Baytown Tax Fight Sparks Gas and Cigarette Tax Debate
Baytown vendors and service stations brace for a one-cent gas tax and a package tax on cigarettes. Dealers warn coin mechanisms in vending machines cannot easily change for new tax amounts and expect price hikes to 28 cents for cigarettes and 29 to 34 cents for gas, with operators absorbing part of the burden.
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Rosalie
Myers
Sun
Chang‘ig
Liste
Dickens
Morrell
Baytown club to pose for publicity pageant photos
Baytown Baytown Chapter of the Order of the Arrow plans a Thursday meeting at Camp Reber at 5 pm to have publicity pictures taken for the Boys Scout pageant at Humble Ball Park on May 12. Members and leaders should attend in costume.
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Baytown
The
Order of the Arrow
Camp Reber
Humble Ball Park
Around Town A then and now: busy prep for train trip
AYNE LEWIS lines up sizable prep for buddies on a train journey while Billy Smith hurries back from an out of town meeting to attend Aggin Taster Thursday. Rufus Meyoutt scurries along the street watching the sidewalk. Lee Tag checks the proof ending. Jerry Sterling shows evidence of berry picking. Dot Day researches art. Betty Ferman fills baby pictures at the drop of a suggestion. Amy Currie knows quiz answers. Bob Feinberg eyes the avenue. A civil defense mission is noted.
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Ayne Lewis
Billy Smith
Rufus Meyoutt
Jerry Sterling
Dot
Betty Ferman
Amy Currie
Bob Feinberg
Oldster best driver contest pays out but Gov ernor?
Mad Mrs Bertine Faulk Moravits of 204 Long Drive missed a high key prize as a local Baytow chapter prize committee awarded $5 for the best driver to a senior while a separate $10 award awaits an 18 year old or younger. The article notes Moravits recently turned 12 and completed a driver education course at Robert E. Lee High School.
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Bertine Faulk Moravits
Baytowt
Big Spring Couple Injured In Crash On Highway 146
Mr and Mrs Harold Thompson of Big Spring Texas suffered serious injuries in a two vehicle collision on Highway 146 south of La Porte Tuesday. Mrs Thompson sustained head lacerations and possible internal injuries while Mrs Mary Alford of La Porte, a passenger in the other car, was hospitalized with a broken rib and shock. The injured were transported by Art Simpson ambulances and State Highway Patrolman G I Weatherford investigated the crash.
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Big Spring
Harold Thompson
Tex
Highway
la Porte
New Pasadena Hospital
Thompson
Mary Alford
la Porche
Austin
Texas
High Plains
U.S. Department of Agriculture
No Suspicious TB Findings In La Porte Screening
Harris County TB association mobile X ray unit conducted 556 chest exams in La Porte schools with no suspicious TB cases. Nurse Mrs Tsabellt Johnnie reported 1251 of 1449 students tested for hearing showed no defects. 66 were borderline and 32 failed audiometer tests. Parents were informed. Lions Club will donate a visual testing machine for soon tests with local dentists arranging dental checks.
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la Porte
Harris County Tuberculosis Association
Tsabellt Johnnie
la Parte
Johnnie
Lions Club
la Parle
Move To Oust Rebel Demos At Showdown
Washington reports an effort to punish top Democrats who backed Eisenhower in 1952, aiming to bar them from the 1956 convention. Byrnes, Kennon, Shivers, and Morrow named for challenge. Sparkman backs ousting these figures unless they pledge to support the 1956 ticket. Debate shifts Republican prospects brighter, defining who is a bona fide Democrat.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Americans For Democratic
James F. Byrnes
South
Carolina
Robert. Z. Kennon
Louisiana
Allan ‘Shivers
Texas
Coni- Mhitleeman Wright Morrow
Stephen A. Mitchell
United Press
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Byrnes
Kennon
Shivers
Sparkman
Eisenhower calls for 3.53 billion foreign aid plan
President Eisenhower asked Congress to approve a 3.53 billion dollar foreign aid program for the 1956 fiscal year to sustain free nations against Soviet pressure in Asia. He framed the plan as defense alliance expenditures and stressed urgency amid communist threats, urging patience and steadfast support for cooperative nations.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Free Nations
House
Senate
Far East
Asia
Defense Alliance
United States
Afr. Eisenhower
Thundershowers Predicted Across Broad Texas Area
United Press reports scattered thundershowers expected in a wide section of Texas Wednesday. Forecasters noted widely scattered storms in East and South Central Texas along the lower Valley, with North Central Texas also in for afternoon and night showers. Early day activity began in the Warns area and appeared to spread.
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United Press
Texas
Lower
Penns Valley
Warns
Free vaccine drive expands across cities states and unions
The unified push by cities states and labor unions aims to provide free Salk polio vaccine for many children as polio season nears. Oklahoma considers a bill to fund free inoculations for all children through age nine while Michigan and Illinois move to appropriate funds for universal access.
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Oklahoma
Washington
Remember San Jacinto Thursday Texas Independence Day Observance
Baytown marks San Jacinto with a public holiday program at the Battles grounds featuring speech, band, and color guard. Baytown stores close. post office remains open. Entries include a 1340 start for the annual Bay shore Boat Club regatta with nine prize classes. Cloudy, possible rain on the Gulf Coast.
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Kiwanis Club
San Jacinto
Punhkuty
Sammy McPhail
McPhail
Baytown Boat Club
Bayshore Boat Club
Marked Street Road
United States
Battle of
San Jacinto Battles Grounds
Mexico
Lone Star
General Tire
Bantes
Texas
Toy City
Gremen
Public Works Department
Baylawn
Guilt Coast
Editors Challenge Pentagon Orders Slow Information Flow
A group of newspaper editors challenged White House and Pentagon orders restricting government information on security grounds. The American Society of Newspaper Editors said the Pentagon directive by Defense Secretary Wilson and the White House reaction have slowed release of military information and blurred lines between unclassified and declassified material. The committee warned such trends would paralyze public understanding of government affairs.
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Washington
White House
Pentagon
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Freedom of Information Committee
J. Russell Wiggins
Washington = Postlandestties- Herald
Defense
Charles FE. Wilson
James ¢. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Wilson
Hagerty
Paenea
Red China Masses 800 Planes Near Formosa
Nationalist sources say 800 Red forces of jets and bombers plus propeller aircraft are massed on the mainland opposite Formosa. The force equals about three fourths of Red China’s total air strength, with 500 jet fighters and bombers shifted toward South China from the island defenses.
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China
Formosa
Tatal
Red Juive
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Strate
Baytown Ex Aggies Gather for A and M Muster
Baytown ex Aggies join thousands of Aggies worldwide Thursday for the annual Aggie Muster. The Baytown muster is at VEW hall Decker drive with reservations via Jim Bond call 4041. George Ferguson of the Baytown Texas A and M club notes large turnout as the event open to ex students and friends.
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Texas A and M
Aggies
VEW
Decker Drive
Jim Bond
George Ferguson
Texas A and M Cluh
Baytown Texas A and M Club
VFW
Radin Station
KREL
Harris School Board Posts Up For Vote On May 7
Three Harris county school board seats appear on the May 7 ballot. Voters will choose two at large representatives currently held by J. V. Cardiff and Mra. Shelor, with both fields filled from Spring Branch and Houston. A third at large seat from Commissioner’s Precinct No. 1 includes incumbent Guy W. Butler, with filing deadline next Tuesday.
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Harris School Board
Harris County School Board
J. V. Cardiff
Spring Branch
Mra
J. W. Shélor
Houston
Cardiff
Ready
Porte
Deer Park
Halle
Commissioner's Prescriet No. 1
Guy WW. Butler
Free polio shots in Baytown schools amid district drive
Polio vaccine efforts continue in Baytown with over 1,000 children scheduled for free shots in four public school clinics. Tuesday saw 1,387 doses administered across five clinics, while Barbers Hill schools will offer doses to first and second graders Wednesday. Texas Gov. Allan Shivers proposes state funds to cover vaccinations for children of indigent families, potentially aiding about 300 more Baytown children.
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Walter M. Reuther
AFL
George Meany
Trving Ives
New York
Michigan
Pr. NV
State Senate
Pittsburgh
National Foundation For
Baytown
Barbers HN
Mont Belvieu
Dy Joe
Charate
Anahuie
Willis Henry
Barbers Wilt
Harris County
Austin
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Trinity River Bill Dead Without Heart Change Vote
Senator Jimmy Phillips lamented in Austin that the Trinity River bill is dead unless the committee changes its stance. A delayed Senate committee vote failed to report the measure, with Houston and Dallas lobby objections and four irrigation firms seeking free storage rights under current permits.
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Austin
Trinity Iver
Jimmy Phillips
Texas Gulf Coast District
Senate
Searcey Bravewell
Houston
Dallas
Railroad
Kenneth McCalle
Phillips
Sen. Bracewell
State Board of Water Engineers
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