Bond issue on poll for Highlands improvements
Harris County residents vote Saturday on a $300,000 water and sewer bond issue by the Water Control District No. 2 at 125 San Jacinto Avenue. The measure funds improvements to sewer and disposal plants, with estimated sewer work at 195,427.06 and disposal plant at 94,573.90. District President Ty M. Brisson and Secretary BG Ao e urge approval, citing expanded service and coverage beyond current fringe areas.
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Harris County
Highigs
Met
San Jacinto Avenue
Jeblends
Joe
Ty M. Brisson
Deters Board
Bgaoe
Smaly
A. Losil Kelegs
Highwis
Goose Dependent
Parson Sees Lying Discs Near Oma City
Authentic- Parson says he saw two silver colored discs hovering low and then vanishing in the air. Guy Bellamy reports seeing the objects standing still then wheeling in a horizontal position before disappearing in a few seconds. The minister expressed belief the sighting stirred his faith.
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Oma City
Okio
Guy Bellamy
Airbie
Fragmented hometown notes mix marriage memory and odds and ends
A jumble of short items from a small town column mentions Carrie Magness at work, Ruth Jacobs, Bob Callaway neighbor hospitalization, Erma Sales moving, mumps at a hospital, Dr Richard M loser notes, and a Channelview fire run. It reads as a patchwork of names, events, and casual remarks with unclear links.
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Werbie
Thad
Johnson
Carrie Magness
Mr. J
Palmer
C. F. Bussey
Richard’ Mlols
STE
Ruth Jacobs Colaum
Skeen
Rene
Bob Callaway
Erma
Mayeck Ward
Kuebler
Hendrix
Lard
April 29 City Run-Off Set By Council Vote
City Council set Saturday April 29 as the date for a city election run-off after canvassing the primary votes. Buelow was declared winner in District One but absent from the installation. Fahy Godfrey will continue serving until the successor takes office. Districts Four and Five proceed to run-offs with candidates Campbell, Como, Reeves, and Greer. Polling places and officials named. run-off timing 7 am to 7 pm.
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ER. W
Bill) Buelow
Coun
Cilman
Buelow
Fahy
Godfrey
Mexico
W. C. Williams
Li Campbell
Sam G. Como
Willie Dearman Reeves
Cuba Greer
David Donoghue
Williams
Franta Motor Company
Henry Cathriner
C. J. Bailey
Sam Herbert
Wilkenfield’s Furniture
C. G. Parsley
B. Nettes
Jessie Lunsford
City Hall
Mes
W.riggs
Slagle
Frank ‘Moore
Mexican Recreation Hall
Nat Pace
R. R. Bains, Sr
S.P. Larkins
San Jacinta Elementary School
J. Rodger
Read
Presi Ha Jones
W.H. Platt
Mem ‘Bers
Copanell
Airplane Wreck Sighted Near Baltic by German Ship
A German vessel reported sighting wreckage in the Baltic area near Bornholm three days after a US Navy P2V Neptune disappeared. The Soviets claimed their fighters intercepted the unarmed four engine plane inside Latvia, while American authorities dispute who fired first. Debris described includes a cabin fragment and wooden poles connected by a paper-like material.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Baltic Sea
Moscow
Pravda
Soviet
Latvia
Baltic
Kastrup
Alfredsen
Sweden
Bernhard Revens
Bornholm
Deland
Feyens
Just Call Him Professor Middleton
City Manager C D Middleton will lecture tomorrow to a University of Houston city government class on consolidation in Baytown. TRA executive secretary W E Davis Jr invites Middleton noting the course aims to give graduate students understanding of local government issues to aid future decisions.
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C.D. Middleton
University of Houston
Baytown
FEPC Bill Delayed by Politics stir in Senate
Senate Republicans charge administration delays on the Fair Employment Practices bill as Democrats push the Marshall Plan and civil rights measures ahead of primaries in Florida and Alabama. Senate leaders clash over timing with Lucas saying Republicans must cooperate for closure while Taft decries political maneuvering. A separate payroll report notes 28 of 118 senators had relatives on their staffs, led by Senator Arthur Watkins.
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Washington
Senate
GOP
Senate Democratic Policy
Mittee
Florida
Alabama
Robert ©. Taft
Ohio
FEPC
Scott W. Lucas
Lucas
Congress
Leslie J. Biffle
Arthur V. Watkins
Utah
Six Meet Death In Flames Near Kountze
Six people burned to death in Texas crashes last night with a seventh dying in a related crash. Near Kountze three trucks tangled on U S Highway 2, two bursting into flames at impact. Survivors included J T Reynolds of Kountze who aided firefighters. Other victims were Englebert Lightfoot 48 of Liberty and Edward Cruse about 19, both in Lightfoot’s heavy truck, Roscoe Grayson 45 of Muskogee Oklahoma driver of a milk truck, Dolores Tone Kline, mother in Tacoma Washington, in the milk truck. A second wreck occurred at Lubbock when a pickup skidded into a trailer truck, burning two high school youths, Scott McCoy 16 and another student.
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Texas
Kountze
Piney Woods
East
U.S. Highway 2
Englebert Bob Lightfoot
Liberty
Duke Brothers, Contracting Company
Livingston
Edward J. Cruse
Lightfoot
Roscoe Grayson
Muskogee
Oklahome
Dolores Tone Kline
Tacoma
Washington
Kline
J. T. Reynolds
Silsbee
Lubbock
Scott McCoy
Son
Sea Six Meet
Film Investigator Opposes U S Censorship Curbs Exploitation
Hollywood investigator for the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee opposes federal movie censorship while urging action to curb harmful exploitation of individuals. Judge Stephen S Jackson arrived to aid hearings in Washington May 15 and warned that licensing the industry would be difficult.
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U.S
Holly
Hollywood
Stephen S Jackson
Jackson
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
Washington
Johnson
Johnson Office
Sackson
Interstate. Commerce.Commissior
Harvard Dormitory blast injures student in Thaye Hall
A dormitory blast at Harvard in Cambridge caused glass to shower a bed injuring Robert W. Dobbie 21 of Allentown Pennsylvania. The explosion ripped window panes from the casing and damaged the first floor suite as three others escaped unharmed.
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Cambridge
Mass
Navy Could Take Steps Against Soviet Submarines
Admiral Russell Berkey said the Navy could bring Soviet submarines to port if found off the California coast, but foreign ships must stay inside the three mile limit. Inside territorial waters an American vessel could seize a submarine.
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San Francisco
California
Russell Stanley Berkey
Berkey
Washington
Navy
Truman Claims U S In Fine Shape After Two Years
President Truman said the United States is in fine shape after two years in office, with employment and business conditions improving and the farmer in an excellent position. He cited global recovery hopes and noted some unemployment but described overall prosperity as better than at any time in history. He defended taking credit for the current state and addressed ongoing inquiries on McCarthy Taft and FEPC amid the Marshall Plan context.
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Washington
Air Thitedn
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alt Street
Truman
U.S
Trumen
Joseph R.mccarthy
Wisconsin
Robert A.taft
Ohio
McCarthy
State Department
Taft
Kansas City
Charles Binagzgio
George Gargotta
Justice Department
FBI
Senate
FEPC
Tower Drive-In Burglary Solved As Two Admit
A burglary at Tower Drive-In Cafe two months ago was solved last night when two Baytown men and a Louisiana engineer admitted to taking the cafe cash box and robbing funds for Shrine Club and Children's Fund. Grady Middleton, 20, and Lee Howard Hallbauer, 35, were charged with burglary and theft. Judge Roscoe Zierlein set no bond yet. The engineer Hallbauer, from Grand Isle, Louisiana, is under round on two other burglary charges connected to a Gulf service station break-in and Shrine Club embezzlement.
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Tower Drive-in
Baytown
Louisiana
Sheriff's
Shrine Club Crippled Children’s Fund
Grady Middleton
Lee Eoward Allbauer
Roscoe Zierlein
Zierlein
Hallbauer
Grand~ Isle
Tound
Cougin
Ira
Jones
Ire
Frick
Gulf
Four Corners
Clubemille
O Daniel Ignores Fan Urges Run for Governor
Austin report says W Lee O Daniel, former Texas governor and ex senator, received a flood of fan mail urging a gubernatorial bid. A longtime friend said O Daniel remained mum and focused on ranch work, noting he feels healthy.
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Austin
Izei
W. Lee
Pappy
O'Daniel
Texas
Lockhatstin
U.S
Lockhart
Lockart
Odaniel
Explosion awakens Baytown as Pasadena tank blasts
A gas storage tank at a Phillips Petroleum tank farm near the Houston Ship Channel exploded at midnight, destroying a laboratory office and a pumping station. Two men, E A Housch of Pasadena and Jack M Jones of Houston, escaped injury while others fled as fire erupted. Damage estimates range from 1 million to 2.6 million dollars. several Baytown residents were awakened by the blast and chaos followed as Houston and Pasadena responders fought the fire.
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Pasadena
Phillips Petroleum Company
Houston Ship Channel
E. A. Housch
Jack M- Jones
Houston
S Pasadena
C. J. Wood
Phillips
J. &. Gibson
Harris
Texas City
Iaffie James
Texas
Edd Miller
Tank Farm
General Strike Hopes Persist Amid Quiet Talks
Reports say both sides keep mum on progress while union officials and representatives of mediation groups meet at federal offices. Parties hold sessions through March 30 with two meetings described as lengthy and constructive as talks continue.
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Baytons Tod
Union Inda- Compu
Federal
Crash Cloaked In Secrecy At Sandia Base Denied
Rumors rose in an atom-conscious city after a spectacular crash at Sandia Weapons Base. Air Force officials denied reports of a radioactive explosion while confirming a crash in a restricted area. Witnesses described a blinding flash and mushroom smoke. officials attributed it to aviation fuel and a nonnuclear explosion.
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Sandia
Assembly Point
Air Force
Sanfia
Man~zano
A. A. Simballa
Tee Era
British Lad Now Real Cowboy in St Louis
Sheriff Thomas F. Cellanan recalls riding days as he visits western outfitting stores in St Louis. He bought a pair of pistols and a holster and mailed them to Banr, joking that he suspects Indians roam the area.
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ST. Louis
Thomas F. Cellanan
Ford
Chesterton
England
Buffato
Danlor “Si
Banr
Home Burns as Water Shortage Hinders Firemen
Fire Chief Jim Collins of Highlands says a water pressure of about twenty pounds in a garden hose would have saved a 4500 loss at McNair last night. A garage and Nick Durio's home in a nearby Negro community two miles southeast of Highlands burned to the ground due to insufficient water from the dunes, Collins charged. Fire response was hampered by jammed water equipment and traffic delays.
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McNair
Jim Collins
Highlands
Nick Durio
Colins
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