Baytown Firemen to be Honored on 20th Anniversary
Six volunteer firemen with 120 years of service will be honored Thursday night at Station No. 2 for the Baytown Volunteer Fire Department 20th anniversary. Retired refiner Rufus B. Bergeron will receive a pension and gold watches will be presented to Ptacek F G Jones Charles Webber T D Long and Charles Pierson. The banquet is at Riverview Inn at 7 pm with the City Council and City Manager C D Middleton invited.
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Rosalie Myers
Baytown
Rufus B. Bergeron
Ptacek
Charles Webber
T. D. Long
E W. Buelow
R. R. Ball
Shiek
Edgar Boehme Ass Assatant
Pelly
Goose Creek
Bergeron
J. R. Barrow
L. B. Palmer
W. F. Bauer
F. K. Riley
Pierson
F. P. Archer
J. D.adams
W. J. Bond
WW. Bunting
A. H. Bynum
K. Edge
W. D.frazier
Jones
Leonard Keller
M. S Kerr
M. W. Morgan
W. F. Spear
Webber
J. A. Winkterhalter and
F. K. Haves
Rainbow Girls Meet and Fire Station Event
Sun Spots notes a Rainbow Girls practice drill at 2 pm Friday at the Community house led by Mary Nan Carter. The early council meets at 6 30 pm Thursday due to the Baytown Fire Department’s 20th anniversary banquet at Riverview Inn. Voting info distributed Thursday and Friday by the League of Women Voters outside Weingarten's.
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Rainbow
Rainbow Girls
Mary Nan Carter
League of Women Voters
Weingarten
Irague
Atomic Energy bill faces prolonged Senate showdown
In Washington the Senate extended debate on the Atomic Energy bill into a continuous session led by Republican William F. Knowland as Wayne Morse delivers a six hour plus filibuster. Morse vows to press tax provisions later as foes push to kill the measure despite ontem defeat on a separate private power proposal.
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Senate
William F. Knowland
Calif
Wayne Morse
Ind.-Ore
Morse
Olin DB
Johnster
D-S.c
Atomic Energy Commission
Ike Claims $10 Billion Cut In U S Spending
Washington July 22 UP President Eisenhower said he cut about 10 billion dollars from the federal spending budget for a real 1954 ending last June. Despite the cut the Treasury showed a 3.029 billion deficit for the 12 months, with federal outlays around 67.6 billion and receipts near 64.6 billion.
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Uninspected Cars Targeted In Harris County Crackdown
Baytown police join state and Harris County officers in a drive against uninspected vehicles after Col Hamer Garrison cites a curbstone survey showing 8 percent of Harris County cars lack safety stickers and 18 percent of trucks lack inspection evidence, vs under 1 percent statewide.
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State
Harris County
Col
Hamer Garrison
State Department of Public Safety
Minor Hurts In 3 Way Collision At Texas and Fourth
Two women suffered minor injuries in a three vehicle crash at Texas and Fourth around 1 am Thursday. Mrs Lonita McAdams Clark and Mrs A L Barron were taken to San Jacinto Memorial Hospital for emergency care. Drivers Leon B Lusk and Jesus Canales were uninjured. Canales was cited for speeding no operator license and driving too close and charged with being drunk.
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Lonita McAdams Clark
Griver
A.L. Barron
South ‘Third
Clark
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Leon B. Lusk
Jesus Canales
Lusk
Canales
Clarks Auto
Family Loses Clothes In Cedar Bayou Fire
Mr and Mrs R D Wagner lost about 100 dollars worth of clothing and suffered slight property damage when a bedroom closet fire broke out Thursday morning. Neighbor Joe Wilson rushed in to alert the family who were eating lunch as Cedar Bayou and Baytown firefighters responded to the alarm.
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Joe Wilson
Cedar Bayo
Baytown
Mississippi Project Before House in Rivers Bill
Rep. Hale Boggs urged approval of a 47 million Mississippi River control project to keep the river from shifting to the Atchafalaya in northern Louisiana. The plan appears in an 822 million rivers and harbors bill before House action, seeking authorization now and funding next year if approved.
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Washington
Hale Boggs
Cluad
New Orleans
Louisiana
Atchatalaya
Old River
Boggs
Atchafalaya
Congress
Baytown Primaries Hint at Liberal Conservative Struggle
Baytown faces a heavy 6000 vote primary in 13 precincts east of the San Jacinto River with both parties holding elections. Precinct conventions at 7 pm may signal countywide trends as liberal and conservative factions contest control of the Harris County Democratic Executive Committee. The Davis Building hosts Precinct 101 voting change, while judges urge voters to decide early. polls run 7 am to 7 pm, with closures for banks and licensed premises per state law.
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San Jacinto
Baytown
Harris County Democratic Executive Committee
Bob Tucker
Harris County
Vv. Rameey
Davis Building
Souths Main
Banksy
Residents claim oil dumped into Cedar Bayou Bayou
Residents along Cedar Bayou allege Commercial Petroleum Co dumped oil into the bayou killing fish. A Houston spokesman promised investigation after Mrs. A. C. Starling reported thick, seeping oil and worsening conditions near the Cedar Bayou bridge. The company spokesman said a representative would come to Baytown to investigate.
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Cedar, Bayou
Commercial Petrolem Co
Houston
Mes. A.C
Starling
Huber Gorp
Cedar Bayou
Nigie Jong
Ani
Mra
Apokesimin
Sail
Monston Thursdiry
Baytown
Commercial Petroleum
Walla
Saturday Voting Precincts Listed For Both Parties
East Harris County voters see Democratic and Republican precincts including La Porte County Building Highlands Elementary Croby High School Huffman Baytown Thad Fulton M Wilkenfeld Pelly Davie Building Mexican Recreation Baytown Cedar Bayou W4 Baytown San Jacinto Wooster Burnet Carver Alamo McNair Harlem Anderson Barrett Republican Bas Lingcarte Hinlands Elementary Wilkenfeld Horace Mann Baytown Junior High Cedar Bayou Baytown San Jacinto Wonster Burnet Alamo School
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Harris County
la Porte
Republican
Lingcarte
Hinlands
Crisky High
Lee College Records All-Time Summer Enrollment At Noon
An all time high enrollment for the second term of the summer session at Lee College reached 211 pre registered students by noon Wednesday announced Dean Walter Rundell Late registrations will be accepted through Friday The first classes met Thursday and Thursday night sessions will be shortened to one hour to allow attendance at a Maurice Evans Film Shakespeare s Richard II beginning at 7 p m Lee College honor roll for the first summer term named Bar Beazley Slang Bergeron Johnny Lou Brice Edgar B Buschanan Shirley Chully Buell Collins Lowry Hamlin Davis Tobye Fram Rosemary Geiffert LoydUidry Mary Hinson Betta Joyce Johnson Tommy Ray Johnson Helen Lee Horace Jindsty Ada Moore Lorella Noland Laura Lo ig Robbins Charles Smith Ruth Washburn Jesse Williams Myrit Beth Wilson Honorable mention lists many students for one subject with straight A s including Pat Anthony Banister Bulley Sidney Badine Gloria Donnelly Helen Fife J T Foster Joan Franklin Thomas Gentry Annie Gill Jack Gray Margaret Ann Hart Shirley Hlanak Doreen Hovey Oscar Ingram May Jarrett Isobel Kilough Johnny Kubik Edwin Lehr Betty Lave William Lovett Roy Lucas Jae Ed Melemore George Patrick Mann Refugein Martinez Don Meier Eddie Crank Thomas Piekal Joel Rosenzweig William Rues Patricia Seeley Bobby Jack Sutphin Hollis Taylor Mary Terry Helen Merle Tenison Dorothy Thain James Walmsley Albert Watson James Corbin Williamson
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Lee College
Walter Rundell
Maurice Evans
Richard
P.m. Lee College
Walter
Edwin Lehr
Betty Lave
William Lovett
Roy Lucas
Jae Ed Melemore
George Patrick Mann
Refugein Martinez
Don Meier
Eddie Crank
Thomas Piekal
Joel Rosenzweig
William Rues
Patricia Seeley
Bobby Jack Sutphin
Hollis Taylor
Mary Terry
Helen Merle
Tenison
Dorothy Thain
James Walmsley
Albert Watson
James Corbin Williamson
Cool Air Heads For Texas Central U S
A mass of colder air will move with the Panhandle and South Plains Thursday night and early Friday possibly reaching North Central Texas by Friday night. Cooler air may bring some showers to the Panhandle and South Plains, with most of the state staying dry elsewhere.
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United Press
Panhandle
South Plains
Texas
Moody backs Dougherty against Johnson in Texas race
Former Texas governor Dan Moody endorsed Dudley Dougherty in the race against Senator Lyndon B. Johnson. Moody criticized Johnson as out-at-day New Dealer willing to back radical proposals in Congress and said Dougherty would be a more rightward conservative. Moody, governor 1927 to 1931, previously endorsed Allan Shivers for a third term.
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Dan Moody
Dudley T. Dougherty
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Congress
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Moody
Allan Shivers
This City Dad Really Leads Cat's Life
REPWOOD CITY Calif July Womb City Countymay Paul Jones who recently campaigned cemstully against it ordinance that world require care to be Rept on x Taxic was to bed Thursday A sling cat wandered into Wa house Wednesday ghd scratched t hin on the farm The arm be came infected.
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Repwood City
Calif
Womb— City
Paul Jones
Humble and Gulf Oil Cut Crude Runs on Inventories
Humble Oil and Refining Company announced a 6 000 barrel a day crude run cut due to high inventories, following a 24 000 barrel cut earlier. Gulf Oil Corp soon imposed a 30 000 barrel cut. neither action is expected to markedly impact Baytown Refinery schedules, as inventories remain only modestly higher than last year.
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Humble Off and Refining Co
Humble
Sanic
Ie Gilt Olt Corp
Randly
Baytown
Polio Cases Rise Across Nation in Recent Week
The U S Public Health Service reports 1 056 new polio cases last week, up from 758 the prior week, with total 1954 cases at 4 968. Officials note the rate may continue to rise seasonally but highlight the year’s comparatively lower toll versus 1952 and 1953.
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U.S. Public Health Service
Health Service
Lont
Yarborough And Shivers Go Into East Texas Area
East Texas rally scene sharpens 1954 gubernatorial race as Ralph Yarborough and Gov Allan Shivers clash over crossfiling, tax policy, and praise for East Texas voters while Shivers seeks unity and attacks Yarborough's remarks. Shivers gains endorsements and defends against calls to legalize socialized medicine.
Governor Shivers Campaigns Tops In Area
Governor Allan Shivers visits Baytown as Texas voters focus on the governor race and the justice of the peace contest between Roscoe Zierjein and Walter Queen. GOP primary polling begins in East Harris County as Shivers denounces Ralph Yarborough and defends labor and working Texans.
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Boxer
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Baytown
West Texas Ave
Tri-City
Spike) Connally
Connally
Henry Wnax
Walt
Richard McWilliams
N. V. McWilliams
Richard Apent
Pex
Port Arthur
Teka
Sing Ghamgen
Yarborough
George T. Hin~ Gon
Leutenant
Neasor
National Cio-Pac
Washington
Allan Shivers
Ralph
Texas
East Texas
Tung
French Premier Faces Pact Test as EDC Ratification Sifts
Premier Mendes France faces a fraught ratification test for the European Defense Community pact. He must win approval from the French assembly on terms acceptable to other signatories amid wartime Indo China posturing and bargaining with the United States and Britain. Negotiations follow the Geneva armistice and shifts in West German sovereignty talks.
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United Press
Pierre Mendes
Geneva
Indo-China
Mendes- France
MHC
Mendes
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
National Assembly
American Linder
Walter Bedell Smith
Anthony Eden
United States
Britain
Mendes-France
John Foster Dulles
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
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