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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1960
Page
1
The Memorial Day weekend enters its most dangerous period as millions hit the roads for trips home. The death tally from violent causes began Friday at 6 p.m. and will run until midnight tonight, totaling 78 hours of danger.
Stock quotes were unavailable due to Memorial Day observance at the Houston Merrill Lynch office. Summer recreation centers opened at 2 p.m. with a staff meeting and equipment distribution. Rebekah Degree visit planned at IOOF Hall with dinner after. Miss Shirley Guthrie among 28 chosen for summer training at North Texas State College.
Partly cloudy and warm conditions with widely scattered thunder showers forecast for Monday and Tuesday. Moderate southeasterly winds. Temperature range Monday 68 to 90 degrees. Tuesday tides at Galveston: low at 12 57 a.m. high at 3 34 a.m.
Wayne Guest, age nine, son of Mr and Mrs Sidney H Guest of 111 Scott, is minus three front teeth after a backyard baseball accident. Other items note Rob ert Earl and Stephen Swint and R E Robinson returning from Denton for a Saints wedding, Councilman Lacy Lusk hospitalized for surgery, and local brief items about Jim Fonteno, Harry Bhim, Molly Bowers, and Earl Harvey at the University of Houston.
Five districts La Porte Channelview Deer Park Pasadena and Galena Park decide Tuesday on forming a junior college district with a 15 cent maximum tax and seven board seats. The election may move a campus site near La Porte Spencer Highway and includes land offers from the General Services Administration.
The Baytown Sun advertising staff will direct a two day sales seminar June 11 at Lake Guntersville Alabama. More than 100 advertising executives and publishers from 10 southern and southwestern states will attend. Attending from The Sun are Amdall Putman Boone Hartman and Murphy will speak on ad resell campaigns..
Na mik Gedik, known as the evil genius behind ousted Premier Adnan Menderes, died by suicide at the Turkish army's war college after a nervous breakdown. A martial law command statement says he threw himself from a window. a letter to his wife spoke of a long journey and not returning. Gedik, former interior minister, led police during the crackdown on student demonstrators in late April and early May.
Baytonians spent a hot Memorial Day weekend at golf courses pools and outdoor spots after a harsh winter. Outboard motors crowded highways as families traveled while some workers observed the holiday. Banks offices and downtown stores stayed open and post offices sorted mail but did not deliver. Many students were dismissed for summer break and many relatives visited for graduation ceremonies held Thursday and Friday nights. A similar long weekend will arrive July 4, which also falls on a Monday.
Howard C. Johnston, 69, of 713 Gtantham Road, was charged in Justice of the Peace Walter Queen's court with the murder of Clarence F. Allen, 39, of 308 Bowie. Allen was shot twice at 11:45 p.m. Saturday at the home of Doyle C. Johnston. Johnston admitted firing, saying Allen and Lorraine Osborne came with liquor and Allen tried to choke Doyle Johnston. Osborne gave a contrary account. Judge Queen has not set a trial date. Sheriff deputy J. B. Fry investigated. Funeral services were to be held at Earthman Chapel. Allen had lived 29 years in Baytown and worked for Wright Packing Co.
Indianapolis AP bulletin reports Jim Rathmann of Miami Florida won a record breaking 500 mile auto race on his third attempt. He passed defending champion Rodger Ward a little over seven miles from the finish for the victory.
A record 125 Lee College students are to graduate Friday night at 8 p.m. in the Robert E. Lee High School auditorium. Dr E H Westmoreland of South Main Baptist Church Houston will deliver the address. Presidente oH Gentry will present diplomas and Dean Rundell will give special awards as final exams conclude this week. Summer school starts June 13 with 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. registration. about 700 students expected for the first summer term.
Baytown residents Myrteel and Ralph Bozarth recount their six week European trip including three encounters with Pope John XXIII in Rome. They describe his overpowering, radiant personality and the emotional Vatican audience, plus a personal visit to the Irish College.
Foreign Craft warned by Marshal Malinovsky as he told workers that Soviet rocket forces would strike the takeoff base of any foreign aircraft violating Soviet airspace. He called it a lawful decision and noted rockets could reach targets higher than any plane. Khrushchev and leaders heard the speech, seen as a warning to allies of the United States amid U2 spy plane incidents.
Alfred E. Willig 61 deputy tax collector for Raytown Schools died early Monday after an attack. Summer school begins Tuesday at Temple Elementary, eight weeks, with classes 9 to 11 a.m. and a fee of 10 dollars per subject. Dudley Huckabee principal says program offers remedial instruction and registrations begin 8:20 a.m. Tuesday. Willig, former Temple Public Schools staffer, had heart trouble. survivors include widow Thelma and daughter Hilda Gene St. John Albuquerque. Willig born August 30, 1898.
CV Citizens Plan College Vote Watch opposes Channelview college opponents, says poll watchers will not benefit Channelview and would raise tax. Committee votes to have two watchers at polls for the day and planned legal actions to challenge the Channelview district tax rate and the $620,000 bond election.
T H Whitlock, a Baytown refinery rigger, recalls riding and jumping aboard the Texas Midland line near Enloe in Northeast Texas. He met conductor J C Apple, learned the train moved at 45 miles per hour, and after a muddy mishap returned home on foot to wash off. For over a decade he watched the locomotive pass his home near Roseland Park.
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