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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1955
Page
2
Hollywood column by Barbara Stanwyck offers career advice for aspiring actors. She warns acting is a craft, not a Cinderella ride, and urges stage experience, education, professionalism, and relentless learning to develop talent, even if one lacks beauty or ideal measurements.
By John Colton the Gulf Coast fishing outlook stays favorable despite tropical storm Connie in the Atlantic. Swaim says Connie won’t affect local weather for days. winds mainly southeast with possible showers. Gulf reports note good catches of kingfish and mackerel, with rough seas in places and speckled trout and redfish in bays and earlier rodeo limits. Andy Anderson mentors Jay Gould as Gould nets a 10 pound 31 inch speckled trout off Rockport. tide tables for Saturday and Sunday list highs and one Sunday low.
F Darby Hammond of Dallas cited first six months of 1955 showing 1134 traffic deaths, up two percent from 1954. Texans on highways caused 577 deaths on state roads, with 214 dead in May alone. Economic losses approach 67.3 million dollars, while the total annual toll could rise 44 percent over 1954. Hammond urged action on road safety citing national figures and personal cost.
William Deacy recalled going beyond call of duty to check the dog’s collar for ownership. He described the stray as towering seven feet tall when standing on hind legs, noting the task was seen as excessive by some. The incident highlighted the unusual size of the dog and the extra effort required by responders.
President Eisenhower awarded Admiral Robert Carney the Distinguished Service Medal in Washington. Carney, chief of naval operations for service, has served on the Joint Chiefs of Staff since August 17, 1903.
An American, Richard D. Martin of New York, stowed away on the Queen Meg as the vessel left New York for Southampton to study Britain's culture. Tourists now can view Mount Rushmore National Memorial via a new road around the mountain carving in South Dakota.
Coast Guard scouts continue a wide search for Raymond and Charles Joy of Little Rock after they failed to reach St Louis while attempting the New Orleans to St Louis speedboat record on the Mississippi River. Authorities say the brothers left Catto, Jr. at 6 p.m. Thursday and have not been seen. the search centers on the river and escort crewman Jim Lathleta reports the line showed no sign of them nine hours before the record window closed. The 1,100 mile run record was set last year by Lee Sawyer of St. Louis in 86 hours six minutes. A special security alert has been issued over the waterways to track the vessels.
Henke and Pillet Inc opens a year round Kiddylane carnival for youngsters in front of the store at Texas and Market. Andy E Park, manager, says the carnival features a Merry-Go-Round Aerial Swing and Dipsy-Doodle titles and will run during store hours. Thirty five items will be marked Kiddylane free ticket items providing a free Kiddylane ticket on purchase. Free peppermint sticks and balloons will be given to each child riding this weekend.
Washington UPI says the Federal Trade Commission estimate of daily savings to American consumers reached 1.5 million dollars due to an investigated price rise. The January 1954 probe traced higher coffee prices to a restrictive New York Coffee and Sugar exchange contract requiring Brazilian coffee futures to be shipped from Santos. The FTC reports the contract was cancelled early this year via a consent agreement with the exchange.
Manila reports Defense Secretary Solera B. Cabahug proposed to the U S military advisory head that Washington boost military air bases in the Philippines. Maj. Gen. Wayne C. Smith, new head of the U S advisory group, was to hear the request Friday.
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