Court Action Vowed To End PA Strike
Dallas January 3 Attorney General John Res Shepperd vowed to file legal action to halt the Port Arthur strike if a settlement with remaining firms fails. He spoke after union agreements with eight of 14 firms and said action would come this week if not settled with the other 19 firms.
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Dallas
John Res Shepperd
Port Arthur
Atil
Shepperd
Actiot
Dallas Chamber of Commerce
Community notices from Baytown clubs and events
AY FILM safety and fire prevention will be presented Monday night to La Forte Lions club members at St Johns Hall with President Maycé presiding. Mrs Broderson’s mother funeral in Shickley Neb. Jaycees meet at Quack Shack Monday 1 7 p.m. Baytown Community Chest program by W Strickler aims 10 percent attendance. Wagon Wheel Square Dance Club 8 p.m. at Community house. Carver PTA meets Monday at 6 30 p.m. Elms to speak on 1955 cookie sale at Girl Scout Leaders club Monday 9 a.m. Baytown city council hosts Harris County mayor council meeting in Houston Jan 20. Laymen of East Harris to meet 6 30 p.m. Thursday at St Mark’s Methodist for dinner. Lakewood Circle to elect officers 7 30 p.m. Tuesday at Lakewood clubhouse.
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la Forte Lions Club
Pimy
St. John's Hall
Nm Maycé
Quack Shack
Baytown
R. H. Pruett
George Chandler
Darwin’ Middleton
Herris County
College Inn
Houston
East Harris County
St. Mark’s Methodist Church
Lakewood Circle Association
Lakewood Club
W. F. McMahon
Bill Broyles
Around Town Highlights and Local Notables
Local notes reveal Perry Simmons displaying his Navy commission on a wall after ribbing about a football game. Bill Sheley reports trouble reaching The Sun while Mac House makes rounds and shakes hands. Sam Alford protests coffee drinkers who skip out, and Sam Paine plans a Dallas trip. Howard Via is away briefly, Glenella Dichel shares her son Butch’s collections, and Suzie Powers giggles at a Disline. Ray Weavers plan home remodeling as Mary Terry begins senior work at the University of Houston. Mrs Mildred Strait thanks hosts for visiting relatives from Round Rock over the holidays. An unknown donor pays four boys’ barbershop bill. two visit Jimmy Fraziers, then the Daniels host the children. Mrs Hubbard Carter clarifies hospital patients. Mr Carter, not Mrs Carter, is the patient. Buddy Jones leaves Baytown Sun duties for Fort Bliss. Mrs Jesselee Velie types well, Ruth Morris vows to share Cuba vacation details on return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Simmons
Bill Sheley
Mac House
Sam Alford
Sam Paine
Dallas
Howard
Glenella Dichel
Butch
Suzie Powers
Dot Dey
Ray Weavers
Mary Terry
University of Houston
Mildred Strait
Round Rock
Jimmy Fraziers
W. G. Daniel
Baytown
Hubbard Carter
Mr. Carter
Mrs. Carter
Buddy Jones
Baytown Sun
Gool Ole’ Fort Bliss
Jesselee Velie
Ruth Morris
City arrests man who passed hot checks in six states
Herbert Charles Smith 51 of Largo, Fla., was taken into custody in Baytown after a chase triggered by attempts to stop his car. Smith admitted living off hot checks since 1952, traveling with his seven children and wife while forging and cashing checks in Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Colorado, and Texas. His daughter Eleanor Esta Smith, 19, faces charges in San Antonio for passing forged checks. FBI also questioned Smith about transporting a car across state lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Herbert Charles Smith
Largo
Pia
John ‘Meadows
Meadows
Smith
Joe
Hugging Lumber Co
San Antonio
Ralph L. Hodges
James L. Clements
4&N
Lee
Mobile
Ala
Dallas
Savannah
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Louisiana
Colorado
Texas
Orange
Port Arthur
Austin
Corpus Christi
Seguin
Kerrville
New Brann Fels
Beaumont
Justice of the Peace
Walter Queen
Eleanor Esta Smith
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Palien
Roy Montgomery
Wie
San Antoni
Montgomery
Haring County
U. S
Iith
Van Deventer Named New Kiwanis Club President in Baytown
Bob Van Deventer, longtime Baytown Kiwanis member, was installed as president. He is noted for getting things done and has held multiple club roles including first vice president and sergeant at arms. He joined Britton-Cravens Baytown in 1944 after stints with Kirby Lumber and in the lumber industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde A
Murray
R. LL van Deventer
Jesse Kirkpatrick
Baytown Kiwanis Club
van Deventer
Ole van Deventer
Louisiana
Baytown
Presi
Texas
Britton-Cravens
Kirby Lumber Corp
Houston
Silshee
Britton- Cravens
Bob
Bobbye Jack
N. Sutphin
SMU
University of Texas
Bill
Jane
San Jacinto
Lela S. Burnett
Alabama
Kiwanis Last
Stocks Hit Bottom First Week Of 1955
New York week opened with a sharp market swing as stocks sank to the year's low then rallied on rail and bank holiday gains. General Motors led a volatile session, closing up strong while speculation on a stock split fizzled and traders faced a volatile week of record turnover and brief selling squeezes.
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Wall Street
New York, Jan
Korea
General Motors
DuPont
New York
Week’s Business Highlights From Banking Clearings
United Press reports the week’s business highlights with banking clearings from Dam and Bradstreet Inc. totaling 25 cities at 22,108,820.88, down from the prior week’s 18,235,000 and the year’s low in 19-54 period. Railroads data show a yearlow as of Jan. 1 at 529,452, below prior week and year figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Besinees Bank
Dam and Bradstreet, Inc
Brading Cithes
Cartondinga — Association of American Railroads
Terr Rea
Lee Students Will Hear American Issues Program
The Baytown Committee on American Issues presents a third program in a series for Lee College students. At 8 pm Wednesday in the college auditorium a 45 minute film War Came to America will be shown. Produced by the Army Pictorial Service the film uses historic footage to depict U S entry into World War II. The committee meets at 1 30 pm Monday to finalize plans.
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Lee College
Baytown
Clarence CC. Schultz
America
Army Pictorial Service
United States
CO. J. Akeling
Deer Park to honor 1954 class at football banquet
Rise Institute assistant head coach Joe Davis will speak at Deer Park football banquet in the school cafeteria at 7 p.m. Letters for the 1954 Class A champion football team will be announced during the event hosted by the Deer Park Lions.
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Joe Davis
Rise Institute
Deer Park
Deer Park Lions
Clit
McCarthy Demands New Peress Case Probe
Senator Joseph McCarthy condemned what he called deliberate deception in the Army Peress case and urged an immediate new investigation. The Pentagon released a 38 page report on former dentist Marvin Peress who was honorably discharged after McCarthy labeled him a Fifth Amendment Communist. The document, alongside recent developments, stirred talk about Army Secretary Stevens and advisor Adams, who permitted Peress to receive an honorable discharge.
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Washington
Joseph B. McCarthy
Army
Robert T. Stevens
John G. Adams
Adams
Walter L. Weible
Wete
Welble
Peress
Senate
Demos Have 20 Darts For GOP
Democratic congressmen studied a confidential January 6 memorandum from party headquarters detailing twenty grounds to attack President Eisenhower's 1955 legislative program. The memo critiqued defense, foreign aid, farm problems, housing, and foreign trade, urging fight against GOP opposition and questioning the housing and defense proposals amid party tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Lahr
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Democratic National
Paul M. Butler
Virginia Carter Charged After Toy Gun Robbery Attempt
Virginia Carter, 25, previously linked to a 1963 Wort Worth hotel robbery, faced new charges after attempting to rob the Chili Cafe in Rotan. The owner Willie B. Davis, a former law officer, wrestled her hand. the pistol found inside her coat pocket was revealed as a toy.
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Rory
Tex
Mra
Virginia Carter
Wort Worth
Duce
Terrishand
Rotan
Willie B. Davis
Carter
Hammarskjold and Chou Meet in Final Stage Parley
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold and Chinese Premier Chou En Lai met in Peiping in a third formal conference to decide the fate of 41 U.S. airmen jailed as spies. Reports from Hong Kong suggest this could be one of the final talks, with Hammarskjold likely to depart Peiping late Sunday or early Monday.
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Bruce v
Hong Kong
Peiping
United Press
Ham
Marskjold
Haammmarskjold
Hammarskjold
Polping
Momilay
BD. R. Mankekor
Times of India
Uniter Press
Mercury Weather Miseries In Texas: Cold Front Folds In
The Bay area marks 53 degrees at 5 30 am on Saturday as a sluggish mercury stalls. Cloudy skies and showers spread from South Texas to as far north as Waco with light rain in places. Rain totals for 24 hours ending 5 30 am Saturday include Brownsville 0 1 4 inches and Corpus Christi 0 2 inches. Low temperatures range from 24 at Dalhart to 60 at Laredo.
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Bayshore
Texas
Waco
Tie
Grande Valley
San Antonio
Victoria
Palacios
Junction
Cotulla
Satsirdsy Inc
Brownsville
Vaaredo
Corpus Christi
del Rio
Dalhart
Amarillo
Lubbock
el Paso
Chiliress
Wichita Falls
Mineral Wells
Abilene
Big Spring
San Angelo
Fort Worth
Dallas
Texarkana
del Rin
Coallege Station
Lufkin
Austin and Beaumont
Laredo and Houston
Russia Frees 2 Americans Held 5 Years
REALIX January UP reports the Soviet Union retested and released two Americans after more than five years in captivity. John H. Noble of Detroit Michigan and Prt. William T. Marchuk of Brackenridge Ba were freed at a specified time. Noble was captured in Soviet Germany in July 191%, Marchuk in February 1918. A third American, a soldier detained since 1949, remained unreleased.
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Realix
John H. Noble
Detroit
Mich
Prt
William T. Marchuk
Brackenridge
Noble
Soviet Germany
Marchuk
Ohle
Flicstin Nak
Cedar Bayou Firemen Elect Officers for 1955
Cedar Bayou Volunteer Fire Department names C. D. Ellis as head this year with G. D. Hills as president. Elected officers include W. E. Lamb as vice president Don Zappone as secretary treasurer W. F. Smith as trustee Scott Candie as fire chief first assistant chief Frank Voparil second assistant chief Im Senitin.
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CG. D. Hills
Cedar Bayou
Ellis
W. E. Lamb
Don Zappone
W. F. Smith
Scott Candie
Frank Voparil
Im Senitin
Night cab sale ends in confusing purchase claim
A garbled note describes a purchase from a parking attendant at a night cab stand with unclear operator details. The fragment mentions an international element but provides no verifiable names, dates, or outcomes. Further readable text is needed to establish facts or identify entities.
Dr Sheppard placed in special jail cell amid funeral turmoil
In Cleveland on January 5 1966 Dr Samuel H Sheppard was moved to a special jail cell under close guard after his wife Marilyn Sheppard killed herself and his mother’s funeral complications arose. Sheriff Joseph M Sweeney said the bail motion would be heard January 17 with the court possibly allowing visits to the funeral.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
County Jail
Joseph M. Sweeney
Sheppard
West Side
Ethel Miles
Sweeney
Common Pleas Court
Nurder
Edward Blythin
Sam
Cratody
Harry A. Hanna
William J. Corrigan
Marilyn
Lfe
Corrigan
Court of Appeals
Ob. Gayypar
Dr Walsh Speaks On Anti Knock Agent At Baytown Meeting
More than 100 chemists and industrialists attended Dr A Walsh’s lecture on The Mode Of Action Of Lead as An Anti Knock Agent at a meeting of the Southeastern Today Section of The American Chemical Society in Baytown. The event followed a dinner at the Humble Dining Room with guests from Humble Oil and Refining Co. Dr Walsh, an lecturer in chemistry, is connected with Leads Bite fund and Queen’s College Dundee. Dr Fearklin of the Baytown Refinery helped arrange the lecture with Dr Morcozy as chairman.
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Donald Walsh
American Chemical Sociery
Baytown
Humble OF and Refining Co
Humble
Humbe
Walsh
Leads
Bite Fund
Anname
Queen's College Dundee
University of St. Andrew's
Wine Fearklin
Lecure
Chemical Soviety
Joe Morcozy
Urranyum Nla
CROP Drive Seeks Donations for War-Ravaged Regions
Baytown campaign aims to aid indigent children in Korea and war zones via the Christian Rural Overseas Program. Chair M. W. Berry notes St Mark’s Methodist and other groups contributed 145 dollars so far, with more gifts expected next week. A ten dollar gift funds one child’s rice for a year, with donations held at the Baytown Chamber of Commerce office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Korea
M. VW. Berry
East Morris County
Ute Bay
Town Chamber of Commerce
North Ashbet
Berry
Deer Park seeks rehearing on annexation ruling by Texas Supreme Court
The city plans to ask the Texas Supreme Court to reconsider its 58 decision overturning Deer Park’s 1952 annexation ordinance. Mayor Fort Dilan announced a motion for rehearing within 18 days, citing a Legislature change as the source of the new ruling. The Shell and Shell Chemical companies own 440 of the 1,050 acres in question.
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Deer Park
Texas Supreme Court
Shell
Shell Chemical Companies
Fort Dilan
Deer Park Pas
Five REL Students Arrested After Firecracker Incident
Baytown police arrested five Robert E. Lee high school students after a large bomber firecracker exploded near the entrance to Tie-Dake hospital at Pearce and Ashbel. The car driver, not a juvenile, was cited for careless driving. Police waited in the neighborhood and the youths were turned over to juvenile officials around midnight.
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Baytown
Robert EB. Lee High School
T ie-Dake Hospital
Pearce and
Ashbel
Polien
Juvenile Officee
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Charlie ‘Broderson
Ashbee, Wooster
Shickley
Neb
Broderson
Albert Brolzenberg
Wagon Wheel Square Dance Club
HL. Green
PTA
Carver Parent- Teacher Association
Acool
David Alford
Donna
the Queen
Baytown Sun Carriers
Downs
3. W. Day
David
Horace Mazin
S&s
Van
Kiwanis Club
Adolf Hitler
Poland
Hera
Demos
GOP
Tice
Hammarskjold-Chou
Mercury
Russia
C. D. Ellis
George A
Geordie" Harmet
Los Angeles
Triad
Dr. A. Walsh
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