Hope On TV Tonight With Bob Hope Appearance
Bob Hope host of a TV program will be featured tonight as contestant winners and city officials plan recognition. Mayor Elton C Runneberg will present him a trophy and a copy of a city document at a C individual event. The segment airs on KPRO-TY on December 18 with a student from St. Thomas University in Houston.
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Bob Hope
Tena d
Streck
Hope
Crosby
Elton C. Runneberg
X Wil
Kpro-Tymber
St. Tha Oe Soontust
Thong University
Houston
Wooster Mayoral Race Sees candidate filing surge
A Wooster election briefing notes a flood of filings after a water crisis, with ten candidates presenting by 10 a.m. to run on the ballot. Incumbents seek reelection amid local concerns and a busy candidate slate shaping the race.
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Wooster
Water Meter Readers Suspected As Townsfolk
Report mentions suspected water meter readers and a security alert. References to City of Water, a main station in South tack, and a repair at Well pump with a $2359 charge. Names such as Grantham and Mary Sloan appear amid partial notices of local events and paintings by Dante Studin and others.
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TS Water Meter
City of Water Meter
Atking
South Tack
Mtown An League
Ons
Dante Studin
Asi
Mary Sloan
Nl Fuller
Ethel
Mary Tt Harrop
Jarop
Orlena Tard
Natoid Robinson
Harris County Fresh Water District No 5 director filings
Harris County Fresh Water District No 5 seeks five new directors to fill expiring terms. Names listed include W. M. Douglas F. M. Orr J. M. Heald and others with filing deadline set for 5 p.m. Friday December 18 and absentee voting closing at noon that Friday.
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Harris County Fresh Water District No
al Wooster
W. M. Douglas
F. M. Orr
J. M.D. Heald
J.T. Richards
North Market
Lefty
Rogers
Ashby
Sherman W. Childress
Cabiness
Baytown
Leroy Wilkie
Americans in Panmunjom Angry Over Delayed Home Interviews
Twenty two unrepatriated U S prisoners accused the United States of delaying home interviews at Panmunjom. Lt Gen Thimayya tried to persuade the men to meet the explainers while four spokesmen for the group argued over time limits.
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Panmunjom
United States
K. S. Thimayya
Neural Renatriation Commission
Thimayya
Panmunjomn
Fingleaders
Sfc
Richard G. Corden
Providence
R.L
Andrew M. Condren
Allied Might Described As Fantastic
Paris dispatch reports Allied commander Gruenther calling NATO force buildup fantastic and says atomic weapons will be added. He warns against automatic troop reductions and urges avoiding popular pressure. Dulles warns France to ratify the defense community pact, provoking shock and anger in Paris. Gruenther notes need for reserve divisions and stronger air power.
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Edward M. Korry
Paris
Alfred M. Gruenthey
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Allied Supreme Headquarters
Gruenther
North Atlantic Council of Ministers
Edouard Daladier
Quires
Eisenhower
Supreme Headquarters
NATO Council
Packing Time For Goodfellows Volunteers Monday
Packing moves under Mrs H S Phillips thrift chairman of the P T A council who asks each P T A to provide eight volunteers over Monday and Tuesday with two shifts daily. Packing starts Monday morning at the community house of the synagogue on North Commerce Street as Mrs W L Colley reports a sack of toys from den No 2 track No 225 and carpenters raise the Goodfellow total to 62 37 with 17 37 donated.
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Goodfellow
H. S. Phillips
P-Ta Council
P-Ta
Store Doors Still Left Open During Holiday Patrols
Baytown police on a three night check found at least a dozen doors or windows left unlocked in businesses. Police Chief H. E. McKee urged owners to lock up and let officers focus on patrols rather than door checks. Unlocked sites included Willis Cobb Nash Co. and several local businesses.
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Baytown
H. E. McKee
Ing
Willis Cobb Nash Co
Robert E. Lee
Falstaff Beer
Maples
Joe Huggins Lumber Co
Acme Typewriter Co
Rhythm Music Shop
Southern Floor Co
Whitcomb Maytag Co
Crippens
Community Laundry
Injured contractor improving after hospital surgery
William Raschke, Highlands shell hauling contractor, was seriously injured on November 27 when a jack failed and a bed and frame of a dump truck fell on him as he repaired it. He underwent surgery at St Joseph's Infirmary and is reported to be improving by his family.
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William Raschke
Highlands Shell
St. Joseph's Infirmary
Raschke
Lake Michigan
International Falls
Minn
St. Louis
Akron
Ohio
Cincinnati
Corbin
Cleveland
Lee College Board Denies Union Course Request
Lee college trustees rejected a plan from an electrical union and contractors to create a four year course restricted to indentured electrical apprentices. President Stark said the course was too restrictive and not open to all who meet requirements. Trustees prefer a nonrestrictive program aligned with college curriculum and ability-based entry.
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LEE College Board
ED Frierson
Lee College
A. RB. Stark
Stark
Board of Education
George Gentry
Walter Rundell
National Electrical Contractors' Association
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
W. H. Boucher
Don Millard
W. F. Miller
Bill Arnett
BE. A. Johnson
Bureau of Apprenticeship
Department of Labor
Miller
Bleucher
Joe Blake
Sodal
Arnett
Hest
Johnson
Boucher
iSee College
Trustees Refuse School Bus Trip for Valley Field Visit
Trustees deny use of a school bus for about 20 youngsters to study farming in the Valley. The Bayotwa Fair Committee promised expenses, with trips planned to Brownsville San Antonio and College Station. A separate contract awarded to Marea Construction for a new shop building at Robert E. Lee High School.
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R. T. Kerr
Supt
George Gentry
Brownaville
San Antonio
College Station
Robert B. Lee High School
Mareo Co
The
Marquette Construction Co
Texas
Lowell Lammers
Kiwanians Donate To Feed Korean Youths Campaign
Baytown area volunteers report funds and plans to sponsor 400 South Korean children during Christmas. Dan BD and agri cultural agent Clinton toured Rio Grande Valley to arrange entertainment and meals as part of The Baytown Sun partnership with East Harris County Christian Laymen.
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Dan BD
Clinton
Harris County
Rio Grande Valley
South Texas
Baytown Area
Baytown
Korea
Mrs Ninner Fry Dies in La Porte
Mrs Ninner L Fry 56 died at her La Porte home after a long illness. Funeral at 2 pm Wednesday at First Baptist Church La Porte with Rev W M Parrish officiating. Burial by Art Simpson in La Porte cemetery. Survived by husband W O Fry son Billy Fry and four Roark siblings, plus two half siblings and two half sisters.
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Ninner L. Fry
la Porte
First Baptist Church of
W. M. Parrish
Art Simpson
W. Ow, Fry
Billy Fry
Tom Roark
Commerce
Marlin Roar
Airman given permission to visit unrepatriated GI at Panmunjom
Tokyo dispatch reports Far East Air Force allowing Airman 1-C William L. Randall to travel to Panmunjom to try to see Aaron P. Wilson of Urania Louisiana, one of 22 unrepatriated U S soldiers. Randall recalls their shared youth and Wilson's quiet popularity. A Minnesota mother flew to Tokyo hoping for a letter to reach her son and asked to pass a message from his sister Myrtle Elaine.
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Tokyo
William L. Randall
Ola
Urania
Wilson
Aaron
Randall
Kerbal
Urania High
Perlin Howe
Alden
Minn
Pfe
Richard R. Tenneson
The
Reds
Ter
Myrtle Mlaine
Japan
Arothis
Dad
Elaine
Traditional Messiah Presented Tonight in Baytown
The 85 member Baytown community choir will perform Handel's Messiah at 8 pm Tuesday in First Presbyterian Church. Six soloists include tenor Bob Tharp, sopranos Mrs. Kissick Mrs. Petrash and Mrs. Wahrmund, bass Joe F. Moore, soprano Mrs. Brown, organist Mary Pennington, with T F Seale directing the fifth annual event featuring singers from local churches. The Rev P Walter Henckell of Trinity Episcopal gives the invocation and Rev M E McPhail offers the benediction.
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Baytonians
First Presbyterian Church
Bobs Tharp
University of Houston
Herbert Kissick
John Petrash
R. C. Wahrmund
Joe F. Moore
V. 5. Brown
Mary Pennington
T. F. Seale
Robert
EB. Lee High School
Baytown
Baytown Arena
P. Walter Henckell
Trinity Episcopal
M. BE. McPhail
Chester Rogers
Frost Grips Baytown Area With 28 Degree Low
Low of 28 reported for Baytown as a light frost hits the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Frost blankets Edinburg area while farmers burn smudge fires to save tomatoes peppers and corn. Temperatures fall statewide with 28 in San Antonio and Austin and 32 near Edinburg. Forecasters warn of a new cold front. no rain reported.
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United Press
Rio Grande
Weather Bureau
Brownsville
Edinburg
Bayshore
KURV
Texas A&m
Weslaco
Texas
Junction
Wink
Dalhart
Lufkin
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Bessie Triton
Carpenters Local
Maytown
Lulacs
LULAC
Quickiespy
Ben Reynoias
Marea Construction Co. of
Moon
May Jarrett
Shirley Guthrie
Ethel Hinson
W. L. Ward
Selial District
Ethel L. Brust
Miss Brust
Mildred Brust
Mary Wardin-Baylor College
University of Texas
Boon Carl Moore
Re M. Wedgeworth
Carl M. Banks
TL Briggs
Winants Club
Toot Hirst Christian Church
Nannie Dietsman
Grace
Methodist Church
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Portia Howe
Bobby Thard
R. C. Wahrmend Foe
F. Moore
Brown
Mary Pennengton
Herbert Kiomins
Sohn Tetrash
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