Eleanor Grigg Wins Baytown Star of Tomorrow Contest
Eleanor Grigg was voted the winner at the Baytown Star of Tomorrow contest staged by Brunson Theatre and Light Flower. Anna Ruth Vann received 185000 votes. eight entries competed. results announced on stage at Sun Theatre.
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Conroe
Channelview
Richmond
Rosenburg
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Hollywood
Missouri
Houston Conservatory
Lee College
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N. J. Yenn
Highlands
Robert &. Lee
Girls Sports Association
Retouched Nude Photo Ad Sparks Suit Against Firm
Joan Evans, 35, sues Dean president of a advertising company claiming a consented photo for a 5 appliance ad was retouched to show her nude. She alleges the altered image was distributed nationwide after being told only head and shoulders would appear.
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Joan’ Evans
Dean
Air Force
Simmons
Humble Corrosion Experts To Attend Galveston Meeting
Baytown refinery engineers will attend the eighth annual conference of the National Association of Corrosion Engineers in Galveston next week. Named are E Q Comeaux R V Comceux T G Lipscomb G Praeger P S Viles and E B Weingartner. About 500 engineers will present papers on corrosion and cathodic protection methods. Comeaux specializes in underground pipeline corrosion and cathodic protection to extend pipe life and conserve steel for defense.
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Baytown
National Association of Corrosion Engineers
Geiventom
E. Q. Camp
R. V Comceux
T. G. Lipscomb
G. Praeger
P. S. Viles
EB. C. Weingartner
Humbie
Comeaux
Reds Listing Dead Men As Prisoners
An Army spokesman said the UN seeks to learn why soldiers deemed dead were listed as prisoners by the Reds. The UN gave Panmunjom a 173 name list of alleged POWs, including 1st Lt Robert L. Fullen who was missing since July 1950 and declared killed last November. His hometown is Fitzgerald Georgia and a Communist radio broadcast had him as a prisoner.
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Panmunjom
Robert L. Fullen
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Fitzgerald
Relief Seen For Tight GI Loan Market In Baytown
VA official Ralph F L Andrews forecast relief for the tight GI loan market later this year via congressional action or a direct veterans sending plan. At a Baytown Real Estate Board luncheon in Humble, he noted Houston area GI loans have endured with 48 040 guaranteed mortgages and few re acquisitions, while many veterans have not used their GI benefit. He cited herd ship exemptions allowed builders during 1950 credit limits and urged consultation with VA on veteran home building issues.
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Houston
Baytown Real Estate Board
Andrews
Congress
Washington
G.I
Baytown
Kenneth Vines
Baytown Builders
Rayborn Johnson
Baytown Realtor
Ringers Take License Tests For Drivers
Dallas reporters reveal drivers license examiners suspected of allowing an experienced tester to take driving tests under a false name for a fee. A man named KL Cooper, 1927, charged with false swearing after allegedly testing for Tommie Potts. Grant notes this may be the sixth such case in three months and vows to stop the practice.
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Dallas
John FH. Cyant
Cooper
Tommie Potts
Grant
Japan Starts Picking Envoys To Free World
Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida selects diplomats to represent Japan in free world capitals after the peace treaty ratifies. Many top officials are too old or barred for wartime activities, complicating the talent search.
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Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
Free World
Yoshida
New Roads Easier On Cars and Drivers
Texas highway department reports better road safety from new materials formulas. Engineers J P Kearby and R Jennings address 500 attendees at Texas A and M highway engineering short course, noting coarser aggregate and better asphalt-aggregate ratios reduce dust and stone hazards and waste.
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U.ri
Texas
State Highway Department
Texas A and M
J. P.kearby
De~eatus
Kearby
R. Jennings
San Angelo
Jennings
Texas Leads U.S. in Busting Roads
Dewitt C. Greer, state highway engineer, said Texas built 1263 miles of road in 1951 and California was the next closest with 354 miles. The state’s farm to market program supplemented extensive federal aid, and Texas led national road construction in that year.
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Dewitt C. Greer
Texas
California
Greer
Livestock prices at Fort Worth market insights
Livestock report shows cattle markets mixed with steers steady to 9 lower, yearlings steady, cows weak, bulls down up to 1.00. Week’s highs: steers 34.50, cows 25, bulls 7St. Hogs 25 lower for butchers, sows down, feeder pigs steady. tops include 1850 for butchers and sows 14.
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Usdaj
Csives
Sick List Names and Visiting Hours at San Jacinto Memorial
The list shows hospital patients with visiting hours from 10 to 11 am, 2 to 4 pm, and 7 to 3 pm. Names include David Paul Jackson Highlands, Mrs Hunter Waldie Cedar Bayou, Donald Page Illinois, Myrtee M Mooney Baytown, Ernest Stephens Minnesota, Mrs Alton Tyler North Second, Der Koenig Missouri, Michael Wayne Cryer Pine, George Reed Houston, Guy Gore Hill, Michael Frazier Keytown.
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San Jacinto Memorial
David Paul Jackson
Highlands
Hunter S. Waldie
Cedar Bayou
Donald O. Page
Illinois
Myrtee
M. Mooney
Baytown
Ernest S. Stephens
Minnesota
Alton Tyler
North Second
der Koenig
Missouri
Michael Wayne Cryer
Pine
George Reed
Houston
Guy F. Gore
Hill
Michael Frazier
Keytown
Lone Star Steel gets large tax write off for expansion
Lone Star Steel Co received a rapid tax write-off on 75 percent of its $40 million expansion program for five years, announced by President E. B. Germany. The plan covers pig iron facilities at East Texas works and expanded coal mining in Oklahoma, with Germany citing a 3 million ton pig iron shortage in the country.
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SUP
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E. B. Germany
Defense Production Authority
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Lone Star
East Texas
Oklahoma
More Funds For Soil Flood Control Urged
Sen Robert S Kerr of Oklahoma urged Washington to allocate at least 350 million for soil and flood control to protect food and fiber production. He called for easing current federal construction restrictions in a column to Oklahoma newspapers.
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ILEP
Seni
Robert S. Kerr
Ohls
United States
Kerr
Oklahoma
Pilot Claims New Method Clears Fog in Durango Landing
Durango Colorado pilot Norman Kramer and co pilot Robert Martin say they used carbon dioxide fire extinguishers to clear fog at the airport and fly a light plane to a perfect landing. Other veterans doubted the claim while some hailed it as a scientific discovery and noted fog boiled around the aircraft as the gas was released.
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Uei
Norman Kramer
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Robert Martin
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Mer
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Book Withdrawn In Houston Over Home Ownership Content
A civics book used in Houston high schools has been withdrawn from libraries after a real estate businessman complained. Assistant Superintendent J O Webb ordered removal citing passages discouraging home ownership from the text Our Changing Social Order.
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URJ
Supt
J. O. Webb
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