Another Probe of McCarthy
Washington Aug 2 A push for a special committee to investigate charges against Sen Joseph R McCarthy gains ground as Sen McClellan opposes a blunt censure and favors a committee that reports findings. Flanders supports a sharper path aided by Fulbright's amendment, while Knowland Mundt and Smith discuss select panels as alternatives.
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Herbert Foster Washington
John L. McClellan
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
McClellan
D-Ark
McCarthy
Ralph EB
Flanders
R-Vt
Senate
J. William Fulbright
Fulbright
Senate Gop
William F. Knowland
Gott
Knowland
Select Committee
Ang
Karl EB. Mundt
R-S. D
H. Alexander Smith
R-N. J
Vacation Bible School Opens At Local Grace Methodist
Sun Spots Grace Methodist Vacation Bible School began Monday at the church with two weeks of crafts nature study Bible study and worship sessions. Children from ages three to junior high may attend with daily hours 3 30 to 5 30 p m Monday through Friday. Undie theft report from Baytown describes garments stolen from a clothes line while homeowner away Sunday night. Two Baytown residents are among 34 Texas A&M students moving to medical and dental programs for fall. Bob Edmondson Stout will study medicine at UT Medical School in Galveston and Karl William Opryshek will study dentistry at UT College of Dentistry in Houston. A disturbance on Three Harbor Street resulted in affray charges after a cutting scrape interrupted a card game. one participant was cut. Bay Turner named chairman of the Baytown Library Friends, with Rev Karl Bracker out and Rev P Walter Henckell, Mrs A A Draeger and Dr Titian Spring new officers. Continued on Page Two.
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GRACE
Harbor Street Wonttn
Thesield Patrol van Bay Turner
LAY Mall
Houston’ Lighting and Power Co
Friends of the Baytown Library
Karl Bracker
P. Walter Henckell
A. A. Draeger
Titian Spring
Around Town Chatter Highlights Local Happenings
MR and Mrs Leonard Keiler prepare for a Baltimore trip while Kay Underwood joins Sam staff. Etta Dudley enjoys a lazy day. Becky Lounsberry models a striking dress. Baytown library reports 4,000 books borrowed in July, a record. Billie Laughlin heads from Euron, postal note from the Alps. Bill White awaits press time and an announcement. Carol Payne begins longer sleeps as daughter grows. Margie Lou McClain seeks repayment from a delinquent friend. Zumwalt shuns complaints about water bill. Holly Vernon relaxes. Rufus Honeycutt praises a newspaper article.
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Leonard Keiler
Baltimore
Kay Underwood
Sam
Etta Dudley
Becky Lounsberry
C. T. Shewell
Baytown
Lee
Jean
Huntsville
Billie Laughlin
Euron
Alps
W. F
Bill
R. M. Zumwalt
Holly Vernon
Underground Red Leaders Nabbed in Denver and LA raid
FBI agents captured five alleged Communist leaders in two states, four in Denver on a midnight raid on a quiet midtown street and one in Los Angeles. They faced charges of conspiring to overthrow the government by force. Bond set at 100000 each, all unable to post.
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Denver
FBI
Rendez Volis
Los Angeles
Calif
U. S
Joseph D. Neff
U.S
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Arthur Bary
Bary
Hoover
Anoy Bary
Lewis Martin
Johnson
Communist Party
Utah
Rocky Mountain District
Harold Zepelin
Colorado
New Mexico Communist Party
Patricia Julia Blau
Red
Sea Reds
In Brief: Korea Clash Sparks Allied Contact
From Panmunjom two Allied soldiers crossed into Communist territory triggering a firefight with casualties. In Tokyo a Chinese general warned of a Formosa invasion to be carried out without interference. Guatemala City reports the provisional government says its garrison has revolted under Col. Carlos Castillo Armas.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Tokyo
China
Formosa
Guatemala City
Col. Carlos
Castillo Armias
Incumbent Never Wins Runoff in Texas Governor Runoff
Longtime Texas leader Shivers aims for a third consecutive term in a runoff against Ralph Yarborough. Historic pattern shows incumbents rarely win runoff gubernatorial races. The piece traces past two term governors who pursued a third, including Pease, Ferguson, and Mrs. Ferguson, noting their outcomes and election dynamics.
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Elisha M. Pease
J.T. Throckmorton
Pease
James E. Ferguson
Umb
Shivers
Aunoff
Fer. Ruson
Ferguson
Oil Firms Fined In Stream Pollution Case
Oil drilling near Baytown sparks pollution concerns as Chambers Drilling blocks access at Miriam and South Main. Ful ler brothers run a service station and groceries while drilling aims for 4000 feet. C I Brown Co plans further wells in Juumar Court area despite housing development activity.
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Chambers Drilling Company
Miriam
South Main
Two More Mild Polio Cases Reported Here
Two new polio cases were reported in Baytown Monday, but both patients had only mild symptoms and are recovering at home. Coker, 39, of A.V. Zachery Co, suffered no paralysis, though neck and back muscles weakened. he returned home Saturday. Four-year-old Dune Parker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Parker, had slight left leg muscle weakness but was not hospitalized. Glen Hill and her 18-month-old son Glen Preston at Jeff Davis polio center showed improvement and therapy starts for the boy this week. Brinda Kay McWilliams, four, undergoing therapy at San Jacinto Memorial Hospital after a polio attack eight weeks earlier, had right leg paralysis but is improving.
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Baytown
Holla Goker
A.V. Zachery, Co
Livingston
Glen Hill
Jeff Davis
Wats
Glen Preston
Mra
J. W. McWilliames
Brlinda Kay
San Jacineta Memorial Hospital
Abeta
Nationwide Pilot Strike Looms As More Lines Vote
Pilots for United Air Lines and Trans World Airlines voted in favor of strike action fueling talk of a nationwide walkout by American Airlines crews. The American walkout entered its third day with no settlement, while UAL and TWA set no date. Airline officials warned further action could strain coast to coast travel as diversions and delays ripple through major hubs.
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Chicago
United Air Lines
Trans- World Airlines
American
United
TWA
Clarence Sayen
AFL Airine Pilots Association
Dean Philips
ALPA
UAL
Unexpected Squall Line Hits North Central Texas Area
A squall line brought thundershowers to North Central Texas on Monday. Radar showed scattered showers from Falls to Wichita Falls with light rainfall in Wichita Falls. Forecasters expect limited further south movement, with possible relief from heat but near 100 degrees in the Dallas Fort Worth area.
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Texas
United Press
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
West Texas
Amarillo
el Paso
Presidio
Dallas- Fort Worth
Army air base serves airmen with pretty waitresses
At Vance Air Force Base Oklahoma on Monday smiling waitresses from a Chicago catering firm served meals replacing KP duty. Airmen praised real dishes and better service under a six month test that may roll out to other bases. The plan drew cautious approval from officers and airmen as it aims to attract recruits and use manpower efficiently. A second note mentions ALMOAN LULACS planning a 8 pm Tuesday meeting to prep for a LELAC convention in Houston.
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Vance Afb
Okla
Chicago
Charles Livesay
Jonesville
O. J. Belin
Army
Navy
Cpl
Chester Gilger
Air Force
Almoan Lulacs
Recreation Hall
Houston
Houston Hunts For Police Overlord
Houston Mayor Roy Hofheinz orders a nationwide search for a police commissioner to oversee the Houston Police Department. The commissioner will outrank the chief and report directly to the mayor, while a chief handles administrative work. Police Chief L D Morrison resigned amid narcotics fallout and will remain as inspector.
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Houston
Roy Hotheinz
L. D. Morrison
Hofheinz
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Man
Real Estate Board Plans Annual Family Picnic
Baytown Real Estate Board announces an executive meeting at 9:20 am Tuesday in the board secretary Rayharn Johnson’s office. President Clifford M. Bond says the session will plan the yearly family outing and barbecue scheduled for later this month.
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Baytown Real Estate Board
Rayharn Johnson
Clifford M. Bond
Bond
Inch Thick City Budget Ready for Council Study
Baytown annual budget report bound in an inch thick booklet prepared by City Manager C. D. Middleton and staff, with department heads and council members to receive copies as the council plans to begin its review at an upcoming meeting on August 12, awaiting possible cuts and changes.
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Baytowns
C. D. Middleton
Middleton
Paying Work Nears Finish On Trex Ay Avenue
Public works director C. W. Grantham said work on Trex ay avenue could finish this week but asphalt laying might extend into another week if material deliveries remain slow and weather stays poor. A rail car shipment from Uvalde unloaded Monday would finish the street. Minor sewer trouble on Want Main Monday required washing out drilling dirt.
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Public Works
C. W. Grantham
Trex
Ay Avenue
Grantham
East Texas
Mest
Uvalde
Breanwinie
John Bolmanskie Retired Farmer Dies at 76
John Joe Bolmanskie 76 of 516 East Defoe died at 7 a.m. Monday in a Houston hospital. Survived by wife Mrs. Kate Mary Balmanske, two daughters Mrs. Anne Kilpatrick of Highlands and Mrs. Martha Conner of Baytown, four sons Wallace Phil Lawrence Balmanske of Baytown and Louis Balmanske of Bryan, a brother Pete Wright of Mexia, a sister Mrs. Matin Jgmeia k of Bellville, and 11 grandchildren. Funeral arrangements by Earlsman Funeral Home.
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John Joe Bolmanskie
East Defoe
Houston
Bolmanskie
Kate Mary F Balmanskie
Mra
Anne Kilpatrick
Highlands
Martha Conner
Baytown
Wallace
Phil
Lawrence Balmanskie
Louis Balmanskie
Bryan
Alan
Pete Wright
Mexias
Matin Jgmeia
Bellvile
Earlsman Funeral Home
Senate Hears Top Secret 1952 Campaign Document
Washington report says Senator Wayne M. Moree of Oregon received a top secret document from President Truman on Monday. The memo responds to Eisenhower's speech during the 1952 political campaign, outlining strategy for countering the address.
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Washington
Sen
Wayne U. Moree
Ind
Senate
Trionisa
Dwight J. Eisenhower
Fish kill tied to Cedar Bayou oilfield spill fines
Four oil companies operating in Barbers Hill and Cedar Bayou paid a total of 676 in fines after pleading guilty to contaminating Cedar Bayou. Texas Game and Fish officials say oil runoff polluted ditches feeding the bayou, killing thousands of fish last week. charges were filed in Mont Belvieu and Baytown justice courts.
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Barbers Hill
Cedar Bayou
Bob Cross
Houston
Texas Gane and Fish Commission
Barbers HI Salt Water Co
Ote
Sun Oil Co
Texas Gulf Production
Commareal Petroleum Co
Bitter Election Primaries Hit Six States and Barkley Bid
In six states primaries unfold with a Tennessee Senate showdown between Kefauver and Sutton and a Kentucky clash pitting Barkley against Cooper. Barkley, 76, seeks a Senate return, while Cooper backs Eisenhower. Other contests in Kansas Michigan Missouri and West Virginia shape the party balance and November matchups.
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Washington
Auk
Senate
Tennessee
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Kansas
Michigan
Missouri
West Virginia
Barkley
John Sherman Cooper
Henry Clay
Cooper
Eisenhower
TVA
Bester Kefauver
Pat Sutton
House
Sutton
Kefauver
New York
White House
New Orleans
Miami
Knoxville
Ray H. Jenking
Robert ©. Gregory
Memphis
Oil Worker Impaled After Car Hood Incident in Oklahoma
Shawnee Oklahoma August 2 1939 oilfield roughneck 25-year-old Don Howe held in county jail after he allegedly impaled Levi Nuckels 42 with the hood ornament of his car following an argument over a $10 gambling debt. Nuckels died after being struck head on in front of Howe's home near Prague. Witnesses report Howe backed his car into Nuckels who had grabbed clothing from the vehicle during a dispute over repayment. The case is to be charged Monday by the federal prosecutor.
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Shawnee
Okla
Don Howe
Levi Nuckels
Prague
Nuckals
Howe
Pottawaetomie
John Little Geena
Nuchals
Green
La Porte man charged after Wednesday shooting injures Robb
James Adams of La Porte charged before a county judge after a Wednesday shooting in which Antone Robb was wounded. Police say Adams displayed a weapon during the incident. Adams posted bond, with a preliminary hearing scheduled. Bohh may testify.
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James Adams
la Porte
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