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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1951
Page
2
Seaman remains jailed after a car wreck on Market Street. Read as gas line leaked under pressure and authorities moved the vehicle to prevent ignition. Injuries reported include head trauma to Erickson and bruising to Mrs. Rose Zieriein. details unclear due to fragmented OCR text.
The Baytown council approved a rate rise for telephone service to March 1950 when dial phones began operation. The automatic increase boosted rates by 20 cents to 3.35, following a prior equal rise in April 1949.
A T Brook formerly of Bay town died yesterday morning in Cullman Alabama after a heart attack. Brook was a driller for the Gulf OF Company and left Baytown in 1927 moving to Houston and other Texan towns before retirement. Baytown survivors include Dan H Rogers and D H Rogers Sr planning to attend the Cullman funeral tomorrow afternoon.
The article lists multiple deadly incidents during a holiday period across the United States. It notes drownings near Denison and Lakeview in Texas, with Melvin Lee West aged 11 among the victims, and Henest Gi pert a 15 year old believed drowned in the Neches River near Lakeview. It mentions broader national dangers from storms and accidents, including a tornado in Webb City Missouri and a fire in New Mexico. Several other fatalities and injuries are reported across various states.
Lord Inverchapel Sir Archibald Clark Kerr former ambassador to the United States died at 69 in Greenock Scotland. He served as ambassador from early 1946 until May 1 1948 when he retired after 40 years in diplomacy and took up farming.
The State Department condemned a mock trial described as a ludicrous justice farce. It said Ortis prosecution aimed to intimidate and propagate to strike at the United States and free press. President Truman backed the department's statements and approved the release.
Richard E. Tannich of Baytown has been appointed district deputy of the 235th District Knights of Columbus. The appointment was made by David Lambright of Fort Worth, the prior deputy, with Tannich having served as grand knight of the San Jacinto Council. The 25th district includes San Jacinto Council Baytown Our Lady of Fatima Council Crosby and Liberty Council Liberty.
In Fort Worth the livestock market showed mostly steady runs with good demand. Slaughter steers averaged 30 to 32.50 per hundredweight with cows at 25 to 26.50 and bulls 27 to 28.50. Yearlings 25 to 32, calves 30 to 35, stockers 29 to 38. Hog values were steady to 28 weaker than Tuesday. sows and feeder pigs steady with hams and lighter weights around 21 to 24 for 155 to 175 pound goods.
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