Evacuation of Tachen With U S Aid Appears Imminent
U S advisers back on Tachen Island amid reports of imminent Nationalist evacuation with U S Seventh Fleet support. Maj Gen William Chase said American troops evacuated under fire recently are back on the island and will aid as needed. Nationalist sources hinted an announcement could come soon as bombers pounded targets to clear a path for evacuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
U.S. Seventh Fleet
Tachen
U S Jets Bag Two Red MIGs Off Korea Coast
Tokyo Feb 5 American V-86 Sabrejets shot down two Soviet built MIG 15s off the west coast of Korea during a U S Air Force mission. The fight occurred over international waters west of the Yellow Sea as four MiGs attacked an RB 4 reconnaissance plane and four escorting Sabres returned fire. Two enemy jets were shot down. the others escaped to friendly air cover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Korea
U. S
U.S
Kartas
Yellow Sea
Japa
Formosa
Aieri
Europe
Asia
Itaya
Armissier
Tani
RBA
MAGS
Velley
Hores
Mendes-France Ouster Triggers French Political Crisis
National Assembly votes Premier Pierre Mendes-France out of office in a 319 40 273 confidence defeat. France faces a deep split and uncertain foreign policy amid Western Alliance tensions as his resignation is submitted at 6 am, leaving the country without a government in a period of major crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Landrey
Paris
National Assembly
Pierre Mendes-France
France
Mendes-France
Europe
Rene Coty
Radioa Socialist Party
Hts
Sun Spots Course in Water Works Maint Offered
The Engineering Extension Service at Texas A and M plans a Monday start for a water and sewage works operation and maintenance course at the Wooster fire station. Instructor John H. McClintock will lead the class, open to anyone in the field, with the first session at 7 pm. HL Lumkin and BH Dolinson publish Identification of Compound Types in a Heavy Petroleum Gas, in Analytical Chemistry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasin
Engineering Extension Service of
Texas A and M College
Wooster
John H. McClintock
E. Lumpkin
BH. Dolinson
Analytical Chemistry
Baytown
Baytown Laboratories
Around Town items mix humor and chatter in quirky notes
A stray page of gossip mentions Quie Pratt and Guy McNallie in their spare time, Fay Granger helping a friend, Jacy Fay seeking a fancy coffee, Eamon Dunn promising to dig up news, and Jet Denton lamenting a diet failure. Other notes reference Opal Tuchamore’s prank, Gary Hill returning to school work, Burke Murdock aging, WL King predicting a humble dance, Sue Jones and Martha Lilly traveling to Nacogdoches, and Carolyn Moody in opera company circles. Clarence Senulta assigns heavy reading for a Lee college history class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quie Pratt
Guy McNallie
Fay Granger
Jacy Fay
Eamon
Gary Hill
Burke Murdock
WL. King
Disaro
Sue Jones
Martha Lilly
Nacogdoches
Carolyn Moody
Robert E. Lee
Metropolitan Opera
San Antonio
Carolyn
San Marcos Southwest College
Clarence Senulta
Lee College
Muddy Demise NAZRO Well Drilled as City Plans New Source
City Manager Darwin Middleton said Baytown faces no immediate water shortage after the Nazro well went dry. A committee recommended drilling a new well and using the Nazro pump, with a tentative site behind the city lot at Riggs and Lee drive. The plan aims for about 100 gallons per minute and relies on other wells to supply the area until the new source is ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAZRO
Darwin Middleton
Baytown
Wazro
Mortis and
Nazre
Middleton
R. H W. Pruett
C. W. Grantham
M. IL. Camp+ Dell
al Clayton
Lacy Lusk
Middinton
Riggs and
Lee Drive
Partment
Wor
C. D. Middleton
Layne-Texas
Walker
South Baytown
Boy Scout Week Starts in East Harris District
East Harris troops mark the 45th Boy Scout birthday with a week of events from Sunday through the following Saturday. Scout Sunday leads the observance with uniforms worn in churches and schools. Troop 142 plans a 7 p.m. mass attendance at St. Joseph's. Several packs host Father and Son and Blue and Gold dinners, including Pack 96, Troop 105, and 561. Additional dinners are scheduled for Pack 255, Pack and Troop 288, and more on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Week
East Harris
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Knights of Columbus
Troop 93
Cedar Bayton Methodist Church
Pack
Barkers Hill
Grace Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
Algo
Suits Planned Over Texas Veterans Land Scandal
State seeks recovery from a $3 million veterans land program probe as Attorney General John Ben Shepperd testified before House and Senate committees. Two suits were filed to recover $500,000 loaned to five individuals, with more actions expected within 24 to 48 hours as probes continue and officials warn against revealing criminal theory in civil suits. Witnesses included Secretary Chirk Jobel and Preston Craig, plus State Auditor C. H. Cavness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. B. Lloyd JR
Austin
Veterans Land Sake
John Ben Shapward
House
Veterans Land Program
Senate
Shepperd
Chirk Jobel
Veterans Land Board
Preston Craig
Veterans Section
General Land Office
C. H. Cavness
Snow Storm Hurls High Over Chicago and Midwest
A severe snowstorm spread a white blanket up to 34 inches deep over the Great Plains and pushed winds toward Chicago. The storm neared blizzard conditions as it hit Chicago late Friday night, extending into Minnesota Wisconsin and parts of Indiana with forecasts of mixed precipitation including freezing rain.
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Great Plains
Chicago
Minnesota
Wisconsiin
Indiana
Dim Weather Bureau
One of Joe's Amendment Reds Honorably Discharged
New York reports Dr Jarvin Belsky a former Army private described by Senator McCarthy as a Fifth Amendment Communist returned Saturday with a discharge from the under honorable conditions category. He was discharged at Murphy Army hospital Wattham Mass after service in the outpatient department. An Army spokesman said the discharge was under honorable conditions, equating to a general discharge, not full honorable status.
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New York
Wattham
Mass
Army
Belsky
Perro
U.S. Army
Bay City Chief to Speak at La Porte Evangelistic Crusade
Bay City Police Chief J R McWhirter will be main speaker at an Evangelistic Crusade in La Porte at 7 pm Monday. The event, sponsored by the Brotherhood of San Jacinto Baptist Association, takes place at First Baptist Church with attendance expected from Baytown and La Porte police officials. Music by Memorial Baptist Church of Baytown and remarks from H Phillips program chair, with T J Brown as association president.
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Robert Gillette
Baytown Home Economics Association
Robert B. Lee High School
Bay City
la Porte
J. R. McWhirter
Brotherhood of Gan Jacinta
McWhirter
Baytown
Memorial Baptist Church of
Phillips
ALL
Jordan
T. J. Brown
Brotherhood of San Jacinto Baptist Association
Foreman Declines to Represent Car Bomb Suspect
Houston Foreman Percy Foreman quits defending Harry L. Washburn charged with murder in the San Angelo car bomb death of Helen Harris Weaver. Washburn sought new counsel after Foreman said he would be unavailable due to another case in Abilene. Nelson confessed to police that Washburn and the Swishers invited him to dinner before the burglary tied to Washburn’s child care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston Houston
Harry L. Washburn
Percy Foreman
Houston
Wash- Dien
Abilene
Tex
Foreman
San Angelo
Aubrey Stokes
Washinka
Helen Harris Weaver
Cecil Priest
Andrew Nelson
P. Swisher Jr
Washburn
Nelson
Wwe
Washbayn
Farmers Tax Pay Deadline Extended to February Fifteenth
Washington reports the Internal Revenue Service has extended the quarterly estimated tax payment deadline to February 15 for farmers and other income tax payers. Those who file a final return and pay full tax by January 31 can avoid the extension. The change, effective in 1956, shifts the January 8 deadline to February 15 this year.
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Washington
Sears
Ominkey
Baytown Woman M H Honeycutt Dies at 81
Mrs M H Honeycutt 81 mother of W and Honeycutt of Baytown died Friday night in a Dallas hospital. Funeral set for 10 00 a m Monday at George A Brewer Funeral Home Ross Ave Dallas. Survived by three sons J Bo M J Honeycutt and Dr M G Hans. a granddaughter Mrs J R Buckner. 22 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Honeycutt
W. &. Honeycutt
Baytown
Nadas
George A. Brewer
Ross Avenue
Dallas
J. Bo
M. J. Honeyfut
M. G. Hansevents
Creat Saline
U S and USSR Face Crisis at UN over Formosa Stand
United States seeks a showdown with the Soviet Union as the Security Council prepares to meet again to urge a ceasefire in the Formosa crisis. President Eisenhower is linked with the effort while Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov holds separate talks with Western diplomats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
United States
Russia
Formosa
Security Council
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Almbasmilor
Eisenhower
Tan
Thwas
Gertain
V. M. Molotov
Beltish Anbissdor
William Hayter
Indhin
Kaul
Wussoo
Secnrity Council
Baytown Flood Damages Widespread Communications Loss
Baytown suffered heavy rainfall and flooding as 4.1 inches fell in a short period, washing streets and ditches. Power and telephone lines were damaged and emergency crews worked overnight to repair lines on Wallisville Road after a light pole collapsed across cables, leaving about 1,500 telephones out of service. Traffic was disrupted and water filled streets as crews battled the storm’s effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Houston Kighling and Power Company
Gueneral Telephone Company
Wallisville Road
Anyelephone Company
la Porte
Ayers
Chester Rogers
A. S
A. S. Weather Oharrier Fi Baytown, Said 4.1 Inches of Rain Fell Between Fy
Bo Pan
Peraong
Wale Lsville Road
Tava
Dong Adistumes
Fea
Puy
Walligville
Koga
Steel
Chehant
Public Worl
Sei
Page
Girl Scout Cookie Sale to Benefit Camp Arianne
A Girl Scout sale cut under a raid aims to boost Camp Arianne improvements. Mrs Andersen the Troop 9 cookie champion and three helpers assisted loading cartons while Tanya a senior Scout from Troop 31 Volores a Brownie from Troop 1F and Beverly from Troop THop helped. Cookies sell only in residential areas next week at 0 conte per box.
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Arramn
Arianne
Andersen
Cookie Champman
Tanya
Volores
Beverly
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Bonn
Germany
London
Ing
Framée
Faper
Art League
KREG
W. J. Killmore
Horace Mann
Anson Jones
Po- Neue
Joe
Ussr
Toyland Royalty
King and Quen
Toyland
al le
College Syssiterium
Ting
Bo-Perp
Jeanie Smith
del Mantle Halet
Rbo-Beno
Ant Quienne
Teosulta
Wilton Raper
Opus
Celib
Optimist Club
Rosalie Wyers
Sun Statf
Delores
Tanya Mann
Rly Rarfeln
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