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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1961

Page

3

Verbal showdown eyed between Kennedy and Khrushchev

Paris AP dispatch reports President Kent favors blunt talk and expects a verbal slugfest with Khrushchev. Moscow signals no retreat from Communist world dominance, threatening to escalate with NATO nuclear options and other measures if diplomacy fails. Pravda notes Kent’s Canada trip mood and party push.

Paris Kent Nedy Khrushchev Moscow NATO Izvestia Pravda Communist Party Canada

Mrs Kennedy to Visit Greece for Vacation

Mrs. John F Kennedy will visit Greece unofficially for a week of rest after London, staying with Prime Minister and Mrs Caramanlis. The trip follows President Kennedy's Europe tour and includes a stop in Paris and London before Greece.

Mrs. Kennedy Greece Hyannis Port Mass Jon John ¥. Kennedy Kennedy London Washington Europe Kennedys New York Paris Charles de Gaudle Vienna Khrushchev Harold Macmillan Beast Niy Salinger

Expedition Fails To Find Trace Of Big Snowman

AP reports Sir Edmund Hillary's Himalayan expedition leader Dr. Griffith Pugh doubts the abominable snowman exists after a 14 day trek from Mingbo base camp. The team will stay in Athens for medical reasons before continuing to nearby islands.

Big Snowman Katmandu Nepal Edmund Hillary Griffith Pugh Mingbo Hillary Athens Chicago Slinger Kham Greevehave Jung Monastery Cheeruel Dutae Pugh Mt. Makalu Sir Edmund Mt. Everest Acecan Islands Salinger Thomas Q. Nevison Jr Kennedy Lakewood Ohio U.S

Oath Repeats as Texas Highway Commission Chairman

Herbert Petry of Carrizo Springs was sworn in for a six year second term as chairman of the Texas Highway Commission. He urged planning for future traffic growth and heard requests for a Jefferson County survey and a frontage road and off ramp near the Goodyear plant on Interstate 10. The group discussed a high water facility on U.S. 287 and a 56.5 mile project in Freestone County costing about 2.187 million dollars.

Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co Jefferson County Goodyear Interstate 10 Perry James Kirkland Port Arthur Harve Parker Cliff LeBlanc Beaumont Glenn Burke Nederland Dave Smith Groves Councman T. C. Felds Port Neches Frank Quirk R. Sontag Peters County C. F. Barnes John Adams Corsicana Trinity River Palestine U.S. 287 R. W. Knight Freestone County Howard Hicks

Humble Promotes Norman Luker To Senior Engineer

Norman E Luker is promoted to senior mechanical engineer in the control systems engineering section at Baytown Refinery. He designs control systems for new refinery units and major revisions tests units and serves as consultant in specialized areas. Luker chairs Redeemer Lutheran Church and teaches Sunday school. he also coaches YMCA baseball and serves on Lutheran Church Missouri Synod boards.

Norman E. Luker Baytown Luker Houston Instrument Society of America

Allstate Foundation Grants University of Houston Driver Education Scholarship

Allstate Foundation regional representative Paul Wilkerson awarded a two dollar grant to the University of Houston for a Driver Education Scholarship. The funding supports high school and junior high teachers taking courses to obtain permits to teach Driver Education locally. The seventh annual grant was presented to Dr AOS Denner and Harry Faulk Jr. as university officials.

Houston Paul Wilkerson Allstate Foundation Greanbrian University of Houstony Desteneyt Antibiares Simmer Aos. Denner Desen College of Adacanon Harry Faulk Jr

Padgett Named Director at Large in Texas Mental Health

Dr. A R Padgett, longtime leader in Texas Mental Health circles, is elected director at large of the Mental Health Association of Houston and East Harris County. He will take office July 1 and has held roles with Baytown Lions Club, Girl Scouts, and local libraries while guiding mental health initiatives and training future leaders.

A. R. Padgett Association For Mental Health Bled Mental Health Association of Houston East Harris County Padgett Humble Texas Kent Baytown Lions Club

Statue To Honor French Sculptor Gift From France

New York AP reports a statue honoring French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi will be gifted to the United States by France. The ceremony in New York Harbor on October 28 marks the fifth anniversary of the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty. The statue stands one sixth the size of the original and mirrors the famed monument on Liberty Island.

New York Boldi France Department of the New York Harbor Liberty Island Frederic Auguste Bar Apica

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