Dance and club events fill Baytown weekend schedule
Saturday events include a semi formal dance at Knights of Columbus Hall with Gil Baca's Orchestra from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. The Humble Pioneer Club hosts a 7 p.m. games party at Baytown Community Building due to a football game. Other activities cover a hospital auxiliary meeting, a Catholic youth car wash, Burnet Mothers Club gathering, World War I veterans meeting, and Ashbel Smith PTA Fiesta from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday. Weather forecasts predict cloudy, cool conditions with showers. temperatures mid 60s to upper 70s. Galveston tides show Sunday high tides at 3:42 a.m. and 4:36 p.m., lows at 10 a.m. and 10:36 p.m. and Monday high tides at 3:48 a.m. and 5:36 p.m., lows at 10:24 a.m. and 11:18 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
W. Main
Gil Baca
Humble Pioneer Club
Baytown
Ashbel Smith Pta
Galveston
Refinery Boss Describes Humble Baytown Operations Benefits
Baytown Refinery manager Frank Turpin told the Baytown Chamber of Commerce that 62 percent of current production goes to the eastern United States, with only 19 percent marketed in Texas. He explained competition with Gulf Coast refineries, rising operating costs, and taxes, noting Baytown pays 12.06 dollars per barrel capacity in taxes, higher than Baytown’s own and other plants.
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Johnella Boynton
Esso
Maine
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
Frank Turpin
Ttade
Gulf Coast
Turpin J
Turpin
Billings
Mont
Bayway
Baton Rouge
Bayonne, N.2
University art show and local notes in Austin Texas
Mrs W M Marston participates in the University of Texas Ex-Students Association art show in Austin. Steele McDonald discusses a lecture. Floyd and Willamae Williams of Anahuac plan a camping trip in the Great Smokies. John Durham brief from the Denver Post covers a Friday the 13th transformer blowout at the Spring Branch Robert E Lee game. The Bot Buntins take kids to dinner. Principal Leon Legler cites a new school children survey. Sally Lemley enjoys fun at Lee College. Joe Zor explains how chords are made.
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W. Marston
University of Texas
Ex-Students Association
Austin
Steele McDonald
Floyd
Willamae Williams
Anahuac
Great Smokies
John Durham
Denver Post
Robert E. Lee
Bot Buntins
Yincipal Leon Legler
Sally Lemley
X Lee College
Joe Zor
Baytonian Lived By LBJ On 109th Birthday
Baytown's oldest resident Mrs. P. L. Williams received a telegram from President Lyndon B. Johnson on her 109th birthday. Born near Meridian Mississippi before Lincoln’s election, she moved to Texas as a child and settled in Baytown in 1951. She has nine children, 16 grandchildren, 42 great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild, with a small birthday party at Baytown Nursing Home attended by her daughters.
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Baytonian
LBJ
Lyndon B. Johnsons
P. L. Williams
Baytown
Williams
Abraham Lincoln
Johnson
G. C. Sterling
E. Jack
O. L. Mullican
Cloverleaf
V. A Davis
Alvin
Sterling
Baytown Nursing Home
Ms. Johnson
Wallace brings third party bid to New Jersey amid security surge
George C. Wallace arrived in New Jersey with his running mate under heavy security after a Buffalo rally shooting incident. Hundreds of police officers guarded his rallies in Jersey City and Newark, two crowded cities with tense race relations.
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Newark
George C. Wallace
New Jersey
Buffalo
Wallace
Jersey City
State Fair of Texas opens with big attendance forecast
The State Fair of Texas in Dallas opens as officials predict three million attendees over the 16 day event. Governor Connally and pageant winners attend the opening parade as the fair launches under strong publicity.
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Texas
Dallas
John Connally
Couple Wins Suit In Abortion Case
A Brooklyn couple won 110000 in damages from Long Island College Hospital after the hospital refused to perform an abortion for Mrs Stewart who had German measles during pregnancy. The all male jury found negligence for failure to perform the abortion and to advise risks. The verdict was called the first of its kind nationally by the Stewarts’ lawyer.
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NEW York
Brooklyn
Robert Stewart
Barbara
Roslyn
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Long Island College Hospital
Stewart
William Klein
Norman Roy Grutman
Stewarts
Grutman
All Mate
James Hayes
Charles J. Beckinella
Lincoln University
Philadelphia
Chase Manhattan Bank
Drinking Drivers To Be Tested By Breathalyzer
Texas DPS expands enforcement with breathalyzers in Ithia and across the state. Baytown patrolman Woolsey trained to use the device which measures blood alcohol by breath sample. Suspects must consent. results may lead to blood tests. The program includes 480 breathalyzers funded by grant and over 48 trained officers, with few prior convictions based on breath results in Texas.
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Ron Lennard
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas
Texas Highway Patrol
Ithia
Baytown
IK. D. Woolsey
Lakewood
Wilson E
Pat” Speir
Department of Public Safety
the Sun
DWI
Texas Dps
Haris County
Joe Moss
Moss
Texas Supreme Court
McKay
Britain
Five Charged In $18,000 Baytown Clothing Theft
Five men face burglary and theft charges in an $18,370 clothing theft from Carl's Men's Shop in Baytown. Crayton and Kelly accused of breaking in, Ray allegedly planned the burglary, while Mason Peterson and Ray were charged with receiving and concealing stolen property. Additional arrests anticipated as investigation continues.
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Baytown
Wanda Orton George Albert
Crayton
Carl
Glenn Vickery
Cathedral
Houston
Sammy Les, Kelly
Richard B. Moore
Spring
Ray
Jacinto City
Carl’s
Kelly
Eddie
Long Hair Is The Loser Long Hair Is The Loser
District Judge Herman Jones denied a temporary injunction against McCallum High School Principal William Albert Sloan who suspended Hugh H. Davis for refusing to cut his hair. The ruling upheld Austin Independent School District grooming rules for male students as not arbitrary. Davis, son of Dr. and Mrs. E. Mott Davis, had argued the rules were unfair and should be voided.
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Austin
Tex
Dist
Herman Jones
McCallum High
Wiliam Albert Sloan
Hugh H. Davis
Jones
Austin Independent School District
Davis
E. Mott
Czechs and Soviets Sign Troop Pact
Prague reports the signing of a treaty for the temporary stationing of Warsaw Pact troops in Czechoslovakia. Officials said withdrawal would begin later, with 500000 troops estimated in the country and plans to raise the Communist party’s leading role. The pact followed two days of talks in the Kremlin with Czchoslovak leaders including Dubcek and Husak.
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Prague
Moscow
Warsaw Pact
Parenter Oldrich Cernik
Czechoslovakia
Cemik
Communist Party
Czechoslovak Radio
Almos
Kremlin
West Ger
Jim Choate
Sol Sam Alford
Glenn Lippinels
Alman
Alexander Dubcek
Cernik
Dubcek
Gustav Husak
Sloval
Precinct turnout reports from early voting hours
The article notes election turnout details from several precincts. Precinct 12 at Alamo School reported 164 voters by 11 30 a m with Judge J Winston Hayes and clerks pleased. Precinct 9 at Courtesy Ford recorded 121 votes early as light, expecting peak between 5 p m and 7 p m. Precinct 149 at San Jacinto School noted 124 votes by 11 a m with Judge Mrs Ted Kioese stating opening delays and typical early voter queues.
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F. Philip Dignam
Jabe M. Simon
D. Paul Parkinson
J. Winston Hayes
Alamo School
Jack Hester
Ford
Ted’ Kioese
San Jacinto School
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Auxilia
Baytown Civic Center
Esther Horton
Catholic Youth Organization
St. Joseph’s Church
Mothers Club
Burnet Mothers Club
Baytown Barracks No
Auxiliary
Chamber
Dave Moore
Ed Vaught
Humble Co
Refinery
Bank & Trust Co
Congress
John E. Moss
House Foreign Operations and Government Information
U.S
Peru
Robert Greenblatt
Chicago
Manhattan
Jower East Side
Peoples State Bank
Monee
Baytown Sun
Bay Town
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