Baytown Year 1955: Industry Growth and County Ties
The Sun reviews 1955 as a pivotal Baytown year with Consolidated Chemical’s $5.09 million sulphuric acid plant, United Rubber and Chemical’s startup, and growth in Chambers County. It celebrates a widening industrial base, highway bridges linking to eastern neighbors, and a push toward a two county Baytown future across Cedar Bayou, aiming to welcome Chambers County residents and expand development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Consolidated Chemical, Inc
Humble Oil and Refining Co
United Carbon of
Charleston
W. Va
Chambers County
Texas Highway Department
Texarkana
Harris
Chambers Counties
Texas
Baytown Welcomes New Industrial Additions in 1955
The Baytown Sun celebrates reduced Baytown Anahuac travel distance to 29 miles benefiting East Chambers County residents. It welcomes Consolidated Chemical, United Carbon, and the United Rubber and Chemical Co. as new community members, highlighting Baytown as a growing retail hub. The piece notes federal aid lowering school lunch prices, with a light dig at shortened school hours.
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United and Consolidated
Jbaytown
Mary
United Rubber and Chemical
United Carbon
Consolidated Chemical
Baytown
Chambers County
SUN
Humble 1 and Refining Co
J. M. Huber Co
Anahuac
Consolidated Chemical, Inc
Bridges Link Chambers County And Baytown In Texas Frontiers Era
In 1980 a bridge project connected Anahuac and Baytown, shrinking old distances and paving a future highway to the Port Arthur Beaumont area. J R Miller, longtime Chambers County historian now auditor, recalls its impact and earlier growth from 1902 settlement to rice farming, canal work, and migration amid floods and saltwater damages.
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Baytown
Chamberg County
Anahuac
Chambers
Old
Chambers County
J. R. Miller
Aiso
Miller
Anhune
Lone Slap Canal
Lone Star Canal Cs
GB. R. Garland
Indiana
A. L. Williams
Michigan
Walter Froz
Lone Star
Security State Bank
Bay City
Trinity Bay
Houston
Galveston
Baytown Sun publication and subscription details
The Baytown Sun lists weekday publication location at Pearce and Ashbet in Baytown Texas. Advertising director Beulah Mae Jackson and publisher Syd Gould manage operations with subscription rates by carrier and mail options including monthly and yearly prepaid plans.
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Baytown Sun, Inc
Pearce and Ashbet
Baytown
Texas
Freq Hartman
Congress
National
Success Secrets At Pietro's Restaurant In New York City
Elma Wheele and Pete and Nat Donini share a business philosophy from Europe: give the people what they want. Their four-seat kitchen and four-seat bar keep Pietro's busy above street level near The Mirror. Pete, who arrived at 17, hosts while Nat runs the kitchen, and regulars keep returning for food and relaxation.
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Pete
Nat Donini
Europe
Nat
New York City
Mirror
Pete Pamié
America
Hie Ritz
Pietro's
Qth Street
Federal Bureau of Prisons seeks 10 million for giant Alcatraz
A proposed 10 million federal project would create a 600 bed Alcatraz type prison to house hardened criminals. The plan, endorsed by the White House, aims to relieve overcrowding and would be located near Springfield, with a youth reformatory to follow.
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Gwen Gibson Washington
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Alcatraz
Bureau of Prisons
James W. Bennet
Winsis
Springfield
the Rock
San Francisco Bay
Bennett
Herbert Brownelo Jr
Budget Bureau
White House
House Appropriations Committee
Bendell
Bennetts
Washington, D.C
Fragmented Memoir Notes and Arctic Post Details
Reminiscences recount Rizza Xen dal hotel rules in Pittsburgh and a quip about fruit towels. Also mentions Werner Levi on Open Door Policy and historical dialogue between Hay and Wu. Then notes Resolute, Cornwallis Island as a northern Royal Canadian Air Force post 580 miles from the Arctic Circle with spring flights and deep permanent frost.
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Leo Kaufmann
Houston
Texas
Rizza Xendal
Pittsburgh
China
Werner Levi
John M. Hay
U. S
Resolute
Cornwallis Island
Royal Canadian Air Force
Arctic Circle
Quick Quiz On World Facts And History
Sierra Leone is in West Africa. Mara Tait is the home state Agriculture Secretary. NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Ceylon was a British dominion. John Foster Dulles brothers relations are not detailed here. William Beebe is the geologist naturalist and author born in Brooklyn July 29 1877. Charles Luckman is a modern business executive.
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Sierra Leone
Agriculture
Mara Tait
NATO
Ceylon
British Empire
John Foster Dulles
Allen W. Dulles
Brooklyn
N.Y
Quolumbia University
New York City
New York Zoological Society
Department of Tropical Research
Kansas City
British West Africa
Uran
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Dominion
Tnireetor
The
Central Intelligence Agency
Battle For Funds To Pay For Medical Research
Washington cartoonist Drew Pearson outlines a behind the scenes fight in Congress over medical research funding. Senator Lister Hill pushes for about 24 million more, while Rep. Fogarty backs Mrs Hobby’s smaller budget. The Senate approved a higher appropriation. the House clings to a tighter figure.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
House
Senate
Sen
Lister Hill
Alabama
John Fogarty
Rhode Island
Hobby
Fogarty
Rooney
New York
John Taber
Mr. Taber
Senator Hill
House of Representatives
Joseph Lister
London
Lord Lister
Hig Son
Alagabama
Hill
Visary Council of Warders
Public Health Service
Sam Rayburn
Congress
Did You Know in Batbania East Pakistan Cow Prosperity
The piece notes cows signify respectability for Batbania residents in East Pakistan, near Hindus who revere cows, while shutterbugs surge with a million cameras aiding non pros who spend 400 million yearly. It also cites 95.9 million telephones worldwide, 53.6 million in the United States, and offers a quick summer dessert tip with fresh fruit.
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Batbania
Pakistan
United States
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Harris County
By Fred Hartmen
Trinity
Warrier
Sun News Desk
Bavytown
Anghva
Anahuse
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Pea Ify
Suanutte Sinrty
Downs Avenue
By Preston Pendergrass
WD. Wilcox
W. D
Ben Barrow
Ben
Anehues
Che Baytown
Elma Wheele
Jenkins
By Bennett Cerf
Clemotis Modi
Aorn WU
Rome
Central Press
Tol
Rembrandt van Ri
Bruce Edwards
Walter Edmonds
Rochefou
William Beebe
Charles Luckman
It of Agriculture
Benson
Joe Martin
Repubblicans
Ike
Massachusetts
California
Kerr Scott
North Carolina
Langer
North Dakota
Byrd
Virginia
Scott
Senator Butler
Maryland
Kefauver
Tennessee
Clare
Dixon- Yates
Eisenhower
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