Budget Due More Rough Treatment
Washington reports that Chairman Clarence Cannon of the House Appropriations Committee backs trimming excess funds from the omnibus spending bill for the 1951 fiscal year starting July 2. The measure would spend about 329 billion, with Republicans aiming to cut an additional 2.3 billion. Cannon hopes to finish before the April 6 Easter recess.
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Washington
Clarence Cannon
Missouri
House Appropriations Committee
Psa
Cannon
Truman
House
Congress
Senate
State Department
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin Republican
Onti
Latin Week Toga Event At Robert E Lee High School
Students at Robert E Lee High School join Latin Week organized by the Suntny Classical League. The event includes a dress code with togas, an open house, and a Latin test session. Activities run from Sunday through Monday with junior class members participating in the national Latin test.
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Robert E. Lee High
Schock
Red- Sta
Lee Stoup
Fragmentary Town Noise Shows Local Echoes and Names
A jumble of garbled phrases mentions First Christian Church Rev Clyde Foltz and several stray names. The text references sports, patches, a Texas Aggie bid, a sun pose, and hospital stay hints, but the fragment offers no clear events or cohesive report.
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Mercy
First Christian Church
Clyde
Foltz
Feisinger
Digget’ Meister
Helmier
Texas Aggie
Riles Sanratti
Stegall
Bill Lovett
Ratter
Anks
Weldon
Wile
Dust Storms Roil Plains Forcing Planes Higher
A veteran Braniff pilot reported topsoil dust clouds rising up to three miles high over the southwestern Plains. Turbulent March winds created “high dusters” as 4500 feet became routine for avoidance, with storms worse than in the dust bowl era. Ground erosion has doubled in area in two weeks, affecting Texas and Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma
CrTry
Airlines
Lay Dutcher
Braniff Ple
Dutcher
Denver-to-Olshoma City
Arotes
Fort Worth
S._soil ‘conservation headquarters
Texas
Dutcher Sarz
Dalhert
Texas Panhandle
Colorado
Ellis Plan Pays Off As Prisons Spur State Aid
Wichita Falls dispatch reports the Ellis Plan reducing prison deficits and prompting state aid. Prison Farm modernization raises 30 percent under Hills plan. guards seek at least a $2000 minimum pay. Board praises progress as two-year effort continues with $4.296 million appropriation. Modernization and an isolation block at Huntsville progress.
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Wichita Falls
State Prison Board
French Robertson
Abilene
Roberston
Ellis
Hunts ‘Ville
City Trucks To Pick Up Trash On Monday
The city announces that clean up crews will begin Monday with trucks moving through old Pelly old Goose Greek and old Baytown to collect accumulated trash. Timing varies by area but the drive continues until all discarded material is removed. The Steering Committee met to finalize plans with members from the Chamber of Commerce and city officials. Residents urged to cooperate as letters are sent to businesses and residents.
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Baytown
Campelen
City Monager C. D. Middleton
Old Pelly
Old Goose Greek
Old Baytown
Blef. Booth
Gd, Middleton
A. Willig
W. G. Wilson
Rev.m. S. Jordan
Nelson McElroy
Chamber of Commerce
Wilson
Booth
Academy Award Winners Surprise Nobody Debuts Top Honors
Bolly wood reports Olivia De Havilland and Bro derick Crawford lead Hollywood after the 1949 Academy Awards. De Havilland wins her second Oscar for The Heiress, Crawford secures best actor for All the King’s Men, with supporting honors going to Mercedes McCambridge and Deen Jagger. Mankiewicz earns best director for A Letter to Three Wives. Awards traveled with a starry night at the Pantages Theatre as winners accepted their prizes amid mixed moods.
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Bollywood
Olivia de Havilland
Broderick Crawford
Hollywood
Bella Davis
Louise Reiner
Miss DeHavilland
Bach
Crawcford
Mercedes McCambridge
Deen Jagger
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Hollywood Pantages Theatre
Miss de Havilland
Corrigan Pruett Deal May Be Off
Corrigan interests in Dalles hold an option on a seven acre tract near Market Street and Road and Hemphill Pontiac. The option expired Monday, but delays due to illness of Corrigan executives prompted a brief extension. Pruett heirs report they have received other offers that could lead to further construction in the area.
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Corrigan
Dalles
R. H. Pruett
Pruett
Aonit
Peine Boite
Arex Pruett
Sumner Calves Awarded to Six Happy Lads
Six East Barris County youths at Robert E. Lee and Highlands now attend Baytown Junior High School as trustees of the Sumner Foundation hand them blooded Jersey calves. The calves were purchased by the foundation and turned over to the trustees. the first heifer will be returned to the foundation to support future qualifiers.
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East Barris County
Jersey
Sumner Foundation
Noah Saxton
Garnett Jones
Tommy Kimmey
Eugene Prinzel
Robert Ez. Lee
Jack Bean
Daniel Craig
Highlands
Baytown
Thee Foundation
Mose Summer
Mose Summer, and the Calves ‘Purchased and Turned Over To the Board of Trustees
Dan DB
Lake Liberty Dam Delayed by Budget Cuts
The Trinity River Dam above Liberty may be delayed at least a year if Congress upholds House Appropriations cuts to the Army Engineers Corps. A $6.6 million cut targets planning for future projects including the Trinity Dam. Baytown and Houston watch Lake Liberty for potential water supply as Texas A and M projects loom in Dallas.
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Trinity River
Liberty Probeby
Jeast
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Army Engineer Corps
Eingineers Corps
Trinity
Jake
Baytown
Lake Liberty
Houston
Jaycees Distribute Glowing Bike Safety Tape
Baytown Jaycees will stake out elementary schools tomorrow from 9 a.m. to noon to apply Scotch Lite tape to bicycles. The free safety effort aims to make riders more visible to motorists, with enough tape to equip 1800 bikes.
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Jaycees
Baytown
Cleon Easley
Baytown Jaycees
Daycee
Baytown Man Charged With Murder Of Wife
Former Baytown resident Slade faced murder charges after his wife died from blunt force injuries following a tavern dispute on Main Street. Police reported Slade admitted arguing over the tavern keys and striking his wife after she returned to the booth to call for help. Autopsy confirmed fatal head and facial injuries. Neighbors described him as quiet but large. acquaintances expressed shock at the charge.
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Main Street
Old’ Bartown
Slade
Baytown
Galveston
Tab
Linde
Teaver
Mbt
Eisenhower called to testify on disarmament remarks
Senate Military Appropriations Subcommittee voted unanimously to summon General Dwight D. Eisenhower to explain his warning that the nation has disarmed too much. The panel, meeting in secret, heard defense budget clashes with officials defending deep cuts. The record money would fund a large Alaskan defense buildup and Air Forces needs, amid concerns over Russia’s rearmament.
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Washington
API
Senate Military, Appropriations Subcommittee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
Europe
Hisenhower
New York
Capitol
Chatman
George H. Mahon
Texas
House Military Appropriations Subcommittee
Eisenhower
Mahon
Johnson
Hitsonhotter
Columbia University
Riots as Belgian King’s Return Provokes City Protest
Brussels faced a 24 hour general strike by 500,000 Socialist workers over King Leopold. About 2000 students roamed downtown streets attacking streetcars. Some conductors and ticket collectors were beaten while police and gendarmerie struggled to contain the unrest.
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Brussels
Belgium
Hing
Poli
G Men chase kingpin in coast to coast jewel theft ring
Chicago police and federal agents press a high level probe into a jewel theft syndicate with operations coast to coast and yearly profits over 500000. The ring, led from a Chicago office, claimed a 40000 dollar heist last month and involves about 20 members with ties to Hollywood Dallas New York and Detroit.
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Chicago
Marth
Ecoast
Chicago Police
G-men
Dallas
Hollywood
San Francisco
New York
Miami
Detroit
Humble Radar Report Debunks Flying Saucer Sighting
Humble Oil releases a 21 year old report from a Baytown refinery crew noting radar sightings near Pierce Junction on September 29, 1947. Geophysicist John Pearson described fast signals moving at feet per second, said to resemble bananas or sausages, dismissing the sightings as high flying gulls.
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Bumble
OH and Refining Company
Baytown
Humble
Humble Oil
Pierce Junction
John’ B. Pearson
Czechs dismiss London assassination report as unconfirmed
Prague notes say Foreign Office in London laughed at reports of an assassination attempt on Deputy Premier Zdenek Fierlinger and Communist Party secretary Rudolf Slansky. No confirmation or details emerged from official quarters. Slansky reportedly wounded, Fierlinger said to be in Prague in good health amid unverified claims of a coordinated attack by anti-Communist elements.
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Foreign Office
Prague
Czechoslovakia
London
Zdenek Fierlinger
Rudolf Slansky
Cammranist
Hyenius News
Fierlinger
Heaith
Slansky
Vladimir Clementis
The
Evening News
Sai
Shem
Communist-Party
Ania
Communist Party
Attorney Rushes Work On New Building Code
City Manager said today that inspection for ordinances should proceed next, as the council moves to advance a new building code.
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Ton
Srdinanes
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Pha
Helen Broderick
Corrigan-Pruett
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University
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Shore
Joseph. McCarthy
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McCarthy
George C. Marshall
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Alaska
William Trent Jarrett
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Herald
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
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