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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1963
Page
8
Editorial praises voter backing for the Baytown school improvement program while lamenting the rejection of a $60,000 office space expansion. It credits trustees and staff for leadership and notes desegregation worries may have influenced results, urging continued community pride and study.
Three Baytonians Mr and Mrs William J Strickler and Clem Rover were among about 400 attendees at the 63rd Annual Texas Credit Conference in Galveston. Stricklers own the Credit Bureau of Baytown and took part in Retail Merchants Association of Texas and Associated Credit Bureaus of Texas sessions. Kovarowner of Kovars TV attended sessions of Retail Credit Executives of Texas, another sponsoring group.
Barry Goldwater cites Senate Preparedness Subcommittee findings on Cuba as a base for Soviet subversion in the Western Hemisphere. He lists alleged threats from Cuba including missiles, intelligence, electronic warfare, and risks to the Panama Canal and U.S. air defenses, urging awareness and action. He closes with a biblical exhortation from I Corinthians 15:34.
It is estimated that more than 47 billion aluminum cans were produced in the United States in 1962, equating to about 250 cans for every person. The figure reflects broad industrial output and consumer packaging trends of the era.
A psychiatrist and patient spar over what gauges a mind and a clock in a scene recalling Gertrude Stein and Alice Toklas visiting Chicago in the 1930s. Stein joins critics at dinner when police arrive, prompting a heated clash among luminaries and a startled maid announcing law enforcement.
A cluttered vintage page tests general knowledge and features a “Folk of Fame Guess the Name” puzzle about a Germanborn composer and an Austriaborn organist. It lists quiz answers like fungi for the first question, the chinook salmon for the second, John Hersey for the third, Dorothea for the fourth, and Near Tyler Texas for the fifth, with notes on births, places, and a brief historical aside.
Washington respects Gordo Cooper as a Shawnee boy who dreamed aviation and excelled early. The column links his fatherly guidance to his focus, then shifts to Krebsiozen cancer drug battles with AMA opposition and FDA limits. Cancer patients protest to keep access as NIH funds odd studies.
Washington AP Rep W R Poage of Waco urges strict accounting of travel expenses for congressional trips as House debates a joint resolution. He cites Interparliamentary Union practices and notes wives’ travel and government plane transport add no extra cost, while cancelled checks support reimbursements. A separate survey by the House committee examines hiring of older workers over 40.
In a Yorks versus London team match a spade opening by East leads to two three notrump contracts. At one table South declares 3NT and falls short while West is defeated at 4% after East bounces. The other table sees North-South reach 3NT, with three spade tricks and two diamonds, leaving West disappointed.
A compact listing of across and down crossword clues with numbers, including entries such as 1 Wild animal's den and 9 Capital Switz, plus many more definitions and cross references for a newspaper puzzle.
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