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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1950
Page
2
Trustees consider oil lease bids with Reed lease requiring drilling within 60 days of a dry hole or production halt, or the lease expires in 60 days unless a new well is tested. Six month rental of 587 is due, and both operators must bury pipes fill pits and restore land.
Washington reports that more than 30 feeder ship operating associations and seafaring unions including right wing locals of the CIO International Longshoremen’s Union pledged full cooperation with the government to keep Reds from merchant ships during the Korean emergency. The policy, framed after a four hour meeting with Labor Secretary Tobin and officials, calls for screening to bar security risks and delays in ships as needed. Coast Guard will assess seamen risk from FBI, ONI and union-provided information.
A garbage collector found a male infant wrapped in a towel in downtown Houston. Police said an autopsy was planned for today to determine the cause of death. Jeff Hutchison reported the discovery while sorting trash from the downtown area.
Cedar Bayou Road will see the completion of a sewer line to serve about 100 homes in the area. Property owners will cover the cost of laying the connecting line and the crossing, plus the usual city tap fee. Mayor J A Ward and the council favor funding collection for public safety and local drainage improvements. The project follows by moving to Oak Addition for drainage pipes already purchased by owners, with two to three days needed to lay the line.
The Beytown draft board plans an early call for eligibles to allow preliminary screening. If insufficient numbers qualify, more notices will be sent and further screening will continue until the required total is reached. Mrs Gaston runs the office with a part time assistant awaiting formal state approval.
A grand jury may probe the Hunter case amid alleged discrepancies between receipts shown to the city treasurer and payments from defendants. Prosecutor Winborn says further information, including names of persons who paid fines, is needed to justify any grand jury investigation. The Post Office department holds an unclaimed money order dated 2353.
A cluttered list shows many companies and prices across sectors. Notable entries include American Water Works, Armco Steel, Anaconda Copper, Beth Steel, Budd Company, Calumet and Celanese, Con Edison, Gen Electric, Gen Motors, Goodyear, Gulf Oil, Humble Oil, Interlake Iron, Kirby Petroleum, Mack Trucks, Pure Oil, Packard Motors, Southern Pacific, Sunoco, Tex Gulf, Tidewater, Timken Bearings, and Woolworth with varied readings, some indicated with percent figures or point changes.
The Democratic Party run-off will be preceded by a drawing and begins at 10 a.m. Absentee voting starts August 6 per County Clerk Miller. Voters may cast ballots in person at Miller’s office for lieutenant governor, commissioner of agriculture, judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals, Places 1 and 2 on the Texas Supreme Court, state representative districts 1 and 4, county judge, and constable.
USDA Fort Worth cattle report shows slaughter classes mostly steady to weak with some steers and beef cows down up to 50 cents. Stockers active firm with medium to good calves and feeders priced, prices listed for steers heifers cows and cattle categories, hogs and pigs steady with feeders lower.
Lots Of Smoke but no fire reported last night in a Bay Town residence occupied by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Duram. Firemen said the damage was limited to a transformer for fluorescent lights. The house is owned by Mrs. Mike Hatribe Bir. and Mrs. Durhem recently moved in when he became manager of the Texas Employment Commission.
Melvin E Brooks, son of Mrs Well Brooks, is home on leave from the Navy after time in Cha and Hunter's Point drydock. Two Baytown students enroll in Abilene Christian College summer term Peggy Milner and Thomas Lloyd C Cann с. Two Baytown graduates from Sam Houston State College accept teaching posts Paul Webber to teach band at Velasco Martha Thomson to teach library science at Cedar Bayou. Sweden and New Zealand report lowest mortality rates among nations.
A Chicago science exhibit hosted by the Thine Institute featured displays claiming to measure teonic masa and tronic man and turf train, described as part of an “an house” program.
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