Amarillo elects first Negro to run for school board
Amarillo reports Dr Q. Wyatt, a physician, becoming the first Negro to announce candidacy for the local school board. In other Texas briefs, Austin lawmakers split on amendments, with actions on income tax, auto tax, and car registration fees. In Pampa, Oran Payne, 41, a laundry owner, was fatally stabbed at a home event.
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Amarillo
Wyatt
Austen
House
Texas
Pampa
Tex
Oran ™ Payne
Juanita Williams
Brotherhood Dinner At Jewish Community House
The Brotherhood of the First Christian church and B Nai Brith lodge plan a 7 pm dinner at the Jewish Community house on Wednesday. Ted Freedman of Houston and Rev Karl M Parker of Pasadena will speak. ABSENTEE VOTING ends in Barbers Hill bond election with bonds and tax rate rising from 1.0 to 1.25. Bond vote hours are 8 am to 7 pm in the high school library. At Rice Meeting Charles Zerwekh Sr. chairs a regional American Chemical Society meeting at Rice Institute and will speak on Patent Practices in Industrial Research Institutions.
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The
First Christian Church
B'Nai Brith Lodge
Ted Freedman
Houston
Anti-Defamation League of
B'Nai Brith
Karl M. Parker
First Christian Church of
Pasadena
Barbers Hill
Rice
Charles EH. Zerwekh
American Chemical Society
Rice Institute Wriday
Zerwekh
Baytown ‘Refin
Deer Park Fire Marshal Prescott Returns Home From Hospital
In Deer Park Fire Marshal W A Prescott is home from the hospital as Daryl Trammell infant son of Mr and Mrs R L Trammell remains in Pasadena hospital with a virus. City Marshal Ben J Royall leaves his job as cook and arrives at the scene in his apron. Mr and Mrs W F Mahaffey of Jackson Mississippi spend the week with their son and family and Mrs B Mahaffey.
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Marhsall
W. A. Prescott
Daryl Trammell
R. L. Trammell
Pasadena
Ben J. Royall
W. F. Mahaffey Ofackson
B. ¥. Mahaffey
New Street Signs Sealed In La Porte
Fifty seven street signs are now moving installed at intersections along main traffic arteries in La Porte. The signs were recently purchased by the La Porte city commission. The public works department is erecting the signs.
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la Porte
Public Works Department
LP Studies Contract For Sewer Extension
La Porte works on extending sewer mains to Sylvan Beach addition and western La Porte awaiting engineer and city commission review. Eldridge Construction Co leads bids at 5,709.71 base for vitrified clay pipe and 50,871.60 for concrete pipe with Baytown’s Young Plumbing close behind. lateral work bids differ by about 1,000, plan to involve property owners to share costs.
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Sylvan Beach
la Porte
City Commission
Eldridge Construction Co
Eldridge
Young Plumbing Co
Baytown
Young
Brade
Walter Fehr Last Rites Set At Highlands Church
Funeral services for Walter Howard Fehr 71 retired Highlands businessman will be at 10 am Thursday at First Methodist Highlands with Rev. T P Hendrick officiating Burial will be in Forest Park Cemetery under Paul A Lee Funeral Home. Fehr died Tuesday in a Baytown hospital after years of ill health Survivors include his widow two daughters a sister and a grandson Pallbearers named J E Johnson James C Cast W R James H A Barnwell F D Roquemore and W L Calhoun
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Highlands
First Methodist Church
T. P. Hendrick
Forest Park Cemetery
Paul A. Lee
Fehr
Baytown
Round Rock
West Malin
Causeway Road
Spivey Lumber Company
M Heelth
Methodist Church
Sampson Lodge No. 231
Paud U. Lee
Bessie Fehr
Co. M. Heghes, Jr
Houston
Deer Park Sets Bid Openings for Deepwater School Expansion
The Deer Park school board will open bids on March 24 for an addition to Deepwater elementary school and for 1500 extra seats at the Deer Park football stadium. Plans include 27 new classrooms and a cafeteria expansion to seat about 400, with construction cost estimated at 100000 dollars. Deepwater elementary, opened last September, currently serves about 425 students, with the addition increasing capacity to 1030 under Architect Emory S White's direction.
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Deer Park
Deepwater School
Deepwater
Emory S.white
Clyde Abshier
White
Deepwater Elementary
Deer Park Fire Department Chief Resigns and Plans Aide Force
C G Hollingsworth resigned as president of the Deer Park fire department. A new president will be elected at the next Birenen’s meeting in February. Hollingsworth, also on the Deer Park school board, cited lack of time due to other activities. Firemen plan to train auxiliary volunteers, now 12 strong, to assist only in emergencies and not respond to regular alarms.
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C. G. Hollingsworth
Deer Park
Hollingsworth
Calvin
Conrad
New Cold Wave Heads For Texas
United Press reports a cold wave moving toward Texas will reach the Panhandle by Wednesday night and push southward and eastward across the state. Forecasters warn temperatures will drop considerably with Baytown noting a 33 degree low for a second night after a brief warm spell.
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Texas
United Press
Panhandle
Cold wave to raise temps across state with light flurries
Forecasters expect temperatures to rise across the state before a cold wave arrives. Skies should be mostly clear with some cloudiness in extreme South Texas. Snow flurries possible in the Panhandle and South Plains Wednesday night, with scattered rain elsewhere but not expected to be consequential. Early Wednesday lows ranged from 12 in Dalhart to 46 in Brownsville, with several cities listed across the state in the 19 to 44 degree range.
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Panhandle
South Plains
Dalhart
Brownsville
Amarillo
Lubbock
Dl Paso
Lufkin
Midland
Austin
Presidio
Waco
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Wichita Falls
Abbene
Dallas
Beaumont
San Angelo
Houston
de Rio
Laredo
Corpus Christi
Bad Weather Delays Atomic Blast Test in Nevada
In Las Vegas on February 23, bad weather delayed the atomic proving test. The U S Atomic Energy Commission postponed the firing of a major blast in the A955 series to Thursday or later after an early pre-dawn detonation Tuesday. The shot, roughly equivalent to 60 900 tons of TNT, faced weather evaluation delays.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Ares
La Porte Rotary Club Hears Brandt
Bert Brandt of Houston, a Lore mer foreign correspondent and photographer, spoke to Le Porte Rotary at Bob and Marie’s restaurant. He discussed China and the Far Eastern influence, recounting experiences with the retreating Nationalist Army and noting mishandling of U S supplies to Nationalists. He claimed the Communist Army relies on two thirds of its supplies from footing. The Army issues only one third of its needed items.
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Bert Brandt
Houston
Loremer
le Porte
Justifiable Youth, 16, Cleared in Stepfather Slaying
Justice of the Peace Walter Queen returns a verdict of justifiable homicide in the fatal shooting of Edward R. Swilley 24 at an apartment on East Defoe. Swilley was killed by a .22 rifle fired by his stepson Marvin Eugene Sutton 16 after Swilley allegedly threatened the boy and his mother. Funeral services set for 2 pm Wednesday at Paul A. Lee Funeral Home with Rev A L Bird officiating. Burial at Brookside Memorial Cemetery in Houston. Survivors include widow Mia Mattie Darwin Swilley a daughter Dena Reneau Swilley two stepsons Marvin Hugene and Melvin Douging Sutton and stepdaughter Barbara Ann Sutton. father Clarence Swilley of Merryville LA. foster parents Dre and Mrs E W Miller of Houston. sisters Mrs J D McLamore Texas City Mrs Alene Smith Honey Island and Mrs A M Gore Baytown.
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Justice of the Peace
Walter Queen
Edward R. Swilley
East Defoe
Swilley
Marvin Eugene Sutton
Paul A. Lee
A. L. Bird
Northside Baptisl Church
Texas City
Brookside Memorial Cemetery
Houston
Dena Reneau Swilley
Marvin Hugene
Melvin Douging Sutton
Barbara Ann Sutton
Clarence Swilley
Merryville
Dre
Mra
E. W. Miller
J.D. McLamore
Alene Smith
Honey Island
Mra. A. M. Gore
Baytown
House Republicans On Hook for Demo Tax Cut Bid
Washington February 23 House Republicans hope to force President Eisenhower to oppose a Democratic 20 per person tax cut plan set to become effective next January. Democrats push ahead with a bill to continue corp and excise tax cuts on April 1, arguing $100 per family of five would boost everyday trade. The Ways and Means panel approved the measure 16 to 9 with one GOP vote, but House rules committee fate looms and Chairman Howard W. Smith questioned the tax and warned of a tough floor battle.
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Frank Eleazer
Washington
House
Eisenhower
Mick
Ways and Means Committee
Files
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Britain shifts toward U S Formosa view on Red China threats
Bangkok Feb 23 UPI reports Britain leans to the American stance on Formosa as Communist China issues bellicose statements and presses toward Nationalist held islands Quintin Quamcy and Mars. Dulles and Eden discussed Asia risks at the Southeast Asia treaty conference with Dulles affirming U S military readiness.
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Earnest Hobbrecht
Bangkok
Thailand
China
Britain
Formosa
John Foster Dulles
Anthony Eden
Dulles
Eden
United States
Dallas
Quamcy
Mars
Peiping
New Highlands Rotary Club President Named
B P Hopper, principal of Highlands Elementary, elected president of Highlands Rotary Club succeeding George Bowers. Hopper will serve starting the first Tuesday in July with C P Roberts as vice president, Harry K Johnson as secretary, and W W Spivey as treasurer. The group plans to fund officer registrations for a district conference in Beaumont and to foster a Highlands baseball program, including a boys league alongside the Junior Deputy team.
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P. Hopper
Highlands Elementary School
Highlands Rotary Club
George Bowers
Hopper
C. P. Roberts
Harry K. Johnson
W. W
Pop) Spivey
First Methodist Church
Highlanda
Versary District Conference
Beaumont
Bowers
Dennis Barnes
First, Baptist Church
Highlands
Baytown Optimist Club
Chimes Trigger Early Morning Church Clock Alarm
West Baytown residents woke at 3 am by church chimes and Jeff Frazier arrived to silence them only to meet police who mistook a prank. The clock misfired because electricity cut for building work set the time wrong.
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Jeff Frazier
Chiang's AF Bombs Reds Junk Fleets In Formosa
Taipet Formosa February 28 The Nationalist air force said it carried out heavy bombing against Communist troops and junk fleets in the Taishan Islands for the sixth straight day. It reported hitting two sizable ships in pre-dawn raids and possibly sinking one, following reports of a large convoy victory earlier this week.
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Taipet
Formosa
Taishan
Talshan
Tuendry
Payoffs Increase On Death Claims
New York reports show Texas death claim payments rising 8 percent over 16 years with Texas families receiving 73.236 million dollars in claims last year under 44,577 policies. The figures compare to 67.381 million in 1963 for 44,?. The Institute notes nationwide payouts of 2.072 billion in 1944 under 1,578,100 policies versus 1.204 billion under 1,267,630 policies in 1944.
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New York
Texas
Mystery man who visited trailer linked to Pasadena case
In Pasadena on February 23 a mystery man who briefly visited a trailer before leaving quickly is not yet identified. The case involves Mrs Ann Williams alleged to have killed her two sons and left their bodies near Alvin. Laura the trailer camp owner reports a Latin type man visiting since Hoyt Williams began serving a January sentence in Atlanta.
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A. Murray
Pasadena
Calvin Wiliams
Conrad
Calvin
Cruse Elementary
Conrill
Afgon
Alvin
Galveston
Algoa
Harris County Sheriff's Office
Ann Williams
Houston
Calvin Williams
Conrad Williams
Aigon
Atlanta
Hoyt J. Williams
Federal
Morris Johnson
Johnson
Mra. Williams
Williams
Dar
Leff
L.A
Laura
Ike Leaves Money Job To Congress
President Eisenhower told Congress he is inclined to back financing a vast interstate highway system with two-year federal bonds, but he stopped short of recommending the plan after strong Democratic opposition and objections raised at the White House.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Wiys
White House
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