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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1954
Page
2
Washington March 15 major legislation proceeds across taxes housing health and social programs with House actions on tax cuts highway seaway postal rates and price supports. Senate debates on education labor and farm policy loom as bills for federal regulation judges and pension changes circulate amid party tactics.
Reader’s Digest and other papers report medical news on smoking. The ad touts Cig-a-Rid tablets to end the habit in ten days or no cost, claiming medical approval, after meals use, and peace of mind. Complete treatment is $3.00 with an absolute money back guarantee from Cig A-RTD Co. Dept V-22 Knoxville Tennessee.
W. J. Strickler former alternate director of the Retail Merchants Assn. was elected District 3 director of the Associated Credit Bureaus of Texas at a Beaumont conference. Eight Baytown credit managers attended. Ralph R. Ragan led an installment accounts panel. Mrs. W. A. Welch spoke on medical and dental accounts. Mrs. W. J. Strickler reported on shib operations for six months. Other Baytown participants included W. Z. Henderson and several ladies from local groups.
Rep Jamie L Whitten predicts Congress will add near 200000 to the Agriculture Appropriations budget to fund the Yearbook. He argues the publication informs farmers and urges continuation of the series begun under Milton S Eisenhower who edited the Yearbook from 1928 to 1935. The House panel hears 1955 appropriation testimony as it considers reprinting a prior year rather than funding a new volume.
A between party debate is scheduled at Georgetown University with Republican chairman Leonard W. Hall and Democrat Steven A. Mitchell. Each will have 20 minutes for opening remarks and 16 minutes for rebuttal followed by 30 minutes for written questions from students. Hall earned a Georgetown law degree in 1920 and is related to a former White House librarian. Mitchell is Georgetown Law School graduate, class of 1928. Also notes the South Plains Stock Show opens in Lubbock on March 15 and runs to March 17.
Baytown youngsters from Robert E. Lee High School and Baytown junior highs shine at the University of Houston band contest. Class One awarded eight firsts in instrumental solos, Class Three saw 18 first division medals. Notable names include Madelyn Dill, Mary Jo Braswell, Norman Miles, Peggy Lehr, and more, with ensembles and quartets across divisions earning multiple accolades.
Baytown's 1953 54 budget outlines extensive street and utility improvements, higher property valuations, and a tax rate of 1.72 per 100. Projects include water main loops, resurfaced streets, sewers, and new trench lines. expenditures total 703 730 47 for general fund with contingencies and emergencies. The city reports no outstanding debt beyond pond issues and operates on a pay as you go basis while aiming to maintain tax rates and maximize citizen services.
Esther Henry a 72 year old Scotland based art collector complained Monday there were no towels in the ladies room at the palace of former King Farouk during an auction of his art treasures. Palace officials acted quickly to obtain supplies.
In Hartford on March 15 a woman motorist told state motor vehicles Commissioner Charles F. Kelley she may quit driving after 47 years. She said she would rather quit than report her age, which is now required to obtain a Connecticut drivers license.
Robert E. Lee netters win singles and doubles at Galveston Oleander tournament. Paul Willis beats Bury Denyer 6-0 6-4. Fuller Roberts pair defeats Keeton Becker 6-4 6-2. Mentennig teams host South Park juniors and seniors at 3 pm on Mann and Robert E. Lee courts.
The report details an eight week old incident where Parr and an assistant Barrera allegedly brandished pistols near Marroquin and his property during an open air meeting. Marroquin testified Parr threatened to kill attendees while Parr and Barrera deny carrying guns. Charges and wider investigations followed including a clash with Texas Rangers and changes of venue.
Springfield column notes an IRS lector H. J. White received a letter from a taxpayer enclosing one dime. The taxpayer quips that selling wolf pups at the door helped pay the income tax. Odessa report covers a meeting of the Permian Basin section of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers at the Odessa Petroleum Club Monday night.
Fort Worth Texas March 15 UP Livestock cattle 4,300 slow early steady with last week. Very few slaughter steers and heifers sold. high points include three loads of heifers at 20.50 and strongweight cutters up to 11. Bulls 10 to 14.50. Hogs 600: feeders steady to 25 cents higher. choice 190-250 pounds 26 to 26.25. lighter and heavier ranges 24 to 25.75. sows 21 to 23.
G I Thompson 48 of Houston suffered minor injuries when his car struck the rear of a vehicle stopped at the East Texas and Highway 146 traffic light. Bert Willard Norris 37 of Channelview said his car was rammed from the rear by Grayton Elton Borrow of Alvin, who was charged with speeding and causing an accident.
The Admiral Corp. reports a March shipment order for seven air conditioning units to be sent by air freight to Anchorage Alaska. Buyers say the units are needed to ventilate rooms and control humidity in a 15 degree above zero environment.
The Baytown Hun published at Pearce and Ashbel Baytown Texas with Fred Aatunes as editor and publisher. Advertising director Beniah Maedackeow, office manager Warren Edwards. Subscription rates shown by carrier 3.20 monthly and 14.40 yearly, advance payment required. Arm services 75 cents per month. National advertising rep Gennen Advertising Service.
Funeral services were pending Monday at Art Simpson Funeral home for Reese H. Boren of Pasadena. Boren, 36, died at 5 a.m. Sunday after a Saturday night crash in Henderson. A fragment about bread preservation was present but unrelated to the obituary.
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