Baytown Community News Highlights Donations Events
SUN SPOTS reveals Consolidated Chemical Division of Stauffer donated 11000 to Texas colleges, bringing total since 1956 to 69070 for area institutions. Baytown items cover theater, dances, honors, vaccine drives, local student Tulane program, fire incidents, obituaries, and civic notices with date-specific happenings in the community.
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Consolidated Chemical Division
Stauffer Chemical Co
Texas Colleges
Consolidated
Carole Gagnon
Baytown
Newcomb College
Tulane University
Tulane
Ford Foundation
Teep into the Classified Gift Guide
A playful holiday exchange urges readers to consult the Classified Gift Guide on page 1% of today’s Sun for easy Christmas shopping ideas. The snippet humorously hints at a mother peeking during prayer and promotes gifts for all names on the list.
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Sun
JFK Returns To Cuba Work
President Kennedy resumed focus on Cuba while enjoying Thanksgiving with family in Hyannisport Massachusetts delegations from Washington prepared for urgent briefings on the crisis. He instructed Budget Director Bell to join discussions and convened the National Security Council to review the Cuban situation with senior officials including Rusk Ball McNamara Gilpatric Stevenson Taylor McCloy Bundy. A pardoned aide Matthew J Connolly was noted for past crimes.
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Hyannisport
Mass
Kennedy
Congress
David Bell
Washington
National Security Council
Alty
Robert F. Kennedy
Bat
Dawk Toa
Turkey
Joseph P. Kennedy
Cape
Thanksgiving highway toll climbs with multiple fatal crashes
Traffic deaths for the Thanksgiving period rose to 192 by 6 p.m. Wednesday, with fires killing 16 and numerous accidents causing 3 to 5 fatalities. The AP tally notes two Texas crashes with five dead, a four-death Illinois crash, and four Omaha students killed at a Union Pacific crossing. The National Safety Council estimates about 480 highway deaths for the full period, while an AP survey shows 459 highway fatalities, 30 fire deaths, and 113 miscellaneous fatalities, totaling 602.
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Texas
Illinois
University For
Omaha
Union Pacific
National Safety Council
Cuban crisis talks dominate U S Soviet wording
United Nations sources report discussions between the United States and Soviet Russia on a proposed agreement to end the Cuban crisis. The tense situation follows a string of violent events, including a deadly Thanksgiving weekend toll in Texas, while political turmoil in Argentina raises fears of disrupted elections.
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U. S
Russia
U.S
United Nations
Baytown Receives Priority for Blighted Area Clearance
Federal Housing Director R C Weaver will announce in Washington that Baytown has been granted a priority preference certificate for removal of blighted areas. The move could enable an urban renewal funding application under FHA provisions and offers private construction preference in the Baytown area. City officials cited possible ties to elderly housing plans. urban renewal discussions had occurred but no decision made.
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Federal Housing
R. C. Weaver
Washington
Baytown
al Clayton
J. B. LeFevre
Burt J. Davison
Baytown Housing Authority
Clayton
W. L
Dub
Neal Pickett
FHA
Houston
Waiting Period Tenses Nation
New Delhi reports the Indian army rushing fresh troops to the Himalayas as India endures a tense nine day waiting period before Red China begins its promised military pullback. Beijing is said to consolidate gains from undeclared war and a cease-fire at midnight Wednesday. Nehru refrains from commenting on Peking proposals while India holds fire unless fired upon.
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New
Delhi
Inia
Himalayas
Red China
Nehru
Peking
India
Ladakh
India China clash arms airdrops and aid talks
West and east maps show Chinese advances beyond the border while a US team weighs mass military aid. Nehru vows a long war and calls for sacrifice as India ferries in U S and British weapons. Airlift resumes with C130s and Canadian transports. Moscow ships MiG training and potential deliveries.
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India
United States
Carl Kaysen
Nehru
Pekine
China
Red Cross
Lake Spanggua
Ladakh
Peking
Britain
U.S
United Kingdom
Singapore
Royal Air Force Dcs
New Delhi
W. Averell Harriman
John Tilney
Richard Hull
Imperial General Staff
Moscow
Soviet Union
Red Chizm
Two Girls Find Bird Thanksgiving Guest Dies In Turquoise Turkey Mystery
Janet Font and Susan Kenny found a five pound wild turkey ill near Lakewood boat show. They brought it home during Thanksgiving and sought help from a science teacher and a neighbor to trace its past. They sent the bird’s tag to the Fish and Wildlife Service in Washington, D.C. The turkey measured 30 inches with a curved beak and a dented wing.
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Veen Lakewoot
Janet
Janet Font
Leo Font
Susan Kenny
Don Kenny
Lakewood
Vera Hartt
Jack Walker
Bayshore Red, Red and Gun Club
Walker
Fish and Wild Life Service
Washington, D.C
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E. Texas
Mrs. Mitchell
Lynn Moseley
Sherry Welch
Judy Bracey
Kay Hallman
Rita la Four
Linda Kerwin
Beverly Navarre
Debbie Grimes
Patsy la Fond
Ronald Barfield
Becky Tomlinson
Little Theater
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Varence Martin
Philadelphia
Alerica
San Jacinto
Theversity of
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Lakewood Shopping Center
Curain
Eagles To
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la Porte
First Street
Eagles’ Cancer Fund
Danny Branti
Nie Ig
Curtis Linwood Junge
Gresham
Alpha Phi Omega
National Service Organization
University of Texas
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E. Detce
Harris County
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Rundell
J. Lyman Rundell
Walter Rundell
Lee College
Heights Funeral
Donnie Dupussey
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Philippines
Johanie Leslie
W. James
Cedar Waayou Chapter No
Order of Eastern Star
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Cuba
Matthew J
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Harry S. Truman
Associated Press Wraltic
Anny
Jose Maria Guido
Konrad Aden
Auer
Khrushchev
Formosin Police Ennorce
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Tex
Hill Fire
Taipei
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Ladaki
Tibe
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U. S. Strike Command
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