Our Goal In 1960 Is Peace Now
Baytown readers are urged to welcome 1960 with a focus on peace and progress. The column highlights President Eisenhower’s crusade for peace, calls America a bulwark of peace, and predicts advances in space, electronics, medicine, and industry in Baytown and beyond. It emphasizes faith, freedom, and renewed prosperity through peacemaking.
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Eisenhower
America
Baytown
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Jones & Laughlin
God
Coyote Comeback in Desert Society Orbits Tucson Tale
A Tucson column argues coyotes gain respect in desert society. The narrator cites Harvey and Eliott families, ranchers and Papago knowledge, noting coyotes’ usefulness against pests while recounting shifts from villain to valued wildlife. References to Dreyfus, Laval, Case ment, Jesuits, and McCarthy echo the era's mood.
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Tucson
Desert Society
Harvey Elliott
Sam Nanini
Eliott
New Jersey
Elliotts
Elliott
Department of Agriculture
Harvey
Dreyfus
Pierre Laval
Jesuits Are Working To Vindicate Sir Roger Casement
Joe McCarthy
Try And Stop Me Helen Hayes and Katharine Cornell
Two great American actresses Helen Hayes and Katharine Cornell share mutual praise. Cornell reportedly sent backstage praise after a Hayes opening night. The message claimed Hayes is the best actress in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Hayes
Katharine Cornell
Miss Cornell
Hayes
New York
Miss Hayes
Katharine Cornell and Helen Hayes praised by society
Bennet Cerf notes Miss Hayes and Miss Cornell in a playful exchange about acting. A wife debates a hat with her husband amid domestic banter. A church wedding joke features a little girl marvelling at a bride’s change of partner.
Baytown Sun Publisher Information and Notes
The Baytown Sun Inc publishes afternoons Monday through Sunday from Pearce and Ashbei in Baytown Texas. Editor Preston Pendergrass Managing Editor Beulah Mae Jackson Office Manager J.T. Bowling Circulation details and rates published. Include national representation by Texas Newspaper Representatives Inc. News digest includes trivia and science notes in a column by William Ritt.
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Che Baytown Sur
Baytown Sun, Inc
Pearce and Ashbei
Baytown
Texas
Fred Hartman Aaeieee
Preston Pendergrass
Beulah Mae Jackson
Oeeede Sevsee
Texas Newspaper Representatives, Inc
P. O. Box
J.T. Bowling
Folk of Fame Guess the Name Gamecock Soldier
In a vintage quiz style feature the column presents a riddle about a famed American colonial leader nicknamed Gamecock born in Virginia, who fought in the French and Indian War and the Revolution. It then links to Civil War history with a prompt about Beauregard and Sumter, plus birthday notices for public figures.
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Virgina
Edward Braddock
Charleston
S. C
North Carolina
South
South Carolina
New Orleans
Namie
West Point
Bull Run
A. 5. Johnston
Shiloh
Sherman
Sea
Knowledge Your Bridge From a Recent Tournament
North pushes to slam with minimum bids as West leads spade. Declarer uses a crossruff plan to trump clubs and spades, drawing on high cards to claim twelve tricks. South scores eight trump tricks and four high cards, showing crossruff power and the danger of immediate trump drawing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wold
South
West
North
Rcs Syndiate, Inc
Christmas in the Far East Under Cold War Skies
Pearson describes Christmas in Manila and across Asia as 80 degree heat and festive scenes with American military welfare efforts. He notes Christian growth in Formosa, Hong Kong donations to refugee centers, and skeptical views of U.S. peace aims amid Khrushchev and Eisenhower diplomacy. Military scrambles at Clark Field and far northern radars underscore ongoing vigilance.
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Drew Pearson
Manila
PB. I
Unalakleet
Bering Sea
U. S. Air Force
Siberia
Alaska
Harlem Globetrotters
Far East
Formosa
Christ
Philippines
Hong Kong
SNO Man” Cigarettes
Manila Zoo
Luther Hodges
North Carolina
Air Force
U.S
Julius Holmes
Hong Kong Secondary Technical Center
China
Asia
Europe
Tibet
India
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Hisenhower
Red China
Earth
Clark Field
Greenland
Robert Wi Lee
Army
Abe- Saperstein
Gambling Not Wrong Say Westbrook Pegler Opinion
Westbrook Pegler argues gambling is not immoral and that public hostility stems from hypocrisy. He cites Costello and Warren, notes legal cases and Prohibition parallels, and laments laws that criminalize gambling while tolerating broader corruption in politics and law enforcement.
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United States
Frank Costello
Earl Warren
Costello
Warren
Cotello
Federal District Courts
Treasury
Castello
Underworld
Losin
Kansas City
Harry Truman
Tom Pendergast
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