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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1954
Page
4
Editorial argues the U S shipbuilding crisis endangers national security as orders vanish, costs rise, and subsidies lag due to faulty funding rules. It cites Newsweek findings on foreign competition, aging fleets, and the need for congressional fixes to restore orders and protect strategic interests.
The writer returns after a 3001 mile journey and reflects that home, despite its flaws, feels best after absence. He muses on appreciating necessities after loss, notes dismal early spring, and shares a new habit of sending postcards with explanations but missing personal photos, then notes he and his wife plan to include themselves in future mementos.
By Erich Brandeis the writer laments absence of palm trees and beaches in Key West and Connecticut while praising returning home. He notes meals improved by his wife and a simpler prix fixe life, cherishing lamb chops and a restful routine after travel. He hints at the possibility of another trip next year.
Hume Crown and Jessica Tandy announce a tour for next fall featuring dramatic readings under the program title Face to Pace. They will present passages from A Streetcar Named Desire Shakespeare T S Eliot the Bible and Ogden Nash with October openings and one to two night engagements across three months. The pair also contribute to NBC radio series The Marriage tied to the play The Fourposter from last season. The eminent Theater Guild closed its 1963 season with The Burning Glass, a financial flop, and looks to next season.
By Jack Gaver the planned productions include Walter Macken’s Home Is the Hero postponed this season Guy Bolton’s Child of Fortune and Charles Morgan’s The Rider Line Coastal London hit The Burning Glass. RUSSHLL NYP will lead in a Rodgers Hammerstein musical Pipe Dream based on John Stainheal’s Sweet Thursday a companion to Cannery Row. Martha Wright returns to night club booking at Waldorf Astoria Empire Room after a period away. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein once watched her in Chicago to consider her replacing Mary Martin in South Pacific.
In Beverly Hills Jose Ferrer and Rosemary Clooney expand into music with a duet on Woman and Man. The Oscar winner says entertaining is show business and he plans directing his films Drop In My Heart and The Shrike while also running a music publishing company. He jokes about not coaching his wife and notes his Broadway absence for at least a year.
Detroit March 22. A cautionary column explains drivers wreck cars by neglecting engines especially in cold weather. Warming engines properly prevents wear from gas washing and improper lubrication, while exterior care like chrome and paint preservation prevents rust and corrosion. Regular washing and mild cleaners help maintain finish.
A chaotic column blends car maintenance tips with trivia prompts and date recalls. It asks who called Old Hickory, notes births, political figures, and literary names, then offers quick science facts on hair pigment and aging. The piece echoes a midcentury newspaper puzzle page style with scattered dates and biographical hints.
A humorously chaotic scene unfolds with a busy wife, a boastful husband, and quippy children during a rainy Sunday. An impatient patient challenges Dr. Seligman over tomatoes, while the telephone becomes a battleground for family banter and prideful boasts.
Washington column traces Gen. Matthew Ridgway resisting deeper Army reductions amid the new look debate. Adm. Radford backs restraint, while Ridgway vows to answer only to his conscience, risking resignation over the cost of trimming ground forces and naval strength.
Scientists say that continued research over twenty years raised average egg production per hen from one every three days to one every two days. The Caspian Sea is a lake surrounded entirely by land. The era of the American clipper ship ended with the Civil War. The United States stopped minting silver dollars in 1873.
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