Kansas City Flood Fires Endanger Fairfax District
Missouri River flood swamped Kansas City areas near Fairfax and the Missouri River levee, flooding the Fairfax industrial district and threatening the General Motors plant and other facilities. Firefighters battled a large alcohol plant blaze as water rose, while officials prepared rock barriers and a fire break. President Truman requested flood relief funding amid rising crisis.
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Missouri
Kansas
Kansas City
Fairfax
Roys. Meslion
Civil Defense
General Motors
Philliss Ferrareum Company
Carr Ned
Les
Missouri River
Kansas Citys
West
Vague weathered note on meter theft and cleanup
A fragmentary report describes unidentified pranksters tampering with meters on West 2 18 months ago. The text mentions a drowned automobile owner, a diver, and A J Crowley relation, with vague references to washing motes and cleaning meters in Wrest Texas.
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West
A.J. Crowley
Wrest Texas
Harris County water district vote on annexation at Highlands
Voters approved the annexation in the Harris County Water Improvement District area at Highlands with five in favor and none against. Nine district office votes were cast though the method of voting was not disclosed. The project includes a station on Westland Causeway Road.
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Ess
Yi Bensons Zal
Harris County Water -Consuit Improvement District
Highlands
Drea
Owl
Westland Causeway Road
Town Notes and Local Fragments From the Sun Starl
The column lists scattered local items including residents Itchet and Freddie Grew in distant places Sandra Montgani and Kerr in the mix Henry Rennie Schable and Beverly at a cook’s station Mary Margaret Tanner on a trip W.C. Brn family new to Little Rock plus others at a Kerr event The text mentions a license number and a Texas encampment Palacios with assorted odds and ends from community life
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Itchet
Freddie
Govitt
Bayshore
W.C. Brn
Little Rock
Arkan
Beverly
Larcock
Mary Margaret Tanner
W. Wilks
Henry
Rennie" Sehable
Eldridge
Texas
Palacios
Oods
Alee
Water shortage prompts watering schedule in Wooster district
Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No ap pealed to cut lawn watering. Directors say 100 customers use as much daily as Baytown. Schedule assigns Lakewood to Saturday and Wednesday Brownwood to Sunday and Thursday Wooster to Monday and Friday. Residents asked to turn hoses off on fire siren six blasts and stay off until all-clear signal.
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Wooster
Lakewood
Brownwood
Wooster Terrace
Markettreet Road
Collegians Face Summer Semester Registration Details
Dean Walter Rundell announced the second summer semester at Tee College will begin soon with about 169 expected enrollees. Registration runs Monday to Thursday, with the college office open 1 PM to 2 PM on the official day. Art is the only new course, taught by Miss Minnie Alice Robertson. Veterans not in school in spring must enroll by July 23 to keep GI benefits. no registrations after July 18.
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Tee College
Walter Rundell
Minnie Alice Robertson
Dean Rundell
Truman Seeks 15 Million Disaster Aid for Flood Areas
President Truman asked Congress for 15 million dollars to aid flood relief in Kansas City and surrounding areas in Kansas and Missouri. The White House said funds would cover emergency relief, food supplies, and farm loans with extra if needed, and coordinated with Ag Secretary Brannan to survey the damage and mobilize assistance.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Kansas City
White House
Topeka
Kansas
Missouri
Sam Rayburn
Clarence Cannen
R. Missouri
House Appropriations
Independence
Mlissouri
Andrew F. Schoepple
Ir Fan
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan
Agriculture Department
Charles
Brannan
Brenzan
Farmers Home Administration
Brea
Tito Warns of New Red Strikes If Korea Peace Holds
Belgrade Yugoslavia Premier Marshal Tito warned that Soviet aggression could flare elsewhere if cease-fire talks in Korea ease. He cited tense border incidents with Soviet satellites along Yugoslavia’s frontier, charging fascist and Communist elements in ZisHy fomented opposition while he criticized the Korea talks as a possible maneuver.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshall Tito
Korea
Russia
Moscow
Tito
ZisHy
Harriman Eyes Break in Anglo Iranian Oil Dispute
US ambassador Henry Grady said Britain and Iran seem ready to soften their standoff over oil from Iran’s fields amid Mossadegh’s oil crisis. He noted Harriman’s mission could ease tensions, with both sides insisting they are right. The Iranian Senate met to address lost oil revenues.
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Tehran
Iran
Henry F. Grady
Britain
Grady
Prevoy
Averell Harriman
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Heriman
Truman
Mehammed Mossadegh
Free World
Bedbug Dispute Sparks Hotel Lawsuit in Hanen Germany
A 28 room Hanen hotel owner sues two rival hotels alleging they sprinkled bedbugs in five rooms. The suit alleges the pests were bought from an insect dealer and that the rival owner’s nephew confessed to planting them after a quarrel.
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Eanau
Germany
Hanen
Jernyquist paints house in bold colors on row of similar homes
El Jernyquist explained he painted his Warwick street home black and added a rainbow of colors to distinguish it from nearby houses. He said the sameness of the street bothered him and he wanted his house to stand out.
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Warwick
Emory EL Jernyquist
Jernquist
Where Are Missing GIs
Washington defense officials declined to estimate the fate of more than 10 000 American fighting men missing in Korea. Some are prisoners of the Communists, some undoubtedly dead, but officials would not break down counts. Propaganda lists about 2000 names of Americans as prisoners, yet confirmations remain elusive. The latest casualty summary shows only 148 Americans known to be prisoners.
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Washington
Ilpt
Korea
Lawmakers Offer Jobs Tied to Property Rights Defense
Houston report says Carlton Moore of Texas notes Home and Property Owners Alliance offers 16000 jobs to a selected group as a legitimate business deal. The jobs aim to mobilize property owners against state and federal controls, with letters sent by Jack Pinkston.
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Moore
Houston
Carlton Moore
Fraday
Texas
Home and Property Owners Alliance, Inc
Washington
Jack Pinkston
Dallas
The
Alliance
Austin
Pinkston
Galveston Gambling Trouble Reignites Past Issue
Houston papers report Galveston reopened gambling with dice games tonnetic wheels and baseball pools resuming. Representative Meredith says no juror takeover recommendation and Rangers will act only when requested. Attorney general Daniel calls for prompt local action and officials vow to close illegal venues on citizen complaints.
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Houston
Galveston
Ias
Gupers
Representa- 2
House Crime Investigating Committee
Texas
Gay Isle
Terrell
Meredith
Rangers
United Press
Price Daniel
Maceo Syndicate
1951 Baytown Building Totals Pass $2 Million Mark
Seven months into 1951 Baytown reports a building total of $2,757,520, ahead of all years except 1950. June permits reached 47 with Twengrove dwellings costing $178,220 and Buck Jefferson and others adding garage apartments and repairs. City Building and Inspection data show 27 moving permits, 38 plumbing, 28 gas, 61 electrical inspections and fees totaling $549,20.
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Baytown
City Hall
Twengrove
N. P. Roberts
Edison
Buck Jefferson
Texas Draft Quotas Hiked For August
AUSTIN UP Texas August draft call rose from 485 to 772 as national calls jump from 22 000 to 35 000 Brigadier General Paulic Wakefield state director of selective service says 57 local boards will now receive calls for August He adds the increase shows national resolve to avoid being unprepared again and that headlines do not affect manpower needs.
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Austin
Texas
Selective Service
Paulic. Wakefield
Wakefield
Governor Proclaims Missouri Flood Emergency
Jefferson City Missouri Governor Forrest Smith declared a state of emergency for flooded areas along the Missouri River and urged the president and Congress to provide an emergency relief fund.
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Forrest Smith
Missouri
Missouri River
Congress
Allies Halt Drive On Buildup Zone In Rain
Eighth Army reports Allied forces paused the push on the central Korean buildup zone as heavy rain limited air sorties to 197 by 6 p.m. and curtailed night bombing. Communists 20 to 25 miles north of the 38th Parallel manned dug-in positions while 200,000 to 250,000 Reds faced UN troops on the west central front.
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Eighth Army Headquarters
Korea
Lnes
Eumsong T
Comunist
Eighth Army
Highth
Shapely Steno’s Body Found in Underbrush After Kidnaping
Betty Jean Hansen, a 20 year old secretary, was abducted July 5 by her stepfather Frank W Kristy who was described as love crazed. Deputies found the badly decomposed body near Beilflower California. cause of death to be determined by labs. The case includes a coast to coast alert and identification via a gold wrist watch bearing Hansen’s name and initials F W EA on a cigarette lighter.
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Bisheriff
Betty Ji Tea ‘Hansen
Frank W. Kristy
R. L. Hill
Beilflower
California
Robert Hughes
Betty Jean Hansen
Frank W
Kristy
Betty Jean
Printers Plan Competition With Bosses
The AFL International Typographical Union announced it will launch nine daily tabloid newspapers in seven states to compete with monopolies and uphold union working conditions. Initial papers include locations in Allentown, Monroe, Texarkana, Springfield, Meriden, Lorain, Huntington Beckley and Charleston with more to follow. Texarkana sample called Daily News Digest was distributed.
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Washington
AFL International Typographical Union
ITU
Allentown
Pennsylvania
Monroe
Louisiana
Texarkana
Arkansas
Springfield
Missouri
Meriden
Connecticut
Lorain
Ohio
Huntington
Beckley
Charleston
West
Virginia
Daily News Digest
Baytown Pilot Lights Up Korea in B26 Mission
Lieutenant Minter C. Ten2 piloted a B-26 bomber in the iron triangle near Chorwon when quarter-ton bombs dropped. He reported large secondary explosions lighting the clouds and said the blasts were bright enough to read a newspaper from the cockpit.
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Korea
Iron Triangle
Chorwon
Minter C
Terry
Reds Accept UN Proposal Under Protest
Communist leaders agree in principle to make Kaesong a neutral zone and admit 20 world press correspondents to observe Korean War talks under protest. They warn that any final neutral zone plan must proceed with caution to avoid derailing conference progress while inviting Ridgway to offer policing ideas. The move is seen as a tactical UN gain amid ongoing negotiations.
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Kaesong
Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
World Free Press
Egex Song
Reed Guilty of John R Smith Case in Baytown Court
Monroe Reed of Baytown was found guilty of speeding and striking an elderly man named John Rodney Smith near his home in January. The trial in county court concluded yesterday with Reed sentenced to days in jail after testimony from Deputy Sheriff Jimmy Se bronagh and Deputy Sheriff Paul derson, and efforts to appeal to the higher court.
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Monroe Reed
Baytown
Cnarg
John Rodney Smith
John
Jimmy
Bronagh
Paul’ Derson
Bighe Court
Meet Newest Sun Columnist Architect Started Out To Be Doctor
Editor notes Baytown architect Lowell Lammers will write a weekly Baytown Sun Building Part column. A short sketch shows Lammers shifted from medicine to architecture, born into a family of professionals, with early training in Chicago as a draftsman rising to chief draftsman on prefabricated masonry buildings.
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Sun
Lowell Lammers
Baytown
Baytown Sun
Lammers
Lowell
Anis
Herman’ C. Lammers
Chicago
Tamnedaim
Meldofee
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