Kiwanis Fish Fry Aims To Draw Baytown Crowd
About 800 people expected at Humble picnic grounds Thursday for the second annual Kiwanis fish fry marking Friendship Week in Baytown. 29 political candidates will speak, with the Doughboys from Dal ias providing music. tickets are 1.50 for adults and 1 for students. Proceeds fund underprivileged children.
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Clyde Murray
Picnie
Baytown
Ateast
Kiwanis Club
Dalia
South
Louisiana
Anahhuac
Jim Bond
Kiwanis
Rand
Areca
La Porte City Commission Meets Friday Morning
La Porte city commission will hold its regular semi monthly meeting at the city hall at 9 am Friday. The commission consists of Mayor M D Burgin and commissioners L R Rigby and H P Pfeiffer.
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LA Porte City
BEF Plans Addition To Baytown Building
BEF will add a 27 by 24 foot air conditioned extension with eight inch masonry walls on the triangle part of Sei Market lot. The new space includes a conference room for the council and office space, while current office area becomes filing and storage. Estimated cost is $3,000, supervised by Roy Whiteside and R B Dawson.
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Baytown
Federation
Sei Market
BEF
Roy Whiteside
R. BR. Dawson
Five Crewmen Rescued From Sinking Raft
Five crewmen from the Lehi raft were rescued after a banana freighter found the drifting craft off Southern California. The raft was towed toward San Francisco with the men aboard around 3 a.m. EST. The Coast Guard said the raft now floats free and will be destroyed to prevent navigation hazards. The voyage aimed to drift to Hawaii as part of a planned 22,500 mile expedition linked to a Book of Mormon inspired idea.
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San. Francisco
Pacific Ocean
California
Coast Guard
San Francisco
Lehi
Hawaii
DeVere Baker
Mormon
Grosvenor Fearon
J. Lamont Hawks
Ogden
Utah
Keith Pope
Alameda
Calif
Billey
Baker
Arabia
Guatemala
America
Jerusalem
Central
Katt
Beauty Contestant Missing Stirs Miss Universe Plans
Long Beach reports the disappearance of Miss Venezuela amid tensions with the United States and Korea. Executive producer Oscar Meinhardt says he cannot locate the Venezuela entry and that U S authorities are questioning Miss Korea about political ties. Guatemala and Nicaragua are reportedly eliminated by their governments amid regional conflict. Registration opens Friday for a 47 domestic and seven American city contingents ahead of the pageant crown on the 28th.
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Long Beach
Calif
Sity
United States
Oscar Meinhardt
Venezuela
Meinhardt
Ghosun
Iss Korea
Red Sun
Tay
Pansport
U.S
Northport
Love Survives Beatings in Domestic Tragedy
A woman battered by her husband during a Wednesday night assault was found by police with a fractured skull and broken nose. She was hospitalized but refused to file charges, saying she loved him too much, while neighbors described the couple as troubled and deeply entangled.
Shivers Attacks CIO War Chest in Texas Campaign
Gov. Allan Shivers accused self serving political bosses of levying a $2 per member CIO assessment to fund a war chest for his opponent. Yarborough denied Shivers claims and attacked the governor over past positions on school segregation. The NAACP denied backing Yarborough financially and offered to open records for inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard L
Yarborough
Austin
CIO
Beaumont
Cio-Pac
Texas State Conference
The
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Shivers
NAACP
Boyd Hall
Corpus Christi
CIO Politics Action Committee
Allan Shivers
Texas
Showdown on McCarthy Staff Overhaul
Washington July 15 UP Sen Joseph R McCarthy calls a subcommittee meeting to push hearings on alleged Communists in defense plants while Democrats demand swift staff housecleaning after Army McCarthy hearings. The panel may be blocked by absent Sen John L McClellan with proxy voting, delaying action on dismissing two investigators and ousting several staff members linked to threats against Democrats.
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
Investigations Subcommittee
McCarthy
Charles E. Potter
Rmich
Potter
John L. McClellan
Ark
McClellan
Subcommittee
Army
Henry M. Jackson
Wash
Stuart Symington
Defense Department
Donald A. Surine
McCardy
FBI
Thomas W. Lavenia
Secret Service
Weak cool front brings brief Texas Panhandle relief
A very weak cool front gave Texas Panhandle residents a few hours of relief from heat while statewide temperatures remained high. Baytown saw 82 degrees on Thursday with a low of 75 Wednesday night. Forecasters expect the front to vanish by Thursday night or Friday, ending the brief cool spell. Temperatures lingered above 100 in many areas as isolated showers modestly cooled the state. President Eisenhower discussed extending the emergency livestock feed program beyond Thursday, with Texas officials noting lower cattle and fat cow prices in major markets.
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United Press
Texas Panhandle
Texas
Gulf
Baytown
Panhandle
Eisenhower
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Texas Agriculture
John C. White
Kansas City
Foer
Retired Houston Merchant C A Schackey Dies
Chester Arthur Schackey 68 retired merchant died at 1 30 p m Wednesday at home 5127 East Wallisville Road Highlands Services 3 p m Saturday at Harthman chapel with Reverend Vernon Kuester officiating Burial in Brookside Memorial Cemetery Houston Earthman Funeral Home directed He moved to Highlands seven years ago after owning a Houston store more than 30 years Survived by wife Virginia, daughter Jimmie Meador of Highlands Grandson D A Meador two great grandchildren Pallbearers William Mir grove W B Smith John Bower George Scott John Bower Jr Frank Phillips
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Chester Arthur Schackey
East
Wallisville Road
Highlands
Fundre
Harthman Chapel
Fev
Vernon Kuester
Houston
Brookside Memorial Cemetery
Earthman Funeral Home
Schackey
Mee
Virginia Schackey
Jimmie Meador
D. A. Meador
William Mirgrove
W. B. Smith
John Bower
George Scott
John Bower Jr
Prank Phillips
Plans For Sylvan Beach About Ready
La Porte Bayshore Chamber of Commerce board discussed Sylvan Beach project specs near completion during a Wednesday meeting. They opposed a Texas Legislature price fixing bill, warning it would raise residential and commercial rents, while continuing a vigorous membership drive.
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Phe
Gan Talon
Cane Finue
Five Point Peace Plan Worked Out
Geneva July 16 The West drafted new Indo China peace proposals to ease Paris deadline. Mendes France and top aides discussed a cease fire near the 46th parallel and partition of war torn Vietnam. France would hold Haiphong as a temporary staging area for expeditionary forces. Conversations with Eden and Jo Chauvel described the terms and prisoner exchanges.
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Joseph W. Grigg
Geneva
Pierre Wendes
France
Mendes-France
Hla Topolde
Pws
Wrande
Inido-Chices
Hanoi
Joan Chauvel
Anthony Eden
Vint Nam
Tonkin Gulf
Malphang
Jenat
FBI Probes 5 Month Old Baby Abduction Case in Seminole
Federal agents hunt possible escape into New Mexico after ex-convict William H. Hughes 35 allegedly held and harmed five month old Jackie Jo Davis. Baby found in Hughes car. Davis rushed her to Seminole Hospital in cool condition. Hughes charged with abducting and holding against will. police pursue cross-state lead.
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Seminole
Tex
Elues
New Mexico
William H. Hughes
Jackie Jo Davis
Hughes
Jackie Jo
Sye
Hurties
Reed
Texas
Huntsville
Davis
Ritusko Kuna
Hobbs
Jackie Jo Wats
Davia
Por Lige
J. C. Fort
Suarch
Avett
Fort
Operation Love Launched by Marines for Korea Kids
Baytown readers are asked to donate used clothing for Korean children by Marines of the First Marine Division. Private First Class Joan H. Boucher reports the unit’s "Operation Love" aims to supply worn but usable garments to those in need in Korea.
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Eleanor
Bergeron
Baytown
Texas
Korea
New Shore
First Marine Division Nnd
Thesa
Falkn
Joan H. Boucher
Wilburn
First Marine Division
Montgomery Likely Choice For Baytown Chief Role
Baytown faces a decision on appointing a permanent police chief and assistant chief. City manager to appoint the chief from Baytown’s police force with two years in the next lower class, while the assistant chief would be chosen from eligible officers as civil service rules allow. Montgomery, acting chief since June, is favored for the permanent post. Herbert Freeman remains acting assistant chief.
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George Chandler
Opiaton
Baytown
Muad Ap
Bay+ town
Pergon
Chandler
Montgomery
Clare Trekans
Henry Tnax
Chandier
Sdssistant
Cnntiatant
Civil Service Commission
Herbert Freeman
Seven U.S. Soldiers Released by Czech Border Guards
At Waldhaus border point Germany on July 15 the Czech Republic released seven American soldiers, held since July 4 on spy charges after accidentally crossing into Czechoslovakia. Captain Jack M. Davis led the group from the 816th Field Artillery Battalion. U.S. officials denied the accusations and sought their return.
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Waidhaus
Germany
U.S
Sinc
Jack M. Davis
Raytown
816Th Field Artilery
Cach
Czechoslovakia
U.S. State Department
State Department
Czeshs
Waldhaus
Ree Holtaway
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Watermelon Party
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Roseland Park
Bible School
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E. L. Hildbrand
Stackey Smyre
Dan Rhodes
Camp Stewart
Kerrville Arena
Page Four
Jem Bond
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
Lakewood
Richard B. Adler
Marilyn Sheppard
Sheppard
Bay Village
Cleveland
Murd (International
War Chest
C. A. Schackey
Sylvan Beach
House un-American Activitler Committee
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Matuxow
Louse Group
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Jack Davis
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