Guard Unit Keeps Brownwood Safe After Carla
National Guard units from Texas and Harris County maintain tight security in Brownwood after Hurricane Carla. Five officers and 71 enlisted guardsmen staffed 24 hour posts around the area with Baytown police and county constables, and access required passes. Guardsmen report sleep deprivation but praise residents and local service stations for support as many homes were destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Tle
36Th Infantry Division
Brownwood
Texas National Guard
Lakewood
la Porte
Shoreacres
Channel
Seabrook
Harris
Hickerson
Sheriff's Department
Harris County
Wooster Baytown
al Jday
Handorf
National Guard
Garland Promoted Chief Port Securityman in Coast Guard Reserve
RICHARD GARLAND, an employee of Sinclair, Refining Co. on La. Porter Road, has been promoted to Chief Port Securityman in the U S Coast Guard Reserve. He appears to be the first reservist to reach the highest enlisted rank entirely through service in a reserve unit. Theatre try outs for Blithe Spirit set for 7 30 p m Tuesday and Thursday at the Little Theater building on Bayway Thurman Rowlett directs. Baytown Chamber executive committee to meet at 2 p m today to discuss storm damage from the insurance angle at the Chamber building. Lakewood Garden Club postpones Wednesday meeting to 9 a m Sept 27 at N B O Grady 116 N Burnet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland
Richard Garland
Sinclair, Refining Co
On - la
Porter Road
U.S. Coast Guard Reserve
Coast Guard
Little Theater
Littie Theater
Bayway
Thurman Rowlett
ICC
Baytown
Lakewood Garden Club
Wits N.B. O'Grady
N. Burnet Ir
Baytown American Legion
Unit No. 223
Arthur
Temple Jr
Southern
L. A. DuBus
Pine Lumber Co
Mississippi Dents
Pineland
Earl Culbertson
School Panel Meeting Is Set Tonight
Architectural sketches of Carver High School and Carver Elementary School projects will be presented to school trustees at a 7:30 p.m. Monday meeting. Lowell Lammers, the architect, will report on Davis Elementary plans and college projects while Dr J F Mathis will address research and development in Baytown. The meeting also covers council bids, budget, insurance, and potential trustee vacancy following the hurricane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Boone
Carver High
Carver
Lowell Lammers
Davis
Mathis Te
College
J. F. Mathis
Humble
Mment
Army
RHO Zeta
Beta Sig
Carver and
Travis Adman Phi
Houston
Toby Wiklund
Pamela
Edward M. ‘Nelson
Nelson
Baytown
C. A
Chris) Hansen
E. C
HSPCO
Tides Set to Rise and Fall Through Tuesday
Galveston tides forecast mild spell through Tuesday with tides peaking at 1:06 a.m. and ebbing to a low at 5:36 p.m. The period remains generally clear and mild with light winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Local News Snippets From Bayshore Drive and Brownwood
Chronicle of scattered items includes JOH BREELAND rescuing an airline ticket from flooded Bayshore Drive suitcases bound for his daughter headed to the University of New Mexico. Notes on Col Edwin J. M. Bowers, a sorority reminder call, a new hairdo, salvage efforts by Charlotte Holladay and parents, a Hurricane Carla bird sighting at Mee A H Baldowski’s yard, and questions about press coverage of hurricane fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joh Breeland
Bayshore Drive
University of New Mexico
James M. Steed
Edwin J. M. Bowers
Lutkin
U.S. Air Force Academy
Colorado
Donya Fulcher
Doris Laughlin
Charlotte Holladay
A. H. Baldowski
W. Francis
Carla
Sun
Mrs Cora Myrtle Williams Dies at 81 in Baytown
Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Myrtle Williams 81 of 2203 Alabama will be at 1 PM Tuesday at Earthman Funeral Home with Rev. Basil Jones of St. Mark's Methodist Church officiating. The body will go to Johnsort Funeral Home in Pawhuska Oklahoma for burial. A Baytown resident for 14 years she died Sunday night in a Baytown nursing home. Survivors include one daughter Mrs Thad Fennema of Baytown five brothers G L Browning Santa Monica Calif A O Browning Verona Mo W E Browning Wynona Okla Van Y Browning Broken Arrow Okla and O B Browning Shawnee Okla and one sister Mrs Elmer Kirkpatrick Tulsa Okla and three grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Myrtle Williams
Alabama
Earthman Funeral Home
Basil Jones
St. Mark's
Baytown
Thad
Fennema
GL. Browning
Santa Monica
Calif
A. O. Browning
Verona
W. E. Browning
Wynona
Okla
van Y. Browning
Broken Armor
O. B. Browning
Shawnee
Elmer Kirkpatrick
Tulsa
Russians report 13th Soviet atmospheric nuclear test near Novaya Zemlya
Washington AP reports the Atomic Energy Commission announced a new Soviet atmospheric detonation today. The test, described as megaton yield, occurred near Novaya Zemlya in the latest in the USSR’s series. A one megaton device equals a million tons of TNT.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Atomc Energy Commission
Soviet Union
Novaya Zemlya
West German jets straying into East German airspace threaten action
Soviet Union accuses two West German fighter bombers of straying into East German territory near Berlin. Berlin warns it will shoot down any future violators of its airspace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
Berlin
Helping Hands Complete Home Renovation in Crosby
Workers finish stude and partitions at the T. G. Plocheck home in Crosby within three hours. Nine-member family spared further disruption as neighbors, Hamble Oil and Refining Co staff, and Movheck volunteers rally support during the five week period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stude
T. G. Plocheck
Crosby
Xeomund Jone
Orreters
Emplngen
Hamble Oil Amt Refining Co
Raytown
Movheck
Nepemtrethen
Mmte
Dag Hammarskjold Dies In Congo Peace Mission Crash
United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold died when his DC6B aircraft crashed between Ndola and Mufulira in Northern Rhodesia during a Congo peace mission. The crash, attributed to Katanga rebels, killed Hammarskjold and nine others, with Rhodesian and U.N. forces aiding the search.
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Ndola
Northern Rhodesia
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Congo
United Nations
Leopoldville
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Palestine
Jerusalem
Bernadotte
Hammarskjold
Mufulira
Hallonquist
Air Congo
Royal Air Force
Highlands Man Killed as Hit and Run Suspect Charged
Ver Leadon, 35, of Baytown was charged with murder in a hit and run that killed James O. Jackson, 58, of Highlands at South Main and San Jacinto. A witness chased the car after the collision, police arrested Leadon minutes later, and three passengers were charged with drunkenness. Jackson died at San Jacinto Memorial Hospital from a skull fracture and multiple injuries. Funeral set for Tuesday at Paul U Ler Funeral Home.
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Andjson
Highlands
Corpus Christi
R. L. Jackson
Baytown
W. B. Jackson
Mobile
Intoxi
Genoa
Cared
Roberta Maggie Jackson
Walt Adams
Peter Manon Leadon
Baytown Lands
Cecil B. Jackson
San Francisco
Negro
Hit
Douglas Jackson
Schmidt
Seattle
Wash
James 0. Jackson
Robert Erwin
Austin
DP Blanka
Leadon
Verney
James Jackson
Seventh
South Main
San Jacinto
David F. Doolittle
Jackson
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Doolittle
Doolitle
J. P. Taylor
Justice of the Peace
Walter Queen
Jola Harris
Jeff Williams
Ben Lane
Ell
Joyce Brown
McNair
Doolittie
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Trelds
Paul U_ Ler Funeral
James A. Ponder
First Baptist Church of
Hichlander
Membory Gardens
Tromp
Tex
Jack
Insurance Firms Warned In Storm Claim Payoff
In Austin Gov Price Daniel warned insurers their handling of Hurricane Carla claims will be closely watched by the State Board of Insurance. He sided with homeowners seeking full policy payouts, arguing high water from hurricane tides caused the destruction. Daniel said reports of unfair practices will be checked as he noted many firms act fairly while some do not.
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State Board of Insurance
Daniel
Bolivar Peninsula
Galveston County
Seabrook
Brownwood
Baytown
Channelview
Palacios
Port O'Conner
Aranas County
Texas ‘Guy
Freeport
Norris W. Parker
Texas Insurance Advisory Assoc
Seven Thousand Students Hit San Jacinta Junior College Start
About 8000 students begin Tuesday at San Jacinta Junior College in Pasadena using leased buildings. Dr. O W Marconi reports strong first year turnout with night students outpacing day students five to three. The official opening was held Monday as day classes start at 9 am.
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San Jacinta Junior College
Pasadena
O. W. Marconi
Juntor College
la Porte
Channelview
Deer Park
Gatena Park
Pasa
Spencer Hichway
Porte
Benks
Wen
al Ovary
Buildiugs
Shaver Street
Pusale
Distriet
Coast Tour Abandoned To Be Here By Fredd Harriman
US Rep Albert Thomas spent most of Monday surveying storm damage in Brownwood Cedar Bayou and Channelview while the Washington entourage viewed the horror from Baytown to Corpus Christi. Thomas traveled to Baytown by automobile after meeting in Houston International Airport amid last minute planning for a coast tour.
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Freed
Harriman US
Albert Thomas
Brownwood
Cedar Bayou
Channelview
Washington
Baytown
Corpus
Christi
Thomas
Houston ‘International Airport
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson tours Texas coast after disaster aid pledge
Vice President Lyndon Johnson surveyed wrecked Texas coast with Gov. Price Daniel and others and promised immediate all out aid. The party viewed Baytown Seabrook Kemah Galveston Texas City and Bay City then returned via Freeport for a planning meeting. Thomas discussed disaster aid channels through FHA and Small Business Act and Red Cross.
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Houston
Lyndon Johnson
Téxay
Price Daniel
Baytown
Gov
Daniel
Army Aid
Johnson
Refe Roe Nors
Texas
Téxas
Washington
Alsd
Shermacres
Seabrook
Kemah
Texas City
Galveston
Wooster
Thomas
Bayshore
Red Cross
John F. Kennedy
V. V. Ramsey
Fred Hartman
the Sun
Ramsey
Channelview
Bay City
Harris County Commissioners Court
Congress
Tam
Louisiana
North Crolina
Brownwood
Albert
Rites Held for George Laurence Flowers
Funeral services were held for George Laurence Flowers at Central Assembly of God Church in Baytown. Burial followed in Memory Gardens under the direction of Earthman Baytown Funeral Home. Flowers, 45, of 511 N Flowers, was employed at the Baytown Refinery and survived by his wife, one daughter, and his parents and siblings.
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Ment
P.m
Central Assem Baytown
of God Church
Georgetion
Earthman Funeral Home
Laurence Flowers
N. Flowers
Jones
Brilow
Tone Flowers
Bayti
Baytown
Rane Nee Oat Flowers
Maytown
Antil
Butteemaker
Auntie On and Refining Co
Jaytown
U.S
Air Force
Nprlapuel
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Feinberg
William A. Handorf
Handerf
Rohm and Haas
BIG
OKRA
C. C. Laughlin
Scott
Bets Sigma Phi
Johnny DeLoach Jr
Forrest
OIL, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
East Harris Count Medical Assistants Society
T P.m
Memoria
Baptist Church
Charles Gates
Cedar Bayou Methodist Church
B. R. Donnelly
Faith
Conrad Matysiak
E. Sheldon Kline
Saminmant
Bulletin
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers Union
Nagent
Esther
Atlantic
Boca Raton
Fla
Texan
Carla Tal
Gulf Coast
Verecrus
Puebla
Senate
Hira
Ben Ramsey
Leutenant
Governor's
Texas Railroad Commission
Olin Colberson
Kuwait
Iraq
Konrad Adewater
Sanday
West Germany
Siska Road
Kromente
Qrosby Builider
David DeWitt
Dag
USN
Folke Bernadot
Espe
George Laurence Flowers
Howe de Son
Lator Pvolvers
Buytown
Neat Deathowers
Haytown
Roberto Flowers
Mont Helvieu
Kenneth Flowers
Amystown
Ress Flowers
Port Acres
Timothy Flowers
Mort Bet
Lannie Bowlen
Robie
Central Assembly of God Church
Gary
Port Arthur
Amd
James Farmer
Lois Dmiap
Baytmion
Mont Belview Central
Mra
Cliath
Mont Butetra
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