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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1963
Page
1
Uneasy calm returns to Honduras as restrictions ease following the coup and the installation of a provisional president. US aid and ongoing military measures shape the volatile situation, with pockets of resistance persisting as martial law remains in effect.
Local items list a KC dance tonight at the Knights of Columbus Hall with music and a tribute to Welch family, plus airman reassignment to Sheppard AFB and school background at Robert E. Lee High. Also mentions Delta Kappa Gamma meeting, Baytown singing convention at OTI Chemical workers hall, and a Baytown trailer park plan.
Partly cloudy weekend outlook with minimal change in temperatures. Baytown Saturday high appears unclear. Galveston tides note Sunday high around the morning and afternoon times with low overnight. Overall coastal forecast shows variable winds and near normal temperatures for the period.
Nine year old Lisa Ansley was admitted to Guilt Coast Hospital for pneumonia. Verna Ansley reports Lisa resting well. A City Councilwoman, she helps share neighborhood updates. Other short items mention a Corpus Christi trip for a big game, birthday notes, and college theatre roles.
Houston dredging petitions call for a public hearing on permits to dredge mudshell in Galveston and Trinity bays. The request targets the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission in Austin after two days of hearings. Sen. Schwartz aims to collect 1,000 signatures and press for broader public input.
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John Guemple, director at Lee College, spoke to about 40 at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon on the financial impact for Baytown. He cited two education problems, unskilled workers and high school completion gaps, noting Houston has thousands unemployed and only a small fraction finish college. He advocated technical education to prepare workers for jobs, including NASA electrical technician roles with starting salaries around 36,000.
Sun advertising director John Wadley announces Sales Spree 63 a three day Baytown sales promo starting Wednesday to boost Baytown as THE Shopping City of East Harris and Chambers Counties. Local merchants welcome the community wide effort with special editions and extra circulation.
Funeral services will be held Sunday at Earthman Funeral Home at 6 pm for Abna Lizette Woes a Baytown resident. Survivors include husband Gordon and a brother Ed Linste. The Rev Denis Kennelly will conduct the rites with burial following in Houma Louisiana.
Funeral services for Henry Whiddon a Baytown resident of 34 years will be Sunday at Earthnign Funeral Home with Reverends Summers and Bissex officiating. Burial follows at Cedar Crest Cemetery with Masonic Tadge No. 1192 conducting graveside rites. Pallbearers are SONS. He died Friday in a Houston hospital at age 34. He was a retired artistic craftsman. Survivors include son Maurice Whiddon of Houston and daughter Mrs. Jack G. Hester of Baytown. Brothers Lo Whiddort and Jim Whiddon of Amarillo, four grandchildren Sharon Eggenberger Roger Whiddon Serena Kay Hester and Mary Sue Hester.
Our World reports suggest Prime Minister Ikeda of Japan pursuing overtures for a summit of eight Asian nations. Violence in Caracas kills at least five. unrest spreads with Communist factions and settler leaders. Protests in Algiers as President Ben Bella names a mission. Berber widows resist peace terms after rejection.
A Buddhist monk in Saigon burned himself beside hundreds of onlookers at the central market, the sixth protest suicide amid alleged religious oppression by President Diem's government. He died within minutes, as tanks and barbed wire sealed parts of Saigon. a leaflet named the monk as Quang Huong and claimed his act for the Buddhist cause. American journalists nearby were assaulted by Vietnamese police.
The top right graph lists city income sources with property taxes at 46.25 percent, sewer charges 22.19 percent, service charges 3.15 percent, and small shares from miscellaneous sources. Surpluses from all funds total 7.43 percent and funds are plowed back. Debt service accounts for 8.35 percent. City Tax Assessor Da Merburk prepared the figures for the 1963 GF budget after consolidation of water districts into Raytown.
Flora weakened as it neared Cuba, forecasters said it could turn southwest into the Caribbean. Warnings lowered in the Bahamas. Haiti reported devastation with many deaths and destroyed cities, while Cuba faced heavy winds and flooding. Florida officials advised monitoring updates as Flora slowed and shifted trajectory.
Gov. Connally told President Kennedy he favors Kennedy over any Republican rival with a small margin. He outlined Kennedy's Texas visit for Nov 21-22 and said he will propose towns to visit including Fort Worth Houston San Antonio Corpus Christi and San Angelo. Connally warned of a tough Texas race but predicted Kennedy would carry the state amid Goldwater strength. A poll cited Kennedy trailing Goldwater by about eight points in one survey.
The United States condemns the coups in the Dominican Republic and Honduras and suspends military and economic aid missions. Secretary of State Dean Rusk says respect for constitutional government is essential to the Alliance for Progress, as aid relations are further strained.
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