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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1951
Page
2
Soviet built MLG-25 jets led a large air engagement over Korea near the 38th Parallel. Sabrejets and B-29s clashed. two B-29s damaged and two Communist jets shot down. two American fighters, an F-81 and an F-80, lost in other raids. Kill claims credited to Lieutenant Simpson Evans and Captain Richard O. Ransbottom.
The Isle Biggies appear at a crime hearing accompanied by two staff members. 2 Sam Maceo, longtime resort nightlife kingpin, died recently in Johns Hopkins Hospital. The hearing was closed but Rep Meridith said results may lead to a public hearing after adjournment, outlining probes into Maceo interests. Serie, reached by phone, declined comment, saying he had no idea what the committee would request.
Funeral services for Mrs. J. E. Pearce will be held tomorrow at Fogie West Funeral Home in Houston. She died yesterday in a Baytown Hospital after a heart attack. Burial is in Forest Park Cemetery. Survivors include her husband, a Houston son, two sisters in Atlanta, two Houston stepdaughters, two Houston stepsons, and pallbearers listed.
San Diego reports jailers now provide free haircuts to inmates with arrangements made with a barber college. Sergeant Tom Crawford notes benefits for students and prisoners as a public service, while city residents question the new program amid the broader jail amenities of food lodging bath and exercise.
Pasadena faces overcrowded classrooms requiring a 2.4 million dollar bond to ease the strain while Baytown pursues a 500 thousand dollar bond. County totals show Harris County districts rising to 39,222 scholastics outside Houston and Houston ISD at 116,006, with countywide near 150,000. The 1951 census notes county districts growing faster than Houston, listing gains across Addicks to Tom Ball and noting Huffman as the remaining small district.
Mrs. H. H Lucas will host the Home Demonstration meeting at 10 a.m. Tuesday June 8. Frances McCulloch country home demonstration agent will attend and lead the program on dried eggs and powdered milk. Mrs Julian Todd tried to stiffen a floppy white crocheted hat with starch and other methods, then used a sugar solution.
The sick list lists patients and visiting hours at San Jacinto Memorial including Mrs L C Disbrow at 235 Woo ster, Mrs James W Brown at Channelview, James Manly at Channelview, Mrs Gayle Mathews Route Two, Emery E Baker Channelview, James R Hilton 10 East Pearce, Mrs Melvin H Rouse Channel, Mrs George Merson 308 Ashby, Mrs Jeff S Wood 415 Starleft, Gray Davis Route One, Mrs Clem M Massey 109 West lands, Mrs Henry E Ward Jr 1020 Parkway Drive, Mrs Charles A Patterson 207 Kerry Highlands.
USDA cattle and hog sales show dull, weak demand in Fort Worth with steer classes 29 to 35 and few cows 23 to 26. Calves at 50, odd head 29 to 34.50. Hogs 300 head, butchers steady to 25 lower. weights 150 to 375 pounds 16.50 to 20.75. sows 15.50 to 17.30. feeder pigs 15 down.
Stork reports several newborns from San Jacinto Memorial Hospital and nearby areas. Mary Beth Wood weighs seven pounds nine ounces at St Joseph’s Hospital in Houston. Additional births include a Disbrow girl, a Mathews boy, a Ward boy, Richer Richard Cherry, and a Patterson infant, with local addresses in Wooster Baytown Highlands and Kerry.
Sun Scrots Continnee reports on IVA LEE LILLEY of Barrow receiving a bachelor of science degree in education from Oklahoma A&M College as 1175 graduates receive diplomas. Civil Defense tax exemption details are announced by Col. George L. Keene. Vermont dairy workers must handle about 20 cows. A Commerce Department release notes 40,000 drugstores with soda fountains average $75,000 per store in sales.
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