What Can We Do If Atomic Bomb Is Dropped On Baytown
Government report on The Effects of Atomic Weapons argues practical steps can reduce lethal range. It says mass protection within half a mile is unlikely but protection beyond that limit can save lives and property, outlining blast, heat, radiation, and fire hazards and general defense approaches.
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Borror
Joseph L. Myler
Washington
National Security Resources Board
Japan
Chinese Red Troops Seize Oil Stocks From Amer Firms
Hong Kong based Peiping radio reports Chinese Communist troops in Shanghai seized August 1 oil stocks belonging to Caltex Standard Vacuum Cathay Oil and British Asiatic Petroleum Shell. The stocks were shipped to Peiping after firms refused to surrender claiming private property.
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Hong Kong
Shanghai
Peiping Radio
ECA
China
Caltex Company
Standard Vacuum Oil Company
Cathay Oil Company
British Asiatic Petroleum Company
Shell
Peiping
HCA
Cool Weather Brings Family Misfortune in Houston Fire
Thunderstorms swept Houston yesterday with strong breezes as lightning struck the north side home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Kidd, burning their residence to the ground. The couple faced loss of their house in the blaze caused by a lightning strike.
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Houston
W. H. Kidd
Harris County Convict Escapes Prison Felt Farm Alert
James Rice a 32 year old convict escaped from Ramsey Prison Farm near Houston during a noon check on Sunday. Rice serving 20 years for robbery and assault from Harris County fled on foot from the dairy farm amid a manhunt across South Texas counties. An earlier note places the incident amid routine security procedures at the Texas Prison System with sparse corroboration from the garbled second paragraph.
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Houston
Texas
James Rice
Ramsey
Rice
Harris County
Mrs Geary Credits HADACOL For Health Return
In a New Orleans testament Mrs John W Geary describes long sickness with stomach trouble and vitamin deficiencies. After starting HADACOL she reports noticeable improvement after a few bottles and says her stomach now tolerates food and she feels normal again.
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John W. Geary
Dine St
New Orleans
Badasol
Slippery Sam Boa Hunter Snares 70 Chasers Near Holdenville
In Holdenville Oklahoma a legendary boa nicknamed Slippery Sam lured 70 hunters into gloomy swamplands as they hunted for the elusive reptile. Farmers have long claimed sightings of a snake as long as two pickup tracks, big around 23 inches, with locals split on the creature’s existence. A veteran hunter assessed a large snake, possibly a python, in the area, but the search yielded no sighting.
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Holdenville
Okla
Slippery Sam
Sam
Wemroka Creek
Wild Horse Canyon
Roville Beech
Big Snake
Arez
Business Degrees For Two Baytown Students
George Edmond Lawrence and Vivian Lively earn BBA degrees at Baytown during summer exercises. The event highlights student achievements and the college’s business program.
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Baytown
George
Edmond Lawrence
Vivian “Lively
Record Straight on Mr Drew Pearson Remarks
General agreed to convert to synthetic rubber immediately upon notice from the Government. General also offered to give the Government the option to repurchase the plant at actual cost any time, with no profit to General.
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Drew Pearson
ABC
General Tire & Rubber Company
General
Pearson
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Franssen
LIFE
Eee
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THE
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