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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1954
Page
5
A vintage ad promotes FASTRETH powder to secure upper and lower plates for a firmer, more comfortable fit. It claims no gooey taste, an alkaline formula, and odor prevention. Available at drug counters.
An Odessa reader touts Barcentrate claiming 25 pounds lost without changing meals or calories. The ad urges no starvation diet and promises money back if the first bottle fails to prove the weight loss. Available from Texas druggists.
Hollywood reports a new TV series Medic will depict a real birth and heart operation filmed largely at Los Angeles County Hospital with doctors and nurses in the cast. Writer-producer James Moser says scenes will avoid sensationalism and the show aims to mirror hospital life like Dragnet. NBC backing was secured after deliberation with the LA County Medical Association and sponsors. opposition centers on potential audience reaction and ad agency criticism.
Principal Leon Legler will oversee twenty six teachers split between Baytown Elementary and David G. Burnett schools this year. At Baytown Elementary: Day first grade Foster first grade Fulmer sixth grade Graham third grade Hewett special education Hillis fourth grade Holbrook special education Laird fifth grade Sn Prince second grade Raney fourth grade Rushing first grade Sexton special education. At David G. Burnett: Barr fifth grade Cole third grade Collins fifth grade Dutson fourth Hawkins sixth grade Hladge second Morris second O'Dell fourth Owens first Poskey first Thomas sixth Cravey first Coker second Day third grade.
Philadelphia officials report television has shifted reading habits toward non fiction and higher quality books. Emerson Greenaway of the Free Library notes early TV drew many to books, then people pursued subjects sparked by educational programs, boosting demand for nature and science titles.
Washington reports the second quarter showed gross national product at an annual $356 billion, up $200 million from Q1 but still 4 percent below the 1955 peak. Consumer spending and private construction offset reduced federal outlays, with defense at $44.5 billion annually. Disposable income rose to $252.9 billion as taxes fell.
CHICAGO Aug 17 UP The national chairmen of the Democratic and Republican parties clashed before the ABA convention describing fall campaigns. Leonard W Hall and Stephen A Mitchell offered opposing views of Eisenhower administration record on foreign policy economy and domestic issues. Hall praised Korea Guatemala Suez Iran and EDC while blaming Indo China on pre Eisenhower policy. Mitchell accused retreat into isolationism and warned of a recession with farmers and workers suffering declines.
New York dispatch notes compact tractors gain popularity for home chores and multiple tasks. With attachments they can paint houses, cut wood, till soil, and haul loads. Industry reports show production rising as affordable, lightweight garden tractors become common for homeowners and small farms.
COLLEGE STATION Aug 17 Texas A M will confer degrees on 216 students Aug 27 with 71 candidates for advanced degrees. The list includes 34 master of education 24 master of science and 2 master of business administration among others in agriculture liberal arts engineering veterinary medicine and more. No formal commencement exercises will be held.
In Lamar Colorado on August 17, 50 a photographer identified as Mrs. Everett Weinhold of Wilson Kansas was struck and killed by an automobile while taking a picture of a Welcome to Kansas sign on US 50. The driver, B. M. Gragg of Pittsburg Kansas, said he did not see her in time to stop.
The George W. Carver school unit including Carver and Harlem Elementary lists faculty for the next year. Names cover Carver and Harlem campuses with many teachers across grades, subjects, and specialties, led by principal E. Green at Carver.
Chicago August report notes Johns Hopkins researchers Abraham Lilienfeld and Benjamin Pasamantek question the family pattern theory of epilepsy. Their analysis of 1396 epileptic and 393 non epileptic children shows possible links to childbirth complications and prematurity rather than heredity, with Michigan ranked fifth in value added by many.
Los Angeles report details Charles Reichel a 57 year old travel agent who survived an eight hour operation replacing a foot long diseased artery segment with one taken from a deceased donor. The lengthy transplant involved the aorta area from chest to abdomen with the patient receiving continuous transfusions and fluids while circulation to the lower body was briefly stopped.
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