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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1961
Page
6
Baytown style feature exhorts readers to organize and launder wardrobes during National Thrift Week. Tips include ironing, proper storage, and weekly closet checks. Economic context notes rising saving rates and a push from banks and thrift institutions to make saving convenient and attractive.
Hollywood report tracks Robert Stack nearing end of TV contract with The Untouchables. Agent Bill Shiffrin scouts film roles for 1962, including an MGM offer deemed unsuitable by exec Benny Thau who insists Stack stay Eliot Ness. Separately, Lory Patrick recalls a casting office lead that landed her Wells Fargo role.
Maj. Gen. Albert Watson I T, the U S commander in Berlin, is a veteran of two wars and a man of poise and humor who trusts West Berlin will stay free and grow. He toured the Eastern Sector with Gen. Lucius D. Clay to affirm Western rights, holds fluency in German, and is married to Anne Dunlap Bucher with two sons.
Gov Price Daniel named J Walter Janko of Somerville and Charles Ford of Longview to the Veterans Affairs Commission. He also announced appointments to the radiation advisory board under the 1961 Radiation Control Act: Julius W. Dieckert AG M College Dallas, E C Stokely Dow Chemical Freeport, C R Johnson Texas City, Herbert Allen Houston, Linvd R Hershberger San Antonio, J R Maxfield Jr Dallas, Ben DuBilier Austin, E M McFadden Dallas, Boone Powell Baylor Hospital Dallas.
Tokyo and Seoul agreed to restart negotiations on October 20 to normalize diplomatic ties. The talks, ongoing for a decade, aim to settle disputed property claims and other outstanding issues between the two nations.
Wilbarger Hardeman and Foard Counties district attorney Jack Hightower of Vernon announced his intention to run for Congress to fill the vacancy left by U S representative Ticard. Ticard plans to resign to become executive vice president of the American Petroleum Institute, though he has not yet tendered resignation to Governor Price Daniel.
Boston AP report about Margery Michelmore a 1960 Smith College graduate whose Nigeria postcard criticized poverty prompting African student protests and a demand that the Peace Corps leave Nigeria. Her father Howard Michelmore defended her motives as a desire to help and ease world tensions.
A note asserts that determining the age of a hard shell turtle lacks a reliable method. While shells show growth rings, they vary with species and environment, making precise aging uncertain.
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