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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1961
Page
1
Baytown Navy Mothers Club and Cub Scout Pack 68 will hold an annual uniform inspection at 7 p.m. Thursday at Community Building No. 1 Roseland Park pavilion. Members urged to attend and bring a prospective member.
Baytown City Council appointed a six district park site study panel headed by members Ben Love District 1 Mrs Bobby Sutphin District 2 Charles Puller District 3 John Martin District 4 Dr Bob Warford District 5 and Mrs Zenobia Booth District 6. The panel to operate independently of the advisory body was suggested by Councilmen Hansen and Ansley. The council also bought three 1962 police cars for 3578.38 with trade ins.
Dalat partly cloudy through Thursday with widely scattered thundershowers and slightly higher temperatures.
Wooster resident E L Palmer sues Utah Home Fire Insurance Co in federal court for 19 900 claiming wind driven water damaged his home at 144 Mapleton in Houston after hurricane Carla. An adjuster noted roof largely undamaged and wind damage minimal. The suit concerns coverage under a 20 000 policy.
Kenneth Robison of Highlands has been elected president of the Mu Zeta Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta at Texas Wesleyan College Fort Worth. A senior English major active in the Student Education Association he will also serve on the Student Supreme Court. Baytown folks donate to the Baytown Opportunity School with gifts from Mrs Johnnie V Walker C J Pinter the Thursday Forum and Epsilon Sigma Alpha. West Baytown Kiwanis Club provides two record players and a swing set for the playground. Star Scout advances for Roy Cavarresia and Ricky Landry in Troop 142. Linda Pierce heads for Austin Saturday for the Rice Texas game. Robert M Trant writes from West Germany home to Mrs Winnie Trent about farm demonstrations and other notes in Baytown.
Robin Cravey, 31, of Houston, brother of Baytown City Council member Seaborn Cravey, is missing since Oct 16 after leaving a newspaper route. A yellow station wagon tied to him was found in Dallas. police seek information as details emerge about possible surveillance and threats.
Baytown Police Lt R H Bo Turner was appointed assistant police chief by Police Chief Roy Montgomery. Montgomery will request confirmation from City Manager J B LeFevre. Turner topped a Civil Service exam and succeeds the vacancy created by Cleve Dickens, who remains as patrolman. Turner joined the department March 1 1953 rising from patrolman to sergeant lieutenant and now assistant chief.
William F Winters deputy director of Red Cross disaster services in the Haytown area listed nine points about relief operations. Relief serves disaster sufferers, based on need not loss, and is an outright grant not a loan. The Red Cross aids those unable to recover with resources and avoids political religious or racial discrimination. It acts as agent of contributors and does not assume governmental responsibility. relief is kept within normal channels of trade where feasible.
Fred Hartman reports on Vaughan Bryant of the Port of Houston outlining a plan to reach Latin American nations to build a middle class and spur relief and development. He warns of pitfalls and notes 70 percent of wealth rests with 5 percent, while stating U.S. aid should back science and better schools. He argues friendly ties deter communism and cites Latin America’s $1K billion annual output and growth potential. The session, led by League of Women Voters president Mrs. Robert C. Wahrmund, featured questions on regional commerce.
Baytown will bid farewell to its inter urban service with the final run at 2 pm Thursday from the main Baytown office after MoPac received approval from the Texas Railroad Commission. Joe G. Smith will operate the Tailbus to M. K. Yard near Houston, returning about 24 hours later. Revenue last year was under $5,000 with losses of over $12,000. the era ends after decades of service once popular in the 1920s and 30s.
AP reports from Upp sala indicate Novaya Zemlya area test under Soviet program. U.N. Police Committee rejects procedural roadblocks and votes to immediately consider an urgent appeal to cancel the 10 megaton hydrogen bomb test.
Falcon Seaboard of Houston will erect a relief rig in Galveston Bay to drill a 11 800 foot deep relief well 1900 feet southeast of Humble Oil and Refining’s burning gas well two miles northeast of the Houston Ship Channel. The $300000 operation aims to pump mud to choke the top formation and may take 0 to 99 days. Coast Guard patrols guard the area as wells nearby are checked for danger.
Harris County District Attorney Frank Briscoe told Rotary Club of Baytown that parole laws shorten sentences and release inmates early. He noted Texas prisons house young inmates with rising numbers released every two to five years. Briscoe, leading the largest DA staff in the state, highlighted 3500 cases disposed since January and Harris County as a murder capital with 107 cases this year. He also reported nearly $500,000 in hot checks recovered for county business thefts.
Representatives from schools churches and civic groups are urged to attend a 7 30 pm meeting Wednesday at the Chamber of Commerce to organize a city wide Know America Week committee Sponsored by the Knights of Pythias the observance runs Nov 19 25 Club school church programs will stress constitutional rights civic duty and freedom of religion with daily themes from The Faiths by Which We Live to The Jobs at Which We Work and community services.
Victor HORC Labor Department at the Baytown Refinery achieved 103 percent of its United Fund quota. The largest department, with 34 men, was praised by general foreman Al Clayton for its historic top performance. The campaign total around 998,676.68 indicates strong effort by the Baytown facility amid 56.4 percent of its target.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday for Mrs Elizab eth Thornton Whiddon of 500 W Pearce Baytown resident who died Monday in Baytown hospital. Rev Bo Walter Heocketl will officiate with interment at Cedar Crest Cemetery under direction of Eachtman Funeral Home. Survived by husband Henry Whiddon of Baytown one daughter Mrs John Herminger St Reading Pa and five grandchildren.
U S Army troops were on alert as American civilians faced restricted entry into East Berlin. Armored units and tanks moved to border points while armed escorts guided a civilian car into the sector before being turned back. Buses carrying U S military and civilians faced delays as East German guards demanded passenger identification.
Business and industrial leaders invited to tour Baytown schools on BIE Day. Norman D Ol ive chairs the event with an education committee from the Chamber of Commerce. Visitors report to school offices for a half day of tours and hands on cafeteria experiences as teachers rotate through local firms.
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