Save $2 Million Through School Consolidation in East Harris
Fred Hartman argues in The Sun that Cedar Bayou and Baytown should consolidate their school districts to save about 2 million dollars in future taxes. He warns current bond plans would raise taxes, urges utilizing existing Cedar Bayou facilities, and emphasizes youth first, cost savings second, urging a united, economy-focused vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred- Hartman
East Harris County
Uncle Sam
Cedar Bayou
Baytown
Robert E. Lee
the Sun
Horace Mann Junior High
Horace Mann
Texas
The
Sun
East
Harris County
India Rejects U S Aid and Demands Observers Leave Kashmir
New Delhi March 1 Premier Jawaharlal Nehru rejected President Eisen hower's offer of military aid and angrily ordered American observers out of disputed Kashmir. He said the Americans were unwelcome as Pakistan had accepted U S aid and warned the cease-fire dispute would be seen from a different view with extra forces being diverted to Pakistan. Nehru insisted U S aid aims to thwart aggression but noted past inaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Eisenhower
Kashmir
Nehru
Pakistan
United States
Nehriy
United Nations
Korea
Texans To Celebrate Independence
Washington observes Texas Independence Day with Rep. Wright Watson presiding. Nine wreaths will be laid at Arlington National Cemetery tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Patman, Texarkana representative, named official Texas Society envoy for the 25th anniversary as a congressman, with Texas veterans and national veterans groups attending. A luncheon in the speaker's room in the Capitol will honor Patman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas
Wright Watman
D-Tex
Arlington National Cemetery
Lexas State Society
Patan
Texarkana
Sec
Texas Veterans and
National Veterans Organizations
Congress
Patman
Capitol
Baytown Events Mix Faith, Blood Drive and Meetings
Sun Spots of F.Abe will speak at Redeemer Lutheran in Baytown Tuesday at 6 30 pm. Tickets are 1 25. Elks Lodge hosts a VA blood bank drive Wednesday at the Intige hall with donor perks. Texas Exes banquet tickets remain. Emerson to speak. LULAG to meet at Recreation Hall. Parents club to discuss new officers Monday at 706 South Circle Drive.
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F.abe
Lutheran Laymen's League
Houston
Baytown
Redeemer Lutheran Church
le L. Deen
Elks Lodge
VA Hood Bank
Intige Hall
Brunson
Cdornesy Cleaners
Fuller's
Veterans’ Hospital
N. J. Wismer
Haytown
Riverview Inn
LULAG
Tesse Acesty
Horace
N.V. McWilliams
South Circle Drive
Pretty Little Jenny Parker in Blue Frock and Play
Jenny Parker visits the town and plays with friends while others discuss garden issues and local happenings. Judy and Merie Gunter dine out with friends as Virginia Wagner settles into jeans and a comic book moment. Rita Whittredge is noted for rare temper, and Roeper, a tiling artist, signs off with a remark on new work.
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Jenny Parker
R. B. Jacobs
Judy
Merie Gunter
Virginia Wagner
Rita Whittredge
Siten Roeper
Congressional Roundup Senate agenda on Warren nomination
Senate expected to confirm Earl Warren as chief justice by a large margin while a roll call vote is debated. House and Senate leaders discuss Taft-Hartley changes and potential tax exemptions veto. Senator Jenner plans to publish Gouzenko testimony. Surplus food aid to distress areas proposed by Senator Lister Hill aims to expand relief programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Earl Warren
The
United States
Wil
Waft—Wartley
House Labor Committee
Almas
Lister AM
D-Ala
Gouzenko
William E. Jenner
Igor Gouzenko
Canada
Americas Talks Open at Inter-American Conference in Caracas
In Caracas on March 1 diplomats from the United States and 19 other Western Hemisphere nations gathered for the 10th Inter-American Conference. Security forces stood by to prevent violence after a deadly Communist-linked disruption in the region, with U S Secretary of State John Foster Dulles leading a large delegation. The conference covers communism, economics, and inter-American relations, as police cordons guard the venue at the 339 million University City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
Venezuela
United States
Colombia
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Congress
State, Treasury and Commerce Departments
Attack Fatal For C L Hall
Funeral services for Cyrus Lee Hall of La Porte set for Tuesday in Ardmore Oklahoma after he died at 2 a m Sunday from a heart attack at his home. He was a former furniture salesman, Park Place Masonic Lodge member in Houston, and a Shriner. Wife Amelia, three brothers, two sisters, and several nieces and nephews survive.
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Cyrus Lee Hall
la Porte
Ardmore
Oklo
Hall
West Main
Park Place
Houston
Ad Simpson Funeral Home
Batchelor Blames Army For His Desertion Invasion Remarks
Cpl. Claude J. Batchelor, a former prisoner of war in China, says eight weeks of basic training left him improperly indoctrinated for overseas duty and blames Army training for his temporary allegiance to communism. He spoke after reuniting with his family in Kermit Texas, evading reporters at El Paso. His Japanese wife is due to arrive in the United States within days.
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Batchelor
Kermit
Tex
Cpl
Claude J. Batchelor
Army
Texas
el Paso
Oliver
Elor
United Press
O. L. Batchelor
Airling
Ang
United States
Batene Armmerean
Crosby Trustees Postpone School Board Meeting
Crosby school board postpones its session for a week to receive a report from Tax Assessor-Collector Claud Havard. Supt. C O Dusck cites Texas Public School Week and consultation night Thursday. Parents invited to visit classrooms 7:30 to 9 p.m. and dine in the new cafeteria, with Friday set for regular classroom work.
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Crosby
Claud Havard
Supt
C. O. Dusck
Texas
Dusei
Dusek
Eisenhower’s decision on Zwicker incident looms
President Eisenhower, following his usual schedule, has until tomorrow to decide whether the Zwicker affair demands a break with Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy. Brig. Gen. Ralph W. Zwicker, the Army officer McCarthy harshly grilled in a one man hearing, triggered a confrontation that led Army Secretary Stevens to demand a showdown. Stevens obtained an apparent settlement, but the president now faces how to respond to the episode that humiliated his Army secretary and a line officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle C
Wilson
Washington
Eisenhower
Zwicker
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Ralph W. Zwicker
McCarthy
Army
Robert 8. Stevens
Stevens
McCarthy opens new hearings amid calls for restraint
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy begins fresh Army security hearings and predicts greater restraint in questioning, as his feud with Army Secretary Robert S. Stevens rattles the Republican party. White House figures expect the President to speak next week amid questions about Eisenhower's stance on the Stevens affair and McCarthy.
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Washington
Joseph RK. McCarthy
Marl EB. Mundt
McCarthy
Sanc
Army
Robert S. Stevens
White House
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Girl Hurts in Crash Near Decker Drive
Ruby Darsh, 16, of Houston, was hospitalized at San Jacinto Memorial after losing control on a curve and veering into a ditch by Decker Drive. Her Oldsmobile flipped onto its right side, total loss. she suffered a broken right hip and facial and leg injuries. Police cited speeding and no operator's license. she was en route to Baytown to visit relatives.
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Ruby Darsh
Houston
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Decker Drive
Amibulanes
H.W. Steele
Baytown
First Train Over New River Bridge
A Missouri Pacific freight train made the first crossing of the new railroad bridge over the San Jacinto river at Huffman near the San Jacinto reservoir. The eastbound train waited at Huffman station for departure to Houston, while a westbound mail train crossed at 9:45 am. The bridge is part of reservoir construction work and the nearby highway bridge on the Atascocite Trail is open to traffic with one road not yet weathered.
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Missouri-Pacific
San Jacinto River
Huffman
San Jacinto Reservoir
Huffman Station
Baton Ronge
Houston
Auto Wrecks Kill Four- 12 Die Violent Deaths
Summary of weekend fatalities in Texas includes multiple automobile wrecks with at least a dozen lives lost and several injured. Names such as Ygnacio M. Diaz and Premo Bustamente, plus towns like West Dallas and Vernon, appear among the victims and injured. Additional incidents include drownings, a boat accident on Lake McQueeney, and a missing Bonanza airplane wreckage near Elgin. The report notes fatalities near Fratt, San Antonio, and Brownwood, with various individuals held or under investigation.
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United Press
Ygnacio M. Diax
Diaz
Dallas
Toc Garza
Mercedes
Ine Annia
Esther
Isabelle Almagura
Premo Bustamegnate
Pablo Bustamente
Vernon
Robert Cruze
Oklaini
Perry Bustamente
Andre Alvarez
Tony, Perez
Leopardo Garza
Buster H. Snodgrass
Ing
Camp Bowie
Brownwood
Boxay County
Pred Garcia
Fratt
Frank Garcia
San Antonio
Texas
Elgin
C. B. Jones
Corpus Chii
Highland
Parkman
Thomas Wilson
Clarence Lt. Allen
Hig
Iman
Algo
Marvin Warl Bristow
Alfred William
Thetford
Cops Crack Down On Fire Truck Chasers
Police, led by Fire Chief A. A. Lintelman, warned Baylonians about following or parking near emergency vehicles. A Saturday fire at 1615 West Humble caused by a stove fire damaged little and blocked a fire truck, prompting stricter enforcement with tickets for violations within 100 feet of scenes.
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McKee
A. A. Lintelman
Dust Storm Hits Baytown Cooler Breaks Then Warms
A Baytown report notes a near freezing low of 33 with wintry winds and a dust storm that followed a weekend warm spell. Temperatures were to rise to around 65 Monday before another cold front drops them again overnight. Weekend winds brought a second dust storm within a week, with South winds potentially stirring a dirty duster before a colder front returns. A forecast low of 18 Monday night and Saturday high around 80 are cited.
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Baytown
Wistthernen
Frank
Divorce Ends Enock Arden Saga for Surviving Husband
Houston report states Walter B Dixon, once presumed KIA in Korea and nicknamed a modern Enock Arden, has obtained a divorce from Mary Agnes Dixon who soon remarried William Sasser of LaGrange. Dixon, living in Galena Park, says he is happily a bachelor, plans no remarriage soon, and remains employed at San Jacinto ordnance works while his son with Sasser is mentioned in passing.
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Houston
Walter B. Dixon
Enoch Arden
Korea
Defense Department
Dixon
Mary Agnes Dixon
William €. Sasser
LaGrange
N.C
St. Louis
All Aboard Plane Are Dead Ground Party Reaches Wrecked Liner
A ground party reached the wreckage of a Western Airlines Convair and found no survivors. The plane crashed three days earlier in a snowbound ravine near Black Thunder Creek about 15 miles east of Keeline Wyoming. Sheriff Carl Thoemigz ordered the coroner to the scene as pilot Al Riges of Newcastle reported the wreckage scattered over a wide area after a three day search.
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Jack Bacon Wright
Wyo
Western Airlines
Carl Thoemigz
Hire
Keeling Ranch
Thoermig
al Riges
Newcastle
Absentee Votes Close Tuesday in Bayou-Haytown Merger
Absentee voting ends 5 pm Tuesday for the Bayou-Haytown consolidation election. Qualified voters away Saturday may cast an absentee ballot. County Clerk Muyler said offices open until 4 pm Tuesday. A training for election officials on voting machines is at 7 pm Tuesday in the Har-Tig county courthouse. Machines will be sent to Cedar Bayou and Baytown boxes later in the week. Cedar Bayou turnout is expected high with judge Glenn W. Wilson predicting about 1700 voters. Cedar Bayou will have a special supervisor, Harvard Joe Smith. The Cedar Bayou vote is expected to surpass Baytown boxes. This is the third merger attempt after prior approvals in Baytown and rejection in Cedar Bayou.
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Bayou-Haytown Secon
Wdmuyler
Har- Tig
Miller
Cedar Bayou
Baytown
Glenn W. Wilson
Harvard Joe Smith
Auto Tags On Sale At Two Raytown Supermarts
Auto license plates go on sale Monday at Weingarten's and Henke & Pilot in Raytown, with passenger car plates only. Cars must show a Texas title and 1954 license receipt to receive the new tags, and all cars must display 1954 plates after April 1.
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Raytown
Cawnery
Weingarten’s
Henke & Pilot
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