SBA disaster loan aid outlined for Cameron area
Hugh Echols Jr of floss explains SBA programs to aid Hurricane Audrey victims in Cameron Parish. Direct loans to homeowners damaged or destroyed are available through Citizens National Bank in Lake Charles with steps to apply including lists of damaged property, repair estimates, and financial records. Field offices will be set up in Galveston Bay City and Baytown to process applications in cooperation with local banks.
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Hugh Echols’ Jr
Floss
National “Bank
Marine National Bank
Lake Charles
Cameron
Ferguson
Small Business Administration
Echols
SBA
Citizens National Bank & Trust Co
Baytown
Price Daniel
Washington
Con‘junction
Galveston
Bay City
Storms Damage To East Harris Near Resulting In Million Loss
County Commissioner V V Ramsey estimated total personal and business property damage from Hurricane Carla in his precinct east of the Houston Ship Channel at about 10 million dollars. He noted this does not include farm and ranch losses. Crews are salvaging roads and county property with the causeway bridge a priority. About 10 to 30 thousand dollars may be salvageable. Ramsey pledged continued cleanup efforts near Brownwood.
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V. V
Red
Ramsey
Carla
Hountpf Ship Channel
Causeway
Brownwood
No More Bodies Found At Gas Well Tragedy
A gas well explosion near Cayanosa left three men missing since Saturday. Fire crews, including Red Adair of Houston, battled the blaze until Tuesday afternoon but failed to uncover any additional victims among the debris.
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Cayanosa
Red Adair Houston
Pecos
Tex
Tax Applies To Trading Stamps In Premiums
Austin AP The state comptroller Robert S Calvert said today tax does not apply to trading stamps given a customer but tax must be paid when stamps are traded in for a premium. The ruling was one of four interpretations announced today and will be reissued Thursday.
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Austin
Compton
Robert S. Calvert
Uay~ Calvert
Calvert
Ter
Republicans Question Use Of U S Troops In France Film
A Republican spokesman pressed the Pentagon for an explanation of why Germany-based U S Army troops were used as props in a film version of The Longest Day in France. Gen Lauris Norstad had requested cooperation with producer Darryl Zanuck and the Defense Department approved under a long standing directive, ensuring no interference with training or operations.
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Washington
Pentagon Today
U.S. Army
France
Defense Department
Lauris Norstad
U.S. Force
Europe
Bob Wilson
Rcalif
Republican Congressional Committee
House Armed Services Committee
Wilson
West Berlin
Arthur Sylvester
Thie Harkers
Department
Norstad
Gen. Norstad
Darryl Zanuck
Sylvester
Department of Defense
Two Area Football Games Set After Hurricane Carla
Only two of four Bay Tex games were definite as Carla disrupted schedule. Crosby faces Anahuac at 8 p.m. Saturday in Anahuac while Channelview hosts St. Pius of Houston at 7:30 p.m. Friday. La Porte and Lamar Consolidated canceled. Barbers Hill doubtful for Hitchcock. Crosby Superintendent Allison Koonce urged Buff fans to take Highway 61 to Anahuac via Highway 73.
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Carla
Crosby
Anahuac
Channelview
St. Pius of Houston
la Porte
Lamar Consolidated
Barbers Hill
W. C. Underwood
Eagles
City Council to Act on 1961 62 Budget and Tax Rate
Baytown City Council will meet at 7 p m Thursday to consider two ordinances for the 1961 62 tax rate and city budget. A third ordinance covering a sewer charge will be discussed but no final action is expected due to details to be worked out. The tax rate remains 72 per hundred valuation, in effect since 1948, while the budget totals 2 133 655 with allocations to general fund water and sewer fund and debt service.
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Baytown
General Fund
Water and Sewer Fund
Wterest
General Debt Service
Funeral Held for Mrs Parker in Texas
Funeral services for Mrs. Oda Parker, who lived with her daughter Mrs. D. M. George of Baytown, were held at Pace Funeral Home chapel in Livingston with Rev. G. A. Johnson officiating. Interment followed at Magnolia Gardens Cemetery in Onalaska, Texas. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Etna Tanner of Livingston and Mrs. Altha Willard of Seabrook, two brothers and three sisters.
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Oda Parker
D. M. George
Baytown
Pace Funeral Home Chapel Inn
Livingston
G. A.johnson
Magnolia Gardens Cemetery
Onalaska
Texas
74 Year Old Takes School Tests Amid Storm Damage
Frank Leopold Carrick, 74, pursued further education by taking a general certificate examination in German after weathering severe damage from a hurricane and reported tornado rumors. Residents note widespread ruin with homes wrecked, some completely swept away, and many left homeless or living with friends. Carrick then plans Russian and Italian tests as he continues learning.
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Stianece
London
Frank Leopold Carrick
Carrick
Robson Jewelry Promotions Made Two Staff Changes
Robson Jewelry at W Texas Ave announced two staff changes. Jack Bishop, a master watchmaker and repair department manager, becomes assistant manager after five years with the company and 13 years in Baytown. his wife is Dinky Stovall, they have daughter Renee. Pansy Adrian, with Robson's twenty years, is named supervisor of sales and lives at 2312 New Jersey.
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Robson Jewelry
Texas Ave
Jack Bishop
Bishop
Robson's
Baytown
Dinky Stovall
Renee
Pansy Adrian
New Jersey
Contractors Liable for Taxes on Materials and Tools
Austin AP reports State Comptroller Robert S Calvert ruled that construction contractors must pay sales tax on all materials fixtures tools and equipment used or leased in building projects. The ruling interpretation No 2 was the fourth issued that Wednesday.
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East Harris
Sears
Fc Oe
Allstate
Tire Buy
Sulla
Holu
Eamous Allstate Battery
Houston
Chevrolet
Dodge
Ford
Si Nash
Studebaker
Plymouth
Hooster
The
Shane
Vane
OTM of
Tyrex Inc
West
Oy Ritts
U.S
Parker
Robson
Hoffpauir's Grocery and Market
W. Mann
Tokay
Sunship
EL Monte Yambrosia
TOP Kron Dog Food
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