North Korea Leader Rejects Reply on Charges in Talks
Nam Il rejects a reply to charges regarding troops near the Korean neutral zone and a possible cease-fire proposal. The report notes continued tensions and alleged troop movements around the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ngry Nam Il
Ich
Kafkorea
Dorth Horean
Ami
Ems
C. Turner Joy
Pn Iince
Pyongyang
Nam
Joy
Wam
Red
Hil Ikam
Baytown
Moscow
Pyongyengheine
Congress
Kaeesong
Baytown School approves attendance for Ganters at away games
The Baytown School Office announced five games this fall for ROBERT E. LES B and Lee Brigadiers with permission to attend all away conference games. A board meeting agenda includes a budget review led by J. E. Chairman Syd Gould, and a school bus will depart at 7:39 p.m. for the admin building review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E.les B
Mamunety
Chest Board
Balding
Rewart
Baytown
Town SS Seligman Jr Fish Story and Vacation Notes
Fragmented clippings mention Rockport resident Town SS Seligman Jr and others in a scattered horizontal of social notes. References to Jamaica, New York, Birmingham, Estes, Baytown and Maine hint at travels, hosting, and family events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seligman, JR
Rockport
Jean “Es
Jamaica
Omi
Mrs. I i
Ned Good
Ane
Grant
Mils
el Curtis “Hopper
Board OKs School And College Budgets In 1951 52
Trustees approve public school budget and Lee College budget with combined expenditures of 2.208 million. Public tax rate rises 11 cents to 1.25 per 100, total levy 1.40 with college at 15 cents. Building program costs estimated at 759,000 over two years, funded partly from budget padding to avoid bond issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Edwards
Lee College
Theo Wilburn
Wilburn
Back To School Edition from The Baytown Sun
The Baytown Sun publishes its annual Back To School Edition featuring school news, new teachers and administrators, and students returning to college. Readers are urged to note advertiser messages highlighting back to school needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown Sun Today
UN Offensive Halted By Reds In Korea Front
Reinforced Soviet forces halted the Allied push in eastern Korea and retook two hills north of Yanggu after dawn attacks. A 25 mile front from Yanggu to Kansong saw heavy fighting as Red counterattacks delayed the four day UN offensive. The 45,000 ton US battleship Jersey returned to action off the east coast adding heavy shelling to the bombardment. Cloudy warm Baytown weather with possible thunderstorms and mild easterly winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highth Army
Hores
Reds
Korea
Eighth Army
Yanggu
Kansong
Yangeu
Jersey
Kosong
House Cuts Down Payment Rules For Homes
Washington accord tight housing credits under a compromise defense housing bill. The rider eases down payment shares for GI and non GI buyers with thresholds at seven thousand to twelve thousand dollars, rewarding veterans with four to eight percent down, versus current 15.8 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
White House
Senate House
Senate
Veterans Administration
Freeway To Be Ready By Middle Of 1952
Houston predicts completion of a six lane Gulf Freeway from Revellis Road in Houston to Dickinson Bayou by mid 1952. State Urban Engineer W J Van London states one portion will be completed soon with the full route advancing toward Galveston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Galveston
Revellis Road
Dickinson
Bayon
China Warns Japs Signing Of Treaty Is Declaring War
Peiping Radio broadcast a stern warning that Japan signing the San Francisco peace treaty without Chinese and Soviet participation would amount to a declaration of war against China and the Soviet Union. The open letter urged the Japanese people to act and suggested a separate peace would leave Japan surrounded by hostile neighbors and risk ongoing war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Vermillion
Tokyo
China
Japan
San Francisco
Peiping
Ts Kung Pao
Shanghai
America
Jetter
Soviet Union
Yoshida
Shigeru Yoshida
Early Dispatch From Havana Talks Jamaica Hurricane Loss
Sun editor Fred Hartman recounts Jamaica's killer hurricane impact from Kingston to Ochos Rios. He notes 110 dead and damage estimates rising to 50 million dollars, while describing travels back to Houston and a focus on everyday moments amid disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hartman
Sun
Jamaica
Havana
Pred Hartman
England
Kingston
Ochos Rios
Chicago
Southern Airlines
Myrtle Bank
Frenchy Riber
Houston
Bill
Baytown
Truman asks Congress to restore beef quotas and tighten price controls
President Truman, addressing mobilization advisers, intends a rapid request to Congress to restore beef slaughter quotas and strengthen price controls. In Berlin, UPI reports the United States protested the detention of an American official in the eastern sector for 24 hours and called for investigation and punishment of those responsible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Truman
Congress
Berlin
Eperliy
United States
Britain withdraws Iran oil proposal in breakdown
Britain scrapped its eight point plan to solve Iran oil disputes after Lord Stokes said Tehran would not allow British technicians to stay in Iran’s idle oil fields. The decision followed talks with Prime Minister Mossadegh and a last attempt to keep British staff in the industry under a British run oil supervision scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Richard
Stokes
Iran
J. Richard Stokes
Mohammed
Mossadegh
Tran
Nationaliza“Ser W
Averell ‘Harriman
West
Flood Relief Battle Looms in Congress
President Truman urged immediate loans and direct grants to Missouri Kansas flood areas arguing vital farm and industrial output supports national defense. Senator Chavez and Schoeppel pressed swift action with flood control focus and safeguards to ensure fair aid amid flood emergencies and hunger concerns for meat and wheat supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UP State
Washington
Truman
Congress
Missouri-Kansas
Free World
Mrr
Dennis Chavez
Senate Public Works Committee
New Mexico Democrat
Chavez
Kansas-Missouri
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Kansas
Schoeppel
Princess Margaret Turns Twenty One Amid Lavish Gifts
London report describes Princess Margaret's coming of age with a gift spree of diamonds pearls sapphires and a Daimler motor car. Balmoral in Scotland hosts the day as she gains a state allowance and inheritance while court circles note she has no immediate marriage plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Margaret
Europe
Mar- Sarev
Buckingham Palace
Princess Margaret
Balmoral Castle
Scotland
George
Mary
Fabir
Cool air mass may reach central Texas tomorrow
A cooler air mass from the Rockies weakened as it moved southward and may reach central Texas by tomorrow afternoon or evening. Observers doubt it will deepen enough to bring substantial rain, with only scattered thundershowers expected in East and West Texas and drought relief limited to some localities in Southwest Texas. Temperatures yesterday mostly in the 90s, about six degrees cooler than last week, with San Angelo recording 85 and Presidio near 105.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockies
Texas
Ker
Sheep Country
Edwards Plateau
Presidio
Cotulla
Wes
Amaril DS
San Angelo
Thundershowers
Mercury
Board Hears Tax Protests at City Hall
About 12 residents appeared at City Hall to contest tax valuations before the Equalization Board. By 10 30 a m six cases had been reviewed and three decided. Chairman Steeley McDonald said inspections of three remaining properties are needed for fair decisions. Mrs Oliver Pruett challenged a home moved from downtown to Danubins Acres, arguing the move increased value though surroundings do not justify it. The board agreed to inspect the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Steeley McDonald
Oliver Pruett
Mid- Baytown
Danubins
Squalls On Fringe May Lash Texas
A powerful hurricane swept toward Mexico and Jamaica, killing at least 115 people as it lashed Jamaica and threatened parts of the Yucatan and eastern Mexico. US hurricane hunters tracked the center east of Tampico, with warnings urging residents to shelter as winds reached 115 mph and torrential rains struck the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampico
Mexico
Jamaica
Here
Tuxpan
Weather Bureau
New Jeans
Vance
Goernment
Wai
Texas
Naval Aare
Corpus Christi
Waco
Merida
Yucaten
Caribbean
Cozumel
Yucatan
Yucatan Peninsula
Fatal Jet Crash Kills 13 at Fort Dix
Survivors recount a ball of fire as a training F-8 Shooting Star crashed near a troop truck during an Army exercise at Fort Dix. Thirteen dead and twenty injured, including Private Joseph B. Suzansky of New York. Pilot Captain William H. Reuhk and Major Theodore Leakyne killed. Soldiers scramble as burning fuel erupts from the crash site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort DIX
N. 3
Joseph B. Suzansky
New York
Suzansky
Elled
26Th Field “Artillery
Tosa
William H. Reuhk
Seattle
McGuire Field
Theodore Leakyne
Levittown
Wes
Reaub
Low Bid On McNair Work At Highlands School
The S7M Mears Construction Company of Baytown won the contract to build a combined cafeteria and auditorium at McNair School in Highlands for about 334,620. The bid was the lowest among the bids received and approved by school trustees last night. The project, about 638 per square foot, will be brick veneer and metal features as planned by architect Too well Lammers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mears’ Construction Company
Baytown
McNair-School
Highlands
Mears
Toowell Lammers
Earthquakes Hit Hawaiian Islands In Unclear Report
Earthquake activity described across Hawaiian regions with vague references to Honolua and a Cosas Station observatory. Details and locations are unclear due to fragmented OCR text.
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Yexkyl Bodes
Ahleigh Burke
Eire Talhs
Subcommittee
Hodes
Burke
Fear Bayou School
Amidge
J. E
Syd Gould
Pika
Pers Ferrell
Birm
I Am
Larry
Ant’ Ves Kdartmans
Nings
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Charles
Princess Elizabeth
Charley
King George
Fiosteas
Ronnie. Greeville
King Edward VII
Hinabor
Ay Olin, Miller
Uncle Sam
McNair
Hawaiian Islands
Annar
Cosas
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