Baytown approves 17.5 percent gas rate increase
Baytown City Council voted at a special session to approve an 17.5 percent blanket rise in natural gas rates after the Houston Natural Gas Corp requested a 23.31 percent hike. The change affects residential and small commercial rates with the $1.50 monthly minimum likely unchanged. company earnings projected at 5.55 percent on total investment. The measure, opposed by Lacy Lusk on principle, awaits formal schedule and notice to the city before broader commercial and industrial rates rise.
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Clyde Murray
Sun Start
Baytown
Houston Natural Gas Corp
F. Mas
Cam
Milton L. Campbell
Rod
Rufus Bergeron
Lacy Lusk
P. H. Mears
Voica
Lusk
KR. H. Pruett
Fem
Copper Strike Delays Baytown Telephone Extensions
Copper strikes across Western states disrupt copper wire supply delaying Baytown telephone extensions. General Telephone Co. Baytown manager Joe Ware said no copper cable has arrived for projects in Fair Park Glen Arbor Plumwood Richardson Place and northern Baytown areas. Delays affect May completion dates and current orders with Leich Sales Corp. The steel impact worries Western Electric and Rome Cable as operations shrink. Ware notes the exact timing of improvement is unpredictable.
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Baytown
Joe ©. Ware
General Telephone Co
Baytown Additions
Fair Park
Glen Arbor
Plumwood
Richardson Place
Hast
Brownood
Lakewood
Garth Road
Shepherd Road
Ware
Ruy
Gaillard
General Telephone
Leich Sales Corp
Dallas
Eisenhower
Taft-Hartley
Western Electrico
Bell Telephone System
Rome
Rome Cable
General Cable Corp
J. B. Cummings
Shopping for Baby Shoppers at Meyer Bros
Sun Spots notes shoplifters at Meyer Bros on Texas avenue stole twenty diaper shirts valued at 1.20 each. Manager Virginia Stovall reported the incident to police. Baytown Rainbow Girls plan a Coke sale Saturday 9 am to 4 pm for the cerebral palsy fund with booths in front of Bert Black’s drug store and in East and West Bay Town. Mothers Meet A special meeting of the St Joseph’s Catholic Church Mothers’ Club is set for 9:30 am Thursday at St Joseph’s Catholic school.
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Meyer Bros
Texas Avenue
Virginia Stovall
Baytown
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
St. Joseph's Catholic School
Around Town Notes From Local Residents And Visitors
B C Williams and family return from a coal trip to California while Bill Hartman enjoys Baytown climate after a hot vacation in Marvin. Ross Hoyt, former Sun Sports Buster, proud of his first stripe at ARG and stationed in Florida. R B Anderson proves you can go anywhere and meet a hometown contact. Mose Summer in Baton Rouge en route to New Orleans. Delian Coker has lucky days, like driving wrong on a one way street. Betty Sue Barnes boosts any side of the counter and Captain Rita Whittredge handles a hamburger with old charm. Mrs. Dunn helps an early morning problem for her granddaughter.
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B.C. Williams
California
Bill Hartman
Baytown
Marlin
Mom Andrus
Navasota
Ross Hoyt
Sun Sports Buster
FL. Smith
Arle
R. B. Anderson
Kameanr
Baton Rouge
Est
New Orlean
Mose Summer
Florida
Delian Coker
Betty Sue Barnes
Rita Whittredge
Mrs. Lee
Grandma
Happy U S Airmen Fly Home From Prison in China
Eleven American airmen released from Communist Chinese prisons after more than two and a half years boarded two C-54 transports at Tachikawa Air Base. Led by Col. John Knox Arnold, they waved to Red Cross staff and Japanese workers before heading to Travis Air Base near San Francisco for reunions with their families.
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Tokyo
Col
John Knox Arnold
United States
Travis Air Base
San Francisco
Arnold
Tachikawa Air Base
California
Red China
Red Cross
Ulmer FP. Llewellyn
Harry F. Benjamin Jr
John W. Thompson
Wallace L. Brown
Eugene J. Vandi
William H. Baumer
Howard W. Brown
John W. Buck
AIC
Steven Kiba
AQC
Daniel Schmidt
Enoch Arden
Church Theft Suspect Bound Over On 2000 Bond
Leon Beckworth, 23, arrested in Colorado City and sent back to Baytown on charges of burglarizing Central Baptist Church and stealing over 100 dollars from an church office. Bond set at 2000 dollars. two related counts dismissed for lack of evidence. Fingerprints tied him to the church. Beckworth had previously vanished after a string of church burglaries in 1954 and was later located in Groesbeck before police traced him to Colorado City and returned him to Baytown.
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Leon Beckworth
Colorado City
Baytown
Grand
Central Baptist Church
Justice of the Peace
Waller Queen
W. R. Montgomery
Central Baptist
Refinery Promotes Dr Lonnie W Vernon to Senior Research Chemist
Baytown Refinery announces the promotion of Dr Lonnie W Vernon to senior research chemist in its Research and Development division. He earned a BA and MA in chemistry from Rice Institute and a PhD in physical chemistry. Since 1952 he has worked in Humbie's catalyst development group and advanced magnetic catalysis research and later helped apply the electron microscope to catalyst studies. The new role places him in charge of catalyst property research at Baytown, with potential for revolutionary refining processes. Dr and Mrs Vernon and their daughter recently moved to 212 Hackberry Lane, Baytown.
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Lonnie W. Vernon
Baytown
Vernon
Rice Institute
Humbie
Catalyst Development Group
Gatesville Storm Rocks City Hall Clash Over Mayor
Four city council members walk out as Mayor Hofheinz presides over a six minute meeting after charges of misconduct. He plans to continue city business at the next session as the dispute over his ouster widens. In a separate incident, a windstorm toppled stone buildings near Gatesville square trapping two men, Charley Brown and Fred Ray, with a rescue foundering on the debris and a woman rescued without serious injury.
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Houston
Roy Hofheinz
Hoftheinz
Lee McLemore
Gail Reeves
Shirley Brakefield
Joe Resweber
Hofheinz
Matt Wilson
Jim Heflin
Wail
Wilson
Reeves
Moshelrs
Miny
Hofheing
Cornclimen
United Press
Gatesville Square
Charley Brown
Fred Ray
Busi
That Watch Peddler Has Profitable Day
A country boy who outsmarts city slickers sold two cheap watches for $20 each. He passed one at Cedar Bayou and another to a businessman, police reports say. One victim obtained the car's Keene number. police say the vehicle is a red-registered delivery car tied to a man in Elkhart Texas.
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Baytows
Cedar Bayou
Polies
General Delivery
Elkhart
Texas
Wire Missing? Three Baytown Men Questioned
Three Baytown men questioned by Baytown police after officers found two pounds of copper wire in their truck were turned over to Baytown Constable Jake Busecey and Baytown police chief W R Montgomery for further investigation when no theft report existed. One man was taken to La Porte for questioning while the others were held in Baytown. The men claimed they did not take the wire and cited crossing the ship channel as the means, but investigators remained dissatisfied with their explanation.
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Baytown
Paul Anderson
Jake Busecey
la Porte
WR. Montgomery
Connie Poised To Strike East In Atlantic Storm
Connie, a roaring hurricane, slowed to a near standstill 225 miles southeast of Wilmington, North Carolina, as the Atlantic Seaboard braces for a potentially catastrophic blow. A special Miami Weather Bureau bulletin fixed the hurricane’s location and noted it was almost stationary at that hour.
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Cape Hatteras
N.C
Fannicne Connie
Atlantic
Wilmington
N. C
Atlantic Seaboard
Miami Weather Buyea
Nor'easter Brings Rain and Strong Winds to Carolina Coast
A lingering storm drenched Baytown with 0.49 inches of rain while temperatures dropped to 91 on Tuesday and 73 at night. By Wednesday 1 am the thermometer climbed to 40 as winds roared to 135 mph, with a gale forecast and beach areas seeing heavy swells. Coastal towns from Provincetown to Morehead City issued warnings as tides rose and radio stations awaited further advisories.
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Baytown
North Carolina
Chesapeake Bay
Provincetown
Mass
Frying Pan Shoals
Wilmington
Coast Guard
Seaboard
Morehead City
Breck
Carolina Beach
Nilmington
Wrightsville Beach
Tate
Council Meeting Agenda Seen Light This Week
City Secretary Edna Oliver announced the Thursday council agenda mainly commuter reports with no major business likely. She warned councilmen to remain attentive though past brief sessions have sometimes stretched into long, heated meetings.
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Tonz
Edna Oliver Gait
Gander Fame Spreads Beyond Baytown in Mexico
A Baytown girl named Barbara Baccus vacationing in Monterrey with grandparents drew attention in a souvenir shop when she said she was from Baytown. The shopkeeper recognized the Ganders nickname and noted the unfamiliarity with Baytown, as Barbara is set to attend Trayny Elementary in Baytown.
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Baytown
United Shites
Barbarha See Baccus
Belin
Baccus
Willow Lane
Mexico
Scott
Houston
Monterrey
Tenn
Barbarba
Trayiy Elementary
Adinot
Ladcewoot
Peace Is Declared In Deer Park Bond Fight
The city of Deer Park reached a settlement on a bond dispute with developer Tomkins. An agreed judgment halted use of 72,000 from revenue bonds to fund water sewer and street work while parties negotiate, with council meetings and reporter access shaping the delay.
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Deer Park
City of
Ha Deer Park City
Counci
Tompllus
Tom Coleman
Ile
Atte
Tron
Baytown Sun
Jimmy Walker
Na Aueraticakion
Wok Dann
Anaying
Sen Deer Park
Korean War Hero Duarte To Return Home For Burial
The body of Cpl. William D. Duarte, killed in action on November 5 in Korea, will arrive in Baytown Thursday for burial. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Earthinan Funeral Home. Duarte, a 1950 graduate of Robert G. Lee High School and Lee College, had attended the University of Texas. He wrote his mother from Korea after deployment, and a flag from the Texas State Senate was sent to him. Survivors include his parents, fires brothers Pete and Richard, and two sisters Ophelia Thiarte.
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Cpl
William D. Duarte
Kos Rom
Baytown
Earthinan Funeral Home
Colt Duarte
Jesus Duarte
Highlandn
Robert G. Lees High School
Lee College
University of Texas
Atnte
Duarte
Nix
Texas
Desceant
Richard Duarte
Ophelia Thiarte
Union files request for NLRB inquiry into refinery dispute
Baytown Union claims Humble Oil and Refining Co interfered with workers rights under the Craft-Harthy act at the Baytown Refinery. BEF charges allege coercion and interference affecting wages hours and conditions and seeks NLRB investigation. Wilton Waldrop to lead probe with possible hearings, settlements, or dismissal depending on findings.
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Patie
Baytown
Humble Oi and Refining Co
National Tabor Relations Board
Houston
Baytown Epipiyos Federation
Theytown
Comepany
BEF
Cuet Potter
Nurg
Hatten
Wilton Waldrop
BEE Council
Sampliing
Preemian
Justice
PCIA
Ranean
Arievaneca
Prodlun
Waldrop
Bayly
Pig
Union Powit Oe
Wil Ben
Presittnalte, Waldrop
NLRB
Council
Wo AL
Thay
San Marcos Board Ends Segregation Move
San Marcos Texas board voted to abolish school segregation by ending rules that designated one of the two high schools as solely for Negroes. The decision came Tuesday night by a wide margin, marking a first step toward desegregation in the town.
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San Marcos
Tex
Democratic Governors Press Stevenson On Presidential Run
Democratic governors at their 47th annual conference met at Adlai Stevenson’s suburban home to urge a decision on a possible 1956 run. Averell Harriman of New York backed Stevenson, but discussions about Stevenson’s own candidacy were described as too iffy to discuss. The session focused on highway safety and funding, while Stevenson’s future remained a persistent backdrop as his ex-wife commented that he is unpredictable.
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Chicago
Adlai FE
Stevenson
Averell Harrimith
New York
Warnk
Libertyville
Harriman
Gov
Congress
Kierenhower
Arthur Rosalie
Histomes
Washington
Wooster Man Dies After Market Street Crash
Jon Martin Kulak, 64, a Humble Pipe Line Co. foreman, collapsed from a heart attack while driving on Market Street Road in Wooster Tuesday at about 2 39 pm. He veered off the road, struck a culvert, and died en route to a hospital. Witnesses reported minor injuries to others. Kulak lived at 4 Market Street Rest. He had worked for Humble since 1919 and was a member of several Masonic bodies. Funeral arrangements announced by Marston Funeral Home.
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Jon Martin Kulak
Humble Pipe Line Co
Market Street Road
Wooster
Juation of the Peace
Walter Queen
Kulak
Wooster Street
Steree
Queen
Market Street Rest
Bryan
Baytown
Masonic Badge
Wellborn
Royal Arch Masons
Amarthman Funeral Home
Willmenounce
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B.E.F
U.S
Povey Wei
Beckworth
Groesbeck
Montgomery
Refinery
Dr. Lonnie Vernon
Gatesville
Ken Tryswolda
Gander Fame
Adlai
Hid Ona
Samlet
Ellen Borden Steventon
Joe M. Kulak
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