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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1954
Page
2
Fort Worth cattle and hog prices show slaughter steers 18.50 to 22.50, a few 23.50 for prime lots. Heifers steady to slow, cows active, bulls steady. Calves 150 head around 200 pounds. hogs around 700 head. canners and cutters 7 to 10. sows 18 to 21. bulk stocker and feeder calves 15 to 20.
Henry L. Ehrhardt son of Mrs. Leon Ehrhardt of 114 East Gulf earned a masters of letters in petroleum engineering from the University of Houston. He works as a geophysicist with Marine Exploration Co. of Houston. Also in the news, Connie Giummarre was fined $50 for speeding on a parkway, and actor Sonny Tufts denied a $26,500 suit alleging he struck a dancer aboard a yacht. The hearings touching McCarthy era politics explored testimony from Mundt Dirksen and Potter about Adams and loyalty boards, with plans to call Clark Clifford in future proceedings.
The school board authorized complete renovation and enlargement of the Robert F. Lee High School office space with Architect Lowell Lammers to oversee the project. Work starts immediately and aims to finish by September 1 if possible. Lammers received shop building keys, built by Marco Construction Co. of Houston, costing $81,147, about $400 under contract price.
A dense list of prominent equities and company names shows quotes and notations from the Baytown Sun stock page, including Am Cyan, AT and T, Anaconda Copper, Bethlehem Steel, Calvan Oil, Celanese, Chrysler, Dow Chem, Du Pont, Eastman Kodak, Freeport, Gen Electric, Gen Motors, Goodyear, Gulf States Util, Humble Oil, Monsanto, Packard Motors, Phillips Petroleum, Pure Oil, Stan Oil, Sun Oil, Texaco, Texas Gulf, Union Oil, and others. The page notes a sale date of July 8 and a minor stock change: cotton down two points, plus a brief zoological aside about a rainbow trout transitioning coloration.
The Baytown Sun in Baytown Texas lists staff roles including Kalter publisher and Beulah Mae Jackson office manager with Warren Edwards as managing editor. Subscription options by carrier and mail show monthly and yearly rates, with prepaid terms and mailing terms. publication is entered at Baytown Texas post office under federal act.
Tony DeSpirite, the 1952 national jockey champion, rode four winners on the nine race program at Rockingham Park in Salem New Hampshire during the first seven days of the meeting. He had already tallied 20 winners in the span and kept his backers happy.
An insurance commission examiner testified Lloyds of North America was insolvent as of September 20. Two audits were conducted, one on September 30, 1953, and another on January 31 this year. The Houston company’s books showed debts exceeding assets by 150000 to 200000 dollars. District Judge Betts acted as referee in the case.
Governor Allan Shivers said he faced political embarrassment if authorities do not back off pressuring Lloyds of North America. The Houston injunction fight centers on whether Lloyds can operate in Texas as Ralph Hammonds, Lloyds president, was not present to testify. Judge Betts warned the court could not be used as a political stage and noted the transcript of a prior temporary injunction hearing was not yet ready.
In Beckenham England on Monday and Tuesday second round action at the Kent Lawn tennis championships featured Hugh Stewart of Pasadena and Andy Paton of Ann Arbor advancing. Stewart defeated Jim Ward 6 4 6 0 while Paton beat Enrique Soriang 6 3 3 6 1 1 in opening rounds. Meanwhile Herbert J Taylor of Chicago alumnium Products Co was elected Rotary International president for 1954 55 by unanimous vote at Seattle with about 8 000 Rotarians from 60 nations attending the 45th annual convention.
Six-state governors conference opens in Indianapolis with only host Gov. George N. Craig attending. He addressed delegates from Michigan Illinois Ohio Minnesota and Wisconsin, amid a sparse turnout and limited deliberations.
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