New High School Plans To Bidders By Nov 15
Trustee Knox Beavers announced at a school board meeting that ground might be broken January 1 on the new high school. Architect James A. Davis said plans and specifications would be offered to bidders November 15, with bids due December 15. Nine contractors have shown interest. Davis plans a perspective drawing or model to show building layout. Robert E. Lee improvements are complete with minor discrepancies. Total cost for high school improvements is 864543.20 dollars.
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Knox Beavers
James A. Davis
Anl
Davis
Baxter Con
Correction and notices from Sun Spots and local groups
Sun Spots corrects a Tuesday meeting date for the A M Mothers Club and notes a price correction for a Baytown Council cookbook at 1.95. It lists Acadia Cookbooks contact numbers and reports proceeds from the Poppy Sale totaling 51.10 with praise for American Legion Auxiliary and partners. Gulf Women's Club rummage sale runs Wednesday to Friday. Weather: clear to partly cloudy mild, east to southeast winds. Galveston tides Wednesday high 11:52 pm and low 2:37 pm.
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Bot Chase
American Legion Auxiliary
Chase
Gulf Women's Club
Galveston
P.ni
Around. Pawns JESS. WOMACK and other town notes
A fragmenting roundup mentions Bennie Boudreaux passing a box, Tim Stuart preparing for a pep rally, Judy Downing driving with a purse on her car, Jane Pohler distrust of Glenda Chamblin pouring acid, Bonnie Anderson in a green sweater, Donnie Wenckens upset over a flower, June Techer adjusting a Bunsen burner, and more local items. Madame Butterfly played to a full house last weekend and tickets for The Masked Ball on December 3 are available. King dies at 71 in Beytown. funeral home to announce arrangements. Civil Engineers meeting in Humble Baytown Refinery, Carver PTA tonight, REL Galena Park tickets on sale.
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Jess. Womack
Bennie Boudreaux
Tim
Stuart
Judy Downing
Jane Pohler
Glenda Chamblin
Bonnie Anderson
Donnie Wenckens
June Techer
Sharon Bennett
Deanna Donelson
Linga Massey
Tim Stuart
Hugh Gary Rheaume
Houston
Johnny Wolff
Pam Fisher
Sharon Francis
Victoria
Rosalyn Franta
Madame Butterfly
Thad Johnson
Johnny Kenney
Jimmie Carpenter
Dock
Marvin Road
Baytown Hospital
Voice Of Astronauts Optimists Youth Told Sky No Limit
Baytown Optimists Youth Appreciation Week featured Paul Haney NASA public affairs officer, former journalist, urging optimism in space work. He contrasted Mercury and Gemini data rates, noted a planned unmanned Gemini flight and a three orbit crewed mission early next year, and praised U S space efforts amid competition.
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Voice of Astronauts
Sky No Limit
Theie
Pecs
Baytown Optimists
NASA
Ingonn
Hmit
Haney
Col
Shorty Powers
Gordon Cooper
Shorty
John Glenn
Cooper
New York
Gemini
Gus; Grissom
John Young
United States
Manned Spacecraft Center
Nuclear Arms Debate at Vatican Council Divides Bishops
At the Vatican Ecumenical Council American Auxiliary Bishop Philip Hannan and British Archbishop George Beck urged nuanced views on nuclear weapons. They argued for potential defense needs and cautioned against blanket bans, while stressing governments' duty to defend nations and urging treaties over force.
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Vatican City
Vatican’ Ecumenical Council
Council
Philip Hannan
Washington, D.C
Assembly
George Andrew Beck
Liverpool
England
Vatican Ecu
Lee College approves 55 car parking lot and funding plan
Lee College board okays construction of a new parking lot for 55 cars at an estimated cost and approves related funding steps. The plan includes building a vocational land site, staff adjustments, and a bond discussion. Rundell cites persistent parking conflicts and seeks reimbursement and building funding, with plans for an additional instructor and counselors.
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Lee College
Walter Rundell
San Jacinto
Rundell
Gertrude Teter
W. E
Camj Heaner
Trustees Move to Speed Up Minutes Processing
The school board voted to replace longtime secretary Mrs Ophelia Jones with a stenographer. Dr L D Victory urged that minutes be transcribed the day after meetings and checked with the secretary to ensure prompt mailings to trustees. The move follows months of accounting concerns and delays in minutes from October meetings.
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Aeling
W. D. Hinson
Hinson
Vistory
Gentry
Mrs. Jones
Floods Hit 10 Viet Nam Provinces
Ten central Vietnamese provinces were declared a disaster area as floods from two months of storms inundated the region. U.S. advisers were flown from Vung Tau to Saigon area, with helicopters airlifting supplies to refugees and evacuating hundreds. Vietnamese troops pressed a bombing campaign near Bien Hoa airfield amid political unrest courting resignations.
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South Viet Nam
U.S
Vuang Neai
Viet Nam
Juang Neai
U.S. Development
Bien Hoa
Brin Saigon
Phan Khach Suu
Suu
Maxwell D. Taylor
Offices Close Veterans Day
On Veterans Day Wednesday you won't be able to join the Army or get your mail. The post offices and the draft board office will be among the few places to close shop. The city hall will remain open as usual, but all county offices will be closed. Banks stores and industries will not take a hitiday.
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Draft Board
President Johnson Congratulates Houston Port Progress
In a long distance call from Johnson City at 11 a.m. Tuesday President Johnson praised Houston on 50 years of Port of Houston progress. He voiced confidence for the next 50 years as a ground breaking ceremony for the new Wharf was initiated on the Sam Houston. An honor guard from the REL Irigadiers and a REL Band directed by Charles Forgte performed during the ceremony.
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Johnson City
Houston
REL Irigadiers
Sam Houston
REL
Charles Forgte
Chou Extends Moscow Visit and Rift Conference Call
Moscow press says Chou En-lai’s delegation may extend talks after last week's Bolshevik anniversary, with Pravda urging a world Communist conference on Moscow Peking rift. Brezhnev Kosygin echo unity aims while Chou’s response remains unclear as discussions continue.
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Moscow-Peking
Chou En-lai
Lureta
Chou
Peking
Wei
Pravda
Red China
Nikita Khrushchev
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Brezhnev
Tass
Call for 1963 GOP convention draws lukewarm support
Atty General Brooke urges a Republican convention next year to draft a new platform, but GOP leaders mostly reject the idea as unnecessary before 1963. President Johnson reviews military commitments to seek savings for other programs. Britain’s Labour wins a vote to nationalize steel. more votes expected. Severe weather devastates wheat and forests. a school bus crash injures three. NATO draft talks move forward. Detroit publishers reach a tentative settlement with one of the striking unions.
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Chuset
Brooke
Auditor Asked To Testify Over Gentry Firing
The school board moved Tuesday to hold a hearing in Austin on the firing of Supt. George Gentry. The hearing before the state commissioner of education was requested by Gentry after his dismissal on Oct. 20 with an appeal filed Nov. 2. Auditor W. Suesse urged the firm remain independent and not testify for either side, saying it would conflict with its status and report due by Nov. 16.
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C. W. Stirsse
Ve. Segie
George Gentry
Heitay
Audi
Sunt
W. Suesse
Sadier
Jeter
Ile Commissioner of Education
Austin
Dee
Gentry
J. W. Edgar
Sunsse
Gantha
State Commissioner of Education
Board of Trustees
Tetdlucn
Ree
This Little Piggy Grew Up Bank Card Fiasco
San Francisco AP report shows nine year old Carol Slaysky filling out a bank account form. Her father Herman Slaysky offered ten dollars for her birthday. She wrote pigey in bold on the bank card line, a small spelling error prompting the humorous moment in the family banking episode.
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San Francisco
Herman Slaysky
Carol
Pigey
Teachers Protests Sound Accress Nation Over Pay
About 150 Louisville teachers defied a court restraining order and continued protests for higher pay and school improvements. Some reported to avoid duties while others attended a protest meeting as the LEA urged duty reporting and community-sourced relief ideas. Similar actions spread to Oklahoma where 120 teachers from 74 towns demanded a $1,000 raise, affecting school operations amid tax-referendum setback.
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Louisville
Board of Education
Louisville Federation of Teachers
Robert Sanders
Louisville Education Association
LEA
Oklahoma
Henry Bellman
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