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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1956
Page
4
Editorial urges a broad expansion of the Case case bribery inquiry to cover all contributions linked to the Harris Natural Gas bill. It argues powerful moneyed interests sway legislation and calls for outlawing lobbying tactics, asserting public officials must represent constituents, not minorities backed by funds.
A Baytown Sun item praising Alice Davis, wife of Dr Hamlet S Davis, contains a misprint misidentifying her hobbies as hard work. A local prankster J Bryan Stranon altered the piece, masking a typo and sparking embarrassment for the Davis family and readers.
Fred Hartman notes President Eisenhower vetoed the Harris bill, a move he says hurts Texas gas producers and drains local fields. The piece argues the veto shocks liberals, may affect 1954 electoral prospects, and claims Texas bears the costs as gas taxed beyond its borders. The column compares the situation to a Texas juror saying the jury has torn its shirt with me.
Winant Elsinore a lowprofile clerk holds a vast memory for lawmakers. A descendant of Thomas Jefferson, he reveals a constitutional hole about electing presidents and the Speaker's nonrequirement to be a congressman. Uranium stock tale and Washington visitor musings close the column.
Midland woman turns home business to a clean stuffed animal cover. She created a washable toy skin to replace dirty, germy fur, turning a household problem into prosperity for herself and neighbors. The piece blends local enterprise with a moral verse from Revelation.
The Baytown Sun lists subscription prices and mailing rates while a narrative recalls Mrs Gann solving a common household problem. She created sellable stuffed animal toys after experimenting with sales methods and enlisting neighbor workers. Her approach combined resourceful thinking with simple production steps to meet Christmas demand.
A reflective piece on how familiar people around us are, with a hotel lobby anecdote about a distant meeting. The author recalls a granite inscription about fleeting friendships and notes that returning home reveals moss on the stone, meaning ships and friendships require attention to endure.
A Washington Post student writes from Michigan asking the Department in Washington for lodging in a city jail during Easter. He offers to work for room and asks about conditions and temperatures in late March, hoping for a potential night or two and a chance to earn his keep. He signs as Howard V. Covsil.
An OCR fragment describes a 36 foot well in Indian Territory, salt cleaning porcelain, and a forecast for March. It recounts Covell sending a file about a student’s ambitions to Banal Clemmer, director of Corrections, and a letter from Mrs Alexandra Link about a case. She notes no board and room for overs through Washington. Easter timing referenced.
A garbled page offers trivia prompts and biographical hints. It includes questions on authorship of essays, poetry asks who wrote Ode on a Grecian Urn, a steel executive’s rise from office boy to president, and birthday trivia for film and sports figures. It blends language questions, historical events, and name recalls.
Washington column traces a $2,500 lobbying pattern tied to Sen Case of South Dakota and Lyndon Johnson’s push to confine the probe. It links Superior Oil figures, McCarthy ties, and lobbyist conduct with pressures on Hennings and shifts in highway tax policy amid a broader fight over flood aid and the Boggs financing plan.
A self important president seeks a flashy hire from fee bay while Raymond defies odds asking for simple cash and a shirt. A Marilyn Monroe imitator laments the eerie male gaze as boys at the drugstore ignore the showy act.
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