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Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1956

Page

3

LeTourneau To Build Offshore Drill Unit

LeTourneau plans a 34 million offshore drilling platform for Zapata Offshore Co. Despite national steel strikes, VP Ro said materials are not expected to hinder construction. The Riverside facility will build the platform for shipment into the Gulf of Mexico after completion.

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Fragmented OCR Word List Yields Odd Clues

A garbled OCR fragment lists scattered terms and numbers including references like Swiss river 35 and Sign of the infinitive, with items such as Hinder 32 and Performed 13a Girl's nickname 40. The jumbled text reads like a crossword style clue set or catalog of phrases rather than a cohesive article.

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Vegetable and Melon Output Steady, USDA Reports

The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated spring and summer vegetable and melon production to be nearly unchanged from a month earlier. Panhandle potato yields dipped slightly due to June hail, while other crops held firm. Harvests of late spring vegetables were near completion in early May, with fall and early winter seed preparations already underway across South Texas. The report also notes reference to the 1915 Lusitania event.

Austin U.S. Department of Agriculture Panhandle USDA South Texas

Texas Projects 39 Industrial Plants This Quarter

The University of Texas Bureau of Business Research reports thirty nine new industrial plants announced in Texas during the second quarter of 1958. Installations range from a Bayle Pass processing unit to a White Glove Charcoal briquette plant in Marshall, with Dallas Audio Products and a Jones and Laughlin grant in Houston among notable projects. Fort Worth leads with seven new industries, Dallas five, Clifton four, and Mauston three.

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Harold Gana Named Insurance Representative for Baytown

FORT WORTH Sp 1 Rob erts and Rhea announce Harold W Gana will serve as Willd Representat ive for Baytown area agencies. He will represent International Service Insurance Co and Worth Insurance Co including Rayborn Johnson Agency Bab Kalbitz Insurance Agency and Gerald Robe ins. Gana, from Lincoln Nebraska, previously managed Kemper Taa stance Group Houston district and earlier worked with Hardway hospitals in Stevens Point Nebraska.

Fort Worth Roberts and Rhea Insurance General Agents Harold W Gana Baytown Gana International Service Insurance Co Worth Insurance Co Rayborn Johnson Agency Bab Kalbitz Insurance Agency Gerald ©. Robeins Lincoln Neb Kemper Taestance Group Houston Stevens, Point Nebraska Ares

Houston Stores Sales Show Weekly Increase

Houston department stores posted a 16 percent rise in retail dollar sales for the week ending July 7 from the year earlier, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas reported. Fort Worth led four weeks, with a 7.20 percent gain. Houston up 9 percent. Dallas up 4 percent. El Paso and San Antonio up 3 percent.

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