Bus and milk truck crash near here injure many
A collision on January 20 nearAyton involving a bus and a milk truck killed both drivers and injured 14 passengers on the bus. An automobile later crashed into the wreckage, injuring two more. The fuel ignited, fire spread, and emergency crews rushed victims from the burning scene as authorities closed Highway U.S. 6.
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peaRi
Isos
Kitlng
Passeng
I Ge
Amarillo
U.S. 6
City Dog Ordinance Aims for Strict Enforcement
Rabid dogs and rabies fears drive new ordinance passed by City Council. It requires dog owners to keep dogs penned or on leash and sets penalties as it awaits the required passage period before taking effect amid a winter surge in animal incidents.
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E. McKee
Meéem
Fire event injures man near Santry Club
A fire at a location east of the Santry Club injured 33 year old Scott of Bluebonnet Es. He suffered facial cuts and received emergency care at a local hospital before being released. City services and ambulance crews responded within minutes as another fire was reported nearby and the incident disrupted Christmas party plans in Santo Council 2758 Columbus.
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Frank Voyles
Lee
Meer
Sxott
Haditha
Bluebonnet Es
Mariset Road
Ae Santry Club
Amarillo
Pampa
Johnson
Mitchell
Ind
Byron Garton
Levelland
Tex
Linda Jo Garton
Curtis Garton
Garton
Young T. Boulter
Town PLIGMAN Practice Hunt and Football News
Town notes describe Tad Pligman practice hunting with three hats and a favorite song Jingle. Mills, Rufus House, and Donnie are mentioned in connection with football practice. Coach of the Week Fekety is recovering, and Rochelle, Tittle, Cox, Clarke, Jarvis, and others appear in scattered references to events and a furlough.
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Pligman
Rufus House
Will SR
Dal
Donnie
Fekety
M Corsiaerad
Determined Sailor Sparks Baytown Manhunt for Bank Robber
A Fort Worth seaman helped trigger a Baytown manhunt after his companion, Danny Gene Womack, attempted to flee a sheriffs arrest to reach a ship. Womack’s escape led to a chase ending with his surrender to the FBI as authorities pursued Charles G. Davis, 34, wanted for jailbreaking and hijacking.
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Fort Worth
Baytown
Charles G. Davis
Elgin Handy
Texas
FBI
Hieustan
Loyd Frazier
Sheriff's Department
Handy
Danny Gene Womack
Bartown
Womack
Afrhart Drive
West Houston Street
Highlands
Beytown
Fireworks Dealers On Isle Face City Curbs
Galveston Island fireworks dealers were busy Saturday as the city council moved to prohibit the sale of certain fireworks and began annexing parts of the West End to restrict distribution. The action follows a Friday vote to curb sales and regulate festive explosives.
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Galveston
Galveston Island
West End
Lee vs Westerners in 4A state final on radio
Bay town grid fans travel to Dallas to watch the Ganders seek a second bid beating Lubbock Westerners in the 4A championship. Morris sidelined with illness weakens Lee while Westerners boast 25 straight wins in two seasons.
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Baytown Grid
Dallas
Robert BE
Ganders
Lee
Timmy Morris
Tex
Morris
HB OH
Duke
Lubbock
Lirbhock
Westerners
La Porte hires Moore as engineer for street upgrades
La Porte City Commission selected A. Y. Moore of Moore Engineering Co. of Pasadena as the engineer for a $200,000 street improvement program after narrowing bids. Mayor Burgin favoring front foot contracts to reduce supervision. The city also takes over Emery Harbers water system, collecting deposits from 38 former customers at City Hall.
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la Porte
City Commission
A. Y. Moore
The
Moore Engineering Co
Pasadena
Commission
M. D. Burgin
Moore
Emery Harbers Water System
Rio Vista
Busch Terrace
Harbers
City Hall
County Paving Aid Boosts La Porte Streets Plan
La Porte city commission gains county backing for street improvements after County Commissioner Kyle Chapman agreed to assume paving of several roads. Plans include Eigath J and E streets and Blackwell street within city limits. Chapman aims to cover about a mile to a mile and a half with labor and equipment, subject to budget limits.
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la Porte
Kyle Chapman
Eigath
Chapman
Blackwell Street
Blackwell
Tunnel by-pass plan to reroute La Porte traffic
La Porte considers a by-pass to divert main traffic from the mouth of the La Porte Baytown tunnel. The route would connect the La Porte end to the west entrance, extending Highway 225 down 20th Street to I Street and intersecting it. City Commissioners White and Rigby study the proposal with state Highway Department aid.
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la Porte
la Porte-Baytown
20Th Street
I Street
State Highway Department
Robert A. White
Louis R Rigby
Goodfellow Drive Aims To Reach Needy Kids Fund Goal
Chief Goodfellow reports Goodfellow Drive at 3992 Goodfellow Drive, needing about 100 dollars more to meet the 7000 dollar goal for Operation Goodfellow. Donations are pouring in as the Baytown Sun offices prepare for deliveries Tuesday, with carpenters union help and Wooster Fire Station rides Sunday afternoon for 25 cents each benefiting the Goodfellow fund.
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Goodfellow
Garrison
Goodfellow Drive
Chief Goodfellow
Baytown Sun
The
Carpenters Union
W.H
Bd) Burchett
Wooster Fire Station
Eddie Cox
Wooster
Aggie Party Set for Bayshore Motors in Baytown
Bayshore Motors hosts Baytown annual Christmas party Monday at 6 30 pm. Admission 1.25 dollars with reservations via Rebel at 3860. Texas football fame will be named by a school coach. event includes refreshments and dancing.
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Bayshore Motors
Baytown
Ein
Auand M
Texas
Choral Music Feast Free Concert At Lee Auditorium
A Christmas choral concert by the Lee College Community Choir is set for Monday night in Lee College auditorium with no admission. The program opens with the Largo from Xerxes and ends with Mozart Gloria in Excelsis, featuring soloists Mrs Woods, Mrs Jean Black, Louise Van Meldert, Patsy Saunders, and George Meason under director F T Seale.
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I. F. Seale
Ara
Ralph Dockendorff
Keith Dutson
George Menson
Lee Tag
Verna Tag
Earline Woods
Patsy Saunders
Nellie Padgett
Jean Black
Louise van
Meldert
Lee Auditorium
Lee College
Xerxes
Hendel
Twill
FT. F. Seale
Ralph Dockendorf
Woods
Louise von Meldert
George Meason
First Presbyterian Church
Dockendorff
Peytonians
Seale
Baytown
Tyler's
Walter Rundell
Chorst
Cuban Plot Upsurge Nets Arms Seizure in Westchester
Westchester and Yonkers authorities on Friday seized a large cache of munitions intended for Cuba as part of a planned uprising against Batista. Arrestees include Alfred Manheim, 29, a New York munitions dealer, and Frank Connell, 49, an AFL Bill Posters Union organizer, with a third man later nabbed in Yonkers. Police seek at least three more principals in Miami and New York.
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Mamaroneck
Fulgencio Batista
Westchester
Cube
Yonkers
Alfred Manheim
New York
Frank Connell
Brooklyn, N. Y
AFL Bill Posters Union
Manheim
Connell
Jose Duarte
John E. Hoy
Miami
Fla
Batista
Carlos Prio Saccaras
Morton Edmiston
Prio Saccaras
Bayfonians Escape Fire At Rice Hotel
A fire on the 10th floor of the Rice Hotel in downtown Houston injured one woman by smoke and damaged one suite. Richard Pontier, 35, a bellhop, spotted flames from a window and alerted fire crews after rescuing two young boys, Bonty, 6, and Cecil, 3, sons of Mr and Mrs A B Lawrence of Baytown, guests at a party in the Empire Room. Damages were light except in the originating suite.
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Houston
Rice Hotel
Richard Pontier
Bonty
Cecil
A. B. Lawrence
Baytown
Empire
Timely TPS Gift Spruce in Local Classifieds
Baytown merchants offer final gift selections for Christmas shoppers. Read the handy Gift-Sorter in the Classifieds to see top picks, with reordered items still available. Includes selections suitable for everyone on your list and reminders of the four shopping days left.
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Baytown
Taft Senate Post Bid Foreshadows Republican Switch
Senator Robert A. Taft is viewed as likely to win the Senate floor leadership, signaling a shift in GOP governance. His candidacy, announced Friday, follows Brid ges and Knowland stepping aside, promising a new role aligning with Eisenhower’s program and altering the party’s leadership dynamic in the Senate.
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Washington
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Senate
GOP
Taft
Eisenhower
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
William F. Knowland
California
Knowland
Tait
Steven
Charles L. McNary
Osegon
Record of C124 crash near Larson AFB during snowstorm
A four engined Globemaster C124 carrying 182 people including many on Christmas leave crashed during takeoff near Larson Air Force Base in Washington as a blizzard reduced visibility. An Air Force public information officer said the number killed and injured could not yet be determined, though some survived and aid crews rushed to the scene and hospitals.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Air Force Base
Highway Patrol
R.L. Denny
Continental Trailways Bus Co
E. V. Sheu
Plains Creamery
Moses Lake
Wash
Air Force
Air ‘Transport Service
Larson Air Force
Ba Way
Air Force Public ‘Information
Wil
PIO
Déa
Douglas
Alaska
Eight year old Freddy Duffy’s Christmas wish reaches Chicago
Santa wish will come true for young Frederick Duffy of Byrenton New Britain Canada. Court officials prepare to send Freddy the biggest reddest rubber tired wagon after a message tied to the Christmas tree trunk requested a weapon.
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Chicago
Frederick Duffy
Byrenton
New Britain
Canada
Freddy
Acheson To Defend Vincent Recommendation To Go To
Secretary of State Acheson is expected to urge President Truman to reverse the Loyalty Review Board action against diplomat Vincent. Acheson will study the case and submit a recommendation to the White House before next week end amid pressure from advisers. The move could trigger a major diplomatic controversy on the eve of Republicans taking power. Louis Budenz’s case had led to firing on loyalty grounds. Vincent’s suspension awaits presidential review.
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Washington
Deen Acheson
TruMan
Loyalty Review Board
Diplo- John' Carter Vincent
Acheson
White House
State Department
Mincent
Louise Budenz
Beare
Europe
Hit and Run Driver Fined $120 in Court
A driver described as a Negro faced charges for hit and run that endangered a busload of schoolchildren. He paid total fines of 120 dollars after being accused of operating a vehicle with an expired license and reckless driving. The court noted he altered the license expiration date to seem valid.
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O. S. McCullough
1952 Was Bonanza Year For Rice Industry in Texas
Texas rice industry posts a record year with Gulf Coast crop value projected above 85 million dollars, up from roughly 60 million in 1951. J Puller Collier of the Foustem division notes coast yield near 35.39 bushels per acre vs 23 bushels last year, with Patna prices peaking. Export demand supports a substantial year over year gain despite uncertain markets.
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Texas
Gulf Coast
Department of Agriculture
J. Puller Collier
Fousten
Rice Growers
Texas Rice
Patna
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He Clarke
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Vitus
Ricks
Jarvis
Chance
Oreening
Cal
Been
Vegee
Mary Catherine
Susan Stewart
Skippy
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Pant Meister Motor Co
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