Sun Spots Guests Of Honor In Bay Town Visit
Lt Gov Preston Smith and Mrs Smith arrive Tuesday and stay with Dr and Mrs Donald Brunson. Smith opens the TPGA golf tournament Wednesday and speaks at the Baytown Rotary Club at noon. They tour NASA Manned Space Craft Center. Chet Brooks of Pasadena named chair of the Bay Area Development Council legislative committee, announced by president Frank Masters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Smith
Baytown
Donald L. Brunson
Smith
TPGA
Baytown Pilot Lands Plane After Tower Collision At Hospital
Maurice E. Taylor of Baytown piloted a Cessna 182 that struck a radio tower atop Baytown Hospital at 10 42 p m Monday, shearing a wing and flap, damaging the plane, and forcing a landing at La Porte Municipal Airport. Officials planned FAA investigation, with Taylor claiming he was night landing when he hit the tower. Police noted prior low flying complaints and a partial tower top impact near police headquarters. The plane, owned by T T Air Service, was flying about 159 feet high at impact. no charges filed.
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Maurice E. Taylor
Baytown
Baytown Hospital
R. H
Bo)Turner
Turner
la Porte Municipal
Spencer Highway
Federal Aviation Agency
Houston
Taylor
Charles Warwick
la Porte
North Main
East Harris
Texas
Dale Schimming
Maurice. Taylor
Theen
Local News Snippets From La Porte Area Readers
Lane Ward seeks an old Model Thorn. Gus Brinkman cleans up after a yard storm. Jesse Cole reports on a mean thief. Mrs LA Rigby of LaPorte recovering from surgery at San Jacinto Methodist. Kyle Alexander visits Sun plant. Rick and Brenda Holland thank for circus tickets. Frank Boyle rests at La Porte Fire Dept. Winnie Brown recuperating from surgery at home. Laurie Tillery and Kathy Anderson urge adults. Jeri Snead influences a vote. Virgil Stone calls for added information. Joey Judice to operate pony ride at Sam Houston PTA camira. Verna Harte Jess wears a blue suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane Ward
Gus Brinkman
Jesse Cole
la, Rigby
LaPorte
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Kyle Alexander
The
Sun
Rick
Brenda Holland
Frank Boyle
la Porte
Winnie Brown
Prinet
Funeral today for ex Baytonians killed by electricity
Services are set for 4 p.m. Tuesday at Earthman Chapel for Sir. and Mrs. Louie P. Weeks former Baytown residents electrocuted Saturday at their Guntersville Alabama home. Officiating ministers are the Rev. Robert Cheek and the Rev. John Heaton. Burial will be Cedar Crest Cemetery. The couple are survived by their son L P Weeks Jr of Guntersville and by Mrs Weeks two sons Steve Barrow Baytown and Richard Barrow Mont Belvieu plus her parents and siblings. Mrs Weeks was 46 and formerly a nurse at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital and Weeks an electronics engineer with the U S Government formerly at Humble Baytown Refinery.
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Earthman Chapel
Louie P. Weeks
Baytown
Guntersville
Ala
Robert Cheek
First Baptist Church
John Heaton
Channelview
Memorial Baptist Church
Cedar Crest Cemetery
Weeks
L. P
Perry) Weeks Jr
Steve Barrow
Richard Barrow
Mont Belvieu
Hady Harper
Tri-City Beach Road
Tommy
Marcia) Scarborough
Tri - City Beach Road
Douglas Harper
Pasadena
Walter Harper
Lafayette
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Florida
Alabama
U.S
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Lw, Weeks
Alice Navarre
Don L. Matthews
Jacinto City
Viet Cong, Rangers clash near Phu Cu Pass area
Reports from Saigon describe heavy fighting between Viet Cong and South Vietnamese rangers around Phu Cu Pass, 295 miles northeast of Saigon. Casualty figures vary, with an air crash killing pilots and a U.S. official. attacks continue near Can Tho and Dac Lap as tactical air support responds.
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Saigon
Phu Cu Pass
Qui
Bau Trai
Rau Ngai
Air American
Jack Wells
College Park
U.S
Public Safety Department
Air America
Can Tho
Aoe Tee
Vietnam
Hau Nghia
Dac Lap
Viet Namese
Baytown Science Education Embraces Story Approach
Sun Staffer Wanda Orton reports Baytown schools use simple nature stories to introduce science in first grade. The district aligns eight‑grade science with the state plan, offers basic high school science, and uses lecture‑laboratory methods across grades with aquariums, herbariums, filmstrips, and AV aids to spark observation and research skills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun
Wanda Orton
Baytown
Grace
Sciece
Elks Lodge Circus Arrives Wednesday in Baytown
Baytown Elks Lodge brings two circuses to town on Wednesday with shows at 4 3 and p m. at Deck er Drive and Fairway. Midway opens an hour before show time featuring Cristiani-Wallace acts with a 6000 pound hippo Little Eva. The Great Arturos high wire, Martini Troupe acrobatics, Sig no Daviso Cristiana dancing horse Kazmah La Norma chimpanzees andLewis Sandborn elephants perform. Tickets available at the circus or through Elks Lodge members.
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Baytown
Arturos
Martini
Signo Daviso Cristiana
Kazmah
la Norma
Lewis Sandborn
Elks Lodge
Girl Skydiver Falls To Death
LAKEWOOD New Jersey AP report says Christina Howard 22 of Bronxville New York died after sky diving from a plane at Lakewood Airport. Her parachute failed to open during a second jump of the day, dropping about 3000 feet. Parachuting Center manager Lee Guilfoyle witnessed the fatal fall around 6 45 p m.
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Lakewood
Christina Howard
Bronxville
N.Y. Lee
Guilfoyle
Lakewood Airport
Howard
Pro Sponsor Action Set Wednesday at Goose Creek
Twenty four pairings listed for the pro sponsor tournament at Goose Creek Country Club with 216 golfers teeing off in foursomes. The event features handicap play and morning starts from 8:06 to 8:48 with players including Don Bunkelberger James Terry Woodrow Tucker Lefty Stackhouse Leon Roberts J B Hutchens Maurice Hudson Lafayette Tranks and others.
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Goose Creek Country Club
A.m
Don Bunkelberger
Blue Bradshaw
Herb Baggess
C. J. Griffin
James Terry
Dick Bevis
Fred Soecerrie
Jim Rees
Charles Ranly
Lefty Stackhouse
James Lavell
Horton’ Russell
Jack Shelton
Leon Roberts
Tom Hearn
Cal Rutherford
Bill Shelton
J. B. Hutchens
H. F. Holt
Elden Berry
Stanley Wright
Maurice Hudson
BlakeLinsworth
Cecil Bobbitt
Charles Brightwell
Volcano Eruption Traps 2000 on Philippine Island
AP reports Taal Volcano on Luzon island near Manila erupted with blasts every five minutes. The 12.1 square mile island was half covered by lava ash and steaming mud. Fate of about 2000 inhabitants unclear after 15 hours. Refugees reached safety. others drowned or survived. Camps hold 4000 to 7000 refugees along Tagaytay Ridge. Plane finds no signs of life on the island.
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Manila
Philippine Constabulary
Luzon
Bel
Debbie Picks Up Steam hurricane watch issued
A hurricane watch extended from the mouth of the Mississippi River to Cedar Keys Florida as Debbie strengthened to a tropical storm. The Weather Bureau warned stall craft to stay in port from Lake Charles Louisiana to Tampa Florida while Debbie moved northeast about 10 mph, with the center about 300 miles southwest of Pensacola.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
Cedar Keys
Fla
Debbie
Gulf of Blexico
Stern Ce Age
Ake Teats
Weather Bureau
Lake Charles
Tampa
Pia
At & Pam
Debble
Pensacola
Breakfast Meet Kickoff for UF Drive This Thursday
City announces UF campaign kickoff at a 7 a.m. breakfast Thursday at the Holiday Inn. General Chairman John C. Echols outlined a goal of 197,145, unchanged from last year, with John J. Coates and committee chairs to speak and introduce staff. The program features Rev. Ed Pendleton and a wide list of division heads and agency partners across health, welfare, education, and public service groups.
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Fire United
Holiday Inn
John C. Echols
John J. Coates
Community Chest
Ed. Pendleton
Echols
Amlaoe Campaign Division
Gel 'Oi Corp
Martin L. Griffith
Industrial
E. O. Cambern
Utilizes
Connie Magourik
Commer ‘Celal
FR. B. Mai
J. Robert Barnes
Public Service
Bill Hinson
Norman Foote
Karl Opryshek
Rev. Pendleton
Robert Beman
Albert Fellows
Clyde Messiah
Oak Addition
McNair
S. B. Hickerson
Humble
United Fund
The
Health League
Thrift Exchange
Crippled Children’s Treatment Center
Welfare League
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Community Chest Operations
Young Men's Christian Association
Opportunity School
I Guidance Center
de. Pelchin
Elizabeth Taylor ordered to show cause in visit dispute
AP reports Los Angeles Superior Court requires actress Elizabeth Taylor to show cause why she will not permit her 6 year old daughter to visit singer Eddie Fisher. Fisher says he adopted Liza Todd Fisher and has been denied access since their 1961 divorce. A possible infection adds to the case. Dorothy Malone remains in critical condition at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital after lung clot surgery. Marine corporal Jimmy Crouch, 29, killed near Chu Lai in Vietnam. his father Doyle Crouch received the telegram.
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Elizabeth Taylor
Los Angeles
Dorothy Malone
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
California
Houston
Jimmy Crouch
Viet Nam
Chu Lai
Jery Fre
Doyle Crouch
Banks discuss bids on sale and depository contracts
Identical bids were received from all banks except one item. Proposals include $200,000 offered for sale and 24 cent interest on bonds. Peoples State bid and others proposed to purchase warrants and advance money without interest. Council debates whether to assign dollar values to bids or evaluate item by item, with Barnes unable to determine the best bid after over two hours of discussion. (Depository, Page 2)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iiem
Robert Barnes
Barnes
Ibanks
Raymond Donnelly
Andy Braswell
Donnelly
Braswell
Depository
Some Lucky Shopper To Win This Car
Baytown shoppers may win a rebuilt 1955 Chevrolet during Baytown Bonanza Days. The Baytown Sun plans to feature progress photos as the car is rebuilt by Buck Turner Chevrolet and local merchants. Merchants can join the effort by contacting Johnston at The Sun for participation and distribution details to La Porte Seabrook NASA area and Chambers County.
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Baytown
Baytown Sun
Sun
Buck Turner
Chevrolet
Johnston
la Porte- Seabrook
NASA
Chambers County
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Pilot Lands
First
National Barn
Lance Hill
Inwood
Thad Felton
Thad Johnson
Gulf Coast Gun Club
VEW Auxiliary Ladies Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Dolly Moravits
Long Drive
Myrtle Spencer
Veterans Hospital
T&t Air Service
Air Service
Usl
Citizens National Bank
Bet F
Savings Citizens
Savi
NGS
Philippines
Tagaytay Ridge
Northern Gulf
City
Faith Home
Florence Crittenton Home
Goodwill Industries
Lighthouse For the Blind
Houston Speech and Hearing Center
Family and Child Service “Center
Vocational” Guidance Service
Legal Aid Society
American Red Cross
National Mental Health Association
J. B. Williams
Acapulco
Abe Hiebert
Peoples State Bank
F.D
MCA
Harris County Federal
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