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Paris Mollet moves to declare a state of emergency in Alberta to end a 1.5 million today rebellion. Cyprus crisis standoff with Britain draws UN intervention interest. Manchester weather and 120,000 greet. New Hampshire voters prep for nation's first presidential primary. Senators endorse Lyndon Johnson as presidential possibility. Death penalty anticipated for white man in killing a Black gas station employee in Sumner Mississippi.
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Paris
Alberta
Manchester
Nal
New Hampshire
Alan Bile
Ney
Russell Long
Leni Lyndon Johnson
Revolt Rumbles in Dixie Report From Des Moines
UP dispatch from Des Moines Iowa reports police investigated a woman's complaint that a man leered from an office building window for over an hour. The window was described as a picture frame and the man a local jeweler noted on a store sign.
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Des Molnes
Iowa
Legring Mai
German Girl Seeks Freedom In America After Long Escape
Ula Weneer, 20, from East Germany, traveled through Berlin and West Germany over three and a half years to reach the United States. Displaced relatives aided her escape, and she supported herself by buying and selling goods between East and West Berlin before settling in America with help from the Heald family on Bayshore Drive.
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Sue Tones
Sun State
Weller
United States
Baylang
Ula Weneer
U.S
Hetnat
Ula
East Germany
Hitler
Weneel
Wencels
Uta
Jin
Patjana Afanasky
Ivan
America
Tita
Berlin
SUN SPOTS Gets Patent Steam Cooling
A U S patent describes using steam to cool regeneration gases in catalytic cracking. Steam injection, noted at Baytown refinery, cools hot gases to protect processes and improve efficiency. The report also covers local community events and notices from Baytown area groups.
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U. S
Baytown Reinery
Around Town Glimpses and People in Local Happenings
Local notes hint at social and community events with names like Carolyn Bolmansertis Dee Hoald Lucile Brewer Mary Veltkamp Joy Watkins Alf Read Barbara Read Dorothy Towell and Dick Carroll. Items include fashion shows debut arrangements and a neighborhood parade with a charity award for work with crippled children.
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Carolyn Bolmansertis
Rarard
Dee Hoald
Lucile Brewer
Bred
Mary Veltkamp
Joy Watkins
Alf
Barbara Read
Dorothy Towell
E Ginger
George Ed Whitaker
Maver
Lai Fuller
Dick Carroll
Willy Quartz
Shriviery
City Building Permits Jump in February Report
Baytown building permits for February surpassed January by more than double. IT Pear cock, building inspector, notes the February total reached $628,975 with a school construction permit at $37,000, accounting for more than half. January’s total permits amounted to $811,349.
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Baytown
Pearcock
Thief Uses Company Truck in Cigarette Burglary
A burglar took 33000 worth of cigarettes from Bay Distributing Co and used the firm’s truck to haul them away. About 200 in cash was also stolen from a cabinet. R. B. Dickens reports the incident may have occurred around 3 a.m. Carroll Hughes, an employee, believed to be making an emergency delivery when the truck engine started. Investigators R. Hardy and John Meadors are probing.
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The
Bay Distributing Co
R.B. Dickens
Cigaret
Carroll Hughes
R. Hardy
John .Meadors
Daniel Puts It Up To Voters
Detroit area father threatens to burn down his slum home after his month old son was savagely chewed by rats. The infant nearly dies with thumb and little finger chewed and facial injuries from rodents in the crib.
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Detroit
Grass Roots Appeal For Texas Governorship Hope
Sen. Price Daniel urged Texas voters to decide whether he should run for governor, telling listeners to mail or postcard their views and promising a final decision March 26 after studying the issue. He outlined a 12 point platform dubbed a crusade for progress and good government with a wish to return home.
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Dallas
Price Daniel
D-Tex
Texas
Lone Star State
Allan Shivers
U.S
W. Lee O'Daniel
Daniel
Anst
Washington
Wey
Senate
Hone
Dalton Gang Theme Hits Western Days at Lee College
Lee College hosts Western Days with a costumed contest featuring mock Dalton Gang judges and rough-looking scholars. The week includes a western dance in the college gym and an overnight campus camp-out led by Student Association president Jackson.
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Lee College
Jackson
New Ferry Landing Up For Bid in Lynchburg
Harris County Commissioners seek bids for a new Precinct No. 1 ferry landing at Lynchburg costing about 20000 with plans to straighten the Crosby Lynchburg road near the landing. Channel erosion and salt water crossings affect daily traffic, about 100 cars daily, rising on weekends. Ramsey noted the project may precede a Four Corners road topping effort funded by the 1953 bond issue. The Phillips industrial center near San Jacinto Battlegrounds increases the crossing’s importance.
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Harris County Commissioners Court
Lynchburg
W. V. Ramsey
Crosby-Lynchburg
Ramsey
Four Corners
Phillips Industrial Center
San Jacinto Battlegrounds
Channelview Moves For Incorporation
Channelview seeks incorporation of a portion of the community with a petition filed in Harris County. Boundaries run from Carpenter Bayou to the San Jacinto River, with Wallisville Road to the north and Market Street Road to the south, excluding a Lakeside Park area. election request noted.
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Channelview
Commissioners Court
The
Sun
Carpenter Bayou
San Jacinto River
Wallisville Road
Market Street Road
Lakeside Park Eailer
City Seeks School Help on Horace Mann Traffic Fix
Baytown officials pressed school board for joint action to ease worsening traffic around Horace Mann and Anson Jones campuses. Council members urged financial support while a building committee studies options including a 40 foot street cut, a rail crossing, or a combo plan. The board warned against reducing playground space and may wait for a final decision before month’s end.
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Fred Jlartaian
Baytown
Horace Mann
Anson Jones
Lacy Lusk
P. H. Mears
Herbert Campbell
C. D. Middlleton
C. W. Grantham
South Pruitt
George H. Gentry
Texas Secretary Of State To Speak Here
Texas Secretary of State Tom Beavley will be guest speaker for the Methodist Men of Grace Methodist Church. A dinner and program for members is under Leonard Rillebrandt. Dickson Jr. is president of the men’s group. Rev. Raavisy is district lay leader for the Une Wasegdechies district at the church.
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Texas
Secretary of State
Tom Beavley
Man of Grace Methodist
UN Uder
Leonard Rillebrandt
RV. Dickson Jr
Sev. Raavisy iv
Une Wasegdechies
Methodist Church
Trustees Question Magruder Civics Textbook at Meeting
School trustees debated Magruder social studies book after reading a committee recommendation. Dr. Bridges recalled a Houston controversy and questioned the current edition, while Supt. Gentry defended it citing a past passage that was removed. Trustee Fuller sought to withdraw his vote but the approval stood pending Gentry’s review and a copy for Bridges.
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WV. H. Bridges
L. L. Fullee
Houston
L. L. Fuller
Supt. Gentry
de. Bridges
School land leased for oil near Lee College campus
The Lee County School Board leased about five acres including the Administration Building Memorial Stadium and Robert E Lee campus sections to J. Brown, who offered the only bid. The deal includes a $2000 cash bonus and a one quarter royalty on any flowing well, with a six month term and a 200 foot setback from buildings. Attorney R E Morse represented the Brown interests and said they seek quick results on oil reach from Horace Mann area. Easter Service Vice East Harris Ceuta noted. more on page two.
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Lee College
Memorial Stadium
Robert E. Lee
Joe Reid
J. Brown
Baytown
Jess
Brown
R. E. Morse
Horace Mann
Morse
Bitter South Is No Longer Solid South
Washington focus on the looming presidential primaries as Southern states drift from the Democratic ticket. The piece notes bitterness over school integration and Catholic influence, predicting possible splits in the Solid South and possible support for Adlai Stevenson or Kefauver Harriman if moderation fails. It highlights 1948 to 1956 shifts, Southern endorsements for Lyndon Johnson, and Conservative preparations to block integrationist candidates.
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Lyle. C. Wilson
Washington
Spotight
Dixie
Herbert Hoover
Alfred
Emanuel Staith
Hoover
Florida
Carolinia
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Tru
Gor Dewey
New
Strom
Carolina
Eisenhower
Louisiana
South Carolina
Vince
Supreme Court
Democratic ‘Party
Soli South
Gosiow
Adlai EK. Stevenson
F'Ncis
South
Estes . Kefauver
Averell
Gulf Weather Forecast Nudges Warmth After Cold Front
A cold front over the Baytown area shifts, bringing slightly warmer air by Wednesday as the mass moves out. Temperatures failed to dive as low as expected on Tuesday thanks to Gulf air, with a light drizzle lingering off and on. Forecasters expect a low around 38 early Wednesday and scattered rain through the day, with temperatures leveling off.
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Baytown
Gulf
Texas
Forncasters
Polio Strikes Cedar Bayou Girl in Houston Hospital
Eleven month old Tamela Going of Cedar Bayou is hospitalized in Texas Children’s Hospital Houston with paralytic polio as reported by the county health department. She contracted the disease in March and was admitted the next day. Officials say she is “doing very well.” Two other polio cases are on record in Baytown’s county health department: Charles Cook and Jennifer Lynn Carrie. Cook works at United Rubber and Nites Co and is about a year old.
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Tamela Going
Daghter
Billy Going
Cedar Bayou
Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston
Baytown
Country Health Department
Charles &. Cook
Jennifer Lynn Carrie
Cook
United Rubber and Nites Co
W. PL Currie
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