Airmen Return To Freedom After Red China Release
Eleven U S airmen freed after two and a half years in Chinese custody told reporters in Hong Kong that the Communists deserved not a damned bit of credit for their release. They described rough treatment and said China lied about the crash. Led by Col John Knox Arnold Jr the group crossed into freedom and began homebound travel via Manila Tokyo to Travis or Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
U.S
China
United States
Hong Kong Jockey Club
John Knox Arnold Jr
North Korea
Arnold
Manila
Tokyo
Travis Air Base
San Francisco
Seattle
Eugene John Vandi
Clyton
N.Y
Armold
Red China
John Arnold
Montgomery
Als
William Baumer
Lewinburg
International
Deer Park Shell deal ends three year court battle
The City of Deer Park and Shell Oil sign a 10 year truce with partial annexation of Shell land in return for payments to the city treasury. Shell will build a $70 000 city hall and station, pay about $80 000 first year, and contribute up to $125 000 annually. The agreement ends a long annexation fight that reached the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Park
Shell Oil and Chemical Companies
Shell
C. W. Humphreys
New York
Earl BE. Dutnn
City of
Supreme Court
Shel
Montion
Shell Chemical
T. W. MclIntosh
Coucilman
J. Ff. Marton
John W. Tench
Shell On Co
Ser Derr Park
Open House for Former School Students Named
Former students of Anson Jones and Horace Mann who attended during 1928 to 1936 are invited to an open house Wednesday from 1 to 4 pm hosted by Mrs K Beagrove at 1414 Neal. Teachers from those years, including Mrs NL C. Garrison and Mrs Mitch Adcox, will assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anson Jones
Horace Mann
K. Beagrove
Neal
Tae
S NL C. Garrison
Mitch E
Adcox
Around Town Highlights At Local Post Office And Streets
Chen ey Coker makes end of day post office run. Bob Beverly and Darrel tuck out of rain. Neill Seeley dodges traffic at Texas and Fourth to reach work. Jack Roberts eyeing vacant lot hints at new building. Tom Fuller takes a social break. Ruth Nicholson puzzled by last night’s burglary. Roy Black greets old friends. Pat Patterson checks on visibility through shop windows. Dr. Bob Robson dazed by new baby almost two months old. Michael Harvey visits Gulf Avenue homesick. Sam Levin discusses future plans. Gloria Warr endures rain for midmorning snack. Ruby Boyles answers phone with a cheerful voice. Bonkie Jean Pipkins performs. A Mac Van Deventer leaves her old job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheney Coker
Bob Beverly
Darrel
Neill Seeley
Texas
Jack Roberts
Tom Fuller
Ruth Nicholson
Ruby Boyles
Bonkie Jean Pipkins
Mac van Deventer Lockit
Longine
City Sealed In Hunt For Brinks Bandit
Buffalo police sealed all city exits seeking a gunman linked to an abortive 498 500 holdup at Brinks Inc. He, James Saler h c 20 35 alias Jimmy Sheridan of New York, fled with two accomplices who were captured nearby after surrendering under tear gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Brinks, Inc
James Salerh
Jimmy Sheridan
New York
Anthony Pettinalo
Baltimore, Md
Sylvester Mazzela
Brinks
Russia resumes testing nuclear weapons says AEC
The Atomic Energy Commission stated that within the past few days the Soviet Union resumed testing of nuclear weapons. The brief notice did not specify whether hydrogen or atomic detonations were involved, leaving the exact type unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Pollution Charge Dismissed in Humble Oil Case
One of three pollution charges against Humble Oil and Refining Co. was dismissed by Justice of the Peace Walter Queen. The other two charges are continued until Aug. 10. The Pollution Abatement Department filed the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Justice of the Peace
Walter Queen
McCullough Rites Friday Morning
Funeral services for Oscar Sylvesley McCullough 79 will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday at Paul A Lee funeral home with Rev M K McPhail of First Presbyterian Church officiating Burial will be in Forest Park cemetery In Houston He died Wednesday in a Baytown hospital Survivors include his widow Linnie Brows McCullough two sons OS McCullough Jr and a daughter Miss Saverne McCullough, all of Baytown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Sylvesley McCullough
Paul A. Lee
M. EK. McPhail
First Presbyterian Church
Forest Park Cemetery
Houston
MccCullouch
Corporation Court
Sun Oil Co
Church Teader
Baytown
Linnie Brows McCullouah
OS McCullough, Jr
Saverne McCuie Jough
State backs under ten vaccine priority for polio
Austin reports the State Polio Vaccine Committee recommended continuing Salk vaccine distribution for children under ten and expectant mothers amid federal voluntary rollout. The nine member panel will seek cooperation from medical and pharmaceutical groups, despite National Council guidance favoring ages five to nine. Texas health records show 44.1 percent of paralytic polio cases in 1984 were under five, and five to nine accounted for 21.6 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Henry Tolle
Federal
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
National
Texas
Russia Rejects Ike’s Secret Sharing Idea
Soviet Premier Bulganin told a special session of the Supreme Soviet that Eisenhower’s offer to exchange military blueprints and shared recognition would have little real significance. He cited private talks and argued Russia preferred phased disarmament instead. The Geneva conference, he said, marks a timing point for peacemaking.
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Russia
Ike
Moscow
Nikpolat Bulganin
Eisenhower
Bulganin
Supreme Soviet
Geneva
Ouil
Ussr
U.S
Gredd
Bilganin
Soviet Union
West
Bulanin
Anthony Eden
Edgar Faure
Church Theft Suspect Arrested After Colorado City Capture
Baytown officers pursued Lester Beckworth for a string of church burglaries dating back to July 1954. Chief W R Montgomery and Constable Paul Anderson brought him to Baytown from Colorado City after a Groesbeck arrest and release on unrelated charges. Beckworth faced two felony theft warrants and burglary charges in churches including a Mormon temple break in which over $500 was stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado City
W. R. Montgomery
Paul Anderson
Lester Bedworth
Stavles
Montgomery
Baytown
Beckworth
Groesbeck
Montgomery “‘Aald
Lack Of Room Slows City On Installing Storm Sewer
City progress on the Martin ditch storm sewer project slows due to a narrow property easement. Workmen lay pipe in one joint increments with dirt returned to the ditch, using three large machines as the city and county share equipment and labor. The system includes an 80 inch line from near North Pruett to Comeres, a 24 inch line to North Main, and a 24 inch line to First Street to drain flood water between North Pruett and North Main.
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Martin Ditch
Gaillard
North Main
C. Darwin Middleton
Middleton
North Pruett
Commeres
First Street
Council To Tackle Budget For 1956
City Manager Darwin Middleton said department heads are redrawing requests for the 1956 budget and the preliminary meeting will include the manager, department heads, and City Council. A public hearing will follow the budget, with meetings to be determined. The budget will be close to last year except for capital outlay and improvements, requiring a supplemental budget due to reduced surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
Darwin Middleton
Middleton
Mooney
Weather Still Plays Tricks With Rain In Baytown
Capricious weather hit Baytown with scattered showers and sun as a thunderstorm caused flooding. Rain totals near the refinery reached nine tenths of an inch in 29 minutes, with high winds and a roof collapse doing damage across the area. Estimates cited put at least seven thousand dollars in losses at Producers Farm and Ranch Supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosalie Myers
Yhat
Baytown
Chester
This Trick Won't Work Any More Hoax Targeting Florists Impacts Don Harmon
Police report a hoax where callers impersonate Don Harmon to place $15 flower orders. Several florists in town received the bogus requests, prompting authorities to warn residents. Harmon denies ordering any flowers, while multiple shops confirm they were contacted under his name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Aarmon
Pharvlay
Jenene
Don Harmon
Harmon
Baytown Youths Enter Nuecor County Rodeo in Cornus Christi
Eight Baytown youths including Terry Fleischman and Robert Bradbury compete for over 4000 in the first Nuecor County Championship Youth Rodeo to be held August 25 to 27 in Cornus Christi at the county show barn. Events span eight divisions with boys and girls contests and separate youth divisions. Proceeds from a church melodrama fundraiser support altar prayer activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Pitzen
Nuecor
Cornus Christi
Terry Fleischman
Robert Bradbury
Kenneth Morris
Ruel Leangelin
Phillip Cox
Charles Harlan
Andy Bonds
Roger Pillow
Teemn
Baytown to crack down on garbage ordinance violators
Baytown Health department announced a toughen crackdown on garbage ordinance violators. Odis Muennink said repeated warnings will lead to charges while officials work with store owners to allow buying lids separately. Garbage truck crews will note violations and forward them to the health department for enforcement until violations are corrected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown Health Department
Sal
Odis Muennink
Gerald Landry
Landry
Mucanink
Health Department
Lanty
Muaniing
Paris Cabinet Seeks Moscow Visit By Gaure Pinay
The Providh cabinet approved Premier Edgar Gaure and Foreken Minister Antoine Pinay traveling to Moscow. In Houston two men and a former Army instructor were charged with murder after a 28 year old was killed by a judo blow in a street brawl on Wednesday night. Witnesses named a whisky bottle incident as a factor. In Geneva Swiss authorities report an American effort to secure the release of 40 American civilians detained in Red China. Titmus T. Kanady, a Houston businessman, is on the Nat of persona whose return has been lost.
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Paris
Moscow
Premire Edgar Gaure
Foreken
Antoine Pinay
Houston
Smiraman
Willa Huohanan
Tellet
Dane WW. Muilers
di Iwegen
Choneva
Switzerlagt
Red
China
Titmus T. Kanady
Pernong
Russian Agriculture Chief To Check Texas Farm Setup
Vladimer Matskevich, first deputy administrator of agriculture in the Soviet Union, visits Texas with a Russian delegation to study cattle breeding and cotton research. He will tour Texas A&M College Station and may visit King Ranch and other sites, with plans to assess cotton and cattle programs as Washington coordinates the itinerary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Dallas
Vladimer Matakovich
Washington
Matskevich
College Station
Tex
D. A
Andy Adam
Texas A&m Extension Service
This
Adam
Unio
Fort Worth
Matske
Vich
Houston
Texas A&m
A&m
Bensley Laboratory
Negotiations on U S Civilians in China Hit Snag
U S and Communist China adjourned talks on prisoner exchanges after Beijing asserted rights over Chinese students in the United States. Ambassador Johnson and Wang Ping nan suspended discussions until Monday to confer with Peiping authorities. A 18 year old Chinese named Ley Won reportedly drowned at a river near Atascadero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceneva
Suiterland
China
United States
Red
Peiping
U.S
A. Alexis Johnson
Wang Ping-nan
Reis
Wang
Liminutés
Rercedo
Ley Won
San Tacinted
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Aman
Daniel C. Schmidt
Portland
Ore
Deer Park Ok's
Shell Oil Trace
Kharkov
W. V. Lambert
University of Nebraska
John M. Jacobs
Phoenix
Ariz
Coil
Man Cool
Man
Cool
Waller Queen
Pruett
Coast Guard
U.S. Coast Guard
Houston and
Area
Cannie L. Wilson
Ize
Cn Kumble
J. K. Arnold JR
William H. Baumer
Rogers
Bill Bergfield
Producers Farm
South Man
Bergfield
Baytown Boys
Yorth Roca
Wonderna Pew College
St. Mark’s Methodist Church
Church Lawn
Oklahoma
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