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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1961
Page
1
United Nations press reports mounting Western pressure for a voluntary moratorium on nuclear tests. A UN General Assembly appeal to call off plane-focused explosions gained support, while some states warned Washington it may resume testing if broader disarmament stalls.
Baytown community notes list ticket sales for a Little Theater production Blithe Spirit at Bayway Drive for 1.50 with previews next week. A volunteer fire department meeting is set at 10 am Thursday with Mrs. James Boyd. KWBA radio schedules a football game preview at 5 3 pm featuring editors Woods and Jackson. The Kiwanis Club hosts a Junior Achievement briefing at noon Thursday at the Tower. Fire breaks out twice in a vacant house opposite Fire Station No 2 on Marre St. Campaign finances show progress toward a goal of 967 170.9 percent. Baytown Exes plan a Texas Rice game viewing and an Aggie-Texas stag party. Texas Exes meet at Community Building No 1 at 7 30 pm Wednesday to view the Texas Rice game. tickets sold at the meeting. Galveston tides and a Franklin address reference national and international nuclear testing debates with comments by Katsu Oka and U S leaders.
Police chief Roy Montgomery commends Baytown youngsters for orderly Halloween celebrations amid a few minor incidents. He lauds the 50 plus officers on duty and notes reports of vandalism were limited to soap on windows and some items missing, with officers and reserve personnel maintaining order.
Washington AP reports the Soviet Union detonated two nuclear devices at an Arctic test site, the 27th and 28th announced by the U S Atomic Energy Commission. One blast was several megatons, the other probably under a megaton, with Monday’s test said to exceed 50 megatons. Uruguay’s ambassador Carlos A Clulow urged OAS condemnation of nuclear tests, noting regional concern after past UN declarations.
AP dispatches report Durwood Manford chairman of the State Board of Water Engineers was named to the State Board of Insurance today by Gov. Price Daniel. Also AP notes a Blue Scout rocket exploded shortly after launch in Cape Canaveral testing space tracking. In Rio de Janeiro a Brazilian airliner crashed into a hillside near Recife killing 48 of 85 aboard with 35 passengers and two crew surviving.
The 23rd Soviet Communist Party Congress closes with endorsement of Premier Khrushchev's plan to rapidly modernize the economy and raise living standards. U.S. officials warn the hard line in Soviet policy complicates hopes for productive Berlin and German peace talks. French troops confront Algerian Muslims amid clashes that leave about 30 dead and six wounded. West Texas papers note San Antonio delegates urging cities to view press relations with city halls as beneficial.
Channelview to dedicate a new post office building with 3,800 square feet of space owned by Gus Cooley and leased to the post office department. The ceremony will be led by V. V. Ramsey with Rep. Thomas credited for obtaining approval. Local dignitaries and postal officials from Houston and surrounding towns will attend, along with a reception hosted by United Steel Workers Local 2708.
Rep Albert Thomas of Houston will be honored at a Rice University dinner at 7 30 p m Wednesday on the Rice campus Dr Edwant Campagna and Robert Gilruth of NASA will attend to discuss the space lab at Clear Lake Dr Kenneth Pitter and Dr Carey Croneis will host at Memorial Center Also attending are Dr and Mrs Edward Teller The event commemorates Thomas long service in Washington and his role in NASA space lab planning
In Jacksonville on Mahowern night a ten year old dogre named Callbrese went from door to door not for candy but to ask neighbors to pray for world peace. Her mother explains this unusual message was driven by Beyon's concern.
About 2,000 students and staff were evacuated at 2 pm Tuesday from Robert E. Lee School after a telephone bomb threat. A caller claimed danger near Phoenix and Polier area. Police and school officials searched grounds. no device found.
County Commissioner V V Ramsey backs restarting bids on dirt work for Houston stadiums as contractors protest wage specifications. The Bellows bid topped estimates by 350000, Ramsey seeks under 500000 with competitive new bids, while Associated Houston contractors sue to halt high wage terms. Stadium project details include auxiliary stadium progress and officials in New York over team territory costs.
Civil Service exams for lieutenants in the Baytown Police Department were postponed after tests given to about 23 officers were ruled illegal for failing to post a 10 day notice. Top scorers were Detective B J Ansley, Sets E R Mardy, and C W Cowen. The lieutenant position was vacant after R H Bot Turner Lean became assistant chief following a recent civil service exam. Grover Erge, chair of the City Service Commission, said exams would be readministered at a later date.
Bonham Texas AP Rayburn home from Dallas hospital shows improved spirits with hospital bulletin noting he is taking liquids well and eating modest meals. The 73 year old Speaker battles incurable cancer after exploratory surgery October 5 revealed severity. he prefers his North Texas home as family requests no outward notice of diagnosis.
The Associated Press reports scattered drizzling rain across Texas as a hogee down cold front stretches statewide. The US Weather Bureau predicts continued mild humid conditions through Thursday with more showers in southern areas. Skies range from partly to cloudy with drizzle in Amarillo and Austin, while fog blankets Chillicothe, Wichita Falls and Beauce. Readings vary from the lower to mid 70s at Dalhart and Corpus Christi.
A relief plane landed in Belize with food and medicine for hurricane struck British Honduras capital. The Tan Airlines mercy flight from Miami reported Belize heavily damaged by Hurricane Hattie, with 9 to 10 feet of seawater flooding the city and most inhabitants fleeing to higher ground.
President Kennedy era analysis notes Nixon backs his California governorship bid with a challenge to Nelson A Rockefeller of New York and Barry Goldwater of Arizona to contest the GOP nomination race. Nixon frames the fight as a test of who can attract the strongest early vote, while Rockefeller faces a tough reelection and a busy New York legislature.
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