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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1954
Page
2
In LOLA THE Kan on Friday March 5 an elderly married couple acted as heroes directing others to safety during a fire. Their calm leadership helped residents evacuate as flames spread, preventing further injuries.
A fire on Thursday night destroyed a building lived in by Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Todd and tenants. The Todds, both about 70, escaped from the third floor to a neighboring roof before being hospitalized with injuries. Firemen Howard Houghland and Pete Loftus were treated for smoke inhalation. Mrs. Todd suffered a fractured ankle and severe burns to Mr. Todd.
The Baytown Sun provides a notice detailing subscription rates and office staff. Rates list mail subscriptions at 1.20 per month or 14.00 per year with advance payment. News staff and office management are named alongside various positions.
The body of Mrs. Arbutus Mick ey Nelson age 18 will be shipped to Springfield Oregon at 6 45 p m Friday by Earthman Funeral home. Services will be held in Springfield next Tuesday. Mrs Nelson died early Wednesday in a Baytown hospital. Her husband Captain Ralph D Nelson has arrived in California from Korea and is en route to Oregon.
A La Porte man visited Baytown Thursday night and was jailed after a confrontation at Sweet Dreams cafe. Patrolmen responded to a report of a man pulling a gun on Walter Robinson and driving away in a 1951 black Cadillac. Alfred Bernard, 326 Spencer Highway, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Earl Easley and returned to Baytown on charges of rudely displaying a weapon.
Hlron C. Dunaway, 36, of Houston, was killed when a rear wheel of a large earth moving machine ran over him as he attempted to leap to safety after the vehicle tilting and slipping into a ditch on Walter Canal road near Sheldon. He worked for Acme Equipment and Construction Co hauling dirt from the Houston Lake project. Funeral arrangements were set through Earthman Funeral Home. He leaves a widow Pauline and four children, with parents, siblings, and in laws listed.
Voters favor consolidation in Baytown while Highlands residents voice fears it will delay a Highlands junior high. Past elections show mixed outcomes on Cedar Bayou consolidation with Baytown approving 810 489 and Cedar Bayou largely opposing. Tax bond defeat and transfers continued amid policy disputes as the district weighs debts and school placement.
The article compares tax raises in the Cedar Bayou and Goose Creek districts noting Cedar Bayou rose from $1 to $1.50 per $100 in 1948 and 1952 while Baytown rose to $1.50 by 1947. Baytown can raise to $2.70 without a vote, Cedar Bayou cannot. It discusses land values, potential consolidation impacts on governance, school enrollment and facilities, transportation costs, and class sizes, urging readers to vote against consolidation. It also reports the death of C. L. Hobbs, 85, in Batson with funeral details.
Bayshore residents faced a wet cold weekend as forecasts predict continued rain with little temperature change. A low of 88 is forecast Friday night, while Thursday night dipped to 36 and midmorning Friday hovered around 38. Snow and sleet cover a wide Texas belt, with frost harming peach orchards and other fruit crops.
Warren Air Force Base enlisted man Robert Thornton Levine shot and killed Patrolman Jack Jernigan after a dispute at a Cheyenne cafe. Jernigan, who died after being shot in the chest, had attempted to subdue Levine who was mortally wounded by three bullets. Levine had earlier drank after a waitress tossed his engagement ring back at him.
City candidate Boucher, a four year auto repair businessman and former 13 year Baytown Refinery employee, has no prior political experience. A runoff loss to Reeves two years ago left him seeking the District 5 seat after 19 years in Baytown while living at 408 Jast Jack.
Mr and Mrs W W Brawn and family traveled to Rosebud for the funeral of Paul Brawn 61 who died Thursday night in a Rosebud hospital The service is set for 2 p m Saturday at Nicholson Funeral Home Paul Brawn had lived in Falls county all his life.
A fragmented list includes multiple names and addresses such as Mrs Joe C Huron 20136 West Surrit Janice Rae Land 2116 Caroline and Francis Kilchrist 2406 Missouri with Houston and Chicago ties. The piece notes steam generated lava heat used to create electric power at Larderello in northern Italy.
San Jacinto hospital reports the birth of West Murrill boy Joe C Huron on March 4 2013. The note mentions annual losses to industry from the common cold totaling over sixty million man-days in the United States.
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