Kefauver Pledges New Push On Racketeers Amid Setbacks
Sen Estes Kefauver promised renewed pressure on organized crime after the Senate Crime Committee released reports noting progress in narcotics control, youth crime decline, and higher federal penalties for trafficking. He said he would push Congress to adopt additional recommendations to fortify enforcement and curb crime.
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Hington
Estes Kefauver
Senate Crime Committee
Senate
Justice Department
Internal Revenue Bureau
Truman Era Republicans See Stevenson Run
Fragmentary clipping notes Republicans and President Truman discussing Stevenson potential run. Mentions Nixon, Nixon era politics, and page two reference with unclear dates and context.
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Seington
Stevenson
Truman
School Board to Hold High School Bid Meeting at Seven Thirty
Local items note the Spots district scheduling a 7 30 meeting for bids on furnishing supplies for the term while police and civic figures, including Chief Walter S artied and others, appear in community updates. The piece mentions radio party plans, election returns, missing teachers, and various local happenings around La Porte and Crosby fair preparations.
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SeMes
Mickey Wil- FE
Burgin
Walter S
la Porte
Dusek
Baytown
Tushing
Susan
New Utex Proxy Will Take Office Next February
Dr. Logan Wilson, vice president at the University of North Carolina, was unanimously chosen president of the University of Texas. He will assume the post February 1953 with a $15000 salary. Acting president until then is Dr. James C. Dolley. Wilson, a Huntsville native, has taught at East Texas State, Maryland, Tulane, Newcomb, and UNC. The regents praised his qualifications and noted both he and his wife are UT graduates.
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Austin
Logan Wilson
University of North Carolina
University
Texas
Wilson
Board of Regents
Huntsville
Fox
James C. Dolley
Wison
Regents
East Texas State Teachers College
University of Maryland
Tulane
Newcomb College
Hershey proposes drafting fathers next summer
New York August 22 U P Maj Gen Lewis B Hershey director of Selective Service said the armed forces would begin drafting fathers next summer He told an American Legion commission that about one million fathers are available most under 26 with perhaps 500000 eligible He indicated many men are fit and that reducing standards could yield more enrollees He noted the current law does not defer fathers but the president could change that via executive order.
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New York
U.P
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
American Legion Commission
National Security Commission
American Legion
William Lowery objects to newborn's "I Like Ike" shirt
In Indianapolis on August 22, William V. Lowery complained that nurses at Coleman hospital were dressing his newborn son in a shirt reading "I Like Ike" and treating it as a political statement, calling it a "political football."
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Indianapolis
Ind
William V. Lowery
Coleman Hospital
New Coal Strike Seen From Secret Negotiations
John L. Lewis told the Federal Mediation Service that secret talks with the coal industry failed to yield a wage contract. He warned of a strike in northern soft coal fields on September 26 and in southern and anthracite fields on September 30, as UMW contracts expire. The mediation service confirmed receipt of the notice but would not discuss details.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Federal Mediation Service
United Ming
Lewis
California war on sleeping sickness expands statewide
California mobilizes guards, prisoners, and fogging squads to fight sleeping sickness as deaths reach 32 and encephalitis cases surge beyond 423. The state health department uses emergency funds to destroy mosquito eggs and larvae while declaring no effective treatment exists and stressing lab tests for diagnosis.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
State Department of Public Health
Health Department
Ward Recommends Park at San Jacinto Reservoir
Baytown Mayor J A Ward proposes a Harris County park purchase at San Jacinto Reservoir. At a Houston gathering, Ward chairs the county parks committee and notes 100 acres would be too small for the county’s one million. The association urged the court to fund the site, potentially via a bond issue.
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Harris County Commissioners Court
San Jacinto Reservoir
J. A. Ward
Baytown
Harris County
Associaton
Houston
College, Inn
Ward
Association
Lee Ward
Commissioners’ Court
Eisenhower urged to disown McCarthy tactics
In Washington on August 22 Sen. A S Mike Monroney challenged Dwight D. Eisenhower to distance himself from Joseph McCarthy tactics. Monroney urged repudiation of Mundt’s claim Eisenhower would endorse and campaign for McCarthy. Eisenhower’s press chief declined to comment beyond the general statement. Nixon signaled support for McCarthy if renominated, but would back GOP House and Senate candidates regardless.
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A. S
Mike Monroney
D-Oka
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Monroney
Democratic National Committee
Hisenhower
McCarthy
Sem
Karl E. Mundt
R-S. D
Republican Campaign
Mundt
Eisenhower
Denver
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Richard M. Nixon
MacCarthy
Wisconsin
House
Senate
Nixon
Sen. McCarthy
More Republicans Back Ike on Korea Policy
Ike faces mixed GOP reaction as he previews his East campaign plan on Korea. Senators Hickenlooper Dul Bennett Ives voiced support or critique, noted for Truman era errors and anti-Communist policy, after a Kansas City regional leaders meeting.
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Rex Chaney
Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
East
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Eisenhower
United States
Korea
Hickenlooper
Douglas MacArthur
Far East
Truman
James Hi. Dul
Pennsylvania
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
China
Irving M. Ives
New York
Kansas City
Council Resumes Budget Hearings
City council plans to continue budget hearings Friday night as they seek to finish the 1952-33 operating budget. Controversial appropriations and salary discussions remain unsettled, with final decisions pending. Mayor J. A. Ward asserts the current tax rate of 142 will not be changed.
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J. A. Ward
Polio Strikes More Baytown Children
Three more Baytown children were sent to polio centers in Hots toin this week. Joyce Waldrip, 2, and Ray Keith Pesz, 1, both Baytown residents, are at Hedge croft Clinic. Randy Milliken, 3, is at St Joseph's infirmary. Six children and two adults are under home care for poliomyelitis.
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Baytown
Hotstoin
Joyce Waldrip
Theodore Waldrip
Travis
Ray Keith Pesz
Mra. S. J
Hedgecroft Clinic
Randy Milliken
Clinton Milliken
Monroe
St Joseph’s Infirmary
Ehiet Picks Good Place To Hide Car
Justice of the Peace Roscoe Zierlein set bond for Roy J. Hammer 42 charged with car theft after police linked him to a 1950 Oldsmobile stolen from Perry Miners He claimed he kept the car 24 hours and left it in a crowded stumble parking lot with about 3000 cars.
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Justice of the Peace
Roscoe Zierlein
Roy J. Hammer
Perry
Oldsmobile
Hammer
Strike Over Tunnel Work Continues at Baytown
Baytown tunnel project resumed Friday with concrete pours on both sides after a settlement with cement finishers over non union workers. Union finishers had walked off the job, pickets remained, and disputes over meeting specifications persisted as Farnsworth and Chambers faced previous labor conflicts.
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Baytown
J. E. James
Farnsworth and Chambers
James
J.B. Bratton
Houston
Jecal
Farnsworth
Chambers
Baytown Ends 20 Day Run of 90 Degree Heat
Baytown cooled for the first time in days with Thursday night in the high 70s signaling a break in a 20 day streak of temperatures reaching or exceeding 90. The prior heat spell stretched 20 days, eclipsing last month’s 17-day stretch from June 1 to June 29.
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Baytown
Mercury
Definition Of Good Neighbor Contest Feedback Request
A Baytown Sun sponsored contest invites letters under 300 words to name a good neighbor and explain why they deserve the title. Entries mailed to The Editor Baytown Sun P.O. box 30 Baytown by Sept 1. Prizes include 25 15 and 5 19, open to area towns. employees’ families ineligible.
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Baytown Sun
P. QO
Baytown
May Ramsey showdown heats East Harris race to semis
The May Ramsey contest sharpens as both camps rally across Decker drive Market Street. May accuses Ramsey while Ramsey challenges May’s long tenure amid heated charges over a Cedar Bayou bridge and a 1947 bond issue. A grader blade was seen on Coady as campaigns clash.
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Poli’ County
W. W. Ramsey
Cedar Bayou &T
Hast Texas
Baytown
4Ramsey
Chamber ‘Oferce
Missioner
Ramsey
Coady
East Harris County votes in six contests and runoff fields
East Harris residents head to the polls for a six contest ballot in the Democratic runoff with 13 runoff candidates. Voters will decide on county commissioner red Ramsey versus Hugh May, plus state supreme court, legislature seats, district attorney, and Precinct 100 chair. A straw vote on voting machines will be held at most precincts. Polls open 7 am to 7 pm with results released after closing.
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Slone
Skeeters
Mes
OG. W
F Payle
Cedar. Bayou
Gym Uni
Luis
Red
Ramsey
Hugh May
Herris
Supreme
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Thanheiser
Willi
Bil
Biiett
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Jim
Thomas
Lambbright
Bill
Jitterbue
Henderson
Pire
Atorfiey
Sam Degis
Billy Scott
W. C. Tidmon
T.hulme
Tidmon
Hulme
Bell
Culver
Supreme Court
Baytown Sun Editorial Urges Support in Harris County Runoff
The Baytown Sun urges informed votes in the 1952 Democratic runoff. It endorses Spurgeon Bell for State Supreme Court and Sam W. Davis for district attorney, backs Bill Elliott in East Harris for state representative, and endorses James W. Yancy for another representative seat. The paper emphasizes local representation and a strong Harris County delegation for the next legislature.
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Harris County
Baytown Sun
Texas
State Supreme Court
the Sun
Spurgeon Bell
Houston
Judge Bell
High Court
Allan Shivers
Sam W. Davis
Davis
The
Sun
Baytown
Austin
Bill Elliott
Elliott
Pasadena
Hilliott
Yancy
Bullwhko
Baytown Fair approves premium list and rides plan
The Baytown Fair Executive Committee approved a premium list totaling 951.50 for 30 livestock prizes. Chairman B F Booth said the midway will feature 10 major rides plus children's rides and plans to give away a bicycle nightly. Firefighting and security details were discussed with Sumner presiding.
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Baytown
B. F. Booth
Booth
Mose Sumner
Art Lintelman
Sumer
Ted Lyman
B. F. Ammons
Robert Strickland
Gordon Farned
George Gentry
Dan Clinton
Dr. H. I Davis
X. B. Bellard
Floyd R. Higginbotham
J. C. Kannarr
Nelson McElroy
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