Navy to rush 25,000 ton ocean going tankers under $37.5 million plan
The Navy plans 20 fast ocean going tankers to be built quickly to counter submarine threats. President Eisenhower sought an $87.5 million appropriation for five ships with the rest built in private yards. The bill preserves Navy ownership and aims to bolster the flag fleet and reserve capacity amid aging World War II vessels.
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Navy
Eisenhower
Washington
Congress
U.S
Hife
United States
Senate
House Armed Services
Military Sea Transportation Service
MOSTS
Maritime Administration
Armed Services Committee
Local Picture Coverage Debuts in Austin Newspapers
United Press begins local pictorial coverage for the Austin American and Statesman, adding a permanent UP staff to provide action photographs for state and national use. Five photographers, led by Jack Kiinge, operate from the new $2 million newsroom, expanding Texas picture journalism and boosting circulation of local images.
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Austin
United Press
Austin American and Statesman
American and Statesman
UP. Southwest
Fred A. McCabe
American and
Harlon Fentress
Charles Greedn
The
American
Texas
Jack Kiinge
United Press News Pictures
Little Rock
American - Statesman
Baytown Marine Reservists to Train at Camp Pendleton
Jack Neel son of Mr and Mrs H F Moody of 305 E Republic and a Baytown Sqn employee will depart August 1 for Camp Pendleton California for two weeks training with the 6th Infantry Battalion Harris Countys organized Marine Corps Reserve Unit. The group plans to return August 14 by chartered aircraft with planned visits to Hollywood and Southern California beach resorts.
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Jack Neel
H. F. Moody
E. Republic
Baytown Sqn
Camp Pendleton
Calif
6Th Infantry Battalion
Harris County
Marine Corps Reserve
Camp Pendelton
Hollywood
California
Write To Me Says Baytown Corporal
Doyle S. Simmons, son of Mrs. J B Applegate, Cedar Bayou, was promoted to corporal while stationed in Korea for 14 months. He asks friends to write to him at 1351661 C Co, 1st Bn, 7th Marine Corps, 1st Marine Div FMF c/o FPO, San Francisco, California.
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Doyle S. Simmons
J. B. Applegate
Cedar Bayou
Korea
Cpl. Simmons
7Th Marine Corps
1St Marine Div
FMF
c/o FPO
San Francisco
Aviation Cadet Richardson Sent to Goodfellow Field
Aviation Cadet Edward D Richardson of Baytown has completed primary pilot training at Columbus Air Force Base Mississippi and now trains in basic multi engine training at Goodfellow Air Force Base San Angelo. He will receive his silver wings and commission as second lieutenant in the United States Air Force after December training. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W L Richardson of 124 Mapleton Street and a Nederland High School Lee College graduate who entered the Aviation Cadet Training Program in September 1983.
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Edward D. Richardson
Baytown
Columbus Air Force Base
Columbus
Miss
Goodfellow
Baytown Airman Becomes Mechanic in Korea
Airman 2nd Class William K. Denn was assigned as an aircraft mechanic with the 6147th Tactical Control Group Fifth Air Force upon arriving in Korea. He is the son of Mrs L P Dunn Route 1 Baytown and a former Robert E Lee student.
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William K. Denn
6147Th Tactical Control Group
Fifth Air Force
Korea
Dunn
Robert E. Lee
L. P. Dunn
Rte 1
Baytown
Fort Bliss Private Walker to start second eight weeks
Pvt. Charles B. Walker husband of Jeanette Harmon Walker of Baytown Texas and son of Mr and Mrs C G Walker of Baytown Texas will remain at the Antiaircraft Artillery Replacement Training Center at Fort Bliss Texas for a second eight week cycle of basic training. Having completed eight weeks of basic infantry training he will now learn anti aircraft artillery skills.
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Fort Bliss
Texas
Charles BR. Walker
Jeanette Harmon Walker
Baytown
C. G. Walker
E. Sterling
Texan
Ft. Bills
Anntiaircraft Artillery
Edwin H. Jones
A. V. Jones
North 6Th Highlands
Donald W. King
Ruby King
Ft. Bliss
Channelview Man Sent To Korea
Channelview resident Private Lawkson W. Simmons 18 serves in the 2d Infantry Division in Korea. A cannoneer, he entered the Army in October 1953 and finished basic training at Fort Bliss Texas while the Indianhead division trains on the peninsula as part of the U S security force.
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Korea
Lawkson W. Simmons
Oren Simmons
Channelview
Dixon Promoted to Corporal in Army service in Germany
Joe E. Dixon age 21 son of Mr and Mrs C F Dixon of 303 N Commerce was promoted to corporal in the 7th Anti Aircraft Artillery Battalion Mannheim Germany The battalion part of the Seventh Army forms part of the American defense cordon in the U S Zone of Germany Dixon a gun crewman entered the Army in March 1953 and arrived in Europe last March.
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Mannheim
Germany
Joe EB. Dixon
C. F. Dixon
N. Commerce
7Th
Seventh Army
U.S
Cpl. Dixon
Europe
Wireman Joins Unit Assigned To Germany
Private Jesus Nieto, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Trude Nieto of Baytown, Texas, has joined the 552d Anti Aircraft Artillery Battalion in Karlsruhe, Germany. His unit, part of the Seventh Army, helps form a strong cordon of American defense forces in the U S Zone of Germany. Nieto entered the Army in January 1954 and trained at Fort Bliss as a wireman in Headquarters Battery.
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Karlsruhe, Geremany
Jesus Nieto
Mra
Gertrude Nieto
Cypress St
Baytown
Tex
Karlsruhe
Germany
U. S
Nieto
Army
Fort Bliss
Robert Alexander Sent To Germany
Pvt. Robert Alexander, with wife Lela Mae in Dayton, serves in Germany with the 738th Engineer Supply Point Company. He entered the Army in July 1953 after basic training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri.
Puzzle: Word formation grid with clues provided
A word puzzle asks how many distinct words can be formed using the 16 given letters in the grid both across and down. Each word must use letters once per entry, no plurals, and must align with the inserted clue letters.
Ambiguous Ad Filing Teeters Over Word Score Rules
A fragmented notice references a word scoring game with Merriam Webster as authority. It mentions four letter words and 7 letter terms, a 50 point limit, and a 1964 copyright attribution to John Mansing distributed by King Features Syndicate.
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John Mansing
King Features Syndicate
Trading Heavy Stocks Reach Quarter Century High
The market surged as favorable corporate reports and a potential Bethlehem Steel merger boosted industrial shares to their highest levels since 1929. Major gainers included Youngstown Sheet & Tube, Bethlehem Steel, U S Steel, and defense firms like General Dynamics. volume reached 13,049,021 shares.
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Joseph W. Michalski
New York
Bethlehem Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Eugene
Grace
Bethlehem
General Motors
United States Steel
Standard Oi Company
N.J
Grumman Aircraft
Westinghouse Electric
U.S. Steel
General Dynamics
Bell Aircraft
North American Aviation
Douglas Aircraft
Superior Oil of California
Gulf Oil
Honolulu Oil
Amerada
American Telephone
Tennessee Corp
Motors
Chrysler
Radio Corp
Rock Island
Pennsylvania Railroad
Missing eggs saga rivals Sims Bayou embarrassment
Miami August 2 UP L V Holdeman, a food broker, recovered that his 198000 missing eggs were located but hesitates to approach. He bought the eggs for 6000 dollars and hired Charles Chess to haul them from Minnesota to Miami in a refrigerated trailer. Chess showed up without a truck or eggs and demanded 400 more dollars. Chess was jailed on grand larceny charges but refused to reveal the eggs' location. He claimed the truck was left at a Mobile Alabama area service station but could not confirm the cooling unit status.
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Miami
L. V. Holdeman
Holdeman
Charles Chess
Minnesota
Chess
Mobile
Ala
Inter-Office Memo Misdirected From Dallas To Hawaii
A July 1 Dallas postmark sent a confusing inter office memo to Hawaii where Honolulu authorities searched for a Comp Room or McDonald without success. The letter was returned to Dallas on July 15 and clarified as an internal Dallas Times Herald communication.
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Dallas
Hawaii
Louis
Shoplifter Learns Tricks From Crime Buster Show
Mrs. Dorothy Bond age 47 pleaded guilty to shoplifting in Pasadena California and confessed using a department store bag to carry a coat without arousing suspicion. She said she learned the technique by watching a crime busting TV program that warned against shoplifting tricks.
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Pasadena
Calif
Dorothy Bond
Donald R. Wright
Tries-Hubam Rotation Plan Improves Baytown Farm Soil
Harris Soil Conservation District Chairman Theo Wilburn began a two year Hubam clover rotation on 50 acres north of Baytown. Planted by airplane last September, an inch of rain threatened the crop but it recovered. Hubam will loosen heavy black soil, ease weed and grass pressure, and precede rice planting. Tomato canning praised for high acid content. East Indians view saffron yellow as sacred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo Wilburn
Harris’ Soil Conservation District
Baytown
Wilburn
End Strike At Work Wage Increases Mentioned
The city council enacted wage raises with effective dates cited as 16 and 1983. Candidated backers demanded the increases while workers awaited the outcome of ongoing disputes.
Solicitude For Baby Backfires On Mother
Mrs Lela Sheppard Goswein rushed to answer a loud ringing phone in Aug 2 at Tronton. She stumbled and sprained a toe while trying to hush the infant. The noise woke the baby and the call proved to be a wrong number.
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Tronton
Lela
Sheppard Goswein
Answger
Minister Should Have Heeded His Own Advice
Paradise Calif August 2 A Baptist minister Harry Strauss told his congregation Christians should treat each other as brothers instead of going into court. Soon after Butte County authorities charged Strauss with selling the church piano for 475 dollars and taking 470 dollars earmarked for church pews and Korean relief. The article notes a long mention of language distribution and a tidbit about permanent magnets used in compass needles for about 2800 years.
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Paradise
Calif
Harry Strauss
Butte County
Strauss
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