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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1964
Page
1
Kari Opryshek, a San Jacinto School Board member who underwent surgery Thursday at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital, is reported doing exceptionally well by family. He is in Room 400 with limited visitors, as local events list upcoming meetings and community notices across Highlands area and Baytown.
Jean Taylor drums for Mont Belvieu homecoming while Flossie Bone receives roses for opening night in Arsenic and Old Lace. The Baytown Little Theater schedules repairs. Kitiriks program grants a bicycle to Susan and Allen Wickert. chores from Ann Farmer to government workshop. Local blooms, art league plans, and the Liberty Fair call contest are featured with community highlights.
Baytown police report a weekend spree with numerous thefts. Items stolen include a false hair piece, car motor parts, three billfolds, a boat named Baroque, a stereo tape recorder, jewelry, cash, and checks. Burglars struck Continental Coiffures Beauty Shop, Sunbeam Bakery warehouse, and several residences, with no forced entry reported in some cases. Police investigated the thefts and noted damage to a warehouse safe.
DETROIT AP GM ended a 31 day national walkout yet local level strikes threaten to halt new operations. About 95 of 107 locals ratified a new three year contract while 28 locals still lacking plant agreements may not return. 300000 GM workers idled during the walkout amid selective enforcement and continued plant shutoffs.
Six people were injured in fourteen traffic crashes over the weekend in Baytown boosting the year’s total to 804. A head on collision on Highway 14E Bridge injured one man. two bicyclists on the Goose Creek Bridge were blamed for the wreck. Police and the Sun sponsor a slogan contest for students with prizes including a wrist watch.
In Orange Texas a series of ethylene and oxide gas explosions at Spencer Chemical Co and Allied Chemical Co killed two workers, injured 17, and caused fires and window damage. Mayor Ted McFarlane of Pinehurst, a Spencer employee, was among the injured. Fire crews from multiple cities battled flames as roads were blocked and a major disaster was declared.
Nine Marines died when two helicopters collided near Melva during U S Spain amphibious maneuvers. The wreckage caught fire as the craft struck a rocky escarpment at about 500 feet. Twelve Marines escaped, one badly injured, as survivors were evacuated from ships to shore. The exercise involved more than 120 ships and 30 000 personnel and continued for 20 days.
Reports outline inaugural joint government maneuvers and Pope Pal VUbray's rail integration remarks in Bombay while Washington governments prep for a forthcoming visit. Kremlin leaders meet foreign communists to quell Khrushchev fallout as Russia buys 106 million bushels of wheat from Canada for 21 dollars per million, with Cuba and Soviet Union shipping options. Supreme Court upholds Virginia divorce decree naming husbands and wives. Analysts anticipate a record 76.3 million voters in the November election as Hayate Tke da departs. Rumors claim Suspected RUNICETOUS threat tour and a hospital stay for Mikhail Sustov after an attack on Hrushickey. Stock market edges higher on selective strength amid auto industry weakness.
Washington reports that a squadron of 15 B52 heavy jet bombers was posted on Guam, about 1,000 miles from Red China. The move, made last spring, moves the force about 5,000 miles closer to Communist China and replaces older medium bombers. The B52s have longer range, fly faster higher, and can be refueled to extend range. No more overseas B52 deployments are planned this year.
South Viet Nam transfers government from military to civilian hands led by Phan Khac Suu, with Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh resigning as premier. High National Council to pick a premier while Khanh keeps influence as armed forces chief. Tran Van Huong speculated as successor amid tense political maneuvering and risk of further coups.
Roy Ernest Howell, his wife, and their three year old daughter Terry Ann die in a single engine Piper Cherokee 340 crash near El Maton on a rain swept Sunday en route from Harlingen to Baytown. Witnesses report engine trouble before the nose dive into a plowed field. the wreckage delayed identification for hours. The Howells owned Howell’s Cafeteria in Baytown. Funeral services for the couple and child are pending at Kreidler Ashcraft Funeral Monte in Harlingen.
Bartown Lions Club plans a 6 30 p m dinner in honor of US Representative Albert Thomas. W J Strickler of the Chamber of Commerce will introduce the guest. Rev Edwin Summers leads the arrangements. Thomas, serving in Congress since 1937, has returned to Houston and will be in the Baytown area for the event.
Washington reports say government experts see Khrushchev’s removal as damaging Soviet prestige and making future policy toward the West unpredictable. The study cites power struggles among Brezhnev, Kosygin, and others, with factionalism influencing East European governments and widening gaps with China.
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