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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1952
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR lists sick list makers and partial names including Taurman Waller Baytown Arthur Kirtleys 2100 Alas Airs Hunter Whitlock 323 East Binford 123 Pine irs Lagd Layne 2is Hafer.
City council members grilled Southwestern Associated Telephone Co executives about corporate structure, rate base calculations, and profits. Auditor Brink explained stock mix, ownership by General Telephone, and purchasing terms, with notes on debt, bonds, and potential rate implications for Baytown residents. Christmas season brings festivity in Vernon. local fir-cutting activity continues as holiday preparations begin. Sheriff's deputies close a West Dallas tavern for drunkenness after arrests.
The State Highway Commission opened bids for the Tunnel Road project on State Highways 225 and 146. Farnsworth and Chambers won the bid as designs include a three level traffic interchange and 1.874 miles of grading structures and paving with 200 working days allotted and a June 1953 tunnel opening plan.
A dense list of names and entities appears, including Calumet, Dow Chem, Eastman Kodak, Gen Electric, Gen Motors, Goodyear, Gulf Oil, Imperial Oil, Interlake Iron, Intl Nickel, Phillips Pet, Pure Oil, Tex Gulf Sulph, U. S. Steel, and many others. The fragment ends with a note of a down six points.
Texas politicians press forward with busy speaking schedules as they rally for party unity ahead of the national convention. Napier campaigns in major Texas cities including Houston and Waco, while Price Daniel hits Robstown Corpus Christi and others. Beckworth promotes to the Senate with a heavy itinerary, and GOP factions discuss peace conferences to heal the split led by Watson Lane Zweifel and Eisenhower Taft alignments.
A campaign swing through East Harris county arrives in La Porte with Frank R. Boyle coordinating and Tom Larkins covering Pasadena. A 2 pm meeting at Tomek's restaurant marks the Baytown leg, with tickets printed at The Baytown Sun and G W Daniel Insurance. Connally plans refinery employee attendance while Gregory touts Daniel's Texas sweep.
Sen. Thomas C. Hennings Jr. charged that five American and two British firms control most of the world oil industry outside the United States and that six of the seven dominate U S operations. He named Standard Oil of New Jersey and California, Texas Co, Gulf Oil, Socony Vacuum, Royal Dutch Shell and Anglo-Iranian Oil Co as the cartel. He said the seven are integrated from wells to consumers and act as a single unit dictating prices, with the central oversight in London and New York. He cited excessive profits and a basing-point system, warning foreign nations suffer while Americans pay taxes for foreign aid.
In Fort Worth buyers steady for most cattle though some cows weaken, steer and yearling values mainly 27.50 to 32 with loads at 34 for prime weights. Calves weak, hogs to lower with butchers weak. At Stanford Connecticut a thief ignored 92 degree heat and stole show chains from Frank Parcercini’s car.
Eisenhower, en route to a private ranch west of Denver, meets his Korea-bound son Maj John D. Eisenhower at the airport for a brief 30 minute stopover. The general will stay with friend Aksel Nielsen, fish in St Louis Creek, and host a small cooking show. He plans meetings with Norman Rockwell and local politicians before departing for vacation.
Harris county races heat up as Davis Briggs and others spar for district attorney while Elliott Baker and others battle for state representative and county offices. Notable figures include Sam Davis W H Scott John Cahoon John Bradshaw Roger Baird Bennie Baines Vis Davis G Beerbower and Joe Heflin not seeking reelection. Elliott faces four opponents for position two with A M Davis Peter Cheswick Will Thanheiser and Joe Reiss. Baker pursues economical state government. Little pushes swift prosecution. Elliott targets veterans land reform and opposes new taxes.
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