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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 28, 1955

Page

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Five Baytown Residents May Have Got Cutter Polio Vaccine

Five Baytown area residents, none of them children, are believed to have received Cutter Laboratories Salk polio vaccine in Baytown’s public school program. Officials say the Cutter vaccine was paused after a child died and others paralyzed. most Baytown shots came from a different manufacturer. Experts doubt a direct link, noting only one Cutter shot and timing relative to exposure. Health officials, meanwhile, urged continued vaccination and launched federal testing of Cutter production methods.

Johnella Boynton Baytown Cutter Laboratories California East Harris County Medical Society U. S Lke Public Health Service Ahoto Cutter Company National Institute of Health Washington West Texas Houston Jonas ¥. Salk Pittsburgh

West DeFee To Be 1 Way On Monday

West DeFee will become a one way traffic lane Monday with traffic moving east from Pruett to Commerce. Police Chief Jw. R. Montgomery said signs will be erected Sunday and the new rule becomes effective early Monday. Temporary signs will guide motorists at Pruett Commerce Ashbel Gail lard and Jones until they adjust. Police will assist drivers and permanent signs will replace temporary ones after drivers learn the flow. The move echoes West Sterling a westbound one way to ease downtown congestion on weekends and paydays.

West DeFee Pruett Commerce Jw. R. Montgomery Ashbel Gaillard and Jones Montgomery West Sterling Baytown

Meritorious Service Award for J B Mooney

J B Mooney an engineering specialist in Humble division receives the South Texas section meritorious service award from the American Society for Mechanical Engineers for service to the South Texas ASME and the engineering profession. Also notes on school program and picnic changes for Beaujeant members with dates and locations.

J. BP. Mooney Humble South Texas American Society For Mechanical Engineers ASME

Cancer Film Shown at Saint Mark's Methodist Church

A cancer education film will be shown to members of the Woman's Society of Christian Service in the church sanctuary at 9 45 am Thursday. All church circles are invited to attend.

Beaujeant Roseland Park Knights of Templar Woman's Society of Christian Service Saint Mark's Methodist Church

Around Town Pokes Fun and News at Baytown Socials

Mrs George Winterhalter returns home ahead of postcards while Tiny Shewell fronts a taxi wait. David and Joanna Petrash wonder when baby Mark, less than a month old, can join games. Carl Trenckinnsen serves a late hungry customer. Mrs T J Tallent endures wrong number calls. Mrs Janie Craig endures teasing over whooping cough. Pulkersons rough on cars after Carl’s serious accident. Bradshaw moves between enterprises smoothly. Jack Jacobs and Thad Felton honor Goose Creek Wavy Ensign. Mrs Harrison Lusk says Baytown is home. W T Busch is buoyant. Interest in buying old style Japanese lanterns. Lee College Curtain Club seeks options. Mr and Mrs S T Weaver plan a California vacation with his brothers.

George Winterhalter Shewell David Joanna Petrash Baby Mark Carl Trenckinsenn T. J. Tallent T. O. Tallent Janie Craig Pulkersons Carl

Weather Mix Hits Baytown Area With Rain Dust

Rain and dust dampen the Baytown area as a light shower totals 0.28 inch while forecasts call for more showers along the coast. Dust clouds from West Texas drift east with reduced visibility, cooler temperatures, and warnings easing by Thursday morning.

Baytown West Texas Texas Wichita Falls Sherman Oklahoma Ezra Taft Benson Midland Wink San Angelo Big Spring Dalhart West-Texas Panhandle Upper South Plains Lsl- At- Gunter T. Beaumont College

Humble Firm Takes Over Rubber Plants

Humble Oil and Refining Co acquired ownership and operation of two Baytown rubber plants, including the plant complex and a Texas City pipeline, in a $30 million deal handled by the Rubber Producing Facilities Disposal Commission in Washington. A third Baytown plant, operated by General Tire and Rubber Co, faces a Friday deadline for bids with completion targeted by May 26 and final congress review.

Baytown Humble Oil and Refining Co U. S Texas City Rubber Producing Facilities Disposal Commission Washington W. D. Miller Houston Galveston Chinery and Tennessee Gagners Ab Fi Sinclair Goodyear General Tire and Rubber Co Congress

Minutes Of 100 Meetings Of Land Board Repudiated

Austin reports that affidavits filed by Gov. Allan Shivers and Attorney General John Ben Sheard repudiated 100 meetings of the Veterans Land Board tied to Bascom Giles. The disclosures cover multiple periods from 1949 to 1953, naming several aides and officials who filed or joined the affidavits.

Austin Veterans Land Program Allan Shivers John Ben Sheard Veterans Law Beard Bascom Giles Shivers Veterans Land Board Shepperd Maurice Acers John Osorio Dennis Wallace General Land Office Robert S. Trotti Burnell Waldrop

Bricker weighs compromise on treaty powers amendment

Senator John Bricker said he is considering a compromise to avoid a prolonged fight over the Bricker amendment. The talks occur as a Senate Judiciary subcommittee continues hearings on a proposal redefining the President’s treaty making powers. The amendment would require congressional approval before any treaty or international agreement becomes domestic law. An identical Bricker version was defeated last year, while a milder substitute from Senator Walter F. George fell one vote short of the needed two-thirds.

Washington John W. Bricker Bricker Senate Judiciary Senate Walter F. George D-Ga

A Blast Postponed At Atomic Test Site

The Survival Town U S A atomic attack test was delayed for the third straight day. Weather forced a postponement from 6 15 a m est, with officials setting a tentative new time 24 hours later. If not fired Thursday morning, a Pacific weather front could push the blast to Sunday or later.

Jnxed U.S.A Atomic Energy Commission Nevada Pacific Ocean

Powell Says U S Fouled Up Chance To Free 11 Airmen

Rep Adam Powell said United States reaction to Chou En Lai's Formosa offer delayed possible freedom for 11 American airmen held by Communist China. He cited a hasty State Department reply and noted Chou offered to release the fliers almost immediately, relayed in Singapore by a Pakistan delegate.

Tokyo Adam Clayton Powell D-N United States Chou En-Lai Formosa China Powell Chou U.S State Department Chow Singapore Pakistan Bandung United Press Ceylon

Death cuts short newsman's career Amarillo editor dies at 37

AMARILLO, UP David Rasco advanced to managing editor of the Amarillo Daily News and Globe-Times. He died Wednesday night from a heart attack at age 37 after leaving the office at 9:45 p.m. Rasco began as a Daily News reporter in 1936, served in the Navy during World War II, and later led the morning paper.

Amarillo David Rasco Amarillo Daily News Globe-Times Daily News Rasca The Navy

Priest Testifies He Seen Slain Niece In Cell

Priest testified that Seannete Earnest an 11 year old niece he is charged with shooting to death in a lonely woods near here last November appeared in his cell Wednesday night She sat down like she always does in a stammering account of the事件

City to name fund repository council may decide tonight

Baytown city council meets to open repository bids for two year fund custody among banks. current deposits in Citizens National bank, with session likely to refer bid results to a special committee for study. also on agenda two housing commission appointments and tax equalization board consideration.

Fund Repository Council Baytown Citizens National Bank

Knowland Leads Senate Rebels Over Far East Talks

Senate Republican leader William F. Knowland rejects Eisenhower and Dulles push for talks with Red China. He insists Nationalist China must be involved, challenging the administration stance on Formosa cease fire prisoners release and world peace prospects. Senator Styles Bridges joins in opposition from Boston, signaling a GOP split on handling China policy.

Washington Far East Senate William F. Knowland Eisenhower California China Formosa U. S Knowland Republic of China John Foster Dulles Department Chou En-Lai

Redd Named City Tax Assessor-Collector in Baytown

City Manager C Darwin Middleton announced C E Redd's appointment as tax assessor collector to succeed retiring C E Hanratty. Redd, electrical inspector since 1953, will keep electrical duties and his salary unchanged on a temporary basis pending formal City Council approval at Thursday's meeting. Redd, from Liberty originally, has a wife Peggy and children Charlotte Lee 18 Sonny 4 Beth Ann 20 in California. they reside at 101 East James with Charlotte a senior at Robert E Lee High School.

Hanratty Redd C. Darwin Middleton C. E. Redd C. E. Hanratty Middleton Nanary Baytown Liberty Peggy Charlotte Lee Be, Jr Sonny East James Beth Ann California Charlytte Rober EB Lea High School

Chemical Causes of Split Mind Schizophrenia

Dr Howard D Fabing of Cincinnati reports in his annual academy address that schizophrenia may stem from a chemical upset in the body. Experiments show artificial psychosis in healthy adults via hallucinogenic agents like lysergic acid and related indole compounds, with drugs such as frenquel reversing or preventing the induced condition. He suggests mental illness may have a physiological origin and urges further chemical research to aid many patients.

Houston Howard D. Fabing Cincinnati Ohio American Academy of Neurology Academy Fabing Dr. Fabing W. S. Merrill Co Fahing

Chicago Hotel Fire Kills Ten, Injures Seventeen

A near north side blaze in Chicago killed at least ten people and injured 17. The Green Mill hotel and a nearby tenement were scorched after an arsonist lit a rear stairway, with firefighters missing and a torso later found among the rubble.

Chicago North Side Green Mill

Too Young To Seek His Fortune Now

A youthful King of the Wild Frontier runs away from home met by officers in a prowl car along Highway 144. He is returned home to grow older before attempting independent life with his bedroll rifle and dog.

Is & Prowl Car

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