World Almanac facts on early White House bath and dishes
The World Almanac notes the first White House tub arrived in 1852 under Millard Fillmore, and the Executive Mansion received its first American-made dishes in 1918, 1,700 pieces ordered by Woodrow Wilson. A Western drug firm promotes Bite N Hold dentures with perimeter suction and lasting fit at Grav Hall Pharmacy.
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White House
Millard Fillmore
Executive Mansion
Woodrow Wilson
Los Angeles
Calif
Grav-Hall
New Yorker Will Head Shell Unit In Houston Refinery
G. Ed Cheak a senior engineer in Shell Oil Co head office manufacturing engineering department in New York has been transferred to Shells Houston Refinery as manager of the Engineering Office Department Refinery Manager Leonard T Wilson announced Cheak joined Shell at the Wilmington Refinery after graduating from the University of Southern California in 1954 with a BE in engineering He has held various engineering posts at Wilmington before becoming senior engineer in New York in July 1965.
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G. ED. Cheak
Shell Oil Co
New York
Shell
Houston
Leonard T. Wilson
Cheak
Wilmington
University of Southern California
Crosby Man Becomes First Negro ROTC Second Lieutenant at UH
James M. Lemond, a second year law student at the University of Houston, was commissioned as a reserve officer in the Army Signal Corps in a UH ceremony. Maj. Warren S. Smith officiated as Lemond’s wife Loretta and their three month old son attended along with his parents and two brothers.
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James M. Lemond
University of Houston
Loretta
Lt Lemond
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
U. S Army
University
Army Signal Corps
Warren S. Smith
Coral
Lemond
Two New Yeeps Of Friendswood Company Named HOUSTON
Moore and Whitehill named vice presidents of Friendswood Development Co a Humble Oil subsidiary. Moore oversees the Clear Lake City Bayport project and Whitehill handles industrial property sales both to remain in current roles. Moore joined Humble in 1937 and earned an MBA at the University of Tulsa later. Whitehill joined Humble affiliate in 1941 and is a Georgia Tech chemical engineering graduate with prior engineering and marketing roles in multiple states before moving to Houston in 1965. The content then mentions Isan Scott Allen and Lemond siblings with military and legal plans, detailing addresses and family ties, plus Lemond’s forthcoming LLB degree completion in January 1970 and entry into the Army for a two-year tour before returning to practice law in Houston.
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Houston
Moore
5. M. Whitehill
Friendswood Development Co
Humbie Oil and Refining Co
Friendswood
Clear Lake City - Bayport
Whitehill
Humble
University of Tulsa
2 Hum
Georgia Tech
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Colorado
Montana
Army
Lemond
Buried Treasure Sought by Tahiti Exile
Ralph Varady, a former Honolulu man now in Tahiti, plans a second voyage to Mopelia in the Coral Sea to recover a buried treasure hidden by Felix Count von Luckner in 1917. The haul reportedly includes gold, jewels, ship logs, and papers in a watertight box. The items may exceed monetary value, tied to World War I piracy.
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Honolulu
Tahiti
Ralph Varady
Mopelia
Felix
Count von Luckner
von Luckner
Life Span Is 13 Years For Men Reaching 65
An editor's note from The Baytown Sun summarizes Social Security queries. It explains that life expectancy after 65 averages 13 years for men and 16 for women, and that benefits exceed a worker's own contributions when considering overall protections and program improvements. It also notes administrative costs and fund interest offsetting expenses. The second item clarifies that a 19 year old son enrolled full time and receiving survivor benefits remains eligible for summer payments if he reopens in September.
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Baytown Sun
Murrty AW
Social Security Administration
Federal
Defoe Street
Social Purity Trust
Lee College
Lee
Subsidiary to Make Stainless Steel Pipe in Texas and Florida
Armco Steel Corp subsidiary Tube Associates begins stainless steel pipe production at Houston facility 1015 Frio St with diameter range 4.34 to 48 inches. President Fred Wetzel notes marketing underway. A separate Wildwood Florida plant at a 125000 square foot site will stage smaller diameter pipe and tubing, with partial operations starting this month and full operation expected before September 1.
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Houston
Sp — Tube Associates, Inc
Armco Steel Corp
Armco
Alloy Tube and Pipe Corp
Frio St
Tube Associates
Wetzel
Florida
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