Kellogg Plant Walkout Drives Picket Clash in Baytown
AFL builders clash over jurisdiction as Kellogg and Foster-Wheeler crews halt work at the Baytown refinery. Picket lines briefly block access while some workers slip back to their jobs. About 400 day crews pause, traffic snarls, two wives sell food on the parking lot as unions seek a noon return to work.
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Kellogg
Baytown
Houston Build- Fides Council
M- W. Kellogg Geeioh
Con- Zeno
Woos- Sar ‘Bayou
Vance
Old Bow
eBnight
Nam
Wooster- Baytown
Local Father Faces Strain After Quadruplets
STLAND Maine October report details 45 year old carpenter and his wife hospitalised after quadruplets born by their day to day life. Miley Rowe comments the shock of four babies and his work routine weigh heavily on him. Neighbors noted bright mood at a special sale and other scattered local fragments.
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Stland
Nurses Red Cross Poli Harris County Hermann Hospital
Harris County red cross nursing committee at Hermann Hospital will accept polio case nurses and a supervisor. Two hospitals requested nurses and a professional supervisor. Volunteers organize FHODEL building club meeting at 7:20 p.m. Wonoster Fire Dept. Robert Holzheuser leads club open to all interested in planes cars training or services. Club aids members with new problems. Dick Litchertown's candidate for KPRC TV has changed his speaking time to 6:15 p.m.
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RED Cross Polis
Harris
Hermann
Elers
Fhodel
Robert Holzheuser
Lithertown
Kprc-Tv
Here's How Candidates Stack Up Eisenhower And The Race
A compact poll style snippet lists candidates Eisenhower Talt Warren Stassen MacArthur Wedemeyer and uncommitted options. The terse line hints at standings or cards in a political round up with sparse numeric cues.
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Eisenhower
Warren Stassen
MacArthur , Wedemeyer
Coalition Puts Ike In Lead At GOP Convention
Chicago July 10 Gen Dwight D Eisenhower led the Republican convention as a stop Taft coalition appeared poised to nominate him. Delegates were contested amid a fierce campaign to smash the coalition while Taft aides mounted a last effort. Ike trailed, needing 72 more votes to reach 602, with Stassen clinging to delegates and seeking a deadlock to boost East Ike support. Warren of California kept Utah votes, hoping for a stalemate between leaders.
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Lyle’g. Wilson
Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Tait
United Press
Ike
Bominate
Taft
Tke
St’ H
Jeavet Trajorne
Minnesota
Harold
Stassén
Stassen
Hark Warren
California
Rayburn Signals Willingness for Presidential Nomination
Sam Rayburn returning to Bonham after seven months and signaling willingness to be Democratic presidential nominee if a deadlock arises. Rayburn plans radio-based campaign for re-election to a first term as Texas 4th District congressman with the July 26 primary looming. He said he is not campaigning for the nomination but would serve the country and party if needed.
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United Press
House
Sam Rayburn
Congress
Rayburn
Bonham
Texas
Reybern
Regan Brown
Kaufman County
Home Territory
Chicago
U.S
Napier
Wichita Falls
U.S. Senate
Tom Connally
Rio Grande Valley
Corpus Christi
San Benito
Harlingen
Mercedes
Wessaco
Donna
Alamo
San Juan
Pharr
McAllen
Mission
Edinburgh
Alice
George West
Bee
Dalhart
Lindley Beckworth
Allan Shivers
West Texas
Amarillo
Lubbock
Plainview
Tulsa
Canyon
Polio Study Reaches 2000 Mark With Baytown Clinic
Baytown polio gamma globulin study ends its eight day run with 2029 inoculations. A large late surge pushed countywide totals to about 22,000 children. overall goal remains 35,000 as clinics wrap up in Houston and nearby areas.
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Baytown
Hugh Echols
E. D. Harrington
der. Harrington
Fire Sweeps Warner Studio Arson Suspected
Detectives probed art on the burned Warner Brothers lot after a $4.5 million blaze destroyed sets and equipment across 75 acres. Two locations on the back lot sparked the fire, with youths questioned and later released as investigators pursued arson theories.
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Warner Studio
William Best
Burbane
Calif
Warner Brothers Film Studio
Sheriffs
Roaches Analyzed As Polio Carriers
Baytown cockroaches suspected of carrying polio are sent to Austin for analysis by City Sanitarian Odis Muennink and Robert Peel of the State Health Department after being trapped in sewer mains. The insects are ground and injected into monkeys to test for the polio virus.
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Baytown
State Department of Health
Austin
Odis Muennink
Robert Peel
State Health Department
You Can Call Mayor Ward Grandpa Now
Mayor J A Ward returns from Austin with a pocketful of information at Thursday night City Council meeting. Kathie Friermood born Sunday to Mr and Mrs S B Friermood of Austin, first grandchild.
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J. A. Ward
Austin
Truman signs military bill to fund Air Force expansion
President Truman signs a large military appropriations bill to expand the armed services and establish a 143-wing Air Force by mid-1955 with a nine percent overall cut from the request. The act includes funding for a second super aircraft carrier, a bonus for Korean duty, and specific allocations for the Air Force, Navy, and Army with notable shipbuilding adjustments.
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Washington
Truman
Navy
Army
Quake Shakes Los Angeles Area With Damaging Impact
A light to moderate quake struck the Los Angeles area early Thursday. It cracked a gas main and broke a water main in downtown LA while Long Beach suffered the heaviest effects. Residents reported rattling windows and an explosion-like sound were heard across the region.
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Los Angeles
Long Beach
Compton
Inglewood
Platform pledges air power buildup and cut in foreign aid
The Republican 1952 platform calls for a speedy buildup of U S air power and an end to corruption while cutting foreign aid and balancing the budget. It favors collective security, rejects isolationism, and seeks to reduce wage and price controls with tax relief, but includes no concrete civil rights mandate. The document aims for a quick, economically careful defense strategy, amid uncertain convention reception.
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Frank Eleazer
Chicago
Republican Party
U.S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
GOP
United States
Taft claims fight for GOP nomination gains hope
In Chicago on July 10 Senator Taft said he remains in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. He cited 35 delegates who switched to his side after a contested seating vote and predicted nomination on an early ballot. Eisenhower backers meanwhile exulted, projecting a first-ballot win as others noted party leaders and possible VP considerations.
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Raymond Lahr
Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Isenhower
S .Supied
Taft
Georgia
Douglas MacArthur
John L. Steele
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Texas
Ike Tand
United States
Henry
Cabot Lodge Jr
Ike
Pennsylvania
James H. Duff
Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
McKeldin
Texas Triumph Seals Eisenhower Victory at GOP Convention
In a dramatic late session in Chicago, the Texas pro-Eisenhower faction toppled the old guard. Jack Porter led the movement as roll calls neared, and the Taft delegation surrendered without a vote. Porter hailed the victory as a step toward a two party Texas and backed Ike for president.
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Climax
Texas
Porter
Ben Guill
Pampa
Bedlam
Ike Eisenhower
Sen
James Duff
Pennsylvania
Jack Porter
MacArthur Accused of Violating Hatch Act
Washington July 10 Attorney Harrison Mann charged General Douglas MacArthur with violating the Hatch Act by delivering the keynote at the Republican national convention. Mann urged the U S Civil Service Commission to enforce the law, noting the principle of equality before the law and stating MacArthur knew he would break the act.
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Washington
ERI
Harrison Mann
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Mann
Arlington
Democratic Committee
U. S. Civil Service Commission
General MacArthur
MacArthur
Pistol Cooling Off Found By Police On Oak Street
Henry Smith faced charges of carrying a pistol after officers Herman Steele and Elmor Anderson found the weapon cooling in a refrigerator on Oak Street following a complaint that he was making threats.
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Henry Smith
Herman’ Steele
Elmor Anderson
Oak Street
Smith
Hinabor Strives to Prevent Smears That Won't Stick
A short distorted note asserts that attempts to smear Hinabor are impossible because the allegations do not adhere. It emphasizes resilience against rumors or false accusations and frames the issue as a matter of principle and character.
Late Bulletin: Agree On Civil Rights Plank at GOP Convention
Southern delegates backed off potential floor fight on civil rights, trimming an already unsettled plank in the 1852 Republican platform at Convention Hall. The move clears the way for swift national convention approval of the platform.
Porter Sees Eisenhower Carry Texas and Nearby States
Porter, Texas campaign manager for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, predicted on July 30 that the general would win Virginia and North Carolina and secure the Republican nomination. He stated Eisenhower would defeat any rival in those three states and perhaps Georgia, while noting Richard Russell would not be the Democratic nominee. Porter praised the Texas delegation’s support as 33 Eisenhower and five Taft, following a pro-Eisenhower victory at the convention.
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Roy Calvin
Chicago
Texas
Lone Star
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A- Taft
Eisenhower
Mineral Wells
Mar
International Amphitheater
Jack Porter
UN Uder
Henry Zweifel
Georgia
Porter
Zwei- Tel
Virginia
North Carolin
Richard B. Russell
Russel
Sen
Robert
Taft
Jaycees Plan Safely Rodeo Safety Contest
Baytown Jaycees organize a Safely Rodeo with instructors at Cedar Bayou and Robert E. Lee high schools. Winners advance to the state Houston contest on July 24, then Houston winner goes to the national finals in Washington in August for a $1000 scholarship.
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Baytown
Jaycees
Nts
Robert 5
Cedar Bayou
Houston
Washington
Bayton
Will
Jaye
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