Franks of Speech Mailings Draw Fire in California
California residents faced government costs as 4 million copies of a speech were mailed under franking privileges. Republican critics highlighted the $119,146.50 taxpayer bill, while noting broad use by lawmakers regardless of party. The piece argued for campaign finance reforms and compared U S and British election practices.
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California
Yorty
Congress
Senate
Bulldozer Ave
San Francisco
Calif
Frank
Post Office
Weatherman Reports Record Lows Across Cities
The mercury dropped to 9 degrees at some locations with a low of 53 degrees reported early Friday. Mineral Wells and Fort Worth tied records for their lows while Amarillo registered 49 degrees and Laredo 77 degrees, showing wide regional variation in overnight temperatures.
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Mineral “Wells
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Laredo
McCarthy Secrecy Order Sparks Washington Wrangling
Senate maneuvers over a secrecy order on Army-Veteran calls heat up as McClellan and Mundt push for disclosure and witness testimony. McCarthy and Cohn clash over 130 alleged subversives while Symington presses for names and transcripts to be made part of the record.
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Washington
Jiee
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Administration
Army
Robert T. Stevens
John’ G. Adams
Sen
Karl &, Mundt
R-S.d
Joseph FR. McCarthy_CReV Vis
McClellan
John J. Lu
Stuart . Symington
D-Mo
McCarthy
Justice Department
FBI
Henry .M. Jackson
D-Wash
Mundt
McCarty
Roy M Cohn
Tor
Symington
Carthy and Cohn
Baytown items mix travel plans and local notes
Sun Spots reports Dr and Mrs W T Jones Jr and son vacationing in Florida with flexible stops, aiming to return to Baytown June 4. A minor auto collision near Pine and Dayton left damages minimal. Autograph party for HOBART ENOCH’s new book set June 18 at Tri City Pharmacy No 2. Various local updates include the Busch family travel, Cub Scout cap found, secretary change at Second Baptist, and a bridal invitation typo clarification.
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W. T. Jones Jr
Florida
Baytown
W. T. Jasper
Pine
Dayton
Hobart
Baytown Pact
Tri City Pharmacy No. 2
Roy L. Fulkerson
J R
Patsy Voparil
Jimmy
Joanny Livingston
Snot
H. L. Dunn
East Gulf
BE. L. Hathaway
Monroe
A. L. Barton, Sr
Modesto
Calif
California
Donald Stefani
Donald Wayne Langford
Paul Stephens
University of Houston
Wanda Brice
Second Baptist Church
O'Neal Surray
Riley
Charlotte McNulty
Mary Sue Parker
Female instigator led disturbance at Oak Addition tavern
A female caused one male to hurl two beer bottles at another, missing and shattering at the Oak Addition tavern door. The group then moved to the street and used obscene language, resulting in the arrest of the female and two males per police.
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Oak Addition
Baytown Golf Tourney Draws Large Crowd and Winners
The Baytown annual invitation ladies golf tournament drew 104 entries from Southeast Texas. Alma Morgan won low gross in the championship flight after a playoff with Mary Blayney of Golfcrest. Ben Ogren and Mally Bates captured top nets in the championship flight. Multiple divisions saw winners in gross and net, with notable performances by Mrs. Charley Harris, Mrs. Frank W. Lee, Helen Blocker, Madelyn Sheffied, Alma Peek, and others from Gulfcrest, Alvin, and Galveston Texaco clubs.
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Baytown
Baytown Country Club
Texas
Alma Morgan
Alma
Mary Blayney
Golfcrest
Houston
Ben Ogren
Mally Bates
Charley Harris
Frank W. Lee
Helen Blocker
Madelyn Sheffied
Alvin
Lewgross
Janie Higginbotham
Mary Love
G. A. Guy
Port Arther
Ateond
Claud Nichols
Holston
Junie
Lowgross
Midge Seif
Low
Arlene Higginbotham
Lewnet
A. E. McDonald
Galveston
Betty Boortz
Zee Nevins
Texaco
Low Gross
Anita Bonner
Dave Williamson
Galeo
Dorothy Taylor
Freeport
Jo Tuxson
E. M. Foust
Galfcrest
Alma Peek
Venic Palas
Shivers To Address Tri Area DeMolay Conclave
Governor Allan Shivers will deliver the principal address at the first Tri Area DeMolay Conclave in Houston at 9 am. Saturday with Highlands and Tri-Cities chapters sending delegates. The Scottish Rite cathedral hosts ceremonies joined by W B Ball and H Malvern Marks. Events include softball basketball tennis and more at Rice Field. a grand ball and a Tri Area sweetheart selection with a Hollywood judge. Worship services Sunday morning conclude with a noon awards banquet.
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Allan Shivers
Houston
W. B. Ball
Texas Masons
H. Malvern Marks
The
Supreme Qourncil
Texas Order of DeMolay
Highlands
Tri-Cities
Rice Field
Tri-Area
South Texas
Victoria
Sabine River
Arabia
Kiwanis Club names chairs for Friendship Day fish fry
Kiwanis members appointed sub chairmen for the July 25 Friendship Day fish fry. Jim Bond named Herbert V. Herbert for advance tickets and placards, George Bays for food, Rob Van Deventer for stage setup, L. A. Wilkie for guest registration, Sam McFhail for church coordination, with Bond directing the program and inviting candidates for public office. The event at Humbie picnic grounds accompanies National Friendship Week July 11 to 37. Jake Perry and the Light Crust Doughboys are booked. Pan-American Airways produced a fishing movie shown at the luncheon. Mose Sumner and Jim Waitworth of Houston were guests.
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Kiwanis Club
Jim Bond
Herbert V. Herbert
George Bays
Rob van Deventer
Sam
McFhail
Bond
Jake Perry
Humbie
Jack Forbes
Pan-American Air Wars
Mose Sumner
Jim Waitworth
Houston
Sale of Station KREL Approved by FCC
The Federal Communications Commission approved the sale of Radio Station KREL to J. Blayton Sr. of Atlanta Georgia. Blayton, an Atlanta businessman and professional, will acquire KREL from Tri Cities Broadcasting Company, which has run the AM and FM stations since 1947. Stockholders Rob Matherne Roner Strickland Miss Bewah Mas Jackson Syd Gould Harry Hartman Fred Hartman Thomas W. Moore and WyMM Lightinot of Houston are noted.
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KREL
J. 8
Blayton Sr
Atlanta
Federal Communications Commission
Washington
Albert Thomas
Blayton
WERD
Tri-Cities Broadcasting Company
Trim
Rob Matherne
Roner Strickland
Miss Bewah Mas Jackson
Syd Gould
Harry Hartman
Fred Hartman
Thomas W. Moore
Wy MM
Lightinot
Houstan
McKee Suspended For Arrest On DWI
McKee faces suspension following an arrest on a DWI charge as reports describe the French forces under heavy Communist attack around Cho Nol and Cho Noi near Haiphong. The French high command notes repeated assault and air bombardment to hold the port and surrounding routes amid fighting with Catholic militiamen and advancing rebel forces.
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Manol
Eriday
Cho Nol
Koan Phon Gha
Hanoi
Rnbel
Cho Noi
Ot Haiphong
Ward Hunggen
Red River
Diplomas Awarded at Lee College Commencement
Fifty three graduates will receive Lee College diplomas at an 8 p m commencement in the college auditorium. President George H. Gentry will address the class with Dean Walter Rundell introducing. Awards include a tuition scholarship to Baylor or Mary Hardin Baylor, a plaque for the top two year contributor, a $125 scholarship from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and a Baytown Education Association teaching scholarship. Shirley Hlanak will give the invocation.
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Lee” College
George H. Gentry
Facus
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Piks
Sak
Houston
Walter Rundell
Rundell
BMU
Mary Hardin Baylor
International Brotherhood of Electric Workers
Baytown Educational Association
Shirley Hlanak
Two Women and Six Children In Car Truck Crash
Two women and all children escaped serious injury when their car hit the side of a truck on Croaby Lynchburg Road Barrett Settlement about 8:30 am Friday. One woman and a 15 month old suffered head injuries and bruises. others were uninjured. The truck driver Charles Gilliam 24 of McNair avoided injury. Gilliam received citations for no commercial license and improper left turn. Emergency driver H G Hivana took victims to San Jacette Memorial Hospital. Deputy M M Brown investigated.
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Watt
Croaby-Lynchburg Road
Barrett Settlement
Croaby
Dante
B. Stanley
Olson
Kennett
Carol
Brenda Robertson
Stanley
Sharon
Darlon
Lin
Dek'ee
San Jacette Memorial Hospital
M. M. Brown
Gilliam
Community Chest appoints D L Teter as division chair
D L Teter of General Tire and Rubber Co. is named chairman of the administrative division for the 1954 Community Chest Fund drive announced Friday by general chairman He Ma Meler. Mrs Hoerache Scott will co chair the division. Scott is a Baytown native and active Presbyterians member.
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D. L. Teter
Clieat United
Colorado Springs Favored As Air Force Academy Site
A five man board narrowed three sites for the Air Force Academy to Alton Lake Geneva and Colorado Springs. Talbot will pick final site within a month after engineers and real estate experts review all locations. Congress authorized 125 million for the academy with 1 million for a temporary location next year.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Air Force Academy
Alton, Jr
Mississippi River
Lake Geneva
Wis
Harold H. Talbot
Denver
Alton
Air Force
Academy
Talbot
Congress
Lawrence H. Smith
Baptists Tackle Segregation At Convention
ST LOUIS June 4 The Southern Baptist convention plans to address racial segregation in a report by the Christian Life Commission The piece notes Supreme Court decisions and quotes leaders about aiding minority groups and expanding mission centers The discussion also covers seminary problems and the interpretation of modern issues by Baptist authorities.
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Southern Baptist Convention
Christian Life Commission
Supreme Court
Courts Redford
Home Mission Board
Roland Q. Leavall
Baptist Theological Seminary
New Orleans
Chief Denies Guilt in California Driver Incident
The Houston Sun reports Chief H B McKee of Baytown denies guilt after two California incidents during a vacation. He says the speeding ticket in Baker cost $22, and a later stop for drinking beer led to no California charge, claiming miscommunication and embarrassment, with officers allegedly unfairly handling the case.
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Houston
H. B. Mé Ker
Baytown
California
Buber
Victorville
Ehler
McKee
Victor= Ville
Culifornia Delvera
Texas
Tle
Major Patterson
Baker
Calif
Wee Wee
Ste McKee
Lee College Announces Evening Registration Hours
Dean Walter Rundell said the registrar's office will be open from 4 pm to 5 pm on Monday and Tuesday for advance registrations for the summer term. On Wednesday the office will run 1 pm to 8 pm for students registering. Advance enrollment for the same term at Lee College reached 187 as of Thursday.
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Walter Rundell
Lee College
Lea College
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