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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1951
Page
3
Representative Wolcott and allies push for stronger price controls amid inflation fears. They cite proposed moves to curb retail beef prices and defend production subsidies. Democrats warn of higher money supply and instability if inflation worsens.
Senator Leonard W. Hall criticizes the release of four top Communist Party leaders and calls for a new law to bar their bail. He argues such convicts pose a national threat and should face stricter measures, while opponents defend bail rights for the accused.
Port Isabel reports the season’s first sailfish caught by Wy Wy Fitzpatrick of Corpus Christi. Fitzpatrick, 32, gaffed a 73 inch fish weighing about 50 pounds less than an hour after leaving Port Isabel aboard his father’s boat Trade Wind.
Governor Allan Shivers announced yesterday the appointment of Denny to the Second Court of Civil Appeals. He succeeds Judge Thomas J. Beniso, recently named to the same court.
Harlingen reports the Lower Rio Grande Valley cotton ginning total at 13,451 bales as of yesterday, far below the 89.90 figure on the same date last year. The Department of Agriculture notes the sharp decline in regional ginning activity.
City officials in Alice, with 16 000 residents, labeled the town a sitting duck for saboteurs after a mock attack on city and county buildings. Thirty people staged a night parachute assault, capturing officials and seizing the courthouse while Civil Air Patrol planes simulated bombing and strafing.
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