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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1956
Page
2
Readable TV listing fragment shows Friday and Saturday prime time blocks across networks with programs like Captain Kangaroo Roy Rogers Wagon shows and theater slots. Includes news weather sports and late night features with multiple station times and titles scattered throughout.
Six Baytown men will leave for Wyoming next Wednesday to begin their annual hunting trek. The group includes Freda men, Pruett, Fox, Richardson, Cheney Coker, Ray Prince, Lou Ferrell and Jimmy Carpenter. They will hunt across three states, spending two weeks in each, with an expected return around September 0. Later they will head to Colorado around Bet 00 and Arizona by November 5 for elk, antelope, and bear pursuits.
Charles C Marable dies Thursday in Bellville at age 4. He leaves two Bavionians as children Mass burial planned Saturday in Bellville. Survived by Harry Marable and Mrs Ora Cochran of Baytown plus three other sons and two daughters.
The American Bar Association nears the end of its 79th annual meeting with a likely yearlong stance against courtroom photography. Canon 35 and canon 20 examines pretrial statements and cameras as a distraction. a public relations debate warns quick action could harm media and courts. Meanwhile, Harris County freeway rights funding awaits, with $17 million held by the state to buy rights of way for interstate links, aiming to spur Baytown area growth and traffic.
Kiwanis Club president Sam Alford led an open forum as members recapped a year of projects. Secretary Dave Tracht listed scholarships to Robert E. Lee High School students, sponsorship of Scouts, teen baseball, high school assemblies, pre college counseling, and campaigns to promote voting. The club paid hospital bills for 29 children after tonsillectomies and inducted Ewell A. Clark as a new member. Guests included Jim Fryer Reverend Clyde Potts and others.
Maurice Bourges-Maun outlines new French troop sends to the eastern Mediterranean with rapid divisions and parachutists landing in Cyprus and Nicosia. U.S. officials in Washington denounce the decision as contrary to moderation and say no advance notice was given. In Cairo, V K Hrishna Meron persuades Nasser toward a conciliatory stance ahead of impending talks, while Nasser expresses regret at Eisenhower's internationalization of the Suez Canal.
Barbers Hill Schools reported 575 students for Friday classes, five more than last year. High school had 198 students and elementary 287. First grade enrollment fell, but transfers into grades four through eight offset the decline.
The Federation Tax Administrators said tobacco tax receipts rose after a downturn since 1953. In 1955 a 3.6 per cent tax increase revived revenue, with states collecting about 498 million dollars. The report notes the upward shift followed years of decline among smokers and federal estimates.
A crowd confronts officers as white townspeople protest desegregation near Mansfield elementary and high schools. Officials report 487 elementary and 275 high students. Governor Shivers is asked for more police while legal orders from Judge Estes and the Fifth Circuit shape desegregation progress. Charles Moody seeks to play football for Mansfield. Jimmie Irene Moni files for two other pupils amid ongoing legal appeals.
In Aaron addition transfers affect register with COA notes. Taligat at 2103 Wright requests bus transport for Ashbel Smith first graders to avoid crossing Highway 146, but Gentry says transport ineligibility persists. James Bowie school may serve Mithydale and Ism areas as streets develop for auto access.
A list of land transfers shows multiple individuals and spouses, including William Scott and Martha Eben, Chin, Arabella Fisher, Victor Calma, Nirgig Culma, Zor Heryn, Agnes Partinberry, and Ella James, each conveying tracts in the John Tams league. The text records conveyances between named parties and receivers, reflecting property transactions of a local era.
Former Sen Harry P Cain, a member of the Subversive Activities Control Board, accuses the Washington pension union of being a Communist front. He says the group is controlled by Moscow and urges it to register with the attorney general. Cain defends earlier push to disqualify him, and notes the union’s early aims were benign but later aligned with Communist influence.
A garbled OCR passage lists numerous names including Lina Nan Carter Dorothy Hardison Janet Stan and others, with partial surnames and fragmented notes. The fragment reads like a roster or faculty listing from a college but lacks coherent context or complete details.
Roy Butler was throwing a baseball against a concrete wall when the ball bounced off and struck a bird, killing it. The incident occurred in Huntland and involved no other people or property damage.
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