Chambers Area Seeks De Annexation Dealt In Joint Talks
Chambers County part of the consolidated district may leave Baytown and join Barbers Hill. Supt Gentry invites Barbers Hill trustees to a joint session next Monday night to discuss de annexation. Baytown board is expected to oppose, citing inequity in tax values and students. The plan would require ratification by both Harris and Chambers boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Gentry
Barbers Hill
Baytown
Chambers County
Gentry
J. Justin Jen
Barbers
Baytown Board
A. R. Stark
Stark
Barbers Will
Old
Cedar Bayou
Harris County
Barbers Hill Board
Barbers Hill District
Harris
Chambers
Lax Equalization Board
George J. Bennatt
Fourehan
T. CG. Dent
Jayborn Johnson
Tee Sechanl
Fish Die In Bay Burnet Bay Pollution Triggers Fish Die Off
Residents along Burnet Bay report thousands of fish dying and washing ashore as polluted waters decompose under a hot sun. Game and Fish Warden Martin A. Peterson collected water samples for analysis with tests expected this afternoon to determine pollution cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnet Bay
H. J. Meigs
Bayshore Drive
Game and Fish
Marin A. Peterson
Peterson
Allies push for collective defense pact amid rising Asia tensions
Washington probes into a FHA home and apartment scam surface as investigators dig into a multi million dollar fraud involving both parties. In San Antonio F BE agents arrested S. Lee 46, a leading contractor, in a bid to curb government fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Housing Administration
Sawn Antonio
FBE
Lee
Sun Spots Guest Speaker at BSU Dinner Meeting
PRENTIS CHUNN of San Marcos will be guest speaker at a noon Thursday BSU dinner in Lee college lounge. He will outline plans to send delegates to the BSU convention near Wae on April 23 25. Students urged to meet 11 50 a.m. in the art room. Rev. Paul Stephens BSU counselor will attend. Lakewood Meeting Held for Annual Barbecue Plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prentis Chunn
San Marcos
Baptist Student Union
Lee College
BSU
Wae
Paul Stephens
BSW
Around Town Sightings and Local Notes
Mrs. and Mrs Bill Gaston visit her parents the Dal Griggs in Austin and file life notes from the capital. Della Reed smiles beside a new car. Bill King enjoys a long fishing weekend with a good haul but returns empty handed. Sue Weaver offers a new sale tip. Stella Herring tends sweetpeas. J Winston Hayes visits the city room. Grimes hints at a developing story. In La Porte the Frank Giffins help at St John Episcopal Lions Club, discover their truck stolen, recovered two hours later in Galveston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Gaston
Dal Griggs
Austin
Della Reed
Bill King
Sue Weaver
Stella Herring
J. Winston Hayes
St Grimes
LA Porte
Frank Giffins
St. John's Episcopal Church
Lions Club
Galveston
Floating mine sighting off Gulf Coast prompts coast guard search
A fishing boat reported a horned looking object about a mile off the Texas coast near Sabine Pass. Navy patrol and Coast Guard units searched and monitored the area while the Virginia Anne stood by. Officials cautioned the object might be a buoy broken from its moorings or a mine, describing it as three feet in diameter and eight feet long with horn like magnetic plungers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
Texas
Navy
Coast Guard
Sabine
Sabine Pass
New Orleans
Car Not As Rugged As Driver Was
Raymond Lee Mercer a 24 year old of Highlands escaped serious harm after a freight train tore the right side from his car at the Main Street crossing. The wreck sent the car skidding 855 feet before halting. Mercer rode away with a bruised hip and shoulder as Deputy Sheriff Robert Bart Easley investigated and train engineer M B Alston was named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Lee Mercer
Highlands
Mercer
Main Street
Robert Bart Easley
M. B. Alston
Trustee Election Set For May 1 In Baytown District
Baytown school trustees set a May 1 election for five seats in the new consolidated district with 11 precincts voting. Terms of I L Kellogg and Edna Garay expire. both may run for Position No 1 or 2 under the new system, which assigns specific numbered seats district wide. Holdovers include A R Stark J L Hutson J W Pyle M W Harper and Harry F Hartman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. L. Kel Logg
Edna Garay
Baytown
Kellogg
Lorm
Graybert
Harris County
Houston
Gray
Kellogg's
Chambers County
George E. Gentry
Harrix County
Cedar Bayou
A. R. Stark
J. L. Hutson
J. W. Pyle
M. W. Harper
Harry F. Hartman
Baytown DAV post to Install New Officers Tuesday Night
Dave Parish will be installed as commander of the Baytown Disabled American Veterans post in a 7:30 p.m. ceremony at the Civil Defense hall on Ashbel street. Warren B. Fuller will install the officers, with Albert D. Breeding as senior vice commander and Elbert T. Breeding as junior vice commander. William J. Walker becomes adjutant, Melton S. Hobbs chaplain, and Mrs. Bers Shannon service officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Parish
Baytown
Parish
Civil Defense Hall
Ashbel Street
Warren B. Fuller
DAV
Nacogdochres
Albert D. Breeding
William J. Walker
Melton
Hobbs
Mra. Bers Shannon
Bids Ready On Bridge Over Trinity River
Texas Highway Department to read bids for the Highway 73 Trinity River bridge, a long awaited link for Southeast Texas. The 2840 foot structure will have three steel spans with a center span of 200 feet and two 164 foot end spans, two 26 foot lanes, and a five foot cement divider. Estimated cost expected to exceed the San Jacinto span. the Dallas firm Austin Bridge submitted the earlier San Jacinto bid of 1,192,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity River
Fred Hartman Austin
Texas Highway Department
Highway 73
Trinity
Texas
San Jacinto
State Highway Commission
Chia
Bridge Department
The
Highway Department
Austin Bridge of Dallas
RB Alexander
Whiel Ridge
Hove
Oil Well Pooling Declared Unconstitutional by City Attorney
Baytown faces no imminent oil well spacing rules as City Attorney George Chandler vows pooling ordinances exceed police power. He cites prior court rulings and says only definite boundaries backing spacing would stand. Also notes new Cancer Society chairman Dr W H Bridges and board changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.H. Bridges
Cancer Society
Ouester Bulgier
Baytown
City Attys
George Chandler
Ordin
el Royally
Chandler
Cownell Mhwarn
Ity
Auld
Ble
Rbeskley
Pruett
Severn
Baytown Junior High Remodel Contract Awarded
Cox and Stipe Construction Co. won a 484,450 remodeling job for Baytown junior high including the girls dressing room and cafeteria. Five bids were filed. Maxwell Construction Co. of Baytown and others submitted higher offers. Sub-contractors include Young Plumbing and Horling, Pfeiffer Electric, Buje Building and Material Co. The project is to be completed before the next term starts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cox and Stipe Construction Co
Glirls
Baytown Junior High
Taytown
Mhore
Ban Perkins
Maxwell Construction Co
Baytown
Leftwich, Steins and Harrix
Houston
Moore
Howard Construction Co
India
Merking
Cox and Stine
Young Plumbing and Horling
Pfeiffer Electric
Buje Building and Material Co
Metal Aria
Dow Me- Cine
American Marble and Mochine Co
Elgin Butler
Escapee Painter Faces Return To Life Term Aid
Aid pours in for Columbus Howard Bennett a 54 year old house painter from Houston Texas who escaped a Texas prison 18 years ago. Arrested in Toledo on a misdemeanor charge he faced fugitive from justice charges and a $16000 bond. His true identity emerged after a car radiator incident and a boy spotted a toy fire engine leading to discovery of his past life and possible government intervention. Friends plan to petition governors for clemency or intercession with Texas Governor Allan Shivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
Texas
Columbus Howard Bennett
Columbus Hall
Houston
Tex
Huntsville
Bennett
FBI
Robert Zanville
Frank Lausche
Allan Shivers
Advisor To Gen MacArthur To Speak In Baytown
John Griffin Chapman former political and social adviser to Gen Douglas MacArthur will be the guest speaker at a University of Houston extension class in Baytown. The talk on senial concepts runs weekly from 4 to 6 29 p.m. at Samar Elementary School under Dr Mather Marion Nelson. Maj Chapman taught at the University of Tokyo before the war and helped start the University of Okinawa. Spouses of students are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Griffin Chapman
Douglas McArthur
Japan
University of Houston
Baytown
Samar Elementary
Mather Marion Nelson
Maj. Chapman
University of Tokyo
University of Okinawa
Maj, Chapman
Oil Permits Requested for Two New Wells in Wilnwood
A pair of independent operators led by Wright and Manner seek city approval Wednesday night for two new oil wells on tracts east and west of Glenn Street and north of Alexander Drive. If granted, drilling would follow. The council also will address April 6 runoff results and set a date for a runoff. Housing Authority commissioners J. B. Read C. Lt. Thorpe and F. P. Paulger have terms expiring April 17. Holdovers H. Olive and C. C. Behmyer continue serving two year terms, with appointments split between years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellafer Altura Ail
Pene Roikx
Wrirnewood Drillon
Theee Housing Authority
J.B. Read
C. Lt. Thorpe
Paulger
H. Olive
C. C. Behymer
$83,782 Contract Let For Red Bluff Road
The Holland Page Co. won a 89,742 paving contract for Red Bluff road from La Porte road to Pasadena's South Avenue. The commissioners court awarded the contract Monday. The project will create a 20 foot slab about 2.5 miles long. County Engineer Hugo Zapt estimated the road east at 92,600. A second project to asphalt about nine miles of Red Bluff road from Spencer highway south to State Highway 46 will cost about 394,706.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland Page Co
Red Bluff
la Porte Road
Pasadena
South Avenue
Commissioners Court
Hugo Zapt
Red Blatt Road
Spencrr Highway
Chief Denies Warning On Bawdy House
Harris County holdover grand jury plans to hear testimony on a narcotics crackdown tied to raids including the Old Main Bar case in Baytown. Officials dispute statements about prior warnings while 65 suspects face indictments as top lawmen weigh a joint effort to disrupt drug peddling.
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Chiet
Mektes
Harris Tor CLV
Buster
Kern
Ebict
Berta
Mai Stuuany
Baylawn
Mckee
Row
Montgomery
Mele
Baye
Baytown
Keen
Houston
Harris County
Trircolles Aciers
W. B. Trammell
Amonee Ihem
Grand Jury
Jin
Harris Comity
Oppenheimer Accused Of Communist Links By AEC Bar
The AEC suspended famed physicist J Robert Oppenheimer as a consultant after he refused to resign amid a formal inquiry into alleged Communist ties. The case, led by AEC chair Lewis L Strauss under a 1953 security order, follows disclosures of past associations with Communists and delays in aiding weapons development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atownit Pee
U.S
Oppenheimer
AEC
Thedd
Cormsks
Lewis L. Strauss
Jast
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Strauss
Oppnheimer
Wizzard
Highlands Man Injured In Auto Wreck
Eddie Lee Pittman, 59, of Highlands, was struck on Market Street at Cherry by a car driven by Virginia Merle Totler. Pittman suffered a broken wrist, facial and arm lacerations, and bruises. he was hospitalized at San ito Memorial Hospital after the late Monday crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Lee Pittman
Highlands
San
Memorial Hospital
Market Street
Cherry
Tittman
H. F. Freeman, Jr
Virginia Merle Totler
Harris Road
Potter
yaThop
Pittman
Harthman
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Chambers Area
Thomas Johnston
William ‘Weyart
Los Angeles
Buech
Lakewood Meeting
Lakewood Civic Association
AL Fend
Ralph Schwenteman
Memorial Stadium
Gamorows Greer
Sereen
Greer Garson
Horsecnko Pictures
Gulf Coast
Mrs. Gray
Bave Parish
Gig Commission
Jefferson
Chimmbers
Haging
R. U W. Pruett
W. MM
Bridges
Tee
M. Kupateick
Horda County
American Cancer Society
Thosday
Th. Bruges
de George D. Bruce
Kilpatrick
T. T. Peck
Bruce
Cancer Brigade
Sandadinte Hospital
Hugh Stewart
East Harris County
C. Witley
Alder Granpa
Bailey
Hugh Eholy
Alkene
Ciriter
Tage Tye
Gen. MacArthur
Red Bluff Road
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