Housing election in Baytown contested by council and residents
Baytown residents vote on March 24 to decide federal public housing expansion. Principal figures including George Chandler and attorneys for Baytown Realty Board and Housing Authority agreed the ballot in the special election will include a pro and con slate on additional public housing units. The City Council supports following the electorate’s verdict and voted to govern the election.
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Preston Pendergeh
Baytown
Ting
George Chand
Carter H
Miler
Robert Bobi Beverly
George Chandler
Baytown Clubs Postpone Talk After President Injured
Baytown Optimist clubs called off Monday night meeting after word arrived that guest speaker Donald Twist Optimist International president had been injured and could not attend. Lipongor college party follows basketball game with dancing and refreshments. County official Ramsey authorized study to move health unit office to West Baytown Market Street block. Adoption notice announces birth of James Forest weighing eight pounds at eight pounds with foster mother Mrs Hil of Mart. Oliphant named vice president of oil workers council in Baton Rouge as Baytown Employe Federation member joins regional group.
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Baytown
Opti Club
Baytown Andor City
Optimist
Texity
Ward
Donald Twist
Optimist International
V. V. Ramsey
Commissioners Court
Oliphiar
HVT Oliphtnt
Tbaytown Employe Federation
Baton Rouge
Woich
Oliphat
Ccas
Ted
Unclear community notes mix in local items
Fragmentary town news references Arouta and Doyle Green, church hosting, a dock scene, social chatter about local figures and events, plus scattered names and incomplete phrases. The garbled text provides no clear event, date, or outcome to summarize definitively.
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Doyle Green
Russell Ferret
Piler
Palin
Hart Trap
Tale LeCompte
Anette Bender
Nat
David Davita
Dana
Marion Outer
Matts Andre
Xen
Marion
T. B. Abernathy
Jilin
Dallas Holding Firms Placed in Receivership by Texas Judge
A district judge in Austin granted a temporary injunction placing two Dallas holding companies in receivership. The move followed public insurer investigations and remarks by the Texas Insurance Commission chair about the current insurance scandals.
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Austin
Dallas
Texas Insurance Commission
Bombay violence and US political shifts headline World News in Brief
In Bombay rioting, gunfire killed at least two, fueling antigovernment clashes on both coasts. In Washington, President Eisenhower and Sen. George may meet to discuss a growing foreign policy rift. New York stocks fell by about six billion in a week, the steepest drop since summer. Paris fined rightwing leader Pierre Poujade for libeling the National Assembly president. Budget Director Hughes announced resignation with Percival replacing him in April. An Insurance Commissioner and a House committee probe the Trust and Guaranty Co, amid massive debt and alleged cashing of a large check.
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Bombay
Indian
Toopratooim
Daha
New York
Paris -1
Prome
Pierre Poiade
Paris Coun
National Assembly
Pierre Schnei
Mie
Insurance Commi
J. Byron Saander
Mvestigating
Os Dawn Gas
Pas Campanies
Distriet
Tryest
Pape Twa
Republicans Still Want Ike Despite His Heart Attack
GOP leaders nationwide rallied in support of President Eisenhower after his heart attack, expressing continued backing and readiness to work with him. Dinners sponsored by the party featured calls for Ike to lead and for the recovery to allow him to continue guiding the nation, despite his recent reservations.
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Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
GOP
Nationa Finance
White House
Rumins Dedin
Uiter Mayeritt
Isle Housing Chiefs Face Mayoral Move in Galveston
Galveston housing authority faces potential ouster as Mayor George Clegh weighs firing three commissioners amid federal scrutiny. Public Housing Administration in Fort Worth seeks takeover of nine projects, with irregularities cited in grant and election conduct records. Attorney general signals possible involvement if requested.
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Galveston
George Rey Cleigh
Perianis
Public Housing Administration
Fort Worth
Patil
Marne Herbert Y. Cartwright
GIA Fimis
Divers Probe Bridge Wreckage as Bodies Found
In Hempstead Texas UP divers recovered the body of Bill Bethea 24 from the Brazos River amid the collapsed bridge wreckage. Bethea an assistant engineer with the bridge company and a new father of two weeks was one of twelve workers in the disaster. Five men remained missing as rescuers and onlookers watched the search from the riverbank and nearby bonfires.
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Hempstead
Tex
Bill Bethea
Brazos River
Bethea
Jimmy Jones
D. G. Bethea
Austin Bridge Co
Jones
Ray Tadnight
Ing
Vis
Imen
Houston
Earl Maughmer, Jr
Roy
Frank Susen
Weekend weather forecast for Baytown area
The weekend outlook for Baytown and nearby areas is unsettled with cloudy skies. Temperatures will range from a low of 48 to a high of 58 on Saturday amid light winds and a modest rise in afternoon temperatures.
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Baytown
Contaminated Air Blamed For Cancer
Washington report quotes Trueper head of the NIH environmental cancer section saying contaminated air in major American cities is the chief cancer cause. He notes there is no evidence cigarettes are a factor. they may play a possible contributory role.
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Washington
America
Jr We
Trueper
National Institutes of Health
Indictment Returns Vegas To Jail In Bartown Shooting Case
Vegas Baselogo, 20, was re arrested after a Harris County grand jury hurriedly returned an indictment charging him with shooting to death Raymond Alvarado, 21, at a New Year’s dance in Bartown. He was held without bond pending further investigation after a preliminary hearing was aborted by the assistant district attorney.
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Baselogo Vegas
Justice of the Peace
Walter Queen
Grand Jury
Baytown
Herris County
Vegas
Raymond Alvarado
Bart
Pomeroy
Queen
Quven
Roy Montgomery
Refinery pipe accident kills Baytown veteran
Venton Clifton Parker 39 a Baytown refinery boilermaker was fatally struck when an eight inch pipe 25 feet long fell at 2 30 p m in the No 2 flash coil area He died instantly Parker a World War II veteran returned to work after service and had 14 years with the plant Funeral services 3 p m Saturday at Paul A Lee funeral home with Rev H A Berry and Rev H J Pate officiating Burial in Hill of Rest cemetery He is survived by his wife daughter and parents with several brothers among the pallbearers and other relatives named
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Venton Clifton Parker
Paul A. Lee
H. A. Berry
Houston
H. J. Pate
Cleveland
Hill of Rest
Parker
Baliermakers
Baytown
Africa
Sicily
Germany
United States
Mops
Cleora Darlene Parker
Lee Darlene
Rte. 3
W. H. Parker Sr
Peanut Drive Boosts Polio Fund In Baytown Sale
Brisk peanut sales in Baytown Saturday supported the East Harris County March of Dimes drive. Eighty four teenage girls sold roasted peanuts for a nickel, aiming to move a village of bags totaling 5,280 before fall. A caravan of ancient cars gathered from Lake Charles Beaufort and Houston to parade downtown and onward to Pasadena and Houston. Boat races and a seaside dinner near Channelview further boosted fundraising efforts.
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Baytown
L. Doe Satterwhite
East
Harris County
March of Dimes Campaign
Ehtfall
Uterwhite
Massachussets
Lake Charles
Beaumont
Houston
Pasadena
Channelview
Angus Jones
Moon
Smighetti
Bare Tis “Ounty
Shirosqued
Gires
Headqui Danaway
Sylvia Listi
Vat Honeke
Jady Divte Joan Whitehead
Penny Gray
Francis Ketlagg
Sammye Roberds
Rosalie Overstreet
la Nelle Bays
Bere En
Rites Sunday For Mrs Beulah Spear
Funeral services for Mrs Beulah Tay Dean Spear sixty of 2505 New Jersey will be held Sunday at the Pant AG with Rev LB MePhat of the First Presbyterian church officiating Burial will be in Memory Gardens cemetery Spear a resident of BS years died at Am Thursday in a Barrows hospital de oF Spear both 4 ce daignier Mrs Tosse Wilson of Bogota le lombia 8 1t frandson Loyal of Baytown tne Hoover of Eureka a brother BR C Blas Gene Ww Vo OK Rogan Carl Rannlan
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Beu- Tay Dean Spear
New Jersey
Pam
Pant AG
LB. Me- Phat
First Presbyterian Church
Memory Gardens
Spear
Am. Thuraday
Barrows Hospital
de of. Spear
Ce Daignier
Tosse Wilson
Bogota
le Lombia
Frandson. Loyal
Baytown
Tne Hoover
Eureka
BR. C. Blas Gene
Vo OK. Rogan
Carl Rannlan
Jaycees Promote Poll Tax Receipts Sale in Houston
Jaycees sold poll tax receipts Saturday from roaming stands and a booth in front of the Houston Lighting and Power Co. building. George Hanson led the effort with other volunteers including Bill Knowles Wendell Boyre Dan Harrison Harold Manne Lex McKinney and Bob Berger.
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Tithe Jaycees
Houston Lighting and Power Co
George Hanson
Jaycee
Ant
Bill Knowles
Hanson
Wendell Boyre
Dan Harrison
Hichard Manne
Lex McKinney
Bob Berger
Jim
One of Houston's Most Colorful Bistros Burns
Houston's Stan's lounge, famed for its colorful decor including a hanging shrunken head and a Japanese adding machine, was destroyed by a fire early Saturday. Investigators reported the fire started not by a cigarette. The venue housed numerous seal paintings by Houston artists.
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Houston
Stan
Har Hills
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