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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1954
Page
2
Stassi Distributing Co, Baytown wholesalers for Jax and Budd Weiser beer, announced employee cash bonuses ranging from twenty weeks to two months of salary based on service length. The firm cited a good 1954 year and plans to share profits with workers.
The Baytown Sun notes delivery and publication details for a weekday afternoon edition at Pearce and Ashbury in Baytown Texas. It lists staff including Bertin Editor Payne, Gould Advertising Director, Jackees Office Manager, Warren Edmon Managing Editor and rates for subscriptions and advertising services.
Graind Prairie Texas police chief Woody Rawlings said Christmas Day will pass without a jail dinner. He noted there will be no fancy meal and no one will be detained for the holiday. If someone is picked up on Christmas Eve, they will be sobered up and released.
Baytown friends of Mr and Mrs RB M Laughlin receive birth notice for Roy Martin Laughlin Sr born December 20 weighing seven pounds thirteen ounces Grandparents Mr and Mrs Joe Hechler of Houston and Mrs Roy Martin Laughlin Sr of Garland Also living in Garland Mr and Mrs Laughlin reside there now
In a bridge problem a North-South pair use an artificial convention showing three top tricks and a bidding sequence leads to a small slam in No Trumps. South seeks three tricks in clubs after a diamond lead and a king high finagle. The problem asks for the best bidding of this tournament deal.
Noel H. Field and his wife Herta A. Field, American citizens, were granted political asylum by the Hungarian government, MTI reported. The U.S. legation in Budapest said it had not been informed of the development, amid the Fields’ long disappearance and recent release from prison on November 16.
In Hackensack New Jersey four men were held in connection with an alleged plot to murder Paul Hall, AFL Seafarers chief. One suspect is a Florida gunman claiming a $1600 contract. Others are detained in New York and Florida.
Gladys Talley offers season's greetings as readers reflect on Christmas. The column details numerous Highlands families and friends, with many gathering for Christmas dinners in Baytown, Bellaire, Texas City, and nearby towns, plus a note on Tom Culpepper stationed at Fort Bliss and missing home. The piece closes with a National Geographic fact on the Alaskan bull moose.
Santa looked to lead a Christmas day halftime with red fur trimmed capes and white fur hats. Escorts will perform two field dances to Mr Touchdown and Santa Claus Is Coming to Town before shifting to Jingle Bells. Deer Park hopes for a state championship that day.
Mr and Mrs J B Cauley of Fort Worth visit Baytown to see grandchildren Larry and Keith Cauley at 702 North Circle. Grandparents travel to the Home of their grandchildren for the holiday season.
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