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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1964
Page
3
Police say Erwin Basford 44 kicked in a tavern back door and shot Roger Ellis 22 a West Virginia soldier stationed with the Ath Missile Battalion in Austin. Basford from Welch West Virginia was charged with murder after the midnight slaying. He declared this will teach you to mess around with my woman.
The monster film Konga will headline Brunson Theater’s kiddie show on Saturday, paired with eight cartoons two comedies and a twist contest. A Baytown band will perform live as Rufus Honeycutt announces two Kennedy half dollar jackpot drawings and another ten coins in drawings. Box office opens 9:30 a.m. show runs 10 a.m. to 1:35 p.m. Admission: 4 cents for adults and students 35 cents for children under 11.
Chambers County tax assessor-collector Shemwood Blair reports 1964 property valuations rose by over 2 million dollars to 61,872,805. Real estate totals 8,493,660 and oil and industrial properties reached 53,449,145 due to new wells. Housing construction added roughly 100,000, with no valuation changes except for improvements. The 1964 tax roll totals 779,396.48, up nearly 70,000 from 1963, with rates at 1.07 per 100 valuation and a 20-cent school equalization tax.
Highlands 4-H Club organized an Open Horse Show at Hutson's Arena on Jones Road drawing 62 entries despite rain threats. Winners across western pleasure, reining, barrel race, flag race, key hole, and musical boxes included Shir Geaslin, James Boswell, Mike Sheppard, Zelphia Jenkins, Willie Hooper, and Kathy Denny with notable performances by Mr Stinker and Dee Dee.
Mrs. Gottlieb concert pianist opens piano studio in Baytown offering two free scholarships to elementary age children. She will teach beginners of any age and studied in Houston Texas conservatories before earning a degree at California State College. For information contact 554oddi.
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