Holiday Toll in Texas Surprises With Drowning Deaths
United Press tally shows 41 fatalities in Texas over the July 4 weekend from Friday night to Monday midnight. Drownings accounted for 14 deaths, with nine drowning on Monday including four in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. A 15 year old Dallas boy Dell Copeland? drowned at the State Fair pool. John Wesley Thompson, 37, and Emory Pittman, 6, also drowned near Dallas in stock pond incidents amid other accidents totaling 15.
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United Press
Texas
Department of Public Safety
Dallas - Fort Worth
Dallas
Dell Cope
John Wesley Thompson
Nation records traffic deaths over Fourth of July weekend
United Press tally through Monday midnight reports 878 traffic deaths in the three day Fourth of July period. Heat, fireworks, and other causes contributed to a grim toll with drownings in Texas rivers and lakes, a shooting in Amarillo, and multiple fatalities across Houston Galveston San Antonio and nearby communities.
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National Safety Council
United Press
UNNEWS CONFERENCE SHOCKS AS UN MEN BARRED
FANMUNJOM Korea reports that the U N command barred American and other UN reporters from a press conference with Lt Gen Lee Sang Cho the Communist delegate to the Joint Military Armistice Commission. In Hong Kong the Indian Red Cross expected three former American soldiers to arrive from Red China July 9 after leaving and rejoining the Communists. Westfield Mass sees the first 12 finishers of the Powder Fuel Derby welcomed home. Tokyo reports American planes searching beaches for Fiery who crashed near the Pine dys area.
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Lee Sang Cho
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Consdate
Indian Red Cross
Red China
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Farine
SUN SPOTS Scout Roundtable in East Harris County
DISTRICT ROUNDTABLE for Scouts of East Harrey County will be held at the Community house starting at 7 p.m. Tuesday. W. C. Jackson, district chairman, urged all leaders, committee men and den mothers to attend. No Walkout Yet AT NOON Tuesday there had been no report of a walkout of Baytown's General Telephone Co. employee. Negotiations between the union and company officials were to resume in San Angelo at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Portier Lancaster Named Penney Boss PORTER LANCASTER, Conroe Penney manager, named manager of the Baytown Penney store. He will succeed Lloyd T. Jones and head a new Penney venture in Southeast Houston. Auxiliary Meets THE AMERICAN Legion auxiliary will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Bob Chase, 104 Graham. All members invited.
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Baytown
General Telephone Co
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San Angelo
Penney
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Conroe
J. C. Penney
Lloyd T. Jones
South Park
Houston
American Legion Auxiliary
Bob Chase
Graham
Man Shot in Arm on Decker Drive in Baytown
Baytown police investigated a shooting that wounded James Bridwell 21 of Highlands on Decker Drive Monday night. A bullet pierced the muscle of his upper right arm and severed an artery. Bridwell was in serious condition after emergency care at San Jacinto Memorial and transfer to a Houston hospital.
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James Bridwell
Highlands
Decker Drive
Bridwell
Houston
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Donald Allen Sells Cars In Close Victory
Donald Allen wins a local deal by 89 cents after selling three big cars in a brisk show of sales skill. Ernie Dittman handles another appointment with a confident grin. Jimmy Frazier and Warren Bunting meet for fishing but catch no fish. Ardith Mx Kee serves refreshment cake with steady efficiency.
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Ernie Dittman
Jimmy Frazier
Warren Bunting
Ardith Mx- Kee
Baytown Rain Totals Show Patchy Weather Across Region
Rain fell around the Bay shore but spared Baytown's official gauge at 315 East Guilt, totaling 2.63 inches over two days, mostly Sunday. La Porte Crosby and Cedar Bayou reported showers while Baytown enjoyed cooler highs under 90. Elsewhere Texas saw a dust storm in El Paso disrupting traffic and temperatures climbing to 104 at Presidio and around 85 at Port Arthur.
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Baytown
Bayahore
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el Paso
Presidia
Port Arthur
State Board Backs Local Plan on School Integration
Baytown school leaders expect no insurmountable issues in complying with the Supreme Court ban on segregation. The Texas State Board of Education voted to support locally originated plans for implementing the ruling, with a careful, study driven approach favored by A H Stark and others. The district has long invested more in colored schools and aims for a measured path, with a special meeting planned to form a study committee and report back.
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Baytown
U.S. Supreme Court
State Board of Education
Austin
Texas Board of Education
A. H. Stark
Stark
George Gentry
Council to Hold Hearing on Gas Rate Increase
Baytown City Council schedules a two session public hearing at City Hall on Wednesday to consider Houston Natural Gas Corp. proposed rate hike of 21.23 percent. Mayor H Pruett and city officials plan to hear both sides as Massey of the gas company signals possible appeal to the Railroad Commission if denied.
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Cedar Bayou Walter
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H. F. Massey
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Missing Girl Found Safe After Bear Kidnap Claim
LIBBY Montana UP the mother of Ida Mae Curtis two insists a bear kidnapped her child and the girl was found unharmed near a lumber camp in the Kootenai forest after a 21 hour exposure. The child was taken to Libby hospital with only minor cuts and bruises. The family and searchers doubted the bear story but authorities began a nightlong search as the girl was located in a small hole near the camp.
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Wild Kootenai National Forest
Ida Mae Sunday
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Parts Of Baby Found On Galveston Beach
A pathologic examination was under way Tuesday of infant body parts found in the surf off a Galveston beach. Chief Deputy Sheriff Mike Fitzsimmons said internal organs appeared preserved by medical institutions before discovery.
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Galveston
Mike Fitzsimmons
Underworld Boss Wears Bermuda Shorts at Lawn Party
Chicago report notes Tough Tony Accardo, reputed crime syndicate kingpin, shocking about 300 business associates by arriving in blue Bermuda shorts at the annual lawn party and barbecue Monday.
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Underworld
Tony Accardo
State to Seek Death for Triple Murders in Texas
GALVESTON TEX. Ellis B Lawhon Jr confessed slayer of three Dickinson family members will be tried for at least one murder in October and the state will seek the death penalty.
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Ellis B. Lawhon Jr
Dickinson, Tex
Girl posts bond for brother in Galveston case
Aline Arka simian, seven, raised funds from pennies and a piggy bank to bail her drunken brother Lavahon in a Galveston district case. The 20-year-old faces charges with a psychiatrist exam planned. officials note no July through October court sessions. Sheriff Frunk J. Efiagyne and District Attorney Marsene Johin son discuss mental health aspects and potential penalties.
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Dead Woman Kidnapping Claim Shocks Houston
A 43 year old Houston woman, Mrs Mabel Greer, told her sister from New York that two burglars kidnapped her and forced a drive to Galveston then to New York. Police alerted New York detectives as Greer returned to Houston.
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Miss Baytown of 1955 named Baytown beauty Janice Ellis
Janice Elaine Ellis an 18 year old La Porte girl who sells souvenirs at the San Jacinto monument was crowned Miss Baytown 1955 at Roseland Park. She edged 20 contestants for the title sponsored by Brunson theater, with second and third places going to Nancy Hensler and Margot Dunkerly. Ellis, a June graduate of La Porte High School, plans to attend the University of Houston and has scholastic honors including a science award from the Chemical Society of Texas.
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H. B. Hensler
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Airs
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South Gil’ard
Retail Merchants Committee
Max Altman
Baytown Cedar Bayou annexation hearing debates tax savings
Baytown council heard opposing views on annexing the Cedar Bayou water district to the city. supporters led by Cedar Bayou Civic Committee chair Boyt N Hill claimed substantial tax savings, while opponent Fortney challenged the figures as inflated. The hearing adjourned with a July 1 session likely to decide, noting the area would add about 230 houses and 2,000 residents.
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Sitlon
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Seven-Year-Old Boy Drowns at Spillway Lake Incident
Curtis Kimball, seven, fell from a high fence into a spillway current at Houston Light and Power property and drowned. He was with parents Albert and (name unreadable) Mamillon and two friends Bart Soren and Cadell Wineted when he wandered from them. Emergency crews recovered the body within minutes. artificial respiration failed. The boy was taken to League City for funeral arrangements.
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Albert Mamillon
Houston
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Cartis
Curtis
League City
Fimken Linton Funeral Home
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