Sun Slants REAL CHRISTAMAS SPOUT AS REWARD FOR FAITHFUL
A Christmas Eve Sun column recalls front page kindness from the staff, notes short illness of veteran printer W A Scott, and shares light Christmas pieces and jokes. It reports a spoof call to a Spokane paper about SMU, a Sterling City letter to Santa, and staff Christmas traditions at Little Duke Hospital. The Baytown note hopes Humble Oil and Refining Co. plant deals with Uncle Sam gain approval, foreshadowing future impacts.
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Christamas
W.A. Scott
Scotty
the Sun
Sterling City
Santa Claus
Santa
Jesus
Baytown
Gordon L
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Uncle Sam
Tncle
Agon
Christmas Tidings From Around Town
Captain and Mrs. Morgan A Maxey buy peanuts for backyard squirrels while Mrs Norman Hargrave gratefully receives a festive gift. Mrs Toni Rachelle shops and nearly empties her purse as George Chandler exudes early holiday spirit. Neal Seeley touts his agge and follows it to the Nth degree. Mildred Fulker ton clears deck for a large gathering as Doc Whitcomb dresses like a holiday greeting. Jim Nel and Jack Moorehead visit for a last minute stop. Jack Chance goes deer hunting, trophies pending.
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Morgan A. Maxey
Norman Hargrave
Toni Rachelle
George Chandler
Neal Seeley
Mildred Fulkerton
Sim
W. R
Doc) Whitcomb
Sam
Ben Dienst
Jim Nel
Jack Moorehead
Jack Chance
Fund Short Forty Baytown Kids Look to Goodfellows
A Baytown appeal reports 40 more names added to the Goodfellows list raising total to about 725 children aided. About $1,500 has been spent on toys fruits nuts and candy. organizers seek $1,000 more with a reserve fund ready. Carpenters Local Union No 1334 members are delivering around 670 packed bags.
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Baytown
Goodfellows
Goodfellow
Goodfellow List
Goodfellow Fund
Carpenters Local Union No. 1334
Santa Claus
Hammarskjold Plans Early Trip To Peiping
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold outlined a planned late December departure for Peiping to seek freedom for 11 jailed U.S. airmen and other detainees while avoiding any demand or humiliation of China’s leaders. He stressed the trip would be a negotiation under UN General Assembly mandate and not a begging mission. The plan implies a year‑end departure, with no guarantee of an immediate release.
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Bruce W. Man
United Nations
N.Y
Dag Hammarskjold
Paiping
U.S
Hammarskjold
Chow En-Lai
Red China
UN General Assembly
United States
Peiping
Nat
Peking
Chou
General Assembly
Warm Days Cold Nights Seen For Christmas Here
A Texas weather summary notes warm days and cold nights for Christmas with 73 degree highs and 50 degree rises overnight in some areas. Clouds linger west with light sprinkles, while Dallas to El Paso report clear skies. A weak cold front may enter Friday but likely won’t drop temperatures. lows span 21 to 58 across major towns.
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Texas
Salt Flat
Hitene
Salt Wat
Bal E Paso
Dalhart
Laredo
Lubbock
Amrita
Laflda
Miners
Wells
Texarkana
Ee] Paso
Junction
Wichita Falls
Abilene and Midland
College Station
Beaumont
San Anzeto
Austin
Houston
San Antonio
Brownsville
November Construction Permits Total $409 411
City issued 30 building permits in November 1953 with an estimated construction cost of $411 690. Dwelling permits numbered 16 in Fair Park, plus 13 additions and repairs costing $57 760. Commercial permits included an office at 3300 North Main and a workshop at 500 Park Street.
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EB. Hanratty
Mits
Fair Park
North Main
Park Street
Nine GIs and Pilot Die as DC-3 Crashes in Monongahela
A chartered DC-3 carrying 24 servicemen home for Christmas crashes into the Monongahela River near Pittsburgh after running out of fuel. Divers searched through the icy waters for bodies including nine soldiers and the chief pilot Harald Poe of Seattle. Survivors reported Poe swam ashore then dove back to help others and vanished.
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Dravosburg
Monongahela
Pittsburgh
Harald Poe
Seattle
Wash
Poe
Plang
Fatal blaze kills three kids peeking at gifts
In Austin Minnesota three children ages five and nine died in a closet fire sparked by a burning gift. Fire officials say a missing safety candle or match likely ignited wrapping and caused a rapid flash fire as the youngsters searched for presents. Local firefighters found the bodies in the closet with smoke and heat damage ruling the scene accidental.
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Austin
Minn
Dee
Matelis
Donald
Darrel Bottleson
Janice
SheaLbig
Fire Department Cpt
Man shoots wife's leg then sleeps in Texas town
In Kemah Lamarque Texas James Smith shot his wife Nora Smith 59 and then slept. He told deputies what’s the big deal when informed he was wanted for the shooting. He was jailed on weapons charges and arson related counts.
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Stella Herring
Houston
Charlie Richards
Lamarque
Tex
Hns
James Smith
Nora Smith
Smith
Depuy
Prie
Eisenhower Holds White House Christmas Gift This Year
President and Mrs. Eisenhower hosted about 700 White House staff in the East Room to distribute gifts, including a portrait of George Washington. Mrs. Eisenhower’s mother attended, and the reception preceded the holiday party for staffers.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Yilaids
Dbe Saane Fur
TE Ulhagbagti
We Present
Caorge
Angra
John & Dal Weste
Company Iem
Court Upholds Security Act Ruling on Communist Party
The U S Court of Appeals held the Communist Party in America is directed by the Soviet Union and must register as a subversive organization. The 24 to 1 decision upholds the 1940 Internal Security Act provisions requiring membership and records, with dissent noting overbroad implications and Fifth Amendment concerns.
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Reds
Washington
United States Court of Appeals
Communist Party
Americ
Soviet Union
E. Barrett Preligman
John A. Daniher Uphel
Stitute
David L. Bazelon
Congress
Santa and Stork Face Christmas Scheduling Clash
A chaotic holiday scene unfolds as Santa and the stork race to deliver gifts and babies before Christmas. The piece notes last minute rushes, disorganization, and the looming need for coordination to avoid a Christmas Eve fiasco while also announcing the birth of Rebecca Ann to a Baytown family with grandparents listed.
China Reds Say They Can Crush Seventh Fleet
Taichin desolate report claims the Peiping regime expects to wipe out the Seventh Fleet with help from Taissian submarines. The deserter Wen May Ling says Nationalists plan an invasion of Tachen and Quemoy with submarine support, though details remain vague.
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Formosa
Peiping
Seventh Fleet
Conquet
Fromia
Wen May-Ling
Wong
Ona
Yokohama
Won
China
Cate Pablo
Inliitu
Tachen
Quemay
Leaking Hose Ignites Gas Causing House Fire
Firefighters reported a blaze in a Kinnaird home caused by a leaking hose connected to a gas stove. Gas buildup in a clothes closet sparked flames that spread to a bedroom and bath, damaging the interior and contents. Estimated damage exceeds $1000. Kitchen stove shut off by occupant, preventing further spread.
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Kinnaird
Biel Warty
Joenie Alsne
Leonard Barrow
Caiet Art Lintelian
Laughead's Sister Seeks Commitment Over Prophesy Row
In Chicago 93 year old Charley Laughead and his wife faced an attempted ouster after a Thursday fight at a station where he defended his worldwide disaster prophecies. Michigan State Coffee deetur planned a drive back to Lansing to oppose his sister's petition for commitment to mental hospitals.
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Hee
Charley Laughead
Michigan State
Deetur
Lansing
Mich
Scheme Fails To Kill Wife Eight Years
DARMSTADT Germany Dec 28 Loruz Reiner was sentenced to eight years for attempted murder of his wife by poisoning. He tried to kill her to marry a younger woman while his wife remained silent. Authorities say he planned to reveal the story when he remarried.
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Darmstadt
Germany
Loruz Reiner
Ketone
Reiner
Addicts Suspected In Thefts In Five Clinics
A Wednesday night raid by suspected drug addicts broke into five clinics in the gtown area and stole morphine and demerol. The Mutual Benefit Association clinic at 9520 Market in West Baytown and Dr PJ Mock’s clinic on South Broadway in La Parte were hit, with five types of narcotics missing. Police say adults in a possible organized effort used a crowbar and pried doors to access the drug rooms, leaving fingerprints or footprints in some areas as they investigated with local authorities.
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Gtown
Mutual Benefit Association
Market
West Baytown
PJ. Mocks
South Broadway
la Parte
Une Samy
Perton Op Perigia
MBA
Linin
Elinle
Timne
Warglargs
Marglira
Joe Friday In For Ribbing In Milwaukee Story
The piece describes Friday as an aging local man facing a humorous ribbing about his job situation. It notes calls to a telephone number in the morning hours from concerned readers and mentions possible involvement in a telegram exchange with ties to a Mr Webb. The tone is light yet reflective as Friday contemplates his next steps.
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Milwatu
Tiel Webb
Joe Healey
Vani Ain
Milwaukee
Pat
Win
Himgly
Hunt
Patralnagy Jamuuy
Parole Granted to Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon Stephenson
Tad Michig an City Dec 2 1932 the former Ku Klux Klan grand dragon C Stephenson has been paroled after more than two years of a life sentence for the rape and murder of a secretary in Indiana. He once boasted of power in the Indiana Klan.
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Michigan City
Tad
C. Stephenson
Indlitia &Lifehouse
Garbage Pickup Schedule Adjustments In Raynton
City manager Midgieton says Raytonians with garbags collected on Saturday will have pickups moved up a day this week. Both Friday and Saturday routes will be moved to Friday and crews will have Saturday off.
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Iz Pawily
Kuwe Ik
CD Midgieton
Garbage Crewa
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