Indicted man linked to Baytown shooting case
An indictment issued on January 26 charges Clyde ree of Baytown in connection with the November 25 shooting that killed Pierson and involved a gambling raid at Hoppe’s home. The case ties to the death of Sheriff Karn’s son and lists bonds and next steps in court.
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Fon
Clyde Ree
Baytown
Indiete
Dnesday
Nuryquibler
George Mopyer
Litte
Pierson
Hoppe
Hop
Baytown plans multi million chemical plant move forward
Saub Baytown officials and Chamber of Commerce leaders confirm a multi million dollar chemical project moving toward site development near the mouth of a local bayou. The plan involves a New York based company with preliminary steps already in progress and aims to start mid year, contingent on permits and material access. local officials express optimism about jobs and investment while noting ongoing inquiries from Houston and New York.
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York
Houston
Mya T. Joes
Astown Chamber of Com
Baytown
Sau Bt
Issac
Mont Belchore Wells
Robert Strickinod
Kan McAlron
Chamber 9
Ree
Es Figuives
Chambers
Nis
Bayou Tax Office Opens Saturday at Cedar Bayou
Cedar Bayou residents may pay taxes at the office on Saturday to avoid delays. The school office and Foundation ROG workers plan to complete final tasks this week. A SPORTE'S Junior Deputies meeting at 9 am will review training and hear Rev. Parrish speak from First Baptist Church. Local events include Highlands Day and a one hour dance fundraiser for patient care.
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Bayou
Cedar Ba-y Romain
Cedar Bayou
Sehooy
Sunt
Sat- Ther
Parrish Nf
Untitled fragment hints at a banquets and names
Fragmentary text references a banquet, people named James, E a Tate, Rose, Addie rr, and a mention of California. The garbled lines obscure full actions, dates, or outcomes but imply an event with attendees and varying departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Planners Seek Alternate Route For Highway 73 To Baytown
The effort envisions an eastern alternate into Baytown using Decker Drive and Texas Avenue from the Traffic Circle to Alexander Drive, with state designation transferring maintenance costs. The plan, endorsed by the Tri County Highway 73 committee, mirrors two-routings similar to the SDA system around Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hartman
Ward Baytown
Houston
Port Arthur
Harris County
San Jacinto
Cedar Bayou
Needle Point Iy
Chambers County
Trinity Bottoms
Dowiatown Baytown
Texas Avenue
Alexander Drive
Highwes
Mont Belvier
Town Chamber of
Campieri
State Highway Commission
SDA
Flouston
W. T. Busch
Raytown
Tri-County
Vo Vo Ramsey
Jefferson County
State Commission
Ious- Pebrusty
Decker Drive
Nnprayve- McA
Texas
Alexander
Baytown
Puerto Rican Troops Tried For Cowardice
Tokyo January 28 UP General Mack Cla headquarters charged Wednesday night the top North Korean delegates to Panmunjom with masterminding riots at POW camps as per their regular assignments. An intelligence study blamed Generals Nam Il and Lee Sanz Jo for the second front of the Korean war and the Pongam Island riot. Eighty five Communist prisoners were killed and 113 wounded as the study said the delegates at Panmunjom had dual functions as negotiators and operatives. The report also called Nam Il a former Soviet officer and Korea extraction and said Lee Sang do headed North Korea military intelligence.
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Tokyo
Mack
Clark
Pongam Island
Wee
Panmunjom
neBre
Nam 1
Security Agency
Flier Admits Slaying Girl in Texas Engagement Tragedy
A Texas man led Rangers to the body of his 17 year old fiancée Miss Fern White buried in a lonely ditch. He said he strangled her with a cord after an argument over breaking the engagement. White, a Lubbock high senior, disappeared on February 8. He confessed after a polygraph test and meetings with Rangers and reporter Jack Coals.
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Tex
Coun
Texas Rangers
Stangers
Zeno Smith
Taber Fern White
Miss White
Whitaker
Lubbock High School
Austin
Lubbock
Jack Coals
Do Reds Have Atom Bomb Experts Refute Truman Skepticism
Washington officials and seasoned atomic sources dispute President Truman's doubt about the Soviet Union possessing a nuclear weapon. Congress and executive branches express unanimous belief in the existence of the A bomb, with high Eisenhower aides and Secretary of State Joann Foster Dailes weighing in before publication.
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Truman
Washington
Independence
Bugsig
Eisenhower
Joan Foster Dailes
Two Interurban Cars Derailed in Missouri
Missouri Pacific officials probed a chain of derailments Tuesday afternoon with ten interurbans leaving the rails within an hour. G. B. McDonald’s car derailed near the South Main curve injuring one passenger, Fannie Pear Steith, 9, who was held for observation at San Jacinto Memorial. A second car, driven by Tae Duan, derailed on the Garth curve near Highlands with eight aboard and no injuries. A prior derailment near Oak Street in Gale Addition caused no injuries but halted rail traffic briefly. Officials cited bolts, spikes and other iron debris on the tracks as likely causes.
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Missouri-Pacific Railway
G. B. McDonald
South Main Crossing
Fannie Pear Steith
Margaret Barrow, McNair
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Tragic Death in Denver Family Notice
A obituary notice reports the death of a man named Baird on Monday afternoon in Denver. His parents Mr and Mrs C. Baird reside at Highlands, with details obscured by damaged text.
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Baird
Honor Stikiens
Ciety von Denver
Mry, C. &. Baird
Highlands
Death ends long ordeal of Betty Nell Corwin
Betty Nell Corwin a 14 year old Baytown girl died Tuesday afternoon after a long battle with leukemia. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Thursday at Earthman chapel with Rev Clyde Foltz. Burial will follow at Melrose Abbey Mausoleum in Orange California. She is survived by her parents Lloyd and Betty Corwin and two siblings Carolyn and Martha along with grandparents and several relatives. She attended Baytown public schools and played oboe in the high school band.
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Betty Nell Corwin
Baytown
Melrose Abbey
Orange
Calif
Betty Net
Janes Furniture Ca
Haytown
First Christian Church
Baytown Pinior High
Junior Cops Collect Fines In Good Cause
La Porte's Junior Deputies will collect fines for traffic and walking violations as part of the March of Dimes polio campaign. Officers will carry March of Limes boxes to deposit all fines at arrest time. Directors include Con stable Tike Bussey and Deputy Sheriff James St. Crate.
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la Porte
Walter Roberson
Pines Dases Sil Py
Wil Zo
Roberson
Tike Bussey
James St. Crate
Baytown Homes Outpace Texas Averages in Census
Baytown households show higher quality and values than Texas averages according to the 1950 housing census. Baytown lists 7,261 dwellings with 6,972 occupied, majority single family detached homes. Rent and home values vary by city, Pasadena and Highland Park cited for comparison.
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Chester Bulgier
Baytown
Texas
Baytown Rosing
Census Bureau
Pasadena
Highland Park
Dallas
Baytonians Seek Moon Eclipse Photos Thursday
Baytown amateur astronomers expect a total lunar eclipse Thursday with clear skies and viewers watching from 5 03 p m. through 6 20 p m local time. Participants Joe Dailisky Wallace Tate Alvin Ailes Cecil Phillips Maret ton and Hytton Wilder plan to photograph the event using six inch and eight inch reflectors in collaboration with Allen Wilhite.
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Wulen Wildek
Baytown
Cvn
Fong Baytown Amaienes
Joe Dailisky
Wallace Tate
Alvin Ailes
Cecil Phillips
Maretton
Hytton Wilder
Dansky
Tate
Phillips
Shelton
Wilder
Allen Wilhite
Atom Project Enters a New Era of Super Weapons and Power
Washington report from Joseph L. Myler notes the Atomic Energy Commission’s 13th semiannual congressionals report. It highlights accelerated development of hydrogen and advanced atomic weapons. It cites power for warships airplanes industry and ongoing expansion program reaching 7.8 billion dollars. It mentions submarine engine models, sea vessels USS Nautilus and Sea Wolf, and atom power for aircraft carriers with new power plants and engines underway.
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Atom
Joseph L. Myler
Washington
U. S&s. Atomic Project
Atomic Energy Commission
Io Congress
U. S
AEC
Hhe Aec
Jas
Union
Mest
Congress
Atomic Power Developmeent
Public Fails To Show Up At Hearing
Residents of La Porte and Bayshore face a $20,000 revenue rise from Houston Natural Gas Co, adding about 34 cents a day to bills in March. Officials delayed a decision after a public hearing no‑show, while Baytown considers a similar rise and Morgan’s Point and Shore Acres may follow.
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George Prentice
la Parte
Bayshore
Houston Natural Gas Co
la Pougie
John R. Bekbarde
John @. Pudlie
Eckhardt
Setve
Itz
la Porte
Morgan's Point
Shore Acres
Baytown
Clinton Owsley
Houston
Two Shows Tonight Climax Dimes Drive Bozo St. Clair To Appear Here
Bozo St Clair a top vaudeville draw prepares for his March of Dimes show in Baytown with wife Vicki Sarrell and a lineup including Janet Sarit Tex Jones and Lue Betty. KREL's Dick Eason hosts. proceeds benefit the National Folio Foundation through March of Dimes. The La Porte gala features top rovers at Pine Bluff skating rink with Bill Dillon and Arlene Duinam headlining.
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Climax Dimes
Bozo St. Clair
la Porte
Vaulley
Baytown
Bozo
Town Lounge
Houston
Vicki Sarrell
Janet Sarit
Kprc-Tv
Tex Jones
Lue Betty
Barbary S
Shipt
Vine Bluff
Drive
Art Simpson
Rover
Pine Bluff
Palla
VEW Plans Benefit Dance for Infantile Paralysis Fund
VEW Post 932 and Velerengs of Foreign Wars sponsor a Saturday dance at Decker Drive to aid the Gonzalez Warm Springs Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Texas Bluehogs provide music. tickets cost $1. The event supports the Robert R. Tuck Post and its service programs, including hospital beds, a wheelchair loan fund, youth activities, and charitable drives.
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Robert R. Tuck
Velerengs
Gonzalez Warm Springs Foundation
Texas Biuehogs
VFW
Decker Drive
Talient
Post
Grover K. Edge
Veterans Service Officer
L. A
Paty Lovering
Tom Driscoll
Houston
Buddy Poppy Darence
VFW Nacional
The
Tenness
Robert &. Lee High School
Veterans Service Center
Communnity Chest
VEW Monte
Ezon
Burned Woman Dies After Five Day Battle
Mrs. Dora Lee Haley, 30, of Dayton, died Tuesday in Galveston hospital after severe burns from clothing catching fire at home last Friday. Doctors said blood transfusions could no longer save her. more than 100 donors responded. Survived by husband Fred Haley, son James Harrell, and four sisters and two brothers. Funeral Thursday at Ryan, burial PaceStancil.
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Jong
Dora Lee Haley
Dayton
Galveston
Haley
I Jal
Tommy Gillen
Bavtowa
G. L. Gilen
Gitlen
Airs
Fred Haley
James Harrell
Mire
Daisy Burwick
Deweyile
Qla Calk
Rllan Matthews
Byna
Emily Benter
San Die
John and Palmer
Max Mer
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Hell Corvin
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Arlene Duinham
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