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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1950
Page
2
The passage analyzes how property valued over 2000 dollars must be advertised for open bids before sales or leases. The writer notes potential city prerogatives to lease city property, while acknowledging that a court may interpret the charter differently as oil activity swells in a "Boomtown" akin Baytown.
HL Dedmon, long time operator at Baytown Humble Oil plant, departs for Venezuela to work at Amuay Refinery with Creole Petroleum. He arrived Baytown by boat in 1818, plans to move later with his family.
The administration requests one billion dollars in foreign military aid. Proposed allocations include North Atlantic Treaty nations four billion, Greece and Turkey one hundred twenty million, Philippines and South Korea twenty seven point five million, and general China seventy five million. Special standby authority may fund other nations in emergencies. Also, a singing concert by Lampbell Quartets at Thrace Mann Junior High was postponed due to the singers’ unavailability.
A bad crash near Cedar Bayou and Highway 1 left Beck, a Deadmont plumber, severely injured along with several others. Witnesses describe two cars approaching the intersection at speed in darkness, with one driver horn blowing before the collision. Odom’s car bore the brunt. baby seating, steering wheel, and instruments were wrecked. Most victims were transported to local hospitals or funeral homes for treatment.
State crews push ahead on an overpass and tube approach near Wynswood and Goose Creek, with an intersection at West Main and old Bay Town Pelly Road west of the bridge. Additional traffic overpass planned on the La Porte side of the tunnel.
Channelview Leck's Auto Store formally opens with J P Young as manager and favors for children. Rube Farmer, chain vice president, notes the air conditioned store is among the largest in the auto supply network and fills a need between Baytown and Houston. It will feature Brune wick ties and International Hergester refrigerators.
Rotarians at the Baytown meeting received a history lesson on Rotary from Tarbutton, former Edinburg Rotarian president, who traced milestones from 1905 founding to 1921 Rotary International. He noted the 1911 Rotarian magazine, 1913 motto Service Above Self, and 1917 plan for directors and committees to handle club business.
Baytown social notes detail visits and travel among local families. DON HOWARD of Austin and RAY HOWARD of Midland are in Baytown with parents Mr. and Mrs. Howard as the 94 year old father recovers. Several residents are visiting relatives in New Braunfels, Yorktown, Anahuac, Cleburne, and Burnett, with school and college news for Rice, Baylor, and Sam Houston State.
A 150 West Texas delegation urged the State Highway Commission to reconsider approving a route west to U S 285 stating the highway would pass through the barren Texas border region with no services for motorists and divert funds from better uses like access roads in Big Bend National Park or a new lane on U S 80. Funeral services were held for Brenda Diana Sparkman, two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B Eman, who died in a Houston hospital. she is survived by grandmothers Mrs Tomaile Sparkman of Florence Mississippi and Mrs Ella Alexander of Morse Point.
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