Merchants Urged to Lock Doors After Burglar Alert
Police chief W R Montgomery says local business owners must lock their doors at night and post a contact card after a patrol inspection found many unlocked buildings. A warehouse door was left open with a safe containing several hundred dollars exposed, prompting doubled night patrols and a prowler car to cover Baytown’s small zones.
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Rosalie Myees
W. R. Mont
Spurglar
Montgomery
Houston
Baytown
Mount Franklin Grey crash claims nine aboard
Air rescue teams found nine bodies after a B 36 bomber from Carswell Air Force Base crashed into Mount Frank Grey near El Paso in zero visibility snow. Officials said the number of victims could change as bodies were badly mutilated, with remains expected to be taken to William Beaumont Hospital in El Paso.
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Frank Grey
Global
Jender
Biggs
Atwater
Wiliam Beaumont Hospital
el Paso
High Box Canyon
Carswell
Kiwanis Tree Sale Reported for Baytown Sunday
Kiwanis club members will sell Christmas trees Sunday in Baytown Texas. Activities include a meeting at Central Baptist Church with J M Stuart presiding, and pre campaign reports for the 1954 March be. Also planned are a community session, gift drive, and a church social event.
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Cook
Baytown
Texenn
Ty Atato
Dayotes
Ting
Lege Bsu
Town RP Buckner Teenper 8 Recent Bout Details
In Buckner a teen fighter known as Max Goldside beat hes on the high, with Jayeor PhD driving Monday. Tennessee vibe mentions San Marcos Cedar EME, Corpus area trips, and plans for Pitot game near Corpus Christi. Sealy and Len sing, with Lawson in San Antonio.
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Buckner
Max Goldside
Jayeor
San Marcos
Antonio
Pitot Geme
Corpus
Sealy
Kestinay Barty
Gift S
Lawson Len
San Antonio
Mheig
Poe
Austin
Wyle
$100 000 Hot Check Artist Is Arrested
An FBI identified suspect who passed more than $100,000 in bad checks across 40 states was arrested after investigators traced signatures and handwriting patterns to pinpoint the fraudulent activity. The arrest marks a major bust in a nationwide hot check scheme.
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Oklahoma City
FBI
Signa
La Porte Joins In Crackdown On Burglaries
La Porte police and Harrie county law enforcement launch a crackdown on burglaries and hi jacking in which Chief Walter Roberson warns that anyone on the streets after midnight without a credible explanation faces jail. Merchants cooperate by stowing less cash and depositing funds, especially during the Christmas rush.
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la Porte
Ta Porte
Harrie County
Walter Roberson
John Champagne
Roberson
Houston
Tempered Goodfellow Aid Fines Raise Funds for Needy Children
Chief Goodfellow notes Zone 4 mechanical supervisors paid 50 in fines for temper eruptions increasing the Goodfellow fund to 785.04 while donations from others push toward a 1,000 goal. Aiming to supply Christmas toys for about 500 children, the drive continues with milk bottle collections and school committee lists being reconciled for duplicates.
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Chief Goodfellows
Goodfellow
Goodfellows
Pioneers Club
Texas to Join In Polio Vaccine Test
Texas health officials met with National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to plan Texas participation in a vast polio vaccination trial. About 500,000 to one million second graders in 208 plus communities nationwide will receive the vaccine starting the week of February 8 in southern states, with nationwide completion by early June. Specific areas and dates to be set later.
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Texas
Austin
National Foundation For
George W. Cox
National Foundation
Dragnet Sets To Wipe Out Crime Wave In Houston
Houston police continued a sweeping arrests campaign to curb a crime wave. From Friday noon to Saturday 6 am they made 269 arrests and seized marijuana at a theater. The effort yielded 577 arrests and suspects since Wednesday, with no major crimes reported overnight.
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Houston
Officera
Dowling Street
Death Stirs Texas as Severe Cold Front Hits Amarillo
A powerful cold front sweeps into Texas bringing deadly and missing reports. At least 17 people are dead or missing across the state with several aviation and traffic accidents blamed on icy roads and wintry conditions. High winds reach 65 mph in the Panhandle, while dawn temperatures range from 17 in Dalhart to 56 in Browns ville.
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United Press
Texas
el Paso
Dallas
Tulsa
Okla
Wichita Falls
Midland
del Rio
Fort Worth
Dalhart
Brownsville
Amarillo
Lubbock
Salt Flat
Childress
Panhandle
Mrs W L Owen Of Baytown Dies At 69
Mrs W L Owen 68 of 512 West Homan died at 3 pm Friday while visiting her daughter Mrs Velia Monk. Funeral services will be held at Center Sunday afternoon. She had lived in Baytown since 1946 and had been ill for weeks. Survivors include two sons Edison Owen Baytown Eph Owen Lufkin and four daughters Mrs Monk Mrs Thelea Boroughs Center Mrs Blanche Hill San Antonio and Mrs Shirley Brewer Chicago.
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W. L. Owwen
West Homan
Velia Monk
Center
Owen
Baytwwn
Edison Owen
Baytown
Eph Owen
Lufkin
Monk
Thelea Boroughs
Blanche Hill
San Antonio
Shirley Brewer
Chicago
Girl Wants Hippo for Christmas from New York
In New York a 700 pound hippopotamus will travel by air to Oklahoma City to fulfill 10-year-old Gayla Reevey's Christmas wish. Henry Trefflich, the importer, stored Mathilda at Central Park Zoo after Petethe Bronx Zoo mate rejected her. Oklahoma buyers contributed 3500 dollars to ship the animal to OKC early next week.
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New York
Oklahoma City
Gayla Reevey
Oklahoma
Gayla
Henry Trefflich
Mathilda
Europe
Pete
Bronx Zoo
Central Park Zoo
Treffitch
$100 Is Given CROP In Joe Sumner's Memory
A Baytown fund honored Joe Sumner by feeding 10 hungry South Korean children for a year. Donors, dubbed adopters, will be acknowledged as funds finance rice and food for Korea. The Baytown Chamber of Commerce collects gifts at 14 North Ashbel. A Houston port shipload of Southeast Texas items sails Jan. 12 for Korea.
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Baytown
Joe Sumner
Mose Sumner
Mr. Mose
Joe
Randy
Tommy Rochelle
110-Foot Yacht Joins Hunt For Missing Hunters
A 110 foot yacht named Mary Jane III joined the search for two hunters missing since Sunday off Atkinson Island. The vessel, provided by Parker Bros. Sand Shell and Gravel, sailed from Kemah with relatives aboard to aid the Island waters drag. La Porte Emergency Corps and Coast Guard efforts were hampered by treacherous seas, but small boats persisted as Kemah became the search HQ.
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Galveston
Parker Bros. Sand, Shell and Gravel
Houston
Art Simpson
la Porte Emergency Corps
Simpson
C. T. Parker
Sand, Shell and Gravel Company
Earl Reichart
la Porte
James Henderson
Port Arthur
Forrest Avenue
Atkinson Island
Parker Bros
Community Choir Presents Messiah Fifth Annual Concert
Eighty six Baytown singers take part in Handel's Messiah at 8 p.m. Tuesday at First Presbyterian church. T. F. Saulte conducts the Robert E. Lee high school choir and the Lee College Community choir. Soloists include Robert Tharp, Genie Brown, Joe F. Moore, Cathy Wahrmund, Mary Petrash, and Alma Kissick. Invocations by Rev. P. Walter Henckell and Benediction by Rev. M. B. McPhail. No intermission. A Baytown Christmas tradition with participation from numerous churches.
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Baytown
George Frederick Handel
First Presbyterian Church
T. F. Suale
Robert E. Lee High School
Lee College Community
Robert Tharp
Robert E. Lee
University of Houston
Tharp
St. Paul's Methodist Church Choir
Houston
Genie Brown
Joe F. Moore
Cathy Wahrmund
Mary Francea Petrash
Alma Kissick
Memorial Baptist
St. Mark's Methodist
First Presbyterian
Tnity Episcopal
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints
Cedar Bayou
Cedar Bayou Methodist, Church of Christ, St. Joseph's Catholic, Wooster Baptist
Grace Methodist
P. Walter Henckell
Trinity Episcopal Church
M. B. McPhail
City Officials Go Hunting at Uvalde Mines
Six Baytown city officials depart Sunday for a three day hunting and fishing trip at Rancho Blanco near San Antonio hosted by White's Uvalde Mines. Attending are Mayor R. E. Pruett. Councilmen Rufus Bergeron M. L. Campbell and Lacy Lusk. City Manager C. D. Middleton. Finance Director A. V. Barber. Public Works Director CC. W. Grantham who joins a deer hunt near San Antonio and will cover city management in Middleton’s absence.
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Baytown
Rancho Blanco
San Antonio
White
Uvalde Mines
R. E. Pruett
Rufus Bergeron
M. L. Campbell
Lacy Lusk
C. D. Middleton
A. V. Barber
CC. W. Grantham
Middleton
Water Bill Complaints From Baytown Residents
Mrs Juliette Holleman from the city water department narrates a tale of high charges at Golden Meadow Louisiana where Dick Campbell and his wife pay 18 pounds per 1000 gallons. With no municipal supply they’d owe 54 dollars for 3000 gallons, while a family wash adds 90 miles of driving and 12 pounds for a laundry bundle plus transport costs.
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Juliette Holleman
City Water Department
Dick Campbell
Golden Meadow
Campbell
Pan-American Construction
Baytown
Five Texans Aboard Lost Plane Near Dallas
Sherman Texas dispatch reports Magnolia Petroleum Company charter plane with five Texans aboard went missing on a Dallas to Tulsa flight Friday. Civil Air Patrol search extended from Wichita Falls to Paris Texas as more planes joined the effort. Survivors unnamed. last contact at Love Field indicated instrument trouble after a 9:35 a.m. takeoff. Names of aboard include William A Thompson pilot and Magnolia Petroleum staffers Folger Vallette Jr A B Franzen A Eaton Jr Standlee.
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Dallas
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Dallance
Tulsa
Okla
Civil Air Patrol
Gainesville
CAP
Wichita Falls
Tex
Durant
Paris
Waco
Dixon
Daling
Magnolia Petroleum Ox
Love Field
William A.thompsson
Standlee
Aere Magnolia Pipeline Co
Folger Vallette Jr
Magnolia Petroleum
A. B. Franzen
A. Eaton, Jr
Magnolia Pipeline
Oklahoma Line
Homa
Thompson
Will Some Family Be Forgotten This Christmas
Community Chest clearing house in Buytonians coordinates Christmas baskets for needy families. Mrs L Legrett chairmen urged groups to obtain names through the clearing house to prevent duplication and ensure no family is left without help. Cash gifts welcomed and pooled with other donations. Call 5603 for names.
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Jaycoretts Clearing House
L. Legrett
Buytonians
Three Killed At Freeport In Fog Crash
Five youths from Galena City were in a car wreck two miles west of Freeport Texas when a dense fog limited visibility to near zero. Raymond Lynn Kirkpatrick Pierce Doa and Clarence Gay died. Joe Watts Delta and Jesse Strand survived in critical condition at Dow Hospital. Age range 3 to 18. Justice of the Peace George Brock visited the scene.
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Freeport
Tex
Dec
Here
Gata City
Raymond Lynn Kirkpatrick
Pierce Doa
Clarence Gay
Dow Hospital
Joe Watts
Delta
Jesse Strand
Justice of the Peace
George Brock
Velasco
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Goodfellow Refinery
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Dragnet
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Columbus Hospital
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