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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1951
Page
1
A seaman, identified as Erickson, was jailed after a street accident on Market Street in Baytown. The report notes a vehicle collision involving Brown and Eri jonscent, with the scene crossing into adjacent yards and near A. Gates residence.
Texas Employment Commission Baytown will move to a new location near East Texas Avenue. John Durham said the office relocation aims to improve service delivery. The move follows previous office site on Market Street and involves nearby curb work and a tree base project. Maxwell Field Alabama hosts a temporary stay for Colonel Dittman attending the Air University for ten months after recovery from war injuries.
A fragmentary local page describes Mayor Ward visiting Austin during a holiday, UT football chatter between Truman Cox and Wayman Arrm, and various brief items. It mentions Darrell Tuck, Fred gamer, and Don Altenelt celebrating years together, Barky Bond drafted to a minibar job, plus street scenes in Baytown and a contact line at 808 Sun rive and phone 8522.
Enteed Press reports a 30 hour Fourth of July toll in Texas far below DPS forecast with 18 deaths and 41 drownings. The Dallas tragedy involved a collision near Fair Park killing four young men. Other incidents include a 2 year old drowning at Wolf Creek and Otis Gross drowning while attempting a rescue.
A 12 year old Morgans Point boilermaker and his wife were in serious condition at Jefferson Davis Hospital after a two car crash near their home. Police say Private First Class Robert B Hall of Ellington Field drove one car and was charged with assault by auto. Deputy Crate of La Porte reported the couple were 11 feet off the pavement when struck.
Non supervisory employees of Southwestern Associated Telephone Company receive a 10 percent raise under a new one year contract with the Communication Workers of America. About 120 Baytown district workers affected. Part of the increase started July 2 with the remainder pending a Wage Stabilization Board ruling. Company estimates annual wage cost about 3400 000 and potential rate review possible.
Baytonians heeded the plea for a safe and sane Fourth of July. Traffic and fireworks accidents were minimal with two major injuries. Gordon Morris, 27, Greens Bayou, mangled left arm from a car truck collision on Market Street Road and Lamar Angelo, 19, Galveston, fractured left leg in a motorcycle collision turning onto Market from Lynacoburg Road. Both to San Jacinto Memorial Hospital. Police called it one of the quietest Fourths in years.
Senator Mundt of South Dakota urged the State Department to take reprisal against Czechoslovakia for arresting and imprisoning Associated Press reporter William N. Oatis on espionage charges. He hinted at targeting Czech consulates and warned against permitting Americans to be treated as spies. Oatis, 37, from Marion Ohio, was sentenced to 10 years with possible release after five for good behavior. The State Department condemned the trial as a mockery and said it was studying all options, including a boycott of Czech goods seen as a pressure point on Prague’s export trade.
Three B 26 bombers landed at Carswell Air Base after a nonstop flight from London to Texas covering about 5000 miles in under 28 hours. The mission highlighted long distance nonstop capability with a protocol aiming at rapid global reach and strategic basing.
Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York arrived in Japan and met General Matthew Ridgway at Dai Ichi headquarters with US ambassador William J. Sebald. He lunched with Mrs Ridgway at the US embassy and later called on Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida. Dewey continues a Pacific swing to aid bipartisan foreign policy. a 10 engine bomber group landed at bases in England after a long transatlantic flight.
London reports say four men found drowned off Brest after being tied to nets. British Foreign Office probes if two may be missing diplomats Donald D. MacLean and Guy Burgess. Bomber crews discussed, planes carried 15 to 20 scooters, non stop Atlantic flight with strong tailwinds, routes over Paris and Brussels.
In a midweek update, Ridgway announces its chosen roster for an upcoming parley. The decision follows internal committee reviews and signals a focused strategy for the negotiations.
The Missouri River broke through a railroad embankment north of St. Charles flooding 20,000 acres and displacing 80 farms. A 40 foot breach at the railroad fill hindered flood workers. 130 levees in Missouri were torn out as the Big Muddy rose to 26.3 feet. Erwin Nadler, 1, of Augusta, became the tenth flood victim in the Kansas Missouri area.
East Harris County merchants will learn about government price regulations at an OPS price clinic from 3 am to noon Monday at the Baytown Chamber of Commerce. Houston district OPS staff and chamber cooperate to assist businessmen including laundries, service stations, barber and beauty shops. Winerich urged bringing OPS questions for full guidance. A second item notes a Raytown Junior High Band concert at 8 pm on campus, featuring marches and waltzes.
Chicago Sun Time Byndicote reports on the fast pace of borrowing, saving, and social striving as Beth collectors try to stay ahead of trends and expenses in a bustling city scene.
The International Court of Justice issued a temporary injunction directing Iran to allow continued operation of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company while a five member supervisory board is named to arrange for its future management. Britain voiced disappointment, with Foreign Secretary Morrison saying Iran seems bent on shutting down the company despite potential economic ruin.
An inquest was ordered into the death of Sergeant Pete Edward Pallas 23 Ada Oklahoma en route to Japan. His body was found on a Memorial Drive railroad bridge in Houston after a troop train passed with no witnesses or clear cause. An autopsy was scheduled as military authorities pursue how he died aboard the train en route from Camp Polk Louisiana to the West Coast.
Gordon R. Morris twenty four of Greens Bayou was treated after a collision on Market Street Road west Channelview when his car sideswiped a truck driven by Norman Mabe Baytown. He was rushed to San Jacinto Memorial Hospital for surgery on a badly mangled left arm. An orthopedic surgeon Dr R O Whitson operated and Morris remained in fair condition. No charges were filed.
In Budapest the Hungarian government declared two US diplomats persona non grata and ordered their departure within hours while a third official in Vienna was barred from returning. The note named Legation Secretary Albert Sherer Jr and Attache Ruth Tryan as expelled, with Mary Eich denied reentry. The moves follow Hungarys demand for recall amid the archbishop Josef Groesz case and trial disclosures.
General Matthew Ridgway names a five man team to begin cease fire talks with the Communists on the Korean front. The delegation will meet in Kaesong to arrange details for a formal ceasefire conference while Allied patrols and UN monitors observe.
Washington reports a weekly rise to 78 220 American battle casualties in Korea, with 23 000 dead, 52 975 wounded, 10 649 missing, 159 captured, and 3 327 who were missing but later found. Next of kin notices mean actual totals are higher.
Berlin reports a disaster as an East German excursion steamer carrying about 50 orphans explodes and burns on the Spree River. Estimated dead run to five or more with at least 30 rescued or pulled from the water. victims also included several missing.
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