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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1956
Page
1
Mayor Proclaims February 12 through 19 as LULAC Week in Baytown in honor of the 23rd anniversary of the League of United Latin American Citizens. The theme is Twenty Seven Years of Democracy in Action.
A readable fragment notes Horace Mann seventh grade plan a school concert Monday with involvement from local groups including Bayou Baptist and Rotary Club. Mentions Boy Scouts, Bankers, and a stock show banquet as part of community events.
A garbled local column mentions assorted residents and happenings including Alta Beishee, Bert Black, Pat Alekander Stovalp, Bo Lee Gans, Mupha Rata Whittredpe, Benny Gaddis, Don McLeod, Camille Fisher Pontra, Warren Bunting, Camille, Alike Wadsworth visiting from La Porte, and Rufus Honey. The piece injects odd spellings, names, errands, and minor events, with references to repairs, post office activity, a supper house behind Holly McLenior, and small rewards or fines.
George Bower a 25 year Highlands Baytown resident will take the oath at 7 30 p m Monday as a Baytown schools board of trustees member. A Highlands businessman and contractor he moved here after Baylor University and for years worked at Humble Oil Baytown plant before organizing his plumbing firm.
The Baytown Emergency Corps, long active since a January Saturday, mobilizes to fund and secure a portable lung center to aid respiratory emergencies. Fire Chief Ary Lintylman and volunteers coordinate drives, donations, and regional support as they seek a Gulf Coast portable device to improve life saving during breathing crises.
President Eisenhower faces a final medical review as Dr. Paul Dudley White and a team assess the latest physical results. The doctors will present their findings to the President with one recommendation on whether he should seek a second term, while no health opinion is released publicly.
Houston reports say a $1 million-a-month drug operation based in Mexico was dismantled. US customs agent AL Scharti disclosed 12 arrests in East Texas with undercover work by Houston and Torsten police. Indictments expected. one San Antonio man still at large.
Baytown Texas Exes plan a March 26 Independence Day assembly at the Holson Yacht Club where Longhorn football coach Schulze will speak. Schulze, a former head coach at Lamar High School and Couroy, joins the University staff as freshman coach amid talk of new offensive ideas for 1958. Tickets are $8, available downtown from Doug Stewart, Tack Sivickler, and Al Melinger with Arthur Lestat handling sales in Crosby and Highlands.
Fire swept through the Ada Oil Co warehouse in Houston on Monday, sending dense oily smoke and flames up to 100 feet high. Firefighters fought the blaze for two hours as oil and tires stored inside exploded, with about 50,000 dollars worth of tires in cars melted.
Houston detectives joined Baytown authorities in a wide vandalism probe after 198 windshields were damaged at 16 used car lots. Police estimate per windshield costs at 40 to 60 dollars and consider the incidents possibly linked to a protection racket, with investigators noting some sites had attendants and questioning pellet gun theories.
A Baytown celebration honors Liberty's 200th birthday with a courthouse lawn dedication on Tuesday and an April 18 21 program. Mayer W Pruett and Gordon Farned of the Baytown Chamber attend to present resolutions. A relay race from Houston to Liberty covers two miles each way, finishing in Liberty before a noon luncheon.
Prison riot at Harlem No. 1 prison allegedly sparked by home brewed beer described as rough and raw. About 480 convicts housed in two storey stone and brick dormitories. inmates reportedly fashioned improvised restraints and planned escape rings.
Jose Ramora, a Baytonwy grocer for decades, died of a heart attack at 68. He operated a family shop and was active in local Masonic circles in Laredo and Baytown areas. Survived by multiple children including Beth Zamora and Joe Ernest Zamora, with service details and burial to follow.
Baytown Shrine Club launches its annual fund raising for Crippled Children's Hospital. Albert Nelson announces ticket sales and big gifts chairmanship with Preston Aihler and a lineup of campaign committees. The drive aims to support medical center referrals and free services at Houston area facilities.
BEA will name sixteen delegates to the District Convention to be held in Galveston in March and April. Reports will be given by the nominating committee and by chairman constitutional amendment committee Tye Wton Adams and George Peri.
The Milwaukee Journal links Senator Joseph McCarthy to the Superior Oil Co and its executives, citing a $2,500 campaign contribution to Senator Francis Case and a private plane registerd to the firm. It notes campaign records showing a $2,000 donation by N. B. Keck, identified as H. B. Keck of Superior Oil, amid broader notes on oil industry ties and land and gas activities in Texas and Wisconsin.
A group of La Porte and Baytown men depart Tuesday for Army service after meeting at the draft board office. Reverend Pave McGiy and day Marks will represent La Porte volunteers, with Henry Santana, John Henry Pagan Jr, and Jack Chamness Cummings among those listed.
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