Informal dance for A and M students in Baytown
Baytown homecoming dance for Texas A and M students will be held from 8 PM to midnight Monday at the Knights of Columbus hall. A Hast Harris County club member said plans were changed from formal to informal this weekend. Claude Tompkins of Cedar Bayou has been brought home from John Sealy hospital after months of confinement following an automobile accident near Port Bolivar. She thanks visitors and invites friends to see her. her husband, also injured, was brought home two months ago.
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Texas A and M
Baytown
Knights of Columbus Hall
Hast
Harris County & and
WJ Mothers Club
Hospital
MES
Claude Tompkins
Cedar Bayou
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Port Bolivar
Baytown Sim
West Awaits French Vote With Anxiety
Paris December 27. Independent deputies backed Premier Mendes France in the confidence vote that would decide his government and Western unity. The executive committee urged MPs not to oppose the Atlantic Pact, though most options were uncertain as heavy police guarded the Chamber.
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UGP
France
Pierre Mendes
Western European Union
WEU
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Mendes-France
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Seite
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Independents
National Committee of Independents
A. R
Around Town Odd Christmas Notes and Local Pixies
DAVID BRINKLEY aids neighbor installing a gift from Santa. Glenna Phillips reports a lost parakeet and Mrs. Philling is asked to call with any sightings. Dot Day notes tacks and other holiday curios. Mindy Slagle receives a piano from St Nick as caroling fills the house. Johnny Chandler warns drivers to watch pedestrians. Bill Yommertlin returns to familiar streets with Ann Matysias at the soda fountain after days away. Helen Huett struggles to keep up with Christmas gifts. Jim Turner shows home movies with a new projector while Stevie Underwood favors a big Panda look alike. Willadene Hines speaks in guarded tones. Blaine Kirkland seeks a report from someone.
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Glenna Phillips
Mrs. Philling
Mindy Slagle
St. Nick
Johnny Chandler
Bill Yommertlin
Ann Matysias
Wveral
Helen Huett
Lucile Beard
Jim Turner
Stevie Underwood
Willadene Hines
Blaine Kirkland
Yule Day Slaying Leads to Murder Charge
Fugse Thompson of Oak Addition, 24, is jailed on a murder charge after Christmas Day shooting at a cafe. Bert Williams, about 40, died allegedly over a $1 owed to Thompson. Police say Thompson, cut by Williams, retrieved a .22 revolver and killed Williams four times behind the cafe bar. An autopsy was ordered by Justice of the Peace Walter Queen.
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Fugse Thompson
Oak Addition
Bert Williams
Thompson
Sgt
BE. R. Hardy
Harbar Drive
Hardy
Williams
Walter
Queen
Thrompson
Walter Queen
Cold Front May End Camp With Warmer Weather Fades
Baytown faced a warm holiday weekend but a cold front looms likely to bring the area's coldest weather this year. Snow possible in the Panhandle with up to three inches already reported while Texas girds for freezing rain and rain as warnings rise from New Orleans to Lake Charles.
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Panhandle
New Orleans
Nee
Weather Bureau
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Tex
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Alester
Okla
Gainesville
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Hobbs
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Ariz
Rockies
Kansas
Upper South Plains
Gulf of Mexico
Lufkin
Galveston
College Station
Victoris
Texarkana
Dallas and
Fort Worth
Don't Steal From Ol' Santa Four Teen-Agers Are Caught In Act
Baytown police halted four youths on Christmas Eve after they grabbed a package from a community tree. Two other teens left the scene when stopped. An empty package later led police to two Corpus Christi hitchhikers jailed on misdemeanor theft for stealing a gift from W. E. Stevens in Humble. The incident ended with lectures for the four at the tree and the other two in custody.
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Baytown
la Porte
Walter Roberson
Jimmie Crate
Five Points
Roberson
Crate
Corpus Christ
W. E. Stevens
Houston
Who Will Be Queen of Baytown Sun Carriers
Baytown Sun carrier contest runs five days to pick the carrier with the most new subscriptions winner gains the right to name a Miss Baytown Sun Carrier of 1955. The queen and winning solicitor will be pictured on page one next week.
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Baytown Sun
Sun
Lhe
Syd Gould
Leroy Towler
La Porte Druggist Fights Off Attacker
Clyde Agee, a white-haired La Porte druggist and Chamber of Commerce president, fought off a young, slim assailant who tried to rob his store after closing. Agee, slightly injured, couldn't describe the attacker but thought him Negro and male. He was treated and released, with plans for an X-ray.
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la Porte
Clyde Agee
Agee
Commtan
Jake Bussey
Chamber of Commerce
Christmas Sales Hit New Peak
Washington reports preliminary figures from the Federal Reserve showing a 2.5 percent rise in department store sales over the first three weeks of the Christmas season. Some experts anticipate total buying may reach or exceed the 1962 record of 16.9 billion dollars, with hopeful districts led by the Kansas City region.
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Fadert Reserve Board
Biving
Reserve Board
Kansas City
Rites Held Sunday For Seabrook Resident 81
Funeral services were held at 2:86 p.m. Sunday at the Art Simpson Funeral home chapel in La Porte for J. M. Kellett Sr Bt of Seabrook. He died at 1:18 a.m. Saturday in a Baytown hospital. He donated the land for the Seabrook cemetery where he was buried. The Rev. Tommy Price of St. Mark's Methodist church in Houston officiated. Survivors include his widow Jennie Mae Kellett of Seabrook, three daughters, one sister, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Art Simpson
la Porte
J. M. Kellett Sr
Seabrook
Kellett
Baytown
Tommy Price
St. Mark's Methodish Church
Houston
Jennie Mae Kellett
J. Be, Bragg
G. A. Kohn
J. E. Sa Oneson
Dewey Countryman
Hasuton
World News In Brief From New York and Beyond
The World News In Brief item reports Oppenheimer labeled a security risk by the Atomic Energy Commission, the Soviet Union and the free world neck and neck in training scientists, Eisenhower planning a January budget submission to Congress, the Defense Department seeking pay rises for hard to fill military technicians, and Vatican sources noting Pope Pius XI making encouraging progress over Christmas.
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
Atomic Energy Commission
Augusta
Eisenhower
Congress
Washington
Vafican
Vatican
Pius XI
Texas Toll Rises to 69 in Holiday Tragedies
A United Press survey reports 69 deaths in Texas during the holiday period, including 42 fatal traffic incidents and several homicides or self-inflicted deaths. The toll lags behind 1953’s pace, with the DPS tracking violence through January 2 and predicting about 204 deaths in the season.
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Department of Public Safety
United, Gress
Tees
Texas
Untront
California
Holiday Traffic Accident Toll Is Low In This Area
Mrs. John Champagne, 40, of Tat Park, was hospitalized with four broken ribs after a three car crash on La Porte road near Deepwater. Murphy R. Milling, 20, Baytown, drove the second car that struck Champagne, sending her vehicle into a third car driven by Yvonne Tharp Brown, 20, Frankston. All four drivers faced reckless driving tickets. three passengers, including Mrs Millican, 27, Baytown, were treated and released. Police reported two other minor crashes and two cars overturning on Highway 146 nearby.
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Tat Park
Pasadena Hospital
la Porte Road
Pasadvise
Champagne
Murphy R. Milligan
Quk
Baytown
Yvonne Tharp Brown
Frankston
Pasadena
Milligan
Raytown
la Porte Pallac
Walter Roberson
Fivo
Roberson
Max Bench
la Parle
Mike Brown
Kemah
Highway 146
Brown
Bench
Roberson Wold
Veterans Land Inquiry Probes Fraud Scandal Emerges
State Auditor C H Cayness testified that two ex G T s were in California when applying for loans to buy Zavala county farms under the veterans land program. He cited signatures obtained abroad and a listed expense account including travel to San Francisco and Fresno. The inquiry focused on bona fide residency requirements and alleged improper charges connected to the Winter Garden Development Co and the loan applications.
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State Senate
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San Francisco
Fresno
Calif
Cuera
Cavness
DeWitt County
Ernster
Henry Robinson
Farlier
Seni
Dorsey B. Hardeman
San Angelo
Tsvoy
Old Joe Is Back In The Saddle Again
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy renewed his two part attack on U S policy toward Red China. He urged cutting off U S aid to nations trading with Red China and pressed for public support. He also asked Washington to give Chiang Kai Shek a free hand to attack the mainland asserting Chiang’s forces would wither without American manpower.
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Red China
McCarthy
U.S
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Chiang
Americas
Toll toll rises as New Year deaths blamed on slick highways
A National Toll tally cites 370 highway deaths as New Year celebrations begin. The era's deadly incidents include a DeQuincy family tragedy near Jasper when a Chevrolet veered off U.S. 1 striking a tree, killing Theda McNait 31 and her two sons Sidney 10 and Michael 7. Herbert 35 injured. Near Hearne a Houston family died in a mobile accident blamed on slick roads. John Alexander 26 Memphis former band leader died in a Houston dressing room shooting after a Russian roulette game at a Christmas dance attended by about 200. An old West style gunbattle occurred between Jasper and Browndedkl hunters in southeast Texas.
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Theda McNait
DeQuincay
U.S. 1
Sidney
Michael
Herbert
Erlilealy
Hearne
Tesulta Silventes
Houston
Lydia
Chester A. Bildas
Aled
Tioga
Johnny Ace
Thussian Routette
John Alexander
Memphis
Tenn
Houston City
Stordum
P. Y. Snow
D. M. Fults
Alexander
Browndedkl
Texas
Investigation Begins Into Airliner Crash at Prestwick
Investigators from the British Civil Aviation Ministry opened a probe at Prestwick Airport after a Christmastime airliner crash killed 28 passengers, including four Americans. W Duggan leads the inquiry and five surviving crew members were asked to stay in their hotel rooms until the investigation concludes.
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Prestwice
Scotland
Nee
1. W. Duggan
Civil Air Ministry
4-Ton Mold Topples On H N Harper
Haydn Nathan Harper of Highlands is crushed to death at 7 68 am Monday when a four ton steel mold toppled at the Sheffield Steel Plant near Greens Bayou. Deputy Sheriff N O Morrison says the mold shifted forward from a loading sequence as workers and an engine passed. Only Harper’s head was visible after the mold buried him, and a verdict of accidental death was returned. He left a wife and two children.
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Highlands
Sheffield ‘Steel
Otter
Harpers
Morrison
Joe Yates
Home Orded
Hig Post
W. , Hardy
Galena Park
Harper's
Prybara
I Justice,of the Peace
Dave Thompson
Mra
Harper
Baytown
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Sheffield
Ike's Goal Peace And Prosperity
Cabinet members set peace and prosperity as top goals for the new year. They pledge firmness, military and economic strength at home, strong allies abroad, and policy revisions to curb inflation, farm surpluses, and strengthen wage and unemployment laws. Secretary Dulles pledges determination to negotiate from strength and to fill gaps in free world defenses with new alliances.
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Nation's Business
I Magazine
U. S
Chamber of Com- Tarng
al#0
John Foster Dulles
United States
Culpepper’s Moving to New Store in West Texas
Culpepper’s prepares to open at 612 West Texas after a two day move finished by Tuesday morning. The store, housed in a building prepared by The Pruett Estate, will stage a formal opening next week once stock is arranged. Manager L. G. Sanders invites friends to visit while finishing touches are completed.
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West
Texas
Culpepper's
Pruett
L. G. Sanders
Ait Beer
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