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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1956
Page
1
United Press reports Margaret Truman confirms she will wed in April. The brief item notes Bromfield dies of liver and kidney ailment in Ohio.
A surprise storm grew steadily worse, prompting swift authority action to manage rising impacts. Officials mobilized resources, opened shelters, and urged residents to seek safe indoor locations as conditions intensified.
Upper 10 percent of the Worthwestern Life Insurance firm recognized in 1955 for top performance in leadership clubs, volume, premiums, net gain, and persistency. Baytown area figures tied to Gulf Coast agency. Also notes civic events in Baytown including Sylvan Beach opening and Civic Music Week proclamation, plus Cedar Bayou Methodist Crusaders classes gathering.
Coast Guard planes launched a sweep ing air search for five persons missing since Thursday after a small plane bound for Miami disappeared over the island arc between Here and the Bahamas. Two socially prominent couples and their pilot were aboard Blu ihern Island departure, with a two hour flight planned. The search ended with unclear results Sunday night after nightlong patrols over the chain of tiny islands.
A collage of neighborhood notes shows Bob George rushing through downtown stores and Calvin Meredith celebrating another car sale. Neela Adams experiments with the Charleston as Wanda C and Diane Jackson visit friends while their mother recovers in hospital. Gerald Cox enhances his singing group, Dick Sueder takes on a new De Zavala band director post, Minnie Allen Roberts moves toward a nursing job in Dallas, and Cricket nicknamed daughter of Don Graham is discussed. A stray collie wanders Louisiana Street area with a collar but no ID.
The Baytown housing issue splits backers and opponents as a referendum set for March 2 looms. The Baytown Real Estate Board and Baytown Housing group lead a heated campaign with handbills declaring segregation in public housing. The Greater Baytown Improvement group led by T F Seale backs federal public housing and schedules a mass meeting at Electricians hall North Pruett.
Adlai Stevenson makes a last bid for votes in Minnesota on the eve of the state primary. Kefauver gains ground but Stevenson still expected to carry Minnesota's 30 delegate votes. The Tuesday contest marks the first head to head clash for the Democratic nomination.
The Republican National Committee announced a planning convocation for about 800 Republicans from Congress and the party organization in April. The four month lead time precedes the 1956 presidential campaign, with a meeting titled the Republican national conference.
Sam H Huwieler a longtime La Porte lumberman died at 7 a.m Sunday in a Baytown hospital after a long illness. He was 66, born in Houston, moved to La Porte in 1928 to lead Huwieler Lumber Co. Inc. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Art Simpson Chapel in La Porte with Rev P Walter Hawkell officiating. Burial in Forest Park Cemetery in Houston. Survived by wife Alice Huwieler of La Porte a son R W Huwieler of Baytown three brothers and two grandchildren. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named from local clubs and Masonic bodies. He was a prominent La Porte and Baytown figure and longtime Baytown Rotary member.
New York. comedian Fred Allen, 61, died of a heart attack Saturday night. A requiem mass will be held Tuesday at St Muleshy's Roman Catholic Church. Allen, who would have been 62 in May, was stricken during his usual evening stroll with his dog. Autopsy confirmed heart attack. doctor noted prior readings were normal.
Mrs Lona Mergeret Robbins 67 widow of Dr P L Robbins died Saturday in Baytown Hospital. She is survived by daughter Miss Robbins two sons Philip and Ruel Robbins and six grandchildren. Burial was in Forest Park mausoleum after services at Trinity Episcopal Church officiated by Rev F P Walter Henckell.
About 600 Phillips Chemical Co workers in Pasadena Texas reported for duty after a weekend halt in contract negotiations with the union, signaling a deadlock but resumption of operations to avoid a shutdown.
Spokane radio disc jockey Steve Sorenson ended a 85 hour 5 minute 20 second nonstop broadcast at 3 38 am est after telling listeners to rest. He was carried from the microphone on a stretcher in oxygen during the final hours.
Emergency Corps of Baytown orders a portable chest lung device to aid patients. The unit, ordered after a meeting with physicians and safety equipment reps, will be displayed downtown for a day before moving to Fire Station No 3. A training plan for operators is set, with donations totaling 2913.67 from local firms and individuals to cover purchase and maintenance.
Report from Capitol Hill on milk price supports. Sen Ellender warns high supports without production controls could derail the farm program. Senate aims to resume debate with a Tuesday vote likely. Provisions on parity and manufacturing milk pricing face administration opposition. Also tax deduction talk for campaign contributions draws cool reception as foreign aid plans loom. Highways and Delaware River basin studies flagged for cost rechecks and fresh surveys.
President Eisenhower outlines a 4.859 billion dollar appropriations plan for the fiscal year 1957 emphasizing military aid at 3.925 billion and defense tied economic support. He proposes long term commitments up to ten years for non military projects in underdeveloped nations and notes unspent balances from prior years.
Washington reports say the Soviet government may stress that Lenin did not want Stalin as his successor to shore up pro Stalin sentiment in Russia. Soviet experts expect the tactic as Georgia protests surface and anti Stalin feeling grows in Stalin’s homeland.
Wile Thomas, a Baytown man, is jailed in Harris County on murder charges for stabbing Robert Milla Minor at Edwards cafe in McNair about 10 15 p m Sunday. Minor died at San Jacinto Memorial Hospital after an argument at a crowded table with several others present, investigators report.
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