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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1950
Page
2
City council members discuss new drainage regulations and the necessity of a municipal easement near Market Street to serve properties along Cypress. Toward a vote, Godfrey moves approval of the release. Bergeron seconds and the measure passes unanimously.
The Lee Band will perform in a concert amid ongoing conflicts over lineup. Members Bari Palmer, Mars Zeth Moore, James EMH gibtaherp, and Bert Fair bens are listed as participants, with others unable to join due to scheduling. Sponsors include the Business and Professional Women.
Defense witnesses testified that Dr. Sender was highly regarded as a top physician in Manchester, excelling as a student, athlete, and community physician. James, former headmaster, recalled Sander’s outstanding high school record, leadership roles, and normal availability to his family, emphasizing trust and competence.
Livestock at Worth Merch shows cattle steady with good slaughter calves and stockers scarce. Cattle range 20.06 to 25.60 for yearlings, cows 1650 to 38.00, sausage bulls 1601 to 2050. Calves 19.00 to 25.00 with common to good slaughter stock. Hogs steady at 300 average, weights 799 to 212 ibs and 1675 to 1700 for mid weights. Feeder pigs around 60.
Tommie Wayne Thoms of Bay town is picked to judge in the finals of the Gulf Coast Baby Fair held through March 3 at the Coliseum in Houston. The event benefits Heesrecrete Po Ho Cutte with sponsors Baédtteliow and Reherah Ladges. Local acts from Bestown and Carrier School perform amid show coverage and arrivals in Houston.
Three county officials backed Jansen for the sole engineering post, praising his abilities and timing. He plans a three month stay to finalize an agreement with Brezoria County for Clear Creek work and to enter private practice in Boyston as a land consultant. Pumer, absent from yesterday’s meeting, appeared at the Civil Courts Building after noon to deliver his resignation letter to court members and the county auditor.
Shivers predicts a bright outlook for Texas with calls to study the executive branch for economy and efficiency. The proposal aims to form a News Economy Commission to examine public utilities and related sectors for improved governance and cost savings.
BROWSBWOD Tex March 2 The Episcopal Church will take over Daniel Baker College which is currently an adjunct of Southwestern University Georgetown The church will sign a public contract within two days to affiliate the school The interim group will run college affairs while Daniel Baker continues under Southwestern University during the transition
Fragmented listing shows a dense schedule with times and program titles across various segments and stations. Notable items include Night Watch, Dorsex 3500 Mesic for Amerite, Reel on You Dial, and Limcheon news blocks, plus music hours and church calendar cues.
Virginia MacPherson reports from Pershing Square where derelicts observe daily life and sketch a coming downturn. Trenk plans a musical stage adaptation weaving their scenes while noting how discarded items hint at economic stress and changing times.
Senate debate centers on Marshall Plan aid and visas for World Peace delegates. World Congress of artisans for World Peace seeks entry to the United States, while House Un American Activities Committee questions George Racer Jorden about Soviet encion2gs via lend lease channels and wartime data transfers.
A dense OCR fragment lists multiple firms in steel oil and chemical sectors, mentioning AMer Lud Steel, Union Pacific analogs, Chrysler, Kodak, General Electric, Goodyear, Gillette, Gulf, Packard Motors, Texaco and Tex Gulf products, St. Regis Paper, Woolworth, and others. The text appears as a catalog of corporate names without a coherent narrative or date.
MISSION Texas March 3 border Patrol investigates a charge that four agents broke into a Mission businessman's home and attacked his four sons in an upstairs room. Cavazos says the youths aged 23 to 24 were assaulted while some officers claimed the men were wetbacks. Patrol inspector Norman Paiklins apologized and said Phillips was not among the four. District petrol Rawls opened a personnel inquiry and said any officers involved will face investigation.
An ex convict charged in Jas- Hea of the Peace Rescue Zierlsin's court with forgery and passing a counterfeit check after two Baytown stores cashed hot checks. The suspect, named Ran Low, claimed the name is real, with police noting prior forgery convictions under aliases George Jz and El West. Authorities seek other suspects who fleeced merchants recently. one associate described as a parked car vendor has prior forgery conviction in Corpus Christi. Relatives denied involvement. no charges filed yet.
Chiropractors from 49 Southeast Texas counties meet in Houston at the Texas State Hotel for the annual convention. Speakers include Dr Hervey E. Hernesy of Longview president of the Texas State Chiropractic Association Dr John Giasin of Galveston a member of the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners and Dr Gen Perker dean of the Texas Chiropractic College of San Antonio.
In a veterans housing unit, a two year old girl named Carolyn Thompson suffocated in a fire after a crying doll sound fooled a fireman. Fireman Coley, masked, reentered the room to save her but found her dead. Blazing closet flames trapped the child as residents delayed calling due to a phone dispute. Authorities note third degree burns covered most of her body. The father was an Oklahoma City Fire Department electrician on duty at the time.
Tom E. Stephens of Cushing Oklahoma has been named manager of the Baytown Woolworth store in West Texas. A 10 year veteran of the Woolworth Company, he replaces O T Manning who resigned February 13 after managing Baytown since 1941. Stephens began at St Joseph Missouri in 1949, later serving in Enid Tulsa and Oklahoma City. His war service was 52 months. His wife and one month old son stay in Cushing until a home is found.
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