Baytown notices mix in holiday and local events
Rotary Club will not meet Wednesday due to Memorial Day. Next meeting June 6. Mrs Alice Tyree’s speech students will recital at Trinity Episcopal Parish House 2:45 Sunday. Houston firm OLD MARKET Corp获 awarded Crosby post office building contract low bid $4 800 yearly opened May 4. Baytown and Houston community items include monument dedication to Allen brothers and local obituaries, theft reports, and local youth achievements.
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Rotary Meeting
Rotary Club
Alice Tyree
Trinity Episcopal Parish House
Joe Allen ‘Moskowitz
Bobby Cockrim
Gayle Billings
Terry Bordelon
Mister Jones
Susan Hays
Hallie Dann
OLD Market Corp. of
Houston
Post Office Department
Crosby
J. Edward Day
Allen Brothers
City of
John Kirby Allen I
A. C. Allen
John P. Mooney
Ralph Bozarth
Ray Allen
Allen
Pop) Mabry
Baytown
Beach witnesses launch shriek as rocket goes up
Bill and Lois Bradshaw and toddler Sandra watch Scott Penter launch at Craveral Beach. Onlookers say the tiny rocket produced a booming roar, causing beachgoers to fear an explosion. Also noted SMU graduations for Lynda Cornelius, William Watson Hearon, Robert Mayherne, and Michael Ramsey. Rotary Club guests include Benson Marks Cade Feierhardt and others. Local resident Joy Bell Davis hospitalized for X-rays. Families travel from Rosenberg and Sherman to Memorial Stadium commencement. Bubba Kay questions red chicleyele incident. report cites Lynchburg School.
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Bill
Lois Bradshaw
Sandra
Craveral Beach
Scott Penter
Laig
Lynda Cornelius
H. J. Cornelius
Southern Methodist University
William Watson Hearon
C. W. Hearon
Robert W. Mayherne
Robert Matherne
SMU
Michael Ramsey
W. V. Ramsey
Channelview
Rotary Club
Fred Benson
Jay Marks
Eddie Cade
John Feihardt
Irsda
R Ray
Cynthis Ann
Debora Marie
Walter Naii
Sherman
Baytown
Oceana
Gray
Naval Air Station
Bubba Kay
Mable
Lynchburg School
Uncertain events span grain payments and rebel actions
A federal official cites that grain storage payments to Billie Sot Isles cover storage before the Kennedy era. Prince Boun Ooum begins a three day goodwill visit to the Philippines amid a new rebel push near Thailand. A stalking case and multiple slayings are reported near Jonville. Cosmos 5 satellite launches, life-saving issues, and Estes case hearings also appear with various political and military notes.
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Billie Sot Isles
Boun Ooum
Philippines
Hovei Sai
Thailand
Uncertain Cost for Courty Sports Stadium Plans
Houston County officials hear from L Morris that revised stadium estimates cannot be fixed yet due to lawsuits, shelter additions, and design changes raising costs beyond the $15 million bond. Bids are not yet set. the county will consider Hubbard Sports Association as potential tenant. Architects expect bids in 10 to 12 weeks.
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Houston
Commissioners Court
Courty
L Morris
Morris
V. V. Ramsey
Houston Sports Association
Fessees
HSA
Ramsey
Carpenter recounts Aurora 7 flight fatigue claim and space age views
Astronaut Carpenter blamed radio trouble and control system overshoot for his Aurora 7 capsule difficulties. He said fatigue or confusion were unlikely, spoke of drifting in four or five orbits, and described weightlessness and depth perception in space. The briefing followed a 48 hour medical debriefing after returning from Grand Turk Island as reporters and officials reflected on the mission.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Frost
Malcolm Scott Carr
Penter
Earth
Hawaii
Orpenter
Carpenter
Town
Boulder
Cole
Mercury
America
John H
Glenn Jr
Glenn Jase
Patrick Air Force Base
Grand Turk Island
British West Indies
Rene
Centerville
Mrs
Continental Airlines
Space
James E. Webbstet
Cocoa Beach
Civil Aeronautics Board
Walter C
Federal ‘Bureau
Williams
Project Mercury
National Aeronauries
Main Space Administration
Missouri
Appanoose County Fairgrounds
KA Slattery
Slattery
Los Angeles
William’ G. ‘Simon
FBI
San Fernando Valley
Grand Jury Accepts Cut Data in Estes Probe
Franklin AP report: a Texas grand jury probing Billie Sol Estes cotton manipulations agrees to accept a 22 page government summary while reserving the right to see the full 175 page Estes file. U.S. Attorney Sanders moves to quash a subpoena seeking all Estes allotment records. FBI files on Henry Marshall death are also sought.
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Franklin
Estes
Texas
Will Wilson
Wilson
FBI
Henry Marshall
Robertson County
U.S. Dist. Atty
Barefoot Sand- Jers
Dallas
R Court
Agriculture Department
William Elliott
Robert J. ‘Rosthal
Justice Department
Elliott
Grand Jury
Sanders
Marshall
Rosthal
State District Court
Justice and ‘Agriculture Departments
Houston
Max
Iswybich
85Th District Court
Barefoot Sanders
U.S
Temple
Agriculture ‘Department
Schoolteacher Mrs Greer Retires After 3 Years
Mrs Grace Greer retires from teaching after three years in the profession. Principal W C Herring of Anson Jones praises her as a modest, sincere teacher who contributed to many students. A childhood memory of her sister bringing her to school sparked a lifelong bond with education.
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Tone Greer
Jeff
Anson Jones
Aga
Pupilx
Sharon Mellenry
Donald Gray
Wanda Orton
Lone Greer
Jleacher
Lee College Summer Registration Set for June Start
Lee College registrar Dean Waller Rendell announced summer registration begins Friday with the first term running June 4 through 12. Credit registration closes June 6, with hours 9 am to 1 pm and 4 to 8 pm. The School and College Ability Test is scheduled for June 12. Mrs Greer receives retirement watch and PTA life membership from Anson Jones teachers at a Baytown ceremony.
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Lee College
Former Baytown Teacher Honored Miss Kidson Receives Award
Miss Beulah Kidson, a Baytown educator, is among eight Denver teachers awarded by the Teachers Award Foundation of Denver. She taught at Highlands San Jacinto and Burnet Elementarys and has 14 years in Denver public schools. This summer she will teach kindergarten education courses at the University of Houston after earlier teaching at the University of Colorado. She holds a BS from Texas Woman's University and an MA from the University of Colorado.
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Greer
PTA and
Baytown Exication Association
Second Baptist Church
Bandera County
Sam Houston State Teachers College
University of Teen
Beulah Kidson
Baytown
Denver, Colo
Teachers Award Foundation of Denver
Miss Kidson
Highlands
San Jacinto and
Burnet
Denver
Univerrsity of
Houston
University of Colorado In
Boulder
S. Martin Drive
Kidson
Texas Woman's University
University of Colorado
Summer School Activities To Begin In Baytown
Baytown public school opens summer classes next Thursday May 31 at Anson Jones Elementary with W C Herring as principal in charge. Horace Mann Junior High offers remedial and strengthening work under A E Tillery while Robert E Lee High School runs regular term classes led by Holly McLemore.
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Baytown
George H. Gentry
Anson Jones
W. C. Herring
Horace Mann
A. EL
Fred) Tillery
Robert E. Lee High
Holly McLemore
Dan Stallworth
Roseland Park
Robert E. Lee High School
Carver
One-A-Day Ad Leads to Quick Apartment Rent
Kenneth Hayden placed a brief classified ad seeking an unfurnished garage apartment with carpet and space for 368 dollars. He received a single call and rented to that caller, illustrating Sun Classified Want Ads’ reach. Dial 382-8234 or 82-8285 to start ads.
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Kenneth Hayden
Hayden
Sun
Wednesday Memorial Day Observances Close Merchants
Memorial day closures announced by Fe tal Merchants Association chair Robert G Keleberg with banks and post offices set to normal Sunday operations. Holiday crews will handle mail at the Post Office while deliveries halt.
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Fetals Merchants Association
Robert G
Bob) Keleberg
Tiy Fawn Chamber of Commerce
Nit
M. L. Neal
Explosion at Wichita Falls YWCA injures one. others missing
An explosion rocked two floors of the Wichita Falls YWCA injuring one person. Three others were unaccounted for as boilers for the swing pool exploded shortly before noon, wrecking portions of the first and second floors and sending debris into the sub level swimming pool.
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Wichita Falls
Ywca Tohiy
Smust
Houston Moon Center eyed as NASA control hub
Houston is suspected to win a $300 million NASA center to oversee manned moon missions and longer orbital flights. The facility would join the Manned Spacecraft Center and serve as a mission control for two week orbital flights, with Cape Canaveral handling launches. Construction could begin by 1963, costing about $3 million and housing nearly $60 million in equipment.
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Houston
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Manned Spacecraft Center
Mercury Control Center
Cape Canaveral
Hjornevik
Houston Center
School District Study Report Due At Board Meeting
Tristee Know T Beavers will present a study of problems in the school district at a 7:30 p.m. school board session in the administration building. Superintendent George TH Gentry notes Beavers has chaired a committee for months. Proceedings include lighting bid receipt for the high school basketball field and a report on insurance. The board will consider a policy for advanced standing in secondary grades and several new teachers and resignations.
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Tristee
T. Beavers
George TH
Gentry
Beavers
Revelace
Pam
Karl Opryshek
Gettry
Turbulent Texas Weather Hurts 13 Across Panhandle
Severe storms and tornadoes swept parts of Texas over the weekend injuring 13 people in the Panhandle near Perryton and causing extensive damage. Two funnel clouds were sighted near Booker, with one funnel lifting a car carrying four people from Amarillo, all with minor injuries. One death and millions in crop and property losses were reported statewide, including major damage around Haskell where up to four million dollars in losses were feared. Ice, hail, and heavy rains accompanied the storms, smashing homes and flattening wheat fields as authorities survey the damage.
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Texas , Panhandle
Texas
McMillen
Perryton
Oklahoma Panhandle
Don Bann- Sler
Amarillo
Booker
Grover
Spearman
Haskell
Frank Jircick
Tom Wattson
Rites Held Monday For F S Baker
Funeral services were held at 2 pm Monday at the First Baptist Church in Mont Belvieu for Frank Selman Baker 70 of Mont Belvieu who died Saturday in a Baytown hospital. Burial was in Methodist Cemetery. He was a retired oil field worker and is survived by his wife three sons a daughter two brothers three sisters nine grandchildren and one great grandchild
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Pam
Fist Baptist
Mont Belvieu
Frank Selman Baker
Baytown
W. W. Grant
First Baptist Church
Virgil
Frankie
Edgar Walles
John Baker
Warren
Tex
Mac Baker
Silsbee
Julia Langston
Dassetta
Cordiard
Bertie Harvill
Fred
ChanView High School Graduation Friday 1962
Commencement exercises for the 1961 62 graduating class of Channelview High School will be held June 1 in the high school auditorium. Ninety students will receive diplomas with Lloyd Robertson president of the school board making the presentations. J H Tennison principal will present awards Sherry Green salutatorian will give the welcome Kay Hughes valedictorian will speak on What Price Freedom. The student council presidents and other leaders will attend in ceremony.
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Channelview
Pam
Lloyd Robertson
J. H. Tennison
Sherry Green
Kay Hughes
Price Freedom
Johnn Hirach
Kenneth
Cowtch
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