Burglar Steals Beer and Food from Tower Drive-In
Deputies ML M Brown and J C Bickerstaff seek a tipsy well fed thief who pried open the frozen food locker at the Tower Drive-in and removed eight beer cases and about 140 dollars worth of fish and steaks plus beer. Owner Emmcott Hutto said the break in occurred through a wire mesh opening at the rear before Thursday business start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ML M Brown
J. C. Bickerstaff
Tower Drive-in
Emmcott Hutto
Judge Named Auditor Before Ouster in Texas
ALICE Texas March 18 UP C Woodrow Laughlin as one of his last acts before being ousted Wednesday as 79th District judge named South Texas political boss George Parr's former personal accountant as the new Duval county auditorit was reversed Thursday Laughlin said he may appeal to the U S Supreme Court and would issue a written statement Benson a certified public accountant linked with Parr as tax consultant and bookkeeper was chosen to succeed Stansell Jr who resigned amid political fire taxpayers suits had been filed seeking audits Duval County officials would seek a full audit of county books Dan Tobin Jr said see Laughlin Page Two
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice
Tex
C. Woodrow Laughlin
South Texas
George Parr
Duval County
W. M. Benson
Swith Parrag
Laughlin
C. 1 Stansell Jr
Stansell
Parr
Benson
Dan C. Tobin Jr
Ship Sinks In Heavy Gulf Seas
A Gulf storm era news item with locals Mrs Moody and notes on lost license plates ML 7424 and phone 2436. Also lists community notices including a comic club meeting, art exhibit entries, a city commission discussion on liability and compensation, a Lee band concert, and Baytown school holiday dismissal details.
City-Wide Sanitation Survey Planned in Baytown
Gerald Landry, assistant city sanitarian, will lead a house to house survey across Baytown to map sanitation conditions. He will visit nearly every home to document rat harbors, mosquito and fly breeding sites, unapproved garbage facilities, animal pens, outdoor toilets, sinks, and septic tanks while distributing sanitation literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Landry
Landry
Baytown
City Hall
Fort Worth Grain Men Charged With Mixing Bad Wheat
Three men from Fort Worth and New Orleans face federal indictments for mixing frost damaged Canadian wheat with higher grade domestic grain at the New Orleans grain elevator and falsely representing it to the CCC. C. J. Winters, Lee Potishman, and Julian Scott are charged with conspiracy to defraud by obtaining 345000 in CCC funds. Potishman and Scott had previously pleaded guilty in Houston to a related indictment. Winters was ousted in 1953 after a Senate hearing revealed the mixing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Fommer
Fort Worth
Tex
C. J. Winters
Lee Potishman
Transit Grain Co
Julian Scott
Forest Fires Barricade Dien Bien Phu Amid Heavy Air Strikes
French defenders ring Dien Bien Phu with forest fires to block a new Viet Minh division massed for a final assault. Air bombings intensify as gunners fire on Red positions. rumors of supplies move in Molotov and GMC trucks. The siege persists with harassing fire and renewed patrols as both sides clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanot
Indo-China
Dien Bien Phu
Ve Nguyen Giap
Liv
Nee
China
Vite Minh
Red Cross
Government Gives City Strip Of Land
The General Services Administration agreed to give Baytown a 10 foot strip of land on Gaillard between Defoe and Sterling. City Manager C D Middleton announced Thursday. The city will use the strip to widen Gaillard and provide improved parking at the Post Office. A Dallas letter notified the directive was being prepared and approved the widening plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Services Administration
Ling
Baytown
Gaillard
Defoe
Sterling
C.D. Middleton
Thursinsy
GSA
Dallas
Inflation Soars as Trio Face Federal Currency Defacing Charges
Julius Castleschouldt 25 of Highlands Betty Strobeld 26 and Henry Jackson 28 of Channel View were arraigned on federal charges for inflating five dollar bills by grafting twenty dollar corners onto them. Deputies say the trio spent the altered notes at several locales to fund parties and a Bryan trip, with at least five of 35 altered bills passed before arrest. bonds set at 1000 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Channel View
Bryan
Fed
Eral
United States
Julius Castleschouldt
Righlands
Betty Strobeld
Henry Jackson
Channelview
Ralph Fowler
Earl Easley
Easley
Harold
Dandy
Castleschouldt
Greens Bayou
Channelviewr
Ervan
Cool Front Brings Rain In Baytown Area
Baytown expected to see thundershowers Thursday afternoon as a cold front moves through the region. Temperatures to ease only slightly with a cool night forecast. Panhandle wind and rain also noted. Local residents referenced include A. Richardson, Mrs. Mack Ford, Marion Allen, Nadine Jimerson, Nona Turis, and N. R. Claydon in hospital context, with scattered daily activities and a stray parakeet observed around Avon addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Panhandle
A. Richardson
Mack Ford
Marion Allen
Nadine Jimerson
Nona Turisr
Samene
Avon Addition
N. R. Claydon
Veterans’ Hospital
Jouston
Ward 116
Emergency Building Plan Approved by Texas Senate Panel
Report from Austin indicates Gov. Allan Shivers won approval for an $11 million emergency building program by the Senate Finance Committee after a lengthy session. Sen. Jimmy Phillips of Angleton lost a bid to block immediate action as eight hours of hearings wrapped up with an 11 to 1 vote. The measure follows earlier approval of a $23.5 million bill to fund teacher pay hikes and funds for the Southwestern Medical School, UT Dental Branch, the Emu Prison Farm, and the Stain School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Lloyd JR
Austin
Allan Shivers
Senate Finance Committee
Jimmy Phillips
Angleton
Phillips
Southwestern Medical School
Dallas
University of Texas’ Dental
Houston
Emu
Stain School
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs Hazel Board In Rosenberg
Mrs Hazel Pautine Board 44, former Bas ta resident, died early Wednesday and services were set for 2:30 p.m. Thursday in Rosenberg. Survived by husband Lawrence A Beard and three daughters Martha Lee Carolyn Trene and Cathryn Louise Eward of Rosenberg. Also survived by mother Hattie Fail4 of Houston and sister Frances Wright of Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Pautine Board
Bastae
Rosenberg
Lawrence A. Beard
Martha Lee
Carolyn Trene
Cathryn Louise Eward
Hattie
Coast Guard Rescues 10 Men Aboard
In the Gulf of Mexico about 70 miles west-southwest of Morgan City Louisiana the Atlantic a convertedsub chaser sank during heavy seas ten crewmen were rescued by the Naomi Ann and taken to Morgan City Coast Guard officials reported no injuries initially three men were counted then updated to ten the cause of the sinking was not yet known Adele Refining Co of Beaumont Texas owned the vessel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orleans
Naomi Ann
Conver
Adele Refining Co
Beaumont, Tex
Hydrogen bomb danger area narrows as second boat hit
Reports say a second fishing boat near the Pacific proving grounds shows radioactive traces after the United States detonated an earth-racking hydrogen bomb on March 4. Tokyo orders all ocean going vessels to port for radiation checks while Japanese fishermen continue to face contamination fears and markets struggle with unsold tuna.
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Tokyo
United States
U.S
Pacific
Marshall Islands
Agriculture, Forestry and Welfare
Pacific Proving Grounds
Tanst
Seth
Guidance report on local guidance program scheduled
Dr L O Wisseman psychology professor at Southern Methodist University and chairman of a committee evaluating the guidance program at Robert E. Lee and Baytown junior high schools will report on his committee s work at 2 30 pm Friday in RE auditorium. All parents and school district residents are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Wisseman
Southern Methodist University
Robert F. Las
Baytown
Kefauver Demands Armed Services Probe in McCarthy Feud
Senator Kefauver urged the Armed Services committee to investigate the McCarthy Army clash stating the issue involves keeping Reds out of the armed forces and Army morale. Key witnesses including Robert Stevens, Charles Wilson, Arthur Radford, and Matthew Ridgway were listed for Thursday hearings while McCarthy’s subcommittee would not chair the probe.
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Armed Services
Pentagon
GOP
Armed Services Committee
McCarthy
Army
Senate
Robert T. Stevens
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Matthew B. Ridgway
Efauver
Carthy
Congressional Roundup House To Begin Showdown On Democratic Tax Cut Bill
Congress interlude notes a tense House vote on a Democratic plan to boost tax exemptions as part of a broader tax reform bill. The vote is anticipated by late afternoon, with support likely to pass the overall package and offer relief to individuals and corporations. Other items cover clergy investigations on Communists, a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on outlawing the Communist Party, Alaska Hawaii statehood discussions, and the stalled 1952 Senate election timeline for Chavez after charges of slander.
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House
Washington
House Un-American Actlvtics Committee
Dehy Hutchinson
Williams College
Mass
Tront
Baltimore
Senate
William F. Knowland
Aar
Dennis Chavez
D. N.M1
Chavez
Gentry Heads Baytown Teachers Group At Beaumont Convention
George Gentry Baytown superintendent chairs a committee to improve educational service for the district teachers association as 3500 teachers from 34 Texas counties attend the Texas State Teachers Association meeting in Beaumont Thursday through Saturday. Floyd Manry Corrigan president announced the plan. Committee includes Pat Hensarling Port Arthur E S Starkey Groveton Patsy Kelley Clear Creek Brenham. Baytown smokers Friday at 7 30 p m at VFW hall Deckert Drive offers a chicken dinner with ST ticket price.
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George Gentry
Baytown
Beaumont
Floyd Manry
Corrigan
Texas
Texas State Teachers Association
Gentry
Pat Hensarling
Port Arthur
E. S. Starkey
Groveton
Patsy Kelley
Clear Creek
H. C. Smith
Brenham
Baytown Dayotes
VFW
Deckert Drive
Chandler Seeks Damages and Injunction in Wynnewood Oil Dispute
Chandler seeks $160,000 in actual and punitive damages and an injunction against Oak Oil Corp and Baytown Developers in Wynnewood. He requested a temporary restraining order to close a well and keep air from draining from his property. The Baytown Developers restraining order at John’s Methodist Church was extended as the well was shut down Wednesday. Chandler remains in a larger Holmes suit with other co-defendants, seeking to keep the case active to pursue cross actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASD
Wynnewoo
Chandler
Wynnewood
Adi
Oak Oil Corp
Baytown
Adlong
Ewing Boyd
Mayor Proposes Pooling Rule for City Wells
Mayor Pruett said on Thursday he would ask the City Council to adopt a pooling ordinance that limits pool sizes to about 40,000 to 60,000 square feet and allows oil operators to set pools within those limits. The plan would prohibit lot by lot drilling, permit shallow and deep wells in the same pool with flexible boundaries, and enable royalty sharing proportional to land in the pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulgier
HL Pruett
Wynnewood
Harper Additions
Pruett
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Sen, Joe McCartnuy
Roy Conn
David Schine
Gulf
Knife and Forks Club
Ab Melinger
Knife and Fork Club
Wilton Roper
Citizens Kaulaval Bank
Max Altman
Frome
Atack ‘Ford
Art League
Lee College
Commission
Burgin
la Porte
George A. Gentys
Frenési Post
Hazel
Coast Guard
United Press Reports
Sen. Kefauver
McCarthy Row
Chicago
Joseph McCarthy
Thurdany
White House
Supt. Gentry
Jaycee
City Wells
New Reynolds
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