Baytown coverage of Hurricane Carla Sept 1961
Baytown's front pages during Carla reveal a coast to inland destruction as winds hit 125 to 135 mph, tornados formed, and thousands sought shelter. Reports name city leaders, civil defense staff, and local students while detailing Brownwood and other Texas impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carla
Baytown
Port Lavaca
Texas
Dallas
Bay Area
United Fund
Dub Ward
Jim Bryan
Chris Hansen
Max Nuttall
Roy Elms
Frank Goss
Sun
Jimmie Woods
J.B. LeFevre
Linda Hanson
Lee
Donna Shannon
Sally Botkin
Betsy Wilson
The
Civil Defense
Bob Feinberg
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
R.H. “Bo” Turner
George Scott
Goose Creek
Feinberg
Brownwood
National Guard
Edgewood
Larkin
Wanda Orton
the Sun
Radio News
Louisiana
Weather Channel
Houston
Bayside Clinic opens in Anahuac to serve whole family
Chambers Health unveiled a 11,000 square foot Bayside Clinic built from Ike ruins with a 3.3 million price. The facility provides pediatrics, women’s health, geriatrics, adult medicine, minor procedures, labs, exams, wellness, occupational health, counseling, immunizations, and substance abuse treatment in Chambers County.
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Chambers Health
Bayside
Theresa Cheaney
Anahuac
Chambers County
Cheaney
Sun Editorial
Today in History and Birthdays Highlight 1774 to 1979
This brief notes the First Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia in 1774 and Jack Kerouac’s On the Road publication in 1957, with a nod to President Bush naming John Roberts as chief justice in 2005. It lists notable birthdays from 1847 to 1973 and references the 1972 Munich Olympics hostage crisis ending in Israelis killed.
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Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Jack Kerouac
Viking Press
George W
Bush
John G. Roberts
United States
Jesse James
Arthur Nielsen
Darryl Zanuck
John Cage
Bot Newhart
William Devane
Raquel Welch
Michael Keaton
Rose McGowar
Munich
Dan Rather and the birth of hurricane coverage
Chris Buckner recalls Dan Rather and cameraman Bob Wolfe risking surf and winds during Hurricane Carla in 1961. They filmed radar and Rather waded into Gulf waters, pioneering hurricane reporting that helped launch Rather’s CBS network career. Buckner notes Wolfe’s role and later career shifts, including his death and Buckner’s own public works work.
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Dan
Dan Rather
Channel 11
Bob Wolfe
Galveston
Weather Bureau
Post Office
Bobby
Cord
Mike Cord
Rather
Carla
Gulf
CBS
Bobby Wolfe
Clear Lake
Houston
Bobby Chris Buckner
Baytown
Houston Public Works Department
Chris
Baytown Sun Names Publisher and Advertising Director
Janie Gray is noted as Publisher and Sandy Denson named Advertising Director for the Baytown Sun. Ted Poe and Gane Gineen are listed as representatives for distinct districts. The release outlines staff roles and contact cues for readers.
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Janie Gray
Janie.gray
Baytownsun.com
Sandy Denson
Sandy.denson
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U.S
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Orton
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Rick Perry
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Feo
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Ted Poe
Gane Gineen
Joshua Hart
Joshua.hart
Newsroom
Baytown Sun
Memorial Drive
Adam Vanelli
P.O
Sunnews
Department
Fred Hartman
Editorial
Adam Vanesli
M.A. Bengtson
Jay Eshbach
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