Editorial Calls for Harris City County Consolidation
The Sun argues consolidation of Harris County and Houston city governments is essential but slow, listing practical hurdles and the need for a workable plan. Judge Casey cites defining city versus county authority, federal aid caveats, and bureaucratic growth, while Gov. Shivers may form a citizens committee. The piece urges action within the next decade to prepare for a two million population by 1975.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris County
Senate
Houston
Bob Casey
Harris County Mayors and Councilman’s Association
Casey
Allan Shivers
Citizens Committee
Sun
Notable Hitchhiker’s Tale of Baytown Bridges and Bonding
A Baytown observer recalls historic feats from ferry sailings to tunnel walks and college fast trips, touting early hitchhiking across the Trinity River bridge. The piece celebrates bridge construction, local figures like Hugh Echols and Banker Echols, and a plan to travel to Anahuac via Highway 73 routes. It notes projected completion times for Trinity and Lost River bridges and forecasts Baytown-Anahuac traffic and reunions with Jimbo Wooldridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Charles D. ‘Massey
Hog Island
Morgans Point
Baytown-La Porte
Portholle
Lee College
South Texas
Trinity River Bridge
Hugh Echols
Debonair
Citizens National
Panker Echols
Trinity
Echols
Tisk
Anahuac
Heth McCollum
Mont Belvieu
Skipper
Trinity Bridge
San Jacinto
Texas Highway Department
Baytown Sun masthead details and pricing notes
The Baytown Sun lists staff and offices in Baytown Texas with editor Fred Hartman publisher Syd Gould advertising Beulah Mae Jackson and office manager details. Subscription rates shown include carrier and mail options for monthly, quarterly, half yearly, and yearly terms. National advertising representation and second class entry status are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown Sun, Inc
Pearce and Ashbel
Baytown
Texas
Fred Hartman
Syd
Gould
Beulah Mae Jackson
AJL
Armed Services
Congress
National Advertising Representative
General Advertising Service
Youre Telling Me! Jupiter Broadcasts at Earth?
Radio shows from Jupiter were reportedly received on earth by two scientists. The transmissions were so garbled that distinguishing show from advertisement was impossible. A Moscow radio broadcast claimed slave labor camps exist in the U. S. The Bible verse Romans 6:23 is cited concerning wages of sin and eternal life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jupiter
Earth
U. S
Moscow Radio
God
Jesus Christ
Lord
Chicago
Junior
Ma Perkins
Guiding Light
Ann Sothern
Babe Ruth
Corliss Archer
Swain
Henry Aldrich
York
Metropolitan Opera Company
Robert Q. Lewis
Studio One
Omnibus
Television Schedule Amid Listings and Confusion
A dense OCR of a broadcast slate shows numerous programs across channels and times, including news, dramas, game shows, cartoons, and religious or public affairs segments. The fragmentary listing notes titles like World At Large, Eddie Fisher, Dragnet, and The Late Show, interspersed with schedule bits and apparent channel codes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Fisher
Darts Forough
Timmy Demaret
Television Schedule Fragment From Local Station Listing
A partial local TV schedule lists programs and times including Matinee and News segments, live shows, dramas, cartoons, and weather. Notable entries include Ford Theatre, Lone Ranger, Beulah, Public Defender, Abbott and Costello, Kraft TV Theatre, and The Tonight Show blocks among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Outdoors
Barkley Letters Pegler and Soviet Air Pace
Washington gossip notes Barkley recalled crafting a sharp letter to Pegler but never mailed it after a dinner with Harry Truman. The column also charts Soviet jet bomber progress versus U S strength, and White House pressure on SEC nominees amid Dixon-Yates controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Pearson
Washington
Alben Barkley
Harry Truman
Westbrook Pegter
Barkley
Pegler
Poggie
Truman
Russia
Moscow
Letters to the Editor on Baytown pool opening and worker wages
A Baytown reader laments April drowning deaths and urges Roseland Park pool to operate earlier with city or refinery volunteers, arguing for safer options. The letter also notes Senator Jim Murray’s hearings on retail workers, Wages under FLSA, and proposed reforms to cover big chains and improve hours and pay.
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West
James Street
Baytown
Texas
Roseland Parl
Willis Wirkpatrick
Jim Murray
Montana
South
Murray
FLS
Eisenhower
James Sulfridge
APL Retail Clerks Union
Senate
A and P Grocery Chain
Safeway
Kroger Company
FLW. Woolworth
J. C. Penney
Sears Roebuck
R. H. Macy
New York
Nate
W. T. Grant
Moderation trend in European elections signals shift away from extremes
Charles M. McCann reports across Germany, France, and Austria that provincial and state elections show a clear move toward the political center. Communists weaken, De Gaulle’s Gaullists suffer a heavy setback, and Socialists gain or lose depending on local coalitions while Free France nostalgia fails to translate into votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M
McCann
United Press
Western
Europe
Charles de Gaulle
France
Paris
de Gaulle
Saxony
Communist Party
Lower Austria
de Gaille
Bag of Easy Knowledge Quiz Answers
A mixed trivia page answers include the creature Darzeo from fiction, the sounds seals make, the metaphor baiting the hook, Rubens as Flemish, and the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River. It also lists entertainment and birthday notes with names such as Bob Ellis and Lois Hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darzeo
Peter Paul Rubens
Hoover Dam
Tailorbird
Rudyard Kipling
Colorado
Arizona
Nevada
Bob Ellis
Lois Hunt
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Editorial
Harris
Herb
Chambers County
Wallisville
Port Arthur
Chamberg County
Cedar Bayou
Anahuse
Anahanac
Jong
J. B
Jimbo) Wooldridge
Hig House
Navy Alloy
The
Baytown Sun
William Ritt
Channel
Cassily
Edwards
Perry Como
Dennity
RTE Baker
Kukla
Fran
Ollie
Sheilah Graham
Tennessee
van Prof Pet
TV Kitchen
Mat
Mise Marlowe Hawking
Mr. Sweeney
Garry Moore
Portia
Art Linsletter
Dior
Lucas Koh Crosby
Kprc-Tv
Six Gun Theatre
Pinky Lee
World At
Today
Movietone News O
Ellery Queen Ford Theatre
Kgul-Tv
Mary Carter
Ill Baker
Ktrk-Tv
HST
White House
Sherman Adams
Securities and Exchange
Paul Raven
Adams
Dixon-Yates
Bowen
Connecticut
Johnny McGuire
John Lodge
McGuire
Lodge
Metinire
Abe Ribicoff
Franco Spain
Supreme Court
Power Commission
SHC
Paduenah
Atomic Planta
Konrad Adenauer
Christian Democrats
Ferdinand Magellan
Gen
Ulysses 5
Grant
United States
House of Commons
Great Britain
Gatss
Central Press
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Ludwig Bemelmans
Rogers Hornsby
Enos Slaughter
Fuddin
Sangone
Veel
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