UT board ends segregation at university graduate programs
The University of Texas board of regents voted to abolish segregation in undergraduate courses at the main campus and in the graduate school and at Texas Western College effective this fall. The resolution, unanimously adopted, allows qualified students to be admitted without regard to race or origin to all divisions of the graduate school, even if the desired program is not available at state supported Negro institutions.
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Austin
Board of Regents
University of Texas
Texas
Western College
U S Releases 300000 More Doses of Vaccine
A Sanitary report notes the United States will release an additional 300000 vaccine doses. In Seguin Texas jury panels and indictments capture attention as Rep John J Bell faces state theft charges. Prime Minister U Nu of Burma signals silence as controversy follows his remarks about admission of Red China to the United Nations.
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Seguin
Tex
Rep
John J. Bell
Defkou —Ih
U Nu
United States
Mier
U Nu Oxide
New York
Washington
Heiping
United Nations
Styles Bridges
R-N.w
OU Nu
Senate
Wiliam F. Knowland
Detroit
O Nu
China
Sun Spots Firemen and Community Events in Highlands
Highlands volunteers host a Saturday barbecue at the fire station from 10:30 am to 6 pm to fund emergency equipment. tickets cost 1 and auxiliary members sell pies and cakes. Also announced are DeMolay service at Sampson Lodge Hall and Rainbow presentation, Clean-Up Day at Morgan's Point cemetery at 7 am with women serving. Carter fund donations at Quack Shack and a western dance planned with chaperones. Baytown Junior High book route book Friday call The Baytown Sun.
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Firemen's Frolic Highlands Volunteer Fire Department
Women's Auxiliary
Trey Barsalou
Rou
Baytown Junior High School
Baytown Sun
Demolay Chapter of
Highlands
Sampson Lodge
Order of Carnation
Morgan's Point
Morgan’s Point
Carter
Roy Carter
Quack Shack
Pam
Barry Nettles
Baytown Bombers to duel La Porte juniors at Jaycee Park
Community notes report a Baytown Bombers vs La Porte junior deputies game at Jaycee Park Saturday night. Also mentions family events, a 80th birthday celebration in Mobile, a diamond anniversary, weekend travel plans, and local oddities such as found bifocal glasses and a lost railer end gate on Park Street.
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Baytown
la Porte
Jaycee Park
Charles Franklin
Cedar Bayou
Mobile
Ala
E. Forrest
Forrest
Carter Alexander
Lula Harlan
Pete
V. A. Traylors
Robson's
W. H. Lehde
Park Street
Lehde
Seolt
Turncoats Near Home Ex-Gas Prisoners May Be Barred
Three former American soldiers who joined then defected to communism in Red China may be barred from entering the United States if they worked for the Chinese government. Lewis Griggs William Cowart and Otho Bell are expected to reach Hong Kong Saturday and will be detained by British authorities while their status is clarified.
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Hong Kong
United States
Lewis Griggs
William Cowart
Otho Bell
British Red Cross Society
Cam
Eraman
Kowloon Im Automobiles
Central Immigration
Hong Kong Island
M. Backe
U.S
Red China
Communiists
Phone Employes Still On Job Walkout Here Expected Since July 1
Baytown telephone operators and other employes remained on the job Friday as strikes hit six Texas towns and nearby areas. Union demands include a guaranteed starting wage of 1.25 dollars per hour, a 35 hour week, full injury pay, and a company funded health program. San Angelo bears the heaviest impact with over 300 workers out, while Texarkana maintains operations with most staff on duty.
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Baytown
General Telephone Company of
Southwest
Striks
A&a
CIG
Communications Workers of America
Joe Ware
San Angelo
Telephone Company
Robstown
Eden
Big Lake
Miles
Texarkana
Ceneral Telephone
Robbstown
Tex
Springhill
Gumon, Ola
Clarksville
Sulphur Springs
Daingerfield
Contract Talks In Progress For Roseland Oaks Paving
Negotiations on a street pave and utilities contract for the Roseland Oaks subdivision were underway Friday between owners and Gulf Builthic Co of Houston. Gulf's bid was 854,488 for the whole project with separate bids for paving and utilities. Worstica bid 832,208 for utilities, Ramey 831,920, and Worcester and Ramey would need longer. The project covers 3,200 feet of reinforced concrete streets and the water sewer and storm systems.
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Roseland Oaks
Gulf Biulithic Co
Houston
Gulf
Wooster Plumbing Co
Ramey Contracting Co
Nhere
Worstica
Ramey
Canonnte
June Building Slump in Bay Town Blamed on Vacations
City permit regulator J. T. Peacock cites vacations for a slow June in Bay Town with only 40 permits issued. Residential permits dropped to eight totaling 74,850 dollars while four commercial permits totaled 28,250 dollars. July likewise expected weak.
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Baytown
J. T. Peacock
Peacock
The Ripper Caught as Houston Youth Detained
A 13 year old boy who left a threatening note on a Wooster woman's dining table and burglarized her home Thursday night was detained in Houston by Deputy Sheriff M. M. Brown. The note warned the woman to write to him near a theater with a motor running. The youth, nicknamed The Ripper, was held in the detention ward pending probation action.
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Houstan
M. M. Brown
Hay
Baytown Residents Urged to Pay Delinquent Water Bills
Francis Director A V Barber warned that many payers are careless about water bills and several delinquent accounts may face shutoff. He said some delinquencies stretch for several days, prompting concern among local residents.
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Baytown
France
A. V. Barber
Triday
Barber
Polio vaccine drive boosts stalled program with 300000 doses
Washington reports 300000 Wyeth doses released for immediate use in the near stalled mass inoculation program. The Health Service notes total releases reach 1,837,000 under new safety rules since May 26, with 10,837,000 shots overall since April 12. Six scientists will aid vaccine manufacturers to speed information sharing, and a tentative research plan seeks immediate improvements in production and testing.
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Michael J. O'Neill
Washington
Wyeth Laboratories
Public Health Service
Hit Lilly Co
The
Health Service
Brass Mum About Oveta Hobby Resignation
The White House said Mrs Oveta Culp Hobby has not submitted a resignation as secretary of health education and welfare but declined to say if one is imminent. There is no resignation before us, said White House Press Secretary James C Hagerty after her meeting with President Eisenhower. The administration has anticipated her departure due to her husband’s poor health, though no definite date was given.
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Washington
White House
Ovah Culp Hobby
James C. Hagerty
Baytown Plans D-Day Plane Dedication Saturday
Baytown hosts a 10 AM ceremony at Baytown Airport to dedicate a C 47 plane to the city by Lt. Col. Forrest J. Harsh and Col. John R. Comba. Invited personnel include Col. Norman J. Cal ish and Lt Col Jasper S. Smith. the event features flyovers, a review, and a $1 barbecue serving all afternoon.
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Baytown
Air Force
Bayftown
North Main
Forrest J. Harsh
446Th
Air Force Reserve
Eilington Field
Wayne McClexkey
St. Mark's Methodist Church
Po HL Pritt
Ile Tington Field
Alos
Goodth Air Reserve Sqnadron
Ispytown Civil Air Patrol
10Th Infantry
Texasa Nation Guards Americaun Legion
Auto Mishaps Injure Two Here Baytown Woman Victims
A 40-year-old Baytown woman remains at Pay town hospital and a four-year-old Texas City child is treated at home for injuries from separate traffic crashes late Thursday. A 24-year-old Baytown girl was thrown from a car that went out of control and struck the First Baptist church. Police said Mar Pittman of 464 Case was admitted to ERaytown hospital after a collision in Texas and Jones around 9:30 p.m. The Pittman car struck a car driven by Catherine Jean Mosher of 3227%2 Tinois as it crossed a green light. Mosher, who claimed to be blinded by a glare, was ticketed for running a red light and no driver’s license. Diana Lee Boney, 4, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Granny of Texas City, darted in front of a truck owned by James Jennische of Cedar Bayou and was treated by a physician before returning Friday for care. Her grandmother, Mrs. Goalsby, noted the child and her mother have visited Cedar Bayou Crowby Road for a week. Priscilly Jane Arnold, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Arnold of Georgia, escaped with minor bruises after losing control of her car and crashing into the side of the First Baptist Church.
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Paytown
Tees City
Weal
Pittman
Catherine Jean Mosher
Mike Mosher
West Tews
Diana Lee Boney
Fira Dr
Granny
Terxig City
James Jennische
Cedar Bayou
Cian
Mia
Goalsby
Cedar Bayou Crowby Road
W. Goolsby
Priscilly Jane Arnold
J. B. Arnold
Georgia
We Don’t Want It Here Pasadena Tickets Drivers After Mishaps
Police Chief Roy Montgomery criticizes Pasadena policy of issuing speeding and reckless driving tickets to all drivers involved in accidents. He notes it can entrap innocent motorists and urges court-based judgments rather than automatic tickets. Mayor Clyde T Gray has been fined under the rule.
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Roy Pasadena
Clyde AL Murray
Sun
Roy Montgomery
Pasadena
Montgomery
Bayton
Clyde T. Gray
Raytown
Igket
Tepert
Baza Bfore
Roy
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