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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1954

Page

2

House faces adjournment as Senate fight delays social security

Congress winds down with House and Senate at an impasse over social security expansion and self employed coverage. A conference deadlock blocks 4 million professionals and farm operators, while other measures push toward adjournment. Senate action on McCarthy censures looms for summer or fall.

House Senate House - Senate Ths Washington White House Joseph R. McCarthy

Stork Delivers Hollaway Child in Maryland Era Home

A newborn son arrived Aug 19 to Mr and Mrs Selvester Hollaway of 415 Hunnicutt Street. The event notes the family name Hollaway and birthplace. Also mentioned is the 1804 patent by Thomas Moore for a household ice box, attributed to a Maryland farmer, as a historical item in the record.

Fiollaway Selvester Hollaway Hunnicutt Thomas Moore Meryland

Baytown Ordinance Repeals City Ordinances 69 and 95

Legal notice for Ordinance No. 230 repealing Baytown ordinances 69 and 95, extending city limits, and authorizing publication and passage procedures. Introduced and read by City Council on August 22, Mayor Ted HR. Pruett. City Clerk Edon Oliver attests.

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Certification of Authority for Insurance Company

The Board of Insurance Commissioners of Texas certifies that the Curdland Insurance Company of Bowlk Dakow Sioux Hs South Dakota has complied with the laws and conditions to do business in Texas. A certificate of authority is issued for the year ending May 31 1935. Signed by Galland A. Stratth Chairman at the office in Austin Texas.

Board of Insurancs Commins Wader Austin Texas Galland A. Sratth

Livestock Prices From Fort Worth Auction Market

USDA Livestock report from Fort Worth lists cattle numbers and price ranges. Slaughter steers and yearlings in scarce supply with various classes and feeders showing mixed results. hogs steady near Thursday levels with trade range noted. Also a stray, unclear line about an insect diet appears in the text.

Fort Worth USDA

Stock Quotes Special To The Baytown Sun

A compiled list of stock quotes lists major companies and their percentage changes. Firms include Allis-Chalmers American Cyanamid AT and T Dow Chemical Du Pont, Dow, Gen Electric Gen Motors Goodyear Gulf Oil Houston Oil and many others with varied percentage figures.

Columb Gas Creole Pet Dow Chem du Pont Chem Hastman Kodefei Paso Nat’ Gas Pairchild Freeport Sylph Gen Electric Gen Motors Gen Tire Gillette Safs Aspse Goodyear Tire Estese Reyhound Bus Gulf Gulf Stat Traerde Houston Oil AL and P Co Rare Vrumble Dones and Laugh Imperial of Interlake Iron Nickel Kirby Libby Liggett and Myers Loew's Inc Pet Math Chen Mack Fracks Mid Pet Monsanto Chem Mont-Dakota Util . Nat. Dist Waeeee Tees Dane Doa Beeesada Packard Motors Pac Pancoastal Oil Panhandle P and R Pennes's Inc Phillips Pet Sterecene Rem Rand Repab Steel St. Regis Paper Sinclair Oil Socony-Vagese Sou Pacises Stan Oil Calif Stan Oil Ind Stan Oil Ohio’ Stan Oi Suny Oil Secevence Sunray Oi Texas Cos Taras Gulf Tex Gulf Tidewater Corp Union Oil of Calif US. Steel Wilson and Co. Woodley Pat N.O. Cotton

Keslow family recalls son’s decline and unspoken questions

The Keslow parents mourn their son whose long struggle with math difficulties and school trouble culminated in a hospital stay. The father recalls his son’s gift of gab and their lifelong denial of nothing, while the mother notes the family’s 18 years since his hospitalization and the unanswered why. The piece ends with a historical aside about King George V as the last emperor of India.

Budget Adjustments Raise Several City Costs and Pool Manager Pay

The budget draft shows increases and cuts across departments. Police extra help drops from 300 to 100 while inspection protection supplies fall to 100. Sewer light and power up to 3000. Pool manager salary rises to 1500 with a five month term. Traffic fund approved. Council aims to finalize budget at the next meeting ahead of Oct 1 start of fiscal year.

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Shivers Campaign Tour Links Port Arthur Strife to Yarborough

Governor Shivers used a 6000 strong crowd at Wooldridge Park to label CIO organizers as threats behind his rival Yarborough. He claimed Port Arthur labor action aimed to derail his campaign and attacked labor bosses for trying to install a hand picked captive candidate. Yarborough countered that Shivers lacks Webb County support and warned Texans face loss of liberty if Shivers wins. An unrelated note explains ocarina as an Italian word meaning little goose.

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Middleton Burgin To Houston Meet

Middleton and Burgin attended a Harris County Mayors and Councilmen's Association meeting in Houston on Thursday night. Mayor M. Dr. Burgin represented Baytown La Porte area and discussed regional matters.

Baytown PLC Middleton la Porte M. Dr. Burgin Harris County Mayors and Councilmen’s Association Houston

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