Ended: National Stockyards strike at East St Louis
At East St Louis National Stockyards the AFL Livestock Handlers Local 225 ended a strike begun November 14 and approved a company funded settlement. An embargo on stock shipments is lifted at noon, with 20 sales to occur through Monday. The agreement includes life and sickness policies, three weeks vacation for three-year employees, and a standing labor relations committee with state and federal conciliators.
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St-St. Louis
East St. Louis
Oscar Diefenbach
AFL Livestock Handlers Local 225
J. G Schafer
National
Jol Schafer
Diefenbach
Ex-convicts protest rate hike push in Houston era
In Houston the Scripps-Howard owned Houston Press urged readers to mail protest against Southwestern Bell Telephone rate increases approved by Public Service Director Clinton Owsley and the city council. The article notes Mayor Holcombe’s order for rates to take effect and cites comments from West University Place, Pasadena, Bellaire officials urging caution and public input. Meanwhile Oklahoma City reports ex-convict Johnny Lee Herring near death after being slashed in an attack, with doctors performing a lengthy operation to save his life as investigators examine potential ties to a prior Byford trial.
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Fouston
Houston Press
Scripps-Howard
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Public Service
Clinton Owsley
Oscar Holcombe
Southwestern Bell
Sam Hoover
Bellaire
Everet West
Heuster
Largest Ship To Dock Here Arrives Sunday
Port Director W F Heavey said the tanker from Philadelphia will be the largest in beam and tonnage to enter the port and will load cargo here before departing for Panama.
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Panamaniea
Panama
W. F. Heavey
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Bricker Sees coalition plan for conservatives
In Coltribus Ohio Senator John W Bricker said Republicans may abandon loyalists and form a coalition with Conservative Southern Democrats to halt the welfare state trend He named James Byrnes and Dwight Eisenhower as ideal partners and urged a program uniting all Americans without minority group bias A highway collision report from Hillsboro Ohio notes Gordon Swift of Temple injured in an early morning wreck
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Coltribus
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Republican Party
Bricker
Dome Steps
James F. Byrnes
Dwight D. Eiseshower
Columbia University
Byrnes
South
Carolingémocrat
Scientists Now Work On Super A-Bomb Projects
Scientists describe using light elements to mirror the sun's hydrogen to helium process. The Atomic Energy Commission pushes basic research at Los Alamos into nuclear properties with the aim of making rapid, controlled reactions. A Washington physicist notes it is scientifically possible and may be engineering feasible, recalling past questions about uranium bombs.
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Page'lergy
Atomic Emercy Commission
Los Alamos
Mexico
Science
Earth
Washington
Permitting Gaming Brings $100 Fine
A charge of permitting intermittent gambling earned Wylie Ferguson a $100 fine for operating a club on Huggins Street. He pleaded guilty Friday. court ordered confiscation of club furniture and fixtures. The gambling charge followed a daylight raid by Police Chief H B McHee and Assistant Chief Roy Montgomery weeks earlier. Six other men in the place paid fines in the same court. A new drug thephorin was noted as effective in treating Parkinsonian symptoms.
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Wylie Ferguson
Huggins Street
John Snell
County-Co
H. B. McHee
Roy Montgomery
Corporation Court
Jeck and Judy Puppet Show for Baytown Students
A health education puppet show titled Jeck and Judy will tour Beytown area schools next week. Presented by Mr. and Mrs. Cephas Felly and backed by the State Department of Public Health, the program stresses dental health and its link to general health and study. County nurses Mrs. Ethel Hendrys and Mrs. Joan Johnson will accompany the show at the listed schools in Alamo Lamar Ashbel Anson Jones Sam Joseph's Baytown Elementary Barnett De Zavala Cedar Bayou MecNair Highlands Barrett Settlement.
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Beytown
Jeck and Judy
Cephas Felly
State Department of Public Health
Division of Dental Health
Ethel Hendrys
Joan Johnson
Mondey
Alamo
Lamar
Ashbel
Anson Jones
Sam Joseph's
Baytown Elementary
Thurissy— Barnett
de Zavala
Cedar Bayou
MecNair
Highlands
Barrett Settlement
Kiwanians Attend Bi State Meet In Fort Worth
Kiwanians Bragg Calloway and James Sherwood will leave tonight for Fort Worth to attend the mid winter meeting of the Texas Oklahoma district of Kiwanis. Sherwood, incoming president of the Baytown Kiwanis Club, and Calloway, lieutenant governor for Southeast Texas, participate in the executive meetings and district instructional sessions.
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Bragg Calloway
James Sherwood Willeave
Fort, Worth
Hiwanis Club
Sherwood
Kiwanis Club
Baytown
Calloway
Texas
Three Students Die In Oklahoma U Dormitory Blaze
A dormitory fire at Oklahoma University killed three students and left many others unaccounted as responders fought the blaze. Survivors, many in pajamas, gathered near embers while officials conducted roll calls and searched ash ruins for missing residents. Fraternity houses and other dorms offered temporary shelter amid a chaotic scene.
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Oklahoma
Glenn Couch
Norman
Fire in the Barracks Sparks Casual Aftermath Report
A smoke filled scene describes soldiers fleeing a blaze with calm amid loss. One survivor recalls finding a blanket and a partially burned room. He notes injuries are not serious despite the inferno and lists personal losses including nearly everything except a single underwear set.
Baytown gun charge and game shift report
Baytown man faces discharge of firearms in city limits after shooting the lock off a neighbor's door and admitting ongoing .22 caliber gunfire in the area. A separate case fined a bartender $50 in corporation court for firing through a plate glass window during an argument. Cedar Bayou’s season opener against Liberty was canceled. instead they will play Crosby on Tuesday.
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Baytown
Bertender
Corporation Court
Cedar Bayu
Liberty
Dravid
Cotton
Watkins
Cedar Bayou
Crosby
Man To Plead In Theft Case After Denying Kidnapping
ROCHESTER NY December 3 Nicholas Brooks 40 to be arraigned on grand larceny charge after denying he kidnapped a 15 year old boy or drowned his wife of six months The Rome house painter said his wife Gilda 26 accidentally fell from a pier into the Genesee River November 5 after a predawn argument witnessed by Orsemus Bitely also of Rome Bitely held as a minor in a shelter said Brooks kidnapped him from Oklahoma City to hide the drowning Police plan to investigate Bitelys account further Brooks said he heard his wifes scream but could not save her in the dark The arraignment involves a complaint that he sold a mortgaged automobile Brooks and the youth fled after throwing the pocketbook in the water The boy said they drove to Oklahoma City Brooks later threatened to accuse him of the womans murder The youth said he was taken at gunpoint in Rome and forced to drive to Rochester on November 3
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N. Y
Nicholas
Brooks
Rome
New York
Gilda
Genesee River
Orsemus Bitels
Bitely
Oklahoma City
FBI
Ft. Wayne
Bis
Oklahoma
Cotton Growers With Cuts In Quotas May Get Protection
Regional cotton acreage figures show large cuts and a potential protection program. States listed include California with 622599 acres down 34 percent, Texas 7637028 down 27 percent, Georgia 1711300 down 4 percent, Mississippi 2295545 down 15 percent, North Carolina 723153 down 9 percent, Oklahoma 1243297 down 4 percent, Tennessee 703653 down 14 percent, Florida 44570 down 10 percent, Illinois 4142 down 20 percent, and Virginia 28352 down 5 percent. Continuous declines across many states suggest policy relief may follow.
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Engeansas
California
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Florida
Ilinois
Kentucky
Nevada
Virginis
Santa Parade Dazzles Crowds With Western Star In Parade
Waiting crowds cheer as Don Red Barry rides in a convertible amid a bustling holiday parade. Santa arrives trailing his airplane banner while Claude Stroud of Houston appears in a showy carriage. Distributive Education Club wins the float prize. Snow White costumes credited to Sally Supple and Fay Jean Brown. Judges Bragg Callaway Mervin Jacobs Barry Dryden Rainn McCamy. Parade chairman W S House assisted by Don Shepherd Ed Watson. Civic notes mark funeral of Mrs Craig Cullinan Sr in Houston and last rites for Dr H K McKay Sr of Humble after a heart attack.
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Pat Nicholson
Horace Manz
Robbie Josserand
Barbers Hill
Cerla Smith
Cedar Bayou
Nola Jane Simon
Carver
Don
Red) Barry
Santa Claus
Mont. Woolley
Claude Stroud
Thea Houston Piayers
Distributive Education Chin
Leroy McClain
Milo Sullivan
Snow White
Sally Supple
Fay Jean Brown
Bragg Callaway
Mer
Flashes Of Life Stocks Close In December News
A collage of brief items from Atlanta Monroe Washington and Detroit notes varied incidents. A cafe owner values a loss at 15 cents from a holdup two thieves lift two sinks and a man steals a mattress from a truck. The national guard reports a recruiting high of 391165. two headed turtle Sue tours the federal aquarium. a boy explains a loaded rifle reason. a dentist pulls a milk bottle tooth. and a bus driver sues his wife over travel and jealousy amid corporate ads and steel stocks.
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Atlanta
Martin
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