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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 30, 1961

Page

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Texas Municipal League Meet In San Antonio Delegates Attend

City Manager J B LeFevar chief accountant David Funderburk and City Attorney Chandler attend the Texas Municipal League annual meeting in San Antonio to study anticipated world growth of Texas cities over the next twenty years. Galveston tides Tuesday will be high at 3 57 p m.

League J. B. LeFevar David Funderburk Chandler Texas Municipal League San Antonio Texas Galveston

Stalin Removal Raises Soviet Mausoleum Change

Five thousand delegates voted to remove Joseph Stalin's body from the Lenin tomb on Red Square. Khrushchev led denouncements of Stalin as a mass repressor and purger with mass army impact cited. The mausoleum was closed for repairs and the tomb will bear Vladimir Lenin's founder title with no immediate placement for Stalin's remains.

Moscow Communist Party Congress Joseph Stalin Lenin Red Square Khrushchev Stalin Vladimir Tyich Kremlin Ivan Spiridenov Leningrad Dele- Baytown Georgia Texas State College Soviet Union Khrushichev Getter

Strickler's Last Rites Held Today

Funeral services were held for Ira Warfield Strickler a Baytown resident of 33 years who died Saturday after a short illness He was 78 Rev Chester Steele led services at Grace Methodist Church with graveside rites at Memory Gardens of Baytown Cemetery by Goose Creek Lodge AFZAM Strickler a former bank cashier rising to a family of executives includes sons J W Jack and W J Bill Survived by widow Mrs Emily B Strickler and another son Ira W Strickler Jr and daughter Mrs Maurice Blum Interment directed by Earthman Funeral Home

Ira Warfield Strickler Baytown Chester Steele Grace Methodist Church Memory Gardens Baytown Cemetery Goose Creek

Plans To Expand Travis School With 12 Classrooms

Board to study plans for a 12 classroom addition to William B. Travis Elementary School. Trustees will review working plans and specifications at 7 38 p m for final approval. If approved, bids will be sought and a contractor named to begin construction on the project.

William B. Travis Med Diol Palratig

REL Egg Throwers Deliver Apologies

Robert E. Lee High School students acted after incidents at the Oct. 20 South Houston game. Principal McLemore and assistant principal Winnie Brown led a student run effort to apologize, return a mascot painting, and discuss sportsmanship. A panel on good sportsmanship followed a short rally with 75 students in attendance.

South Houston Bert Hill John Kilgore Winnie Brown South Housiton REL Pringcipht Trojan AEL Lee Brown Jimmy Danks Ricky Thompson Paul Archie Rudy Herrera Donny Strick- Int Dan Longacre

Baytown Police Plan Calmed Halloween Night

Police chief Roy Montgomery warned Baytown youngsters and teens that Halloween fun should stay orderly. Officers will be on duty from dusk to daylight with 30 reserves patrolling in front of Bay Theater and Market Street to prevent property damage. Disciplinary action will follow for those turning fun into destruction.

Roy Montgomery Baytown Young-Daliwn Hall Montgomery Brunston Theater Ias Bay ‘Theater Rambune- Market Street Mbas

Soviet 50 megaton blast claims shock Sweden

Swedish scientists from Uppsala report a Soviet atmospheric explosion near 24 times stronger than a 30 megaton blast last Monday. Dr. Marcus A. Baath notes the northeast of Uppsala as the epicenter about 1 2 miles away, amid Khrushchev’s push to end atmospheric tests with a giant device as the West warns against nuclear escalation.

Uppsala Sweden Soviet Union Marcus A. Baath Uppsala Seismological Institution U.S Hirosuiraa Nagasaki Khrushchev Communist Party Oie Cee See An.ap Viet Union Baath N. Nots Ovaya Zemlya Arctic United States

Dangerous Hurricane Mattie strikes toward Mexico

Hurricane Mattie veers westward toward Mexico with winds up to 140 mph. In the Caribbean Northwest region it remains a major storm as the weekend ends with 28 deaths across Texas from various causes, including 16 traffic deaths. Amb Adlai Stevenson accuses the Soviet Union of risking global disaster by exploding its giant superbomb, while Soviet officials say their tests aim to deter U.S. nuclear war.

Mattie Mexico Caribbean Adlai E. Stevenson Soviet Union U.S

Baytown Trio Unharmed After Dual Light Aircraft Mishap

Three Baytown men escaped unharmed when one light plane forced to land near Pearland after engine trouble while另一 flight near Ellington Field also incurred heavy damage. Pilot G B Welch and Doyle Huron were aboard as passengers. Jack Huron and another Houston passenger were in the second aircraft wreck. Authorities from the FAA began an investigation into the incidents.

Baytown Utility Pole Pearland Airport G. B. Welch Federal Aviation Agency Friendswood Houston Westheimer Welch Jack Doyle

William Travis Clepper Dies in Baytown Area Rites Planned

Obituary notice for William Travis Clepper, longtime Baytown resident, details funeral services and burial plans. Mentioned are his affiliations, surviving relatives, and the Baytown area connections with care shown by local funeral home and Harve y memory Candona Baytown. Burial is scheduled at a local cemetery with arrangements by Pratt Lee Ave Twextey.

Pratt, Lee H. J. Rovers Bay- Retiniec Co Baytown Rethree Brothers Ter Ard Orvil

Ma chinists end strike picket at Gulf refinery

In Port Arthur the Gulf Oil refinery machinists, on strike for 10 days, removed picket lines and began returning to the 7 a.m. shift. Machinists officials said the lines were removed temporarily while the Gulf group Machinists remain on strike. Returns followed separate union meetings and an order for local 423 and 4254 to resume work.

Port Arthur Gulf Oil Corp Gulf Group Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union E. R. McAdams

I Baytown Soldier Hurt In Wreck

Garl G Tharp 21 baytown soldier hurt in a car wreck on Bayway Drive Saturday while on fur lough from Germany to visit parents in Brownwood. He was treated at San Jacinto Memorial Hospital for multiple lacerations and is not in serious condition. The crash occurred in front of the W F Walsh home where a Future Nurses meeting was held with about 30 Florence Nightingales assisting.

Clyde Murray Sun Baytown Austin R. W. Pipkin Ramona Anderson Kappa Kappa Chapter Free Saxon Priscilla Jim Venable W. F. Walsh Gary Tharp Gordon Balls Falcon Dam Bill Ingram Brenham Ingram Young Plumbing Co Garl G. Tharp Rattag Germany Bayway Drive Garl S. Tharp Brownwood San Jacinto Memorial Hospital Tharp Florence

United Fund Campaign Tally Struggles With Pledge Card Shortfall

The United Fund's Monday tally shows a shortfall as pledge cards lag. The drive includes Bayon Junior High Lariac and partners like Thrift Ashhe, Stephen Aux Exchange, Opportunity Sease, and Cerebral Padsy Center among others. Community groups and schools work to boost contributions to meet goals.

United Fund Duwr Beane Numerare Bayon Junior High Lariac Thrift Ashhe South Stephen Aux Exchange Opportunity Sease Tin Cerebral Padsy Roy Hyis'Svens Keane

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Billy McNulty Ropeville Calif Hit Comeaux Cadet Val Combaux Roy Comeaux Louisiana University of Texas IUDC Dabney Rotary G. Doyle Beaumont Rotary Club Tower San Jacinto Museum of History Janelle Rice Abilene Christian College Cadettes ACC W. Q. Rice Wildcat WSGT Howard L. Gest U.S. Marine Corps Federal Darlynne Leonard C. R. Leonard Mont Belvieu University of Corpus Christ Silsbee Oldiers Shor Neidigh W. Homan Martha Lee Thomp Frmier High William Puritoy Thompson Abilene Thompson Martha Leo Martha Thomp Gun de Fani CTVIL C. M Willd Sanday Community Patheon Strickler Pyo-Iy Kremy Karl Marx Travis School Robert E. Lee High School Stu McLemore Henry Armstrong Berlin Berlin Wall Friedrichstrasse East West Berlin Witham Travis Clepper Arly Ts An Teh George Bordon James Ethridge Frank Gon Baytown Kiwanis Club Ethridge Bordon Goss State of Washington Harris County Sheriff's Deputies Ellington Air Force Base Operation Aerospace Ellington Intercot John McLeaish Confederate Public Information Officer Air Force Billy Parker Curtis U.S. Navy Blue Angels McLeaish Park Place Basel
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