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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1955
Page
12
The Weather Bureau asks private diary holdings and public records to be lent for microfilming to build a pre 1870 weather history. Entries from diaries and old newspapers could reveal long term climate changes and help determine when warming trends began. The bureau will return materials after copying.
Fort Worth deputies pursue a post card as a key to identify the driver of a stolen car wreck near Burst Fort Worth suburb. The crash left a German made machine gun nine rifles and two shotguns. The card was addressed to a man in Tupelo Mississippi.
The Citizens Committee for the Hoover Report defends the Hoover Commission's recommendations for government efficiency and economy. They label critics as warped and say the panel is bipartisan with broad public support, noting only a minority of the 314 proposals face strong opposition while most have general or good support.
U S Public Health Service reports 1,781 new polio cases last week, up 26 percent from the prior week, with increases in Wisconsin and Massachusetts. No reports from Vermont or Wyoming. Wisconsin shows rising cases across four weeks, notably in Outagamie county, while Milwaukee numbers do not indicate an epidemic. Massachusetts sees a 30 percent rise with little overall spread.
Trinity Baptist Church in San Antonio plans Texas first Baptist high school for teens. The $335000 three story building includes 40 classrooms a skating rink gym and a roof garden. The program targets 250 students with a strong youth focus and separate plans for a larger sanctuary in four years.
Texas Rangers and a sheriff s posse hunted for Lloyd Cooper 43 charged with killing his brother in law John Sid Hawkins 50 at Glenrose amid a feud. Captain Crowder and others returned to aid after fears a feared suspect might strike again. Bloodhounds tracked to cedar brakes along the Brazos River but lost the trail in dense brush.
Galveston trustees veto integration for the 1941-56 term after hearing Rev. A. H. Wilson of the NAACP. Superintendent J. Davis Hill cited redistricting as the chief hurdle, while Wilson urged consideration of the broader impact. Trustees said they must follow the law but seek detailed plans in the best interests of children regardless of race.
The Agriculture Department announced a long term sale of 7.5 billion board feet of Tongass National Forest timber in southeastern Alaska to Georgia-Pacific Alaska Corp. The bid was 2.80 per thousand for Sitka spruce and 1.70 for western red cedar. If kept through the year, the treasury would gain about 15 million dollars. Rates will be re-determined January 7, 1971 and every five years.
In four Rio Grande Valley counties a two to one vote backed the pink bollworm control escrow plan. Unofficial tallies from Cameron Willacy Hidalgo and Starr show 1164 for and 10 against. Farmers will pay 7.50 per bale ginned into escrow and must meet stalk destruction deadlines to avoid field penalties.
El Paso report states Bette Ford, former model and TV actress, will become the first foreign woman to fight on foot in Mexico City's Plaza de Mexico. Manager Juan Bilbao says she signed to fight one bull in the 100000 seat arena Sunday. Ford has fought bulls professionally for a bit over a year and has not been gored.
Ronald Rudolph Strykos from Channelview will return this fall to Stephen F. Austin to continue forestry training. An expansion program will add new quarters, equipment, and faculty under Arne K. Kemp, head of SPASC forestry, with completion targeted by fall.
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