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This day in Houston history, Dec. 14, 1960: Humble Building officially becomes Houston's tallest

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Houston Chronicle front page for Dec. 14, 1960.

Houston Chronicle front page for Dec. 14, 1960.

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A Chronicle photo taken from police headquarters at 61 Riesner showed that the Gulf Building was no longer Houston's tallest.

That honor would go to the Humble Building, then under construction on the south end of downtown.

In other news, Houston Police Chief Carl Shuptrine ordered a crackdown on drunken driving and speeding. Eighty-two people had died on Houston's roads up to this point in the year, down compared to 1959.

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J.R. Gonzales, a native Houstonian, is a web producer for HoustonChronicle.com. Before that, he was a news copy editor. Since 2006, he has overseen the Bayou City History blog, which covers various aspects of Houston's history.

Prior to joining the Houston Chronicle, Gonzales worked as a night cops reporter at The State newspaper in Columbia, S.C., and later as a copy editor. He has also worked as a courthouse reporter for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Gonzales is a journalism graduate of the University of Houston.

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