Re annexation Battle Grows in La Porte Headers Take Sides
George Prentice reports a division forming in La Porte over re annexation as town leaders, business people, and civic groups split into pro and anti camps. At a city council session with nearly 100 attendees, supporters of separation cited local needs and utilities. opponents warned the plan would hinder city expansion and draw lines between communities already linked to the city.
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la Porte
George Prentice Fitter
Khurst
Representa E. Posey
Resof
C. Bi
Philips
Kent Shores
J. R. Arnold
2 Terrace
S. D
Donahoe
Oaks
J. M. Watkins
L. E. Vaughan
Bay
Vaughan
Pine Bluff
Robert P
Iwo
TV Changes Stir at District Attorney Race Coverage
The report notes rapid shifts in TV scheduling tied to the PAC-LV district attorney race and Republican National Committee decisions. Pickets at a W Kellogg refinery dispute end as negotiations succeed. France Fire Insurance seeks windstorm rate hearing with agents McDonald Steele and others. Goose Creek bridge near West Main closes for water line work. traffic rerouted via Oak and Lee additions.
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Litle
France
Walter Steele McDonald
West Main
Goose Creek
Et Oak Addition
Fragmented local notes from a town page
A jumble of brief personal items and chatter from a small town. Mentions include JE Bearden, Tiny Epperson, Hamilton, Joe Ludka, Ralph, Porney, Joe Reid, Little League, James Carrell, Warr, Dickie Rosenfeld, Rudy Patel, Odis Muenninte, P Walter Henckels, AGI Banks, Deputy Sheriff Fats, Marti, Pete Sultis, and John Adams. The piece reads as a scattershot social column with short updates and rumors.
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Hamilton
Joe Ludka
Ralph
Joe Reid
James Carrell
Dickie Rosenfeld
Dayton
Rudy Patel
Walter Henckels
Aspital
Io Wlc
Moravits
Ten- S
Fats
Marti
Pete Sultis
John Kes Adams
Berserk Air Force Captain Kills Nurse Then Self
A Memorial Hospital Air Force captain, rejected by nurse Carol Cooper, shot her in her second floor room and killed two guards before killing himself. The incident occurred at the Memorial Nurses Home in Houston. Haywood, from Ellington Field, had been released by military authorities a week earlier after threatening the nurse.
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Houston
Air Force
Memorial Hospital
Carol Cooper
Ben- Victim
Carrol Cooper
Ellington
Baytown
Goose Creek Grain Company
Howard_Griffin
Utah
Ord Haywood
Erlington Air Force Base
Peterson and Fair
Miss Cooper
Haywood
Joe Clark
Houston Homicide Squad
Clark
Texas Politics Set for Limelight After July Primary
Texas political activity shifts from national convention coverage to the upcoming July 26 first primary as candidates push to dominate headlines. Democrats plan to convene in Chicago on July 21, with the battle for space and attention intensifying as campaigns gear up.
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United Press
Texas
Chicago
Battle of Space
World Balance Sheet For Week Summary Of News In Hot And Cold Wars
The week reports a record 53 000 ton S S United States crossing the Atlantic in three days 10 hours 4 minutes making it the fastest liner in peacetime and a potential future troop carrier Premier Antoine Pinay wins a confident vote in France stabilizing government The South Korean crisis ends with a compromise bill giving President Syngman Rhee popular elections and two houses in parliament Campaigns heat up with many speeches by Lindsay Beckworth Price Daniel Ralph Yarborough and Sam Rayburn Denmark hands over a 12 000 ton tanker to Russia despite US warnings Communist prisoners die and escape on Korea Island West German anti Red leader abducted from West Berlin by Soviet aligned forces prompting US protest
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S.s.united States
Atlantic
Antoine Finey
National Assembly
France
Pinay
Pusan
Syngman Rhee
Congress
Assembly
U.S
Lindsey Beckworth
Gladewater
Jey Beckworth
Aver
Price- Daniel
Stephenville
Daniel
Snyder
Panhandle
South Plains
Abilene
San’ Angelo
Ballinger
Brownwood
Beckworth
San An Antonio
Fioresville
Kingsville
Ralph Yarborough
Denmark
Russia
Korea
Kore
United Nations
West Berlin
Germany
Lemuel Mathewson
Berlin
Hobart Receives Bronze Star Eight Years Late
Bronze Star awarded posthumously eight years late to Hobart W. Enoch Baytown deputy tax assessor and collector. Enoch earned the honor for exemplary conduct during ground combat in the Rhineland campaign as a private first class with the 407th Infantry Regiment Seventh Army. He was discharged in June 1835.
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Hnalty
Hobart
W. Enoch
Baytown
Enoch
Rhineland
407Th Infantry Regiment
Sth
Crosby Huffman Election Saturday Vote on Consolidation
Voters in Crosby Huffman districts will cast ballots Saturday from 7 am to 7 pm at Crosby High School and Huffman School on merging Huffman Common School District No 20 with Crosby Independent School District. The merger requires unanimous approval in both districts. Poll judges are Floyd Remkes and Mrs A R Scott.
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Huffmen Common
Crosby Independent School
Aim
Wnt
Et Crosby High School
Huffman
Floyd Remkes
Crosby
A. R. Scott
Phone Rate Hearing Set For Tuesday In Baytown
City council will hear evidence from Southwestern Associated Telephone Co and a rate expert in a formal 9 a.m. Tuesday hearing in council chambers. Public input may be allowed later, while company spokesmen argue for the proposed more than 30 percent increase and delays have cost the firm thousands monthly. Mayor Ward notes citizens would bear about $116000 extra.
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Southwestern Associated Telephone Company
Clinton Owsley
Dallas
George Chandler
Robert Strickland
Strickland
J. A. Ward
Baytown
Wrong Car Club Welcomes New Member With Red Face
Refinery worker A G Boughton grew red with embarrassment when he climbed into a red pickup and drove home only to ditch it. Police traced the car to a missing vehicle that matched his, prompting a return trip to reclaim the correct 1946 model. A L Young also faced a pickup mix up as officers checked license plates.
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A. G. Boughton
Boughton
A L. Young
Lcense
Loughton
First Ballot Ballet In Chicago Convention
Bleary eyed Republicans rushed to Convention Hall to pick a presidential candidate with Eisenhower favored to win on the first ballot. Taft backed a stop Ike strategy, while Warren MacArthur and Stassen were nominated for vice president. Early tallies showed Eisenhower leading Taft as delegates slept through the long session.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
Dwight
D. Beisenbwer
Wyoming
Marvin Bishop
Taft
Earl Warren
California
Douglas MacArthur
Hower
Warren
Harold E. Stassen
MacArthur
Two Rallies Set In Area
The High lands Garden club sponsors a political rally for national state county and precinct aspirants at 7 24 p m Friday on the Highlands school grounds. Indications point to the largest crowd yet in this area this summer. A second rally in East Harris county is set for Saturday night under Knights of Pythias aegis in Raytown with Ralph Yarborough, candidate for governor, appearing in person.
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Highlands Garden Club
Highlands
Harris County
Knights of Pythias
Raytown
Ralph Yarborouzh
Attack on Kern's Aide Investigated
Witnesses questioned after an attack on Lt W E Isbell by A K Shipley at a McCarty beer tavern. Isbell, deputy sheriff, pleaded aggravated assault. Shipley, fired by Sheriff C B Bus ter, allegedly admitted blows. Sheriff Kern ordered a full probe ahead of his July reelection bid.
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W. E
Bill) Isbell
Sheriff's Department
A. K
Shipley
C. B
Buster
Kern
Isbell
McCarty
Two Songs Verboten At GOP National Convention
In Chicago on July 19 organist Bill Mc Mains from the Republic was asked if he had instructions on what to play. He said delegates were told to avoid Marching Through Georgia and The Donkey Serenade.
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Chicago
Bill McMains
The
Priday
Georgia
Polio Cases Rise in Highlands Wooster Area
Two more polio cases reported in Highlands and Wooster today. Nine year old Timmy Gentry of Highlands is in very critical condition with bulbar polio at Hedgecroft Clinic in Houston. Elizabeth Dabney Heald, 3, of Wooster has a mild case and is at Brownwood addition hospital.
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Highlands and
Wooster
Timmy Gentry
James A. Gentry
Clear Lake Drive
Highlands
Hedgecroft Clinic
Houston
Jefferson Davis Hospital
Elizabeth Dabney Heald
Brownwood Addition
John Mld
Noise Fights At Chicago Convention Hall
A chaotic nominating convention in Chicago erupted in riots and pushing at 2:24 a.m. over a California standard as supporters of Gen Douglas MacArthur clashed with rival delegates. Reporter JOSEPH L. TYLER notes the scene will be remembered like a volcano eruption.
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Joseph L
Chicago
California
Douglas MacArthur
Taft Urges Delegates to Stand Firm for Victory
Chicago July 11 Sen Robert A Taft told a pre convention pep rally that Eisenhower cannot win on the first ballot and urged delegates to back Taft. He said a majority favors Taft and claimed Texas and Georgia delegations were unsettled by the convention actions. Taft, joined by Dirksen Bricker and Walter, warned against joining Eisenhower’s bandwagon and expressed confidence in a Taft nomination despite earlier losses.
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Raymond Lahr
Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
Taft
Everett Dirksen
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Paul Walter
Texas
Georgia
Convention Hall Fills With Nightlife And Puzzles
Highlights report an odd scene at Convention Hall on July 1 as partygoers, including Ike, Bob, Earl, Hazel, and Mac, linger into Thursday night. A misprint listed “Douglas A. Arthur” as a participant, prompting speculation that the real figure could be Douglas MacArthur, though no such middle initial exists and the message remains unclear.
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Quigg Convention
Ike
Bob
Earl
Hazel
Mac
Douglas A
Arthur
Douglas A. MacArthur
General MacArthur
UN Launches Massive Air Offensive on Pyongyang
Seoul July 1 United Nations forces mounted their largest air offensive of the war against Pyongyang with 500 planes in three waves. Allied bombers, including American British and other allied air units, struck supply centers and factories along the capital and the Sariwon Hwangju road. More than 1,850 sorties were flown as Sabrejets and Meteor jets engaged MIG-15s in attempts to intercept.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Pyongyang
North” Korea
Sariwon-Hwangju
Manchuria
Ord Si
Junge
Suibo ‘Dam
Fifth Air Force
Aid
Thetaters
Assa
North Korea
Pioneer Cedar Bayou woman Bessie Pruett dies
Mrs. Bessie Dean Pruett a longtime Cedar Bayou resident and Baytown area pioneer dies suddenly at 11 15 p m in Galveston area hospital and funeral set for Cedar Bayou Methodist Church with Rev F Jackson officiating. Burial in Cedar Bayou Mission cemetery. Survived by daughter Mrs Lounsberry four sisters two brothers and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Bessie Dean Pruett
Gedar Bayou
Texas
Pam
B. E. Lounsberry
Kilgore Road
Dan Lawrence
Houston
Unee
Buck” Echols Straveh
RH. Pruett
Haden Sand
Ray Lar
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Glenn
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Tiny Epperson
Homer Jenks
U.S. Foreign News
Crosby-Huffman
National Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Schott
HI Naeor
Verboten Art Gop
Ken Reynolds
Sen. Taft
Ase
Bessie Pruett
CB Pioneer
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