Betsy Approaches West Louisiana Coast
Weather Bureau warns Betsy moves toward the West Louisiana coast with hurricane warnings from the Mississippi mouth to Galveston and gale warnings from Mobile Bay to Matagorda Bay. Expect increasing winds and tides with storm surge possible as center may cross the coast near western Louisiana. Coastal areas urged to complete precautions today.
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New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Galveston
Mobile Bay
Matagorda Bay
Texas
City Council Regular Meeting and Tide Schedule
Sun Spots City council will begin at 6 20 p m Thursday at city hall with a public hearing on the 1965 66 city budget and a report from the city board of tax equalization Partly cloudy with increasing clouds showers and squalls through Friday Temperature range given Galveston tides Thursday high at 2 21 p m and 8 25 p m Tides Friday high at 4 42 a m 10 17 am 3 13 p m and 9 57 p m Eastern Star group to meet Sunday at 2 p m in the Galena Park community building. Woody Sonnier seriously injured Sunday at Elks Pool underwent surgery at Hermann Hospital for brain injury son of Fred and Mrs Sonnier 602 Inwood.
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City’ Council
City Hall
City Board of Tax Equalization
Galveston
Eastern Star
Section 4
Order of Eastern Star
Galena Park
Woody Sonnier
Elks Pool
Hermann Hospital
Fred Sonnier
Inwood
Middleton to Chicago for FHA job after Baytown years
Middleton former Baytown city manager from 1948 to 1958 and his wife visit friends in Baytown. He will move to Chicago October 1 for a job with the FHA. Other notes mention Edna Oliver on vacation, City Attorney Chandler recovering from surgery, and local residents sharing small updates.
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C. Darwin Middleton
Baytown
Middleton
Grand Rapids
Mich
U.S. Civil Defense Organization
Chicago
FHA
Edna Oliver
Boyd Hills
George Chandler
Andrews
Inez Heflin
Charlie Caldwell
Ted McCall
Sheryl Robinson
Pasadena General Hospital
R. B. Martin
Memorial Hospital
Dayton
Edwina Hughes
A. A. Arnett
Margie Wiliborm
Butane Gas Leak Destroys Baytown Home
Fire at the John Sclensky residence on Cedar Bayou Lynchburg Road started from escaping butane gas. The 6:30 p.m. blaze destroyed the two story home and contents, with only the structure and a nearby garage spared. No injuries reported. investigators seek dog Aggie last seen near the scene. Contact 583 3969 if information.
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John Sclensky
Cedar Bayou
Lynchburg Road
Baytown
Selenskys
Manchester
Aggie
B. A. Selensky
Zoning Ordinance Plan Advances in Baytown
Baytown plans a new zoning ordinance as Bernard Johnson Engineers reviews a draft with the City Planning Commission. A public hearing by the council will precede adoption, with completion aimed for about two months and YMCA operations to pause during the process.
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Skytown
Larry Hale
City Planning Commission
Hale
Bernard Johnson Engineers, Inc
Baytown
Bernard Johnson
Planning Commission
YMCA
Commerce
Nance
Hospital Board Meeting at Ben Taub Next Tuesday
A meeting of the board of managers of Ben Taub General and Jefferson Davis hospitals will begin at 3 20 p m next Tuesday in the Ben Taub conference room.
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Ben Taub General and
Jefferson Davis Hospitals
Ben Taub
Boundary lines drawn for new Ross Sterling and REL high schools
The school board approved boundary lines to divide the Sterling and Robert E Lee attendance areas, extending from Decker Drive to Kilgore Road. Population estimates show Sterling about 19,562 and REL about 28,835. A planned survey by May 1 1956 will determine student transfer wishes.
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Bee Landrum
New Ross Sterling High School
Robert E. Lee. High School
George H. Gentry
Decker Drive
Park Street
Park
Decker
North Main Street
Cedar Bayou
North Main
Alexander Drive
Alexander
Davis Road
Ward Road
Kilgore Road
James Street
Sterling
REL
Robert E.lee
Karl Opryshek
Gentry
Belet
Goose Creek
Winnie Brown
BEL
East Harris Scouts Kick Off Roundup Meeting
East Harris Boy Scout District will hold its roundup kickoff meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at First Christian Church Fellowship Hall. The fall membership program and new notebooks, planning materials will be distributed. District officials Hoffen, Haas, Patton, Wynnemer, Morgan assist. Joe Green urges expanding Scouting to more boys ages 8 through 18 across urban and rural areas.
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East Harris
First Christian Church Fellowship Hall
E. B. Edmundson
Mershall Haas
Sam
Houston Area Council
T.L. Patton
Donald Wynnemer
W. A. Morgan
Joe S. Green
Green
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Jets of America
Gub
Tragic accidents and heist headline a busy day
Eu less man David Chism, 28, killed when struck by a garbage truck in Hurst. Garland plane crash kills Dr. Joe H. Smith, 45, a Dallas dentist. Robbers flee with 21730 from Basnett National Bank in El Paso. Soviet decline cited as invitation to observe Gemflat 6 launch from Cape Kennedy next month. Hurricane Betsy hampers sea life as about 20 turtles seek shelter in a Jupiter marina during the storm.
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Garland
Joe H. Smith
Dallas
Cape Kennedy
Jupiter
Fis
Marina
Astronauts Tell Story Of Flight
Gemini astronauts L Gordon Cooper Jr and Charles Conrad Jr spoke about their 190 hour and 55 minute Earth orbit and 120 orbits after their August recovery from the West Atlantic. They described the long mission days, the peril and the ground crew’s efforts in the eight day cliff hanging flight and the subsequent medical examinations and discussions with doctors scientists and engineers.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
Gemini
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Cooper
Navy
Charles Conrad Jr
West Atlantic
Earth
Conrad
Longtime La Porte Man Joseph N Johnson Dies
Joseph N Johnson 71 of La Porte died Wednesday night at the First Methodist Church after a church board meeting. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Methodist Church with interment at Forest Park Lawndale Houston. Survived by his wife Odell and two daughters Audrey White and Joan Counts, plus siblings and four grandchildren. He was a retired Humble Pipeline district manager and active in many La Porte civic and Masonic groups.
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Joseph N. Johnson
la Porte
Johnson
South Fourth
First Methodist Church
Harrisonburg
Phe
Humble Pipeline Co
First Methodist Church of
Kenedy Commandry No
Knights Templar
Happy Harbor
Bradley
Lisa Counts
Houston
Forest Park
Lawndale
Art Simpson
Houston Chamber Man To Talk In Baytown Friday
Frank Kenfield Houston Chamber of Commerce manager will speak at Baytown Chamber luncheon at Holiday Inn. He will explain the Houston and Texas Railroad Commission public hearing implications for Baytown. Hearing on Houston commercial zone set for Sept 13-14 in Houston. Baytown seeks inclusion in the zone and programs ahead cover Goose Creek Lake report costs, redevelopment progress, Gulf expansion, and Cedlar Bayou study.
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Frank Kenfield
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Holiday Inn
Kenfield
Houston and Texas Railroad Commission
Baytown
Houston
Perry Britton
Goose Creek Lake
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
District Highway Engineer's Office
Corps of Engineers
Cedlar Bayou
Betsy drill plans ordered for Baytown schools
Wanda Orton reports Baytown civil defense briefing as plans outline Betsy shelter readiness. Burnet Elementary in Wooster Will becomes first shelter with 35 occupants to prepare. Brownwood area, Ceda Bayou and Goose Creek poised for a duck amphibious vehicle transfer to fire department for potential use.
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Wanda Orton
Baytown
Betsy
Hickerson
Burnet Elementary
Wooster
Brownwood
Ceda Bayou
Fire Department
BURNE
Civil Defense chief warns Baytown residents of flood danger
J Fletcher Hickerson, Baytown Civil Defense director, warned at noon Thursday that the area could receive five feet or more of floodwater following the hurricane’s course. He urged people in low-lying zones to take precautions and seek higher ground.
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Baytown
Attempt Made To Keep Gates Shut On Lake Houston
County Commissioner Ramsey sought to prevent flood gates on Lake Houston from opening during a storm crest. He asked May or Louie Welch to issue orders not to open gates in the area, citing Carla 1961 impacts on Brownwood-Lakewood. Ramsey notified the Wooster Chamber of Commerce of Bayway Drive improvements and weed-cutting plans, and offered to speak with a Wooster delegation before the state pollution group in Austin.
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Ramsey
Lake Houston
Louie Welch
Houston
Brownwood
Lakewood
Carla
Welch
Wooster Chamber of Commerce
Bayway Drive
Oyen
Dean King
Wooster
Austin
East Chambers Faces Top Class A Rival At Winnley Friday
Scheduled clash pits East Chambers against the number one Class A team at Winnley on Friday, highlighting a high stakes matchup for both programs amid a tight schedule.
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East Chambers
Winnley
Hag
No Master's Degree Pay for School Librarians
The school board's salary committee recommended paying four district librarians per the standard salary scale, not on a master's degree basis. TEA had ruled against master's basis after a 1961-62 audit, and two librarians will gain small raises while all four keep the same pay as last year.
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George H. Gentry
Texas Education Agency
TEA
Lbrarians
Gentry
Iris Jones
Robert E. Lee High School
Lois Snead
Horace
Mann
Ruth Henry
Carver High
Virginia ‘Carter
Baytown
Paul
Parkinson
Ken Opryshek
Ben Shirey
Mildred Brown
Peter Gsso
Ramsey Changes Astrodome to Grid to Prep for UH Tulsa
County Commissioner Vo V Ramsey announces a rapid conversion of the Astrodome from a baseball field to a football gridiron for the University of Houston’s game with Tulsa at noon Saturday. Workmen and engineers completed the overhaul in about 27 minutes, Ramsey said.
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Vo V. Ramsey
University’ of Houston
Tulsa
Neale Slong
Ramecy
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