Winds sharpen fire fight in Angeles National Forest
Los Angeles reports strengthening winds add serious turn to efforts of more than 100 firefighters battling a large brush fire in the Angeles National Forest. In Washington, McCarthy subcommittee staff may investigate over half of income tax comprom gages. In Augusta, President Eisenhower begins drafting the State of the Union message with staff.
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Los Angeles
Angeles National
Washington
Sen
Joseph R. McCarthy
Permanent Invest Subcommittee
Augusta
Eisenhower
Ministerial Alliance Sets Monthly Breakfast Meeting
Sun Spots reports Ms. Lana Vaynes, 78, died Wednesday night in Tyler. Sun Spots notes relatives Mrs. Britton Philips and others attend funeral services in Tyler. The Ministerial Alliance will gather Monday at Gonzalez restaurant for the regular monthly breakfast meeting led by Rev. P. Wilter Henell, president.
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Deoory Ty Amory
Britton Philips
Tyler
Lana Vaynes
Mallory
Whilins
Gonzalez Restaurant
Reglar
P. Wilter Heneell
Around Town Notes Highlight Local Faces and Festivities
BILL LAUGHLIN left the hospital and a party guest list includes Jth Stell Knecht and others at San Marcos football game last Saturday. Etolia Hale marks a four day after Christmas birthday. Florenne Noll heads to Baytown soon as Randy Brannon shares New Year Eve prep ideas. Cecil Morse visits town while Mrs C J Thorpe headlines a Baytown Christmas party with R L Paulfel as Ralph Edwards.
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Bill Laughlin
Soledwe
Etolia Hale
Glen Harbour
San Marcos
Anne Kelly
Florenne Noll
Baytown
Randy Brannon
Cecil Morse
Mra. C. J. Thorpe
R. L. Paulfel
Ralph Edwards
GI Renounces Communism Says Other May Follow Him
Panmunjom Korea January 1 UP a U S prisoner Pfc Claude J Batchelor of Kermit Texas announced he now wants repatriation and predicted other Americans among 21 held would follow him to freedom He described a New Year Eve in the neutral zone where a fellow captive cried to go home and another American got him drunk He said Lt Gen Thimayya Indian head of the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission was told his name but a press conference interview did not reveal it
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Panmunjom
Korea
Claude J. Batchelor
Kermit
Tex
U.S
Batchelor
Thimayya
Pic
Richard Br, Tennesow
Alden
Minn
Tokyo
Child Home From Dead as Prison Camp Release Brings Joy
Mrs. O. Batchelor, mother of eight, sobbed with happiness on New Year’s Friday when her son Pfe Claude Batchelor, released from a Communist prison camp, chose freedom. In Tokyo, his Japanese wife Kyoko Araki recalled letters they exchanged and her belief he would return despite his silence.
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Kermit
Fox
O. BE
Batchelor
Malenkov Urges Ban On Hydrogen Bomb In New Year Message
Moscow January 1 Premier Georgi Malenkov linked New Year greetings to the United States with a call for solemn and unconditional pledges against the use of atomic and hydrogen weapons. In an INS interview he said there were no objective obstacles to improving U S Soviet relations in 1954 and expressed hope for stronger ties and world peace. He answered questions on prospects for peace and friendship between nations and the possibility of reducing international tension next year.
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Moscow
Georgi Malenkov
United States
Russia
Smith
Internal Service
Faris
Alenkov
Ussr
Malenkov
Josef Stalin
Stalin
INS
United St N
Jesus
America
Mont Belview Man Dies At Age 68
George Cleveland Connor of Mont Belview died at 68 after a brief illness. The 6-year old cottred pipelitter of Baytown, details unclear, died Thursday in John Staiy hospital Galveston. Body sent to Barthe man Funeral home for arrangements.
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Mont Belview
George Cleveland Connor
John Staiy
Galveston
Bartheman
Baytown
Baytown Holiday Traffic Sees Light Accidents
Two major crashes marked New Year celebrations in Baytown as the night split happiness. One victim re admitted to hospital after a collision at Market and West Main while several others received treatment for bruises and cuts.
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Baytown
Mmornine
Korea Fund Dedication Is Sunday
Baytown residents raise about 3000 for Korea relief to feed starving children. Sunday dedication service at First Presbyterian Church will present funds to Christian Rural Overseas Program official M. Ciruti Jr will preside. Dr Waller Part regional CROP director will accept on behalf of Church World Service joined by Danny Clinton Harris County agent. Clinton previously traveled to Korea in 1952.
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Baytown
Christian Rural Overseas Program
First Presbyterian Church
Ciruti Jr
Harris County Council of Christian Laymen
Waller Part
Church World Service
Danny
Clinton
Harris County
Korea
4-H Club Donation Helps Korean Relief Drive In Baytown
Jeff Powell president of Wrighlands 4-H donated a 335 pound Fersey yearling to CROP and arranged processing in Houston for shipment to Morea. Proceeds fund rice for Korean children with a shipload including meat wheat cotton and clothing leaving Port Mauston January 12.
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Coaif
Jeff Powell
Wrighlands 4-H Club
Houston
Tw 2
Morea
Powell
H.W. Oliver
Wartorn
Korea
Baytown
Clinton
Port Mauston
Dan
Father Of Four Baytonians Dies
W. A. Chatam, about 27, father of four Baytonians, died here early Friday. He had homes in Marsteall and visited Bayton frequently. Funeral services are set for Marshall Saturday at Calvary cemetery. His wife died July 4, 1962. Survived by nine children, including Baytonians Mra Crenshaw, Horace M. Chatam, Busene M. Chatam, and Goldman Chatam.
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W. A. Chatam
Cantam
Marsteall
Marshall
Calvary Cemetery
Chatam
No Wedding For La Porte Youth Funeral Rites Set For Accident Victims
Three La Porte teens killed when their car struck a bridge railing will have funeral services Friday in La Porte and Houston area churches. Robert Stewart and Vivien Carroll will be buried side by side in Forest Park Cemetery. Miss Mitzle Martin will be buried in Houston’s Forest Park Cemetery. John Thompson remains in a Houston hospital in critical condition. Services led by Pastor W N Parrish and Rev C W Mirry, with arrangements by Art Simpson Funeral Home.
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la Porte
Robert Leon Stewart
Vivien Marie Carroll
Dickinson
First Baptist Church
Porest Park
Houston
Mitzle Dolores
Howe Methodiat
Misa Martin
de. John Colehorn
Community Church
Cisea
Vex
Art Simpson
Spencer Highway
Miss Martin
J. Mo Montes
Sia Lor
Judig Montes
Ser Serviews
Three Still At Large In Houston Bank Theft
A Houston National Bank robbery netted 573,349 with teller Donny Allen confessing to aiding the plan and implicating Johnny Navarra and others. Suspects James Davis Mitchell Mary Lou Mitchell Nick Mitchell remain at large. FBI to file federal bank robbery and accomplice charges.
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Houston
Houston National Bank
Donny Allen
Johnny Navarra
Allen
James Davis Mitchell
Mary Lou
Nick Mitchell
James Mitchell
James
Nvarro
FBI
Navarra
Mileisell
Baytown Police Force Size Compared With National Averages
A study by the International City Managers Association finds Baytown's police force is smaller relative to its population than most U S cities. As of early 1992 there were 0 82 police employees per 1000 residents, below the national median of 1 45. Expenditures per capita also run below the national median, at 2 84 versus 7 87.
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New York
Baytown
International City Managers Assecialion
Madian
Poiice Department
Enytown
Archbishop Ritter Bans Film Showing in St Louis
Arch bishop Joseph E Ritter urged St Louis Catholics to shun a motion picture featuring dancer Russell in a revealing costume. The letter read in all churches warns Catholics under mortal sin to avoid this presentation and any future showings in Fox theaters within the archdiocese.
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ST. Louis
Joseph E. Ritter
St. Loui
Jang Russell
Ritter
Vy Catholic
He Teller
Fox Theater
Archdiogense of
Holiday traffic toll rises as deaths reach fifteen
United Press reports mounting New Year holiday fatalities with 15 deaths across the nation. Thirteen of the losses occurred in traffic incidents or mishaps as travelers end the holiday season. Weather varied, with warm conditions in Key West while much of the Plains saw freezing temperatures. Interstate safety campaigns warned 460 motorists to avoid dangerous behavior before midnight.
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United Press
Great Plains
AL Key West
Pla
Malidiy Forv Council
Ion
Jillen Ann Crowder Leads Baytown Baby Derby
Jillen Ann Crowder is reported the apparent winner of Baytown arena New Yorks baby derby. Born at 12:20 or shortly after midnight Friday at Baytown hospital to Mr and Mrs Jack Robert Crowder they weigh seven pounds and are first time parents. The prize comes from Baytown merchants for earliest area birth with runners up noted for a Crosby birth at San Jacinto Memorial. Parents urged East Harris and West Chambers County residents to file claims by noon Monday.
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Flea Ann Crowder
Baytown Arena
New York
Jillen
Baytown Hospital
Jack Robert
Crowder
West Gulf
Crowders
Jien
Bay Town
Pha Baytown Sun
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Marnie D. Strang
Baytown Star Bs
East Harris
West Chambers County
Baytown Armory Plans Move Forward With Two-Unit Building
Chamber of Commerce president Lloyd Jones announced that the Texas National Guard Armory Board will build a two unit armory on a five-acre tract deeded by the Chamber in December. Project cost is estimated at 200000 to 300000 dollars, with design including an auditorium 100 by 60 feet, classrooms, and guard offices.
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Chamber of Commerce
Lioyd Jones
Texas National Guard Armory Board
George L. Keeny
Military Assistes Gutrimitteg
Syhial Cirsh
Ini
National Guard
John Kadar
Baytown
Adj
Barry Fins
Eliie
Kader
Dare Tell
Puck
Wagawa
Minitary
Second Street
West Main
Armory Board
Chamber of Commerny
Armsry Boar
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