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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 19, 1961

Page

4

Know Your America Week Urges Baytown to Embrace Freedom

Editorial urges Baytown citizens, schools, churches and groups to back Know Your America Week in November 1925. It critiques apathy, warns of global danger, and calls for a community effort with the Knights of Pythias to renew pride in living under a free, dignified American system.

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Give To Your United Fund in Baytown Drive

Baytown residents are urged to contribute a total of 185807 to United Fund agencies for another year. Eight hours pay is cited as a fair share, with many giving more and many working hard behind the scenes to reach the goal. The drive stresses careful screening of needs, responsible fund management, and a call to support neighbors affected by Hurricane Carla while reinforcing community pride and shared responsibility.

Baytown United Fund Carla

Court Upholds Order Not To Drill Gas Well

The Supreme Court endorsed a Railroad Commission ruling preventing a Shelta County landowner from drilling a well on a tract under 40 acres. The Austin court had previously overturned the commission but the higher court reinstated the prohibition citing Rule 37 spacing details and field-wide standards.

Austin Supreme Court Railroad Commission Shelta County Mark Williams Williams

Public mood on Moscow contrasts with new missile insights

Drew Pearson notes optimism in a shift toward peaceful competition with Russia. He cites the deep aversion to war among Russians, liberalizing reform, and a revised National Intelligence Estimate showing Soviet missiles are less capable and more cumbersome than once thought. The analysis covers ICBM tests, production setbacks, and the implications for U.S. strategic balance and Berlin talks. Goldwater signals no 1984 bid, aiming to consolidate Senate power and build credibility for a future run.

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Baytown Sun Publication Details and Staff Listing

The Baytown Sun operates afternoons with staff including Editor and Publisher Beulah Mae Jackson Managing Editor Beulah Mae Jackson Advertising Department John Wadley Retail Manager Corrie Laughlin and others. The paper is a Baytown, Texas publication entered as second class matter and a member of Associated Press and Texas press associations.

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TODAY'S GRAB BAG QUIZ QUESTIONS AND HISTORY NOTES

A scrambled page lists trivia about a famous log cabin, Napoleon’s brothers, Knights of the Golden Circle, timber varieties, and a 19th century English toolmaker. It mixes questions with quotes on action and language, plus a date note about 1814 and a poll question about a machine tool pioneer.

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Machine builder master to artist in steam hammer era

A historical note profiles a Scote man who learned from a master, built machines by age twenty, and later perfected many including the steam hammer. He directed Bes semer with preces for steel, retired at 48 with fortune to pursue art and astronomy.

Shove Scoteman Mille Bessemer

Christmas business outlook and cycles for 1961

Babson Park analyst says Christmas buying mood reflects national feelings not just figures. Strong cycle shows consumer spending supports retailers, producers, and workers. weather and disasters may alter the holiday outlook, with a cautious note on fallout shelters diverting attention from spending. Readers will see a 1962 Outlook covering business, inflation, retail trade, wages, employment, politics, and the stock market.

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Carla Reouctht Af Joad Blessing At Goose Island State Park

AUSTIN AP The State Parks Board says workmen will start Monday to convert Carla s shell dumping on Goose Island into a permanent improvement. Hundreds of tons of shell will form a new road to serve 16 shelters and repair damaged mainland trails. The Talfoot bridge between Gonse Island and the mainland has been replaced after the storm carried away the old structure.

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Come Now let us Reason Together Verse Note

A biblical quotation from Isaiah 1 1 urging reconciliation and purification, with imagery of sins becoming as white as snow and crimson turning to scarlet. It references the Lord inviting discussion and cleansing of iniquities.

How Do You Stand

The Very Rev Selway Dean of Trinity Cathedral Phoenix argues from St Paul that true progress comes by changing mankind not the world. He warns against liberal planners seeking a heaven on earth and urges born again faith with a balanced government that protects the vulnerable without overreach. How do you stand, sir.

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Editors Speak on Language and Traffic Absolutes

In a Charleston Daily Mail column readers are reminded that language use varies with context and that communication matters more than rigid rules. The piece cites a forthcoming New Cone Council of Teachers of English nominee arguing there are no absolutes in language or traffic norms and urges practical understanding over pedantry.

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Squeeze Demonstrated In Bridge Hand With Automatic Outcome

In a Bridge showpiece, South executes a classic end position squeeze after a diamond lead and three seesawing trump rounds. South discards clubs, the last trump completes the squeeze, and the jack of clubs plus ace of spades secure the remaining tricks. East’s alternative lead would have broken key communications and defeated the contract.

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