McCullough Dies At 79 In Baytown
Oscar Sylvester McCullough 78, longtime Sun Oil Co. employee and Baytown church leader, died at 2 58 am Wednesday in a Baytown hospital. Funeral set for Friday at 9 30 am at Paul A Les funeral home with Rev M E McPhail officiating. Burial in Forest Park Cemetery Houston. He served a second term as Baytown corporation court judge before illness forced retirement. He lived in Baytown since 1922 after early moves amid oil booms and strikes with his wife. He was a Presbyterian elder since 1927 and clerk of the session.
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Oscar Sylvester McCullough
Sun Oil Co
Baytown
Paul A. Les
M. E. McPhail
First Presbyterian Church
Buria
Forest Park Cemetery
Houston
McCullough
SUN SPOTS Ice Cream Social at Cedar Bayou Methodist
An ice cream social to benefit a youth revival is set for 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Cedar Bayou Methodist Church. The Baytown Council for A Men tally Retarded Children will meet Thursday at the home of Mrs. D L Phillips, 217 North School Court, bringing ice cream and cake to share.
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Cedar Bayou Methodist Church
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Baytown Council
D. L. Phillips
North
Baytown Opportunity School
Around Town Watchful Morning Walks and Local Quips
In Baytown residents feature in light vignettes from daily life. Jack Walker starts with an early walk while the Horeczys head to a movie. Emily ends a Baytown stay as Metora Ereaux and Ruth McKinney begin vacations. The list notes cheerful home projects and social chatter from Stella Herring to Mrs. Taylor’s California trip.
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Jack Walker
Joe Horeczys
Emily
Baytown
Mary Stasney Teady
Lonnie Vernons
Minton Court
Stella Herring
Charles Terry
Metora Ereaux
Ruth McKinney
S. T. Taylor
California
Truman Cox
Murray Rogers
Four Prisoners Free Jail With Whisky Heist
In Chickasha Oklahoma four prisoners including a murder suspect locked the jailer in solitary confinement, took 15 cases of confiscated whisky and fled in the jailer’s car. They threatened him with a knife and a .38 pistol and used the solitary confinement call to claim their escape. The group named Flora Mae Giddings, W R Garrett, Ivan C Allen, and Cornelius Cook amid a statewide alert.
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Chickasha
Okla
C. L. Hudson
Citizens Committee
Flora Mae’ Giddings
W.R. Garrett
Ivan C. Allen
Cornelius Cook
Hack Perrin
Ray Markham
Jim Vance
Nance
Grady County
Trinity Bridge Approaches Shelled To Improve All Weather Route
Texas State Highway Department workers dump crushed shell on the approaches to the Trinity and Oia 2nd Lost Bridges. Chambers County Judge Floyd Williams said the state would spread the shell if the county provided it. A crusher operates near the Trinity river as trucks supply material. Since the $2 million bridges opened, unpaved approaches were passable only in dry weather, and the Baytown to Anahuac drive shortened from 68 to 29 miles, boosting daily traffic.
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Texas State Highway Department
Oia 2Nd
Trinity River
Baytown
Armahuac
Chambers County
Floyd Wiliams
State Highway Department
Anahuac
Thieves Target Do It Yourself Car Kits and Parts
A spate of thefts hits city areas including two hubcaps from a Mary Cook property at 2228 New Jersey and two from Lloyd W. Mullins at 142y Myers. Car tools and a car missing parts, including a socket wrench set, were stolen from a Tour & Fair agency and a barn in West Baytown.
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Mary Cook
New Jersey
Lloyd W. Mullins
Myers
Houston City Council Battle Over Mayor Impeachment
Houston Mayor Hofheinz warns of a court injunction as council members seek to impeach him on eight charges. He claims the council misapplied legal points in prior attempts and says he will attend the next hearing if needed. Council attorney says hearings can proceed with or without the mayor.
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Houston
Roy Holbeina
Hofheinz
Tme
Holbeing
Hoffieing
Matt Wilson
George Neu
Wilson
Hofheinnz
Neal
Hofheing
Ehrter
Hofheim Ready
Gulf Squall Brings Spotty Rainfall To Baytown Area
A vestiges of a summer storm brought general rain to the Baytown area on Tuesday with variable moisture. The Baytown Refinery reported MF inch while Weather Observer Chester Rogers recorded 11 inch. streets flooded in several areas and McNair roads were undated during a heavy shower at about 5 p.m. Cloudy conditions reduced heat with a high near 89, and sporadic showers were forecast to continue into the next day as remnants of a storm from Louisiana move through East Texas. Winds accompanied the rains but no damage was reported.
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Tig Area
Baytown
Chester Rogers fAnge
Gulf Street
McNair
Brenda
Louisiana
Texas
July Dry in Baytown Trims Monthly Rainfall
Baytown saw a mostly dry July with 2.36 inches of rain over 31 days. Despite scattered showers in the latter half of the month, total rainfall was about 2.8 inches below normal, while Houston gauges reported around 12 inches. Year to date rainfall stands at 22.65 inches, roughly 0.48 inches below average for seven months.
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Baytown
Houwstoy
Liquor Store Bandit Falls Asleep On Job
Police arrested a 49 year old man after a liquor store burglary attempt ended with him sleeping on the job. He was found asleep inside the store after an hour long incident near noon and again during a separate spree in late July.
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Washvinur
Ronn
Polies
Pes Smith
Wth
Victim Receives Ride After $38 Station Robbery
Crosby service station owner Floyd A Meredith praised employee Tom Matthews for his calm actions during a Tuesday night armed robbery and kidnapping. Matthews was forced to surrender $38 from the cash register, later released in Beaumont after being driven there in a pickup. The case drew FBI involvement as investigators pursue the unidentified, educated gunman who also inquired about a neighboring house.
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Rosalie Myers
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Crosby
Tom Matthews
Floyd A. Meredith
M and M
Highway 90
Crosby-Lynchburg Road
Beaumont
Matthews
Harris County
Meredith
Gare Mani
Matthew
Lo Crosby
Floresda
Orange
FBI
Hurmont Park
Highway 9
Lamar Tech Hearings Set on Negroes Admission
BEAUMONT Texas UP seven Negro applicants seek admission to Lamar Ford College will face a hearing August 2 before the Lamar board of regents. Lamar president Dre FLL McDonald said the regents will meet that date and decide whether to admit the Negro applicants to the white school.
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Beaumont
Tex
Lamar Ford College
Dre Fll. McDonald
Lamar
Oon
Farmers Relax After Storm Boosts Rice Prospects
Rice farmers eased after storm warnings lifted and await harvest. Ideal planting season weather with irrigation water and acreage controls has nearly guaranteed a money crop unless a hurricane hits. Doyle Green plans early harvest near the ship channel while most fields start flooding and water off rivers. Water from the Southern Canal and Trinity Canal supports about 4,500 acres in Harris and Chambers counties, with several Baytown area growers named among those cultivating.
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Doyle Green
Ship Channel
Southern Canal Co
Harris County
Courtney Curry
San Jacinto River
Ern Canal
Baytown
Chambers County
Trinity
3D. Hare
Jay’ Cherpriller
Crosby
Carl Staples
W. 5. Woorthwn
Wilburn Brothers
W. L. Russell Neal
Roy Brunalde
A. J. Hileks, Sr
C. P
Delerson
Hurhin Brothers
DO. Kilpaterick
Forust McKhaney
J. Mo Johugon
Tin Baytown
John Selensky
Coady
Parker
Vane Clarks
Charles
Joseph
Cecil Winfree
Peach Josh
Andrew
Bore Fontenot
Wiburn Brothers
Mont Belvica
Prisoner of War Testifies on Red Influence Claim
Lieutenant Erwin faces testimony from fellow POWs at a general court martial. John Kahanik and Arwin describe Erwin’s alleged attempts to spread Communist doctrine at the camp near the Yalu River while serving with units under US forces. They recount private apologies from Erwin and deny belief in the ideology amid looming consequences. Prosecution witnesses, including Roy H. Roussel and George McDonald, corroborate activities in 1951.
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Fort Lewis
Wash
Prinehard
Red
John Kahaniak
Erwin
Noe
Yalu
Korea
Karhaniak
Yen
Kahantak
Firwin
Roy H. Roussel
Twin Falls
Idaho
George McDonald
Birmingham
Ala
Firnwin
Americans Reported Reaching Canton After Flight From China
In Hong Kong the 41 Americans freed by Communist China were said to have reached Canton, with 17 others awaiting retorno in Hong Kong. A decision on delaying their home reunion would be made that afternoon. Plans included spending the night at a Canton hotel and traveling by train to Hong Kong next morning for flight to Clark Air Base in the Philippines for medical checks.
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China
Canton
Royal Observatory
Kwangting Province
Lt. Coal
O'Wighten D. Simpann
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Laison Offierr
Atip
New Territories
Red China
DCA
Kat Tak
Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
Tokyo
Bexar County Jail Riot Claims Prisoner Life
Sheriff Kilday reports a riot in the Bexar County Jail result ed in one inmate dead and another wounded. The dead man was 27 year old Roddy Fonseca of Navarro, jailed for theft. two others, Calving and Reyes, were wounded as convicts attacked deputies and damaged cells during a break from recreation.
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Ban Antonio
Sherif Owap W. Kilday
Tel
Bexar County
Rodalfo Meyes
Alnt
Reyes
Kilday
Kynobedo Wee
Krday
Kilday Saltve
Breobeda
Dows
Galvine
Johnny Crawford
Manuel Pordaver
Crawford
Teen Tourney Ball Games Moved Here
The district baseball playoff set for Wednesday at Oiler Park was hastily relocated after two days of washouts at Orange. At 3 p.m. Scarborough Rel Sox face Port Arthur, Galena Park meets Orange Juniors at 7, and Baytown Lions Cubs take Port Arthur at 8. Gate fee pending final determination.
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Oiler Park
Orange
Scarborough
Port Arthur
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