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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1954
Page
1
Jay Catherwood Hormel, chairman of Geo A. Hormel & Co. and leader of a major meat packing firm, died early Monday at his home in Austin. He was 62. A company spokesman cited a coronary as the cause of death.
Cleveland police search for a man who fatally clubbed Raymond G. Weirouch, 36, a CIO local union official, as he tried to park near his home. Investigators say the motive remains unclear and no union trouble is linked to the slaying.
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co and the CIO union representing 51,000 employees in six states signed a new one year contract after a marathon 24 hour negotiation. The agreement provides weekly wage increases from 1.0 to 32.50 and reclassifies 14 cities within the Southwestern system to higher base pay. The old contract expired at midnight, but no party had issued a 30 day notice as required.
About 4,200 pupils enrolled in Hobbs New Mexico on a desegregated basis for the first time in town history. Despite a bitter dispute between two parent groups, no incidents were reported during eight days of enrollment across two junior highs six elementary schools and one senior high school.
A garbled stock list shows many company names like Allis-Chalmers, American Telephone, Calvan Oil, Celanese, Celotex, Dow Chemical, Du Pont, Eastman Kodak, Goodyear Tire, Gulf Oil, Humble Oil, Gen Electric, Levi, Monsanto, and more alongside a closing remark noting that more women than men wear glasses in the United States, about 47 percent of wearery are women.
Allan Shivers won the Texas Democratic gubernatorial primary with 771,368 votes to Ralph Yarborough’s 678,320, securing a new two year lease on the governorship. The result, praised by President Eisenhower, could tilt the state party toward Shivers supporters at the Sept. 14 Mineral Wells convention, amid a split with Yarborough loyalists.
Blind Texas veteran Criss Cole, 86, learning he won a Texas House seat in the Democratic primary, spoke of the thrill and thanked supporters. He was at a seeing eye dog farm in Morristown New Jersey when the news arrived. Cole, a World War II Marine who later earned a law degree, beat Ray Lemmon by about four to one as Harris County returns poured in. He pledged to represent Harris County and thanked voters and friends for their support.
President Eisenhower signed a new atomic energy law after a hard fight including a 13 day Senate filibuster. The measure updates the basic act and aims to strengthen free world security and hasten the use of nuclear power for constructive purposes.
Aug 30 livestock market notes from Fort Worth show cattle 8000 head with slow demand and mixed prices. Heifers and cows are weaker while stocker steers and calves hold steady to higher notes. In Cheshire Canada an auto incident left Henry Antoinoliff and his wife injured when a car sped into a tree after a pedal mix up. the other vehicle escaped.
The Lions Club will not hold its regular weekly meeting this August as a fifth Tuesday approaches. The group plans a special Wife's Day at an upcoming club gathering, while a separate note mentions the year’s second consecutive low domestic airline passenger load factor.
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