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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1952
Page
2
Baytown residents await the final community X ray survey as the mobile unit parks at Culpepper's and Venice Pilots stores. Gordon Denning urges large turnout to curb tuberculosis, described as Harris County’s top health problem, with TB still killing many young adults.
The Peabody Times publisher Roger Goodwin defends his son Lt. Verne L. Goodwin who refused to fly due to fear of harming his unborn child. Goodwin’s family appeals to President or high officials, noting RH incompatibility and miscarriages, while Bet
The piece notes Kefauver gaining Democratic support amid a clamor for the nomination. President Truman and Stevenson are mentioned with reactions to Stevenson’s announcement, while Eisenhower’s New Jersey win stirs GOP debate. Russell and Kerr see Stevenson’s move as proof of their strength for the Democratic bid.
Olen Troutman, 29, of 507 Scuil ling, named manager of the White Lines department at Lacks TV and Appliance Center 6 North Main. The unit becomes a separate division offering refrigerators, deep freezers, washing machines, and window air conditioners. Troutman, Baytown resident 12 years, is a former Air Force engineer gunner and ex-assistant manager at Lacks Auto Supply.
Police arrest railroad switchman Even Charles Thomas 28 after a rifle ambush spree that killed Nina Rice and Joan Hiles and wounded four others over six months. He confessed to random shootings saying he got a thrill from it. his wife knew nothing of the rifle.
An 82-year-old widow, Mrs. Bells Dundas, was hospitalized with serious injuries after spending over 24 hours in a flooded basement with her arms caught in an electric washing machine wringer. Neighbors rescued her as water from the running washer could have reached the motor and caused electrocution.
Livestock figures show cattle steady to strong with 400 head, calves about 100, hogs 550, various weights. Steers and yearlings bring 27 to 32, cows 20.50 to 23.50, canners 15 to 20.50, bulls 20 to 20.50, stockers scarce, calves steady with killers up to 1.44 and culls 20, hogs 1.17 at 180 to 240 pounds, primes 15.25 to 16.75 handle 150 to 175 pounds, sows 13 to 14.50, feeders 10 to 13. Also note Erie Railroad plans to scrap 59 steam locomotives in 1952, generating scrap and steel.
A dense list of major corporations and stocks appears with tickers and company names including Allis-Chalmers American Telephone and Telegraph Calumet and Hecla Canada Oil Celanese Celotex Chrysler Corp Dow Chemical Eastman Kodak El Paso Natural Gas General Electric General Motors Goodyear Gulf Oil Humble Oil Imperial Oil Kirby Petroleum Libby McNaughton and Myers Mack Trucks Mont Dakota Utilities Nat Dairy Prod Pure Oil Sinclair Oil Stan Oil Texas Company Texas Gulf Oil Tidewater Union Steel and others in a sprawling market quote page with prices and turning figures. (Compiled stock table style reflects sector names and company line items in Baytown Sun format.)
J Li Neel father of Mrs John Kader and Mrs W F Overstreet of Baytown is in serious condition at San Jacinto Memorial Hospital. He is a retired farmer and lives at Warren. He was taken to the hospital at 3 am yesterday. Immediate family members have been notified and are en route to Baytown.
The La Porte High School Band presents its annual concert tomorrow in the gym. Soloists include Meredith Wilson on trumpet, Shirley Clary, Mitzi Martin, and Beverly Buster. A cornet trio features Wilson, G. W. Niederhofer, and Billy Wayne Kelly. The choral club will perform, and the band plays Sequoia, Blue Tango, Syncopated Clock, and Americans We It. The program is open to the public.
HOUSTON Rep Lloyd M Bentsen Jr eyed the U S Senate seat after Tom Connally of Texas unexpectedly announced plans to retire He is 31 and from the Rio Grande Valley Also Tex as attorney general Price Daniel is already campaigning Fort Worth Rep Wingate Lucas said he would decide tonight whether to enter the race for Connallys seat after arriving from Washington Lucas is a three time 12th district congressman awaiting a decision tomorrow morning.
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