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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1960
Page
7
Ralph Houk, named successor to Casey Stengel, vows to run the New York Yankees his own way. He insists he will decide the lineup and avoid front office interference, stressing autonomy and a one-year contract at about 35000 dollars.
Detroit Detroit: John Fetzer consolidates control after Bill DeWitt resigns as president. Fetzer aims to end the revolving door of managers dating to 1952, naming Rick Ferrell as emissary to evaluate 1961 candidates. Joe Gordon quit Oct 2 after a Detroit contract. his departure intensified front office tensions prev. DeWitt’s fate sealed by Fetzer’s additional stock purchase and the promised settlement.
Barbers Hill Junior High secured its sixth win with a 42 to 20 victory over Fannett. Quarterback Charles Aycock passed for five touchdowns with multiple targets including Burgess Kilgore and Brent Ray as Barbers Hill pulled away, while Fannett's Joe Nelson Gales Nest and Gat Nest added late scores. Barbers Hill travels to Hull-Darsetta next.
President Eisenhower denounces Democratic charges that the United States is slipping to second rate status. Kennedy aides charge the speech in San Francisco was a partisan campaign event, while Hagerty says there was no request for free time and the remarks were carried voluntarily by local stations.
Senate Republican Javits voiced liberal views undercutting Communist prestige as Kennedy campaigns against Nixon Javits hailed by Kennedy aides as aid for the debate and signal to voters citing U2 flights riots in Japan and Congo developments as context for the race
Absentee voting shows heavy activity as Texans cast ballots early with Nov. 8 election near. The report details wide surveys from Tyler to El Paso, GOP and Democratic shifts, and notes candidates Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson, plus party figures and campaign stops across the state.
Critical word on ABC new series The Law and Mr Jones notes mixed reception but creative input from James Whitmore and Sy Gomberg. An anecdote about a broken power mower sparks a neighborly dispute shaping ideas for the show. Also mentions CBS looking at minor parties with Norman Thomas interview and NBC’s Here's Hollywood with Mrs Nixon as former actress.
TV log shows Friday entries with Whirlybirds Maria at Large TV News Today in Sports Weather Gal John Daly and Saturday listings including Devotional George Roesner Farm Journal Cartoon Classics Captain Kangaroo and Popeye segments for the Galveston station with early morning to mid morning slots and cartoons.
A scrambled sports and society column mentions Dreaming Vanderdook and a supper club review date, with scattered references to baseball scores in Texas and a Paul Harvey Noon News style roundup. The readable fragments suggest a page-wide entertainment and local event tease rather than a continuous narrative.
Heirport BURNS reports the birth of a son Kenneth Samuel at Guilt Coast Hospital Ort Oct 7. He weighs 7 pounds 4 ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs R H Cramer of Baytow and Mrs Beatrice Sullivan of Houston. Great grandparents are Mr and Mrs Lee MrKellar of Bay ram. Kenneth Samuel has a brother Randy and sister Stephanie.
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