Splash Day Set For May 1 2 In Galveston
Galveston hosts its 25 year Splash Day festival inviting thousands from the Southwest. Governor Shivers urged Texans to visit for parades fireworks and water shows. May 1 at Stewart Beach features Miss Photo Splash Day with winner going to Atlantic City. May 2 bites into Miss Splash Day and Miss Texas Tar Tan. Judge Bork Wilson leads the panel assessing both contests.
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Galveston
Texas
Southwest
Allan Shivers
Galveston Island
Stewart Beach
Gulf Coast Press
Atlantic City
Fire damages apartment heater blaze in Cedar Bayou area
A gas heater ignited a small blaze in a Cedar Bayou apartment scorching behind the unit and spreading to wall areas. Damage estimated at about 3100. Firefighters contained the fire after a small hole burned in the wall.
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Goodman
Around Town Updates From West Main and Baytown
Local notes out of town and nearby happenings include Frenchy Broussard’s assurance West Main is nearly under control, Doc Whitcomb passing through for Beaumont duty, the Gingles family planning Bombay India as a temporary home, and a 260 car capacity for the new supermarket parking lot near opening in June. Additional bits mention Wicked paddle matches, Eddie Krenick’s absence amid fishing season, Bill Rogers’s quick trim, Simon Hutton’s early work, and Deputy J B Walker with routine reports.
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West Main
Little
Eddie Krenick
Bill Rogers
Simon Hutton
J. B. Walker
Ralph Wolverton
McCarthy Hearing Delayed By San Jacinto Talk Mixup
The Senate subcommittee postponed hearings on Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy to April 22 to accommodate his April 21 appearance at San Jacinto Battlefield near Houston. Acting Chairman Mundt blamed the mixup on misinterpreted Independence Day references while the panel also hired a Knoxville court reporter as personal secretary to its impartial counsel. The Army report alleges pressure to secure favorable treatment for Pvt. G. David Lehine.
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Washington
United States
Texas
Joseph R. McCarthy
Theor
Senate
McCarthy
Rwis
San Jacinto
Houston
Sam Houston
Santa Anna
Karl E. Mundt
Mundt
Charles Maner
Knoxville
Tenn
Ray H. Jenkins
Jenkins
Army
Reguar
Roy M. Cohn
Pvt
G. David Lehine
Beard ordinance sparks anniversary celebration in Fullerton
In Fullerton California on April 10 a one day ordinance linked to the city’s Sith founding anniversary allowed men to kiss any woman they wished. The playful rule accompanied a civic celebration as residents marked the occasion with cheer and humor.
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Fullerton
Calif
Akridge Accepts Mount Houston Job With 9000 Dollar Offer
Cedar Bayou School Superintendent R W Akridge accepted a one year contract to lead Mount Houston East Houston School District starting July 1. The district expects rapid growth with about 500 more students next fall and a new high school in operation.
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Cedar Bayou
R. W. ‘Akridge
Mount and East Houston
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Akridge
Baytown
Mount Houston
Houston
Carrizo Springs
Littlefied
Alridge
John W. Gladden
Jewel Akridge
Akridges
Patsy
Carolyn
Ackridge
Escapee from Huntsville prison faces extradition to Texas
A man identified as a former prisoner who escaped from Huntsville Texas prison but lived 17 years in Toledo Ohio faced extradition Saturday. Bennett 30 a house painter told police his real last name was Hair and his past included life terms for burglary. He escaped August 17 988 and had been free in Toledo since July 31 1987. Police cited a toy fire engine incident and a drive without a muffler as his only local record as they pursued the case.
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Toledo
Ohio
Huntsville
Tex
Hriday
Columbus
Bennett
Polien
Aventa
Eighbor Wotan
Easter Story Follow Me Feed My Sheep
A Galilean shore scene from Daniel A. unfolds with Peter, Thomas, Nathanael and six others returning to a dawn fire. John Mark arrives, Peter recognizes Jesus, and the group shares a simple meal of broiled fish as the resurrected authority speaks. See Easter-Pase Two.
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John Mark
Red Commandos Hit French Field With Sneak Raid
Indo-Chinese and French forces clash at Dien Bien Phu as Communist commandos infiltrate the fortress area under cover of night to damage the airstrip and threaten a southern defense point. The raid accompanies artillery barrages in Vo Giap's broader assault plan.
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Hanot
Indo-China
Dien Bien Phu
Ite
Vo Nguyen Giap
Charge Filed In Accident Involving Teenagers In La Porte
Police report charges of reckless driving and running a stop sign against D Ben Grimm 36 of Pasadena after his car rear ended a teen laden vehicle at the Highway 146 Spencer highway intersection in La Porte at about 2 am. Larry Gough 17 of South Houston drove the other car with four Pasadena teens escaping injury.
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Pasadena
la Porte
Walter Roberson
Larry Gough
South Houston
Highway 146
Spencer Highway
Grimm
Gough
Towerson
Jimmy Welle
Richard Ren
Tommy Brooks
Roberson
Rites Sunday For Mrs Townsend 81
Funeral services for Alma Lee Townsend age 81 will be Sunday at 2:50 p.m. at Paul A. Lee Funeral Home chapel. Townsend died Tuesday awaiting her son Eugene Bidward Gordon of Spokane Washington. Burial is in Forest Park cemetery Houston with pallbearers L B Messinger Johnny Jaslet James Franklin Utz Edward C Utz Gordon P Utz and Sherman Utz. Survived by eight grandchildren including L B Messinger James Franklin Utz Edward C Utz and Gordon J Utz, all of Baytown, and Mrs. John F Heasiet of Pasadena. Further survivors listed as thirteen great grandchildren.
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Alma Lee Townsend
Paul A. Lee
James Franklin Utz
Edward C. Utz
Gordon P. Utz
Sherman Utz
Fo Messinger
James Franlin Utz
Gordon J. Utz
Baytown
John F. Heasiet
Pasadena
Field
Dail
Texas House Approves 58 Bills After Marathon Session
The Texas House passed 58 bills during a lengthy session before the Senate stalled on the Communist Control measure. The House approved about 1.18 million dollars in appropriations and 10 new district courts with a projected 90 thousand dollar cost, while most other local bills await Senate concurrence or final action when lawmakers reconvene.
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House
Senate
Waco
Unite To Stop Reds In Asia Dulles Urges
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles told reporters after a White House conference with President Eisenhower that free nations must unite to prevent loss of freedom in southeast Asia at the upcoming Geneva Conference. He leaves for London and Paris to press Britain and France for a united, strengthened stand against Communist aggression in Indo China and the region, stressing the need to involve Australia New Zealand the Philippines and other allies.
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Philippines
Australia
New Zealand
Negligent Homicide Charged In Wreck In Pasadena
J H Woodall age 20 from La Porte faces negligent homicide charges in Justice of the Peace court over the death of Alfred F Ramirez 36 struck while bicycling to a son near Holiday Inn at 9 39 pm on Red Ebliff road in Pasadena. Woodall posted an $800 bond and was released.
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Dave Thompson
J. H. Woodall
la Porte
Alfred F. Ramirez
Woodall
Holiday Inn
Red Ebliff Road
Pasadena
Rains Flood Lower Rio Grande Valley with 6 to 12 Inch Downpours
Thomas Maccabe reports heavy rains in the Lower Rio Grande Valley from six to 12 inches, triggering floods that forced evacuations of over 108 people. Boats appeared in Pharr streets, a tornado tore a roof from a Donna warehouse, and one man was killed in a derailment incident caused by the downpour. Four Texas National Guard companies assisted evacuations and patrols. Despite flooding, farmers foresee some crop benefits as water reaches fields, while irrigation in the Rio Grande basin improves.
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Edinburg
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
Pharr
Donna
Texas National Guard
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New Orleans
Rio Grande
Doyle S$. Casey
Brownsville
Weather Bureau
del Rio
Laredo
Casey
U. S. 84
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San Tuan
Down
National Guard
Foo
Deen
Povey Francis
Mission
House Okays Harris County Babies Bill
The State House passed a bill by a 10 4 vote authorizing the Harris County Commissioner's court to regulate dogs and impound those running at large. County Judge Bob Casey supported the measure which would impose up to a 200 dollar fine for violations and awaits further action.
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Harris County
State House of Representatives
Harris Count Ty
Bob Casey
Lane
Instrument Clinic Set for Baytown in 1004 Series
The first of a 1004 series of instrument maintenance clinics will be held at 7 pm in the auditorium of Baytown Junior High School. The Houston section of the Instrument Society of America sponsors this free clinic for those interested in industrial instrument maintenance work. J B Casey of Chicago will discuss pF and conductivity instruments made by Lands and Northrup. Casey, a Drexel Institute graduate, will focus on actual servicing techniques with light theory. Additional clinics will follow in Freeport Texas City and Pasadena the same week.
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Instrument Society of America
Aystern
Lands and Northrup Company
J. B. Casey
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West Central
Casey
Drexell Institute
Freeport
Texas City
Pasadena
Rays Town
S. Clint
C. J. Howell
GC. W. Bates
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