Prominent UT Chemist Takes New Research Post
Dr J T 92 a longtime Baytown area chemist has been promoted to head a research division at the University of Texas. He has 12 years of diverse research in chemistry and tracing methods, and will oversee analytical chemistry and tracer work in Humble. Also mentioned is a local home bake sale fundraiser and a basketball game.
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Valentine
Dr. J.T
Tesearch
de- Sesnell
Refinay
Baytown
University of Texas
Town Weman Report Of A Muddled Week
A garbled wire service style fragment mentions names like Mose Sumner and Dick Eason, references a death, a ladder, and a humorous aside about NCAA football and Navy. It also notes individuals such as Cathy, Jon Waki, and Nelson Me in a chaotic account from The Peoples State Week.
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Weman
Peoples State
Bayonne
Mose Sumner
North Wing
Cathy
Deering
Frank
Caom
Hay
Dick Eason
Orange
Herring
Java
Sun
Jon Waki
Nelson
Porte Officials Study School Sewer
City commissioners review a sewer line project connected to a school as officials prepare to set limits and run a foot of line Friday.
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Ic Porte
School Building Utilities Delayed by City Study
SRE secretary Finigdetter promised a rapid plan to bring utilities to the new school site. City officials deferred a final decision on extending LeWaxe service, citing need for study. The Negro school sits near the city line after de annexation, with plans due for completion next week.
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School Board
D. & Baugh
City Commission
Baugh
J. BL Rigby
Rigby
Wis
Garbage Is Big Problem in La Porte
La Porte city commissioners urged merchants to break down cartons and boxes to ease overloaded garbage disposal. They discussed the issue at city hall and approved purchasing a welding machine for city maintenance, total cost 23.
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la Porte
Louis R Rigby
Power Delay Hits Baytown Sun Friday Edition
Baytown Sun issued an hour and 25 minute late edition Friday due to a power failure in Boyston Lighting and Power Company lines. The outage began at 1 30 PM and resumed at 2 55 PM, with the newspaper explaining the delay was not due to carriers or the paper itself.
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Baytown Sun
Boyston Lighting and Power Company
Sun
Carrier Boys
Truman Tries to Seize Tid lands Oil for Navy
Washington dispatch reports President Truman plans an executive order to hand tidelands oil to the Navy for defense. Congress predicts swift override, with Eisenhower seen as likely to cancel once in office. Critics call the move desperate and futile while states and lawmakers prepare to act.
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William M. Bates
Washington
Uru
Navy
Congress
Eisenhower
Truman
Supreme Court
Texas
Austin
John Ben Shepperd
Gas Rate Increase In La Porte Also Up For Hearing
A Houston Natural Gas Corp rate request faces a public hearing in La Porte on January 27 at 10 am. City officials including Mayor Burgin and Commissioner White back the increase to cover rising labor and material costs. The company seeks 20,000 dollars more revenue for La Porte Morgan's Point and the Shore Areas, equating to about 0.342 dollars per day per customer. Eckhardt notes rates haven’t risen since 1928 and cites a needed 24,250 dollars yearly to cover costs, but the firm is pursuing 20,000.
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Houston Natural Gas Corp
Porte
Louis R. Rigby
Rigby
John
Generl
M.D. Burgin
Comp Ooner
Robert A. White
la Porte
Morgan's Point
John 2. Eckhardt
Houston‘Natural Gas Coo
Bayshore
Eckhardt
Allies Repel Soviet Attack on Central Front Near Pukhan River
Allied defenders beat back a battalion sized Communist assault along the central front near the Pukhan River after a 50 minute clash aided by artillery. A Chinese platoon was repelled near Capitol Hill within 43 minutes. Sabrejets shot down four MIGs in a 24 hour period as UN fighters pressed strikes on railways and bridges, while bomber escorts shielded attacks on lines north of Sinanju.
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Seoul
Pukhan River
Reds Taig
Artilleroorhex
Capitol Hill
Sinanji
Sinanju
Boyd Hill Named to County Air Pollution Committee
Boyd N. Hill was appointed to a countywide air pollution committee to work with county leaders on Harris County public health program. The appointment was announced Friday by Norval S. Pierce of Houston, chairman of the health section of the Community Council. County Commissioner Y. V. Ramsey also serves on the committee.
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Boyd N. Hill
Harris’ County
Norval S. Pierce
Houston
Y. V. Ramsey
Hearing Scheduled On Baytown Gas Rate Boost
An informal hearing on Houston Natural Gas Corp.'s rate increase is set for March 16 in Baytown. City officials and company reps will discuss whether to use book cost or replacement production cost as the rate base, with a small overall rise expected to raise bills about two cents per day on an average customer.
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Baytown
Aubrey Banks
Houston Natural Gas Corp
Middleton
J. A. Ward
George Chan¢ier
Clinton Owsley
Owsley
Chandler
ASA Peer
Charles Shix Ndman
Zindler Associates
Dallas
Tunnel Celebration Committees Selected
Baytown and La Porte men named seven committees for the tunnel opening celebration. Co-Chairmen Frank R. Bovie and L. G Sanders announced assignments after a joint meeting and a La Porte dinner. A tentative March 15 opening date will be set after committee reports.
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Baytown
la Porte
Frank R. Bovie
L. G Sanders
Ray Lynns
Fred R. Ruff
George Norris
Lloyd TF. Jones
Fred Hartman
Thad Felton
Sam Stassi
Sta
Welfare Officials To Be Elected Feb 16 In Baytown Chest
Baytown will elect 13 new welfare officials at the annual meeting of the Council of Members and East Harris Community Chest on February 16. Nominations are open until February 6, with a nominating committee chaired by Jack Jacobs. Holdovers, retirements, and terms expiring are listed for Health and Welfare Leagues.
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Community Chest
Baytown
Council of Members
East Harris Community Chest
Hugh M. Stewart
Chest
Stewart
Box 425
Jack Jacobs
B. Ballard
Beulah Masey Woods
Tei Lyman
John H. Savage
Rob. Gillette
Karl Bracker
Community Chest Board
Health League
Welfare League
Ang
Council of
Farewell For Truma Tells Nation Goodbye In Folksy Talk
President Truman, speaking in a nationwide radio and TV address, thanked the nation for eight years of public service and expressed hope for peace. He said he would be a plain private citizen, noted the burden of decisions, and asked citizens to support his successor. His wife and daughter joined him at the end as he bid good night.
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Truman
Hugh Butler UR
Senate Interior Committee
Congress
Buller
Elec
Eisen
Truma
Nation
Dayton Moore
Washington
Missouri
Trumar
Mr. Truman
Offics
United Staz
White House
Hardin family narrowly avoids third tragedy in La Porte
La Porte resident Lewis Hardin Jr. escaped a severe car crash on wet Highway 148 near Reader Club at 2 a.m. The car rolled three times, leaving him with cuts and a possible ankle fracture. The Hardin family has endured multiple misfortunes including a fatal Baytown crash in 1949 and a son’s Korea service. The community notes repeated tragedy linked to the Hardins and hopes for relief.
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la Porte
Hardin
Lewis Hardin Jr
Texas City
Reader Club
Tewis Hardin Sr
Baytown
Weldon Hardin
Korea
Marine Corps
Roberts Chosen as GOP Chairman to Succeed Summerfield
President elect Eisenhower approved C Wesley Roberts of Kansas as chairman of the Republican National Committee to replace Arthur Summerfield who becomes postmaster general. Harry Darby announced the choice after a subcommittee met with the president elect at the Commodore hotel. Summersfield will resign, and the RNC will meet at the Mayflower hotel in Washington to formalize the report and appointment. Roberts, a former newspaper man from Oskaloosa Kansas, served as a director of organization for the RNC and led Kansas party activity for Eisenhower.
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New York
uPp
Eisenhower
Republican National Committee
C. Wesley Roberts
Kansas
Arthur Summerfield
Harry Darby
National
Roberts
Mayflower Hotel
Washington
Darby
Summerfield
Oskaloosa
Topeka
National Committee
Jaycees Set Awards Dinner For Outstanding Baytown Men
Baytown Jaycees will honor the outstanding Baytonians at a Distinguished Service Awards banquet in Humble Dining Room Friday evening. Nominees were chosen by a local committee from Baytown civic groups and individuals. The young man under 35 and the senior citizen will be named, with announcements Friday night. Principal speaker will be William G. McDanel, former Texas Junior Chamber president, speaking on Loot Ahead, Young Man.
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Baytown Jaycees
Baytown
Tegan
Wiliam G. McDanel
Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce
DSA
McDanel
R. Hodson
M. L. Crow
Dsas
Texas
Allan Shivers
Drugs Flown To Texas To Combat Flu
Emergency supplies including antibiotics and penicillin were flown to Texas as an influenza epidemic spread with 43 schools closed. Hospitals faced nurse shortages due to patient load and flu illness, with Health Officer Cox estimating more than 40,000 cases. Pharmacists and buyers reported surging drug purchases as air shipments arrived and distribution trucks waited.
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United Press
Texas
George W. Cox
Dallas
Lave Field
May Solve Brink's Robbery Report
A 71 year old federal judge was expected to file a grand jury report that may hold the key to the nations largest case robbery. Judge Francis J. W. Ford praised the jurors as faithful and unusual citizens before they recessed and the sealed envelope was taken to the judge's chambers.
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Boston
Francis 3
WV. Ford
U. S
George F. Garrity
Gainer Troxell of Cedar Bayou Dies
Gainer Troxell of Cedar Bayou died at 9 25 am Friday in a Baytown hospital. Funeral arrangements were pending. Troxell is survived by his widow Constance and five children and five grandchildren, all of Cedar Bayou.
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Geiner
E. Troxel
Cedar Bayou
Baytown
Paul al Lee Firner
Troxell
Constance Troxell
Travel
W. Troxell
Cedar Bayau
Temperature Here Drops 40 Degrees Across Texas
A cold drizzle and freezing temperatures swept the Gulf Coast as a weather front plunged Texas. Low temps reached the high twenties to mid thirties in Baytown and Dalhart, with ice and sleet making roads hazardous from San Antonio to Tyler and College Station. Aviation struggled as several flights were delayed or diverted while winds remained gusty.
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Baytown
Gulf Coast
Texas Panhandle
Texas
Dalhact
San Angelo
Balling- Pig Spring
Abilene
Ballinger
San Antonio
del Rio
Tyler
College Station
Southexas
Weather Bureau
Texas Highway Patrol
Arlington
Waco
Dallas
Fort Worth
Austin
Texarkana
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Alice
Victoria
Palacios
Houston
Mrs Gray Re-Elected Leader of Baytown Cerebral Palsy Center
Mrs. E J Gray was re-elected chairman of the board of directors for the Bartown Society for Crippled Children. Officers named include Mrs Marvin C Wallacs as vice chairman and A N Johnson as secretary. The society, linked to the Pilot club, reported 1952 and 1953 fund activity and noted staff and equipment improvements for the cerebral palsy center, with 60 nominal examinations and hundreds of therapy treatments administered in 1953.
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E. J. Gray
Bartown Society For Crippled Children
Uni
Marvin C. Wallacs
A. N. Johnson
F. D. Martin
W. A. Thomas
BR. O. Whitson
Jo W. Spring
Gray
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Neil
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United Tes
Tidelands
Boyd Hill
Walt Baumback
Jim Stewart
Harry F. Hartman
Col
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WW. C. Swain
W. H. Barghane
C. M. Agee
Jack
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T. W. Lyons
A. S. Bynum
William Bridges
John T. Porter
Richard Woods
Ben Ammons
Perry Britton
W. EL. Brough
Gere Bauer
Bil Bustow
W. T. Busch
Blanche du Plants
Flbe
Lee Pumphrey
Walter Rundell
Tommie Seale
Bill Hinson
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