Hurricane near Florida coast strengthens with warnings issued
A Atlantic hurricane with 73 mph winds was 280 miles east of Melbourne Florida, moving west-northwest and forecast to turn northerly. Warnings were ordered from Vero Beach to Wilmington, NC, as residents along the coast brace for potential impacts while forecasts indicate possible strengthening before landfall. Local observers note the storm’s rapid development and heightened concern as officials urge readiness.
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Fla
Upper Florida
Leia
South Carolina
Rualy
Melbourne
Frida Peninsula
Vero Beach
Wilmington
N.C
Weather Bureau
Jane “Able
Leeward Islands
Bill Morrison
Jacksonville Beach
State approves tunnel approach links to Highway 73 extension
The state plans extend Highway 73 by 17 miles to the ordnance depot with a 1.6 mile tunnel approach and grade crossing over the Houston and North Shore Railroad. Spur 201 will connect tunnel entrance to West Main while links to Highways 146 and 225 tie La Porte to the south entrance. Holland Page bid 354,839 and F and C Engineering bid 667,302 for Southern approach and three level interchange. Farnsworth and Chambers subsidiary oversees the project.
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Ance
Black Duckay
Highway Department
Hayden Road
Ordinnance Depot
Houston
North Shore
West Main
la Porte
Holland Page
F and C Engineering Co
F and C
Farnsworth and Chambers, Inc
Sherwood and City Officials Attend School Sponsored Event
SHERWOOD vice president ashier and Ed Watson cashier of Citizens IVs will be in Austin Sunday through Wednesday attending a school sponsored by the Texas bankers association. Baytown staff and deputies will travel to St. Louis for the engineer course. The event features the Sheriff Me Eng Brown Bombers and a National Association of Engineers program with Baytown figures and local officials expected to attend.
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Sherwood
Precashier
Ed Watson
Citizens Ivs
Austin
Ts Association
Ing Bankers of Texas Enaimctors
Baytown
Spineer
WasheEssersity
St. Louis
Sponte
National Association Es
Peta
HERRING Seeks Homes For Four Pets In Town
A listing from ana Town i Af details a male collie available for adoption. Contact at 1407 East for more information and to arrange viewing. The report notes ongoing efforts to place animals and praises community involvement.
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Herring
Labor Day Rush Grips Nation As Roads Fill Up
United Press reports Labor Day weekend saw a nationwide travel surge with forty million cars on the roads as schools reopen. The National Safety Council in Chicago warned 480 traffic deaths, near seven times the U.S. military toll in Korea, amid heavy use of buses trains and airlines and ambulances deployed in Milwaukee to deter speeders.
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National Safety Council
Chicago
Milwaukee
Korea
Registration at Alamo and Lamar Schools
Loy principal announces September 4 registration for Alamo and Lamar elementary pupils. Lamar: first to third grades register at 8 30 a.m in the auditorium, fourth to sixth at 9 30 a.m. All grades assemble at 9 a.m. to complete registration.
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Alamo
Lamar
MM. Loy
Aleme
Loy
Cool Night Brings Taste Of Autumn In Texas
Baytarians slept early as 68 degree temperatures set the coolest night since June. Thursday hit 92 with past weeks above 95 as wind shifted from southwest to east, signaling Warner weather return. Drought persists across East Harris County and Texas. Lufkin posted 35 while Dallas enjoyed cooler, more comfortable air.
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Baytarians
Warner
Drouth
Harris County
Texas
Lufkin
Dallas
Biggest Air Assault Hits Pyongyang Capital
Warplanes from the United States Australia South Korea and South Africa joined in a massive attack on Pyongyang the North Korean capital marking one of the heaviest air raids of the Korean War. The raid followed a Radio Seoul alert and involved multiple waves, with fighter bombers jets and Sabre aircraft engaging and claiming several enemy fighters in defense of the operation.
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Warren Franklin
Seoul
Korea
Pyongyang
Radio
Sariwon - Pyongyang
United States
Australia
South Korea
South Africa
Red
Id .A
Charles 4. Gabriel
Oxford
N.C
Crosby FFA Leads At Crosby Fair Grand Champion Steer Named
The Crosby FFA sixth annual fair crowned a Crosby Boy steer as grand champion in market cattle. Doss’ Hereford won reserve grand as Hooks showed the reserve. Brahman cross and Angus entries dominated the beef classes with 200 plus FFA and 4 H members exhibiting. A Brahman bell calf won grand beef, and an Angus bull owned by Johnny Mercer earned reserve. The event drew over 13 rodeo attendees and featured multiple young exhibitors from Crosby and nearby areas.
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Crosby Boy
Doss
Hereford
FFA
James Doss
Louis Wilburn
Baytown
Crosby
Crosby Ffa
Ben Vance
Sheldon Panmonia
Thelusayacee Reber
Hooks
Ernest Sebesta
Gur Jeans
East Gate
Johnny Mercer
Jeans
Crosby Fair Opens With Parade Float Wins First Prize
The Czech Moravian Youth Council float won first prize in the Crosby Fair parade opening the three day event at the fairgrounds. Second prize went to Girl Scout Troop 473 with a watermelon float, and Brady Lumber Co. took third for a modern home replica. Calf scrambles and rodeo events start nightly, with Baytown day festivities Friday and Highlands honored Saturday.
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Corncil
Crosby Ffa
Fairgrounds
Redco
Brady Lumber Co
Baytown
Highlands
Angeline Adam
Pat Petters
Cora Lynn Stuckey
FFA
Six Men Hurt By Wild Stock In Crosby Fair Rodeo
Rough stock at Crosby Fair rodeo last night left six men injured. Baytown hospital treated C D Harrison of Pasadena with two ribs broken and facial injuries after a rider’s bucking horse. La Porte rider Johnny Ludke was kicked in the head by a bull. Three other unnamed men were sent home after being thrown and kicked. Melvin Naylor of Three Rivers won the calf-roping contest and Trace Brook of Tomball took steer bulldogging. Jack Long of San Antonio was noted as a champion trick roper.
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Baytown
Fsomas
Sclipson
Wharton
C.D. Harrison
Pasadena
Johnny Ludke
la Porte
Melvin Naylor
Three Rivers
Trace Brook
Tomball
Jack Long
San Antonio
City Takes Control of Gas Rates in Houston
The Houston City Council enacted an ordinance to regulate gas rates for Houston Natural Gas Corp despite mixed opposition. The measure, in effect Friday, aims to protect residential customers though large industrial rates face no fixed ordinance constraints. Massey of Houston Natural Gas said commercial rates are not controlled and pledged no rate hikes without council approval.
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Houston Natural Gas Corp
J.A. Ward
H. M. Campbell
R.A. Pruett
W. D. Reeves
Harry Massey
Baytown
Alassey
Massey
Area Rice Farmers To Discuss Threat May Pay Extra Levy
Southeast Texas rice farmers fear salt water jeopardizing a 10 million acre crop. The Trinity river salt water found prompts dam construction by canal operators, with a 50 cent per acre levy to fund the dam plus ongoing water costs. A meeting at Mont Belvieu will address the levy and public works.
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Texas
Trinity River
Southern Canal
Mont Belvieu
Anahiac
Devers
Fariers
San Jacinto
Baytown
Highlands
Vonkee
Guy C. Jackson
O Ther Rice
Demand for Texas drouth aid blocked by funding gap
Texas self help demand for federal drouth relief stalled as Governor Allan Shivers reports no state funds to meet the program's matching requirement. He notes the request was based on hundreds of farmers and ranchers hit by a third-year drought, urging quicker action to avoid more delay.
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Austin
Texas
Allan Shivers
Foley
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Fort Worth
Lodge Challenges Stevenson On Civil Rights And Filibuster
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge blasted Gov Adlai E Stevenson as insincere on civil rights amid debates over FEPC and Senate filibusters. Stevenson pledged to push anti filibuster action if elected, while Eisenhower opposes compulsory FEPC. Lodge signaled readiness to fight rules changes to advance civil rights legislation. Eisenhower backers floated a wait‑your‑turn stance to Stevenson's attacks.
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Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Senate
Massachusetts
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Stevenson
New York
Lodge
White House
Child Found During Wide Baytown Search After Going Nearby
Claudie Eva Salach five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs G A Salach of Co Road wandered away at 7 pm Thursday. Over 100 searchers including Baytown Emergency Corps and WL Townsend found her at 1 pm Friday visiting the home of Paul Dickerson about a mile from her home.
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Claudie Eva Salach
G A. Salach
Co Road
Claudie
Baytown
Stevenson Meets Baruch as Inflation Talk Circles Ike
Adlai E. Stevenson had a breakfast with Bernard Baruch at the New York financier and ex-adviser’s apartment as he seeks support and weighs inflation ideas amid a bid to challenge Dwight D. Eisenhower. Baruch avoided pledging support and planned a future meeting with Eisenhower while Stevenson’s camp hints at staged clashes to sharpen his East appeal.
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Baruch
Dwight D. Ei
Senhower
Stevenson
Eisenhower
East
Bernard MM. Baruch
New York
White House
Barucsh
Ewo
Price controls lifted on consumer goods in decontrol move
Washington reports government ends price controls on many noninflationary items including television sets and china. Meanwhile food prices rise to a new peak after Congress decontrolled them, with pork and chicken driving the gain as the cost of living threatens another record high.
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Maureen Gothlin
Washington
Congress
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Uime
Office of Price Stabilization
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