Ike and Churchill tackle Indo China amid united front
Washington June 26 President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Churchill moved beyond niceties to address Southeast Asia and curbing communism in Indo China. Officials say talks centered on Western Pacific unity and atomic cooperation while Eden and Dulles prepare a State Department meeting and a White House lunch with lawmakers.
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Merriman Smith
Washington
Hisehhower
Winston Churchill
IndoChina
Southeast Asia
Great Britain
Eisenhower
Winston
Anthony Eden
John Foster Dulles
Eden
Dulles
Geneva
Far East
State Department
White House
House
Senate
Nurses Meet in East Tarris County Society Dinner
Sun Spots Nurses To Meet members of East Tarris County registered Nurses Society who will attend the dinner meeting July Lat Riverview Inn should notify Mrs. Mabel Padgett before noon Monday. Baytonians preview Robert E. Lee high school bang July 5 with a summer concert at Roseland Park at 5 p.m. prior to an Independence Day beauty contest. Continued on Page Two.
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East Tarris County
Fregistered Nurses Society
Riverview Inn
Mabel Padgett
Around Town Snippets From Baytown Area
An erratic United Press item notes National Guard activity at Fort Hood with Baytown Company B families waiting for Sunday returns. Martha Looy appears on Texas Avenue with children while Jean Edwards visits Nevada Missouri. Dan Disbrow of UT and the Austin Statesman tours the old sweat shop. Chester Rogers looks forward to a Canada trip. O'Neal Murray’s ankle is the day’s joke of bachelor friends. Jarvis Chance discusses foundation work. Jack Welch recovers from Lulu-Duke hospital stay as wife Jerry works. Sandy Clark and a friend play tennis. Elizabeth Cloud visits the Eyn office to share Baytown Writer's Guild notes.
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United Press
National Guard
Fort Hood
Baytown
Bia Zy
Martha Looy
Texas Avenue
Jean Edwards
Nevada
Dan Disbrow
University of Texas
The
Austin Statesman
Chester Rogers
Canada
O'Neal Murray
Jarvis
Jack Welch
Lulie- Duke Hospital
Jerry
Sandy Clark
Elizabeth Cloud
Eyn
Baytown Writer's Guild
Truman suffers new lung ailment amid restless recovery
In Kansas City on June 26 UP Dr. Wallace Graham outlined plans to treat former President Harry S. Truman for chest congestion described as a small atelectasis. Doctors at Research Hospital noted a partial lung collapse but stressed it is not necessarily serious and treatment mirrors pneumonia with antibiotics and oxygen if needed. Hospital reports list his condition as satisfactory.
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Kansas City
Wallace Graham
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Graham
Research Hospital
Mr. Truman
Alice Hurricane Harms Rio Grande Valley Farm Areas
Alice the first hurricane of the year struck near Browns ville Mexico and the Rio Grande Valley causing two deaths many injuries and heavy property and crop damage. Five inches of rain fell in the Lower Rio Grande Valley with cotton fields opened and damaged on both sides of the border as picking began and the crop was unsettled.
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Brownsville
Tex
Alice
Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
Gulf Coast
el Paso
Rio Grande
International River
Houston Dope Scandal Faces Police Chief Fallout
Houston officers and federal agents pressed the narcotics probe after Capt Fay Melton and Dr Julius McBride faced indictments. Marguerite Fredericks, a 32 year old inmate, was moved to federal headquarters for questioning as grand jury hearings resumed. The case links Chief Morrison to falsified narcotics records and a cover up involving a named patient.
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Houston
Fay Melton
Lexington
George White
Marguerite Fredericks
Harris County
Melton Foy
Julius McBride
L. D. Morrison
Dilly Jackson
George Seber
Neil Matthews
Mrs. Fredericks
William Penn Hotel
Federal Narcotics Agenty
Fredericks
Lexington Hospita
Federal Grand Jury
Morrison
Heights
McBride
Hofheinz
Greensburgh
George Kesseler
Chief Morrison
Billy Jackson
Standard Hits First Oil Well In Tidelands
Standard Oil Company of Texas announced the first offshore oil discovery since the tidelands act. State 8 No. 53 lies 23 miles south southeast of Corpus Christi in 38 feet of water. The well drilled to 9,980 feet tested 214 barrels daily in upper Frio sand, with 39.5 API gravity and a 467 to 1 oilgas ratio.
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Houston
Up-Standard Oil Company of Texas
Corpus Christ
L. W. Clark
Standard of Texas
Texas
Congress
Cemetery Row In New Court Battle In Houston
A temporary injunction suit against Houston Galveston Cemetery Inc filed by Baytown attorney Wae Queen for the North Side Improvement Club claims nuisance and risk to property. Judge Phil Woodruff dismissed the case without prejudice for want of prosecution after a requested continuance. Hearing anticipated. Also reported, two Baytown refinery workers badly burned in an explosion eight days earlier remain in serious condition at San Jacinto hospital.
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Houston
Coady
Houston- Galveston Cemetery Inc
Baytown
Wae Queen
Side Improvement Club
Phil Woodruff
Woodruff
Queen
North Side Improvement
Sao
Dewey Wayne Gray
Henry R. McGhee
San Jacinto Hospital
Block Wall Holds Raging Oil Fire In Check
In San Pedro California a massive oil fire threatened Los Angeles Harbor after sparks set alight a 13-tank facility of the Tidewater Associated Oil Company. An eight-foot cement block wall kept the blaze from causing greater damage as 12 ships were guided to safety and a man was reported missing. Damages exceed $1 million.
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San Pedro
Calif
Caine
Los Angeles Harbor
Sifoot Pleasure Coast
Lberty
Lug Bosty
Titewater Associated Oil Company
Mintring Tereminal Company
F. B. Coyle
M L Neal Seen as Front Runner for Baytown Postmaster
West Baytown chief M L Neal appears to hold the inside track for acting postmaster in Baytown after Ballard’s resignation. Republican leaders cite Neal’s long post office background and strong backing, with others named including B W Froehner, Miss Flo McEthany, OH Miller, and DeWihany.
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M. L. Neal
Baytown
I'ri- Cities
West Baytown
MH. RB
Ballard
Neal
Post Office
B. W. Froehner
Froehner
Flo McEthany
Goone Creek
OH. Miller
Misa DeWihany
Houston
Carl Smith
Harris County
Miller
Humble OF and Refining Co
NAACP Convention Opens in Dallas to Plan School Segregation Fight
The NAACP holds its second Texas convention in Dallas with Thurgood Marshall and James B Carey among speakers. Delegates discuss turning the Supreme Court ruling against school segregation into action, alongside a focus on organizing Texas units totaling about 41,000 members.
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U.S. Negro Association
Dallas
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Texas
Vexag
Dalkin
United Nations Secretariat
Supreme Court
NAACP
Thurgood Marshall
New York
Clarendon
S.C
NCAAP
Houston
Deputies Demoted in Sheriff Department Ranks
Assistant Chief Deputy Loyd Frazier announced two rank reductions Friday. Investigator Frank Wingo becomes a patrolman, reducing pay from 250 to 225 dollars monthly. Resident Deputy Robert Eastey of Highlands is demoted to jailer. Leonard H. Thompson moves from jailer to investigator and Deputy J. C. Bickerstaff of Baytown transfers to Highlands port.
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Loyd Frazier
Frank Wingo
Robert Eastey
Highlands
Wingo
Danley
Wotary
Leonard H. Thompson
J. C. Bickerstaff
Baytown
Auto Race Ends Up In La Porte Jail
Police say two Black drivers involved in a Polk Street race in La Porte collided as one slowed. Both men were jailed after the 3 am incident and reckless driving charges were pursued against them.
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la Porte
Walter Roberson
Polk Street
Dow
South Will Fight Rule in Virginia After High Court Ruling
In Atlanta June 28 June reports that viridian officials vow to oppose the Supreme Court decision on school segregation. Governor Stanley of Virginia shifts stance to preserve segregated classes, promising legal action and a plan for a bi racial committee. The ruling prompts Southern states to mobilize against integration.
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Atlanta
Supreme Court
Bo. O
Thomas B. Stanley
Stanley
Virginia
Train Wreck Near Hallam Injures 75 Passengers
The Rock Island Rocket derailed at Hallam Nebraska, tipping one car down an 25 foot embankment after a speed of 65 mph. More than 75 passengers were hurt but no fatalities reported. About 18 people were taken to hospitals in Lincoln. The silver streamliner, en route from Denver to Chicago, jumped the track one half mile north of Hallam, burying one car to the windows and another on top of a overturned car.
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Hallam
Neb
Lingeln
Chicago
Denver
Hundreds join anti Red forces in Guatemala invasion
Anti Communist invaders claim hundreds joined liberation forces as Chiquimula fell after aerial and artillery bombardment. General Castillo Armas moved HQ to Chiquimula and may name a provisional cabinet soon. Honduran officials deny aiding rebels and say expelled rebels will be disarmed if found in Honduras.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Guatemala
Chiquimula
Tebelg
Carloy Castillo Armas
Castillo Armas
Chiquimuladrom Essauipulas
Nicaragua
Jae Nore
Fort Matamoros
Rall
Zacapy
Freday Nigh
Hed-lni
Jacobo Arbens Guzman
Jose Edgardo Valenzuela
Castillo Armagz
Valenzuela
le Galted
Horr Duras
Freak Wave Sweeps 20 Into Lake
A freak wave on Lake Michigan swept 20 people into the lake near Moritrox Ave beach. Two men drowned and three others were in the water as the Coast Guard dragged the scene with four boats. Marvin Katz and Merrill Schiffman reported their 21 foot cruiser was hit while fishing about 300 yards offshore. Katz described a sudden five foot rise in water before they returned to harbor and found debris-filled conditions. James Kay surfaced later claiming he and his family had been fishing when the seiche struck.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
afiera Moritrox# Ave
Beach
Coast Guard
Marvin Katz
Merrill Schiffman
Te Beach
Katz
Congress Roundup Forces Map All-Out Farm Plan Fight
Washington June 2 UP Administration Jeadera plans push for farm program, while House likely to rebuff and back high supports. Nixon Benson Morse to appear on radio and TV to rally consumer and farmer support. House committee moves to expand price supports for wheat corn cotton peanuts and rice. Senate defends defense funding with a 2.4 billion bill and Late actions in HEW and D C government funding. Senate approves resolution urging OAS to curb Communist meddling in Guatemala. Langer dissent. Senate ratifies Geneva 1982 international copyright convention protecting artists and writers.
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Washington
Lisenhower
House
Richard M. Nixon
Ezra T. Benson
True .D. Morse
House Agriculture Committee
Cofryright
Senate
Geneva
Funeral Services Sunday For Russell Alcorn
Funeral services for Russell B. Alcorn age 43 will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Rasthman Funeral Home. The Rev. Paul Stepheny of Lore and Baptist church will officiate, assisted by the Rev. E R Burns of Cedar Bayou Baptist church. Burial will be in Cedarcrest Cemetery. Alcorn died Friday morning at Baytown Hospital. Survivors include his mother Mrs Mary Alcorn and one brother W B Alcorn of Boling.
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Rusaell B
Cedar Bayou Baptist Church
Cedarcrest
Alcorn
Baytown Hospital
Mary Alcorn
W. B. Alcorn
Boling
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L. C. Ferguson
Ike
Winnie
Hawaii
Jesse Kirkpatrick
Honolulu
Kiwanis
Harry Truman
Hospital For Addicts
Standard
Tidelands
By Ken Reynolde
San
Cemetery Row
New Court Battle
George MM. Talton
Ballo
Posablen Ag Manistant
Seoup
Magnet Iaux
James B. Carey
Washington, D.C
CIO
James Kay
Ncess
House-Senate
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
District of Columbia
Organization of American States
William Langer
R-N.d
Russell Alcorn
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