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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1952
Page
2
The council discussed a progress report arguing that Baytown telephone charges rise unfairly. It explains income available for return as funds left after operating expenses and taxes. It notes corporate taxes mimic personal taxes and profits go to investors who funded the system.
Houston Fire Chief Homer F. Lyles son Homer Derald Lyles, 25, was arrested by the FBI and charged with inducing a 16 year old girl into prostitution. He allegedly transported her from Houston to Lake Charles Louisiana for immoral purposes and placed her in a Lake Charles hotel.
C B Francis aged 76 died after a six week illness in a Pasadena hospital. He lived in Pay town twenty years before moving to South Houston in 1942 and was a former butcher and deacon at First Baptist Church of South Houston. Survivors include his widow four sons three sisters two brothers six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 3 p m tomorrow at the First Baptist Church in South Houston with Rev H J Tullis officiating.
The Baytown Jaycees schedule Clarke as proxy in the installation of officers led by new president Clarke, sales manager at Willis Cobb Nash Agency. Other officers include Manne, Moskowitz, Goldfield, Cro, Teter, and Bynum. directors listed include Ainsworth and Beavers. Installing officer Jim Yarbrough of Galveston will preside with past state VP Cook as master of ceremonies.
A list of names appears in the column including Mrs John W Durham and Miss Virginia Salinas with addresses on Seventh Street Crosby Kilgore Road Bowie and Cherry Joe P Willis Clear Lake Drive and Parkway. The piece notes the term mudlark refers to Londoners who search the Thames mud for valuables.
United Press reports voluntary evacuations not required as four northeast Texas rivers rise after recent rains. Crests forecast for Red Sabine Sulphur near Texarkana Mineola Gladewater and Trinity lowlands with limited road impacts anticipated. Jefferson rail line may block on Cypress River crest around April 27.
The writer notes spring disappointments and suggests a light remedy of sassafras tea for about a week, reflecting a playful, informal neighborhood column tone from the Chicago Sun-Times Syndicate.
Voters face a council election with bond issues of 486000 for sewer work and 523000 for water system construction. Surplus figures cited by the administration are challenged by Mayor J A Ward who says funds are earmarked and repairs already funded. A handbill attacks city management as propaganda and urges reelection of Councilman Reeves.
Neare Woman, 30, is shot to death. Holmes testified the couple had separated, with a divorce in 1941 and ongoing cohabitation since 1915. A former wife had wounded him years earlier. Justice Roscoe Zierlein led an inquest at Collins and Johnson Funeral Home.
Houston could reach 750000 residents by 1960 if current growth continues. Roy V. Peel, director of the U S Bureau of the Census, spoke during a Houston visit noting the city’s 1950 count of 596163 and its ranking as the South’s largest city. He predicted a shift from steel to plastics, with Houston positioned to benefit from nearby oil supplies.
Washington UPI Postmaster General Jesse M. Donaldson said late night mail collections may resume in major cities and extended to medium and smaller towns if surveys prove advantageous. Plans depend on Congress funding for the 1953 fiscal year as the appropriations bill lingers in the Senate after House cuts. If the Senate approves as much or more, the department could fund additional mail collection service.
A garbled stock table lists percent quotes for multiple firms including American, Anaconda Copper, Calumet and Hecla, Chrysler, Dow Chemical, Eastman Kodak, Gulf Oil, Goodyear, Texaco, U S Steel, Tex Gulf, and others. The section reads like a market summary with mixed incomplete data, fractions and stray names, indicating a stock quote page from Baytown Sun.
Livestock market at Fort Worth shows cattle steady with good slaughter figures for steers and yearlings around 27 to 32.50. beef cows 21.24. bulls 20 to 25.50. calves 28 to 32. Hogs steady with butchers and sows near unchanged. pigs scarce. Choice 180 to 240 pounds 17.75 to 18. lighter and heavier orders 15.50 to 17.50. sows 33.50 to 15.
Beaumont report notes Joseph Pierce Philp, 7, a veteran oilman who began in the Spindletop era, collapsed from a heart attack while inspecting his base and died en route to a hospital. Philp was a partner in Philp Bros. Oil Co, formed soon after Spindletop. Also referenced is an unrelated note about the Inca fortress Sacssahuam aq in Peru built of massive irregular stones.
Three Baytown bands travel to Cullen Auditorium at the University tomorrow for Region 5 interscholastic league contests. Robert E. Lee High School band, directed by J C Burkett, performs at 5:20 pm with pieces including Mar ch o Poco and Schubert selections. Horace Mann Band conducts 80 players under Fred Parker at 1:40 pm, Baytown Junior High with 58 players at 2:05 pm under Elmer Hargis, and all ensembles compete in AA 1 and CC classes respectively.
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