Senate Vote Pressed On Farm Amendment
Washington Aug 5 UP supporters of the administration farm program pressed for a Senate vote on a key amendment to end the present system of high price supports. The Aiken amendment would set price supports at 80 to 90 per cent of parity next year for five crops cotton corn wheat peanuts and rice. Debate showed the major test between flexible and rigid price supports likely Friday.
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Washington
Administration Farm Program
Senate
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Senate Agriculture. Committee
Aiken
Vic
Milton ‘R
Young
Agriculture’ Committee
E House
Administration
Eisenhower
House
Second U S Protest Is Rejected
Red China rejected a second U S protest over the July 23 shooting down of a British airliner carrying six Americans. Britain handles U S relations with Red China. The crash near Hainan killed three Americans and seven others. eight survivors were rescued by U S Navy planes. The U S demanded compensation and punishment for the pilots.
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Washington
Red China
U.S
State Department
United States
Britain
Hainan
South China Sea
Sun Spots To See Film At Lee College
Wooster Baptist primary department receives five tickets to view The Life of Christ at Lee College. Children meet at 2 30 pm Friday at the church to ride to the college. Tickets donated by W P Vinson. Writers Guild meets 7 30 pm Thursday in the Community House conference room. Mrs James C Stone will discuss fiction writing. Donald E Baker, 23, becomes Baytown police patrolman after four months with Jacinto City police. He lives at 200 East Hunpicutt. The Wack Shack will open Thursday to Saturday nights for this and next weeks schedules. Effective August 16 the summer schedule of Mon Tue Fri Sat nights will be used. Britton Cravens Civic Association meets 7 30 pm Thursday at the Community House. All members urged to attend.
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Wooster Baptist Primary Department
Lee College
K. A. White
W. P. Vinson
Paytown Writers Guild
James C. Stone
Donald E. Baker
Jacinto City
Baytown
Baker
East Hunpicutt
Britton-Cravens Civic Association
Around Town Notes On Damaged Warehouse And Local Folks
Around Town reports the telephone company warehouse damaged by BB shooters. Bob Gill conducted his own detective work to recover a stolen bicycle he was at a show for. Joe Bill Miller Jr. reports to San Diego Navy base to study as an electronic technician with prior Stockton USO work. The R L Williams family eyes a new living room suite while H and Mary Margaret Tanner scout around. Tommy Brett discusses color pictures made in Florida.
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Bobby Gill
Joe Bill Miller Jr
San Diego Navy Base
Stockton
Calif
Joe Bill
Leota Isaacks
Leota Jacobs
R. L. Williams
Mary Margaret Tanner
Tommy Brett
Florida
Nixon names six man censure committee for McCarthy
Vice President Richard M. Nixon announced a six member panel to weigh censure charges against Senator Joseph R. McCarthy. The group includes Republicans Arthur V. Watkins Frank Carlson Francis Case and Democratic Edwin Johnson John C. Stennis and Sam J. Ervin Jr.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Joseph R. McCarthy
Arthie 'V. Watkins
Utah
Frank Carlson
Hans
Srid Francis Case
S. D
Edwin ©. Johnson
Colo
Sam. J. Ervin Jr
McCarran backs anti-Communist witness immunity
In briefs from Washington and other cites, Senator Pat McCarran with House approval backs legislation granting immunity to witnesses who testify in anti-Communist cases. The move aims to bolster prosecution and aid investigations amid Cold War tensions.
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Pat .McCarran
House
Washington
Pat. McCarran
La Porte Politicos Off to Wisconsin for Truck
Mayor M D Burgin of La Porte and Commissioner L R Rigby travel to Chicago and Oshkosh to drive a city packer truck back to save $225 in delivery costs. They face a Wisconsin law restricting trucks on highways between noon Saturday and midnight Sunday and aim to return before the weekend ends.
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LA Porte Politicos
Wisconsin
Wis
Burgin
L.R. Rigby
Chicago
Rigby
la Porte
Has Second German Crossed Over To East?
Berlin Aug 5 The Communist East German radio said a second high ranking West German intelligence officer defected to the Reds seeking political asylum in Soviet East Germany. Identified as Gerhard Rather alias Falkenstein he was with the West Berlin office of Reinhold Gehlen head of West German intelligence. The radio said Otto John former West German security chief defected two weeks earlier. It claimed many agents have deserted to the East and that those who did not were arrested.
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Berlin
Soviettun
East Germany
Gerhard Rather
Falkenstein
West Berlin
Reinhold Gehlen
West Germany
Gehlen
Otto John
Rather
Red Radio
East
Young Turner Applies For Sun Route
The Baytown Sun reports a new applicant for a paper route on East Texas Avenue, Charles Bennett Turner, born August 4 at San Jacinto Memorial Hospital at 2:00 AM. He weighed seven pounds three ounces and has a sister, Jean Ellen, who will turn seven on August 26.
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Baytown Sun
East Texas Avenue
Charles Bennett Turner
Buck Turner
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Charles Bennett
Jean Ellen
Papa Buck
Charles
Hart And Richardson Lead Double Lives In Two Communities
Hart and Richardson juggle loyalties between the Deer Park school system and the Baytown Refinery. Both serve on the Deer Park board, live in Lynchburg, and work for Shell affiliates, balancing school duties with refinery chatter. Hart, a longtime trustee and vice president, has two Deer Park graduates among his family. Richardson boasts similar tenure and community linkages as a devoted football fan and angler.
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Johnella Boynton
Lynchburg
Highlands
Baytown
Deer Park
Paul B. Hart
J. H Richardson
Hart
Richardson
Eachman
Baytown Area
Artee
Barbara
Johnny
Ben G
Gulf Coast
Lake Buchanan
Texas
Lynchburg Bids Called For Contract To Be Let After Aug 17
Deer Park School Board will award the $139000 Lynchburg school addition after bids open August 17 at the superintendent’s office. Architect Jack Reber, Baytown, announced the one story addition with eight classrooms a library and a visual aids room. Two more Deer Park projects include a 20 room $800000 junior high and a $6040 shop building to be erected on campus under Architect Emory White of Houston.
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Lynchburg
Jack Reber
Baytown
Deer Park
Supt
Clyde Apshier
Emory 5, White
Houston
City Budget Copies Mailed to Council Members
City budget copies were distributed to about half of the council on Wednesday with the rest to receive theirs by Thursday. The exact total is not yet announced but expected to be slightly smaller than last year and discussed at the August 12 meeting. The council will likely form a committee to study the budget before final actions.
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D. Middleton
Middleton
Iran and West seal 2.5 year oil deal after long struggle
Iran and a Western oil consortium reach a 2.5 year agreement to put Iranian oil back on world markets. The plan assigns field operations to the Western combine, reopens Abadan refinery, and foresees $420 million income for Tran Jong in three years. Iran pays $84 million over 31 years. NICC retains some fields. Anglo Iranian Co holds 40 percent, Royal Dutch Shell 14 percent. US firms listed include Standard Oil NJ and California, Socony Vacuum, Texas Company, and Gulf.
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Tehran
Iran
Sto Iran Hermus
Wstern Oil
Middle East
Suez Canal Zone
Britain
Russia
Western Oil Combine
Jong
Combine
Deceiment
Anglo-Iranian Ol Co
Uranian Ol Co
NICC
Naft-Eshan
Kermanshan
Anglofranian Oi Co
Towler Rites Postponed For Son
Towler funeral services for 70 year old Baytown resident Daphe Towler were postponed until Lt. (j g) O K Towler arrives from Japan. Towler died Tuesday night after a heart attack. Survivors include his wife Daphe and two daughters, with Lt. Towler Jr. of the U S Navy among relatives.
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Towler
Japan
Ratthman Funeral Home
Baytown
Sun Off Company
Daphne Towler
Mra
Daphna Strattar
Columbus
Ohio
Sadie Buchschacher
Xxen
C. K. Towler
U. S. Navy
July Building Up to Construction Boom Record
Washington reports July construction spending at a monthly record of 3.513 billion dollars, lifting the year’s total to 20.135 billion. Personal income rose to an annual 286.4 billion in the first six months, while inventories fell and factory orders are expected to rebound as wholesalers trim stock. The government notes construction remains the strongest sector, with the Chamber of Commerce predicting continued boom through year end based on contract volume.
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Dayton Moore
Washington
Aug
Fsi
Commitrce and
Labor
Eisenhower Hag
Stogka
Salen
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Storm Sewer Nears Completion on Oklahoma Street
Construction of the storm sewer from the bay to Peoples State Bank advances toward completion. City officials expect finish in about 20 days, despite quicksand delays, with no outside contract work and paving by the county to follow Oklahoma Street after the sewer is done.
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Oklahoma Street
Wisconsin Street
Wisconsin
Minnesota Street
Bay
Peoples State Bank
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Yarborough Campaigns in Texas Gubernatorial Race
Ralph W. Yarborough moved to Houston for a regional campaign meet with top aides and challenged Gov. Allan Shivers to debate. He advocated farm parity, expanded REA, rural aid, and a $500 million WW II veteran bonus funded by a Ras pipeline tax. Shivers planned a West Texas swing. both raised over $100,000 in contributions.
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United Press
Ralph W. Yarborough
Houston
Allan Shivers
Allan
Yarborough
Tyler
Pye
Texas
Hich
Shivers
Secretary of State
West Texas
Amarillo
Whiskey Fire Rages In Pekin Warehouse Blast
In Pekin Illinois on August 5 a massive whiskey warehouse blaze killed at least one person and left six others missing amid a 50 foot rubble pile. Firemen feared more explosions as flames fed by large whiskey stores threatened additional rackhouses and an eight story blaze might erupt further. Thirty injured were treated in Pekin and Peoria as fire crews from 11 communities and state police controlled traffic and secured roads while civil defense workers and the Red Cross supplied aid.
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Pekin
Weohol
Peoria
Centrol
Red Cross
Mrs Frank Reilly Returns From Mother's Funeral
Mrs Frank Reilly has returned to Bancroft La after attending the funeral of her mother Mrs Martha Jane Bivens 82 of Houston who died July 28 Funeral services were held Friday at the First Baptist church in Port Arthur and burial was in Spikes cemetery at Bancroft Mrs Bivens survived by four daughters Mrs Reilly Mrs D S Parker of Houston Mrs F N Evans of Mansfield La and Mrs Jack C Voyles of Port Arthur and a son J B Bivens of Chico California
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Frank Reilly
Bancroft
Martha Jane Bivens
Houston
Batpist
Port Arthur
Buriat
Spikes Cemetery
Mra. Bivens
Mra. Reilly
Parker
F. N. Evans
Mansfield
Jack C
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