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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1954
Page
4
Baytown Sun urges national Safe Driving Day on December 15 with Eisenhower backing. The editorial notes pedestrians accounted for 8600 of 38300 traffic deaths in 1953 and warns motorists to drive carefully to reduce accidents. It praises modern autos while stressing personal responsibility to prevent fatalities.
Baytown paper laments Humble club secrecy as reporters chase the released officer list. Weavers stance is questioned while editors recall heavy Humble coverage and insist readers deserve full local news. Bastogne diary fragment follows, recalling the Battle of the Bulge battlefront memories and wartime scenes.
Washington columnist Drew Pearson decries McCarthy's past attacks on American troops and calls for public release of records to counter his current stance. The piece notes imagined disclosures about McCarthy’s war service, flying crosses, and Navy propelling him, while also touching on political reshuffles and the use of machines in politics.
Myron and Herbert Piper rebuilt their Hamilton Ohio metal products firm after World War II. They expanded from safe deposit boxes to cash boxes and tackle then shifted to better merchandising, boosting annual sales from 200000 to 5000000 as they reshape strategy and sales, with Myron handling New York and Herbert engineering and ad writing.
Elmer Wheeler recalls initial product flops from fishing tackle cases to Minnow buckets, then Petra Cabot redesigned a leather plaid case, a $50 retail failure, and finally the plaid cooler that sells well. The team adapted colors for outdoor grills and other eye catching items, a four year learning curve in marketing.
The season’s shortest Broadway engagement belongs to One Eye Closed by Justin Sturm, a three performance run at the Bijou. Constance Ford’s appendicitis led to Making her Broadway producing debut, with Faith Stoddard stepping into the lead role. Gloria DeHaven will debut on Broadway in Heaven with Diane played by DeHaven, using the film and stage lineage. Paris stage work includes Albert Lewis and L B Josefow producing We Happy Few by Rachel Crothers.
Nancy Coleman, famed as TV’s Valiant Lady, is set for the lead female role opposite Karl Malden in The Desperate Hours on Broadway January 27 after New Haven and Philadelphia previews. The Joseph Hayes drama, based on his novel, features a home invasion by three desperate criminals and is directed by Robert Montgomery.
A humorous clipping notes a character named Telling Me en Clinoisman celebrating his 108th birthday with a gnome from work and a tongue in cheek vacation line. The piece riffs on century travels and odd bets, then pivots to a wartime parody about a Malayan peninsula frog war ending. A German scientist is cited proposing a sun powered reflector ship, dismissed as a mirror trick.
A fragmentary quotation from Matthew cites Jesus saying suffer the little children and forbid them not to come unto me for of now is the kingdom of heaven. The text appears as a religious excerpt or devotional line from a dated page.
A collection of editorial opinions from New York Daily News New York Journal American Times Herald Austin American Statesman and others debate President Eisenhower and Senator McCarthy. They fault McCarthy for venting anti administration rhetoric while warning it weakens party unity ahead of 1956.
A Navy wife learns only pets are allowed aboard as a crewed ship departs on a long tour of duty. An officer explains the crew consists of animals, so no wives may join the voyage. The scene shifts to Bucks County farmers joking about haying time and a traveler at a hotel barber chair.
A collage of trivia prompts and biographical hints spans topics from a funambulist to Latin phrases, taxonomy, and famous figures. It tests word meanings, historical births, and scientific figures, mixing misprints with partial clues and era-specific notes.
A fragmentary scripture note recalls wise men from the east arriving in Jerusalem seeking the newborn King of the Jews. King Herod queries priests and scribes who point to Bethlehem as foretold, with narrative fragments reflecting the Nativity story.
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