Baytown Sun questions city manager pay and experience
The Baytown Sun critiques a 13200 dollar yearly Baytown city manager salary granted to J B Le Fevre a three year state employee with prior private practice. It warns the post demands more experience while pledging cooperation and wishes him success.
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James W.bill Harrison
John Harkins
Goose Creek
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C. B. Manley
B. J. Smith
E. E. Hunter
C. R. Myers
Bill Taylor
C. D. Middleton
Harrison
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U S Worries Over Foreign Aid and Economic Strains
Inside Washington reports a renewed concern over federal financial operations and rising deficits driven by international dealings. The piece notes Germany's recovery and prosperity, U S proposals to push other nations to fund defense or aid, and a shift toward offsetting costs by US loans spent domestically. It also highlights CIA construction near Washington, marking a rare public glimpse of the agency’s evolution from secrecy.
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White House
America
United States
Spies and Politics in a Sun Feature
A Sun feature notes CIA secrecy about budgets and staffing while detailing new CIA buildings with a 1000-seat cafeteria and 300-person auditorium costing 46 million dollars. It also reports Nelson Rockefeller pursuing the 1960 GOP nomination and hiring top speechwriter Hugh Morrow formerly with the Saturday Evening Post.
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CIA
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Hugh Morrow
Saturday Evening Post
Morrow
Kenneth B. Keating
Senate
Rockefeller
Keating
Eisenhower urged to ease pressure on imprisoned spies
Lenin era echoes in U.S. politics as Elizabeth Gurley Flynn leads a plea for Christmas amnesty for Morton Sobell and the Rosenberg ring conspirators. The Worker cites Khrushchev on political prisoners while urging President Eisenhower to free Red bosses Gil Green and Henry Winston. Clergymen and activists back clemency and letter campaigns. A separate note estimates rainfall yield: one inch on an acre equals about three tons.
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Russia
U.S
Communist Party
Freedom
Red
Gil Green
Henry Winston
Morton Sobeil
Rosenberg
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Richard Nixon
Worker
Flynn
Winston and Green
Essex Community Church
Chicago
William T. Baird
A. J. Muste
New York
Alva Tompkins
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Baird
F.B.S
J. Edgar Hoover
Muste
Tompkins
Ethel and
Julius Rosenberg
Verse and Saying From Mark On Repentance and Faith
The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent ye and believe the gospel. Mark 1 15. The verse invites readers to turn to God and trust in Jesus message of salvation.
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God
Baytown Sun masthead and staff listing
The Baytown Sun operates afternoons five days a week and Sundays through Baytown Texas. Editor and Publisher Preston Pendergrass manages the paper with Beulah Mae Jackson as Managing Editor and office staff. Advertising and circulation departments list Roger Amdall John Wadley Corrie Laughlin J. T. Bowling and others. Postal and association affiliations noted with Texas Daily Newspaper Association and Texas Press Association.
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Fred Artman
Ieeesseecu
Preston Pendergrass
Beulah Mae Jackson
Roger Amdall
John Wadley
Corrie Laughlin
Oversized head shopper clamped hat on head in dashery
A man with an oversized head demanded a larger hat while the shopkeeper forced the lid tighter, yielding a painful shriek. An owner boasted of an 81 inch size. A mother warned her daughter about morning bed chores with a note claiming maid service affordability. Mike Connolly defines peaceable co existence as a farmer with a turkey before Thanksgiving.
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Doris
Mike Connolly
Fragmentary satirical note from Bennet Cerf excerpt
A fragmentary passage mocks Soviet schooling and gender norms with names and quirky lines. It notes students get higher Marx, jokes about marital arguments, and comments on women's focus on figures. The text reads as a humorous op ed fragment.
Pronunciation Quiz And Birthday Shout Outs For Stars
The Sun's Grab Bag tests spelling and facts with answers including Mawdlen, a large merchant ship, Caduceus, an island, and the Maldive Islands. Birthday mentions honor Frank Sinatra Edward G Robinson Mara Connelly Christopher Plummer and other stars with December dates.
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Maldive Islands
Leslie Worthington
Walter Munford
Frank Sinatra
Edward G. Robinson
Henry Armstrong
Christopher Plummer
Mara Connelly
van Hellin
Hank Majeski
Larry Doby
Carl Ersking
Knowledge and language in a playful bridge column
A cryptic set of language notes and a long feature on bridge conventions. The piece includes a protracted Horatio Alger style profile, background on U. S. Steel executives, and a detailed bridge hand illustrating defensive conventions and signaling. It blends trivia, historical notes, and expert game analysis.
Mesopotamia name origin and bee hive capacity
Did You Know explains Mesopotamia as the area between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, notes Ira as the Arab name for the region, and states a single beehive can house up to seventy thousand bees.
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Muphrates
Tigris
Ira
Daily Across Clues Mixed With Fragments Puzzle
A jumble of crossword style clues and garbled phrases including Roman magistrate, compass point, dread and dessert items. Many entries are incomplete or misspelled, with several lines referencing names like Belk and Mrs. Truman and terms such as diabolical person and half emg unclear.
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Belk
Shah of Iran Warns Ike as Nuclear Era Shapes Aid
Drew Pearson reports from Tehran where Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, age 41, presses for concrete US commitments amid Soviet moves along Iran’s borders. He argues for focused aid to defend the Persian Gulf corridor, cites Lebanon’s 180 million cost, and urges Washington to avoid a Korea-like war while preparing 300,000 troops if needed.
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Drew Pearson
Cedltor
Noth
Eisenhower
O Day
Wiltha Shah
Erna
Europe
Ashi Daycuss
Ike
Teheran
Shah of
Tran
Soviet
Russia
Khrushchev
United States
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Persia
Mohammed Reza Fahlevi
Iran
White House
America
Free World
Korea
Shah
Lebanon
Washington
Iraq
Afghanistan
Christmas Is Different Now Says Hal Boyle
Hal Boyle recalls old fashioned Christmas contrasts with city life. A grandfather describes chopping the tree, handmade decorations, candle light, chores, and simple gifts while the modern grandson asks about the past and Santa. The exchange highlights changed traditions and parental policing.
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New York
Grandpa
Sonny
Daddy
Mommy
Santa Claus
Phillips To Increase Production At Plant
New York AP Phillips Petroleum Co will raise CIS-4 polybutadiene rubber output to 20 000 long tons yearly by expanding the Borger Texas plant of subsidiary Phillips Chemical Co. The expansion should be completed by August 1960, a company spokesman said. CIS-1 product from Phillips research has outperformed natural rubber in tire tests over the past three years.
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Phillips Petroleum Co
Borper, Tex
Philling Chemical Co
Phillips Research
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