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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1960
Page
1
The National League unanimously accepted Houston and New York as its ninth and tenth cities for the 1962 season with operations to begin in 1962. President Warren Giles expects no difficulties with Houston, but foresees possible issues in the New York situation.
UF funds climb as Sun Spots reports show 92 324 collected or pledged. A Baytown Rotary update notes Grace Oil Co. won 100 percent participation with dollar quota also met. A civic meeting at Graywood and church notices fill the weekend Baytown page.
Tuesday tides for Calveston show high water at 2 08 PM and 3 PM with lows at 8 46 AM and 8 57 PM.
Irregular OCR散文 lists many persons such as Pat Tobin Bobby Patison Marshall Kigreamp Arthur Lindstrom Larry Kelles and Gearta Sagle. Mentions of horses riding trips college talk Huntsville trips and people planning excursions surface in a jumble of fragmented lines and misread items.
Severe weather across South Texas brought tornadoes and heavy rain. Refugio reported 13.4 inches, Seguin saw 11 inches, and 400 families fled to higher ground. One twister near Sinton damaged homes while another hit Seguin, prompting widespread road closures and gas/oil facility incidents. Ten-plus communities logged significant rainfall totals and flood warnings.
Lawson A Bergeron Jr 52 died Saturday in a Baytown hospital. Funeral rites were held Monday at St Joseph's Catholic Church with Rev Denis Kennedy officiating. He was buried in Forest Park Cemetery in Houston. He was a longtime employee of Humble Refining Co Baytown Refinery and a member of Knights of Columbus Holy Name Society Baytown Elks Club Local No. 7 and International Union AFL CIO. He is survived by Alberta Bergeron widow daughter Judy Bergeron son L A Bergeron sister Mrs W B Counce and sister Mrs Hack Verraan and granddaughter Kimberly Bergeron. Rosary was recited Sunday at Earthman Chapel.
A cyclone and tidal wave along the East Pakistan coast killed more than 3,000 people and left about 8 percent of survivors homeless. The storm struck offshore islands in the Bay of Bengal last Monday, with communications cut off until officials issued their report.
SEQPO LDVILLE Congo. Mobutu and Katanga President Tshombe held five hours of talks in Elisabethville to ease the secession crisis. Both called the discussions friendly but failed to resolve basic differences. Tshombe remained firm on Katanga independence and signaled a possible future government while Mobutu urged central control and stabilization by year end.
AP reports three big prize winners from Twenty-One Charles Van Doren Hank Bloomgarden and Miss Van Nardroff have been charged with perjury. They were among 14 former contestants who surrendered as a larger grand jury probe into rigged quiz shows expands. Dist Atty Hogan said six others expected to surrender soon bringing total to about 20. Each faces two misdemeanor counts for false testimony given before 1958 and 1960 grand juries with possible penalties up to three years in jail and fines up to $1,000.
In Havana a Cuban firing squad killed two Americans and seven Cuban insurgents at San Juan Valley after an expedition landed on Cuba's northeast coast. Allan Dale Thompson 36 from Queen City Texas and Robert C. Fuller 25 of Mooringsport Louisiana were executed with Anthony Zarba 27 of Somerville Massachusetts among others. The invasion tied to U S plots to spark intervention and end with more expeditions predicted by Fuller and Rivero in testimonies.
The man in charge of the nation’s Polaris program will arrive in Bay town Tuesday for a visit with relatives. Adm. and Mrs. W. H. Raborn are to be the guests of the Grant Terrills, 75 Morrell, in Rahorn. The Rahorns live in Arlington, Va, but Admiral Raborn works in Washington. They will speak Wednesday at the Houston Kiwanis Club.
Vice President Richard M. Nixon attacked Kennedy over Quemoy Matsu policy in Hartford, saying surrender would mean defeat. He argued Kennedy’s promises diverge from Eisenhower era policy and criticized changing positions as rash and immature.
In Wooster area voters approved a 452000 bond issue for Water and Sewer District No. 8 to fund improvements including two 390000 gallon storage tanks a new water well and an additional fire station. Taxes will not rise beyond the current level and the district plans a bond redemption schedule to cover interest.
Good Afternoon London Times notes Britain agrees to allow the United States to establish a base at Seattle port for Polaris missile armed submarines. Elvis Presley spends night in Memphis hospital after finger injury during high school friends game. France Catholic hierarchy backs Algeria self determination while seeking peaceful North African European coexistence. Eisenhower heads a six-state six day nonpolitical tour. Salt Lake City police four die in a crash near Eureks Utah while en route to Las Vegas to buy a plane for the force.
C A Bowman of Channelview died at 11 20 pm Saturday at home. Funeral services were held at 10 am at Moray Ole River Terrace Church with Rev James Brannen. Body shipped to Caddo Mills for graveside services Tuesday at 4 pm at Caddo Mills Cemetery. Bowman survived by wife Geneva, two sons Charles Edwin and Clarence Loy, two daughters Nelda Joyce and Jeannene, six sisters Hazel Rea Tucker Helen Haubert Jimmy Nell Tanner Margaret Rowe Rose Evelyn Little and George DePouli.
The State Board of Insurance in Austin postponed a ruling on higher auto insurance rates until Thursday after staff experts recommended a total 13.2 percent increase in auto liability rates and an average 4 percent rise for collision coverage. They cited 4.5 percent as a general boost from rising losses and 7.8 percent to correct safe driving plan estimates. The plan increased the 20 percent discount for clean records for 7.8 percent more drivers. A 2-1 split kept intact as board members Strain and Price supported the delay.
A. G. Treadgold, president of United Rubber and Chemical Co., will address the Baytown Stone Club at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday at the Tower. A senior vice president and assistant treasurer of United Carbon, he has held top posts in multiple firms since joining United Oil and Natural Gas Products in 1922. Born in Emmetsburg, La, he is a World War II veteran and member of multiple organizations.
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