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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1955
Page
10
The United States weighs easing travel controls on Hungarian and Romanian diplomats. State Department officials said no immediate action was predicted, but the move was under consideration as of Wednesday.
Millionaire John Jacob Astor III seeks annulment from his third wife Dolores Fulkman of Miami Beach alleging she forced marriage while knowing his Mexican divorce from his second wife was not legal. He claims she is not his legal wife and therefore not entitled to any of his money. The suit follows new U S travel restrictions targeting Russians, affecting some 27 percent of the United States. The order limits Russian travel near borders and major areas, with 48 hour notice rules for Russian passport holders and bands along the Mexican and Canadian borders.
Washington reports Bureau of Mines figures show Texas and Oklahoma stocks fell while others rose. Total US crude inventories 265,391,000 barrels for Dec 25, down 102,000 from the prior week. Texas down 1,032,000 to 119,775,000. Oklahoma off 167,000 to 25,617,000. Kansas up 103,000 to 8,644,000. Louisiana up 631,000 to 15,527,000. California up 46,000 to 31,707,000.
Tulsa dispatch reports the Oil and Gas Journal shows week ending Jan. 1 oil and lease condensate production down 29.8 thousand barrels. National output listed at 6,336,000 barrels with Oklahoma down 26,300, Kansas down 11,900, California down 1,400, Texas unchanged. Increases observed in Arkansas Colorado Indiana Nebraska North Dakota and the eastern area.
The Texas State Board of Optometry Examiners debated whether optometrists may advertise with no final decision before the next meeting on January 22 in Houston. Proponents favor reimposing the ban to curb “assembly-line” practice and raise ethics, while opponents warn it limits free expression and recall witchcraft era trials.
London officials said No 10 Downing Street will be completely overhauled over at least a year. Prime Minister Winston Churchill would move to Admiralty House in Whitehall as foundations crumbled roof timbers weakened and interior walls required rebuilding after a recent inspection.
The FBI added George Lester Belew a 41 year old Mountain View Missouri native to its 10 most wanted fugitives. Belew known for forging checks since 1953 has passed bogus instruments in 20 states from California to Michigan and Oregon to Louisiana. He escaped a jail in Hays Kansas where he was held on a fraudulent check charge after assaulting a jailer in July. Belew replaces John Harry Allen on the fugitive list. Allen was arrested December 21 in Fort Smith Arkansas. Belew born October 31 1918. expert forger since age 17. previously imprisoned in Iowa Manitoba Canada and federal penitentiaries at Atlanta McNeil Island.
Washington date line reports the Army releasing a field manual finding land forces remain the decisive element of military power. The document, dated September 27, critiques overreliance on air power and massive retaliation while stressing infantry strength can close with and destroy enemy forces with limited civilian damage. It notes cuts ordered by President Eisenhower reducing Army manpower to about 1 million by mid-1956 from 1,173,000.
The Civil Service Commission reported that 8,008 federal employees were fired or resigned with clouded status as security risks. Of these, 2,096 had subversive activity or associations, while 5,812 were described as drunks, sexual perverts, criminally inclined, or medically unsuitable. The action follows Eisenhower's May 28 1948 security order and covers the program's start through September 30 1954.
New York January 4 UP Robert Ruark a noted Scripps Howard columnist sold motion picture rights to his unreleased book A Thing of Value for about 300000 The Scripps Howard paper said Ruark would also receive 150000 pounds from Metro Goldwyn Mayer for his role as technical adviser during filming of a story about Mau Mau and racial strife in Africa Doubleday and Co will publish the book in March in Washington January 5 Tip 6 for the union of Presbyterian church branches was discussed with President Eisenhower by six clergy who say they hope to aid the church merger efforts Mr Wisenhower a Presbyterian is among them
Radio Peiping quoted accused American John Thomas Downey as saying his November 1932 flight to northeast China aimed to pick up an espionage agent. Downey allegedly admitted the mission during the broadcast monitored in Tokyo.
Southbound passengers on the Fiorida East Coast Raily cen travel from Spuds to Dinner Island by Way of Potatoville. If it doesn't agree with them they can get on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and go from Doctors Tn Jet all the way to Doctor Phillips.
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