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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1955
Page
4
Editorial explains Texas poll tax requirements for voting, detailing who must pay, exemptions, and the combined $1.50 tax in Harris County. It warns readers not to miss payment between Oct 1 and Tech 1 and notes the option to oppose via payment. Also includes light columns on personal notes and national figures.
The U S Senate Banking Committee unanimously approved a study of the recent stock market rise. Chairman J William Fulbright said no investigation is planned despite pressure to probe political influence. The memo also covers unsafe three wide car driving on Texas Avenue and praise for Baytown budget leadership.
versatile American actor Ed Wallach returns from London to assume the lead occupation officer part of Captain Fishy in the Broadway run of The Teahouse of the August Moon postponing Sakini. John Forsythe’s film deal prompts the swap with David Wayne possibly returning to Sakini if Wayne departs as planned, a contingency the producers hold ready. The piece also notes a Young Presidents Organization seminar on sales surveys and a biblical verse urging rest.
Washington dispatch details Georgia representative Tris Blitch adjusting to House life. The new congresswoman juggles breakfast with her husband, handles mail, reads papers, and participates on the Public Works Committee. She travels the Capitol corridor first to answer “here” and types notes herself for legislative work, stressing an active highway program and efficient attendance.
A spoofed panorama mocks writers and agents resisting unsolicited submissions. Names like Ard Sten Me SUCCESSETIL, John D'Aata, and Tris surface amid satire about authors soliciting advice, publishers reacting, and absurd fees for consultations. The text riffs on writers, editors, public figures, and stray anecdotes about manuscripts and indolent agents.
A mixed trivia column asks who held a key post in US history among several men, who wrote Das Kapital, and identifies figures such as Xantippe and Japan's postwar premier. It notes birthdays and career highlights of Cary Grant and Danny Kaye, and includes a contemporary “Happened Today” item on Daniel Webster.
Washington in 1942 profiles George Leader the 36 year old poultry farmer elected governor of Pennsylvania. Leader runs a 110 acre York County farm renting hens and producing baby chicks for the egg industry. He critiques big farm favoritism, notes high unemployment, and hints at a rising young Democratic leader shaping state policy.
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