Splash Day Hosts Named For Galveston Event
Galveston selects Joyce Badgett and her sisters Loraldine Jeannette and Jean as Splash Day hostesses for the April 5 to May 4 season opening. The two day Splash Day parade includes bathing beauties and a first Mr Splash Day competition joining the Miss Splash Day pageant with separate judging panels. Co chairs Jack Hamilton and Danny Cochran promise parades water carnival dances and fireworks as part of the two day program.
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Galveston
Spjt
Badgett
Joyce, Loraldine
Jeannette
Jean
Ball High School
Rent
Wemen
Jack Hamilton
Danny Cochran
Greater Galveston Bunch Association
Muse
Worst Dust Storm Strips Southwest in 25 Years
The Texas area and neighboring states cleaned up after what meteorologists termed the worst dust storm in 25 years. Winds from a developing low over Nevada pushed dust across the Great Plains, reducing visibility to near zero and causing damage in the Panhandle. Officials warned of possible further dust events as crews swept out dust and restored conditions across Texas, Oklahoma, and surrounding regions.
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Texas
Dallas
The
Weather,bureau
Nevada
R. C. Bland
Carter Field
Fort Worth
Southwest
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Longview
Tex
Great Plains
Southwestern Public Utility Co
Oklahoma
Grady Thompson
Panhandle
General Telephone Co
Vernon
Oklahoma Panhandles
Kansas
Colorado
Senate probes serve subpena on Stassen despite refusal
Senate investigators said they legally served a subpena on Foreign Aid Director Harold B. Stassen after he refused to acknowledge it. In Detroit a 20 year old Pvt Lloyd R. Freeman of Espanola N M was questioned in connection with the rape and assault slaying of a seven year old girl Barhatra Gaca. In Texas a search for two missing pilots from a T 38 jet linked to the lake crash continued as divers combed Like Texar nis waters.
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Detroit
Pvt
Lloyd RB
Freeman
Espanola
N. 4
Barhatra-Gaca
Tenison, Fox
Texarnis
Sun Spots Baytown Boat Club First Cruise Of Season
Baytown members and guests launch the season on Lake Houston with two departures from McKay Bridge at 9 am and 5 30 pm. Boats sail the San Jacinto west fork to a sand bar for a picnic. rescue and safety measures noted.
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Baytown
Around Town Highlights From A Houston Paper
A cluttered slice of society notes celebrates Jima Jones on the cover of the Sunday magazine, photographer Chester Rogers sharing tidbits. Pan American recruit Hay Underwood begins Houston work, while Mrs. Lynn O’Hagan sends a newsy report and Joe Rosenzweig returns from Smith College for a downtown birthday cake moment.
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Mike Cutherrtson
Ole’ Nan Measiey
Jima Jones
Houston
Chester Rogers
O. K
Chet
Hay Underwood
Pan American
Lynn O'Hagan
Joe Rosenzweig
Smith College
Laurance Disbrow
Tommy Seale
REL
Sar Houston State College
Sue Bell
Pat Patton
Betty Jo Treadway
Margaret Blasingame
Guy Woods Jr
Sandra Sheley
Ste Shy
Tole
Lee College
April Fool
Gander mile relay sets Texas Relays schoolboy mark
At the Texas Relays in Austin the Gander mile relay team clocked 3:23.2 to break the schoolboy record. Pat Bond, Joe Frank Robins, Vic Davis and Wally Wilson led a dominant performance, with Abilene and Port Arthur second and third. Pasadena qualified for finals as open 440 results hinted at continued pace.
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Austin
Texas Relays
Abilene
Port Arthur
Pasadena
Pat Bond
Joe Frank Robins
Vic Davis
Wally Wilson
Bond
Robins
Davis
Wilson
Robert KE. Lee
Baytown TB X Ray Unit Opens at Henke Pillot Store
The Harris County Tuberculosis association mobile unit began Baytown visits Saturday at Henke and Pillot at the West Texas traffic circle offering chest X rays for 50 cents adults and 25 cents children. The drive targets those over 22 for preventive screening with schools and other sites on the schedule through the day.
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Harris County Tuberculosis Association
Baytown
Henle and Pillot
West Texas
Ures
Odig Muennink
Muennink
Health Department
Service Teague of
Crosby's Uncle Sam Hangs Up Mail Bag After 33 Years
Horace Cook, longtime Crosby post office employee known as Uncle Sam, retires after 33 years on rural routes and mail service. An open house is set for 7:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday at Crosby Methodist church as friends honor his service and return to Crosby.
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Crosby
Uncle Sam
Horace Cook
Post Office
Crosby Post Office
Sam
Cook
Crosby Methodist Church
F. H. Lintelman
C. A. Wortner
Coal
Civil Service Commission
Milne Jone
Quinby
Iowa
Besse Mae Seale
Benchley
San Marcos
Hermany Hospital
Tardy B. Towler
Cooke
Horace Stalh Conk
Cadillac Thief Robs Wife, Tragedy Strikes Pasco
Pasco Washington reports a chaotic Friday as a high school boy robs a housewife of 845 dollars and triggers a deadly shooting spree. Officer Aly Jackson, a father of five, is mortally wounded after confronting the youth in an alley. The assailant is described as the town’s troublemaker, with a violent act linked to car access disputes.
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Pasco
Wash
Peterson
Aly. Jackson
Mae
Dyetson
Chen
Logal
Baytown Mayoral Race Focuses On City Manager System
Political tempo in Baytown grows ahead of Tuesday’s municipal vote as incumbent R W Pruett touts a long range plan and street program while challenger W Bill Reichart supports the city manager form and praises past spending. Pruett notes ongoing improvements including asphalt paving and dust prevention, while stressing continued modernization and infrastructure in the 1955-56 budget.
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Clyde Murray
Baytown
W. Bill Reichart
R. W. Pruett
Pruett
Reichart
Torm
Ex Pipelin e Supervisor Rites Sunday
John Ire'and Anderson 75 longtime district supervisor of the Hum bly Pipeline Co. in Baytown died at 8 55 am Saturday in a Baytown hospital. Funeral services set for 2 pm Sunday at Paul T J Lee Funeral Home chapel with Rev M S Jordan of Crane Methodist church officiating. Burial Memory Gardens of Baytown. Survived by wife Willie Louise Anderson two daughters Mattie and Louise Anderson one son Sam Anderson all of Baytown three grandchildren two nieces and two nephews. Anderson was a Bre mond native who came to Baytown in 1932.
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John Ire
Anderson
Humbly Pipeline Cn
Baytown
Paul TJ. Lee
M. 5
Jordan of
Grane
Louise Anderson
Sam Anderson
Bremond
J. F. Davis Dies in Highlands at 73
Joseph Franklin Davis aged 72 died at 7 am Saturday in a Highlands rest home. The body will be sent by Fearthman Funeral Home to Cape Funeral Home in Evergreen, Ala for services there. Survivors include three daughters Mrs. Lestie Wigging of Highlands, Mrs. C Merchant of La Porte, Mrs. J V Lawrener of Channelview, and three sons Paul Davis, Pat Davis of Highlands, Rey Meacvae Terie of Ta Parte.
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Toseph Franklin Davis
Highlands
Fearthman Funeral Home
Cape Funeral Home
Evergreen
Ale
Lestie Wigging
C Merchant
la Porte
J. V. Lawrener
Channelview
Paulavis
Pat Davis
Highanas Rey
Wife Kills Hubby In Fight Over Who Was More Sober
GALVESTON UP Shape ly Mrs Rene Pinthe 28 charged with murder after admitting stabbing her bartender husband in a quarrel over sobriety to drive an IMMTOMOBILE. He died en route to hospital after being stabbed twice with a 14 inch butcher knife. Police initially arrested two men but she confessed.
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Galveston
Rene Pinthe
Palice
Jan
Plathe
Prea
Main
Platte
Kiting
New Planes For La Porte Airport Lease Expansion
La Porte city commission tentatively approved expanding 8.1 acres at the airport leased to the Texas Air National Guard to be used as a radar control center. Federal units may operate from the site with a future small hangar and light aircraft expected, pending Civil Aeronautics Administration approval and funding.
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la Porte
la Porte City
U. S
Texas Air National Guard
Air National Guard
Texas National Guard Armory
US & Air Force
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Air Force
W. H. Baugh
Atre
T Seale
Galveston
John G. Rainbom
Army
Cadillac Gunman Robs Morgan's Point Woman On Highway
Dorothy Tarpey, 44, wife of Baytown Refinery employee and Morgan's Point councilman, was robbed of 845 dollars on State Highway 146 two miles north of Dickinson Bayou. She described the attacker as 40s, about 5'10", 178 pounds, in a cream Cadillac, with a pistol secreted in his shirt.
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Baytown
Morgan‘s Point
Dorothy Tarpes
Jimmie Crate
Dickinson Bayou
Texas City
Digktison
la Porte
Jaka Bussey
Dani
Tarpey
Crate
Mra
Morgan's Point City
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A. AL Norstrand
Mary Wardin-Baylay College
Wow Hall
West Texas Avenuue
John Meadors
Reds’ Club
Ashbel
Anton Smajstrla
Southern
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Pam, Henke & Pillot
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Cedar Baron School
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