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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1950
Page
2
Editor Bowra tells a United Press reporter he would take a risk and keep his money, insisting a Navajo friend says only those who live near Rock Mountains and in Chace Canyon near the National Monument will be saved when the big rock falls, which locals recall as having occurred in 1640.
LAS VEGAS Nevada officials resist aiding Dallas County to extradite Gambler Benny Binion to Texas for trial on a policy racket indictment. Assistant DA Louis Woosley said Nevada authorities are reluctant to cooperate and a habeas corpus writ was filed by attorney Harry E. Clairborne. Binion faces a Dec 28 charge for operating a $1 600 900 game in Dallas. Governor Faith Pittman is cited regarding Binion not being a fugitive from justice.
The postwar Labour government faces a critical parliamentary session with a narrow majority. Prime Minister Attlee retains key posts for Foreign Office Treasury and Commons leadership while ministers including Gaitskell Summerskill Webb and Griffiths are named to stabilize policy as Conservatives vow to vote against socialist aims. The caucus warns of possible defeat as Wind Ser castle claims note of England's oldest royal residence.
The case centers on Klaus Fuchs who received a fourteen year sentence after a brief trial in London. Evidence from the American FBI was limited, with Britain noting his Communist background but allowing continued work on secret projects due to his antiwar record and underground resistance.
Lee College awaits Governor Shivers signature on bond issue to fund a $200,000 campus expansion. Fridley and Hess Fotan Mosse and Moreland Inc and First Southwest Bank are named as firms and financiers. Houston architect Herbert Voelcker has finished final plans and specifications and the goal is to have buildings ready by next fall. Money already in the junior college building fund will be added to bond funds.
Davis from Districts 5 and 4 respectively, along with BF W Burke and WW D Reeves, file for seats in District 4 and 5 amid local political shifts. State Fish and Game Director Kelly Debusk comments on wildlife display plans as the leopard dies after recapture following a long day.
Governor Arthur B. Langlie, away from Olympia, borrowed a catering firm’s office for a meeting. An telephone interruption halted the talks, and when the caterer returned Langlie dutifully handed over a list of items he had copied as the caller placed an order.
Houston City Council weighs allowing public screening of Ingrid Bergman film Stromboli at Music Hall amid theater concerns. Publicist Francis Deering filed a $500 good faith check, proposing a five day run starting March 5 at 60 cents admission, with Texas theaters already passing.
The Iron Company received the major contract for water and sewer lines at about £230,000. Chicago Bridge and Iron handles storage and sewer tanks, while Pumping equipment goes to Fairbanks Morse. Bids may be asked soon for a $75,000 sewage disposal plant and a £25,000 fire station with truck. Progress on the disposal plant stalled pending location, but the board aims to push all phases once materials arrive.
W F E Muller coordinator of diversified occupation at Robert E Lee High School plans to attend the Industrial Teacher Conference at Texas A and M Friday and Saturday. Dr Hoyt London University of Missouri professor will speak. London a Bailey Texas native has taught at Arlington State College West Texas State College and Southwest Texas State Teachers College. About 150 industrial arts teachers are expected.
One hundred four Minnesota Catholics from the Diocese of St Cloud depart by air for a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome. Fifteen priests lead a mixed group of housewives, businesspeople, clerks, nurses, and stenographers carrying a plaque for Pope Pius XII with a greeting from St Cloud. The flight left at 1 29 P M EST after mechanical delays and will visit Switzerland and France before returning March 18 on two chartered and one regular plane.
In El Paso on March 7 the hammer murder trial of Mrs. Hens Mead of Boston opened with jury selection completed. Mead, 21, stands charged with beating and choking Ada Bradford, her 62-year-old mother, who arrived last December 14. Sixty jurors were rejected before seating was filled as Mead watched with a dazed expression. A witchcraft trial in Scotland from June 1727 is noted.
Houston March 1 District Judge Dan Jackson will decide Friday if the Jacinto City Council can abolish the town marshal office and transfer duties to an appointive chief of police. The issue has stirred strife among officials and citizens near Houston. One faction contends the council acted illegally by abolishing the marshal after Hugo Koy resigned and seeks to require officials to accept filings for election.
Livestock market data from Fort Worth dated March 1 shows cattle with 2200 head trading moderately active and near steady. Slaughter steers and yearlings mostly 21.00 to 26.00 with select higher. cows 16.50 to 18.00, good to 19.00. calves 24.06 to 26.50 for good and choice, stocker calves 22.09 to 27.00. hogs with feeder pigs steady to 50 lower, butcher hogs and sows 13.00 to 14.00 for sows, 14.50 to 19.65 for various weight ranges. overall prices reflect slight declines in some hog categories.
Edinburg officials report February polio admissions total 11 after an eight year old Mor Allen boy was sent to the Edinburg Polio Clinic. Physicians have not yet confirmed polio diagnosis. The count including this case reaches 20 patients today.
Sanitary inspectors found three families comprising 17 persons living in the third floor attic of a house in Springfield Massachusetts.
A fragment traces Calico’s name to the city of Calicut in Madras Presidency, where the textile was first manufactured, highlighting colonial trade links and early production sites.
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