arizona Town
SAFFORD Ariz AP a split dering lower car crash on a desert shicway killed seven persons and injured one Thursday night including six teenagers going to a high school graduation The tragedy stunted this south eastern Arizona town of about 4 now A crowd of about 200 gathered at the Safford Hospital where the injured and dying were brought land later at funeral homes The Arizona Highway Patrol said the youngsters seven in a car piled out from a dirt road onto U S Highway RAS abut 10 30 p m and were hit by Wayne Wameley 33 Pima Ariz Wam stey a farm equipment operator loag killed
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Safford
Ariz
Arizona
Safford Hospital
Arizona Highway Patrol
U.S. Highway
Ras Abut
Wayne Wameley
Pima
Ariz. Wamstey
Loag
Texas Skies Are Clearing Today
Severe thunderstorm swept over Austin Thursday injuring two boys. Robert Courtney White, 12, died early Friday from lightning injuries while his friend Alan Dysart, 11, was knocked down and left with loosened teeth. Widespread damage spanned South Fort Worth as cold dry air moved in.
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Associated Press
Texas
Rober Courtney White
Austin
Alan Dysart
South Fort Worth
Baytown Schools Close For Summer With Grads And Reports
11,500 Baytown students finished classes for the year while faculty filed reports and issued report cards. Robert E. Lee High seniors graduate at Memorial Stadium with four tickets per student, no speaker, and awards in the program. About 700 ninth graders completed graduation exercises across four junior high schools.
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Baytown
George H. Gentry
Robert E. Lee High School
P.m
Memorial Stadium
Rel
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