Airmen Arrive Home After Two and a Half Years
Eleven U S Air Force men freed from Red Chinese prisons return to Travis Air Force Base California after a 244 year story. The two planes land within minutes carrying Col John Arnold and 10 others. Arnold, wounded pilot of a downed B 29 in Korea, greeted by brother and wife and plans immediate travel to Alabama for a reunion.
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Travis
AIR Force
Calif
United States
St. Paul
Minn
John W. Buck
Armathwaite
Tenn
Steve Kiba
Akron
Ohio
Arnold
North Korea
Robert Arnold
Sunnyvale
Lee College Planning Commencement Rites Highlighted
Lee College will hold commencement exercises at the campus auditorium with Dr Kyle St Yates delivering the address. Dean Walter Rundell will preside as graduates march in a processional to announcements and music including Grand March and Pomp and Circumstance.
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Calizee Grnttorum
Bestimine
Walter Rundell
Presida
Rosal and
Raesssianal Arden
Marilyn Cilhed
Dean Rendell
Berscietion Tener
Ardith Patterson
Cerdo Campus
Donald Mal
Mioyd Nirte
Ross Flowers
Susie Hooks
Rey Johnson
Anite McKay
Murray Azm
Aileen Middieton
Clarence Porter
Allen Rien
He Roberty
Rayferd Strickland
Stanley Zielinski
Sun Spots Mrs Jesse Emile Patrick Attends Sam Houston Exes Meet
Mrs Jesse Emile Patrick wife of a Baytown dentist attended a Friday Sam Houston State College exes meeting in Huntsville to plan a homecoming event. The gathering was to conclude with a dinner that evening.
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Jesse Emilepatrick
Baytown
Huntsville
Sam Houston State College
Around Town Highlights and Personal Notes
Eddie Krenick wears three star badges at the refinery gates to signal his long service. Mrs Eris Brous sard explains a method for ad ver tising dog pill administration as well. Mike Whitcomb seeks one more fishing try before school, Arthur Cates hopes a shorter hospital stay, and Jimmie Dinwiddie offers dog pill advice with a humorous misadventure.
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Eddie Krenick
Eris Broussard
Charlie Teschendorf
Mike Whitcomb
Arthur Cates
Jimmie Dinwiddie
Jimmie
Scouts Depart Baytown to Attend World Scout Jamboree
Two Baytown Boy Scouts David Cade and James Escor McLean join 18 scouts from Houston and other leaders en route to Niagara-on-the-Lake Ontario for the Mighty World Famboree in August 1945. They expect to return home around September 1 after travel to Atlas area events.
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Baytown
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Ontario
Canada
World Famboree
Pele Fron
David Cade
la Porte
James Escor McLean
Houston
Tiatlas
Armistice Declared In Houston Council's Battle With Hofheinz
Houston May or Roy Hotheing impeachment trial opened as the council sat as judge with Mayor Mall Wilson presiding. Attorney Jack Binion cross examined three council members while Floyd’s indictment loomed and a disputed statement was torn up in court.
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Houston
Houston City Council
Roy Hotheing
Jack Binion
Hotheing
Binion
Ira Kohler
Lee McLemore
George Jor
Kohler
McLemore
Roy Floyd
Floyd
Kesseler
Kessler
Inslane
Hofheing
Grand
Binien
George Neal
Oil Workers Strike at Republic Of Refining Co Texas City
About 40 oil workers from Independent Local 449 of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union jumped a strike notice at the Republic Of Refining Co in Texas City. They planned a noon walkout after union business agent Cron outlined aims to improve working conditions and prevent layoffs, while the company cites three basic issues.
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Texas City
Texa
Republic of Refining Co
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Wort Union
When
AL Cron
Tien Ia
Masta
City Council Briefs Engineer Working On Sewage Odors
Baytown officials review odor mitigation for East James sewage plant. Councilman Clayton cites Humble engineer Syd Brady lo assess septic input and odor causes while other actions approve a gas-rate increase, street lights, a tape recorder, fences for plants, and mosquito control funding.
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City Council
Baytown
al Clayton
Clayton
Syd Brady
Brady
Baytown Residents Seek power line to three homes
Baytown City Council discussed condemning a parcel owned by H. S. Gore to obtain a right of way for an electric line to nine Stewart Heights homes. Eddie Albright, representing three families, said five years without electricity or sewage persists. City officials directed Middleton to confer with Gore rather than immediate condemnation.
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Baytows
Stewart Heights
Eddie Albright
Mbright
Sheen
H. 5
Gore
Dyer Street
Albright
Counci
George Chandler
Care
Middleton
District VFW Delegates Gather in Baytown Host District 4 Meet
Veteran affairs officials announce District VFW delegates will convene at Decker Drive with Baytown Post hosting events Saturday and Sunday. The convention includes a School of Instruction, open house and a public dance, with registration, meals, and speeches by district officers and department leaders.
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VFW
Baytown Post
Decker Drive
Robert R. Tuck
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VRW
Decker
Ladies’ Auxiliary of
Districy 4
Simultaneoualy
Pan
Thomas Ciaran
Ba Deneno
Moravils
James O. McClethen
Texan Department
TG. Setman
Pam
St Pan
Mickey
Selman
W. CO. Maravils
Baytown
Larling Ausittary
Delegates From Baytown Plan Austin Highway Hearing Trip
Forty one Baytown Chamber delegates, plus La Porte representatives, prepared to travel to Austin on Tuesday August 23 for a State Highway Commission hearing on access to Highway 73. County officials and chamber members will join the delegation as they seek prompt attendance for the hearing, with arrangements to depart Baytown early to ensure arrival in time.
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Baytown
Austin
State Highway Commission
Beon
Othes
Nelson McElroy
Chamber of Commerce
Searcy Braetavell
Tip Weadow
Jan Porte
la Porte
Hutt
Trosey Sr
Rank RR
Bob Casey
W. Vo Tatnesay
W.T. Busch
Re H Pruett
McFirny da
Tor
Audlin
Dey
Allan Sere
Law
Baytown Schools Mark 10 Years Of Growth
Baytown schools and Lee College, with Cedar Bayou neighbors, have spent about 615 million in ten years to serve 16 090 potential students. Growth followed postwar enrollment, bond issues, and a policy of gradual expansion across new districts and developments.
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Baytown
Fred Harriman
Baytown Schools
Lee College
Cedar Bayou
Smalazlica
Ively
Unis
Aew
Lakewood
Connie Hits Coast as Seaboard Prepares for Huricane
Connie smacked into Cape Hatteras and heads toward the Seaboard coast as a new hurricane Diane forms east of the Carolinas. Reports say Diane reached winds near 60 mph with warnings extending from North Carolina to Massachusetts, while inland observers anticipate heavy rain and high tides along the storm path.
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N.C
Diane
Sal
Mino
Ronnie
Morehead
Oly
Mac
Aboit
Poidis
Moreheed City
Amest
Pway
Morgheal Cy
Red Crows
North Carotta
Bryrtle Beach
Miami
Washigton
AL Hwam
Cat
Adilsary
Dane
Connis
Connie
Peter
Here
van Merretly
Burritt
Advigney
Starnva Path
Waas
New Mitton
Maintalny
Delaware
Tromk
Rhein
Porths
Massicchusetts
Carolne
Montgomery and son in dispute over visit interrupted
A confused report describes Montgomery and her son Roxy as three hours away in Beysain as police chief Montgomery claimed nothing is wrong. Telephone lines and disputed steps lead to a circular argument while canny misdirections and a tense exchange occur amid attempts to visit Mik at Livingston.
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Montgomery
Roxy
Beysain
Mik
Montmaners
Tettata Place
Livingston
Ben Trayler Injured In Head-On Market Street Crash
Ben Trayler, 54, was injured in a head-on crash on Market Street when his car collided with another vehicle. He was treated at Tillie-Duke hospital for a head injury and reportedly transported by Earthman ambulance. Deputy Jiff Z. Bickerstaff cited the incident details.
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Ben ‘Trayler
Fast Republic
Tillie-Duke Hospital
Phirsday
Market Street
Jiff Z
Bickerstaff
Traylor
George
Wittr Pall Marth
Mayhaw
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