Emergency corps search boy as second drowning victim found
United Press reports escapes from Texas fronts bring severe winds and dust. In Dallas Attorney General Brownell says Republicans indict labor racketeers at six times the rate of Democrats in eight years. AEL teamsters strike threat looms across four states as trucking firms react. Wolfson loses bid for Montgomery Ward control but touts victory. Bulganin signals desire for a new Big Four meeting with Eisenhower and Eden. Henry Busse, famed bandleader nicknamed Mr Hot Lips Himself, dies of a heart attack at the Hotel Fedora.
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Dallas
Herbert Brownell Jr
Memphis, Tenn
Henry Busse
Mr. Hot Lips
Feahody
Soviet Premier Bulganin Signals Meeting With Eden
Moscow Premier Nikolai Bulganin Saturday indicated he favored a top level meeting with U S President Harry S Truman and Britain's new prime minister Sir Anthony Eden.
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Moscow
Nikolai Bulganin
Eisenhower
Nikolai
Bulganin
Hisenhower
Britain
Sir Anthony Eden
UT Austin Grad Heads to MIT for Research Assistantship
Sun Spots notes Roddy R Rogers, who earns a Bachelor of Science in engineering at the University of Texas in June, will leave for Cambridge around June 10 to start a research assistantship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dinner Tonight covers Goose Creew Pioneer Students association dinner at Tom Saturday in the Tower restaurant with Mrs Irvin Flowers as general chair and tickets by Mrs E L Hargis. Afterward, dancing is planned. Hanrattys Visited A honeymooning Tulsa couple Mr and Mrs T L Gribbin stopped in Baytown returning from Florida to visit their relatives Mr and Mrs C G Be Hanratty and Mr and Mrs C Dy Little. Hanratty recently retired as city tax assessor. Industrial Meeting CHAIRMAN JACK Jacobs of the Baytown Chamber of Commerce Industrial committee convenes a 4 pm Monday meeting to discuss rubber plant status ahead of its move to private industry.
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Roddy R. Rogers
University of Texas
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge
Goose Creew Pioneer Students Association
Tower
Irvin Flowers
E.L. Hargis
Hanratrys
T. L. Gribbin
Tulsa
Okla
Baytown
Jack Jacobs
The
Baytawn Chamber of Commerce
Around Town Notes and Local Banquet Reflections
Ronnie Lyons spoke at the North Side Baptist senior banquet invited by Hugh McIurrough, former Baytonian and church education director. Mona Oakes earns commendation for safe driving after a car overhaul, while Dr Julian Springer questions the need for artificial light. Carroll Karr is mistaken for another at a party as Jimmy McMurrough shows ongoing local prominence. Jane Bonds praises holiday driving, and Kay Underwood visits The Sun, though barely noticed.
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Ronnie Lyons
North Side Baptist
Hugh Mciurrough
Betty Stephens
Mona Oakes
Julian Spring
Carroll Karr
Jimmy McMurrough
Jane Bonds
Kay Underwood
Modern Noah Builds Atomic Shelter in Baytown
H. Crawford and three neighbors on Wilburn Drive begin excavating a large concrete shelter for four families, aiming to shield from a potential second world disaster. The project uses city dirt for the sewage plant fill, with Gilbert Keliy Marlin T. D. O'Brien and Joe Phelps involved. Estimated material cost about $800, with a 12 by 12 by 7 foot chamber 12 feet underground, 16 folding vats, fresh air intake, filters, an escape hatch, and a generator to run lights and pumps. The government decision on filter and fan specs pending.
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Noah
H. ©. Crawford
Wilburn, Drive
Baytown
Crawford
Keliy Marlin
Ashbel’ Smith
T. D. O'Brien
Joe Phelps
NOAM
Combined Service of Humble Baytown Staff Celebrated
Forty five operators and supervisors of Baytown Refinery, with Humble, share a combined total of 1162 years of service. The group gathered at Tower Cafe for the Humble Operative and Supervisors association meeting to discuss ways for improvement. Officers R C Biltick, M T Sattle, and J G Edwards attended. Members planned a follow up meeting with management.
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Baytown
Humble
Humble Operatory and Supervisors Association
Tower Cafe
R. C. Biltick
M. T. Sattle
J. G. Edwards
Negro Says He Was Going 60 Police Figure Double
O P Scott, a Chambers County Negro, told Baytown officers he drove about 60 mph while police claimed 120 mph in a chase on Highway 146. Scott said lights failed. officers contested. He received three tickets then was jailed in Mont Belvieu as pending charges.
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O. P. Scott
Chambers County
Baytown
Scott
Mont Belview
Two Baytown youths drown after tank swim tragedy
Horace Mann Junior high student Felix Massia 15, and his friend Howard Jones 16, were swimming in an abandoned storage tank off Evergreen Road when Massia disappeared Saturday morning. Baytown emergency crews searched the tank area for hours as a second drowning had occurred the previous night nearby, involving Jamie Kathleen McHugh four.
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Felix
J. H. Jones
East Morrill
Baytown
Jamie Kathleen McHugh
Patrick €. McHugh
Mapleton
Burnet Bay
Bayshore Drive
Jones
Massia
Drowning Tragedy At Bayshore Pier Near Home
An unidentified man fell from a boat and drowned near Bayshore Drive in Houston area. Emergency crews logged hours trying to locate the body as neighbors and workers, including Omar Dyer of Grace Oil Co., joined dives. Victims were ninth graders from Horace Mann. the incident occurred Friday afternoon with missing details from Harris County investigators.
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Houston
Farris County
Harris County
Jones
Masyia
Horace Mann
Assia
Baytown
San Janto Memorial Hospital
Missle
Wlood Higginhothants Gwr
Beacheuse Walli “Lithie Sham
Bayshore
McHugh
Kathleen
George Shepherd
West Hare Drive
Shepperd
Farthman Funeral Home
Ambul
Chou En Lai signals willingness to talk peace
Chinese Premier Chou En Lai said Red China does not want war and is willing to negotiate directly with the United States on the Formosan crisis. He told Afro-Asian delegates that China would discuss relaxation of tensions in the Far East, including the Taiwan Formosa area, a shift that surprised both the conference and Nationalists.
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Gene Symonds Bandung
Chou En-Lai Sai
China
United States
Chou
Beenn
Heiping Radio
Chow
Eest
Taiwan
Formosa
Kang Mao-Chae
Chiang Kai-Shek
Russia
Margin Boost Forces Stock Price Decline
NEW YORK UP A boost in margins, later confirmed by the Federal Reserve Board, foreat stock prices down sharply on Pris day, almost wiping out all of the gains registered earlier in the week. The setting drive took place in the last hour of dealings with the railroad shares leading the way. At that time rumors were circulating widely in Wall Street that the FRB was thinking about raising the margins Again. After all the security markets were closed throughout the nation, the FRB announced that it was boosting margins from 60 per cent to 76 per cent. The last change in margins was made last Jan. 4, when they were boosted from 50 to 60 per cent. Rarer in the week industrial shares rose to further new all-time high ground. Railroad shares reached new peaks since Oct. 26, 1929. Some Wall Street quarters interpreted the latest move by the Federal Reserve as a slap on the wrist to speculators. however, other street quarters pointed out that some of Friday's selling could be attributed to profit taking because of the recent use in prices which had, underway, after Senor Fulbright's friendly hearings, or the stock market. The Dow Jones Industrial average finished the week with a gain of seven cents to 425.52, rails gained 81 cents to 169.71, and the will ties were down 100 cents to 61.02. The general market average finished the week at 1.81, up 20 cents.
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New York
Federal Reserve Board
Wall Street
FRB
Railroad
Agilek
Federal Reserve
Senor
Fulbright
Dow Jones
Two Baytown Girl Scouts Hurt In Ladder Fall
Two Baytown Girl Scouts Benuts Carol Foster and Sue Eaglehardt suffered arm fractures after a ladder broke during a backyard campout at Clifton Bond home Friday night. The girls, ages 11, were treated by a Baytown physician and sent home after the incident as others in the troop continued the overnight campout.
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Baytown Girl Scouts
Baytown
Benuts
Carol Foster
Sue Eaglehardt
Clifton Bond
G Hast James
J. J. Clements
Carol
Bruce Foster
Slolander Rond
Sue
We H. Engelhardt
Renidlle
Narcotics Haul in Brownsville Tops History
FBI disclosed that over 875000 dollars worth of narcotics were seized nine months ago in a Brownsville hotel, the largest bust in the city. Agents watched a Mexican supplier register at a Brownsville hotel, then tracked a bag with heroin being retrieved by a boy from a railroad locker before the dealer disappeared.
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Brownsville
Tex
Mexico
Bernard McLenish
U.S
Heo O
United
McLivish
Custous
Editors Challenge Mediocrity in Newspaper Practice
Washington editors debated newspaper quality at the American Society of Newspaper Editors closing session. Lee Hills of Knight Newspapers urged reevaluation of writing, staffing, and training, noting mediocrity from poor screening. He said comics remain popular, while TV sports coverage has boosted sports pages and broadened audiences.
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Washington
Lee Hills
Knighl
Hills
Robert Ettlatt
Knight Owned
Miami Herald
REL Students Take Over City Jobs
City Hall was staffed by REL students during civic week at Robert E. Lee High School. Don Browning led as mayor while John Chandler acted as city NHL aT. council members included Bob Kalbitz, Jima Jones, Patches Flowers, John Carter, Ann Kelly and John Russell. Fred Kallina led police and Bob Sanders fire chief as students filled appointive posts.
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Robert i. Lee High School
Don Browning
John Chandler
NHL
Bob Kalbitz
Jima Jones
Patches Flowers
John Carter
Ann Kelly
John Russell
Fred Kallina
Bob Sanders
Lee
Baytown Residents Face Coroner Bill Shift in Death Inquiries
A Harris County debate over a new coroner bill would let Texas four largest counties appoint a medical examiner instead of elected justices of the peace. The piece warns of delays for Baytown and outlying areas unless the county court secures reliable, ready access to a medical examiner and deputies.
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Baytown
Allan Shivers
Justice Precinct 3
Texas
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