Eisenhower seeks authority to use forces for Formosa defense
President Eisenhower asked Congress for specific authority to employ U S armed forces if necessary to defend Formosa and the Pescadores amid rising Chinese Communist threats. He outlined readiness to redeploy Nationalist forces and hinted at aiding their withdrawal from minor offshore islands with the Seventh Fleet standing by to cover any evacuation.
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Merkriman Smith
Washington
Hisenhower
Congress
United States
Formosa
Pescadores Islands
Eisenhower
China
United Nations
Parmesa
Pescadores
Republic of China
Chiang Kai- Shek
Tachen Island
U.S. Seventh Fleet
Former Land Commissioner Giles refuses to testify
World News in Brief reports Bascom Giles invoked state constitutional privilege and declined to testify before a Senate committee probing the Loe-Midion veteran land program. Other items include a fatal crash near Richmond Texas, the Seine flooding Paris after 31 years, and new leads in the David Hagler Jr. murder case near Fort Worth.
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Austin
Bascom Giles
Richmond
Tex
Houston
Jack S Taylor
Houston Transit
Francis C. Harris
Paris
Seine River
Fort, Worth
David’ Hagler Jr
Motor Is Stolen From Fred Mite Boat Yard
A motor labeled 825. HORSEPOWER was stolen from Fred Mite’s boat parked in his yard. The cut hose separating motor from fuel tank indicates forced removal. Suspect listed as Zlomike, residing at 8801 West Cleveland. Police notified Monday.
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Johnson
Fredmite
Zlomike
West
Cleveland
Around Town Gossip and Quips from Baytown
Local note gossip spans names like ARL McFARLAND Jimmy Jams Robert Porter and others. Snippets cover fashion missteps busy mornings driving luck and small endorsements while Miss Sima Jones and Mrs Herschell Badgett chase West Coast developments and car news.
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Arl McFarland
Jimmy Jams
Baytown
Asplair
Robert Porter
Evelyn Trehalek
Jane Oleson
RM. Hoover
Ragar Enderli
Bud” Pumphrey
N. M. Driskell
Leonard Davidson
Herschell Badgett
Eddie Krenick
Garratt Herring
Donna Ratcliff
Set. Ratcliff
Raccoon In Car Triggers Crash In Rural Area
L Jay Caldwell told police a pet raccoon on his shoulder poked his eye causing his open sports car to ram a rural mailbox smash a brick wall and overturn Sunday. Caldwell, a 16 year old, said the raccoon had been riding on his shoulder.
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Austin
L. Jay Caldwell
Notohis
Caldwell
Birthday for Baytown celebrates charter birth of city
Baytown marks its charter birthday with a January 24 dinner at 7 p.m. led by Baytown Chamber of Commerce. Houston Mayor Roy Hofheinz is the principal speaker, Theo Wilburn presides, with Cordell L. Warned introducing officers. Robert E Lee High School choir and Tower organist Ralph Cain provide entertainment.
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Baytown
Theo Wilburn
Cordon L
Roy Montgomery
Hofheinz
Baytown Tunnel
Robert E. Lee High School
Ralph Cain
Weekend BB Gun Trouble Shocks Baytown Residents
Police report weekend disturbances as youths with BB guns and some 22 rifles fired near West Main and Har vard blocks and Pruett street. Residents say shots hit houses and signs, with animals wounded. police say under 16s are handed to probation officers after capture. Chief Roy Montgomery comments on limited enforcement.
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Baytown
West Main
Harvard
Th Pruett Street
North Priest
Roy Montgomery
CAP Plans Meeting on Plane Purchase in Baytown
Baytown Civil Air Patrol squadron will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Community Building to discuss buying a T-Craft L-2 aircraft for sale at a South Dallas airport. W. C. Stewart leads the purchase committee with Pat Stovall Alton Sieber T. J. Jacob Capt. C. A. Behymer and Babe D. Badgley. Cadets meet at 6 10 p.m. for coordination.
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Baytown
Civil Air Patrol
Dallas
W. C. Stewart
CAP
Natious
Central
North Texas
Stewart
Pat Stovall
Alton Sieber
T. J. Jacob
C. A. Behymer
Babe D. Badgley
Stovall
Sleber
Jacob
Grandpa Perkins Dies Early Today in Texas Community
Otis W. Grandpa Perkins 67 a retired timberman died at 3 am Monday at his home. He lived with his son Otis E. Perkins since his wife’s death in 1937 and is survived by his son and a grandson plus two foster children Kenneth Lata of Baytown and Mrs Gladys Vaught of Houston. Funeral at Wakefield Baptist church near Cleveland at 2:30 pm Wednesday. Burial Wakefield cemetery under Pace-Stancil funeral home. Pallbearers listed. Adele Tachalen proved a good firefighter after a tire fire at 616 Travis. she held the blaze with help from neighbors until firemen arrived.
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Otis W
Grandpa) Perkins
Otis E. Perkins
Otis F. Perkins
Kenneth Lata
More
Baytown
Gladys Vaught
Houston
Wakefield Baptist Church
Cleveland
A. Nearing
First Baptist Church of
Wakefield
Wakefield Cemetery
Pace-Stancil Funeral Home of
Adele Tachalen
Travis
Deputized Poll Tax Deputies Named Across Baytown Area
Thirty two residents in the Baytown Highlands and Crosby region signed up as poll tax collectors with rebelpt books in hand. The deadline to pay poll taxes is about a week away, and the deputy tax assessor collector A. B. Collinge released the deputy list Monday. The roster includes local business names and civic figures such as Mrs Lafayne Bell, Leggett Drug Store, Glenn's Food Market, Citizen's National Bank, Weingarten's, and members of the Baytown Junior Chamber of Commerce coordinating tax collection efforts.
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Baytown
Highlands
Crosby
A. B. Collinge
Lafayne Bell
B. B. Cleveland
Leggett Drug Store
West Main
A. Contraris
Glenn's Food Market
Roy Ims
General Tre
O. W. Foyle
Cedar Bayou
Claude D. Havard
Gladys .Herbert
Citizen's
National Banks
Weingarten's
O. 1. Norris
Water Department
Carrie Slong
I. TE. Yount
Clockhouse
Humble
L. C. Anderson
Barrett Station
J. C. Baldwin
Oakwood Udelilany
J. 1. Welton
McNair
Aspire Nor-ton
Post Office Keeps Beck Ohio Open For Cy Young Mail
Congressman Bow defends keeping Beck Ohio post office open to serve Cy Young’s fan mail. He notes Young’s legend status and 42 major league seasons with Cleveland Boston St. Louis. Postal officials say no further action now due to mail volume and public interest.
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Washington
Jun
Post Office Department
Frank T. Bow
K-Ohio
Post Office
Beck
Ohio
Oneart True
Cy) Young
Baw
Young
Cleveland
Boston
St. Louis Cardinals
Bow
Pearl
Cy Young
Saas
Pudge
Lead Fizzles In Bombing Case At San Angelo
SAN ANGELO Texas January 24 A grand jury met to consider the auto bomb murder of Mrs Helen Harris Weaver but did not indict on Monday The family reported jitters after the bombing and Tom Green county officials said fear of another attack lingered The dead socialite was husband to Harry A Weaver and her son Faril M Weaver returned to Houston fearing further danger
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Tex
Helen Harris Weaver
Monfay
Tom Green County
Farl M. Weaver
Harry A. Weaver
Houston
Ralph Harris
Cecil Turner
Stokes
Congressional Roundup Demos Prepare Attack On Dixon Yates
Democratic members of Congress promise added criticism this week of the Dixon Yates power control contract. The Senate anti monopoly subcommittee labeled the deal a drive by private monopoly to destroy public competition in power. Edgar Dixon of Middle South Utilities defended the hearings as biased toward government ownership. The atomic energy committee nears completion of its Dixon Yates report from hearings last November. House Veterans panel works on a bill to improve GI benefits for wartime veterans. Budget prospects show a large cut from Eisenhower's fiscal 1956 request. A Democratic forecast any pay raise to 22 500 for federal workers and raises for judges. A highway program, funded via a federal highway corporation, faces Senate approval. Senate inquiry into military matters noted.
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Washington
Congressional Atomic Energy Consiltted
Dixon - Yates Power
Senate
Dixon - Yates
Asa
Edgar H. Dixon
Middle South Utilities Inc
Dixon-Yates Combing
Sabenme Milice
Atomic Energy Committee
Dixon- Yates
Republicing
Congress
GE Beneftes
House Veterans Committee
Eisenhower
Protection Chief To Give Lecture At Plant Safety School
Riis Clegg head of plant protection at the Paytown Refine ry will speak at an industrial plant protection school at Texas A and M College February 7 to 11. His topic is How to Get Along with Fellow Employer. The school, first of its kind, aims to provide practical down to earth training for plant protection personnel in all safety procedures.
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Riis Clegg
Paytown
Texas A
Xmocollege
Clegg
Sun Reporter Sees TV Here To Stay
Preston Pendergrass recalls how a Sun reporter, amid a dry city hall week, interviews city officials on television’s staying power. J T Peacock notes TV’s momentum, comparing past radio anxieties to today’s TV growth, recounting early TV recall and costs while hinting at future ubiquity.
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Sun
Preston Pendergrass
J.T. Peacock
J'V
Cold snap grips Upper Gulf Coast with frost and frostbite
Old Man Winter returns pushing temperatures to 28 to 29 degrees across the Lower Valley and along the coast. Frost forms on windscreens as farmers report damage to tender vegetables while some crops escape unscathed under bright sun. Lows span from 19 in Darhart to 38 in Galveston with statewide readings from 28 in Rio to 32 in Dallas.
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Gul
Big Grande Valley
Tormadoes
Darhart
Me Grande City
Edinburg
Harlingen
McAllen
Tel Rio
Laredo
Winter Garden
Serter
Lubbock
Amarillo
Wink
el Paso
Lufkin
Salt Flat
Midland
San Antoni
Austin
Fort Worth
Texickana
Mineral Wells Waco
College Station
San Angelo
Dallas
Thomas Bill Aims to Reopen Baytown Plant Talks
Congressman Thomas introduces a bill to reopen bidding and extend negotiations for General Tire Baytown plant. Senate companion by Sen Price Daniel expected. Johnson backs measure. 30 day bidding, 30 more for negotiations, with transfer rules under review by disposal commission. Potential opposition over government ownership persists.
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Fred Hartman
Albert “Thomas
House of Representatives
Baytown
General Tire and Rubber
U. S. Senate
Sen
Price Daniel
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Thomas
Stannby Stalis
Federal Disposal Commission
Congress
House
Thore
Louisville
West Virginia
Te Commission
General
Commission
Crether
Plankly
Bay
Daniel
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Humble
Disposal Commission
Costa Rica Squatters Refuse to Withdraw in Buffer Zone
In San Jose on January 4 rebels estimated around 200 remain in the buffer zone near Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The Costa Rican government protests the rebels presence, while an Organization of American States commission travels to Managua to discuss the revolt and regional security.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Sr A
Nicaragua
Cost Rica
Central
Amoedenit
Orginigion of
Annistasio Samora
Masnaga
Managua
Igueres
Remmains
Richael Cab Fleron Guardian
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South Side Hospital
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Mon‘Keane
Westbrook
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Polker
Morgan's Point
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Lakewood Co
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P. Iter Henekell
Trinity
San Jacinto Hospital
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Will Heside
Theran
Eutheran Ccurch
Weikel
Nelson
Albert N. Nelson
Gaytown
South Amer
Fast Xas Chamber of Commerce
Cuba
Vent Sla
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Panama
el Sul- Sexigo
Bob Sascy
Houstan
CAP Studies
Perkins
S. Eb, Rowe
T. G. Alexander
Jesse Hood
Kenneth Laramore
W. L. Moore
B. C. Moore
Giles C. Glogs
Gerald Muckaby
Burnett H. Johnson
Thomas H. Jones Jr
Robart J. Kelly
Billy A. Knowles
Richard S. Manne
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Jamey
Stone
Donald L
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Charley O. Walker
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Wendell B. Boyce
George’ B. Hanson
A. Rossy MO Ly Wismer
Thomas Rochelle
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Dixon-Yates
John Taber
George Mahon
D-Tex
Francis W. Walter
Wguway
Pubic Works Committee
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Federal Highway Corporation
Ralph B. Flanders’ein
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