Houston Mayor Faces Busy Election Field in Nov
Houston voters head to the polls November 6 to decide a crowded mayoral race and eight city council seats. The filing deadline produced 45 candidates, including mayoral hopefuls and incumbents. The list features business owners, attorneys, engineers, and real estate professionals across districts A to At Large, with Ray B. Oaks as city controller incumbent.
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Big Humphrey) Vitale
Jack Carswell
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Doc
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George Montgomery
al Rubin
Nick J. Sorinsky
WW Thompson
Kearle E. Berry
Mike Conui
Magaine
Frank Mann
Louis Peters
Ralph Wallace
R. D. Artz
Letired
R. R. Garcia
Johnny Goyen
O Jim
Meanex
Ray B. Oaks
Astronaut Slayton Resigns From Air Force to Pursue Civilian Space Role
Maj. Donald K. Slayton a pioneer astronaut who narrowly missed spaceflight quits the Air Force to seek a civilian space career. NASA confirms his flying status and he will remain in astronaut activities coordination while continuing as civilian. The move opens room for Gemini and Apollo programs as NASA expands its pool of astronauts.
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REL Students Named To All Region Choir
REL Students Named To All-Region Choir at Memorial High School Spring Branch. Robert E. Lee High School students Barbara Morgan Bobby Bue-Jow and Buzzy Mitchell earned spots after regional tryouts held Jan 10 21 at Comp arison in Friendswood. Selections based on tone quality vocal ability and sight-reading with T F Seale and Mrs. Mary Guemple at the accompaniment.
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T. F. Seale
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Goodwill Bags Distributed in East Harris District
East Harris District delivers 37 450 Goodwill bags to Boy Scouts Clubs and Explorers through Saturday. From Oct 26 to Nov 2 each home in the area will receive a bag. After 1 p m the scout units will collect them at Sears Bastown and 210 S Main Highlands. The drive aims to gather items for Goodwill Industries in Houston.
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Houston
Noon Call Stock Quotes Courtesy Merrill Lynch
The noon call provides stock quotes from Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner and Smith, listing current prices and market performance for selected securities. The brief note indicates the brokerage name supplying the data.
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Baytown Juniors and Suiciders win in Baytown showdown
A combined Baytown Junior Varsity and Suicide Squad triumphed 6-0 over Texas City's Junior Varsity in a Wednesday night game. Richard Plata scored the lone touchdown, with Baytown's defense bottling Texas City in the first and third quarters and forcing multiple Texas City fumbles.
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Town Hall Restores 151 Dollar Lee College Surplus
Town Hall of Baytown returns 151 dollars in treasury surplus to Lee College Student Association. Mrs. J D Giddings, president, announced a successful collaboration with Lee College that brought distinguished speakers to Baytown last year and continues with college assemblies this year.
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Funeral services for Thomas Dwight Hix in Baytown
Funeral services are set for 2 p m Friday at Berriman Funeral Home for Thomas Dwight Hix 46 of 616 Morrell Baytown pastor Rev Paul Stephens of Secoya Baptist Church will officiate Burial will follow at San Jacinto Memorial Park Cemetery Honorary pallbearers are Baytown Refinery employees Survivors include wife Dorothy Nix of Baytown daughter Gerodine Amiber of Baytown son Thomas Leon Nix of Ingleside mother Myrtle Bir of Ingleside four brothers and four sisters including L Nix of Ingleside and Juanita Jones of Corpus Christi Also surviving are four grandchildren
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GOP Boss Sees Nixon as Dark Horse Nominee
Nashville report quotes Republican national chairman Willie A. E. Miller saying delegates at the GOP convention could turn to Richard Nixon if needed. He argues Nixon is not Barry Goldwater or Nelson Rockefeller and may lack enough votes for the nomination. The remarks came during a Sigma Delta Chi event in Tennessee.
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Astronaut Selection Friday and Air Base Supply Link
A new group of astronauts will be selected Friday with a California air base possibly serving as the primary supply hub. Davis Simmons of Kemah dies in an early morning crash west of Kemah, with passenger Mary Cornell, 25, transported to John Sealy Hospital in Galveston in critical condition. Simmons' truck overturned on a curve hitting a culvert.
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Mary Cornell
John Sealy Hospital
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