Navy Plans New Look For Latest Aircraft Carriers
Special to The Baytown Sun reports on Navy carrier upgrades to field higher speed jets and larger bombs. Modifications include a cant deck on the USS Antietam, a flush deck on the Forrestal, and an elevator island to provide both flush decks and travel capability. Additional projects envision an angled landing platform to slow jets and two more super carriers. Capitol renovations restart in January with fresh paint, track work, chandeliers, and mural work. Justice Felix Frankfurter, now 70, is not expected to resign soon despite aging and retirement talk.
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Baytown
Washington
Navy
Antietam
Frankfurter
Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Sun Slants On Monday Night Quarterbacking
A Baytown feature on the Monday Night Quarterbacks program broadcast from KREL each week sponsored by Citizens National Bank. Coach Stallworth dominates discussion with Nelson McElroy and Foard Robertson as guests while experts like Hally McLemore and Tammy Rochelle appear occasionally. A prize quiz at show end drew up to fifty calls.
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KREL
Nelson McElroy Ald Foard Robertson
Citizens National Bank and Trust Co
Stallworth
Dan
Mike
Baytown
Hally McLemore
Dan Shulis
Rufus Honeycutt
Tammy Rochelle
One Question Stumps Ganders Fans For Tickets
By Fred Hartman easy and they were. We asked a trivia question about Marian Christine Stallworth and Christine McLemore wives of current and former Ganders coaches. Papa Ernst won with Cecil Sutphin as groom. The quiz has stumped fans before and hopes to stump again for a championship game ticket, funded by Citi zens National Bank and Trest Co.
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Souch
Frances
Marian
Mary
Marian Christine Stallworth
Dan Stallworth
Christine McLemore
Holly McLemore
Holly
Robert B. Lee
Papa Ernst
E. H. Ernst
Fred Ernst
Cecil Sutphin
Cecil
George Walmsley
John Reagan
George
Ted Hunt
Ross Smith
Jack Adrian
Citizens National Bank
Trest Co
Opinion on next President and communism in postwar America
The speaker argues the next president would be better at running the country, but preserves the right to voice opinions and suggestions. He recalls a French cab driver's crash as a cautionary tale about leadership, then discusses communism and the treason trial of John David Provoo, noting interpreter-related delays and potential misinterpretations in court proceedings.
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France
John David Provoo
Corregidor
Iron Curtain
Provoo
Trygve Lie
Moscow
Lie
Um Nations
Nated
Arkady Sobolev
Tev
Sobolev
Iie
Sabotev
Russia
Sabot
Soba
United Nations
Old Sobolev
Aes
Ol 'Trygre
Opinion on communism and treason stance
By Erich Brandeis argues against Communists in America and calls for outlawing the Communist party. He asserts the Rosenbergs deserved execution and criticizes appeals and rights claimed by alleged traitors. The piece condemns Hollywood New York and Chicago Communists and questions recognition of the party.
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America
Hollywood
New York
Chicago
Hepburn crowds greet Lyons den star in jammed queues
Katharine Hepburn fans flood Shubert Alley after each sellout, while Shep ard Traube visits her to discuss a play and a possible return to acting only if truly inspired. Weizmann documents to be published with editor Meyer Weisgal and co authors Berlin and Shaw. Mischa Elman at the Algonquin talks about seeking a luxury trailer.
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Shubert Alley
Katharine Hepburn
Shepard Traube
Ginger
Miss Hepburn
Fevale
Wirzmann
Chaim
Weizmann
Meyer Weisgal
The
Weizmann Institute
Prof. Berlin
Oxford
Aubrey Shaw
Charmed Tales and News Bites From Leonard Lyons’ Column
Leonard Lyons’ roundup covers a vagabond violinist on tour and comfort, the first sex-change case linked to George Jorgensen, Jr., Czech Olympic athlete, Genevieve Tahouii’s half-column in British Who’s Who, gorilla jet-spotting at the San Diego Zoo, William Olvis in a lyric-writing mishap, a cartooning honor by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Jerry Taft’s Taft School trip to a show, and Ethel Rosenberg’s mother seeking access to plead for confession.
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George W. Jorgensen, Jr
Bugs Baer
Baer
Czechoslovakia
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Mex Beerbohm
Boardman Robinson
Mary Chase
Jerry
Taft School
Bernerdine
Ethel
Bible Verse Reflects on Value of Soul Over Worldly Gain
A devotional verse cites Mark 8 36 asking what profit comes if one gains the whole world but loses the soul. The message urges spiritual priorities and echoes classic Christian teaching on eternal value over material wealth.
Baytown Sun Staff and Publication Details
The Baytown Sun lists editors and staff names including editor and publisher Bud S Gould and office manager Warren Edwards. It also notes subscription rates by carrier and mail options with prices for month, quarter, half year, and year, and states the paper is entered as second class matter in Baytown Texas.
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Baytown Sun, Inc
Pearce and Ashbel
Baytown
Texas
Fred Hartman
Bud S. Gould
Beulah Mae Jackson
Warren Edwards
Armed Services
Postoffice
Congress
National
General Advertising
Atlanta
World's Largest Safe Installed In National Archives
Engineers install the world’s largest safe in the National Archives to guard the Bill of Rights Declaration of Independence and Constitution. Weighing 50 tons the safe has a built in elevator and top mounted five ton doors. Visitors may view the documents by day but they descend and lock during off hours. The Mosler Safe Co built the unit, part of a 104 year old vault builder known for Fort Knox vaults and Hiroshima bomb tests.
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Harman W. Nichols
Washington
National Archives
Mosler Safe Co
Incidental
Fort Knox
Mosler
Hiroshima
Bank of Teikoku
Quick Knowledge Quiz From A Fragmented Page
Easy facts teased from a mixed column. Turpertine’s product is unknown here. The skull and crossbones show the thigh bones or femurs. eye teeth are in the upper jaw. A dermatologist is a medical skin specialist. Eye teeth located in the upper jaw.
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Haugh A. Drom
John
Penrifoy
Between Halves and Halting Stars in College Reminiscence
A playful naval of fragmented quotes recalls grid stars discussing college statics and calculus at Cornell and advanced trigonometry that stalled a Kansas State runner. A west coast star drifts into space as historic quirks and a misnamed sarong headline a quirky column on fame and language slips.
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Cornell
Kansas State
Air Force Transport Crashes And Aid Efforts
Five years ago FAA headlines reported an air force transport crash and support for Herve aid stash. In Washington and Mexico plans surfaced to combat a dread disease in cattle in central Rexca with thousands infected. The state highway department promised an extra ferry for Morgans Point crossing. The Tri-Cities Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsored a large band rally at the Bay theater.
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Air Force
Hasieck
Uniteds
Mexico
Cental Rexca
Morgans Point Crossing
State Highway Department
The
Tri-Cities
Price-Wage Controls Urged to Be Retained
Washington veteran Di Salle, after consultations with Republicans and Democrats and a lunch with Bernie Baruch, urges keeping price-wage controls to prevent inflation during the Eisenhower era. He warns dropping them now risks future shocks, while Steelman argues ending the controls would shift blame to Truman. Finletter urges a strong air power posture but cautions against reckless atomic moves in Asia and defends a high defense budget for two years.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Rollnd
Mike di Salle
Truman
New York
Gaunt
Gray Bernie Baruch
Baruch
Tme
Eisenhower
Sen. Cabot Lorge
di Salle
Office of
Price Stabilization
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John Steelman
John L. Lewis
Steelman
AIR Force
Finletter
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Russia
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