Residential subdivision eyed to double La Porte population
William G Parrington of Tanglewood Houston plans 265 acres purchased and 1100 leased east of Spencer highway for a 4000 home subdivision near La Porte. Land bought from Gillette and Du Puy families, with annexation steps in progress. Long term plan includes complete community facilities and a wide price range from 72500 to 20000, with development possible after six months.
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Jounella
Boynton Sun Siift
Porte
William G.’Parrington
Tanglewood
Houston
Par Rington
Lang Wast of
la Porte
Gillette
du- Puy
Farrington
M. D. Burgin
City Commission of
Police Autopsy Confirms Infant Death Linked to City Waste Site
An autopsy on a nine month old baby found burned near a San Jacinto incinerator and Baytown garbage dump is driving a statewide inquiry. Investigators seek the parents as police pursue leads about who first found the body and how the infant came to be discarded at the waste disposal site. The child died of a brain hemorrhage but lived briefly after birth before being burned. Further details emerged as officials review hospital records and incinerator procedures.
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Clyde A. Murray
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Baytown
Justice of the Peace
Walter
Burton Battle
Queen
W. R. Montgomery
Special Investgrator
John’ Meadors
San Jacinto
Ee Montgomery
Dess Newberry
Nazro
Public Works
W. Grantham
Newberry
O.O. Shields
Jeff Davis Hospital
Houston
Justice Queen
Shields
J Hustediey
Grantham
Sun Spots Square Dance And Vacation Bible School Open House
A community square dance is sponsored in the Cedar Bayou area with a 7 pm Saturday event at the Community House. Cedar Bayou Methodist Church hosts Vacation Bible School open house Sunday night after service with refreshments. A lost swimsuit near the insurance office at 3627 Market can be claimed by identification. Cedar Bayou Second Baptist softball faces Crosby Second Baptists Monday at Crosby at 7 pm. manager Jimmy Cochran leads Cedar Bayou.
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Baetown Area
Square Dance Council
Cedar Bayou Methodist Church
Vacation Bible School
Ahy Godfrey
Godfrey
Cedar Bayou
Second Baptist Church
Crosby Second Baptists
Crosby
Jimmy Cochran
Meet World Fiddle Champ at Crockett Festival
CROCKETT TEX Fiddlers weeklong festival ends with Benny Thomasson Arlington age 46 named world fiddle champ winning 50 cash and 50 pound cake. Class winners include F C Foley Corsicana 75 plus group, A J Mears Lubbock 50-25, Thomasson under 50. Jasper Driskell nine won Davy Crockett costume and singing prize.
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F.C. Foley
Corsicana
A. J. Mears
Lubbock
Thomasson
Tommy Driskell
Jasper Driskell
Crockett
Davy Crockett
Baytown Woman Found Dead At Motel During Pregnancy
A Baytown motel registrar identified a pregnant woman Daisy Hatton about 24 from Beaumont as the deceased found in her cabin Saturday morning. Investigators report a blood spot, alcohol and cotton samples found. autopsy ordered by Justice of the Peace Walter Queen. A male friend said she spoke of a beating Friday afternoon. officials believe death occurred before midnight. The room contained a radio on arrival.
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Daisy Hatton
Baytown
Justice of the Peace
Walter -Queen
Queen
Lato
Beaumont
Jack Thomas
Houston
Surging Hope for Salk Vaccine Broad Uses Seen
Surgeon General Leonard A. Scheele said there is good reason to believe the Salk polio vaccine theory could apply to vaccines against other diseases. Aides named potential targets such as common colds influenza virus pneumonia measles and cancer. Scheele spoke during a two hour news conference on the Public Health Service report to President Eisenhower detailing vaccine safety reforms and said six scientists would monitor all six manufacturers under new safety tests.
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Washington
Leonard A. Scheele
Scheele
Public Health Service
Eisenhower
Cedar Bayou School Bond Proposal Circulates For 750000
Petitions circulate among patrons seeking 750000 in bonds to fund a 26 classroom building with a cafeteria and auditorium on Baytown area land east of Highway 146. The plan includes additions at Alamo and a new anti terrorism facility for William B Travis and remodeling at Morace Mann Junior High. Bond timing tied to state legislation on interest rates.
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Cedar Bayou
Board of Trustees
Casey
Highway 146
Davis Road
Baytown
Alamo , Hool
Lakewood
Morace’ Mann
Bayto Junior High
George J. Gentry
Cedar ‘Bayou
Norther Baytown
Cédar Bayou
Religion Dying In Red China Expelled Bishop Describes Conditions
Hong Kong based speaking with UPI, Bishop Frederick A. Donaghy of New Bedford Massachusetts, expelled from the Wuchow diocese, says Communists are eroding religious freedom in Red China. He reports mass attendance fell to about 60 percent and that officials pressure Catholics, though faithful strive to keep the faith despite threats. He also recalls his arrest in December 1950 on allegedly planted charges.
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Red
China
Hong Kong
Frederick A. Donaghy
New Bedford
Mass
Red China
Donaghy
Wuchow
Eastor
United States
GM Workers Likely Wage Settlement Near Deadline
Detroit United Press reports optimism that a guaranteed wage settlement for about 385,000 General Motors workers could mirror Ford's plan. A long Friday negotiating session ended Saturday with no sign GM had tabled a new contract offer before Walter Reuther and other leaders.
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Detroit
General Motors
Ford
Walter Reuther
Driver Survives Wild Run Through Yard At Stimpson Street
A driver failed to stop at a dead end and sped through T B Morris yard at 410 Stimpson on Friday night. The car struck an oil can, swerved around union negotiators, and crossed Morris property escaping after tearing a fig tree limb. no one injured. Meanwhile auto industry talks await a Sunday deadline as General Motors and Ford wage talks continue with unions and possible strikes looming.
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T. B. Morris Yard
Stimpson
Morris
United Auto Workers
Auto
CIO Electrical
Ford
Reuther
Dep Alde
General Motors
John Livingston
Livingston
Lloyd Jones to head new Houston Penney store opening soon
Lloyd T. Jones, longtime manager of the J C Penney in Baytown, will become manager of a new Penney store in a multi million dollar Houston South Park center. He leaves Baytown around July 15 to supervise final building touches and stock installation before the Houston store opens.
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Lloyd T. Jones
J. C. Penney
Baytown
Houston Penney
South Park
Houston
Penney
Jones
Yenny
U. S Air Force
Amarillo
Puerto Rico
Penny Company
Texas
de Feo
Gatesville
San Angelo
Penney Company
Mexia
Temple
Joneses
GM Talks Hint at Settlement Before Strike Deadline
By holding up any offer and state in the talks, General Motors could prevent much bargaining on the matter. Both sides appeared confident that a settlement would be reached before the strike deadline.
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General Motors
Week-Long Rains Hit Wide Areas Across Nation
United Press reports week-long rains continued across wide areas from the Dakotas to Virginia and from southeast Colorado to northern Minnesota. The spell brought fatalities and injuries on land, sea, and in the air, underscoring a deadly pattern of recent storms.
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United Press
Dakotas
Virginia
Colorado
Minnecsota
Eisenhower Proposes U S Aid to Free Nations for Atomic Reactors
President Eisenhower urged Congress to fund half the cost of building research reactors for free nations and provide know how for safe construction and operation of power reactors. The plan, unveiled at Pennsylvania State University, extends the atoms for peace program and aims to spread peaceful atomic energy among allied countries with Soviet participation uncertain. The proposal would cover research reactors and fuel material, with emphasis on prudent security.
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University Park
Eisenhower
United States
Pennsylvania State University
Milton S$. Hisenhower
United Nations
Soviet
Russia
B29 crashes into German mountainside killing 10 airmen
Bulletin from Stuttgart reports a US Air Force B 29 Superfortress based at Molesworth Base in Britain crashed on a night mission over Germany. The four engine bomber smashed into a mountainside killing all ten airmen aboard during an instrument sweep mission Friday night.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Around Town Highlights and Local Happenings
A lively roundup of Bay town social notes features Hollis Larue lighting up the occasion Rennie Filis leaving early to aid a friend and John Schatz’s last whereabouts questioned Dr Clyde Puller shares a tale of his boys and shears Hazel Caldwell bakes cookies well Mrs H B McGahee resists vacation shopping Mrs A F Bryant and Mrs Jack Pitts attend movies Tee Horacefield acts on an idea Charley Marshall plans a trip Sam Blakeney handles glove and ball Burton Battle returns from a Chicago trip Mrs Francis Gerspach greets Bay town friends by remote link Max Golifeld juggles two offices Paul of Huntsville plans a Sunday Bay town visit
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Hollis Larue
Rennie Filis
John Schatz
Clyde Puller
Hazel Caldwell
H. B. McGahee
A. F. Bryant
Jack Pitts
Tee Horacefield
Charley Marshall
Sam Blakeney
Burton Battle
Chicago
Francis Gerspach
Baytown
Max Golifeld
Foxy Mathorna
Paul
Huntsville
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Miriam’ ‘A
Ma) Ferguson
Austin
High
Allan
Sherig
Lexas
International
Baytonian
Morace Mann Junior High’ School
Horace Mann
Lloyd Jones
Ike
U.S
Nations
Bulletin
Sylvan Beach Pavillion
Harris County
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