Four-State Toll Road Is Proposed
Four-State toll road plan seeks cooperation among Texas Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri from Galveston to St Louis. Gov Johnston Murray backs toll financed cross‑state highway system while Gov Theodore McKeldin warns tolls should fund bus and truck routes and policing costs.
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Johnston Murray
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Galveston
St. Louis
Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
Albert Wi. Quinn
McKeldin
McKeidin
Denyton
Gainesville
Murray
Sun Spots Speed Run to Baytown and Encampment News
CAPT Brunson returns to service after travel from Hawaii Japan and the Orient to San Francisco and Baytown. Hindependent Order of Oddfellows ENCAMPMENT installs new officers Wednesday night in Baytown. Kiwanis to meet at 12:05 at the Community House Thursday. Recreation centers report 22,176 child visits and 4,333 at McNair. 163 new swimming students at Roseland Park. Local notes cover vacations shopping and community events with updates on residents in Amarillo and Louisiana and well wishes for Mrs. Festiow.
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Jeff
Korea
Hav Waii
Japan
San Francisco
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Baytown
Capt Brunson
Orient
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Oddfellows
Oddfellows Hall
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Townsend
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Warde Shirley
Liner
J.F. Clark
Liberty
J. F. Alcarn
Ben Dol. Jones
Frank James
MtcNair
Roseland Park
Baytown Sons Publish News by Baytown Youths
Baytown youths aged six to eighteen publish small town journalism at 3809 Oregon, running a mimeograph paper with editorials, world and local news, Little League scores, and a cartoon. Charles McMurrough leads the mimeograph work while being respected by younger staff. The group meets two to three afternoons weekly to create content and stories like Space Girl.
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Wanda Jones
Budditg
Oregon
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Pact OKd German Peace, West Germany Rearmament
Washington July 26 The Senate approved the West German peace treaty and protocol extending NATO defense guarantees to the new republic. The vote was 77 to 3 on the contract and 72 to 5 on the protocol, marking U S endorsement of German troops in European defense and shifting responsibility to Germany.
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Senate
Europe
West Germany
United States
Germany
US Casualties Rise in Korea With New Total Reported
Defense Department said on Wednesday that American battle deaths in Korea reached a new total of 117,576. The weekly casualty rise of 965 marked the largest one week increase since November 9, 1951, when the week’s total was 1712. Officials offered no explanation for the jump or whether filings or fighting caused the rise.
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Washington
Korea
Defense Department
Women Put Candidates On The Spot In Boston
In Boston on Wednesday professional women pressed presidential hopefuls to back an equal rights amendment. Telegrams sent Tuesday to Eisenhower Taft Harriman Heller and Russell urged support. Messages were signed by Judge Sarah T. Hughes of Dallas, president of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs.
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Boston
Dwight, D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Averell Harriman
Estes Helauter
Richard R. Russell
Sarah T. Hughes
Dallas
National Federation’ of Business
Professional Tyomen's Clubs
Food Costs Rising Warns Political Figures
Washington housewives were told the cost of living may rise further despite new controls. Ellis and Arnall predicted limited protection under the law, warning inflation could hit American families after September 30 with price increases in milk, tables, fruits, fertilizer, and other goods. President Truman said the law offers limited protection against inflation.
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Washington
Ellis
Arnall
Truman
Manr
Tor Butsit
Army Draft Called For 30,000 In September
Washington July 1 21P The Defense Department Wednesday ordered Selective Service to draft 30,000 in September. The September call brings the total drafted since the beginning of the Korean War to 1,613,430. Of this 932,000 were for the Army and 81,410 for the Marine Corps.
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Washington
Army
Children receive gamma globulin injections in Baytown clinic
Baytown volunteers and medical staff conducted a mass inoculation program for gamma globulin to prevent paralysis. About 140 children were vaccinated by late morning, with operations at the Community House under supervision of Dr. William M. Hammond and Dr. John Porter.
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Johnella Boynton
Baytown
Robert Andrew Rose
Robert
P. Rose
East Favle
WH. Williams
Woman's Club
Andy
John Becks
Beecher
Mary Lynn
Tom
William, M. Hammon
University of Pittsburg
John
Polio scare eases in Baytown with no new cases
Baytown eases fears of polio outbreak as several suspected patients show cold or viral symptoms but no paralysis. No new cases reported. Local children at Hedgecroft Clinic return home for recovery. Families note uncertain diagnosis for one child while others recover with home care and therapy.
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Baytown
Patio Victms
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Hedgecroft Clinic
Jimmy. Ammons
Driv
Georgi
Lloyd Athey
Cedar Bayou Road
Robert Stephenson
Athey
Jefferson
Davis
Chlorination Update At Baytown Wastewater Plant
Harris County Fresh Water Supply District chair Andy Bargainer reports a temporary chlorinator installed at the Wooster plant to handle sewage treatment while awaiting parts from New York. The device has been tested and is operating, with the County Health Department directing temporary use during the Bolio epidemic.
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Baytown
Wasing
Andy Bargainer
Harris Ty Fresh Water Supply District
Eight Wooster
John
Wooster
Houston
New York
Bargainer
County Health Department
Supporters Face Taft Clash in Convention Delegates
Lyle Wilson reports from Chicago on July 2 that Taft allies control the Republican national committee, pressuring concessions in Texas and other delegate fights as Eisenhower and Stassen seek a path to the nomination ahead of the July 7 convention. Eisenhower travels by train to Denver then Chicago, with Dewey flying in, as Warren, Dulles, Millikin, and Dirksen position for the platform and race dynamics.
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Wilson
Chicago
iBi
Hisenhower
Republican’ National Committee
Robert AD Taft
Texas
Geary
Fletcher
Pennsylvania
Fkemen
Venerel
Taft
National Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Ikemhen
Taftman
Eugene Millikin
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
Harold, E.stassen
Stassen
Harl Warren
California
Douglas Macarthur
Elsa
Everett Dirksen
Ulinois
Warren A
Denver
Seamroller Charges Hurled At Taft Backers
Chicago July 2 Gen Dwight D Eisenhowers backers accuse Taft forces of steamroller tactics in a bitter fight for contested Republican delegates. The contest involved Missouri and other states as Lodge and Taft supporters battled a ban on radio and TV coverage, while Taft's camp resisted the move.
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Taft
Dayton Moore
Chicago
Dwight D. Gisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Republican National Committee
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Louisiana
Mississi
Texas
Issippi
Missouri
Jeep-Load Grabbed At Red Border
Berlin reports say a jeep load of Americans including an Army chaplain was seized near the Soviet zone after straying three feet over the West Berlin border. Soviet troops reportedly surrounded and drove them back. The incident comes amid unclear identities of the seized group and ongoing cross border tensions.
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Red Border
Berlin
Sovie
Amecans
U.S. Army
West Bern
Germany
Russia Accuses Washington of Slaughter Pattern
A late bulletin reports Russia accusing Washington of slaughtering American troops in Korea in a statement that likens current events to a 15,000 Poles casualty pattern. The piece cites a House committee charge and suggests a coordinated war crime claim.
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Russia
Washington
Comrantes
Sia
Conn
Korea
Truman Dedicates Arkansas Public Power Dams
President Truman spoke at Bull Shoals site praising public power as a democratic victory over private greed. He cited Bull Shoals and Norfork dams bringing a better Southern life and urged remembering government battles against selfish interests and anti socialism rhetoric.
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Truman
Arkansas
40-Foot Fall Hurts Of Big Contractor
E Buddy Jorgan, 60, a well known Mont Belvieu oilfield contractor, was injured Tuesday when a 4 foot oil tank he was dismantling toppled. The right side of his head was crushed, and he was transported from Lillie Duke to a Houston hospital after being placed unconscious in a pickup and escorted by Deputy Sheriff Arthur Barrow. An Earthman ambulance met the group to transfer him to Houston.
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Buddy Jorgan
Mont -Belvieu
Herman Hospital
Houston
Barbers Mill
Jordan
Lillie Dutre
Buddy Dillard
Baytown
Arthur Barow
Barrow
Jorden
Liffie-Duke Hospital
Democratic Gap in Governors Conference Fails to Close
At the 44th annual Governors Conference, northern and southern wings of the Democratic Party showed little willingness to bridge their rifts. Republican governors led by Dewey and Peterson pressed preconvention fights over seating delegations, backing Eisenhower while Democratic factions offered limited peace gestures. Governor Allan Shivers also led the administration delegation amid mixed signals.
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Val Peterson
Nebraska
Robert A. Taft
Chip
Dwight D . Eisenhower
Old man recalls near miss and grim fate in tale
An elderly speaker recounts a brush with danger and near starvation. He reflects on the slim chance that could have ended his life, noting how luck and a missed opportunity altered his path. The fragment hints at regret and gratitude for survival.
Steelmen Refuse CIO Union Offer
Pittsburgh reports the Steelworkers refuse the CIO union offer amid labor tensions. A deal was reportedly discussed along company lines with the Steel Corp leadership and the union seeking an agreement on representation and terms. Further details remain unclear due to fragmented text.
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Steelmen
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