Barbara Cernan recalls Apollo dreams and life in Clear Creek
Barbara Cernan, wife of astronaut Gene Cernan, recalls how Clear Creek area has grown since their youth and recounts the news of Gene being chosen for the Apollo astronaut program. She notes his Navy career, Purdue education, and future Gemini and moon mission hopes as they prepare to watch from the Cape and stabilize a family scrapbook of space age memories.
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Clear Creek
Bay Area
Cernans
Monterrey
Calif
Barbara
Jackie ‘Mae Atchley
Baytown
Gene
John’ Glenn
Wey Live
Manned Spacecraft Center
John Young
Gus Crissom
Astropants
Cape
U. S. Naval Post Graduate School
Theloudi
Ardess
Los
Barara
REL
Astronaut Corman
Funeral Monday For C L McClurg
Funeral services were held at Earthman Chapel in Baytown for Clemen Jefferson McClurg 62 a former Humble Service Station owner who died Saturday at his home 202 W Nazro Retired from the service station business he had operated a station on West Main South Main The Reverend Billy Balke Church of Christ minister officiated Burial was in Memory Gardens He is survived by his widow Mors Barbara and two daughters Doris Nicholson of Baytown and Lela Fisher of Pasadena a brother Clarence McClurg of Bridgeport Tex four sisters Buria Jones Vinnie Rodden Dollie Benson and Cecil Bradshaw and five grandchildren
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Pam
Clemen Jefferson McClurg
Humble Service
Earthman Chapel
Baytown
McClurg
West Main
Billy _ Balke
South Main
Mors
Barbara
Doris Nicholson
Lela Fisher
Pasadena
Clarence McChirg
Bridgeport
Tex
Buria Jones
Gilmer
Vinnie Rodden
Decatur
Dollie Benson
Pampa
Cecil Bradshaw
Elizabeth City
N.C
Acclurg
Clemen Jefferson McClueg
Humble
Earthman Chanel
A. Baytown
Nutro
Mrny
Weelsam
Billy’ Balke
South
Church of Thee
Memory Gardens
Abe Cturg
Berbera’ McClurg
Davis Nicholson
Bayton
Clarence McClurg
Bridgerport
Glimer
Dottle Benson
Fampa
Donnie
George Hallum
ME. Holloway
Driskell
Seaborn Crovey
Ben Griffle
Rescued After Night Adrift In Baytown Channel
Two boys Harry and Tommy were stranded overnight in a cold, windy bay area. Rescue boats from Baytown Emergency Corps Harris County Sheriff marine division and a U S Coast Guard helicopter aided the search. The boys were found by Gulf Corp crew and brought to the police station then to Baytown Hospital in good spirits.
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Tommy
Harry
Vernon E. Lamb
Baytown Emergency Corps
Wooster Emergency Corps
Harris County Sheriff's Department Marine Division
Sherif’s Department
U.S. Coast Guard
Lamb
Toe Fullen
Robert E. Lee High School
Gulf Corp
Felix Chenault
C. Smith
Houston
Baytown
Baytown Hospital
Five Baytown youths arrested in burglary probe
Five Baytown boys ages up to 11 were arrested after burglarizing Home Lumber Co. multiple times Friday and Saturday. They admitted stealing lumber paint nails two saws and a builder's square. A late model Ford driven by Louis Delhummn was reported stolen from St Mark's Methodist Church and tied to a separate, later hit and run. A Baytown man suffered two knife wounds in a Sunday night attack, treated and released. No injuries in two traffic incidents and a service station gas pump was knocked off its base.
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Mike Jonese
Baytown
Home Lumber Co
Texas
Sumver
Louis Delhcumm
Wildwood
Ford Motor Co
Houston
St Mark's Methodist Church
Oklahoma
Missouri
Harbor
San Jacinto Hospital
Buck Turner Chevrolet
J. W. Thornton
Sunset Drive
Airhart
East Gate
Satur
Interstate Highway 10
Sjolander Road
Congo Crisis Deepens as Rebels Delay Executions
The Congo battle escalates as rebel leader Christophe Ghenye postpones executions for a week while negotiations continue. The United States denies Carlson is a military operative and urges U.N. action to free foreigners. About 500 Belgian paratroopers are flown toward Ascension Island for potential rescues as Stanleyville’s rebel capital orders tribesmen to kill whites at the sight of paratroopers. Belgians move noncombatants and warn Americans and Belgians to evacuate with danger rising if Stanleyville is attacked.
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Christophe Ghenye
Glenye
Carlson
United States
U.N
Security Council
U.S
Ascension
Stanleyville
Burundi
Stanleyville J
Mont Belvieu Plans Thanksgiving Service at First Methodist
The annual community Thanksgiving service in Mont Belvieu will be held at 7 30 p m Wednesday at First Methodist Church. The Rev Ronnie Skaggs of First Baptist Church will preach the sermon and Bob Fosburg of First Methodist leads the community choir which has rehearsed for a musical program. An offering for the American Bible Society will be taken during the service.
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Mont Belvieu
First ‘Methodist Church
Ronnie Skaggs
First Baptist Church
Bob Fosburg
First Methodist Church
American Bible Society
Christmas Spirit Lifts Bartonians At Community Events
Women of Trinity Episcopal Church spark holiday cheer as Bartonians decorate homes and anticipate the Christmas tree trims at Lee College and Robert E. Lee High School, highlighting local seasonal traditions.
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Trinity
Episcopal Church
Lee College
Robert E. Lee High School
Wayne Hicks to Stay Awhile in Corpus Christi
Wayne Hicks a 13 year old missing from Baytown for 24 days was found in Corpus Christi. A Laredo officer questioned him at a railroad yard and he later named his family, who traveled from Baytown to reunite with him. He was in poor physical condition but unharmed. The family thanked all who helped in the search and return home.
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Wayne Hicks
Baytown
Fire damages two Baytown homes on Sunday
An electric motor on a heating unit caught fire at 9 30 am Sunday at 452 Burnet Street in the E M Black home. Baytown firefighters extinguished the blaze quickly with only the motor and heating unit damaged. A second fire occurred at 2218 p m Sunday in a vacant house behind Cedar Bayou Methodist Church near Cedar Bayou Stream. The cause was undetermined and damage occurred in the kitchen. The unoccupied house, owned by Mrs Annie Schilling, had been empty since 1850.
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E. M. Black
Burnet
Baytown
A. H
Art) Lintelman
Cedar Bayou
Cedar Bayou Stream
Lintelman
Baytown Man Hurt in One-Car Mishap
Alfred Ve Ponce, 37, of 30 Laredo, Baytown, was treated at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital after a one car crash at Airheart and Clyde about 9:45 p.m. Sunday. He was driving north on Albert when his vehicle veered into a ditch and struck a culvert and was reported in good condition.
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Alfred Ve Ponce
Laredo
San Jacinto Methodst
Airheart
Clyde
Sur-ay
Jet Crash in Italy Sparks Second Major Air Disaster of Year
Reports describe a jet explosion after striking a grader and igniting fuel, with witnesses noting a flame from an engine and a blast that tore the aircraft apart. The incident follows Italy’s earlier deadly crashes, including a March 28 Alitalia Viscount disaster near Naples and a June 1958 TWA crash near Milan.
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Alitalia
Mt. Vesuvius
lNaples
TWA
Milan
Agerel
Nationwide rail strike postponed to aid Thanksgiving traffic
The national rail strike延期 will be suspended today to allow traffic to run normally during Thanksgiving week. Negotiations between railroads and three unions will resume next week. In Washington, Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor says U S airstrike against Communist bases could aid victory in South Vietnam. Ford plans to resume full production at its Dallas plant on Tuesday after a layoff since Nov 6. The AFL CIO American Newspaper Guild strikes halt daily papers in Albany but Times Union prints a Sunday edition with skeleton staff. Bank of England raises discount rate to 7 percent. China rejects multiple nuclear curbs plans, endorsing total abolition. Italians vote in final local election day. results due Tuesday. Barry Goldwater to resume syndicated column January 1.
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Washington
Ford Motor Co Qulans
Dallas
Ford Assembly
Afl-Cio American Newspaper Guild
Albany
Times-Union
Housing Official Odom to Speak at Bay Town Council
Fort Worth Public Housing Administration official Harold A. Odom will address the Bay Town Human Relations Council at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall.
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Harold A. Odom
Fort Worth
The
Public Housing Administration
Baytown
Noon Call Stock Quotes From Major Corporations
A raw listing of stock tickers and company names including Allis Chalmers Aluminium Anaconda Colgate Palmolive Diamond Shamrock Dow DuPont Dow Jones & Laughlin Goodyear Greyhound Int'l Harvester Monsanto Pfizer Phillips Petroleum Royal Dutch Shell Sinclair Socony Mobil Pacific Gas Sperry Rand Stan Cal Calif Stan Industries Texaco TransAmerica Union Carbide California Steel Xerox Westinghouse.
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Allis Chalmers Aluminium, Ltd
Anver Cyanide Amer -Tel & Teleseeeee
Anaconda
Cop — S Arceresee Alimico
Nse
Peeneseedeseees
Ashland
Beth Steel
Talyssey
Elec
Motors
Georgia Pacific
Goodyear
Tire
Greyhound
Jones & Laugh Liggett-Myers
Louis Landsseae Magnavox
Monsanto
Sperry-Rand
Stan
Calif
Tennessee Gas
Texas
US Steel
Del-Webb Westinghouse
Xerox
Funeral Rites Held for Clemen McClurg Baytown Pioneer
Funeral services were held at 2 p m Monday for Clemen Jefferson McClurg 62 a former Humble Service Station owner and Baytown resident for 34 years who died Saturday at his home Burial was in Memory Gardens He is survived by his widow two daughters a son a brother four sisters and five grandchildren Pallbearers included Donnie and George Hallum ME Holloway IA 24 Driskell Seaborn Crovey and Ben Griffle A Baytown note: long obituary fragment mentions a coaching tie and local retailer Lucky Shopper promotion.
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Lucky Monday
Donald A. Skinner
John Bridgers
Baylor
Alexander
Baytown Merchants
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