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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1962
Page
1
Baytown's football opener at Spring Branch Friday ticket sales run until 4 p.m. Friday at the athletic office. Adult reserved seats are 1.25, student tickets 0.30 if bought early. same day gate price 1.25. Baytown fans sit in the west stands.
Barneys Google And Snuffy Smith join New York club events with Fred Lasswell winning the Silver Lady Award at Waldorf Astoria for the 16th annual Bing. The Sun features the pair visiting Houston leaders Kennedy visit and Cox for Governor placards in Rice Stadium audience discussions.
Barbers Hill hosts a Sunday event at the gymnasium offering Type 3 Sabin polio vaccine from noon to 4 pm for Liberty and Chambers counties residents. County tax assessor collector Underwood notes no makeup clinic here, traffic unit man Rosier mentions a nearby investigation, and local volunteers organize support and donations while community leaders announce other public drives and awards.
Gulf Oil plans a Tuesday groundbreaking for a 160 acre Baytown olefin plant on Highway 73 near Cedar Bayou, with a 500 million pound annual production capacity. Officials from Gulf, Stone and Webster, the Chamber of Commerce, and local county leaders will attend a site tour and luncheon at Goose Creek Country Club.
Baytown City Council will meet at 5 30 p m Thursday to consider petitions to restore the names Ivie Lee Street Rosille Drive and Lacy Drive The panel plans to join the three streets into a single thoroughfare from Highway 146 to Kilgore Road The meeting also includes bids for curbs and gutters on South Fourth Street and other routine items such as airport maintenance aid a tax board report a police pay raise certification a Roseland Park locomotive maintenance request and a public hearing date for the 1962 63 budget
The report cites U S plans to launch a satellite to study man-made radiation belts and a proposed U S effort described as high altitude testing. Western pressure looms as Soviet armored cars enter West Berlin amid guard changes at a war memorial. Katanga’s secession turmoil escalates with UN troop clashes and independence hopes fading. An inquest in London into Dr Robert Sossen’s death adjourns. pathologists struggle to determine cause. Britain weighs entry into the European Common Market as cabinet debates regional assaults. Agriculture Secretary Freeman returns to Washington to address Ritche Bates disclosures. U S propaganda charges allege Chinese forces linked to demonstrations over Taiwan or China. Three Superior Manufacturing Co officials plead guilty to counts in a Sol Estes related indictment. sentencing in El Paso set for September.
Patrons of the La Porte Independent School District will vote Saturday on a 3.5 million bond to finance new construction and remodeling. If approved, three new schools, air conditioning for six, three cafetoriums, three new classrooms, and an administration building will be built or expanded. Superintendent Ralph Peare says facilities could serve about 4,300 students.
President Kennedy returns from a two day tour of major space installations urging the United States to be first in space. He vows to go to the moon this decade and to keep outer space free of weapons. He visits the McDonnell Aircraft plant in St Louis and the Houston Space Center to observe operations and gather data for his 1963 64 space budget proposal.
Secretary of Agriculture Freeman announced Carl J. Miller was reinstated as chief of the U S Warehouse Act branch after a demotion tied to Billie Sol Estes grain storage. Miller, a 25 year veteran, will earn 13250 annually and had approved bonds for Estes mask protecting the department. Freeman testified before the House Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations, asserting no favored treatment for Estes and denying changes in bonding policy with the new administration.
Tropical storm Orlin shows movement toward the west northwest at near hurricane potential. Forecasters warn the storm remains below major threat levels as it tracks off the coast with uncertain intensification prospects and a projected center near the open sea.
Washington AP Kennedy plans a forthright statement at his news conference on the Cuban military buildup. Democratic leaders Sen Humphrey and Sen Mansfield said Kennedy would have more to say about Cuba. They reported the President asked for standby authority to call 150000 reservists to active duty.
The House passed a measure to establish Padre Island National Seashore off Texas as an 81 mile seashore area to be managed as a park, with a Senate version proposing 88 miles. Costs are estimated at 4 to 5 million dollars, and roadways would be built into the island. The Senate must decide on differences. a rapid action is urged by National Park Service director Conrad Wirth amid concerns over hurricane washouts and funding.
In Georgia, Carl E Sanders, a 31 year old state senator, won the Democratic primary and will become governor after defeating veteran Marin Griffin. Sanders carried Dougherty and Albany districts, with strong showings in metro areas, amid racial tensions and a shift away from rural political power after county unit scrapping.
Baytown reporters cover five kickoffs as Class 4A high school football opens with Red Geslins hosting Paschens Jeckeem Memorial Stadium at 6:39 pm Cedar Bayes hosts Southmore at 4:9 pm Florace Meum Beath Houston aims for 6:39 pm Highkemtein vs Gale Park at 4:98 pm Chnevters at Berhers and Seen La Twere at Angivten-1:9 pen
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