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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1961
Page
2
Miles born June 20 1888 in Dodd City Texas moved to Baytown in 1928. He was a Painters Union Local No 0 member. Funeral services Tuesday at Paul C Lee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Peters officiating. Burial in San Jacinto Memorial Park Cemetery. Survived by wife three daughters one son two brothers and pallbearers named.
An American industrialist who left Helgaland on the North Sea island more than four decades ago has contributed 125000 to his old school. Mayor H. P. Richmers said the town’s benefactor prefers to remain anonymous.
The report notes a USDA farming policy move urging cotton and grain growers to cut plantings to curb farm surpluses and reduce costs. Cotton allotments set at 18 101 718 acres, down 356 706 from this year, amid White House directed effort to lower program costs. National Cotton Council expresses disappointment over reduced production.
The Fourth District VFW hosts a Veterans Day Dance at the Rice Hotel Grand Ballroom on Saturday night November 11. Ed Gerlach and his orchestra provide music with admission 2.50 per person or 5 per couple, benefiting VFW rehabilitation, community service and youth programs. Co chairs are Lee Higgins and Mrs Thelma Pugh with tickets at local dealers and shops.
Margarita Garcia Flores is identified in New Delhi dispatches as the Mexican wife of Galbraith era ambassador. The piece portrays John Kenneth Galbraith as Harvard economist turned diplomat with a self assured wit and athletic posture. It details his career shaping U.S. aid and economic policy, his first India tour, and public image as a shirt sleeve politician who navigates both backroom politics and high diplomacy.
A Texas Bureau of Business Research report notes pasturelands have moved from West Texas to eastern and coastal areas. Census data show about 9.5 million cattle on 100 million acres, or 65 percent of the state, with modern cattlemen adopting new pasturing patterns and evacuating former choice lands as relocation progresses eastward.
The United Nations Command in the Congo announced a cease-fire with Katanga. The pact includes prisoner exchanges next Monday and US recognition of Katanga’s right to defend itself if attacked by central Congo forces massing near Katanga. Signed late Friday by Katanga President Moise Tshombe and UN official Mahmoud Khiari after three weeks of talks.
A chaotic radio fragment outlines KWBA mutual network programming from Monday to Thursday night including Texas News at 4 30 Bobby Wolfe and sportscast efforts by Chuck Evans Jerry Jackson and Batty Wolf. The jumbled text hints at news briefs and a morning show segment with mention of Texas and world news.
Muskogee Oklahoma AP Pret ty Boy Floyd a 1930s outlaw will figure in a federal case next week. George Dwire of Hot Springs Arkansas and Albert Johnson of Tulsa are charged with obtaining money under false pretenses in promoting a movie about Floyd. They face trial October 11 on violations of the Securities and Exchange Commission Act and with using the mails by defraud.
iCoin Bid Board at Sims Coin Shop 442 E Alford raises funds for bidders, per Les Robinson Baytown Coin Club president. The group meets next at Electians Hall North Pruett at 7 30 PM Army Second Lt Tommy Far sp m Oct 24. Jin Partin son of Lester G Partin Baytown completed airborne course at Fort Benning Ga renewing paratrooper wings after intensive training.
An IRS roster of Houston area citizens notes Everett Walton Jr of La Porte is entitled to a 1960 income tax reform. The fragment hints at a speed trap incident and mentions conversation about speed and travel, but details are unclear.
Mrs. William S. Vorhaben of 1303 Dwinnel was treated at San Jacinto Hospital for a neck injury after a 12 25 p m collision on Airhart Drive. A car driven by Glenn E. Taylor 23 of McNair struck Vorhaben s rear. Police charged Taylor with defective brakes.
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