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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1963
Page
1
Sun Spots GS Neighborhood will meet at S230 avn Thursday at the Cedar Tinial Highlands. Weather Partly cloudy through Thursday with scattered afternoon thundershowers. No important temperature change is expected with a high around 63 degrees. Galveston Times notes high at 3:11 am and low at 9:58 pm.
A flood of local group notices lists upcoming meetings and events. Houston area PTA sessions include Sem Mouston and Stephen F. Austin groups meeting at 2 15 p m with topics such as The Family A Firm Home Base. Lynchburg and ALASIO PTA carnivals fundraise for school programs while other clubs plan luncheons, theater happenings, football ticket hunts, and a story hour at Sterling Library.
Houston dispatch reports a formal announcement naming a Ward group of astronauts to be revealed at 3 p.m. CST Friday. Speculation pegs the new cohort at ten to twelve members as part of Project Genial prelims toward the United States lunar shots. The original seven were chosen April 1959, with nine added in September.
South Korea's presidential election ended with military-backed Park Chung-hee securing victory over Civil Rule candidate Yun Po-sun. unofficial tallies showed Park winning by about 100,000 votes. Yun fled into hiding as results tallied amid claims of irregularities and a desire for national unity.
Republican candidate Jack Cox will address Baytown at 7 20 p m Thursday during the inaugural meeting of the Republican Women of Baytown at the Lakewood Club House behind Wooster Baptist Church amar. About 200 women have signaled willingness to join the group which has a charter from Harris County Republican Women’s Club and the coopera tion of George Tish Harris County Chairman. The meeting aims to organize precincts. attendees of any gender are invited to hear Cox and discuss nominating committee appointments for permanent officers with election planned in two meetings.
Baytown and Harris County face construction slowdowns as a shell shortage affects Spur 220 on Decker Drive and city upgrades. W E Carmichael of the Texas Highway Department warns other area projects may also be delayed. City projects include West Sterling repairs and East Foyle resurfacing, with local firms unable to supply shell. Industry leaders warn 10 000 jobs could be at risk and costs may rise across Gulf Coast construction.
The Baytown Cerebral Palsy Center is highlighted as a vital Red Feather agency supported by Insted Fund dollars. It provides cerebral palsy treatment, rehabilitation, education, and parent counseling referring patients by physician. The center offers physical, occupational, speech, and visual auditory therapies, with a 43 patient capacity and a board led by J. W. Carroll as chairman and Mrs. Lucille Devine directing administration and programs.
CHICAGO AP Drought and wildfires continued to plague many parts of the nation. Eastern areas face near drought peak as hundreds of fires burn tinder dry forests in the Northeast and Midwest. Western rangelands, hay scarce, feed declines, and milk output sag. Great Lakes water levels fall. some communities face shortages and restrictions. Damage estimates from southern Indiana and southeastern Illinois alone reach 35 to 50 million dollars. Thunderstorms occur in the Southeast and Central Plains with scattered hail and fire risk.
John Wadley advertising manager for The Baytown Sun says the ad copy deadline for the Sales Spree 63 edition is Friday. The three day sale runs October 24 through 26 with kickoff in the October 23 edition and expanded circulation to La Porte Mont Belvieu Seabrook Anahuac and the Mission Spacecraft Center area.
Yugoslav President Tito heads to the United States for talks with President Kennedy at the White House on Thursday following a tour of Brazil Chile Bolivia and Mexico. He aims to press peaceful coexistence and nonintervention and discusses with Latin American leaders shared goals of peaceful relations and economic progress in developing nations. Tito and Mexican President Lopez Mateos sign a joint communique urging a drafted international code to reinforce nonintervention and cooperation among nations and call on the United Nations to aid agreement.
Several of the nation s original astronauts may become principal owners of a Baytown area bank if negotiations for purchase of controlling interest succeed. Reported in final stages, the talks involve about 31 million dollars for the controlling stake with some stockholders retaining portions. Names mentioned include Gus Grissom Alan Shepard Jr Walter Shirra Deke Slaton Gordon Cooper John Glenn and Scott Carpenter alongside Houston business figures.
Washington leaders push to trim civil rights provisions as Rep. Emanuel Celler backs administration recommendations for bipartisan support. Attorney General Kennedy urges restoring the measure's core to risk a swift passage, amid opposition from liberal Democrats.
Washington report shows U S personal income rising to a record annual rate of 465.5 billion for September, a 43 percent year over year gain. The gain comes mainly from higher wages and salaries and reflects payrolls under the new federal minimum wage law effective September.
Greater Baytown Chamber of Commerce will honor Highlands at a Friday luncheon at the Holiday Inn. The program, led by Jeff Tanner, covers Highlands businesses and growth, with Oswalt Harman discussing San Jacinto River development. Several local leaders and business owners are set to attend.
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