Sun Spots Kiwanis Meets and Local Notices
Kiwanis meet at Humble Tower Noon with Ben Witt presenting a film on Funeral Services. Kolache sale at St Jude's School Hall Highlands with advance orders. Story hour at Sterling Municipal Library. Service League meets at Mrs Charles Pool home. Funeral rites held for Edward Lee Fischer of Deer Park. Robert E Lee High School calendar and yearbook deadline Sept 18. Librarian Lu cille Waddell returns from Denver University study. Judge Joe Guarino reception at Rice Hotel 7 9 p m Thursday. Bus pickups for Baytown students on regular schedule.
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Man's Southwest Chapel
Chés
Kiwanis Club
F. Lee
Houston
Ben Witt
Melvin Lee
Lason
Porte
St. Jude’s
Colonial Funeral Home
Pasadena
Edward Lee Fischer
Deer Park
Clarence M. Fischer
Baytown
Lucille Waddell
Robert E- Lee High School
Denver University
Denver, Colo
Waddell
Friends OF
New County Court
Joe Guarino
Harlem
Walheen
Ker, McNair
Carver Elemen
Rice Hotel
Iniary
Carver High School
Baytown Friends
Baytown’s Red Pruett Named Port Commission Member
Former Baytown mayor and long-time councilman R H Red Pruett has been appointed to the Port Commission of the Harris County Houston Ship Channel Navigation District. The confirmation vote was 41 with some officials urging delay. Pruett replaces John Turney. the commission structure includes appointees from multiple bodies. Sympathy extends to families of a Lufkin born crash victims with ten dead in a Labor Day head on near Dayton, Texas.
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Baytonians
R. H
Red) Pruett
Harris County- Houston
Red
Baytown
Goose Creek
Cedar Bayou
Por
East
Harris County
Port Commission
Red) Ramsey
Pruett
Bill Elliott
Elliott
W. Kyle Chapman
Ifn Anni
Swissair jet explodes killing 80 aboard near Zurich
An early report states a Swissair airliner with 74 passengers and 6 crew crashed after takeoff from Zurich en route to Rome. Officials say the craft exploded in the air and disintegrated near Duerrenaesch, leaving no survivors confirmed so far. American passenger status unknown. Weather forecasts describe scattered afternoon thunderstorms and temperatures between 75 and 55.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Swissair
Rome
Nesses
Geneva
Duerrenaesch
Plane crash near Querrenaesch shocks Swiss village
A Swissair plane crashed near Querrenaesch between two lakes about 30 miles west of Zurich. Witnesses reported a fire and the craft slamming into farm buildings. Swissair confirmed no survivors and began verifying passenger lists amid new international regulations.
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Querrenaesch
Zurich
Swissair
Hum
Martha Speck
R. C
Phenson
Baytown
Gulf Coast
Blazmers
Frank
Butch) Kalmus
Koufax
Emil Luescher
George Hanson
Duerrenaesch Baker
Tom Heflin
Winton Roper
Houston
Pat
Nathan McDaniel
Butch Diebel
University of Houston
Robert Schuman Dies in Metz At 77
Robert Schuman, 77, father of European unity, died today in Metz after a long illness. He proposed the coal and steel pool linking France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, laying groundwork for what became the European Economic Community, and promoters hope the Common Market advances political and economic integration across Europe.
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Metz
France
Robert Schuman
Schuman
European Coal and Steel Pool
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Holland
Luvembourg
Common Market
European Economic Community
Europe
Global science and politics mix in wartime era briefings
United States and Soviet Union plan a South Pole cosmic ray project this year while Rep. Ullman urges staying domestic to save travel dollars. The State Department rejects a Soviet German peace treaty proposal. GAO cites a Navy cost error of 2.1 million on unusable altimeters. Saudi accuses Egyptian planes of strikes near Yemen. A plane crash kills 73 including US figure skating team. Ex-King Peter II of Yugoslavia visits his estranged wife in hospital. UN General Assembly to open Sept 17 to address Viet Nam Buddhists repression. Kennedy pledges continued US aid. CIA overthrow plot denied in Washington.
Desegregation Sparks Tense Day at Birmingham Elementary
In Birmingham, Alabama, two Negro brothers entered Graymont grammar school with white pupils marking Alabama's first public school desegregation below college level. A crowd of about 100 white demonstrators railed with racist chants while police guarded the scene. Governor Wallace sent state troops but did not intervene at the schools.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Mentary
Natonal States Rights Party
George C. Wallace
Montgomery
West End
Ramsay
States
Gulf Coast
Mobile
Fivo
Board of Education
Wallace
University of Alabama
County Court Rejects Bond Funds for Space Center Roads
Harris County commissioners rejected County Judge Bill Elliott's plan to divert roughly two million dollars from road bonds and a further one million from next year's road and bridge taxes toward road work to the Manned Spacecraft Center at Clear Lake. Officials noted existing commitments and tax changes would limit funds, with about 749000 left in reserve and allocations already pledged for Clinton Drive, Fairmont Parkway, airport approaches, and a Washburn Tunnel project.
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Harris County
Bill Elliott
Clear Lake
Eliott
Elliott
W. Kyle Chapman
Ier
Philip E. Sayers
Sayers
Ams Bridge
W. V Ramsey
Clinton Drive
Fairmont Parkway
Houston International Airport
Washham Tunnel
Desegregation Policy Adopted by La Porte Schools
La Porte ISD adopts a desegregation plan for 1963-64 with 45 Negro students registered. Zones set for Baker, De Walt, and La Porte elementary schools. transfers allowed between zones. Negro students may attend Carver High in Baytown for athletics. tuition set at $200 per student. Board President Preston Head calls the move a necessary step to peaceful change, with community support expected.
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Lali Porte
Supi
Ralph Pearce
la Porte
Baker
de Walt
Carver High School
Carver High
Baytown
Rhea Wiliams
Texas Interscholastic League
la Parte
Preston Head
Pearce
Lee College Forms Concert Band This Fall
Lee College announces a fall concert band with Dan Johnston as assistant director and Charles Forque as head director from Robert E. Lee High School. Rehearsals begin 3:30 pm Monday and Wednesday in the high school band room.
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Lee College
Robert E. Lee High School
Dan Johnston
REL
Carver
Charles Forque
Les
Charles Stephenson
Stephenson
Eshman
Liberal Arts
Forque
Sam Trouston State Teachers College
Baytown
Sears
SHSTC
Willis
Crosby
Crockett
Johnston
Eastman School of Music
Rochester
Water shortage spurs Coady district tie-in plan
Dry, hot weather triggers concerns as Coady Water District faces dwindling supply. Officials plan an above ground storage tie-in with Baytown, lowering pumps on Decker Drive while residents are urged to conserve. City and district officials report increased pumpage limits but warn shortages could halt delivery soon.
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Baywater
Bet Water District
Diston
Decker
Jem
Fric
Cedar Bayou
J. B. LeFevrej
Coady
Floyd Adcox
City Water and Sewer
Baytown
Adcox
Coady Water District
Decker Drive
Dacker Drive
Dirs
Jesse H. Slone
All School Cafeteria Cash Basis Meals Plan
The cafeteria will operate on a cash basis this year with receipts issued for all purchases. Students may prepay by meat tickets or pay cash daily, and expired meal tickets will be kept for records. Underprivileged children's meals will also be filed for convenience, as stated by Mrs. Musick and Mrs. Edythe Musick.
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Musick
Edythe Musick
Rites For Victims Of Auto Accident Held Wednesday
Funeral services were held for Matt Stephen Odom Jr and June Roberson Odom who perished in a Monday collision near Dayton. Carl Odom and his wife Rowena also died in the wreck. their son Troy Lynn survived in critical condition. Matt Odom Jr and his wife left a 12 year old son Gary on a camping trip. The service, officiated by Hershel Williams, was followed by burial at Cedar Crest Cemetery under Bartiman Funeral Home.
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Gary
Bandera
Lufkin
Pasadena- Houston
Dayton
Baytown
Cedar Bayou Bridge
Cove
Anahuac
Liberty
Highway 14
Earthman Funeral Home
Matt Stephen Odom Jr
June Roberson Odom
Odom
Carl Odom
Rowena Josr and
Keith Edward
Peggy
Mont’ Belvieu
Mont Belvieu
Matt Odom Sr
Mont Belview
Winnie Owens
Saratoga
Erma Lee Brown
Houston
Nona Robertson
Hershel Wiliams
Church of Christ
Matt Odom Jr
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Service League
Charles Pool
Durain Road
Gleaners
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B. B. Angel
Woodcrest
Sarah Griffin
Lockheed
Marietta, Ga
United States Air Force
Commissioners Court
Houston City Council
Pruste
John Turney
E LaTavelle
Galveston
Natalie Chodkowski
Somerset
N.J
Palisades Amusement Park
United States
Soviet Union
South Pole
Earth
Rep
al Ullman
State Department
General Accounting Office
Congress
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
U.S
Ministry of Communications
Peter II of
Yugoslavia
Paris
U.N. General Assembly
South Viet Nam
Kermnedy
American
Central Intelligence Agency
Diem
Washington
Urisissem
Dwight
Floyd Armstrong
Graymont Grammar School
Judge Elliott
Jacquelyn Mayer
Sandusky, O
Atlantic City
Georgia
Nancy Middleton
Hawaii
Sue Pickering
Idaho
Linda Moulton
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