Still Anyone's Race in Council Vote
President Truman denies knowledge of flying saucers and says no U S or other nation has disclosed saucer development. Air Force and Navy deny secret saucers exist while investigations cite mass hysteria and misidentification of conventional objects.
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West, Fla
Truman
White House
Charles G. Ross Fet
Washington
Ross
Robert F. Landry
Air Force
Landry Tolg
Navy
Henry J. Taylor
U.S. News and World Report
American Broadcasting System
Taylor
Hoosier Lakewood Residents Talk Annexation and Election
Hoosier and Lakewood residents prepare for a public hearing at Burnet School on annexation by Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No 8. If approved, a districtwide special election may set taxes for debt service and transfer watershed responsibilities. Peterson says objections are unlikely and district spends about 40,000 on water and sewer improvements. engineers from Fort Worth and Houston will attend.
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Burnet School
Lakewood
Herris County
Tmy E. Peterson
Wooster Water Board
Ize
Lakewood Arce
Peterson
Tp Izht
Angaa Lakewood
Water District
TW. Berlin
Fort Worth
Victor Bouldin
Houston
Polines Approve 14400 for School Equipment Purchases
Zevtown trustees approved 14400 in new purchases for school needs. Major items include cafeteria furniture from American Desk Company with 82 low bid of 28502 and 620 per chair, 73 folding chairs and 500 chairs, plywood and steel tables, and natural finish veneer seating. Kitchenware costing 2687 was bought from Sucy and Philp Company. Stages at eight schools will receive curtains from Texas Scenic Company at 3346 with other bids considered.
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Zevtown
Robert EL High School
Fes
American “Desk Company
Iskle
Southess Huey and Philp
Gulfee
Finger Furniture
Hst
Sucy and Philp Company
Houston
Tarstees
Texas Scenic Company of
San Antonio
Southern
Baytown Recreation Council
Round Town Notes on Wooster Football and Scrapbook Event
Local items mention eatery plans and weather, with school club chatter about the Wooster area. Reports note sports and scrapbook convention prep, naming several individuals in casual, era voice.
You Have Just Four Days To Eat Wild Duck
Texans were told today they have four days left to eat wild duck and geese before a ban by the Game Fish and Oyster Commission. The period of possession ends Friday marking the 90 day shooting period that began earlier. Deer turkey and quail are exempt and may be kept indefinitely.
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Austin
Turkey
Teaching System Here To Be Standardized
Baytown district trustees approved a plan to standardize teaching across schools appointing John M Stuart as coordinator of instruction under Superintendent George H Gentry. Stuart, 21 years with Goose Creek ISD, will begin immediately with MC C Rushing as acting principal. program aims for uniform high standards and district wide teacher meetings this spring and summer.
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Baytown
John NM Stuart
George H. Gentry
Gentry
Stuart
MC. C. Rushing
Goose Creek Independent
Rushing
Nervous Young Gunman Robs Oklahoma Bank
A nervous young gunman robbed the First Bank of Okarche and escaped in a stolen Olds sedan with about $4000 in cash. Police set up road blocks in the area, with authorities predicting a quick arrest as the sticking up pattern emerges. The bank president described the suspect’s abrupt interview and rapid departure after drawing a revolver.
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Okarche
Okle
Teo W. Morris
Joan Morris
Efe
Morris
Okerche
Canadian County
Oklahoma City
Morrig Seld the Bandit
Cold Front Approaches Gulf Coast in Unseasonable Cold
A swift moving cold front heads toward the Texas coast ending the hottest spell. The U S Weather Bureau in Dallas says Houston should feel it about 1 30 pm with Brownsville following an hour later. Overnight lows 26 to 30 degrees forecast for the Panhandle and interior East Texas. Dust storms lingered in West Texas with Midland and Marfa reporting visibility around four miles. North winds after dark reduced dust to a quarter mile at Childress.
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United Press
Texas
U. S
Dallas
Houston
Brownsville
Panhandle
East Texas
Delbart
Corpus Christi
West Texas
Midland
Marfa
Ltr
Childress
Baytown Urged To Help Conserve Water Plan For Trinity
Baytown officials hear a plan urging water conservation on the San Jacinto River and promoting Trinity River harnessing to meet Houston area needs. Judge Guy Cade Jackson cites soil conservation, dam creation, and canalization as steps, highlighting Trinity water as key for future growth and Baytown’s industrial potential.
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Baytown
Trinity
Fred Hartiian
San Jacinto
Houston
Trinity River
Guy Cade Jackson
Anthuac Laxver
Southwest
Jackson
Anghuac
Liberty
Seid
Trinity Improvement Associat
Trinity project eyed for Fort Worth to Anahuac progress
Fort Worth area notes a massive Trinity project costing about 170 million dollars. First phase focuses on dam construction and surveys above Fairfield and Palestine while a Trinity channel is dredged toward Port Anahuac and Wal-misville. Recent work includes solving saltwater intrusion north of Anahuac as the channel extends inland. Local officials discuss Highway 73 connections, with river bridges planned near Old River and Trinity. A post-meeting cleanup drive was reported as ongoing for the year. Attendees listed include Nelson Longnecker, W. T. Busch, Thad Felter, James Barrops, Fred Hartman, and many others.
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Tion
Fort Worth
Anshuac
Trinity
Fairfield
Palestine
Trinity Channel
Houston Ship Channel
Port Anahuac
Wal- Misville
Cnight
Nelson Longnecker
W.T. Busch
Thad
Feltor
James’ Barrops
Fred“Hartman
W. C. Swain
T. W. Lyons
Lack Of Jail Record Leads To Arrest In Monroe
In Monroe Tennessee on April 1 Dean 46 of Redland California was arrested for lacking a prison record. Police said he represented himself as a former federal inmate and collected funds at a church service, misrepresenting his past. Authorities noted he had no prior arrests before this incident.
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Monroe
Dean
Redland
California
Mystery subs off California coast spurs Navy probe
Navy officials said Soviet submarines could operate off the California coast via Alaskan routes from Siberia and might be on normal peacetime maneuvers. Western Sea Frontier officers also considered the possibility the subs could be German or Nazi-origin crafts and linked the case to the disappearance of Detroit importer Theodore Donay.
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Washington
Navy
California
Ee Ay
Alaskan
Siberia
San Francisco
Russia
Frederick J. Entwistle
Western Sea Frontier
Lmderseas
Entwistle
Entwistlessid
Theodore’ Donay
Donay
Detroit
U S Cracks Down On Aid To Greece
In Athens on April 4 American officials halted indefinitely more than 200 million dollars of hydroelectric and eight basic industry aid projects to Greece after Premier Venizelos declined to form a stable government. The move signals delaying Marshall Plan schedules and could reduce grain, food, and consumer goods for Greeks.
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Athens
Greece
Sophocles Venizélos
Venizelos
U. S
Meat Inspectors Refuse Sale Over Stamp Question
Houston officials send 3500 pounds of unstamped meat back to Fort Worth after ruling lack of federal inspector's stamp makes sale illegal. Dr. Martin deems meat high grade but backs caution, noting past horse meat mislabeling incidents and urging strict adherence to the law.
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Houston
A&p
Fort Worth
RS. Martin
Martin
Deputies Begin Sheriff School Training In Harris County
Deputies Maj BL Brown and Paul Anderson stationed in Baytown join Harris County Sheriff's Department education drive. Texas Public Safety Colonel Homer De tor outlines a week sight program to last ten weeks. Officers will attend classes twice weekly conducted by Sheriff Guy I Timms chief deputy and Captain Loyd Frazier lead of the identification bureau.
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Maj BL
Brown
Paul Anderson
Bay
Whey
Sheriff's Department
Harris
Homer de “Tor
Texas
Guy
B . Tiams
Loyd
Frazier
Bureau
Sunrise Easter Service Planned By Laymen's Group
A community sunrise Easter service is planned for Sunday at Memorial Stadium. Sponsored by the East Harris County Council of Christian Laymen with M. S. Ciruti as general chairman. Music by the Robert E. Lee Band led by T. C. Burkett and combined choirs of Tee College and Robert E. Lee High School under T. F. Seale. Clergy include Rev. Milton S. Jordan, Rev. Clyde Feliz, Rev. Wayne McCleskey, Rev. O B Richardson. The service features readings, prayers, the anthem The Crucifixion, and hymns The Church's One Foundation and On the Mount of Olives.
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Memorial Stadium
East -Harrris County
Milton 'S. Jordan
Grace Methodist Church
Clyde _Feliz
First Christian Church
Wayne~ McCleskey
St. Mark's Methodist Church
O' B
Richardson
KJ. P.dutson
Chott
Mount of Olives
Charles Gounod
Alexander Kosheiz
McCleskey
Matthew Haydn
Campbell And Buelow Hold Early Leads
Campbell and Buelow lead in a crowded city council race with limited early voter turnout. Precinct results show Buelow ahead 84 to 46 for Barbers Cert Mann withdrew with 21 votes, while district tallies show Campbell leading in District One and a tight fight for second. Runoff required within 20 to 30 days. several incumbents chose to run again.
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W. Buelow
Buelow
B. Barbers
Cert Mann
Drora
Cuba Greerhea
Wi D. Reeves
Mole Campbell
Ithe
Campbell
Bim
Fahy Godfrey
Dr. Davis
Jett Strond
Vinson Warns of Soviet Pearl Harbor Threat and Defense Boost
Chairman Vinson of the House Armed Services Committee warned that the Soviet Union plans a Pearl Harbor style strike and is building a vast air force. He urged Congress to raise defense spending by about 583 million, saying an atomic blitz is a real possibility and that U S naval and air power could be weakened if not prepared.
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Washington
Cerl Vinson
House Armed Services Committee
Tadzey
Russia
Pearl Harbor
Wori
Georgis Democrat
House
Vinson
Truman
Defense
Louis Johnson
Congress
Six Year Old Struck By Car Outside Grocery
Six year old Charles Milton Griffin, son of Mr and Mrs K W Griffin, was hit by a car near a North Main Street grocery as he crossed to fetch items. He sustained scrapes and bruises and remains under observation at Baytown Hospital. Driver Elford H Nex reported the incident, saying the child darted into the path of the vehicle.
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Wey
Charles- Milton Griffin
Charles -Milton
K. W. Griffin
Main Street
Noma
Baytown Hospital
Elford H. Nex
Park Street
Nix
Rom
North Main
Governor Shivers Seeks Letters for Texas Heart Girl
Governor Allan Shivers announced a Texas girl in Pasadena with a heart ailment is hospitalized in California. He urged Texans to write letters of support and kindness. The appeal named Emma Faver as the child and noted the governor’s request to lift her spirits and connect across the state.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
Texas
Pasadena
California
Mos
Emma
Faver
Wil
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