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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1954
Page
4
Strange Washington chapter reports a clash over security and power as Army McCarthy hearings probe the Attorney General. The piece weaves through political intrigue, budget lines, and a push to rename or restructure Washington plates amid high profile scrutiny.
A lively account of the expanding DIY trend as a friend shows off a basement full of lathes and gadgets. He built a homemade bird feeder costing about seven dollars, versus three bought in stores, illustrating both the drive to create and the cost of self made goods.
Hollywood reporter Aline Mosby details the rise of a radio producer who chronicles crime using a portable tape recorder. Reed edits confessions into half hour programs while Perkins oversees police access. The piece also profiles Sauter and Finegan, a two conductor band blending jazz and classical timbres with unusual instruments, aiming to bring provocative music and TV storytelling to audiences.
A Pennsylvania driver got stuck when his truck broke through a roof into a 40 foot deep cavern. A Cornell rooingist believes rats may communicate. A riot between Japanese party members was broken up by two gendarmes, with neutrality tested by a bill affecting the police system.
Washington dispatch profiles Clifton Gray, a dancer and actor in the road show of South Pacific. He says segregation isn’t a major problem in travel, notes acceptance by audiences and colleagues, and recalls a minor incident with a service member over uniforms. Gray trained as a psychiatrist before turning to acting and aims to become a great dancer. He has been mostly accommodated in white hotels and has rarely faced onstage segregation.
A humor packed mix features a spoof Lin Yatang line about a useless afternoon, a Fifth Avenue mink sale pitch turning into a joke about billing and husbands, and a South Carolina rural weekly ad lampooning a Fountain Tribune subscription plea urging advance payment with mock obituary consequences.
A fragment quotes Andrei Vishinsky praising peace and a US official stressing congressional authority before any war. The remarks reference the White House leader’s belief in constitutional methods and the GOF chairman Hall. The passage notes peace is dear to the American people and warns against war without Congress in agreement.
A jumble quiz page tests easy facts: a patriot loan during the Revolutionary War, Tunic wars between two nations, Earth’s polar and equatorial diameters, Cerberus’ mythic role, and the emperor at Franco Prussian War era. It also lists assorted biographical snippets and birthday notes, with mixed eras and names.
Washington column reviews Senators Symington McClellan Dirksen Mundt and others on the McCarthy Army committee. It notes Symington’s bipartisan background and ties to Eisenhower era policy, McCarthy pressure tactics, and the mix of personal history with political alliances shaping the hearings. It also highlights Dirksen Mundt and Jackson dynamics and the intra party tensions among Republicans.
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