Be Hands Watch Kids Run City Civic Week Ends With Youth Leadership
Baytown students at Robert E. Lee High School took over city duties for a day as part of Civic Week. Senior John Ward led the effort with a tour of the city, a student city council meeting, and remarks from local leaders.
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Postwar Pressure on Finland and Eastern Bloc Steps
The report details Soviet pressure on Finland to curb Western ties while Moscow critiques Finnish openness to American media. It notes embassies facing intimidation, restrictions on U S information offices in Bucharest, and broader iron curtain controls. The Voice of America gains prominence as a regional information source amid these moves.
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Barkley Defends Freedom Amid Internal Threats in Speech
Vice President Barkley spoke from the U S Capitol steps at the 101st anniversary celebration address. He warned that Soviet pressures abroad and internal subversion threaten democracy, citing rumors and Communist influence without naming the McCarthy probe directly. He urged keeping faith in freedom while confronting internal dangers.
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Highlands Bonds Lead By 20 Votes
The Highlands sewer bond issue leads by 20 votes after a noon count showing 53 in favor and 35 against from 90 voters. The $200,000 bonds fund extending sewer service to more homes, a disposal plant, and five lift stations. Taxable bonds will not raise water rates, and a simple majority is needed to pass.
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Texas Trains Civilian Defense Organization Against Atom Attack
Governor Allan Shivers announces a statewide civilian defense group to respond to atomic attacks. The agency will have four divisions military affairs transportation civil protection and resource production, modeled on disaster relief. May enroll more citizens in first aid and home nursing courses.
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Middlesboro Police Face Indictments for Gangsterism
In Middlesboro Kentucky warrants are issued for the arrest of all town officers including Police Chief Guy Harrell as 295 people are indicted by a Grand Jury after a three day probe. Indictments accuse the police of failing to suppress slot machines. Bond set at 1909 dollars per officer. The investigation cites a corrupt situation potentially echoing recent Kansas City events.
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U S Airmen end search for missing Navy Privateer
In Copenhagen U S Air Force officials announced they will abandon the search at sundown tomorrow for a missing Navy Privateer after a week of missing plane. Soviet fighters reportedly fired on the aircraft during a routine training flight between Wiesbaden and Copenhagen. The Baltic Sea search yielded unconfirmed sightings of objects on the water, including a raft 70 miles west of Liepaja, Latvia, but authorities await more information before concluding the inquiry.
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Chilean President Hums Through Washington Visit
President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla of Chile left Washington after a three week visit marked by a gala at the Pan American Union. U S officials, exhausted by his dawn dancing and rapid pace, hoped for restraint as he toured Arlington Mount Vernon Congress and attended a dinner for President and Mrs Truman.
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Texas City Remembers In Silence
Texas City marks three years since the waterfront disaster that killed over 400 and injured about 2900. No formal services planned as ministers mention hours of horror, while the city rebuilding drives a boom with 1100 new homes and $33 million in plant spending.
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Suspensions at REL Hazing Probe Follow Week
An investigation at Robert E. Lee junior high reveals multiple suspensions tied to hazing by REL students. Over 20 pupils are believed involved. readmission requires a conference with officials and parents. Hazing has troubled the school for over two decades.
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Texas oil allowables rise as Humble plea refused
Texas Railroad Commission approves a statewide daily increase to 2,379,586 barrels and an 18 day producing basis while denying Humble Oil and Refining's request for extra hot crude. District 3 gains 27,691 barrels daily as Baytown and Magnolia-backed pleas press for higher allowables to curb imports. Commission cites across the board policy. Humble's bid feared to grant priority over others.
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19 Year Old Corporal Convicted Of Attempted Espionage
Corporal Gustav A. Mueller, 19, of St Paul Minnesota, was found guilty at a court martial in Garmisch Germany of attempted espionage for offering to Russia. He was sentenced to five years in prison by Colonel Rudolph E K Ort. The defense described him as a “silly kid playing games.”
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Graveyard of Bones Found Near Houston Abortion Suspect
Houston police dug a rose garden adjacent to Egyptian-born midwife Diane Banti's home uncovering about 15 small bones buried shallowly near the house. Officials seek to determine if human remains, as suspicions widen with a wall of allegations and a notebook of dozens of women named in connection with the case.
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Grand Jury Panel For May Includes Baytown Men
Sixteen members were chosen for the Harris County May term grand jury including three from the Baytown area Norman Margrave jeweler Dan J Holland retired Baytown Refinery employee and Raymond A Ramsey Highlands insurance man Alberto Franta Highlands and Baytown auto dealer was among three commissioners who picked the panel W R Flocks and J B Farrand assisted The twelve jurors to serve will be chosen on the first Monday in May Others include Clifton O Dusek Crosty school superintendent P A Swenson Humble manager for Houston Lighting and Power J N Johnson La Porte Humble Oil and Refining Company employee All remaining panelists are Houston residents
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Highlands Insurance
Alberto Franta
Highlands and
W. R. Flocks
J. B. Farrand
Frank Williford Jr
Clifton O. Dusek
Crosty
P. A. Swenson
Humble
Houston Lighting and Power Company
J. N. Johnson
la Porte
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Houston
Helen Bradberry Will Handles Graduation News
The Baytown Sun reports Helen Bradberry will handle graduation news and staffing for a social event. A daughter of Mr and Mrs Bradberry, Helen Robart E Lee may coordinate activities. Phone details appear with the Sun office.
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Gruesome discovery as flesh found in back streets
Detectives seek the skeleton of a man after 23 parcels containing 45 pounds of human flesh are found in Breskins trash strewn lots. Patrolman Mallon discovered the neatly wrapped packages initially misidentified as hog or deer meat. Medical examiners confirm the remains belong to a white man aged 40 to 50, with no bones or distinctive organs except a nipple.
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