Honeymoon Couple Killed in Galveston Collision
A Baytown couple on their honeymoon were killed when their car collided head on with a motorcycle in Galveston. The groom, 25, from Houston, and his bride, 19, from Galveston, died almost instantly. The Baytown couple were unhurt in the crash. The motorcyclists, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Scott of Baytown, were also involved. Mrs. Scott died, and Mr. Scott was injured. The wedding plans were to be held next Sunday.
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Baytown
Galveston
Fauston
Mar
Boulevard
Headon
Aivendy
Cecil Scott
Agneymooning
Greathouse
Houston
Gladys Daley
Slveston
Prhine
Miss Daley
Sigue
Vis Daley
St Ya Galveston
TeCarty
Galway
Local University Figures Named in Student Leadership
A Texas college student, Costley, has been elected to a student advisory role and named to a social sorority leadership. She is daughter of A. Costley and attends Baytown College, focusing on instrument processes. The report notes travel plans and family visits as well as other campus involvement.
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Pseits Costley
Uni- Tal Texas
Hex
Upsatuzer
Andrews Courf-Se
Rosy Majong
Caley Fe
Belz Social
Legve of
Women Votersen Foundation
Capore
Costley
Gon Atha
Coast Guard Watches On Greek Ship
The U S Coast Guard kept the Greek freighter SS Adviatios under security watch at the Port of Houston for national security reasons. Captain Warren L. David declined to state the cause while the vessel lay tied offshore. Coast Guard officials in New Orleans and Washington confirmed orders for the security measure.
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Houston
U. S. Coast Guard
Cmilr
David
New Orleans
Air New Orleses
Coast Guard
R. H. French
Washington
Polio Defeat Seen Within Reach by Expert
Denver reported expert Dr Hart Van Riper, New York, said polio defeat is in sight at a regional polio care conference. He cited rapid research progress and noted gamma globulin serum tests in Provo with 12,000 children last year. Plans call for larger trials in 1952 under an $81.5 million Dimes funded program.
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Denver
Hart van Riper
New York
National Foundation
Provo
Utah
Driller Loses Eye In Oil Well Accident Near Baytown
A 42 year old Baytown oil driller H C Woodall suffered the loss of his right eye when a high pressure water hose tore loose at a well 12 miles out in Trinity bay, Cotton Dixon Oil Co. The injury occurred on the derrick floor, he was rushed from Cedar to a hospital by ambulance, his son H C Woodall Jr. witnessed the incident and accompanied him to the hospital.
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Baytown
Annis Ree
H.C Woodall
Gulf
Trinity Bay
Cotton-Dixon Oil Co
Woodall
Cedar
San Jr
Quick Steel Pact Seen in White House Talks
Washington officials pressed for progress as six months of deadlock neared end in steel wage talks. Industry and union negotiators reportedly eyed a lump sum raise to satisfy the CIO United Steelworkers, potentially ending the strike negotiation over the weekend.
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Robert E. Lee
Washington
CIO
United
Senate
Ernest W. McFarland
John FR. Steelman
Rricaya
C D Littles Wife Injured In Arkansas Car Crash
Mary Madalene Little 55 wife of Baytown attorney and Harris county district attorney candidate CD Little was injured in a car crash near Berryville Arkansas on Thursday. She was taken unconscious to Eureka Springs Art hospital after a rainstorm collision. CD Little flew to Eureka Springs Thursday afternoon to be with her wife. The accident occurred about 12 14 pm as Mia Little traveled toward St Louis Missouri to visit her son Harold M Robinson 25 in the Veterans Administration hospital there.
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Arts
Mary“ Madalene
Reds Lift Blockade Ends at Steinstuecken Access
Berlin report says Soviet troops removed trees and permits that blocked the Steinstuecken outpost, restoring travel for about 160 residents to West Berlin. Hours earlier, East Germany billed the United States $14 million for seven years of telephone service between West Berlin and West Germany, fueling fears of a cut to the cross zone line cable.
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Russia
U.S. Administered
Red
Steinstuecken
West Berlin
U.S
West Germany
Western Berlin
Frankfurt
Germany
Truck Rider Bounced Atop Rail Of Bridge
Melvin Lee James, 23, a Black employee of Hurricane Fence Company, was loaded with fencing materials when the load shifted on Highway 90. He was thrown onto a bridge rail, toppled to the deck, and would have fallen into the 35 foot river if he had toppled the other way. He was taken by ambulance to San Jacinto Memorial Hospital.
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Melvin Lee James
San Jacinto
James
Memorial ‘Hospital
Barthman
Three Lee College Students Share Honors At Graduation
Three students share top scholastic honors at Lee College graduation exercises in the college auditorium. Joanne Gauteson Mary Lou Kirkpatrick and Murphy McNulty posted straight A records with high averages. Kirkpatrick plans marriage soon and aims for further study. Gauteson will marry Leonard Braswell June 27 and continue work in stenography while pursuing music and education. McNulty, a longtime Lee College student leader, will attend the University of Texas next fall to study chemical engineering.
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Lee College
P.m
Joanne*Gauteson
Mary Lou Kirkpatrick
Murphy McNulty
Gauteson
Lee Collage
Leonard Braswell
Baytown
Joanne
Conrad ‘E. Galteson
Neal
General Tiré
Hope
University of Houston
Lee ‘Collegé
Jeanne
Robart HE. Lee High School
Kirkpatrick
Mary Lou
le Circle Francais
Phi Theta Kappa
Gamma
Phi Kappa
Ora
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
McNulty
Lexlie Hinton
Crosby
Cecil Fillips
Rio Estes
Murphy
University of Texas
Early Rising Pays Off For Baytonian
Mrs Margie Wright, a shipping company employee in Houston, rose early and planned a trip with insurance agent Nélda Jackson. Jackson overslept, arrived late, and while driving to Houston she wrecked her car on Decker Drive at Slapout Gulley, sustaining serious injuries.
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Arly
Margie Wwright
Dirs. Wright
Houston
Nélda Jackson
Lee College Grads Set For 40 Diploma Commencement
Lee College President George Hi Gentry will award diplomas tonight at 8 pm in the college auditorium. Dedication services for the plant dedication follow with speeches by Gent R Stark and Dr Ben Ammons among others. Harold Bruce and Linda Pierce will lead a musical program as the graduating class officers and 40 graduates are announced.
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Lee College
George Hi. Gentry
Ecollege
Acolene
Gent
R- Stark
College
Board of Trustees
Ben Fo Ammons
Allegeded Visory Council
Harold Brucé
Arabile Two Mems Ava
University of Texas
Walter Rundell
Linda Pierce
Murphy McNulty
Louise van Meldert
New Yorker Accuses Governor of Working Wetbacks on Farms
New York Representative John Rooney accuses Governor Allan Shivers of employing illegal aliens on Shivers property near Mission and McAllen Texas. Rooney claims Shivers and relatives run large farms along the Rio Grande using wetbacks. Shivers denies the charges calling it a Washington smear campaign and notes immigration funding context.
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New Yorker
Austin
Allan’ Shivers
New York
Shivers
Washington
John J. Rooney
D-N
Rio Grande
Rooney
Senate
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Cov
United States
Shuster
Carl
Frank
Phatr
San Juan
Tex
Ing
Cas
Thesr
Ian
Kreinmuel
Fred
Max
Schuster Brothers
Schusters
Henry Kawahate
Hidaigo
New York Democrat
Kai
Tornado-Lashed Texas Faces More Twisters
Sherman Texas and nearby regions endured two tornadoes and several storms over two days as weather officials warned of further severe activity. Five funnels sighted near Sherman with additional reports southeast of Fort Worth and south of Sherman. the statewide tornado danger eased by nightfall Thursday.
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Tex
Jude
Texas
Weather’ Bureau
Louisiana
Son
Baytown
Tinker
Air Force Base
Alahoma City
Fort Worth
Fort Heed
Dallas
World balance sheet for week in hot and cold wars
Summary of global tensions with France Communist crackdown in Europe. Ana Pauker ousted from Romanian leadership amid Red purges. Nguyen Van Tam promises to crush Communists in Indo China. West Berlin abductions and a wounded American amid East German tension. South Korea politics threaten UN armistice efforts. Panmunjom talks stall as Red negotiators press for prisoner repatriation and UN mistreatment claims.
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Antoine Pinay
Resault
Faris
Europe
Red
Ana’ Pauker
Communist Party
Central Committee
Reds
Ana Pauker
Indo-China
Nguyen ‘van Tam
West Berlin
West Germany
Russia
Berlin
South Korea
United Nations
Truman
Syngman Rhee
Penmnuntom
Hoje Island
Eisenhower Rules Out Fight With Taft for Presidential Nomination
Dwight D. Eisenhower ruled out a fight with Sen. Robert A. Taft for the Republican nomination and launched his campaign with a two day stay in Abilene Kansas. He outlined his general accord with the party stance and opposed socialism while stressing liberty. Taft, in Cincinnati, suggested Ike spoke in generalities on key issues and implied no firm positions at this stage.
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Abilene
Kans
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Robert
A. Taft
Eisenhower
New Yorker
Tait
Ohio
Taft
Cincinnati
Senhower
Western Union Seeks Rate Increase After Strike
Western Union Telegraph asked the Communications Commission for a 9.3 percent rate rise starting July 6 to fund wage increases under a contract that ended a 53 day strike. The increases hinge on government approval of higher rates for telegraph messages and money orders and require Wage Stabilization Board approval. Protests must be filed by June 26. Employees on a 40 hour week would gain 20 cents per hour, with those working overtime receiving a 6 to 1 ratio on excess hours.
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Washington
Western Union Telegraph
Oral Communications ‘Commission
Broken Swing Collision Narrows Roy and Tony Hurt
A broken swing caused a head on collision injuring Roy, 33, and Tony Martinez, sending Roy to Baytown hospital with a brain concussion and leaving Tony unconscious. The incident occurred Thursday afternoon as the brothers were playing on the swings at Ravencund Park.
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Ter
Tony Martinez
Victor
Baytown Hospital
Miz
Ternate
Ravencund
St Nene
Tony
Prisoners Stage Revolt at Louisiana State Penitentiary
About 200 Negro inmates barricaded in a cement cell block at Angola Prison, demanding better food clothing and toilets. State troopers with tear gas and firearms moved in after Superintendent D. D. Bazer ordered help from Baton Rouge. He warned no killings unless inmates tried to overrun fences and noted he might use tear gas or a fire hose.
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Angola
Louisiana State Penitentiary
D. D. Bazer
Baton Rouge
Bazer
Koje Tsland
Caroline
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