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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1950
Page
5
Bayside readers see Buck Turner Chevrolet showcase the 1950 Chevrolets featuring the new Power-glide automatic transmission. The car line highlights include a Power-jet carburetor, a 92 horsepower engine, two-tone upholstery, and all-steel station wagon. On display are two-door Fleetline sedans and four-door Stylelines, with Bel Air hardtops joining the lineup.
Washington reports President Truman made a surprise Capitol visit to celebrate Speaker Sam Rayburn’s 68th birthday. The luncheon included Wright Patman Lyndon Johnson and notable officials as Rayburn and House members honored the long-time leader with a birthday tribute and song.
Texas briefs report personnel changes at Amarillo EGNG station with Tom Kritser named general manager, and notes on Veterans of Foreign Wars winter meeting in Galveston led by A Lewis. Also covered are Texas Employment Commission data showing November wage declines, state superintendent L A Woods weighing a gubernatorial run, a murder-related injury in Amarillo, and a Texas school conference urging a 12 month education program with classroom study and supervised work.
MISSOULA Mont Jan 7 Five of the 12 Molenda children died in a two story frame home fire believed caused by an overheated wood stove. Two other children were injured critically and were not expected to live. Three siblings survived by leaping from a window while infant Lindsay was carried out by James Perry who was staying with the family. The parents and a 19 year old daughter were in Spokane on business when the blaze occurred.
Russian born Dr Oscar El Schotte a biology professor at Amherst College proposed a beer inspired method to cut beef costs by injecting a fat compound into slaughtered cattle post mortem the marbling effect and fattening possible with one injection per animal now under development by the institute of inventive research in San Antonio Texas the process aims to lower costs compared with feeding cattle to fatten on the hoof
USDA weekly livestock report from Fort Worth shows cattle and calves mostly higher than last Friday with beef steers yearlings up to 50 or more, cows and bulls up about 30, and stockers strong. Hogs and sheep mixed with slaughter cattle top ranges and feeder price shifts noted. refueling mission set for three Eighth Air Force squadrons on January 7.
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt told reporters before a Worcester talk that she finds suggestions she run for president in 1952 absurd. She said the time is not ripe for women to seek higher office and urged women to forget their sex and vote as good citizens.
In Manhattan many witnesses saw a store holdup suspect flee through Broadway and was shot by a patrolman near 45th Street in Times Square. The incident occurred as the district’s theatres glowed with bright signage and crowds watched in horror as the gunman collapsed trapped by gunfire.
A Chicago dealer, Max R Tauber, installs coin meters in cars allowing buyers to drive off after a $500 down payment and pay the rest with six quarters daily. The machine auto-cuts ignition if the balance runs out, enabling about five miles per quarter set. Tauber reports 30 cars sold in 20 days on this plan, claiming it could revolutionize auto sales.
Joyce Lawler testified that Kenneth Lawler stripped her to the waist tied her wrists in a cabin and whipped her with a two foot leather cat o nine tails as revenge for his arrest on an assault charge. Police charged him with aggravated assault.
Texas farmers' prices in mid December declined two percent from November, per USDA index at 259 percent of the base. The drop is mainly due to a sharp decrease in the cotton crop index and moderately lower prices for eggs, hogs, and cotton, with the year over year index down about 14 percent.
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