North Central Texas Storm Claims One Life and Wreaks Havoc
A North Central Texas storm killed Dorotio DeLuna, 48, near Waco and injured another crew member. C. W. Knight, 70, from Corsicana, survived a lightning strike. In Arkansas, a tornado near Pine Bluff killed Mrs. Odessa Leslie and injured her husband and son as five homes were damaged. Forecasters expected partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers over eastern Texas.
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United
Texas
Arkansas
Baytown
San Jacinto
Weather Bureau
Dorotio DeLuna
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Ning
James Connally Air Force Base
Waco
DeLuna
C. W. Knight
Corsicana
Pine Bluff
Ark
Odessa Leslie
Sherman
Judge Casey To Outline Harris County Merger Plans
Judge Bol Casey will report on a study of a proposed merger of Harris County city and county governments at 7 40 pm Thursday for the Mayors and Councilmen Association dinner at Kaphans on South Main in Houston. The plan requires a constitutional amendment and would be studied before any legislature session. Five Baytown officials and their wives planned to attend the dinner including Mr and Mrs R H Pruett city attorney and wife and councilman and wife George Chandler, councilman and wife R B Bergeron, councilman and wife Milton J Campbell and finance director and wife A V Barber.
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Bol. Casey
Harris County
Mayors
Councilmen's Association
Kaphan’sa
South Main
Houston
Casey
Baytown
R. H. Pruett
George Chandler
RB. B. Bergeron
Milton J. Campbell
A. V. Barber
Aggie Night Observed Across Baytown and World
Aggie Night events begin at 5 pm at Lae VFW hall Decker drive Baytown hosted by the Baytown Texas A and M club. Percy Edwards and G C Fain of Local 1051 IAM receive 1 year and 15 year pins at a 7 30 pm WOW hall party marking their union service.
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Percy Edwards
G. C. Fain
International Association of Machinists
WOW Hall
Edwards
Around Town Social Snips and Miscellany
Local column notes social happenings and light anecdotes. Names include Guy Crist Lurline Wilson Fat Anderson John Strait B B Williams Babe Benestante N V Mac Williams Carla Price Zorn Eleanor Kaufman Phil Eichel berger Pat Patterson Roscoe Zierlein W A Read a Gulf Avenue toddler and Towery Bob Feinberg Bob Beverly and Dim Bond.
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Guy Crist
Lurline Wilson
Fat Anderson
John Strait
B. B. Williams
Babe Benestante
N. V
Mac Williams
Carla Price
Doc Zorn
Eleanor Kaufman
Phil Eichelberger
Houston
Pat Patterson
Roscoe
Mary Zierlein
East Texas Avenue
W. A. Read
Gulf Avenue
Joan Towery
Bob Feinberg
Bob Beverly
Dim Bond
Bryan
San Jacinto Day Quiet in Baytown Observance
Baytown marked San Jacinto Day with many businesses closed for the legal holiday and most city services paused. Banks, General Tire, and the Baytown Refinery observed the day, while a few shops stayed open. the post office remained open and crowds were expected at the Battle Grounds for ceremonies.
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Baytown
San Jacinto
General Tire
Fost
Boy in Line Basks in Salk Vaccine Moment
In Dallas UPI correspondent Elton Corkill notes his son Mike, age 6, did not cry while waiting for the Salk polio vaccine. He says eyes water only from standing in line, a common reaction among boys awaiting their turn.
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Dallas
Mike Corkill
United Press
Elton Corkill
Austin House OKs 3100 Million State Water Plan
Bulletin reports on Thursday action by the Texas House approving a 3100 million statewide water development program despite opposition calling it unfair, un Texan and un American.
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Austin Jrp
House
Court Refuses To Extradite D F Hagler
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refused extradition of David F Hagler Jr 36 to Oklahoma on a murder charge. Hagler free on 15000 bond since last Nov 1 faced investigation into killing a stranger and cremating the body in the ex wife station wagon near Davis Oklahoma. The ruling could delay extradition for months while Hagler's lawyers challenge the warrant in hearings.
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Austin
David F. Hagler Jr
Okla
Homa
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Hagler
Oklahoma
Hagier
Dave McGee
Fort Worth
Hagter
Allan Shivers
W.A. Morrison
K. K.’ Woodley
Court of Appeals
Davis
Ceylon Proposes Formosa Trusteeship and Fleet Withdrawal
Bandung reports Premier Sir John Kotelawala of Ceylon proposed placing Formosa under trusteeship and withdrawing the Seventh Fleet. He urged a UN or five-nation Colombo Powers trusteeship, topple Chiang Kai-shek, empower Peiping over Matsu and Quemoy, while calling for dissolution of all Communist groups in Asia. The plan, framed at the Afro Asian conference, aims to shape a new regional order and curb communism.
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Gene Symonds
Bandung
John Kotelawala
Ceylon
Formosa
United States
Formosan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Matiu
Quemoy
Peiping
United ‘Nations
Colombo Towers
India
Pakistan
Burma
Indonesia
Kotelawala
Red China
Kremlin
Asia
Africa
Cominform
Communist Party
Thomas Predicts Sale Of Rubber Plant
Thomas predicts sale of rubber plant as Baytown sees a hazardous hour with multiple minor accidents between 5:29 p.m. and 6:29 p.m. at 600 West Sterling Whiting and Texas Decker and Airhart and Goose Creek bridge on West Main. A later bottle-throwing incident on Market Street is reported with a license number given to police.
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Baytown
West
Sterling
Whiting
Texas
Decker
Airhart
Goose Creek
West Main
Ible
James Heater
Travis
Botte
Market Street
Heater
Deadline set for bids on Baytown plant sale next Friday
Congressman Albert Thornes reported hopeful Bid prospects for the General Tire plant in Baytown as a Disposal Commission deadline nears on April 22 with a May 29 review period to negotiate bids. General Tire is seen as favored, with Goodyear and others named in Washington. The sale will leave only one of 27 plants in government hands, Humble Oil to take over a nearby butadiene and butyl rubber facility.
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Fred Hartman
Albert ‘Thornes
Baytown Sun
Baytown
General Tire and Rubber Co
Thomas
Genera Tire and Rubber Co
Washington
General Tire
Goodyear
Tennessee Gas Transmission
Food Machinery Corp
Baytown Rubber and, Chemical Co
Houston and
Baytown Hn
Akron
W. O'Neil
Houston
Commission
Price Daniel
Lyndon Johnson
Loulaville
Institute
West Va
Humble Oil and Refining Co
United States Minute Man Exercise Demonstrates Readiness
U S alert shows 400 000 National Guard mobilized across 48 states and Alaska in Operation Minuteman. Guardsmen rushed to armories and manned defense points within an hour while Air National Guard jets and bombers joined within 20 minutes to an hour. State adjutants kept the timing secret to test readiness as guardsmen answered calls from fields to duty.
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United Press
National Guard
Minuteman
Alaska
Washington
Air National Guard
Key de
Fense
Wapping
Conn
Maj
Kenneth Palmer
Palmer
Israel Putnam
Polio vaccine administered to Baytown students in clinics
In two days 2,683 Baytown students from first to fourth grade received the Salk polio vaccine in nine public school clinics. Booster shots for last year’s recipients will be given May 3 and 4. Absentees from Friday were inoculated on Wednesday.
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Baytown
Baytown Guards Mobilize Fast In National Practice
Baytown Company B 143rd Infantry joined a nationwide National Guard exercise with rapid mobilization. Within 30 minutes 20 men were ready, and 96 of 115 enlisted men were mobilized by midnight. Guards secured key sites while a command post operated from the North Main armory. Officials called the drill satisfactory and reassuring to the public.
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Clyde A. Murray
Sun Star
Baytown
143Rd Infantry
National Guard Bureau
Pentagon
John Kader
Houston
Nations
North Main
America
ALERY
Shivers Seeks 250000 To Build Texas Anti Polio Vaccine
Gov. Allan Shivers urged a 250000 emergency appropriation for Texas to manufacture its own anti polio vaccine to immunize poor children. Texas mass inoculations for first and second graders continue as nationwide efforts seek vaccine supply clarity and fair distribution before summer.
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Shivers
Texas
United Press
Allan Shivers
Robins Father of AEL Liberace Cops Athlete Dies at Home
W. F. Robins 55 father of Joe Frank Robins of Robert E. Lee high school died at noon Wednesday from a heart attack at his Eagle Lake home. He attended a district track meet last Friday to see his son run a record relay. Funeral at First Baptist Cedar Bayou, burial Cedarcrest. Survivors include widow Mrs. Robins and two daughters. Robins prideed himself on his son's sports season and predicted a world record for the mile relay.
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W. F. Robins
Joe Frank Robins
Robert E. Lee
Eagle Lake
Robins
Galena Park
Cedar Bayou
Joe Frank
Robert KE
Harvard Smith
First Baptist Church
Cedercrest Cemetery
Harthmian’s
BE. R. Burns
W. ¥. Robins
Mia
Donna Jean sieCanbridge
Livingston
Sandra Kay Robits
Earthman's
Robert
Lee
Postal Pay Hike Up To the President Could Scuttle Proposal
Washington reports Eisenhower holds the key to a postal wage hike. House votes 8.2 percent while the President’s veto threat targets raises above 7.6 percent. Democratic leaders doubt a veto on an 8.2 percent bill after suggesting 7.6 percent could pass. The House move followed a Democratic-led push to raise the average beyond 7.6 percent.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
House Post Office
Trinity River Authority bill heads for Senate floor
Senator Jimmy Phillips pledged that the Trinity River Authority measure will reach the Senate floor before adjournment. The bill stalled in a subcommittee of Water Rights, Irrigation and Drainage with four of five members favoring it and Dallas and Houston objections lingering. If approved by the Senate, a conference committee study with the five houses would follow after House passage.
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Austin
Sp.1
Jimmy Phillips
Trinity River Authority
Senate
Angleton
Chamberg County
Hans of Friends
Dallas
Houston
House
Cancer Fight Starts Friday in Baytown Educational Drive
Downtown Baytown will host a two day cancer education drive with Rainbow Girls Goose Creek Assembly No.80 members handing out educational tags. American Cancer Society sponsors the Cancer Crusade Month activity financed by the Community Chest. Flyers and films highlight early cancer symptom awareness.
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Baytown
Rainbow Girls
Goose Creek Assembly No.80
American Cancer Society
American Cancer
Community Chest
Sam Houston Arcs
Boy Scout
Hite
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Hank) Greenspun
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