Sun Spots and Baytown News Highlights
Baytown area items include Mrs Barbara Bearden in critical condition after a car train collision at Baytown Hospital. Other notes cover fellowship at Bethel Mission, James Menifee receiving a slide rule from Humble Oil, Coast Guard boat inspections at Roseland Park, and Ray L Heinrich co authoring Alkyd Resin Modifiers. Houston and Baytown events include a marriage and family program, UH Summer Term registration, Beavley campaign reception, a City insurance award, Elks teen party, Shriners contest, and local education and art events. Highs near 92, tides and art festival details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara. Bearden
Baytown Hospital
L. J. Weiler
Around Lown and Baytown at the World’s Fair and local events
Around Lown reports Mr and Mrs W L Blansett heading to the Seattle World’s Fair with friends close behind. J R Krenick and Dr Eddie Krenick are noted, while patrolman Eddie Krenick stays downtown. Local scenes include Leah Gingles on a bicycle and Bob Gingles winning a broad jump at a track meet. Weeks reveal travels to Indianapolis for Memorial Day races and attendance at the World’s Fair, plus Baytown Aggies earning degrees at Texas A&M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Blansett
J. R. Krenick
Eddie Krenick
Leroy Phillips
Wilma Gingles
Leah
Bob
Bob Gingles
Charlie M
Maggie) Streich
W. Sterling
Sandavinto Hospital
Gwen
Ken Featherston
Indianapolis
Ind
Billy Platt
Billyeanne Miles
Sealite
Billyeanne
Billy Miles
S. Circle
Holt Russell
Morrell
Disneyland
Baytown Aggies
Texas A Atd M College
Francis Alvin
Bachmeyer
Donald Mortis
Bernard Abel Selensky
R F. Halter
Edgar Hullum
James W. ‘Rogers
Fred’ Kana Jr
Carlos Worley II
Humble ships big cargo to foreign port
The Esso Jacksonville, sailing from Humble Oil Baytown refinery, carries 22,000 tons of tube oils and 1,000 tons of solvent to Karachi and Bombay under U S government aid programs. Captain William Hamilton and 41 crew depart for a roughly 80 day, round the world voyage. A second tanker, the Esso Scranton, trails toward Bombay and Calcutta with 15,000 tons of tube oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esso Jacksonville
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
Humble
Ity
Karachi
Pakistan
Bombay
India
United States
William Hamilton
Cranford
N. J
Jung
U. S. Gulf
Pacific
Gulf
East Coast
Esso Scranton
Calcutta
Bernard Roberts
Daytona Beach
Florida
Memorial Rites Planned By VEW
The Robert R. Tuck VFW post will hold Memorial Day services at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in Little Arlington Cemetery Baytown. Participants include Baytown American Legion auxiliary Daughters of the Confederacy Navy Mothers Club and VFW Auxiliary. Families with veterans buried there are urged to attend. American flags will be placed on each grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert R. Tuck
VFW
Little Arington
Baytown
Baytown American Legion
Daughters of the Confederacy
Navy Mothers Club
Lee College Honors Ten Top Students
Lee College Friday night graduated its third largest class in history, 110 students. Honor graduates include David Glen Hurr, Michael Lawless, Marcia Rae Beaugh, Doris Bourke, Linda Maignaud, Emory Ezeli, James Herring, Jane Turcotle, Gladys Kirkland, and Joe Reed with top averages from 2.51 to 2.85. Main speaker Dr. Charles Allen urged depth of life beyond material gain and noted faith as a foundation, while Lawless earned the Student of the Year award and Hall of Fame induction. Additional honors went to Cynthia Boudloche, Rona Hurt, and Craig Townsend, with sundry scholarships and the Wall Street Journal award. George H. Gentry presented degrees to a large list of graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee College
David Glen Hurr
Michael Lawless
Marcia Rae Beaugh
Doris Bourke
Linda Maignaud
Emory L. Ezeli
James Herring
Jane Turcotle
Gladys Kirkland
Joe Reed
Charles Allen
First Methodist Church
Houston
Mike Lawless
Lawless
Rosary
Lee College Hall of Fame
Cynthia Boudloche
Rona Hurt
Craig Townsend
Dean Waller Rundell
Bessie Badgley
Baytown Education Association
Wall Street Journal
Sandra Kemplay
B&pw
Dr. Allen
Methuselah
Christ
George H. Gentry
Eva Jean Arnold
Bessie Crews Badgley
Robert Raley
Marcia Ray Beaugh
Robert ‘L
Beets
Mildred Lois Belin
John Douglas Bell
Lynette Bishop
Cymhia von Boudloche
Denis L. Bourke
An Judy Bower
Donna Lee Bryton
Burton, Burrus, Jr. Lovella
Meany Urges 35-Hour Work Week Across Nation
AFL CIO president George Meany proposes a nationwide campaign to cut the standard work week from 40 to 35 hours with the same take-home pay. He said the idea should be considered by the AFL CIO Executive Council at its August meeting amid talks with labor and labor secretary Arthur Goldberg and garment workers at the Atlantic City convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Labor Movement
Meany
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Enhiedy
Arthur Goldbere
Baytown council mulls tighter subdivision rules
At the June 14 meeting the Baytown City Council may adopt a new subdivision ordinance to stop relaxing rules within five miles of the city. The move follows years of waivers used to permit substandard developments and a plan to require park land at raw cost. The session also approved a flood gate installation, wage increases for two clerks, a tax valuation note on Hurricane Carla damages, and other routine actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
W. L
Dub) Ward
James M
Jim) Bryan
C. T. Staples
Chambers County
Cedar Bayou
Glen Meadow
Bob Smith Road
Truman Cox
James Timmers
George Chandler
Black Duck Bay
al Clayton
Board of Equalization
City Man
Seq Council
City Hall Improvement Plans Studied by Baytown Council
Baytown City Council discussed a partial interior remodel for better space use. Architect James A. Davis outlined five steps with total near 25 000 dollars, including exterior facelift and interior work. Davis noted the building is structurally sound and 80 000 dollar new city hall would cost more. No action taken. study may resume at budget time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
City Hall
James A
Bitsy) Davis
Davis
C. A
Chris) Hansen
Humble Del Webb Corp Plans West Ranch Development
Baytown sun reports Humble Del Webb Corp to study and develop 15 000 acres near NASA and Clear Lake in Harris County. Lammers named to state water panel. Friendswood Development Co chartered to acquire the land with officers Moore Gregg and Craddock in key posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendswood Development Co
Wesley G
Ble
West Ranch
Mohr
J. R. Ashton
Legis
Clear Lake
Inris County
NASA Lab
Friendwood Development. Co
Daniel
Rccess
Continental jetliner crash kills 45 in Centerville
Investigators from the Aeronautics Board reported Saturday that an explosive force of unknown origin occurred inside a Continental Airlines jetliner, causing its crash Tuesday night near Centerville, Iowa, killing 45 people aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
Iowa
the Aeronautics Board
Continental Airlines
Evicted sharecroppers case taints police abuse claims
A White man testifies that police tortured him with electric probes after he tried aiding evicted Negro sharecroppers in Tennessee, while a motion picture reel shows spaceflight footage damaged by seawater and potentially unusable for science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Man Telly Committee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Tennessee
5 000 Attend REL Ceremony at Memorial Stadium
At Robert E. Lee High School graduation 5000 attendees heard Holly McLemore announce about 50 scholarships and honors. Valedictorian Richard Walker, with 95.90 average, will win state and church scholarships plus Lee College aid. Numerous graduates earned National Merit recognition and various school awards.
BH Graduates 19 Scholarships Go To Top Students
Batbery Hill High School awarded scholarships at a Friday night ceremony in the school auditorium. Valedictorian W. C. Underwood Jr. led with a 496.77 average and earned four Texas state or church college scholarships. Salutatorian Eluing Clanahan received a scholarship to any church related school and posted a 92.58 average. Main speaker William Sherrill, Houston city treasurer, urged hard work and sacrifice for education, noting his Marine service and degrees from the University of Houston and Harvard. The 19 graduates, the smallest class in years, received several awards including citizenship medals for Joe Hudee, boys music for Gordon McDaniel, girls music for Elaine Clanahan, Tex Follett boys’ athlete, Carolyn Dillard girls’ athletic, and leadership for Andy Underwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batbery Hill High School
W. C
Andy) Underwood. Jr
Texas
Eluing Clanahan
William Sherrill
City of
Houston
Jack Valenti
Sherrill
U. S
University ‘of
Harvard
Barbers Enill
W. C. Underwood
Joe Hudee
Gordon McDanial
Elaine ‘Clanahan
Tex Follett
Carolyn Dillard
Andy Underwood
Work Starts Soon On 4 Street Paving Bonds
Baytown contracts for repaving four blocks on Memorial Drive, Rosewood Drive, and Felton Street in Graywood Subdivision were authorized. Low bid for asphalt topping came from Brown Houston at 7650, with rivals Black Top Paving at 8490 and Gulf Biluthic at 7776. West Defoe Street paving bids showed Brown and Root at 12489 and Gulf Biluthic at 12680, Black Top Paving at 13310. Plans for Bayway Drive resurfacing remain undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Rmfantness
City Counel
Memorial Drive
Rosewood Drive
Felton Street
Graywood Subdivision
Brown
Houston
Black Top Paving, Inc
Gulf Biutithie Co
Brown and Root
West Defoe Street
Gulf Biulithic
Black, Top Paving, Inc
Bayway Drive
Harbor Street
Sam House
Bayway
Tom
Vera
West Main
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Bethel Mission
W. Main
James Menifee
Carver
Society of Professional Chemists and Engineers
Menifee
Ray
Bay L. Heinrich
Jumble Oil and Refining Co
Baytonians
Paul Popenoe
Weldon's
Main
Family Guidance and Education Center
University of Houston
Reavley
Tom Beavley
Houston Club
Richard Scrivner
The
Citizens Agency
Phoenix of Hartford Insurance Co
Scrivner
Elks
Elks Lodge
Jack Walton
Baytown Shrine Club
Rector Walton
Alabama
Howard
Payne College
Brownwood
Land
Karen Franta
A. H. Franta
Burnet Drive
Stephens College
Columbia, Mo
Lamar-Alamo
Lamar _- Alamo
N. Pruett
Galveston
Galveston” Art League
Aly Art
Bayshore Wagon Wheel Club
Roseland Park Pavilion
Rudy Bruemmer
Weks
Rich Skinner
Billy J. Compton
J. Wt Compton
Industral Engineering
University of Texas
Dorothy Stewart
Lown
VEW
Scott Carpenter
Grand Turk Island
Earth
Deboras Kay Butchit
Wid
Vi Butcher
Schilling St
Mama Cat
Veterinnarians
Dong ‘ Yeoman
Council
Humble, del Webb Corp
Lowell Lamers
Bulletin
Motion Picture
America
Searrch
Mount Chichbir
Japan
Hennedy
Chaiman Charles -Ballinan
Texas Mouse
Russelllo Long
Senatee
Louisiana
Dacca
East Pakistan
Everyman
St. Johns
Mich
Oklahoma
Berlin
West Berlin
Algiers
Bobby Sutphin
Memorial Stadium
Presentation O
Holly McLemore
Rel
McLemore
Richard Walker
Richard
Bil Broyles
John Durham
Carol Badgley
Dan Brian
Betsy Wilson
James Mears
Bill Broyles
Thomas Elmore
Arthur Gillis
National Council of English Teachers
Jef Paine
R. B. Sparks
Bert Hill
Rickey Rawley
Southern Blue Print Company
Texas Chemical Council
Bausch and Lamb
Ray Cook
Hazel Evans
Yvonne D'Olive
Donna Shannon
Elizabeth Bomhoff
John Kilgore
Sharon Hood
American Association of University Women
John Fowler
Della Robberson
Charlene Barrington
Baytown Home Economics Association
Sara Davis
James, Cobley
Rudy Herrera
Baytown Kiwanis Club
James Gibbs
Dorothy Anderson
Baytown Lions Club
Gayle Walllace
Baytown Police Association
Lee Rel
Wanda Orton
Vera Harper
University of
Harper
Baytown Education Associ‘ation
Texas State Teachers As‘sociation
National Education ‘Association
May Jarrett
Stre
Wesleyan Service Guild
Grace
Creek
Sam Houston
W. Pearce
Whliam
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