First Group of Trainees Complete Duty Under Reserve Forces Act
Thirty five Reservists and National Guardsmen graduate after six months of active duty training under the 1955 Reserve Forces Act. The group returns home to join active reserve units for seven and a half years, completing an eight year obligation. Eleven graduates enter specialist schools at Fort Ord. the program at Fort Ord, led by the 20th Infantry, is expanding.
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Reserve Forces
National Guard
Army Reserve
Army
Fort Ord
RFA
20Th Infantry
Sykes
Company A
Francis H. Quist
Franklin R. Sibert
RPA
Spring Almanac and Local Happenings in Town
In a nostalgic column readers glimpse spring’s arrival with cake, kids and marbles near South Ashdel. A playful reminiscence follows on local water services, noting the Crumpler Bros. water system sale to the Mont Belieu district and the Crumplers’ long service to Barber’s Hill.
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Crumpler Bros
Mont Belieu
Water District
Ben
Jack Crumpler
Hill
Crumplers
Water and Crumplers linked in Baytown notes
By Fred Hartman the column jokes about the Crumplers collecting water bills and references Barbers Hill water systems. It covers Lee Relays pride, Ganders athletes Jerry Tubbs and John David Russell, and praises Dan Sisilworth and the staff for their impact on Baytown boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Tubbs
John David Russell
John David
Jerry
Baytown
Dan Sisilworth
Robert E. Lee High School
Moroccan Sultan Returns From France Amid Jubilation Across Rabat
A traveling group reports the triumphant return of Sultan Sidi Mohammed ben Youssef to Rabat on March 5 1956. Crowds line roads from outlying towns to greet the king as they witness celebrations marking Morocco’s move toward independence. Officials clarify military bases status and wary views on communism within the Muslim world.
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Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef
France
Casablanes
Rabet
Morocco
Rabat
Marcel Duriaux
11Th Air Force
Glantzberg
17Th Air Force
Willam J. Porter
U. S
Porter
Wilfred J. Smith
ACS
United States
Morecta
Park meters and city enforcement in Baytown
A Sun News Desk memo laments parking meter upkeep and limited enforcement in Baytown. Citizens report red meter violations, torn tickets, and meters taking coins with few penalties. The piece links broader issues to plans for a Cedar Bayou bridge and Chambers County cooperation, noting road access costs and the role of state highway decisions.
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South
Ashbe
Ind
Roy Montgomery
Corporation Court
Jim Girardeau
Chambers County Commissioners Court
Baytown
Cedar Bayou
Baytown Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee
H. H. McCollum
Sherwood Blair
G. V. Mayes
Joe Lagaw
Floyd Williams
Chambers County
Chamber County
Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee
State Highway Commission
Paya
Highway Department
the Sun
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Focal Union
Welles in feud over $64,000 Question queries
Feud erupts as Orson Welles accuses The 64,000 Question producers of seeding the show with pre set queries. Steve Carlin counters that Welles fabricated the claims and may sue. NBC and ABC shifts in programming are noted alongside CBS talent moves and a St Patrick s Day gimmick at WBZ in Boston.
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Big Question
Welles
Orson Welles
Las Vegas
Steve Carlin
Baloney
Carlin
George Gobel
Nbc-Tv
Abc-Tv
Gabby Hayes
Arthur Murray
Johnny Carson
Cbs-Tv
NBC Radio
Gisele MacKenzie
Skitch Henderson
Kate Smith
Ted Collins
Bob Crosby
Arthur Godfrey
CBS
Galen Drake
Boston
WBZ
St. Patrick's Day
Bridey Murphy
Baytown Sun Publisher and staff listings notice
Baytown Sun details office location at Pearce and Ashbel in Baytown Texas. It lists editor and publisher Harry Boswell advertising manager Preston Pendergrass managing editor Beulah Mae Jackson office manager and subscription rates for various delivery options and mail plans.
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Baytown Sun, Inc
Pearce and Ashbe
Baytown
Texas
Harryitn
Harry Boswell
Preston Pendergrass
Beulah Mae Jackson
Mali
Monte
Baytows
Texan
Postoffice
Three FDR wartime secretaries and world harbor routes
Quiz style item names three wartime secretaries of war in FDR’s cabinet, asks about the country with the largest navigable harbor channels and inland waterways, and notes a health museum birthplace query. Also includes a birthday list and scattered biographical hints about public figures with dates and places.
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F.D.R
East Germany
U.S
John James Audubon
Appointment Of McClellan Boosts Lobbyist Ties
Inside report on Sen. John McClellan of Arkansas becoming chairman of the Select Senate Committee to probe the gas and oil lobby. The piece alleges Republican and Lyndon Johnson backing, McClellan's oil and gas connections, and protection of contributors. It cites McClellan’s law firm links, H. L. Hunt ties, and past campaign support as factors shaping his investigative zeal. It also mentions broader campaign subtleties and political maneuvers involving Nixon talk and SEC rulings.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
John McClellan
Arkansas
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
McClellan
John
Standard Oil
New Jersey
The
Seaboard of Gy
Delaware
Tidewater Associated Oil
Carte Oil Co
Martindale and Hubbell
McClllan
H. L. Hunt
el Dorado, Ark
MacCiellan
Hunt
Oif
Sid McMath
Lyndon
U. S. Senate
Othr Democrats
Gasdl
Tennassen
Sen. Gore
Indor
Republican National Committee
Eisenhower
Polilicians
Ike
Securities and Exchange
SEC
Atomic Energy Commissions
Atomic Electronics
Nixon
Richard Nixon
Joe Glazer
Akron United Rubber
Russell Harrington
Humphrey
T. Coleman Andrews
Harrington
Internal Revenue
Gettysburg
Andrewa
Clyde Doyle
California
Sen. McCarthy
Doyle
Cachoelovakien
Egypt
Hungary
al- Qadim
Nile
Peter Frelinghuysen
Bath Congress
Harry Truman
3Th Congress
Public School Near Gambling Hotspots Rumors
A Las Vegas Variety rumor hints the City Council plans a new public school named P.S. 6-to-5 within walking distance of casinos. Other items mention a 12 year old misplacing cars, poet Rod MacLean lamenting edits, a donor Pvt Robert Andrews giving books to Owosso Center School, and Australia claiming the world’s largest cockroaches.
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Joe B
Lewis
Abel Green
Variety
Las Vega
P.S
Mr. Sapportas
Mr. Saneport
Owosso
Mich
Rural Center
Pvt
Robert Andrews
Andrews
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Sue Jones
M. W. Harper
Marse
Enid
Sue
South Ashdel
By Fred Hartman
Barbers Hill
Ben Crumpler
Sun News Desk
Sun
City Hall
William Ewald
New York
Swim
Sun Dea
Daytona
Grover K. Edge
Veteran's of Foreign Wars
Che Baytown Sun
Central Press
Dodge County
Nebraska
Utah
Way
Franklin D. Roosevelt
QeeHo
Washington D.C
Aperts Publicity
Aperts
Manhattan
Wyoming
Kansas
Tadly Companies
Hastings, Neb
David Livingston
Sergei Diaghilev
Talbot W. Chambers
Earl Warren
United States Supreme Court
Kent Smith
Richie Ashburn
George H. Dern
H. Woodring
Henry J, Stimson
Verlin
Soviet Zone
Cleveland
New Orleans
Leonorie W. Wern
Fred A Beaton
Bennett Cerf
Australia
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