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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 12, 1955

Page

7

Waterbury Budget List Details Dump Under Bureau

The 1255 budget lists the operation of the city dump under the Bureau of Restricted Waste Disposal.

Waterbury Con

Three Resign As Probers Resume Look Into Veterans Land Program

Senate investigators resume their inquiry into the Veterans Land Board as three Austin employees resign. Lawrence C. Jackson U S McCutcheon and H Lee Rickey quit in a move described as voluntary with the land program’s best interests. The resignations were accepted with board approval and no official reason given. The probe continues with a Feb 15 deadline and focus on land promoter practices toward De Witt county veterans, many of whom were Black. Former land commissioner Bascom Giles had previously resigned January 1 to return to private business.

Austin Jan Senate Veterans ‘Land Board J. Earl Rudder Lawrence C. Jackson U. 8 Senate General Investigating Committee Dorsey Hardeman San Angelo Hardeman Giles de Witt County

Texas Farm Bureau vows opposition to price fixing bills

Texas Farm Bureau President J Walter Hammond warned here that the bureau will vigorously oppose any price fixing or fair trade legislation in the new Legislature. He cited dispatches noting a so called fair trade act may be introduced and said the bureau has fought such measures in past sessions to prevent monopoly and defend free enterprise for Texans.

Waco Tex Texas ‘Farm Bureau J. Walter Hammond Mammond Raymond “Brooks Austin Austin’ American’ and Statesman Hammond State Farm ‘Organization Texas Farm Bureau Texas

Aged man kills his three children then dies

LANCASTER Texas January 12 an elderly Black father Arthur Field seventy two killed his three children aged ten nine and nine and then died by own action Justice of the Peace W B Richberg ruled the killings homicides and death by own action Field a railroad laborer had been separated from the children's mother Effie Field forty two In a despondent state his only income came from railroad retirement and an old age pension Police Chief Pete Playford said the children were likely killed swiftly while asleep A paraffin test of Field’s hands and a laboratory test of the gun and butt were ordered by Sheriff El Decker

Lancaster Tex Justice of the’ Peace W. B Bill) Richberg Arthur Field Richberg Arthur Jr Preston Nathaniel Jessie Mac Field Pete Playford Effie Field Playford Fields Sherife el Decker

Torch Murderer Is Electrocuted

Donald Hawking Brown died in the electric chair in Huntsville Texas early Wednesday for the 1952 torch murder of Dallas bill collector Edwin Joe Campbell. Brown claimed innocence and refused a final meal. The State Board of Pardons denied commutation and Brown said the prosecution should have witnesses present. National costs plans to boost coal sales were announced in Washington as unemployment hit the industry.

Huntsville Tex Donald Hawking Brown Dallas Edwin Joe Campbell H. E. Moore Brown State Board of Pardons and Paroles Austin T. B. White Campbell Moore Washington National Cost Association M. J. Patton Triax-Tracr Coal Co Cincinnati Ohio Association

Eisenhower Highway Plan Seeks 101 Billion Dollar Year

The White House highway panel chaired by Gen Lucius D Clay urges a 1 year 101 billion dollar national road program. It would fund 30 percent federal share with 70 percent local support and create a Federal Highway Corp to issue bonds. The plan ties federal outlay to current gasoline taxes if kept, and aims to pace a congress message on January 27. The committee stresses mobility for industry and distribution, noting global seismic activity while urging continued road speed.

Washington Eisenhower Special Lucius D. Clay Congress Federal Highway Corp

Father Charged In Baby's Death Goes On Trial

Fort Worth jurors including fathers and grandfathers hear the case of Pvt Carl Malloy of Aliquippa Pa charged with killing his seven week old son George Michael Malloy by crushing with his hands. Assistant DA Randell Riley seeks the death penalty. defense cites schizophrenia. Malloy, 22, admitted squeezing the infant on at least ten occasions. Trial panel includes 7 jurors selected earlier. one woman excused. Malloy says the baby’s conception came after he married the mother.

Fort. Worth Will Carl George Maltoy Aliquippa Randell Riley Tarrant County Malloy Carswell Air Force Base Fort Worth George Michael Malloy EB. N. Bule Riley Maloy Ani

Car Meows Instead of Purring In Houston

Houston on January 12 reported a strange car incident as Mrs. Brown started her vehicle. The motor let out a blood curdling meow and her cat Fuzzy leaped from under the hood with part of her fur missing. Brown said the cat is fine but will avoid the car from now on.

Houston Brown

Hartford man seeks multiplication table by sevens

Sylvester A. Markowski Jr. sought a mathematics book in Hartford Massachusetts? The clerk asked him how to spell the author’s name, as he requested a title described as a multiplication table by sevens.

Hartford Conn Sylvester A. Markowski, Jr

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