Baytown Birthday Banquet Highlights City's Quick Rise
A Baytown Chamber of Commerce banquet celebrates five years of growth with speaker Oklahoma A House humorist and townspeople ready for progress. Jones, president elect, will be installed with outgoing officers. Banquet guests can reserve tickets at the Chamber office or through members. The event marks anticipated tunnel and Highway 73 progress and Baytown’s rapid development since incorporation five years ago.
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Aubrey Banks
Baytown
Y Massey
Murray Rogers
A. C. Kraft
Oklahoma
Ted
Chamber of Commerce
Mittee
Jones
Chamber
Texas
Quiet scene as riots trap six hostages in Pennsylvania prison
Fragmentary in brief from Ellefoste Pennsylvania reports riot conditions at Rockview prison with six inmates held. conflicting details indicate a tense standoff amid wider international tensions. Officials monitor signaling potential actions as casualty reports emerge from airborne battles and regional clashes.
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Ellefoste
Rockview Litentiary
Xunpoins
Fate
New Crosby School Hires Two Fresh Teachers
Sun Spots reports Crosby School appoints John Perminter and Arvalene, new science instructors. A humane officer in the era’s reek Parke district confirms a dog bite incident and rabies scare, with early lab findings suggesting the animal acted unprovoked.
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Crosby
John
Arvalene
Sci‘it
J. Perminter
G. Be Allen
Reek Parke
Erhee
Arly
Round Town Notes and Local Social Chatter
Round Town items describe UCILLE WILSON at Keystone Realty Co promising to assist Mrs Sutphin and discussing social visits with Mrs Anderson and Stella Herring. The snippet mentions ticket inquiries for a Production, grid chatter, a Rubenstaix jamboree on April 25, Nile Acres Home Demon N club meeting in Houston, and Sam Bethra moving to section heads.
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Ucille Wilson
Keystone Realty
B. E. Sutphin
Woodruff
Taink Ton
Mildred
Uehe
Cailing
Rog Anderson
Ann
Orse
Stella
Cotton Watkins
Bob
George
Rubenstaix
Benth AP
Birg
Nile Acres
Houston
Sam Bethra
Mercy Ride Ends Chase After Speeder
Patrolman Bob Adkinson pursued a speeding driver Tuesday morning. He ended up giving a mercy ride to injured two year old Linda Kay Holcombe to a doctor’s office after she began coughing blood from a swallowed ear-nob. The driver and child’s father were taken to the doctor. no tickets were issued.
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Bob Adkinson
Kail
Linda Kay Holcombe
O. C. Holcombe Jr
Gulf Coast Motor Co
Holcombe
School Bus Looms Up In Dense Fog Accident
Two Crosby girls narrowly escaped serious injury Monday when their school bus struck them in heavy fog. Ninth grade students Doreen and Loreen Daniels were knocked down as the bus skidded and left the road. Both were treated at a Crosby hospital and sent home. officials blamed the near zero visibility and described conditions as the worst in years.
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Crosby Sctvnet
Doreen
Loreen Daniels
Crosby High School
C_ EL Rhinelander
Crosby
Rhinelander
C. Oo. Busek
Hayshore
Vicin
Harry Deities
Schowl
Wieve
Baytown Police To Check For Drivers Licenses This Week
Baytown Police Chief H E McKee announced patrols will set up blocks around town to check drivers licenses on individuals. He said about one in five motorists in wrecks lacks a license on their person and warned tickets will be issued for noncompliance. The mayor did not provide timing details.
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H. EB. Mece
McKee
Baytown
Ben Love Heads Humble Credit Union 1953
Ben S Love elected president of Humble Employees Federation Credit Union for 1953. Officers include R J Pfennig vice president John W Sylvester treasurer T J Pruett assistant treasurer Wy J Ellis clerk and eight directors with re elected and new members named. Credit union declared a 3 percent dividend at the annual meeting.
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Ben S. Love
Humble Employes Federation Credit Union
R. J. Pfennig
John W. Sylvester
T. J. Pruett
Wy. J. Ellis
E. H. Oliver
William Grant Jr
W. J. Ellis
Jack Taylor
F. L Shyers
F. BL Angel
Credit Committee
D. W. Lucas
J. R. Vanderheider
E. 4. Parris
R. J. Baethe
O. L. Underwood
Supervisory
Comitter
Wiliam F. White
R.F. Pfennig
J. C. Amspaugh
Two Trapped After Trainer Air Force Jet Crash near Highlands
At about 11 a m Tuesday a training F 80 Shooting Star jet crash landed in a Wise ranch field two miles north of Highlands. Pilot Lt Marvin Gleason and student Rudolf Warhola survived. canopy jammed, they reportedly tried to parachute but rode it down. The craft skidded 15 to 20 feet, engine failed about 40 miles away, then Gleason reported to Ellington Field and was taken to Houston.
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Air Force
Highlands
Marvin Gleason
Rudolf Warhola
Bryan Air
Wise Ranch
Ellington Field
San Jacinto Monument
San Jacinto River
Gleason
Filington Field
Sepert
Wise Rapad
Oncopter
Houston Air Base
Vorhola
Bad News For Lawbreakers In Bartown Police Drill
Police Chief H E RieKee reports officers have used the Bartown Rifle and Pistol Range twice, scoring well as the City Council approves funds for target ammunition. McKee notes an 83 by Kre and an 86 by another officer, with most scores in the 70s and 80s. Of 500 rounds fired, less than one percent would miss a man sized target.
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Bextown
Crackeh
H. E. RieKee
Bartown
Police Department
Kkre
McKee
Davis Attorney Seeks Jury Trial in Baytown Suit
Davis, a Baytown resident, sues the City of Baytown for 57 000 alleging an injury while working for Public Works Ewer laying. City Attorney Chandler plans to seek a continuance as he departs Feb 19 for three weeks of Naval Reserve duty in Bayonne New Jersey, leaving the trial date in question.
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Baytown
George Chandler
Chandler
Edward G. Murr
Houston
Jack Davis
127Th District
Davis
Bayonne
Inauguration Day Crowds Gather At Capitol Plaza
Swarms of Republicans and spectators lined Capitol Hill and the parade route hours before President Eisenhower's inauguration. By 8 a.m. police estimated 500 perches on vantage points, with thousands more along Pennsylvania Avenue. Marines in dress uniforms assisted as crowds swelled from fog to a clear, mild morning.
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Eisenhower
Capitol Plaza
Pennsylvania Avenue
Itol
Dee. O'Neill
Savannah
IL P
O'Neill
Lafayette College
Easton
Navy
Edgar E. Scott
District of Columbia
Capitol Grounds
U. S
Eight Cabinet Members In But Wilson Job Still In Jeopardy
Washington reports indicate eight Eisenhower cabinet nominees were ready for Senate confirmation after his inauguration. Defense nominee Charles E. Wilson faces a challenge over his $2.5 million General Motors stock holdings and possible conflicts with defense contracts. Republicans and Democrats resist changes to conflict of interest law, while Wilson weighs steps to avoid disqualifying dealings. Wilson is due to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee to clarify past remarks about passing on defense contracts with GM.
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Washington
Senate
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Charlies E. Wilson
Wilson
General- Motors
House
Weilag Democratx
Defense Department
General Motors
Eisenhower
Senate Armed Committee
Eisenhower Cabinet members win quick Senate approval
Following his inauguration, eight noncontroversial nominees were set for swift confirmation. Eisenhower, sworn in as president, arranged a Capitol luncheon as his first official act and urged a special session to process the confirmations after the ceremony.
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Eisenhower
Senate
Capitol
Eisenhower Inaugurates Presidency With Prayer At Capitol
Dwight D. Eisenhower takes the oath as 34th president before about 140,000 on East Plaza and millions more by coast to coast. He writes and recites a personal prayer asking power to discern right from wrong and to serve all people, regardless of station or race.
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Wilson
East Plaza
the Capitol
Dwight David Eisenhower
Eisenhower
United States
Fred M. Vinson
Capitol
Josef Stalin
Eisenhowers
Hisenhower
Herbert Hoover
Harry S. Truman
Statler
Whi
Gus Cooke
United States Marine Band
Fame and Gierr
Ike invites Soviet For Honest Try At Disarmament
President Eisenhower in his inaugural address urges a sincere Soviet disarmament effort and world peace as the ultimate aim. He warns of a long, hard pull ahead and calls on free nations to prove their good faith while sacrificing as needed to keep peace and deter aggressors. Details of his domestic program to follow in the State of the Union.
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Washington
Dwight David Eisenhower
United States
Russia
Eisenhower
Free World
Pew
Kremlin
Truman Leaves Office With No Regrets
President Truman departs the White House with no regrets as he completes his final duties. He faces the end of an era with a light heart, discusses his decision not to seek a second term, and prepares for the inaugural events of his successor. The Truman family marks a historic transition before a farewell at Downey and final departures for Missouri.
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Truman
Harry
White House
Washington
Jan
United Press
Capitol
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mr. Truman
Eisenhower Seeks Divine Guidance in Private Service
In Washington on January 20 President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife attended a private National Presbyterian Church service for divine guidance. The Rev. Edward L. Elson led prayers for confident faith health sincerity insight and moral bearing for the new presidency amid calls for universal peace. The ceremony closed with The Lord's Prayer as a cheering crowd gathered outside the church.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Eisenhower
Historic National Presbyterian Church
Edward L. Re Elson
Elson
Richard M. Nixon
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