Eisenhower backers claim GOP nomination edge in primary
Washington reports General Eisenhower publicly confirms as a Republican and signals readiness for the March 11 New Hampshire primary. Taft forces prepare to adjust strategy, while backers tout certainty of securing delegates to the July nominating convention. Additional notes on blood drives and local civic items appear in brief summaries.
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Washington
Dyfie
Politi
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
New Hampshire
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Ex-Pharmacy Employee Faces Felony Charge
Fred G. Baldwin, 34, formerly with Scarborough Pharmacy, was charged with a felony in Judge Rosene Zier’s court. A preliminary hearing is set for 2 p.m. Baldwin was arrested in Beaumont after a traced Baytown call and returned to jail. He worked at Scarborough’s Drug Store Number One for about six months and is accused of taking a portable typewriter valued at more than 50 dollars.
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Fred G. Baldwin
Empiere
Scarborough Pharmacy
Rosene Zier
Justice Court
Toimerra Baldwin
Beaumont
McKeon
Wor
Montgomery
Baytown
Meier
Baldwin
Scarborough
Morrison Rites Set
Celestia Morrison, 69, died suddenly at 5 15 p m today after a heart attack at the home of her daughter and Mr and Mrs Howard Brunson in Baytown She had lived with her daughter for six years since moving to Baytown in 1936 She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star Funeral services will be held tomorrow at the Church of Christ Latter Day Saints at North Pruett with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery directed by Earthman Home Other survivors include grandchildren and relatives from Nevada and Houston The obituary notes community notices and local happenings in a dense transcription of names places and events.
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Celestia Morrison
Howard Brunson
Gaillard
Christ
IO North Pruett
Benjamin L. Bowring Ting
San 0
Memorial Park
Earthman Home
Daugt
Martha
Fire Loss in Baytown Drops Under Insurance Premiums
Baytown annual fire loss for 1951 totaled 61,533.52 on property valued at 1,248,560 with insured losses at 832,075. The First Christian Church and Robert E. Lee High School fires were the year’s worst, while the Parker home blaze was near third. Chief Lintelman cited 30 residential and 60 grass-fire alarms, with 14 vehicles on fire and one false alarm.
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First Christian Church
Robert E. Lee
Joss
Lintelman
R. H. Parker
Parker
Robert E. Tee
Linterman Sain
Baytown
Man Charged With Assault In Baytown Case
Don Bailey a tugboat man faced criminal assault charges after the father of a 16 year old Baytown girl said she vanished after planning to visit Bailey and return home. The judge noted Bailey claimed they never married and he already had a wife, with bonds set at 1600.
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Don Bailey
Cirges
Baytown
Bitl
Justice of the
Roscoe Zierlein
Bailey
San Antonio
Eacliff
Soil Judging Class Stated A&M Expert Will Demonstrate Here
Baytown farmers and Future Farmers of America groups are invited to a soil judging demonstration at the Baytown Chamber of Commerce tomorrow at 2 p.m. Paul Haines of Texas A and M will lead with W A Whitehill and Roy Hauger attending. The session covers soil structure texture and factors affecting productivity with four fields and soil pits for judging practices.
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A&m
Baytown
Nelson McElroy
Chamber of Commerce
Paul Haines
Soil and Water Conservation of
Texas
W. A. Whitehill
Herris Poduction Marketing Administration
Roy Hauger
Soil Conservation Service
Rosenburg
Baytown Area
Future Farmers of America
Cedar Bayou
Crosby and
Raytown
Five Spies Sentenced to Death by Warsaw Court
Five individuals accused of spying for the United States were sentenced to death today by a Warsaw court, according to the Polish news agency Pap. The report notes the ruling was delivered in a brief session and reflects postwar tensions in Europe.
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London
Buti
United States
Warsaw
Pap
Polio Epidemic Reported in Galveston by City Leaders
Galveston officials dispute official polio tallies as Dr. Martin Schneider cites an epidemic with 30 cases since December 1, 1951 and two deaths. City health director Dr. Herman Weinert notes underreporting and delays in recording cases.
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Galveston
City March of Dimes
Martin Schneider
Schneider
Herman, Weinert
City Health
S “Associates
Weinert
Dy. Weinert
Symington resigns as REC head. McDonald named successor
Symington resigns as one man head of the REC effective January 15. President Truman appoints Harry A. McDonald, Republican chairman of the SEC, to succeed him and says he will continue Symington's policies at the REC.
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RFC
Symington
REC
Truman
Harry A. McDonald
Securities and Exchange Commission
McDonald
Three-Way Truck Crash Near Beaumont River narrows escape for Leady Luck
At approximately 2 am on Beaumont Highway near the San Jacinto River a three truck collision left Levi High briefly trapped in a shifting pipe cargo crash. High escaped serious injury after his truck clipped a Surles Freighe rig while a Southern Pacific Transport truck passed a narrow bridge. Romero of the transport truck veered off embankment to avoid the loader, overturning his vehicle but unharmed. Deputies directed traffic for about six hours.
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Levi
Beaumont Highway
San Jacinto River
Heard
Surles
Hugh
Thomas Ganner
Surles Truck Lines
Beaumont
Ganner
High
Romero
Brown
Ray Wilson
Elks Bay Cactus Club Buys Barton Lodge Building
Baytown Elks Lodge 1649 announced the purchase of the former Cactus Club building at 2513 Martin, paying 24151.31 for a 50 by 90 foot one story structure on a 100 by 125 foot lot. Remodeling costs are envisioned between 15000 and 20000 with architect Lowell Lammers drafting interior redesigns including air conditioning, fluorescent lighting, lounges, a women's board room, men's club rooms, a game room and an office. The move aims to offer owned premises with improved parking, expecting to open in about six weeks.
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Baytown Elks Lodge
Cactus’ Club
P. Walter Renckell
Mariton
Murray Rogers
Comittes
Carl Mann
Harry Barkowski
Ray Robinson
Ben Jones
Miskey Cozzi
W. J. Cavarretta
Rogers
Lowell Lammers
North Jones
Henckell
BPOE
Jake Rutter
Henry Sadik
C. Q. Alexander
H. B. Naylor
Fred Dittman
WH. Fortney
Gene Bauer
B.C. Wishart
Lammers
Tor W
UN Offers Refused Reds Push Gis Back
Communists reject a revised UN prisoner exchange plan as unacceptable and remain resistant to airfield repair bans. Subcommittees drift toward agreement by 1 a.m. Wednesday while Reds counter attack in Western Korea recapturing two positions after fierce fighting with UN forces.
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Panmgnjom
United Nations
Ihe
Russia
Paris
Security Council
Baytown
Korea
Reds
Korangpo
New Senate GOP Leader Bridges Heads 82nd Congress
The 82nd Congress opens its second session with seven new members all Republicans and Styles Bridges elected as Senate GOP leader over Saltonstall. Bridges succeeds the late Wherry as party chief, with voting 26-15. Debates loom on universal military training and foreign aid as Truman attends a national prayer service.
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Washington
U.P
82Nd
Congress
Senate
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Kenneth S. Wherry
Nebraska
Bridges
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Wees
Truman
House
Supreme Court
National Presbyterian Church
Saltonstall
Wherry
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Repu
Sam Rayburn
Alben W. Barkley
US And Britain Seek Common Asian Policy
Washington reports that President Truman and Prime Minister Churchill discussed joint aims in Asia including Indo China and Malaya. They planned groundwork for a special conference of American British and French military leaders to coordinate posture against Communism in the region.
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Britain
Egypt
China
Malaya
Tse
Wwe
Churchill
Indo- China
France
Sina
Alphonse Juin
Paris
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Sir William Slim
Imperial Staff
Poll Tax Collections Rise in Baytown as Jaycees Sworn
Baytown poll tax payments surge with 2500 receipts at the branch office. Deputy A B Collins says expected tax total could reach 20000 this year as Jaycees prepare to be sworn in as collectors at 1 p m Monday at the Quack Shack. County figures show 40000 exemption certificates to be issued in Harris County with a January 31 deadline for age exemptions.
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Jaycees
Baytown
A. B. Collins
Baytown Jaeyeres
Quack Shack
George
Collins
Toda
Carl S$. Smith
Harris
Crash injures Mrs Creel in intersection collision
Mrs Creel suffered a leg injury when her car collided with Sterman White Fox’s vehicle at the Nach Matin and Dyer intersection. Patrolman Herb Freeman reported the Creel car hit the Fox auto on the right side as Fox turned left from North Main onto East Homan.
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Ro Creel
Dyer
Nach Matin
Sterman White Fox
East Avon
Herb Freeman
Creei
Fox
North Main
East Homan
Kidnapped Boy Found After Ten Weeks Of Chains
Ricky, 14, was recovered after ten weeks in captivity. He described being chained and abused by Billet, who previously robbed $20,915 from a downtown bank and faced $320,000 bail. Ricky says Billet pretended to be a police officer, took him from the used car lot, and moved him to motels and a drug store area.
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Saltulare
Tudsy O Hendriksen
Valice
Joh D. Bitte
Ricky
Bilsett
E. R. Hendrickson
Billet
Chat Charse
Billett
Xroing Hendrieckson
Bitter Ded Returns Medal Protests Blackmail Over Hungary Payment
Eugene R. Guild of Glenwood Springs says he returns his son’s Purple Heart in protest of a $120,000 Hungary ransom payment for four American fliers. He accuses President Truman of fear and appeasement and recalls his son John Guild who died near Inchon, Korea.
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Glenwood Springs
Colo
White House
US 5 Departments
Hungary
Fron Curtain
Tliers
Gates
Tuck Heads Insurancemen Elect New Officers
Members of the Baytown Insurance Exchange elected Darrell Tuck president for the coming year. Steele McDonald was re‑elected vice president and B A Stewart was named secretary. Daniel, outgoing president, was elected regional vice-president of the Texas Association of Insurance Agents.
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Srance
Exchange
Darrell - Tuck
Steele McDonald
B. A. Stewart
Gom
Daniel
Texas Association of Insurance Agents
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