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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1954
Page
2
The power outage caused only minor injuries to a lineman while many patrons fled the Brunson theater to escape heat. H. E. Brunson, wine ager of East Texas Theaters, Inc., issued refunds to early movie-goers who left, noting they would likely return later to see the show.
Livestock market report from Fort Worth on July 27 shows cattle receipts at 4900 with cows strong 50 to 100 higher, bulls steady, steers and yearlings mixed. calves active with slaughter calves up 1.00 or more. Hogs steady to higher with sows up. mix of weights and classes listed across参.
Shreveport editor Al Hewitt of the Shreveport Times says the paper will pay 100 to a Stamps Arkansas man if he proves to be Texarkana 1946 phantom killer Raymond M Chandler. Texarkana officers are still investigating. If Chandler is the phantom the pay will be made as agreed. The disclosure reportedly prompted Chandler's confession to Shreveport police last week.
In Waco on Monday Garland Lee Walles 35 fell ill while climbing a 133 foot water tower and died at a city hospital. He hung by one foot for about thirty minutes before coworkers lowered him. Fellow climber R J Scott reported hearing a grunt and seeing his partner collapse as his gear needed freeing.
Page One continues with consultation on the Hai Nan incident. Besides two Pan American crews, pilots of other flights reported being escorted in the Hainan area. Captain J B Brugger said his Air France constellation was tailed for three minutes en route from Saigon to Hong Kong. Brugger described the pursuing planes as Breen painted jets. An Air France spokesman later said the aircraft were Communist planes despite lacking red markings. There was speculation the following planes were American rather than Communist.
Dallas actor John Carrol sues Dallas insurance executive Vick Bol Moward for 205000 alleging an April altercation at the Shamrock hotel in Houston caused injuries. He claims he was struck in a dining room, was unable to work in movies radio and tv, and lost earnings from his farm and private club. The suit seeks 150000 actual damages 50000 exemplary and 5100 for medical costs. Howard declined further comment.
Communist court in Prague sentenced Roman Catholic Bishop Stephan Trochta to 25 years in Litomerice prison on spy charges. East German radio reported the bishop was convicted of engaging for the Vatican in espionage activities aimed at overthrowing the Czechoslovak regime.
Five Egyptian sources say Egypt and Britain agree on principle of withdrawal from the Suez Zone. An official British statement notes progress in the past 24 hours toward clauses for a possible new Anglo Egyptian treaty. Egyptian sources expect a preliminary agreement to be initialed at a later Tuesday meeting. Meanwhile in Rhode Island Gilbert Stuart’s birthplace hosts a restored snuff mill wheel in its kitchen.
Mexico City July 27 UP A government spokesman said population rose 3 percent annually. Dr Fernando Exparza Martinez noted 1900 with 13 million residents, 1950 about 26 million, then births outpacing deaths. Infant mortality remains high, with one in ten babies dying before age one. he urged extending official fraternity services to rural areas.
Ruth Bryan Owen Hohde, daughter of William Jennings Bryan and first American woman envoy to a foreign country, dies at 68 in Copenhagen. Capt Boerge Rohde, her third husband, at her side. She entered Bispebjerg Hospital for treatment three weeks ago after illness.
An unidentified Latino youth about 20 was killed by a southbound Missouri Pacific freight train Tuesday inside Harlingen city limits. Police said both legs and the right arm were severed and he died at Valley Baptist Hospital at 6 am about an hour after the collision.
Funeral services for Mrs. T. S. Arthur will be held at 5 p.m. Wednesday in Kingsville. Mrs. Arthur died at her home in Kingsville on Sunday. Among the survivors are daughter Mrs. J. S. Busha of TIG Wast James.
A dense listing of industrial firms and energy concerns appears, noting transactions and prices across major players such as American Cyanamid, Dow Chemical, Du Pont, Texaco, Gulf Oil, U S Steel, Libby McNeill, Packard Motors, and General Motors. The fragmentary OCR reads like a broker’s cross section of equities and bonds with numerous misspellings and partial names.
Fighting officially stopped in northern Viet Nam as French authorities reported cease fire at 7 am under the Geneva truce. Reports say the cease fire generally held in the north, but battles raged in a dozen other sectors of Indochina with forces ordered to fire only if attacked by Communists.
The Baytown Sun published weekdays in Baytown Texas with editor Fred Hartman and publisher Syd Gould. Advertising director Beulah Mas Jackson and managing editor Warren Edwards oversee duties as subscription rates are listed for carrier and mail, with pay in advance.
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