Baytown officers push for Civil Service for police fire
Four Baytown Police Department members presented a petition with 25 names asking to place Police and Fire Departments under Civil Service. Attorney C. D. Little noted Texas law requires an election within 60 days. Police Chief Medlae supported delaying a special election, saying the issue should coincide with the April city election while councilors weigh the proposal.
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Baytown
Civil Service
FE. McKee
W.R. Montgomery
C. TD
Littlex
Sing
Ice
Texas
Tae
Bob Medlae
Sun Spots donor for Bob Matulerne honored at dinner
Texas newspapermen will be honored at a mid winter luncheon for the Dress Association. Editors and publishers from across the state will attend a dinner led by George Crist with rosters and speakers. Local civic figures, city engineers, and community leaders appear in the agenda for a Monday evening event at Stack Hall.
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Bob
Rob Matulerne
Texas
Ans
Saycees
Tures
Lee
Boy's Plea Sparks Ditch Project Debate
Residents of Bugc Terrace and Horace Mann High echo presented pleas to Baytown City Council about ditch work. Finance Director A. W Barker was authorized to buy 485 feet of 2A pipe for the Harare Mann project. Total cost about 2586.58, with full job near 2500. Ho Mann Student Council vice president Jota Chandler noted student support and urged action.
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Baytown
Bugc Terrace
Horace Manndumiar
In Om
Pusch Terrace
Ype
A. Wo Barker
Harare Mann Cary
LW. Granthan
Couninn
Hore Ace Mann
Jota Chandler
E.M. Chandler
John
Ee Mann
Benches For Weary Baytown Bus Riders Approved
Baytown council approved a contract with Courtesy Bench Advertising Company to install at least 50 benches and no more than 150 at bus stops and other sites. Benches will be concrete and hardwood, require owner approval for placement, and include $3000 per person and $10,000 per accident public liability insurance.
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Roseland Park
Bur
Mid-Baytown
Woroperty
Jessee
Sires
City of Baytown bids on police and city manager cars
The city bought three vehicles for the Police Department and the city manager. Plymouths and a DeSoto were bid by local dealers. Higginbotham's bid on the Ford was higher than Thad Felton. Council discussed bids, with two members absent. An ordinance on secondhand merchandise sales and talks on gas and electric appliance regulation and a retirement system for employees were postponed.
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Fiv
Baytown
Higginbotham
Thad Felton
Plymouths
DeSoto
Franta Motor Company
C. D. Middleton
E. W. Buelow
Rufus Bergeron
Bergeron
Houston
Buelow
City Bans Oil Pipe Removal Contamination Feared
City council debates an amendment to ban removing more than a small pipe segment from oil wells to protect water supplies. Fire Chief Amtelman backs the rule while Dave Farnsworth of Eddy Refining protests the added cost and time. Experts discuss dynamite use versus pipe cutting and potential gaps in sealing between oil and water sands.
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Fendon
Baytown
Amtelman
Dave Farnsworth
Eddy Refining Company of
Houston
Brobers
Lintelman
Farnstworth
Farnsworth
Gulf Coast
Singerman
James Eubanks
Scurlock Oil Company
Mrs Long Dies At 57 In Chester
Mrs. Nannie Long, longtime resident of Chester, age 57, died today at her home The Caron after an illness of ars Funeral services will be held at Central Baptist Church with Rev John H Osteen officiating Burial will be in Hills Cemetery under U Lee Funeral Home direction Surviving are a daughter Mrs J L Gay of Bar and four stepchildren Also surviving are two brothers W A Mahaffey and Lee Amerins both of Chester a sister Mrs T Majors of New Orleans and three grandchildren.
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Nannie Long
Caron
Ars
Central Baptist
John H
J. D
Marvin Long
Oklahoma
W. A. Mahaffey
Lee Amerins
Chester
T. Majors
New Orleans
Louisiana
Chicago Sun Times Syndicate Note on Parenting Styles
A brief syndicated paragraph argues that appeasement fails to raise children effectively, reflecting a columnist tone from the Chicago Sun-Times Syndicate. The piece emphasizes the contrast between leniency and discipline in modern parenting and hints at broader social commentary.
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Chicreo Sun-Times Syndicate
UN approves Western arms count plan
United Nations approval given to a western program for global arms count and disarmament commission. The vote tally was 42 voting for, 4 against, with seven abstentions. Soviet Communist Mor opposed the proposal, citing reliance on a blueprint for atomic controls.
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UPI
United Nations
UN Disarmament Commission
Commmunist
Mor
Net
West Germany backs Schuman plan in parliament
The Bundestag approved the Schuman plan by 232 to 143 with three abstentions. Chancellor Adenauer announced plans to visit Washington in spring as he urged approval, noting the plan pools western Europe's coal and steel resources for 50 years amid Soviet threat.
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Bonn
Germany
Bundestag
Western Europe
Konrad Adenauer
Washington
West Germany
Paris
London
Rome
Adenauer
Bargainer Succeeds Peterson as Harris County Water District Chair
Bargainer, owner of Wooster Plumbing, was elected chairman of the Harris County ex-Water Supply District No. S at the Board of Supervisors meeting. Thaxton, Heald, Rosset, and Douglas named as members. Heald becomes secretary. The district serves Wooster, Wooster Heights, Wooster Terrace, Brownwood and Lakewood areas.
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Bargainer
Board of Isers
Harris County
No. S
Minter Jerseys Sell Stock to Governor of Yucatan
The Minter Jersey Farm of Baytown reports Governor-elect Morentes of Yucatan has bought four head of cattle. R M Minter Jr attends the University of Houston while Gloria Gay and Samuel Minter pursue high school and junior high studies. The Mexican consul in Houston arranged the sale, shipping stock to New Orleans then to Yucatan.
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Minter
Jersay
Easytown
Yucatan
Mexico
Minters
Thomas “Morentes
R. M. Minter
Gloria Gay
Samuel Minter
Morentes
New Orleans
Trask
American Airlines
Ro OM
Minter, Sr
R. M
Tesa
Sam
Neues
Sealy
Jersey
Minter Jersey Farm
Minter. Sx
R. M. Jr
University of Houston
Lee College
Robert E. Lee High School
Samuel
Baytown
Bordens
Houston
Texas
Bartown
Serand
Rien Ana
Harris Counts
Sammy
Ss A and M College
His Ulcers Force Divorce Trial and Damaged Dishes
CHICAGO. Edward Smith, troubled by ulcers, faced a divorce suit after his wife charged him with breaking 69 dishes more than 30 glasses and several windows to ease tension. Smith told Judge John Tu Dempsey his method of easing tension was better than taking it out on his wife.
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Chicago
Edward Smith
Smith
Dudge John Tu Dempsey
Truman taps McGrath to lead White House cleanup drive
President Truman will shift anti corruption efforts to Attorney General J Howard McGrath. McGrath plans to coordinate with FBI Director Edgar Hoover this weekend to map new enforcement steps amid ongoing efforts to purge the administration. Frank E McKinney, Democratic National Chairman, stated the move follows several false starts and signals drastic action in the near term.
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Washington
Democratic Nations
Frank E. McKinney
White House
Truman
Mr. Truman
J. Howard McGrath
McGrath
FBI
Edgar Hoover
Thousands Cheer Brave Ship Captain
In Falmouth England crowds cheered Captain Munrile Hurt as his ship Fly ing Enterprise failed to reach port. The 37 year old New Jersey skipper spoke of a 13 day ordeal, with the worst moment when the carrier sank while he watched from the rescue tug Turnioil.
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Falmogth
England
Upi
Munrile Hurt
Carlsen
Teers
Enterprise
New Jersey
Turnioil
Rescue Plane Crash Kills 23 in Irish Liner Debris
Rescue workers search mountain debris after an Aer Lingus DC-3 crash on a Dublin bound flight from London. Twenty three people are reported dead, with two Americans among the victims. Witnesses describe a crater, burning wreckage, and scattered charred fragments amid the wreckage site.
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Here
Trish
London
Dublin
Thomas J. Carrail
AER Lingus 3c
Pam
Communists Use Women and Children as Bait on Front Lines
Western Front reports Chinese Communist forces using women and children as bait for American GIs in no man's land near Yonchon. A patrol found nine women and children in a destroyed hut. attempts to rescue them failed as gunfire and hazardous materials blocked an exit. A subsequent chase by UN forces engaged MIGs, with Private Race credited for downing a MiG in a 30 minute air confrontation.
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Korea
No Man's Land
Yonchan
Reris
Linen
United Nations
North Arew
Nla
Wilson
Craig
Nerih
Jack Heards Named As Defendants in Liberty Suit
A $105000 damage suit filed in Liberty County names Jack Heard and his wife of Baytown as defendants. The Smiths of Nacogdoches allege severe injuries from a head on collision on Highway 146 near Dayton last October. Mrs Heard is critically injured and hospitalized at San Jacinto Memorial. the couple run a used furniture store at 42 West DeFee.
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Liberty County
Jack Heard
Baytown
A. M. Smith
Nacogdoches
Smith
Heard
Dayton
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
RB. J. Lang
Howard Boyles
Smiths
Snyder
Galveston
Air-Sea Searchers Battle 46 Shipwreck Victims Fate
Dozen long range patrol planes and multiple ships including Coast Guard cutters joined a vast search for 46 men aboard a sinking ship. The area covered reached about 7000 square miles around Seattle while authorities scoured by eye and radar for lifeboats and survivors after a distress call indicated abandonment of ship.
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Seattle
Coast Guard
Die
Siieken
Pennssly
Fighteen
Pennsylvania
Economy Bloc Opposes GI Pay Increase in Congress
Washington report notes a firm opposition from the economy bloc to a 10 percent military pay raise costing about 800 million dollars yearly. House consideration was planned for next Tuesday under suspension of rules, but Democratic leaders may delay. Strong economy sentiment and spending concerns loom as Congress reconvenes with urgency.
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Washington
Armed Services
House
Capitol Hill
Congress
State Sues Texaco Over School Land Mineral Rights
The state files a $5 million suit against Texaco claiming lease of 4099 acres of school land from a surface rights holder. Minerals under the plot are valued at $3 million with past extractions of $2,768,000. Duval County Ranch Company owned the land, with mineral rights reserved for the permanent public school fund and conveyed by broker R. E. Breeding to the Texas Company in 1922.
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Austin
Artum
Texas Company
Crist
Duval County Ranch Company
Publc School Fund
R. E. Breeding
Sperry To Head Chamber La Porte Group Picks Du Pont Man
M. C. G. Sperry, manager of the Du Pont plant in La Porte, will become president of the La Porte Bayshore Chamber of Commerce at the annual banquet January 22 at the Houston Yacht Club. Newly elected officers include W. E. Baumbach, T. T. Mork, and Edteare J. Gadr, with L. E. Posey Sr. named chamber manager. Secretary of State John Ben Sheaperd and 125 guests expected. tickets $2.50. Reservations due January 21.
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M. CG. Sperry
du Pont
la Porte
la Porte-Bayshore
Meckisseph
L.E. Posey
Posey
Tambec
John Ben Shepaperd
Speater
Houston Yacht Club
Beinning
Chamber
Bertha Cook
Chamber of Tine
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Tommie Ler
Merl Maxwell
Frank Goss
Bara Svatisader
Sam Houston
Scout Council
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West Main
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Cooke Af Henston
A.M. Lintelman
Round Town
LE Rockhold
Quack Shack
Nelson McElroy
Hargrate
tLémare
Rosenfeld
Rochelle
Pat Melinger
Sasa Free Lance
Ruston
Rutos
Joe Zorn
Mit
Jae
Uber
George Chandler
Reeves
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HM Ditch
Pimouth Avio- Fordich
Hi Nabor
Olin Miller
Schuman Plan Geis
Seid
Howard McGrath
Jack Heards
Texaco
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