Congressional Roundup Attacks on Eisenhower Regime
Senator Douglas leads a Democratic bid to boost Rural Electrification Administration funds accusing the Eisenhower administration of sabotage. He seeks parity with last year's loan authority as Senate debates the agriculture appropriation bill. Also noted are Social Security gains, Indo China war warnings, TVA energy concerns, and a law letting servicemem’s wives vote by absentee ballot.
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Washington
Paul H. Douglas
Senate
House
Douglas
Congress
TVA
Albert Gore D
Tenn
Atomic Energy ‘Commission
Southern Powers Company
Tennessee Valley Authority
AEC
Budget Bureau
Margaret Chase Smith
Baytown Sun Publication Details and Rates
The Baytown Sun lists publication details from Pearce and cashier in Baytown Texas with editor and publisher, advertising director, office manager, and managing editor roles. Subscription rates show monthly and annual options, 1.20 per month, 7.00 for six months, 14.00 yearly, plus prepaid options and a postal matter under Baytown Post Office.
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Baytown Sun, Inc
Pearce and Cashier
Baytown
Texas
Sarrier
Public meeting notice of Barbers Hill ISD board of equalization
The Barbers Hill Independent School District announces a session of the Board of Equalization in the cafeteria of Barbers Hill Elementary School Mont Belvieu Texas on Wednesday June 8 1954 at 7 00 A M for the purpose of determining fixing and equalizing the taxable value of property in the district for the current tax year. All parties with business with the board are invited to attend. The notice lists dates June 26 27 and June 2 4 as related or follow up items.
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Lizbatio
Board OF Hit
Sehsol
Prarheres Hil
Mont Belvicu
Bers County
Texas
Iit
Barbers Hil Independent School
Wiatylet
Chambers County
Port Irish
Senreta Barbers Hii
Seinor
Vicious Tornado Strikes Paducah Killing an Infant
A violent tornado ripped through Paducah Texas and nearby Iowa Park Tuesday night killing a six month old Mexican infant Ida Plancer cia and injuring 14 others. Eleven injured in Paducah and three in Iowa Park. Winds reached 100 miles an hour near Wichita Falls. Red Cross set disaster HQ in Paducah. A drive in theater screen collapsed while a funnel was sighted by witnesses.
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Paducah
Tex
Iowa Park
Wichita Falls
Ida Plancercia
Plancencio
Red Cross
Texas Panhandle
358 Youngsters Enroll in Roseland Park Swim Courses
George Armstrong, James Ellis, and Roeland Kudla run a two month block of Red Cross swimming lessons at Roseland Park Pool. About 358 youngsters sign up in age grouped classes with a life saving course for advanced students. Certificates awarded upon completion.
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Roseland Park Pool
George Armstrong
James Ellis
Roeland Kudla
Armstrong
Red Cross
Stock Quotes Reflect Precincts Vote In Bond Election
The column lists numerous energy, chemical, steel, oil, and consumer stock names with a note that cotton declined about four points. It appears to summarize market reaction tied to a school bond election and includes prominent firms such as Texaco, Gulf Oil, Exxon, Dow, and General Electric among others. No specific precinct results are provided in readable form.
Hearing details Schine's military past and draft status
Cohn recounts Schine's service in the Army Transport Service and a single draft year with a herniated disk cited as the disability. Schine later was found fit, drafted, while McCarthy notes his NY National Guard promotion and private law income exceeding $11,000 yearly, prompting talk of tests for all principals amid claims of lies.
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New York National Guard
Guard
Dirksen
Cohn
Schine
Army Transport Service
McCarthy
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
McClellan
Three Jim Douglases Share Honor With Street Name
In Baytown a street was named for Jim Douglas, but the City Council unknowingly honored three men named Jim Douglas. The second is Young Jim Douglas, 27, a UT graduate with two engineering degrees and two more grad degrees from Rico, now in Humble Oil research and based in Houston. The third is Jimmy Douglas, age 2, praised by his grandfather. Nelson McFilroy is mentioned in a highway meeting incident involving Mrs. Jim Douglas and a comment about local chamber of commerce supporters.
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Jim Douglas
Jim
Jim Douglases
Tim Douglas
University of Texas
Rico
Humble Oi and Refiting Co
Houston
Jimmy Douglas
Jimmy
Baytown
Douglas
Nelson McFilroy
Nelson
Chamber of Commerce
Young Jim
Double Funeral Planned For Murder-Suicide Pair In Texas
CAFKIN Tex June 2 A double funeral was planned Wednesday for Allen Otto Powell and his ex wife Jia Mae Powell both shot to death minutes before they were to remarry They had purchased a marriage license to renew their vows Powell 25 killed his former wife then himself Mrs Jia Mae Powell 23 was found shot in the temple and back while clutching the license Police said Powell’s body lay nearby with three chest wounds and the gun found beneath him Justice of the Peace Charles Marberry ruled the shootings murder and death by own action.
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Powell
Justice of the Peace
Charles Marberry
Sick List Names for Mrs Stafford Harring Houston
Sick list itemizes individuals including Mrs. Eddie Simsen Baytown Jeanette Clark Channelview Raymond Lee Ashley Sir La Forte Mrs F N Adams Channelview Richard Clay George Highlands Mrs Lee R Mills 1118 Park Way and Mrs J G Laughlin 107 Live Oak Monroe Highlands with unclear locations and wording.
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Stafford Harring
Houston
Eddie Simsen
Baytown
Jeanette Clark
Channelview
Raymond Lee Ashley
Sir la Forte
F. N. Adams
Richard Clay
George — Highlands
Lee R. Mills
Parkway
J. G. Laughlin
Live Oak
Monroe
Silas ‘Main Highlands, Lands
Livestock Prices Report From Fort Worth Auction
June 2 livestock market in Fort Worth shows cattle 3000 head with slow sales. Beef steers and yearlings steady to weak, cows and bulls lower, stockers weak. calves mixed with good slaughter calves 17-21, some up to 22. Hogs very slow with few sales. Spring lambs mostly unsold. feeder lambs 12-14.50, ewe lambs to 16.50. The bat remark notes the bat is the most completely winged of all mammals.
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Fort Worth
Child Beater Faces Tests On Her Sanity
A Los Angeles mother, Trinidad Vera, 32, pleads innocent by reason of insanity to five counts of mayhem and assault in Superior Court. A panel of three psychiatrists will examine her sanity before the July 6 trial. she is held on $5,400 bond as her nine year old daughter remains in hospital with severe injuries including a blinded eye.
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Los Angeles
Trinidad Vera
Mildred Lillie
Celia
Lillie
Duval County Grand Jury Seeks Aid From Attorney General
San Diego Texas June 2 A grand jury probing Duval county affairs is aided by Attorney General John Hen Shepperd who flew in from Austin to meet behind closed doors with the panel. Assistant AG Wills Gresham says staff will confer daily as the jury undertakes a full impartial inquiry into local matters. Broadfoot urged a thorough investigation and labeled the jurors as 100 percent anti-Parr. Also noted Boone to succeed Turner Joy at the Naval Academy July 1 with Joy retiring after UN service.
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San Diego
Tex
Duval County
John Hen Shepperd
Broadfoot
George Parr
Iing
Wills Gresham
Amham
Gresham
Grand Jury
Shepperd
Rites Held For Son Of Ex Baytonians
Funeral services were held for William E. Ratliff, 15 month old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ratliff of Pine Bluff Arkansas. The child, born in Baytown, lived in Pine Bluff since five months old with two sisters Sandra Lynn and Donna Kay. Survivors include maternal grandparents G E Poss and W R Nichols and paternal grandfather Roscoe Ratliff and aunt Tuney Bailey, all of Pine Bluff and Highlands. Burial was in Memorial Park cemetery. Reverend Alvin B E Houser officiated at the Pine Bluff chapel.
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William E. Ratliff
W. E. Ratliff
Blake
Pine Bluff
Ark
Funeral Home
Alvin BE. Houser
First Christian Church of
Memorial Park Cemetery
Baytown
Sandra Lynn
Donna Kay
G. E. Poss
W. BR. Nichols
Highlands
Roscoe, Ratliff
Tuney Bailey
Zoroaster Alleged to Live on Cheese For Thirty Years
A historic claim states that Zoroaster the ancient Persian lawgiver subsisted on cheese alone for three decades. The assertion reflects legend rather than verifiable fact, with no contemporary records confirming the diet.
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Zoroaster
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Eisenhower
Appropriations Committee
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Kan
Social Security
Eugene D. Buhikin
Senate Finance Committee
Indo - China
Wayne Morse
Ind.-Ore
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Robert B. Carney
Indo
China
Che Baytown Sun
Cwee
Reece Hae
BLACK
Angel Face
Tae
Prue Crooked Road
Sandia
Randolph Scott
Laramie
Lana Sa
Weather Bureau
Nornadic
Leon Koehler
Thomas Clark
LA Forte
Nobert Stack Ursula Thiess
BROWN
Chicken Shack
Hwy
E. Texas Avenue
Iran
House of Strength
C.D
Buck
Humble Station Corner Market
Lynchburg Road
C. D
Decker Drive IN
RE Threther
Virginia Mayo
Devil's Canyon
Broderick Crawford
KREL
Joe
Latal
Bull Eckstein
Stock
Alleg Ludlum
Alis-Chalmers
Amer
American Repub AT
T . Amer Woolens
Anaconda Copper
Beth Steel
Calvan Oiss
Scemenccea
Chi Corp
Cherysier Corpssa Cues Cities Service
Columb Gag
Seseee Creole Pet
Dow Chem
Erss du Pont
Easiman Kodak
el Paso Nat'l Gas
Fairchild Eng
Freeport Sylph - Gen
Gen Electric
Gen Motors
Gillette
Goodyear Tire
Greyhound Bus
Gulf
Jones and
Laugh Imperial Oil
Kirby Pet
Libby McN
Liggett and Myers + Loew's Inc
la Land
Merrill Pet
Math Chem
Mack Trucks
Monsanto Chem
Mont-Dakota Util
Nat Distillers
Ceaneneten US Nat Dairy
Ohio Oil
Stan Oil
Calif
Stan Oi
Ohio
Sun Ol
Sunray Oil
Texas Co
Texas Gulf
Tex Gulf Sylph
Tidewater Corp . Union OU
UL & Steeleeees Wilson and Co
Woodley Pett
Cotton Down
Baytown Sun
Jebwe
Ae Highlands
Felton Witkenfota
Pelly Oedee Bayou
Sendae Wooster
Alamo Me
W. Hay
IL Stadium
Duval
Greyhound
Harrisburg
Tuken
Photo Service
Tees
Alldumbo Printe
Do Albuns
Black's Pharmacy
Hearing Drug
Tri-City Pharmacy
Camp Tahoe
Tri-City Beach Road
Lone Ster Tech
Tom Manison
Barbers Hill Elementary
Fred Tillery
Strait Refrigeration CO
Dial
Meyer Bros
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