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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1952
Page
5
A Newton program teaches children about conservation through outdoor living and forestry, with city and state support. Instructors from forestry, marine fisheries and wildlife lead sessions while student counselors from Massachusetts colleges assist.
Governor Allan Shivers approves a flood control plan for Houston calling for clearing straightening enlarging and lining Buffalo Brays and White Oaks bayous plus Barker and Addicks reservoirs. Completion hinges on congressional funds and he commends Army engineers and a rivers and harbors board for the recommendations. He stresses protecting developed areas from extreme floods.
Harris county medical experts present a six point plan to curb fly breeding and disease spread. The program urges individual cleanup, elimination of breeding sites at slaughterhouses and dumps, stepped up inspections, prompt garbage pickup, adequate funding for inspectors, and public health education. Fly treatments include oil, kerosene, and sulfur with careful disposal and home spraying while avoiding indoor killing of flies. Four polio cases are reported in Harris county, including a 14 year old girl and a five year old boy in Houston, a 10 month old in Pasadena, and a 20 month old in Bellaire, with four deaths total for the county.
Washington reports on the long standing battle with European starlings now estimated at a billion birds. Congress protection since 1906 blocks lethal control while new methods like No-Roost sticky substance attempt to deter roosting at buildings before starlings relocate to unprotected areas.
London reports Aberdeen yards building a 245 foot long fish factory trawler for Chris Salvesen and Company. The vessel features a stern aperture like whaling ships, a 1900 bhp engine, a 30 hp electric winch, extensive fish processing lines, and 30 days at sea with full radio radar and navigation gear from Marconi. Offal goes to fishmeal, fish liver oil is extracted, and fish are chilled to five degrees Fahrenheit for packing.
Holton Kansas June 6—Al Johnson 23 confesses to aiding the Hoyt Kansas state bank robbery of 950 in 1948. District Judge Kaul sustains motion to quash prosecution per Kansas statute of limitations. Johnson plans religious path while repaying 325 to bank president Oria Williams. Companion robbers: a 52-year-old farm hand freed May 13, a 22-year-old murder suspect in Bringham, and a Navy member in California.
The terrier Alfred Por treasure joins March of Dimes efforts as owners Mr. C and Mia report the dog has become a coin collector. A7 slugs and a button Fritz collected are mentioned in the readable fragments.
Citizens of Winston County Alabama resist changes seen as worldly. In Portland Indiana two drivers argued over a service station bill after a stop. Police stopped the car for leaving unpaid charges, and the driver blamed a companion leading to a $3.10 payment and release.
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