Baytown Honors 1955 Outstanding Citizens Stockton Melinger
Stockton and Melinger received Baytown's Distinguished Service awards at a Friday banquet honoring outstanding citizens. Stockton, named Young Man of the Year, told the audience his work was powered by love for the community. Melinger was named Senior Citizen of the Year, receiving the honor from 1964 winner W. J. Strickler. Jack J. Valenti, Houston's Outstanding Young Man for 1955, urged more locals to engage in politics and support honest candidates, emphasizing service and duty.
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Ky & Jones
Stalp
Inger
Humble Dhaite Hall
Knowles
Moelinger
W. J. Strickler
Baytown
Stockton
Tommy Cook
Jack J. Valenti
Houston
Valenti
Hooper Haygood
Jaycees
Texans condemn veto on gas bill in federal clash
Texas leaders denounce President Truman's veto of the gas bill as a blow to state rights and natural resources. Attorney General and governors accuse bad advice driving the decision while lawmakers cite constitutional questions and political influence. Johnson notes the veto harms all Texans including consumers.
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Austin
Texas
John Eaning
Gallpr
Congress
Albright
Poer
Hisenhawain
Amore
Shepperd
Gev
Allan Shivers
Frank Ifkard
Tex
Hany
Wand
Welter Rogers
Sen
Lyndon B. Johnson
Sible
Senate
Washington veto override unlikely on natural gas hill
In Washington Congress shows no sign of reaching the two thirds needed to override the veto on the natural gas hill measure. In New Orleans a time bomb mailed to the post office causes alarm. In California thirty eight Marines are killed when a transport crashes into a rock wall near Niles. In Thomasville Eisenhower keeps a busy schedule of hunting and golf.
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Washington
Congress
New Orleans
Niles
Calif
Thomasville
Eisenhower
Homeowners Urged To Fight Housing Plan in Baytown
Baytown borrows form new homeowners group to oppose public housing expansion. Chairman Clif Bond says the organization will canvass all residential areas for membership pledging opposition and aims to unite Baytown homeowners to influence the March 24 election. Members to sign statements supporting free enterprise and limited federal power.
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Baytown
Bond
Ing
Bridges To Open Sunday On Keeway 72 Traffic
State highway officials say Keeway 72 between bridges will reopen to traffic Sunday morning after crews replace soggy decking. The section had been impassable during recent wet weather and was closed Saturday for repairs.
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State Aghway TA
Old Ang Lest
Sophrett
Demaurtisest
League To Meet In Baytown With School Officials
UNIT ONE of the Lengind of Wee mes voters will meet Monday in the hem of Mrs EL Thy West Main. School offi are tending the National ehtion Of Schouel Boards con ation in Atlantic City New Jersey. Also attending are Underwood Barbers Hi superintendent and S. W. Maloy. BAYTOWN SINGING convention will meet Sunday at Baptist Temple with guests the Wills family from Arlington.
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Lengind of
Weemes
Moniny
EL Thy
West Main
Mieasir
Schouel Boards
Atlantic City
AL S
Ja Is
Puller
Menihe
Bay- Lawn
Enkgy Mall
Woc
Underwood
Barbers Hi
Baytown
Baptist Temply
S. W. Maloy
Wills
Arlington
Around Town Tales of Lost Purses and Peculiar Hats
Mrs Gov Strother faked flash pictures at a Founders Day PTA event with un typically attired hostesses. Char lene DelHomme seeks her missing purse and driver’s license after a Knights of Columbus meeting. Alma Moore memories falter at club reporting as Tackie and Joe Conway fret over a lost puppy.
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Gov
Strother
PTA
Sam Houston
Mi 2
Marlin Bishop
Mighty Sharp
James Froveberger
Blaadgood
Charlene DelHomme
Knights of Columbus
Alma Moore
Tackie
Joe Glyn Conway
Hearty Delight High School Invitational Tennis Finals
Baytown player Bil Dixon faces Md Joe and Houston's Art Faust in the singles final at Palforrias Saturday afternoon. Doubles defending champs Panl Camo and Douglas Bashrum reach finals, meet Raul Mirales and Gregeria Alomarez of Falfurrias. Final results could crown team champion for Robert W. Lee.
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Baytown
Bil Dixon
MD Joe
Houston
Art Faust
Palforrias
Clint Nettleton
Panl Camo
Douglas Bashrum
Raul Mirales
Gre-geria Alomarez
Falfurrias
Robert W. Lee
Mirales
Alewutter
Leres Como
Stan Ament
Deadline Feb 29 for city tax payments 1955
CG C Redd city tax assessor and collector warns of the February 29 deadline to pay 1955 city taxes without penalty or interest. Taxes become delinquent on that date, but property owners have until April 30 to render payment. if unpaid, they may place it on tolls any time before May 1.
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C. Redd
Ashbel Smith Dads Sponsor Southern Barbecue Fundraiser
Ashbel Smith Dads club hosts a Southern style barbecue Saturday at the Girl Scout House Seventh and Wright to raise funds for the Scout House debt. Ben Jordan chairs the event with proceeds aiming to clear about $1,000 for construction expenses. tickets cost 1.25 for adults and children. The menu features barbecued beef ranch beans potato salad and cornmeal bread. Proceeds support the South Texas Girl Scout program and the local Scout house, the area’s only such facility.
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Ashbel Smith
Dads' Club
Evont
Seventh
Wright
Debce
Ben Jordan
Balanes
Dads’ Club
Tre
Ting Jordan
J. E. Prewitt
Lynn Woods
Floyd Dauphin
Herman Ashani
T. G. Thompson
South Texas
Ashbel
Pasadena Police Help In Windshield Vandals Search
Pasadena police join Bay town and Houston officers in the search for vandals who have broken thousands of dollars worth of windshields on used car lots in the past two weeks. Pasadena dealers and officers were latest victims. Ten of the same windshields broken on cars parked near the police station.
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Pasadena
Baytown
Houston
Portable Lung Fund Reaches Seven Hundred Seventeen Dollars
Baytown Emergency Corps residents raised seven hundred seventeen dollars and seventy two cents for a portable chest lung to aid polio patients. Chief T D Huggins praised civic generosity and urged firms in East Harris and West Chambers counties to contribute, with Box 234 as the mailing address.
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Baytown
T. D. Hugging
Huggins
Emergency Corps
Mont
Baytawn Emergency Corps Lung Fund
Alvin Derryberry
Editorial: Veto Dooms Texas Gas Bill and Texas Politics
The Harris Natural Gas bill is dead after House Speaker Sam Rayburn said no override will occur. Eisenhower veto blamed on an ongoing inquiry, with two thirds needed to override. The vote split 209-206 in the House and 53-38 in the Senate. Truman previously vetoed the Kerr bill in 1950.
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Harris
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Eisenhower
Adlai
Tal Agency
Congress
Sam
House
Senate
House of Representatives
Harry S. Truman
Here’s Candidate for Honest Man of Year
Mrs F C Rodgers of 1313 Oak receives $10 from a man who returned $1 after she had cashed a 1931 check at Gulf Hid near Bay City. She had not seen the tin coin in 25 years and the man appeared at her home recently. She and her husband run a cafe at Gulf.
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F. C. Rodgers
Oak
Gulf Hid
Bay City
Rodgers
Gulf
Water District Bond Row Taken To Court
Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No 1B residents pursue court action in the 61st Civil District Court to halt issuance of $7.7 million in sewer bonds after an October election. Opponents claim oath rules, absentee ballots, voting-machine use and ballot secrecy were violated amid poll chaos. Board secretary George Keith denies all allegations and says no further bond steps occur until court ruling.
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Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No
Highlands
61St
Civil District Court
George Keith
Board of Supervisors
District 1B
Desperate Prisoners Escape Jail in Laredo
Seven inmates overpowered guards at the Laredo jail using steel bars and choked a keeper into opening cells. They escaped from the top floor after breaking from four cells and may have crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico. Jailer injured in the melee.
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Mexico
Laredo
Tex
Porfirio Flores
Rio Grande
Jaiier
Robert Hernandez
Hernandez
Eugene Martinez
Martinez
Flores
Milwaukee
New York
Lorelo
Escane Rangers
Sears Employees Share Profits Total $223011.68 Baytown meeting
Sears, Roebuck and Co profit sharing fund for Baytown employees reached $223,011.68 after the year's results. Vernon V. Wright announced the 1945 statements showing 4220 Sears stock shares and $71,091.88 cash balance. Fund assets exceed $1,850,000 with $100,000,000 in wage deviations.
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Sears, Roebuck and Co
Baytown
Vernon V. Wright
Baytown Sears
C Company
Sears
Wright
Femploves
Devias
Cmpany
Eevainage
Houston Corridor Annex Sparks La Porte Clash
La Porte mayor M D Burgin charged Saturday that the newly annexed Houston corridor along Spencer Highway encroaches about three fourths of a mile into La Porte jurisdiction. He noted land between the La Porte airport and Underwood Road was annexed on first reading of an Aug 20 ordinance, while the Henston strip remains a small highway border.
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la Porte
M. D. Burgin
Houston
Spencer Highway
la Porte Airport
Underwood Road
Henston
Youth Seeks Key Club Post James Stricklin District Governor
James Stricklin, a Rob ert E Lee high school junior, seeks the Texas Oklahoma district governorship of Key Club International at the Waco meeting in March. Active in 4-H and church youth groups, he serves as Baytown Key Club vice president and executive officer and would chair district affairs if elected.
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James Stricklin
Robert E. Lee High School
Key Club International
Waco
Stricklin
Baytown
Kansas City
United Christian Youth Council
District Board of Trustees
Key Club International Council
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Yount
Melinger
Chamber of Commerce
Omeowners
Beiny
Blic Hauxing
Haytowan
Asea
Clif Bond
Paipe
Scout House
Smith Dads' Club
Girl Scout
South Te
Lobbye Eberly Carol Sue Miles
Irl
Scouts of Troop 90
Baytownh
Ross's
Goodrich Co
Paul A. Lee Funeral Home
TED
Baytown Best Club
Barbers Hill
Optimist Club
James J, St
Tuck Post
Gordon Young
Lone Star Distributing Coa
Stussi Distributing Coa
Belvieu
East Herris
West Chambers
Water District
James Stricalin
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