Senate Group Charges Radio Writers Guild Infiltration
The Senate In-Depth committee reported that radio and television writers are under pro Communist influence and that a core group led by Peter Lyon and Millard Lampell dominates the Radio Writers Guild. Testimony alleges pro Communist elements in radio and advertising “boom” sympathizers into top writing jobs and warns of pro Communist propaganda in radio entertainment.
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John L. Steelengington
Aus
Senate
In- Money Committee
Eis
Waiters Guild
Pat McCarran
D-Nev
Egsran
James O. Eastland
McCarran
Radio Writers Guild
Alexander Trachtenberg
Ruth Adams Knight
Welbourn E. Kelley
Miss Knight
City council approves 15 percent rate hike for General Tele
The 15 per cent increase for General Telegraph and its Baytown service goes into effect with the August 21 billing date but further company action remains unclear. Council members Pruett and Campbell opposed a 50 per cent rate rise compromise, citing budget and salary concerns as a knotty issue. The Baytown rate case is expected to be discussed at a Dallas board meeting, with Attorney Strickland noting possible rate hearings or court actions and predicting the company will study impacts of the hike. The total monthly revenue increase is estimated over $26,000, with $22,000 more to be determined.
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Ampany
Amen
R. H Pruett
M. L. Campbell
EW Angsty
W.T. Busch Low
Dallas
Baytown
Robert Strickland
Telephone Company
Stricklands
Strickland
Price chief Woods vows housewife consult on cuts
As the new price stabilizer Tighe E. Woods will consult American housewives before decisions. He will step down as rent stabilizer and says consumer viewpoint will guide handling price controls, steel price impacts, and food costs amid rising living expenses.
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Maureen Gotiilin
Washington
Tighe E. Woods
Woods
Ellis
Arnall
Pasadena woman killed in head on collision near Genoa
A Pasadena woman, Edith McCurdy, was killed in a head on crash on old Galveston highway one quarter mile north of Genoa. Four others, including Kellogg Baytown worker Gerald Campbell, were critically injured. The injured include Richard A. Leary and Michael Fitzmaurice from Ellington Field, Beverly Liggett who was in Leary’s car, and Mrs. McCurdy’s passenger status noted. Investigators suggested Campbell drove on the wrong side of the road. An inquest was held at the scene with verdict pending. No charges filed.
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Pasadena
Baytown
Genoa
Galveston
Edith McCurdy
Gerald Campbell
Kellogg Corporation of
Ale Richard A. Leary
Michael Fitzmaurice
Ellington Field
Beverly Jean Liggett
Spots lodge to meet mS of La Porte's Eagles
In Spots lodge To Meet mS OF La Porte's Eagles , will hold their first a meeting at 7:20 pm. for Eagles Lodge. Miner and committee chairmen Sovnted to enfilled posts to organization. RATION COURT Judge McCullough and Court 'am. Florence Powell y had been granted $10 in salary increases. "Of the City Council just the court employes ative an increase in pay adt session Tuesday fet Raise
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la Porte
Eagles
Eagles Lodge
McCullough
Florence Powelly
Adlai Urges Legion to Fight Communism Without Burning Down the Barn
Democratic nominee Adlai E. Stevenson told the American Legion in Madison Square Garden that patriotism means love of the republic and not hatred of Russia. He warned against using patriotism as a club and criticized McCarthyite methods as he addressed the Legion at its national convention.
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Raymond Lahr
New York
Adlai E. Stevenson
American Legion
Theegion
Madison Square Garden
Republic
Russia
Joseph R. McCarthy
Fragmented Readable Fragments Trigger Quiet Community Notes
A highly damaged OCR clip mentions many names and places including Cherry Tree Sanborn Garrison Hopkins Riker Rogan and California. It references grandparents teens and a campus GoLa but the details are obscured by garbled text. The piece reads like scattered local blips, random names, and vague events with no clear single story or outcome.
Highlands Firemen Launch Fund Drive for New Building
Highlands Volunteer Fire Department will start a fund raising drive this weekend to raise 10000 for a new building and expansion of equipment. Secretary Herbert L. Dawkins says the lot adjacent to the current building will host the project with labor donated by firemen. The building aims to serve as a community center for Highlands with public support to avoid relocation.
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Highlands Firemen
Highlands Volunteer Fire Department
Rage Spacer
Herbert L. Dawkins
Dawkins
Fire Department
Auxiliary
Citie
Highlands
Highlands Fire Department
Crosby FFA Fair Opens With Record Enthusiasm
Crosby officials predict the annual FFA Community Fair will be the biggest yet as opening day approaches. Box seat tickets sell fast and five high school bands will march in the grand parade. The town proclaims a state of West to keep order while the new jail on main street holds violators, though no hanging count is provided.
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Sociation
Crosby
C. O. Dusek
Humble High School
Channelstew
Baytown
Barbers Hill
Crosby High
Tosday
West
Dusek
Harrop Assigned to Humble Houston Operations
James Harrop, longtime Baytown Refinery superintendent, will become manager of operations in Humble 671 and Refining Co.'s Houston office on Sept. 1. The Houston post is new and temporary under Frumble's training program. Herbert H. Meier will take Harrop's Baytown post, while Dr. W. B. Franklin assumes Meier's old role. Harrop has been a veteran Humble executive in Baytown.
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James Harrop
Baytown
Houston
Humble 671 and Refining Co
Harrop
Frumble
Herbert H. Meier
W. B. Franklin
Meier
Humble
Envoys In Final Try To Settle Iran Fight
In Tehran on August 27 1951 American and British envoys met Premier Mossadegh for three hours in what Iranian sources called a final attempt to end the deadlock over oil. US envoy Loy W Henderson and Britain's George Middleton visited Mossadegh at his guarded home as talks aimed to settle the oil question continued. Local papers said an agreement may be signed allowing Jones Cities Service Co to manage and market Iranian oil.
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Tehran
Iran
ITB
Mohammed Mossadegh
Mossadegh
Loy W. Henderson
Britain
George Middleton
W. Alton Jones
Tran
Jones’ Cities Service Co
UN Planes Blast Bunker Hill Reds
United Nations fighter-bombers launched a heavy strike on Communist positions in the Bunker Hill area near Panmunjom. F-84 Thunderjets Shooting Stars and F-51 Mustangs led the attack, marking the Fifth Air Force’s first major operation in five days with four wings targeting the sector.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Bunker Hill
Fifth Air Force
Panmunjom
Truce Talks Recessed For Fifth Straight Week
PANMUNJOM Aug 27 The third week of truce talks recessed after the Communists demanded the UN end persecutions and slaughters of prisoners of war. The Reds began a 33 minute session by presenting a statement calling for a responsible accounting for past prisoner slaughters.
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Panmunjom
United Nations
Lane Won’t Concede After Runoff Thwarted Loss
Wharton Aug 27 Sheriff Buckshot Lane again refuses to concede his defeat in last Saturday’s runoff primary and plans Austin talks with attorneys to contest the election that sent Rep. Clark W Thompson to Congress. Lane, defeated by 252 votes out of about 60 000, cites distrust in Galveston county voting, top heavy for Thompson, a Galveston native. In Austin, State Senator Gus J Strauss says he sent telegrams urging the Senate Crime Investigating Committee chair Ottis E Lock of Lufkin to review the election. In Lufkin Lock says no immediate session planned.
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Wharton
T. W
Buckshot
Austin
Gus J. Strauss
Ottis E. Lock
Lufkin
State Senate
Ninth Congressional District
Senate
Lock
Prohibition Party Names Houstonians for State Posts
A Port Arthur man and a Houston woman will head the Prohibition Party ticket for state offices. R. A. Bradley was named governor candidate and Mrs. Ruth Golbey lieutenant governor. Rev. Gerald Overholt was chosen for the US Senate. Lawrence of Kemah and Dr. Lucille Dickson of Corsicana were nominated for state agriculture commissioner and state treasurer respectively. The platform urged state tidelands ownership and called for statewide prohibition.
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Houston
Port Arthur
Prohibition Party
R. A. Bradley
Ruth Golbey
Gerald Overholt
US Senate
Wls. Lawrence
Kemah
Lucille Dickson
Corsicana
Tidelands
Texas GOP nominates Democrat for president cross filings
Texas Republicans at their state convention unanimously embraced the entire Democratic ticket headed by Gov Allan Shivers and Attorney General Price Daniel. The party used cross filing to place the Democratic slate on both party columns for the November ballot, unless a Democrat withdraws within 20 days. Shivers weighed the GOP overtures while Stevenson remained firm against tidelands veto threats.
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San Antonio
Texas
Lone Star
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Allan Shivers
Price Daniel
U. S
Jo Eisenhower
Partinless
Amarillo
Eisenhower
Chicago
Herbert Hoover
al Smith
Tidelands
Shivers
Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Truman
Ganiel
Shivers To Broadcast From Austin On Tideland Stand
Governor Allan Shivers will address Texans at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in a statewide broadcast through the Texas State Network. He discussed his Saturday meeting with Gov. Adlai Stevenson on tidelands, while Stevenson endorsed Truman precedent and vetoed tideland legislation. Shivers and Atty. Gen. Price Daniel oppose Stevenson and urged a double set of electors supporting Eisenhower. The office said citizens’ replies to his stance ran about 747 to 1 ratio in favor.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
Texas
Adlai Stevenson
Shivers
Tidelands
Stevenson
Truman
Atty
Price Daniel
Daniel
Dwight D. Eisenhower
American Legion Demands Dismissal of Acheson
The American Legion demanded on Wednesday the immediate dismissal of Secretary of State Dean Acheson, signaling heightened pressure over foreign policy during August news coverage.
Cedar Bayou School District Boosts Budget and Taxes
Cedar Bayou trustees approve a 350,653 budget for the coming year, up 73,046 from last year as tax assessments rise by 10 percent. The district cites higher salary costs, two new high school teachers, and a prior 28,000 deficit. staff retention efforts follow teachers leaving for better pay.
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Cedar Bayou
Board of Trustees
J. M. Huber
Coust
Atlantic storms threaten Bahama Islands as hurricane nears
The Miami weather bureau at 9 a.m. est warned a full scale hurricane, moving west-northwest at 8 to 10 mph, was about 230 miles north-northeast of San Juan and 1,050 miles east-southeast of Miami. If current course continues, it could strike the Bahama Islands after slow intensification. Ships reported danger winds on the storm's northern side while a separate front east of Jacksonville spawns 35 mph winds along the coast.
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Vncane
Miami
Miami Weather Bureau
Ince
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Grady Norton
Bahama Islands
Hudson Firth
Imperial Toronto
Norton
Atlantic
Jacksonville
Fla
Chesapeake Bay
Hatteras
North Carolina
Arctic
Storm could end drought but hurricane path unclear
A tropical hurricane moving toward the Bahama Islands offers the best chance to break the Southwestern drought and bring rain, but its path remains uncertain. Forecasters warn Bermuda high conditions are broken, leaving the hurricane free to move toward Florida, Louisiana, or Texas shores, with Florida less likely to help inland rain than Texas or Louisiana. Meanwhile Southwest heat continues with many Texas cities above 100 and damage nearing 100 million dollars with at least 21 deaths.
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United Press
Atlantic
Bahama Islands
Drouth
Dallas
Texas
Bermuda
United Rates
Florida
Louisiana
Southwest
Wichita Falls
Presidio
Abileng
Fort Worth
Tidelands Plan Prepared Experts Work On Adlai's Proposal
Washington Aug 27 government staff from Interior and Justice Departments and the Senate Interior committee are examining Stevenson plan to settle tidelands oil dispute. They discuss state shares and higher oil revenue cuts while preparing for a possible Stevenson presidency. An estimated 4 billion dollars in oil lies off Texas Louisiana and California coasts. Senator Ellenor Las signals a new ownership bill when Congress reconvenes in January after Truman vetoed a similar measure last May.
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Bettx Pryor
Washington
Staf
Senate
Adlai E. Stevenson
Tidelands
Supreme Court
Interior and Justice’ Departments
Senate Interior Committee
Texas
Louisiana
California
Afien J. Ellender D4las
Congress
Truman
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Legion
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Cherry Tree
Sanborn
Lois Hopkins
Oregon
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Wwe
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