City Council Meeting Delayed By Quorum Shortfall
Sun Spots reports the city council meeting to discuss a proposed city employee salary raise was rescheduled to 6 30 p.m. Thursday at city hall after Tuesday night failed to reach a quorum. Grandmothers Baytown Club and Yooster Garden Club note meeting changes and shrimp dinner plans at Beta Sigma Phi prep event. Lee College dean attended junior college conference at Texas A&M University. Sam Houston PTA set for Thursday in the school auditorium.
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RHO Zeta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Robert E. Lee High School
Walter Rundell
Lee College
Texas A&m. University
PTA
SAM Houston, Pta
Threat to LBJ Found Guns Nazi Flags In Texas
Corpus Christi officers probing a threat to President Johnson found guns Nazi flags and other weapons at two homes including ex convict Julius Schmidt and Jerry Bird. A former mental patient is sought as investigators say one man discussed a plan to aid the president with an automatic weapon. Authorities believe it may be one man but call the matter potentially serious.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
St. Joseph's
Johnnie Mitchell
Mitchell
Johnson
Julius Schmidt
Jerry Bird
Calallen
Schmidt
Bird
Selmdt
Band Parents Meeting For Robert E Lee High School
Band parents at Robert E Lee High School gather at the Brig at 7 30 am Thursday. School board members invited. Weather outlook partly cloudy with scattered temperature changes through Thursday, winds from the north and northeast, highs near 77 degrees. Galveston tides for Thursday predict high at 1 31 am and low at 2 43 pm.
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Robert E. Lee High School
The
Brig
Galveston
Srigadier Building
Stark
Victory
Hill
Around Town items spin stories of locals and events
Doris Jobe evens the score and leads, Frank James makes an appointment with figures, Velma Munson hosts a Big Thicket talk with five people in four directions, Bert Allman closes hay season, and others keep busy with rings, hunts, travel tales, and church bazaar plans. A birthday note for Sun Sports Editor Joe Whittington and a Siamese cat disturbing the Creekmores wrap the column.
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Doris Jobe
Frank James
Velma Munson
Bert Allman
L. H. Rickeson
Cleve Dickens
Fairy Godfrey
Johnny Enderli
Grover Edge
Jimmy Englert
Allen Townsend
Lufkin Foundry
Squiring Sue College
Maudine Irby
Mont Belvie
Sun Sports
Joe Whittington
Creekmores
Lyndon B Johnson biography series begins in Bay Town Sun
The Bay Town Sun will publish 70 condensed installments from Harry Provence's Lyndon B. Johnson A Biography starting Thursday. Provence, a Wayen, Texas editor and Johnson ally, offers an intimate, detailed portrait aimed at clarifying the president's life and actions for American readers.
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United States
Lyndon B. Johnson
Citizan
Baytown Sun
Fis
Harry Provence
A .Waen
Texas
Roy Carter’s ham radio gift boosts mobility world wide
Roy Carter, 25, of La Porte, paralyzed nine years ago, now enjoys global reach via his amateur radio setup thanks to $3,530 in equipment donated by Paysnore Area Amateur Radio Club members and area hams. The surprise party featured a three element high gain antenna, antenna switch, rotator, coax, and guywire, plus a galvanized tower returned by La Porte hams after a prior loan. Carter, licensed since May, has embraced radio study and Morse code, meeting people daily and claiming notably better reception as he conducts operators across the region and beyond.
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Wanda
Ton Roy Carter
Paysnore Area
la Porte
Houston
Baytown
Rey
Magnolia
Highlands
Roy
Crown Ham Cluo
la Porte Group
Toeut Roy
Baytown Sun
Federal Communications Commission
Lince Carter
Humble Bastown Refinery Reaches UF Quota Mark
Humble Oil and Refining Co.'s Bastown Refinery reports 97.1 percent of United Fund quota reached with $90,346.75 raised to date. J C Sheffield notes about 250 employees remain to be contacted and thanks solicitors for hard work. Pipe department led with 100 percent per-employee contributions. UF general chairman Max Mosesman says campaign is past halfway, total at $101,000 with Gow for 1pS at $197,111. Several firms hit 100 percent contributions this week.
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Humble Oil and Refining Co
Bastown
United Fund
J.C. Sheffield
Humble
Parsie
Sheffield
Clyde Bisgers
Max Mosesman
UF General
Gow
National Western Life Insurance Co
James Bowie
Harleny Elementary
Martin Luther King Wins Nobel Peace Prize
The 1964 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Oslo for his nonviolent civil rights leadership. The prize carries 273000 Swedish kroner, with the medal and diploma to be presented December 10 in Oslo.
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Norway
Martin Luther King Jr
United States
Martin Luther King
Oslo Nobel Institute
King
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Mont- Romery
Ala
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Time Magazine
Yale University
John F. Kennedy
Catholic Council For Cooperation Between
Chicago
American Friends Service Committee
Nobel Committee
Storting Parlaaments
Gunnar Jahn
Dean G. Natvig- Pedtersen
Alfred Nobel
Sweden
University of Oslo
Nobel
Albert Luthuli
Enem
Baytown Hit and Run Leaves Man in Serious Condition
Arnold J. Petty, 48, of 31 S Republic, Baytown, was struck by a car at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday on Harbor Drive and transported to Veterans Hospital in Houston in serious condition with fractured hips and severe injuries. Witnesses say the driver sped away after running a red light. the vehicle is described as a two tone beige and brown 1956 Chevrolet possibly damaged on the right front. Police seek information for the hit and run. paint analysis on Petty’s clothing is being sent to Houston PD crime lab.
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Baytown
Arnold J. Petty
Republic
Harbor Drive
Petty
Neterans Hospital
Houston
R. W. Cooper
Potty
Harbor
Cooper
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Veterans Hospital
Market
Charles Cowan
Houston Police Department
Cowan
League
Park
Safety Campaign Lauded By Traffic Committee
The Citizens Traffic Committee lauded the city wide safety campaign at a Holiday Inn breakfast meeting led by chairman Robert Feinberg. Members include four civic club reps a PTA rep a council rep the police chief the city manager and a corporate court judge Holly McLemere from the school district joins the group. A committee will meet with Police Chief Blair Mann Sen Charlie Cowan and a Sun representative to plan further publicity. The panel discussed safety slogan bumper stickers to curb rising traffic accidents and the Jaycees plan a safety belt education drive.
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Robby Susphin
Citizens ‘Traffic Committee
Robert Feinberg
Citizens Group
Jearly
Civic Club
Parent - Teacher Association
Holly McLemere
Holiday Inn
James W. Girardeau
Einberg
Blair Mann
Charlie Cowan
Police Traffic
the Sun
Citizens Traffic
Band Parents Clash With School Board Over Port Commission Invite
The Houston Ship Channel anniversary plan brings debate as trustees clash on inviting the Robert E. Lee High School band and Brigadiers to a November event while opposing a nationally televised Oiler Jets halftime offer seen as commercial. Parents protest and a 3-2 vote tabled the Port Commission invitation, with further meetings and petitions unfolding.
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Robert E. Lee High School
Lee
Houston Ship Channel
New York Jets
Port Commission
A. R. (von) Stark
Jonting
Boyd Hill
Dr. L. GD. Victory
Karl Opryshele
Johnson
Opryshek
Stark, Hill
Dr. Victory
the Sun
Hil
Onryshek
Port’ Commission
Ben Shirey
Knox Beavers
Scarborough's 25th Anniversary Sale Planned in Baytown
Scarborough's Drug Stores, serving Baytown for 25 years, announce a three day Twenty Fifth Anniversary sale from Thursday to Saturday Oct K-17. The event includes spectacular department-wide deals and a customer raffle with a new car prize drawn in December.
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Scarborough
Scarborough’s Drug Stores
Baytown
Scarborough’s
T. C. Starborough
Youn
Hill trustee faces school controversy over extr curricular affairs
Dry Victory criticized Hill for focusing on extracurriculars while education suffers, arguing the district would improve if officials prioritized schooling. The longtime trustee role casts doubt on governance as disputes persist.
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Hill
Honors For Baytown Band Are Earned-Rev Bomhoff
Rev Harold O Bomhoff president of the Baytown Ministerial Alliance lauds the Baytown band and brigade for hours of practice and disciplined conduct. He says national TV and Sunday appearances showcase Baytown well and urges Christian conduct beyond church doors. He notes he speaks for himself, not the entire alliance.
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Harold O. Bomheff
Baytown
Rev
Bomhoff
Jan Tay
God
Ministerial Alliance
Isbell Hints at Florida Path From Cuba Hit
Hurricane Isbell roared across Cuba's Pinar del Rio Province and pushed toward Florida, bringing 80 mph winds at Dry Tortugas and threats of tornadoes in South Florida. Power poles fell near Key West while Coast Guard crews sheltered at Fort Jefferson as Cuba faced widespread damage and a potential tobacco crop loss tied to the storm.
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Miami
Fla
Isbell
Cuba
Pinar del Rio
Key West
Ishell
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
Ft. Jefferson
Miami Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Havana
KODA Helicopter Explosion Kills Two in Houston
A KODA helicopter exploded above Houston killing pilot William L. Holmes Jr and radio announcer Ted Carr. Holmes piloted the craft known as the Koda-Lird while Carr relayed traffic updates. Police officer E. J. Christson witnessed the crash describing a midair explosion and a fall to the ground.
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Houston
Ted Carr
KODA
William L. Holmes Jr
E. J. Chrisson
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