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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1955

Page

6

States Clash Over School Segregation at Supreme Court

Editorial notes Texas stance against court directives for desegregation. It warns federal mandates could disrupt Texas and other states, favoring local school board solutions. NAACP counters argue no practical plan exists and delay harms progress. Southern state representatives prepare rebuttals for hearings Tuesday and Wednesday.

John Ben Shepperd Washington Texas U. S. Supreme Court High Court Kansas Delaware Mississippi Shepperd the Sun Supreme Court National Association For the Advancement For Colored People NAACP Florida

SUN SLANTS MATHEMATICS CORRECTION AND COMMODORE TALE

A Baytown column jokes about a mistaken driver license fee of 50 cents and contemplates possible future raises while praising Chief Montgomery’s traffic plan. It also recalls Commodore B. M. Hatfield as a navigator and statesman who promoted Trinity canalization with humorous anecdotes about his feats and character.

Cheifs Roy Montgomery Pruett Commerce Sdo Chief Montgomery Hugh Echols Jr Baytown Botbeck Echols Canalization Trinity B. M. Hatfield Commodore Dallas Fort Worth Anehuac Texas Intracoastal Canal Mississippi Chicago Dean Tevis Anahuac Far Worth Louise Trinity Basin Galveston Bay Houston Champion Paper and Fiber Company Pasadena Hatfield Newe le Acarce

Easter tax bill stirs Texas capital action and charges

In Austin the revenue and taxation committee unveiled a compromise tax plan promising 45 million dollars in new money, backed by Chairman Stanton Stone and Speaker Jim Lindsey. Gov. Shivers approved portions, with a cigarette tax and gas tax among items. discussions point to 60 million in new funds before a potential two week extension of the session. Bascom Giles faces four more felony theft charges totaling over 1.06 million dollars as probes into veterans land deals continue.

Vern Sanford Texan Press Association Austin House Revenue and Taxation Committee Stanton Stone Jim Lindsey Allan Shivers Stone Shivers Chicago Texas Paul Little Crystal City Giles Little Zevale Byrd Cattle Co Travis County San Antonio

Baytown Sun Details Rates and Publisher Info

The Baytown Sun announces weekday publication from Pearce and Ashby Baytown Texas with editor and publisher Fred Hartman and advertising director Beulah Mae Jackson. Subscriptions: by carrier 1.206 month 74.40 year sm. By mail 1.20 monthly 3.00 for two months 7.00 for six months 14.00 yearly. Armed Services 75 cents per month. Second class matter at Baytown post office under act of Congress March 4 1870. regional advertising representatives listed.

Baytown Sun, Inc Pearce and Ashi Baytown Texas Fred Hartman Syd S. Gould Armed Services Postoffice Congress General Advertising Service

You're Telling Me by William Ritz headlines ribbing

Europe's heavyweight champion was jailed for a month for reckless driving. Police found 1 000 nails scattered on a Texas highway. Cops say they don’t wet the point. Rhode Island students study 250 million year old rocks and won’t leave any stone unturned.

William Ritz Europe Texas Rhode Island

World Balance Sheet week’s good and bad news summary

United Press Foreign Analyst Charles M. McCann reviews a week of international events. Churchill steps down, Eden leads a younger Team. Far East tensions ease somewhat as China moderates threats against Formosa while fears of a mid April clash persist. Britain joins a Turkish Greek alliance and Pakistan may join. Dulles warns Reds must start a war to draw US in. Japan seeks Washington visit as Shigemitsu presses for reduced costs.

Charles M. McCann United Press Great Britain Winston Churchill Anthony Eden Churchill Eden Far East Formosa United States Mars Quemoy Island John Foster Dulles Washington Turkish-Traci Alliace Pakistan Tran Egypt Jawaharlal Nehru Jilia

Try And Stow Me By Bennett Cerf

Young Chris practiced piano when a formidable cop barged in claiming a call from the neighbor about Chopin and Debussy being murdered in the room. The piece blends a tense domestic moment with distant Cold War notes as Washington debates Korea era diplomacy.

Bennett Cerf Chris Etta Chopin Debussy

Eden Likely to Deal With Ike Not Dulles in Foreign Policy

Washington columnist Drew Pearson reports Eden and Dulles clash over foreign policy. Eden favors direct talks with Eisenhower, while Dulles is viewed as a critic. Eden’s approach to Indo China and Nehru at Geneva tipped the balance toward Eden. The piece also notes Griffith on Truman and Ike, plus Magnuson’s cancer center history and fundraising success.

Washington Ike John F. Dulles Drew Pearson Anthony Eden Eden Eisenhower John Foster Dulles Dulles Moscow Hrremlin Far East Molotov Russia Nixon U. S Indo- China Radford Churenil Dienhienphy Nehru Geneva Dulley Mr. Dulles Clark Griffith Harry Truman Harry Teddy Roosevelt Griffith William Taft F.D. R Aus Busia Mo Recint Washington State House of Representatives Homer Bone U. S. Court of Appeals San Francisco Sen Warren Megnuson Bethesda Senator Magnuson John Heller National Cancer Institute Heller Memphis Magnuson Bone Congress

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