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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1962
Page
2
A garbled hospital update notes a patient in Room 18 at San Jacinto Medical Center and lists Mrs Henry A Harden 310 Binois Room 215 as an associated contact or entry. details are incomplete due to OCR errors.
Fay is elected president of the Ignesee World Trade Association succeeding R. J. Deb at the World Trade Club luncheon. Alan Newhouse and Joseph E. Davies named first and second vice presidents. Board members include Wiley George Norman Ness and Jerry Turner. Also notes on airport progress, attendee lists, admissions, and new arrivals in Gulf Coast and local rooms.
Channelview Hospital reports admittances including Sue Diaz and Glen Gordon Vause of Channelview along with Houston residents Aubrey Lee Burge Allen L Carter Eunice Elaine McClure and Les Doucet. Dismissals listed Lois Arlene Hock and Doreen Mary Connell. Channelview couples Mr and Mrs Charles Edwards Paullin and Mr and Mrs Theodore Diaz welcomed sons born Sept 10 and a Channelview couple Mr and Mrs Henry E Truman welcomed a daughter born Sept.
Council discussions reveal split views on a proposed tax increase to fund city employee salaries and capital improvements. Huron questions a $170,000 garbage disposal contract save, Hansen disputes the figures, while Ansley cautions against cutting services. Birth announcements include Douglas Lynn Faulk born Sept 10 at Life Duke Hospital to the Higgins family of La Porte.
More than 500 people attended the opening of Lynchburg Feed and Hardware at Four Corners. Dewey Compton hosted a gardening Q&A and several prizes were awarded from a treasure chest including a skill saw and electric mixer. Dozens of gifts list names of winners and items such as dog collars and horse feed were given with feed purchases.
Baytown police reported keys stolen from the Graywood Shopping Center under construction after entry via an air conditioning duct. City officials discussed raising capital improvements funds, with Mayor Clayton noting Baytown street work lags by decades and costs could reach over 10 million to reach first class status. The 1962-63 budget was boosted to 2.422 million, and a public hearing on the budget and tax rate was set for September 19.
Gulf States exhibit in Washington runs Sept 17 to two weeks, Kennedy to inaugurate. It travels to 19 U.S. universities and features maps, drawings, plans, and plastic replicas from five Mesoamerican centers. A silver replica is presented to Kennedy. Also notes funeral service for Mrs. Dora North in South Bend. Titanium noted as 40 percent lighter than steel.
Auto mechanics in Baytown and La Porte form a local of the International Association of Machinists AFL CIO. Earl Snake is president, Norman D. Abel vice president, and R. K. Hayden secretary treasurer. About 30 members. Goals include five day work week and idea exchange. to affiliate with District 27. Meetings scheduled first Monday monthly at the Electricians Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Jasek of Mesquite welcomed a son, Kelly Dane, born August 29 weighing 9 pounds 8 ounces. Grandparents are I. A. Jasek of Crosby and W. L. Mays of Dallas, with great grandparents Frank Sirocka, George Petton, and Agnes Franta. Kelly Dane has a sister, Kristy Aye.
New York AP writer HAL BOYLE surveys teachers facing overcrowded classrooms and rising parental involvement. He notes teachers are underpaid and must act as surrogate parents, a shift that strains their ability to focus on core instruction. He quotes teachers urging more parental participation in early schooling.
Donal Fliger Jr a 14 year old from Springfield Ohio has a bullet lodged four inches in his brain Doctors say he may return to Roosevelt Junior High School on Monday but must lead a quiet life He was injured by a .22 pistol shot about five weeks ago and spent 16 days in hospital including 10 unconscious The neurosurgeon Dr John Meagher treated him at Children s Hospital Columbus and warned he may need ongoing medicine and cannot play sports.
Harris County Commissioner Court heard that Hurri cane Carla damaged Sylvan Beach will incur nearly seven percent higher insurance costs than the policy canceled last month. Commissioners voted to pay a $10,989 premium of 417,000 for park coverage over three years, about 4,648 more than the prior $6,302 premium. Former carriers requested termination of the park insurance last month.
The Minerva Program MINERVA STUDY Club plans its first autumn gathering at 10 am Friday at 410 Willow Lane, hosted by Mrs. Tag. Mrs. Cecil Phillips is expected to be present.
Fire at 8 50 a m Tuesday in the home of H O Andrews 510 Gresham caused damage estimated between 5750 and 1000 dollars. Fire Chief A H Art Lintelman said the blaze started in the back bedroom when a lighted cigarette fell from a dresser. Most damage confined to the bedroom.
HOLLYWOOD AP Tommy Sands, a Shreveport born singer known as Tommy Sands, will appear on the U S Steel Hour program Tanner Bane as he tries to transition from singing to acting. Kazan’s office had no identification and arranged a 10 minute interview in which Sands’s future in television was quietly pursued.
Tommy, 3, and Nancy, 22, celebrate their second wedding anniversary Tuesday while Tommy insists his career runs separately from Frank’s. The piece traces Tommy’s rise from Elated Elvis past to his aim for dramatic acting, including coaching with Lee Strasberg and a Kazan project he didn’t land.
Norman Hargrave and officers of the Texas 100 Corp will attend the National Association of Holiday Inns convention in Memphis Tennessee Thursday through Saturday. The group owns the new Holiday Inn under construction on Highway 146 a 116 unit project scheduled to open in November. Hargrave president Miller vice president Kimmons treasurer Stewart assistant secretary. Miller and Kimmons drove to Memphis while Stewart and Hargrave with their wives fly in.
The Parents Council of BAYTOWN Junior High will convene at 9 30 am on Wednesday September 19 in the school auditorium to discuss upcoming activities and parent involvement.
Harris County Commissioners Court reduced the 1962 tax rate from 1.52 to 1.51 per 100 of assessed value. The move follows delays over a $99,898 1962 payment from the Houston Sports Association for a county stadium lease. The new rate keeps 56.6 cents for general fund, raises flood control, bond interest, and redemptions, and adjusts road, navigation, jury, and special funds. Bids were set for September 27 for county stadium blueprints and plans.
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