Flood Crest Forecast Shifts as Missouri River Rains Rise
Weather and engineering officials report showers swelling flood damage along the Missouri river basin from Kansas City to Lincoln as crest predictions rise and fall. Levees hold but sandbagging continues at St Joseph and Fort Leavenworth while crews assess total losses and future crest timing.
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Kansas City
Lincoln
Neb
Corkill
St. Joseph
Corkiff
Engineers
St Joseph River
Forbes, Mo
Anne-Deep
Sherman “Air Force Base
Fort Leavenworth
James Klein
China
Rule
Web
St Joseph
Missouri River
St Louis
Hay
Col. L. Lincoln
Rainy Morning and Local Meeting Highlights
Rain showers ease with 0.56 inch of rain recorded as temperatures dip from a high of 78. Baytown safety meeting features ERMAYER and refinery reps. Texas Baytown events include Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary gathering, Lions Club dinner, and a Roseland Park pool operation update. Principal speaker at Cole officer installation to address attendees. Local federal grand jury notes in Houston district.
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Baytown Sun
Cole
Houston
Lemar
Town Faces Busy Week Amid Local Voters and Events
In a busy period town residents prepare for voting activity and community events. Sappington remains active as president of the Women Voters group while Kathleen Grant visits and plans to vote. Nearby, HC Ropers and local figures discuss scheduling and a weekend lineup including a children’s event and a beach outing. Folks worry over electricity disruptions and a theater film project while Nancy and Donald Lewis stay involved with community news.
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Sappington
Omen
Il 2d
We le Grant
Kathleen
Ee Y
S & Station
HC Ropers Sidity
WTR- Krenbaa
Walsh
Tee Norman
Hargraves Thecus
Wilkie
Suild
Imraste
Peiellianator
Tebatele
Nancy
Donald Lewis
Paine Kros
Ethel Henson
Atom Bomb Test Exceeds Desert Sky Expectations
Frank Bartholewen reports from Yucca Flat that a 3,500 foot detonated atom bomb produced a pink multi stage cloud over the Nevada desert. Observers felt a heat wave and thunderous roar as the blast cloud rose to 35,000 feet. Detonation occurred at 11:20 a.m. CST with a 42 second dive from the bomber.
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Frank Bartholowen
Yucca Flat
Nevada Valley
Blisini
Desert
Two Dead As Tornadoes Hit Three States
Tornadoes and violent winds ripped through Texas Oklahoma and Missouri killing two people and causing heavy damage. A 72-year-old Texas farmer was struck by lightning sheltering under a tree. a 40-year-old Oklahoma woman died when her car overturned in a ditch as she fled two funnels near Altus. Beneficiaries include A A Doss Jr. of Rockdale and Mrs Horace Jones of Blair Oklahoma. Embouse, southeast of Dallas, suffered the largest property loss with a grocery store drug store and post office razed. Weather officials said the danger appeared past with several tornados and floods reported across the three-state region.
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Dallas
U P
Texas
Oklahoma
Missour
A. A. Doss Jr
Rockdale
Horace Jones
Blair
Okla
Jones
Altus
Doss
Weather Bureau
Embouse
J. C. Allen
Corsicana
Waco
Crawford
McGregor
Brannen Recovers From Black Widow Spider Bite
Rev. James A. Brannen assistant pastor of Grace Methodist Church was treated at San Jacinto Memorial Hospital after a black widow bite. He faced paralysis and critical condition but doctors reported he is out of danger and may return home tonight or tomorrow.
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James A. Brannen
Grace Methodist Church
Brannen
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Atomic Weapon Said Humane as Civilians Suffer Less
UP president Hugh Baillie reports at Yucca Flats that the atomic test demonstrates a humane weapon by shortening wars and reducing civilian suffering. The dispatch says one bomb could replace weeks of ground fighting, with rapid infantry and paratroop actions following safely after ground zero.
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Hugh Baillie
The
United Press
Yucca Flats
Bugh Baillie
FLAT
Nev
CPI
Yucca
Deputies Raid Penny Game at Barrett Settlement
Deputies M. M. Brown and Ros Wilson raided a shoe shine parlor in Barrett Settlement catching five men in a penny ante dice game. A juvenile was arrested, 50 cents in coins seized, and each of the five adults fined $14 plus costs. The juvenile was lectured after claiming he was merely brushing a suede shine.
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M. M. Brown
Ros . Wilson
Barrett Settl—ment
sJestice
Roscoe Vierlein
Maceo Trial Postponed Third Time
GALVESTON The gambling trials of 10 Mace’s Enterprise employees were postponed today in District Judge Donald Markle’s court by mutual agreement of state and defense counsel. The delays mark the third postponement, following original December and February dates.
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Galveston
Maces Enterprise
Donald Markle
Washington Monument for Houston proposed by Ed Gossett
Former Congressman Ed Gossett of Galveston urged a national monument in Washington to memory Gen. Sam Houston. Speaking at San Jacinto Day ceremonies at the San Jacinto Battlefield, Gossett pressed Texans to erect the monument in the capital with the inscription he never sacrificed principle for politics.
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Houston
IUPI
Washington
Sam Houston
Ed Gossett
Gailas
San Jacipto
San Jacinto
Pets Collie Attack Leaves 21-Year-Old Child Injured
Vicki Sue Slack 21 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs T B Slack of 611 North Pruett is in serious condition after a huge collie attacked her yesterday on the Slack lawn. The dog bit at her throat and head as she tried to intervene in a fight between two dogs. Mrs Slack declined further comment, saying she is shocked and still upset.
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Vicki Sue Slack
Mrs. T. By Slack
North Pruett
Slade
Vicki ‘Suet
Vicki
Sue
Werner
Elliott Runs For Seat In Legislature
William Elliott, a Pasadena attorney practicing in Baytown, announces candidacy for state legislature from position No 2. He aims to bring Baytown representation to Austin, noting few Houston-area lawmakers. Elliott partners with Walter Queen in Kanzaks Building, plans to move his family to Baytown after the election, and is father to a seven month old son. He hails from Shreveport and holds degrees from the University of Houston. He previously passed the bar and has lived in Pasadena six years.
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William Elliott
Pasadena
Baytown
Baytorn
Elliott
Houston
Austin
Walter Queen
Kanzaks
Eliott
Shreveport
University of Houston
Queec
One-Way Plot to Improve Morals and Money Woes
A fragmentary line from the column by Olin Miller hints at a provocative social joke about money and women and moral reforms in Chicago. The readable piece is brief and lacks full context or outcome.
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Olin Miller
Prison Riot Suppressed at Michigan Jail by Troopers
About 10 criminally insane inmates pushed free of a torn tier door at the Jackson prison but state troopers halted the uprising without gunfire. Eight inmates were wounded and 11 guards held as hostages were the focus of negotiations led by Earl Ward and Warden Julian Frisbie as authorities sought safer treatment for those inside The Hole cellblock.
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Jackson
Mich
Hos É Viet
Earl Ward
Julian
Frisbie
Prisoners Hold Out For No Punishment In NJ Mutiny
Prisoners at the New Jersey Farr in Rahway, a fanatical clique in control of 231 inmates, demand a guarantee of no punishment as the price of surrender. Eight guards are held as hostages in a ruined dormitory while negotiators seek an end to the mutiny that began Thursday night. Sanford Bates promised an inquiry into parole board operations, as troopers used tear gas to quiet the cell block and a larger show of prisoner solidarity echoed through another building.
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Williamt Ligay
Lasses
New Jersey
Roadway
Rahway
No. CA
Farr
Sanford Bates
Parole Board
Bates
William R. Legay
Tragedy on San Jacinto River Drowns Two Men
A San Jacinto Day boat capsize near Roy's Fishing Camp left Forrest Butler 10 and Wesley Jones 29 dead. Otis Owens 14 of Channelview rescued four others as Channelview Emergency Corps recovered bodies and searched for survivors.
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Forrest
Butler
Wesley Jones
Baytown
Harris County
Channelview
Roy
Cedar Bluté
Merket Street
Roy Thayer
Perry Thomas
Willard Butler
Willard Butler Jr
Louise Powell
A. C. Hogan
Farrest Butler
Otis
Owens
C. A’ Bowman
B. ‘Banta Sr
Police Seek Distributor Of Anti Semitic Paper In Baytown
Baytown police sought the distributor of an anti-Semitic newspaper circulated on Harvey Street. Dressed in blue khakis, the middle aged man tossed the paper onto porches and yelled Paper before running a block. the incident occurred near 9 p.m. The paper Common Sense edited by Conde McGinley promotes anti Jewish conspiracy themes and argues loyalty oaths are worthless for Jews. The paper’s masthead notes a bi monthly publication and asks why Zionist controlled administration sent the nation into war in Korea. The distributor is wanted for questioning by Police Chief H B McKee.
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Baytown
Harvey Street
Common Sense
Union
N.14
Harvey
Conde McGinley
Marsist
U.S
Korea
H. B. McKee
Impeachment Move Begun In House
Rep Robert Hale of Maine introduced a resolution to start impeachment proceedings against President Truman over his seizure of the steel mills. The measure calls for the House to refer the matter to a committee with 24 prosecutors to present charges before the Senate.
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Washington
Robert Hale
House
Lee Funeral Tomorrow for Mrs. Mary Hattie Lee
Mrs. Mary Hattie Lee age 72 of 315 East Hunnicutt died at a Baytown hospital. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 am at Earthman Funeral Home with Church of Christ minister officiating. Graveside service tomorrow at Thornton Cemetery. Survived by husband W Lee of Baytown two sons 5 and 1B Lee of Ingleside and GW Kennedy of Dayton, daughter Mrs AdalfcDeniel of Baytown, three brothers Albert Gandy McGregor W W Gandy Fort Worth Ervin Gandy Odessa, four sisters Mrs Otis Banks Mrs Luther of Hearne Mrs Virgil Richie Rosebud and Mrs Jallie Kendrick Thornton, nine grandchildren and great grandchildren. Eight nephews will be pallbearers.
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Mary Hattie Lee
East Hunnicutt
Baytown
Earthmaen Funeral Home
Church ‘of Christ
Thornton ‘Cemetery
W Lee
AdalfcDeniel
Lee
Ingieside
Kennedy
Dayton
Albert. Gandy
McGregor
Fort Worth
Ervin Gandy
Odessa
Otis Banks
Luther
Hearné
Virgil Richie
Rosebud
Jallie Kendrick
Thornton
Pallwearers
Robinson Rites Today for Amanda Elia Robinson
Funeral services were to be held at 7 p m today for Amanda Elia Robinson 92 year old mother who died yesterday at the home of her daughter Mrs G K Singletary 2108 Maryland Also surviving are another daughter Mrs C Carlton of Baytown a son Mercer Le Rab inzon of Huntsville Two sisters Mrs George DL Garrett of Summerville and Mrs Epsie Nixon of Richards 11 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren Services will be at Farris Cemetery Huntsville with Rev George English of the Baptist Temple of Baytown and Rev Emmitt Nelson of the Livingston Baptist Church officiating Burial under direction of Paul A Lee Funeral Home
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Amanda
Elia’ Robinson
G. KX Singletary
Maryland
C. Carlton
Baytown
Mercer le Rabinzon
Huntsville
George DL Garrett
Summerville
Epsie Nixon
Richards
Farris Cemetery
George English
Baptist Temple of
Emmitt’ Nelson
Livingston Baptist Church
Paul A. Lee Foneral
Sabrejets Down Another Mig in War Update
Sabrejet aircraft claim multiple MIG-15 losses during a rapid air war. Eight enemy jets shot down in two days as American planes pursue retreating units in Manchuria. Ground reports describe formations of red troops near the Pukhan river area amid renewed Communist spring offensives.
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Manchurian
Pukhan
Comunista
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