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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1951
Page
6
A brief editorial reflection cites Luke 14 27 warning that true discipleship requires bearing one cross and prioritizing allegiance to Christ over other claims. It emphasizes commitment, self denial, and enduring faith as essential.
Community Chest leaders in Baytown weigh unifying annual campaigns into a single drive. Industry input is decisive, as manpower and costs from plants and stores influence the plan. The Sun favors simplification but urges a nationwide view and caution before any decision. A stray note mentions a kitchen accident survey and a question about afreet in Mohammedan lore.
A Washington socialite explains that real power comes from inner assurance rather than position. A tale contrasts big figures who ignore petty jabs with small men who fear every slight, urging readers to stop taking offense and bolster self-worth.
A string of breezy observational quips surveys quirky topics. Topics range from chiropody jokes about high heels to cowboy locomotion preferences and a playful take on Russian athletes, Iron Curtain humor, elevator strikes, and a top‑down pole painting joke.
Sun Slants By Fred Hartman reports that adults only pool sessions may occur twice weekly at Roseland Park if demand continues. Younger swimmers barred from 2 to 9 p.m. today with a second adults session 9:34 to 9:30 p.m. Friday.
A report on Robert Vogeler recovering after release from prison and treatment at Bethesda Naval Hospital. His wife and friends note his improving mood and renewed laughter as a sign of his return to health, urging that laughter aids well being. The piece extols laughter as a healing force and cites medical authority and public figures as contrasts to show happiness.
A compact humor item features a super salesman boasting a car's unseen qualities to an Englishman. A joke compares a fly in drinks among an American Englishman and a Scotsman, ending with a quip about McTavish and drinks. A Los Angeles health department loss notes 100 gambusia fish theft, with a pun on risk.
Anson Mills, Indiana-born West Point cadet, faced jeers for opposing secession in El Paso 1861. He stayed to vote no, endured vigilante summons, then left for the war. After Union service, he returned to build wealth as a surveyor, miner, real estate investor, and U S boundary official in Texas and Washington.
Washington reports three storm tests in the Pacific claim to prove a feasible H-bomb and a superior A-bomb. Descriptions tell of two shelter types and a blast that scorched a wide area, with officials claiming the threshold of atomic energy has been pierced. A senator's exchange with a colleague highlights political friction over veterans benefits and blocked legislation for Korean amputees.
Journalist Earl Wilson reports from New York on Jack Benny and Gloria De Haven discussing television’s future. Hollywood eyes moving TV production to New York, aiming to split TV away from California while studios restrict De Haven and other stars. De Haven laments Premier pass restrictions at Century Fox, noting film bosses limit TV work as Broadway venues grow friendlier to TV.
In early medical days in the Ridge country doctors stocked drugs in back rooms and pressed their own prescriptions for the well heeled. This custom bred resentment among drugstore serv ers, with a running feud noted. In Mount Jackson Virginia Sam Bissell appeared at an office with insults and a tense exchange with a druggist, leading to a cold confrontation.
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A garbled Central Press page fragment mixes trivia prompts, historical notes, and brief bits. It references Taffy the Welsh thief, 1916 WWI events with Lord Kitchener aboard Hampshire, quotes about wisdom and fate, a pronunciation guide for foreknowledge, a biographical blurb about a Yorkshire-born reformer, and scattered birthday notices plus military and education snippets.
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