Low Pay and Expenses Define Red China Living Standards
Peking report paints a mixed picture of Mao era earnings with average wages around 70 yuan monthly and apprentices at 15 while skilled workers reach 50. Rent is capped near 2 yuan a month for some, with food costing about five dollars and utilities modest. Many live in crowded housing, yet basic comforts like radios and bicycles appear, while cars, televisions, and cameras remain rare luxuries. Workers toil eight hours daily, six days weekly, with two weeks’ holiday yearly. medical care is free for the patient but partly charged for dependents. Retirement and maternity benefits favor the couple but emphasize modest living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard P. Lister
Peking
Wuhan Iron and Steel Company
Mao Tze-tung
Yore
Chang
Baytown Class of 1963 Graduation Awards Highlight Notables
The 1963 Baytown graduation featured numerous awards and scholarships across science, arts, and leadership. Recipients included Robert Lawless, Ginny Bethea, Jack Halter, Diane Cummings, and many others funded by local clubs, organizations, and Lee College scholarships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Bryan
Danny Waddell
Echols
Big Marshall
Lee College
R. B. Sparks
Robert Lawless
Society of Professional Chemists and Engineers
Keuffel and Esser Co
Richard Hargraves
Texas Chemical Council
Larry Clevenger
Bausch and Lonb
Ginny Betha
Jacklyn Shires
Peggy Kelly
Jane VanDeventer
Jaycee Jacobs
Jay
Martha Strauss
Daughters of the American Revoluton
Sons of the American Revolution
Jack Halter
Sick Franklin
Balfour
Patricia Donnelly
American Association of University Women
Robert Peacock
Baytown
Baytown Kiwanis Club
Carol Dippel
Janice Roach
Baytown Lions Club
Robert Segers
Judith Gatlin
Baytown Police Association
Diane Cummings
Ambrosio Rios
Baytown Rotary Club
Jackie Shires
Diane Tieman
East Harris County Medical Assistants
Sharon Swickland
Kathleen Dill
Highlands Elementary Parent-Teacher Association
James Contreras
Sociedad Mutualista
Miguel Hidalgo
Katina King
The
Wooster Lions Club
Citizens] National Bank
Lee Colere
Mae Jarrett
Virginia Chaplin
Charles Forque
Sam Houston State College
Terry Orr
Diane Peel
East
Harris County Registered Professional Nurses Society
Celestino Lopez
DeZavala
Parent-Teacher Association
Ginny Bethea
Field-Franklin
Mabel Black
Robert E. Lee
Anchor Club
Mary Clare Babin
Brenda Strack
Social Order of Beauceant
Baytown Music Study Club
Willie Sherrell Hooper
Paul Quinton
Texas
Baytown anglers flood Trinity Bay with big catches
Fishing at Cow's Reef near Capt. Earl Barnett's Bayview Camp draws crews from far and wide. Many land 5 to 9 pound speckled trout while others haul in larger, surprising weights as locals like L. H. Rickettson and Russell Liles report dozens of fish. A shark sighting by Dr. Ernest Smith adds to a busy day of tidewater sport.
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Trinity Bay
Cow's Reef
Earl Barnett
Bayview
Jerry Dunman
Boudreau Nowlin
C. W. Plato
Plato
Crawley
G. W. Curtis
Jethro Cain
Richard Lawrence
Lynn B. Jones
Harding
Channelview
John P. Laird
S. Randall
Pasadena
W. B. (Blumer) Thompson
Baytown Uja
Zanel Grey
Yvou
Laird
Trinity River
Thompson
Ernest Smith
E. de- Fee
Rufus Osgood
Hospital Notes Readouts From San Jacinto and Nearby
Patient list includes Mrs. Clayton Williams Chan nelview Room 338 and Patricia Jean Philyaw La Porte Room 227 plus Richard Lyn Kressiey Pasadena Room 133 and Herbert Forest Sims Kilgore Room 109. Other entries cover Houston Highlands and Harvey addresses with various room numbers.
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San Jacinto Hospital
Clayton Williams
Channelview
Kay Lynn
Dianne Cain
Highlands
Anthony P. Messian
Houston
Fred G. Henexson
Guwif Coast
Richard Lyn Kressiey
Pasadena
R. B. Jacobs
Harvey
Patricia Jean Philyaw
la Porte
J. B
Mantinband to Speak at UJA Campaign Dinner in Longview
Rabbi Charles Mantinband of Congregation Emanu-El will headline the 23rd Campaign Opening Dinner of the United Jewish Appeal at 6 39 p m Sunday at the Tower. The event honors Mose Sumner Don L Teter and Mervin Rosenbaum for humanitarian work benefiting TITA causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mantinband
Emanu-El
Longview
United Jewish Appeal
the Tower
Greensboro marches after city council endorsement of integration
About 900 years, Negroes renoring official endorsement of Integration by Greensboro's city council, marches into downtown shortly after the council's endorsement. Texas Senate advances a poll tax proposal to deter Texans Arcide in November if they want to vote. Orvil Dryfoos, 30, New York Times president dies. Pope John XXIII reportedly gains strength at a nine day retreat. Kennedy and Macmillan draft a nuclear test ban talks plan. Kennedy meets with leaders on racial discrimination wars.
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Greensboro
Texas Senate
Orvil FE
Dryfoos
New York Times
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Kennedy
Marold Macmillan
Khrushchev
Films On Japan At Coady Baptist Church
The Rev Paul Stephens of Second Baptist Church will present films from Japan at Coady Baptist Church at 5 30 pm Sunday during the training union hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Paul Stephens
Second Baptist Church
Coady Baptist Church
Mantband Receives George Brussel Award for Freedom Cause
The award recognizes Mantband for exceptional devotion to individual freedom and social justice in the spirit of Hebrew Prophets. More than half of those mentioned have been resettled in the United States and Israel.
Badgett Denies Holding Park Petitions Against Negro Park
Baytown City Councilman Ken neth E Badgett said Saturday he did not have petitions asking that Gulf Hill not be used as a park for Negroes. He stated he never possessed the petitions and that residents asked him to oppose the site. He favored providing park facilities closer to the Negro community if possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Kenneth E Badgett
Gulf Hill
Badgett
Four Killed In Car Wreck On Highway 90
A three vehicle crash on U S 90 in northeast Harris County Friday night left four dead and one injured. The victims were all in the same car: Theresa Ann Rodriguez 17, her infant brother Richard Anthony Rodriguez, Alvert Allen Nelson 21, and James Robert Mercado 22, all of Houston. Virginia Reed 41 was treated for shock and listed in fair condition. The other two drivers escaped injury.
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Houston
U. S. 90
Harris County
Theresa Ann Rodriguez
Richard Anthony Rodriguez
Alvert Allen Nelson
James Robert Mercado
Virginia Reed
Central Assembly Of God Bible School Opens Monday
Central Assembly of God Pruett and Nazro will start Vacation Bible School at 8 am Monday for children ages 2 to 14. Theme Wagons Ho On the Christian Trail. Trail driver Lella Mae Greer leads with staff in Beginners and Nursery, Primary, Junior, and Intermediate Departments, plus crafts and piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Assembly of God, Pruett and Nazro
Lella Mae Greer
Puss Ernestine Chastain
Verna Mac Raneau
Alice Barnett
Leata Young
Martha Lamb
Ione Flowers
Patsy Sterling
Betty Lou Chastain
Annual Baytown Y Day Camp Schedule Announces Sessions
The Baytown YMCA unveils its third annual summer day camp with four sessions from June 10 to August 2 at Roseland Park and Camp Ross Sterling. Activities include swimming hiking archery fishing crafts and Indian Night awards. Registrations are now open for children ages 7 to 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Ross Sterling
YMCA
Bid Opening Set On Seabrook Marine Lab
The Static Board of Control in Austin will receive bids by 11 a.m. Tuesday for a two story marine laboratory for the Game and Fish Commission at Seabrook. The building covers about 5933 square feet with reinforced concrete slabs, wood frame, brick and tile interiors, and a tilt-up exterior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seabrook Marine Lab
Board of Control
Lamar Ave
Austin
Seabook
Game and Fish Commission
Weingarten Bargaining Vote Recount Ordered
Baytown Weingarten Super Market workers vote on representation by Retail Clerks Union Local 435. A recount will decide the outcome after 105 ballots were challenged. union 924 to 919 against. NLRB examiner Wilton Waldrop says 48 stores could be affected and an investigation or hearing may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Weingarten Super Market
National Labor Relations Board
Retail Clerks Union Local 435
Wilton Waldrop
NLRG
Weingarten
Waldrop
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Kelly Rushing
Judy Smith
Tom Keating
Platiorm
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Pretend
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Knox Beavers
Karl Opryshek
L. D. Victory
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Hteee
Gregory Peck
James Cagney
Horts Buckholtz
Art Brin
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Leon Legler
Burnet Elementary
Jimmy Carpenter
Burnet
Mother's Club
Mothers Club
C. D. Echols
Eena
Carl Carr
Arkansas
Howard Lowell
de Queen
D. M. Thurston
K. M. Morris
Melvin Massey
Wallace Capterton
Jeff Harbour
B. J. Lewis
Rabbi Mantinband
Rabbi Mantineand
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John XXIII
Hubert F. Kennedy
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Bob Bradley
Wester
Margie Word
Bandera Ranchers Corral Club
Market ST
Knights of Columbus
Hal Kidder's
Central Assembly of God
Bible School
Jean Bean
Alyne Elliott
Gloria Webb
Helen Wells
Wanda Fuller
Lorene Walker
Mavis Crocker
Butch Flowers
Dorothy Merryman
Melba Atkins
Florence Wells
June Chastain
Eleanor Stolander
Naomi Teter
Elizabeth Welch
Arabella Fisher
Marie ‘Mathews
Genevieve Harstington
Odean Hamm
Drusilla Kieb
Connie Welch
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