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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1954
Page
1
Baytown logged a record 107 in Friday heat, confirmed by M. 2. Rogers with Chester Rogers away. Neighbors helped verify the reading as the hottest spot in Texas while Dallas Fort Worth reached 103. A violent Texarkana thunderstorm followed with 65 mph winds, downed lines and damaged structures.
Oak Ridge 3500 CIO atomic workers called off a strike after a large turnout. In Paducah Kentucky 1000 workers rejected government union management settlement proposals almost unanimously. The plan aimed to end the walkout with wage increases and shorter terms. Union leaders warned of possible reballot after voters return from Friday night sessions.
Gov Allan Shivers and challenger Ralph Yarborough sharpen their contrasts on July 24 in a Texas Democratic primary. Shivers defends a Texas-first, centralized party stance while Yarborough pledges a working governor and 100 percent parity for farmers, backing vast new lakes and drought relief.
Baytown graduates Lt Li Stewart Yraver of the University of Texas will report to Burton Air Force Base on Aug 11 for flight training. Frazer, son of Mr and Mrs Weare in May. Tambhda Chi Alpi member ties inj. Parking meter revenue in Baytown during June 30 to July 7 totals 587.86 with coins broken down. Jury board names three grand jury commissioners for the August term with local officials and Houston area members. (Continued on Page Two) Earl and Margaret Camp all excited about moving to Highway 146. Sam Paine comments on a man’s expanding waistline. Johnella and Gene Foynton leave Baytown for Colorado. Doc Stewart recalls wrestling’s past champions. Mrs Celestine Hayes and Mrs Ted Hunt foster a Collie in Missouri street. owner to claim it. Current issue notes William Fallest promoted to manager of Division V at The Inch, Texas.
Crosby officials and S&C Laboratories plan a small 32 acre plant east of Crosby adjacent to the canal and railroad. Partners Andrey Spence and Charles E Green, Houston chemists, expect production in 60 to 90 days with four to five workers making devulcanizers clarifiers and acids from local waste and residue. The project aims to tap Gulf Coast rubber industry growth and local employment.
Four Baytown fire department members will join the 25th annual Fireman's Training school at Texas A&M College from Sunday to Friday. Attendees are T. H. Bounds, Alvin Derryberry, J. C. Lannon, and A. Webber. The school will save the city about 4000 dollars and reduce insurance rates for cities sending firefighters. Instructors include chief officers from Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio. Colonel H. R. Brayton of the Texas Engineering Extension Service expects over 1200 firemen to enroll, with more than 100 from 26 states and some from the army.
Highlands tax equalization board for Harris County Water Control and Improvement District will hold its annual public hearing Tuesday at the water office 125 San Jacinto. District voters cast ballots there as well for annexation of Highlands Park. Chairman J M Brinnon expects no confusion after about 30 valuation revisions and only six protests. board members are W L Bronga W Callison and Clifford Adams.
GOLDTHWAITE Texas July 10 UP Two wealthy ranchers Roy Barton 58 and David Dutton 46 of Brady Texas are charged with emasculating Army Sergeant Clyde Bennett 34 Middletown Pennsylvania during an incident at the home of Mrs Arlie Daugherty where Bennett and a companion were visiting a widow Barton a livestock commission man and rancher and Dutton a director of the Brady bank and owner of a 4000 acre ranch allegedly accosted Bennett as he napped Barton held the sergeant while Dutton allegedly slashed with a knife on his left thigh and performed an operation on him details released by Col R L Thompson Third Army indicate the event occurred last Sunday but was not revealed until Friday.
Baytown receives a postal truck repainted in red white and blue under a new Post Office policy. The Houston repair visit confirmed the change and Postmaster M D Neal noted it may be the first of its kind in Texas. Paint plans for mailboxes follow the same color scheme as a department trademark.
Mother Mia Duncan asks prayers for her son David FE Duncan 20 who lies unconscious at Sundaciato Memorial hospital after a motor oxycla crash on Highway 146. Doctors report a brain concussion and broken ankle but say he is holding his axe as his condition remains serious Saturday morning.
Dr Robert L Purvis of Texas Butadiene and Chemical Corp leads plans for a 20 million dollar butadiene and alkylation plant on the Gulf Coast possibly in the Houston Baytown area. Purvis, a former Baytown Refinery technician, now heads the firm with associate Melvin Gertz. The project involves Baytown talks and coast-wide surveys with a unit including Staats and Co Los Angeles Watheln Co New York Lonb Rhoades Co Warren Petroleum Fluor Corp.
The French high command said four more outposts guarding the Hanoi road fell to the Communists as thousands evacuate the capital. Airlifts and panicked departures from Hanoi and Haiphong strained Viet Namese and colonial authorities while ceasefire talks continued at Trung Gia north of Hanoi.
Chicago coroner Dr Walter McCarron named four prominent pathologists to recheck Dr Harry Leon's autopsy findings on Montgomery Ward Thorne 20 heir to 1.3 million believed murdered. Exhumation considered as police seek time of death while Thorne's fiancée Maureen Ragen testifies at the resumed inquest.
A 46 year old Houston mechanic Perry Lyons died after slipping from a deck at the Seabrook shipyard. Deputy Sheriff and bystanders tried to save him but he disappeared into 25 foot deep water in Clear Creek. Lyons worked at Leeland garage. Ruby Weiser, owner of Enginertixer, witnessed the accident and suffered a mild heart attack. The body was recovered by La Porte Bayshore Emergency Corps over an hour later.
Hollywood July 10 UP Actress Lynne Baggett was arrested on a felony hit and run manslaughter charge after a two day manhunt for the driver of a death cat that killed nine year old Joel Warnick and injured another boy. Baggett, 27, posted $5,000 bond and faces a preliminary hearing July 13 in downtown Los Angeles.
Houston developer Frank W. Sharp announced a new $200 million subdivision of about 35 000 homes near Bellaire. Construction starts November 2 with 1 000 homes first, aiming January 1955 completion. overall project may span 10 years and involve a 480 acre tract formerly Westmoreland Farms. Homes expected around $12 000, mainly brick veneer, with two country clubs and park areas as anchors.
SPLANGLEH Pa July 10 UP A judge who ordered a hearing on an injunction to prevent a mass walkout by Miners Hospital medical staff disqualified himself after revealing he is undergoing the Hoxsey cancer treatment. Judge John H McCann said he intended to disqualify himself from the case and will be replaced for Monday's hearing. The doctors threatened to resign after plans to convert the hospital's unused nurses school into a Hoxsey clinic. County and state medical groups have engaged lawyers representing the staff with support from nurses and dentists.
The Baytown Sun comfort poll shows Baytown men prefer sports shirts in offices and stores. More than half of respondents favor the casual look over dignity, highlighting comfort and coolness as key reasons.
Houston report says wrestler Jimmy Valentine went on a violent tirade Friday night injuring a officer and causing chaos in the arena. Ray Gunkel delivered punches as the crowd scattered while security restrained him. He was carted to a paddy wagon after officials dragged him from ringside.
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