Baytown Architect Wins La Porte School Contract
Baytown architect Lowell Lammers was awarded the contract to design La Porte Negro school building with tentative drawings on a $40,000 project. The board also sub-contracted $300,000 elementary school work to J E Stoeckle Construction Co of Houston, with bids from Moore and Moore and Marshall Construction Co.
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Lowell Lammers
la Porte Negro
J. H. Baker
Lammers
J. E. Stoeckle
Moore and Moore
Pasadena
Marshall Construction Co
Houston
Marshall Company
Crosby Grid Banquet to be Held Thursday at Crosby High
Crosby's father son football banquet is set for 7 30 p m Thursday in Crosby High School gymnasium School Superintendent C O Dusek serves as source Guest speaker will be Cecil Gregg of Rice Institute and Gr A W Jester of the Methodist Hospital Houston acts as emcee Home Economics unit members will serve the dinner prepared by football mothers
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Crosby
Crosby High School
C. O. Dusek
Cecil Gregg
Rice Institute
Gr. A. W. Jester
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Six Children Die in Kerosene Blast at Farm Home
Six children perished in a kerosene explosion at a farm home near Little Rock. Parents Hilton and Ruth Bryant were in critical condition at a local hospital after the father tried to light a fire with kerosene. Identified victims: Ruth Ann Bryant nine, Patsy eight, Billy six, Ronnie four, Jean two, Johnny nine months. Shirley Bryant, 12, suffered burns but survived. The Bryant three room house was destroyed.
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Rock
Dec
Here
Ruth Ann Bryant
Patsy
Billy
Ronnie
Jean
Johnny
Hilton Bryant
Shirley
Bryant Farm
Comanche Funeral Draws Thousands for Billy Cook Livestock
The Billy Cook Livestock tragedy case moves toward Galena as the family plans a private graveside service near Lone Elm Missouri at Peace Cemetery late Wednesday or Thursday. Crowds filled Comanche as a public viewing drew visitors from 39 states plus Canada Alaska and Mexico. Reverend David Roper was to preside at Comanche funeral with loudspeakers in the streets to reach the overflow crowd. The Stevenson family protested the circus atmosphere and asked officials to stop it, stating they had complied with requests and were surprised by the attention.
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Galena
Toplin
Alaska
Mexico
Comanche
David Roper
Assembly of God Church
Police Seek Killer Of Youth On Bus In Nuevo Laredo
Police hunted a killer who shot 16 year old Jose Vera Valleja on a crowded bus near Ejido Presidente Miguel Aleman. The assailant fled into brush after firing a warning shot into the air. Victim’s father and brother rode the bus. another brother was questioned.
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Nuevo Laredo
Mex
Josevera Valleja
Ejido Presidente
Miguel Aleman
Here
Ejido
Ricardo Isaac Jiminez
Jose Ramos
Jose Ramos Bor
Juan Manusi Ro.Mas
Bank Robbery at Opening Time Details Emerge
Robbery at a bank ended with two men fleeing in a stolen 1949 blue Ford. They wore adhesive patches on a mask like face and acted professionally. R R Wiley Jr. and other bank staff were herded to the vault as the thieves cleared money drawers. A waitress who saw them eating breakfast near the bank later alerted police.
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RR. Wiley Jr
Wiley
Palestine
Tex
Tubb
Tito Breaks Off Yugoslavia Vatican Ties
Yugoslav leader Marshal Tito decided to break diplomatic relations with the Vatican. A communique announcing the action was expected, following Tito's bitter factory speech accusing the Vatican of insulting Yugoslavia by praising Cardinal Stepinac.
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Tanjug
Marshal Tito
Vatican
Belgrade
Monsirnor
Silvio Oddi
Tito
Yugoslavia
Aloysius Stepinae
Stepinac
Zagreb
Stevinac
Attorney Denies Shielding Gamblers in Galveston
Galveston County Attorney Raymond Ma Gee faced charges of shielding gamblers from two ministers who urged a special prosecutor. Ma Gee vowed to try 23 alleged gamblers if indictments are not dismissed as judges in the 10th and 56th districts consider his motion.
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Galveston
Raymond MaGee
Barry Burch
Lamaraque
Harold Fickett
Houston
Burch
MaGee
Rev
Fickett
Fire tears through Voyles home. neighbors start aid drive
A blaze that began in a hallway caused by a child with matches destroyed part of the Voyles residence near Staton. The family, including Mary Gale and Carolyn, waited for help as a truck arrived at 2:04 p.m. The fire was out by 1:30 p.m., but the delay felt endless to Mrs. Voyles. Neighbors opened wallets, with two residents giving five dollars each, and Culpepper's Furniture provided a bed while volunteers housed the children overnight.
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Staton 'Zto
Voyles
Mary Gale
Anson Jones
Carolyn
J. C. Creekmore
Briarwood
Baytown Sun Airway Blee pessesesseese 1244 Alleg Ludlum
A garbled OCR list of company names and prior stock or corporate entries includes American Republic AT and T American Woolens Anaconda Calumet and Hecla Celanese Celotex Carysler Col um Gas Crystal Old Cities Service Dow Chem Eastman Kodak Fairchild Gen Electric Gen Motors Goodyear Greyhound Gulf Oil Humble Oil Interlake Iron Jupiter Oil Lindy MeN etc. It reads like a catalog of corporations and brands with fragmented fragments and noisy strings.
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Alleg Ludlum
Ailis-Chalmers
American Repub
Amer Woolens
Barium Steel
Beth Steel
Calvah Olsvreere Calumet
Hee Caneda So Oit
Cessna Vie Chi Corp
Carysler C
Columb Gas Creole
Crystal Old Ceshvee
Davidson Chem Dow
du Pont Chem
Eastman Kodak Ss
el Paso Natural Gas -Ss
Fairchild
Eeseeeeee Freaport Alpha
Gen Electric
Gen Motors
Gen Tire
Gillette
Goodyear Tire
Greyhound Bus i
Gulf Oil
Gulf Stet Util Houston Oil
H Land P Co
Humble Oil
Joney Loughinn
Imperilal Oil
Interlake Iron
Int
Nickel
Jupiter Oil
Kirby
Kirby Petseeveeeseveeeee Ne Sale Lindy Men Srete 48 Liggett and Myers Iesteesess
Laew
Sssdeeses
Richfield Oil
Repab Steel
Prets Steel Car Pacific Pet Ltd
St Regis Paper
Sinclair Oil
Socony-Vae
Son Pacif
Stan Oil Calif
Stan Oil Ind
Stan Oil Ohio
Tan
Sun of
Sunray of - Texas Co
Texas Gulf
Tex Gulf Sylph
Tidewater Corp
Union ‘Oil of Calif
Steel
Wandley Pet
O. Cotton
Wedata Srebettdderas
Hand of the law injured in skid row clash
In Chicago on a skid row, Officer Edward Devereau tried to arrest Joan Hastings, 43, for drunkenness. Hastings bit the officer’s hand and clamped down with teeth, requiring three stitches. Source text also notes an unrelated line about desert rain.
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Chicago
Dec
Edward Devereau
Joan Hastings
Hastings
Devereau
Chandler city case heads to oral arguments before two justices
Telephone fore the oral arguments begin. Both sides have filed briefs and the company submitted sworn statements from officials. Chandler will call no witnesses as the appeal rests on legal issues. A ruling may wait until after the new year, with Justices Monteith and Graves hearing the case. Whisthce Toe is ill in Galveston. The outcome depends on convincing both judges, as Judge Cody’s presence could swing a three-judge decision.
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Chandler
Walter E. Monteith
George W. Graves
Galveston
Cody
Firemen Fight Oven Blaze In Record Heat Day
Cincinnati firemen worked in shifts to battle a blazing oven as temperatures soared to 15 degrees, while outside the thermometer ran below freezing. A game warden questioned Warner Lundeen about hunting licenses, discovering none in his car and noting his license was on the wall of his office. Lundeen explained he was hunting for a farm.
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Cincinnati
Warner Lundeen
Lundeen
Saturday Classes Set For Crosby Children This Week
Crosby School schedules Saturday classes to finish the term and allow a full week of Christmas vacation next week. Superintendent O Dusek says teachers with long travel can depart earlier while students have extra shopping time. Classes begin Saturday morning with parties and study then shift to Saturday afternoon, with makeup of Monday and Tuesday planned in the calendar.
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Crosby
O. Dusek
Dusek
Governor Takes Janitor Bet In Election Duet
Colorado Governor Gan Thornton will become janitor at Utah's state capitol Feb 5 after losing a bet on turnout to Utah Governor J Bracken Lee. He announced Tuesday that he is now an honorary member of Building Service Employees International Union Local 105 AFL.
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Denver
Colc
Colorado
Gan Thornton
Utah Capital Building
Utah
J. Bracken Lee
Thornton
Building Service Employes International Union
AFL
Thief Steals Bathtub From City Apartment Complex
A Chicago incident reports a thief stealing a bathtub from a tenant’s unit amid unclear details. Local authorities are investigating as residents react to the troubling crime in the building.
Waste receptacles lead to forest of confusion in mall incident
In Everett Washington a shopper dumped a bag of Christmas cards into a waste basket, discovering she had more items than expected as bystanders watched. The scene involved an unclear sequence of ownership and receptacle confusion, with onlookers noting the unexpected amount of waste.
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Everett
Wash
Dee
Ney Breen
Christma
Wwe
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