27 Apr 1955
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1955
Page
1
Washington bulletin reports the government ordered the Salk vaccine from Cutter Laboratories Berkeley California to be withheld from the public pending investigation of paralytic cases among children inoculated with it. The note highlights official action and safety concerns surrounding the vaccine.
City Manager C Darw Mul ton denies plans to open Rostland Park pool before May 28 citing low expected attendance and poor economics. Local groups urged earlier hours due to warm spring weather and youth recreation demand. A Baytown citizen letter on Wednesday’s Sun page references a weekend drowning and calls for safer recreation options.
Sun spots a Jaycee membership meeting at Lile League park at 6 30 pm Wednesday EB M Knowles newly elected president urges members to bring working tools Beaucecut BEAUCCANT members have a picnic Thursday at 3 30 pm at the Judge property on Garth and Schilling Mrs Glenn M Eberly chairman assisted by Mrs Homer Alford Mrs M B Raney and Mrs J C Sheffield Two Roegry see high school students pledge in interscholastic regional events at University of Houston Alfred Crouch son of Mr and Mrs T D Crouch Channelview and Georgia Pitts daughter of Mr and Mrs D H Pitts Baytown Alfred placed fourth in the inside rule contest and Georgia won third in shorthand eye First Look Dr Charles R Asher of Paint Qlaire Quebec Canada got his first look at a Gulf Coast crab Sunday injuring an eye badly He is at Pasadena hospital Ball players wanted boys up to 18 years old with 13th birthday before August 1 eligible for the Sheriff's League team at Highlands Work out at 4 30 pm Wednesday at Highlands Baseball park Turkey Dinner Women of Baytown Elis lodge host turkey dinner Thursday night serving from 6 pm mostly 1 dinner initation by 195 ritualistic team Crowd expected
Lively column highlights LEE DUNN becoming a grandpa with a namesake grandson. Eddie Krenick pursues fishing as usual. Mrs Mabel Black jokes about luck. Tommy Rochelle moves between assignments and enjoys air conditioned rest. Prenchy Broussard returns from a long vacation. Mike Whitcomb completes bicycle renovation. Melvie Knight denies biking plans. Dorothy McNulty hopes for early evening. Johnny Chandler hosts a talent show. George and Sybil take a weekend trip to Austin with vacationers.
A rare weather outbreak hit the western United States with dust storms and near freezing temperatures. a tornado touched down near Shawnee Oklahoma, and severe winds disrupted a Las Vegas atomic test blast. Temperatures spiked into the 80s in New Mexico and Oklahoma Panhandle, while Salt Lake City saw five inches of snow. Hail damaged cars in Cordell Oklahoma and Wichita Falls Texas as storms churned across the region.
The Justice Department charged Hilton Hotels Corp with violating anti trust laws by purchasing the Statler chain. The suit seeks a court order forcing disposal of hotels in Washington New York St Louis and Los Angeles and any other acquired properties that affect competition. It alleges merger eliminated preexisting competition for convention business and expands Hilton to the nations largest hotel group.
Baytown tunnel maintenance foreman 27 suffers shattered heel from spray bar accident while preparing to wash tunnel walls. He received minor bruises and abrasions and was taken by Sarthman ambulance to San Jacinto Memorial hospital.
No new candidate filings appeared before Tuesday deadlines for two area school districts Crosby and Deer Park. Crosby incumbents Floyd Remkes and James Fweil face single opponents Guy Flournoy and T. & Prescott respectively. Deer Park features two seats with four candidates for one and three for the other. Absentee voting begins this week.
A renewed push in Congress centers on Sen. John Bricker's proposed constitutional amendment redefining treaty powers. Bricker testified before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee, arguing the amendment would require congressional approval for international agreements conflicting with the Constitution, while denying it would curb the President's foreign policy. The White House opposes the 1956 version, and Eisenhower slated a message to Congress on farm aid and an armory construction program of 250 million dollars over three years to bolster reserve and National Guard facilities.
Tokyo reports diplomacy and military observers speculate Sino American talks in Formosa touched on Chiang Kai-shek pressing for a knockout blow against Communist airfields opposite Formosa. Observers warn large Red air power buildup could presage an all out attack on Nationalists.
Olive questioned Frank Wagner 34 about the missing money. Wagner attempted an answer and spat out 150 dollars in bills.
President Eisenhower acknowledged personal correspondence with Russian Marshal Georgi Zhukov but refused to detail the exchanges. He said the letters were private and he would respect Zhukov's confidence, noting a slim hope the talks could ease cold war tensions without confirming any specific assurance or outcome.
Mount Belvieu Lions club hosts a noon luncheon with guests from Anahuac including Don Supert and J B Wooldridge as the Trinity River bridge nears its final concrete pour. The Old and Lost rivers bridges near completion with paveing to start by July 15 and the highway department plans open traffic soon with an alternate shoulder route. A ferry will end its service Thursday as work shifts to next phases.
Highlands contractor and former justice of the peace Morris N. Hall faces new trouble after an Oklahoma City arrest for passing forged checks to obtain more than $600 in merchandise. Houston police allege forged payments tied to roughly $1,000 in COD deliveries. Hall previously faced swindling charges in Texas and a federal case over a loan application.
REL College presents An Evening of Choral Music directed by Seale with Donnie Elma as student conductor. The program features a wide span from early church liturgy to modern settings, with the male quartet and sextet performing selected pieces and soloists, in the college auditorium Thursday night.
W E Dickerson appointed trustee for Baytown Employer Federation replacing C H Matthews who resigned after promotion to a supervisory post at Baytown Refinery. Matthews exit prompted BEF meeting approval. The same meeting named nominating and telling committees with Wendell Boyce chairing the former and J F Rawe chairing the latter.
President Eisenhower said the United States was ready to talk with Red China about a Formosa ceasefire and related issues, provided Nationalist China is not sidelined. He stressed no behind the back talks with Nationalist China and noted measured State Department reactions to Chou En-lai’s offer.
The Atomic Energy Commission canceled Wednesday's scheduled atomic blast 45 minutes before shot time due to adverse winds. The explosion was postponed 24 hours to Thursday morning, forcing 4000 observers, civil defense workers, and newsmen to return to Las Vegas and rebook travel and accommodations as a strong windstorm affected the area for the past day. Meteorologists expected winds to ease to around 12 mph by the new shot time.
A coal front slipped into Texas bringing thunderstorms and dust as it moved east. Forecasters in Dallas warned central and eastern areas would see storms Wednesday and Thursday. Wichita Falls in north Texas faced a tornado alert with a tornado in nearby Oklahoma and hail up to a lemon in that area.
S. M. McCranie of 417 Weat Homan was treated for minor bruises and abrasions after being thrown from his motorbike on Highway 146 near Cedar Bayou bridge. He said loose gravel caused skidding and loss of control before the crash.
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