Secretary of the Army Visits Fort Hood During Mock Battle
The Secretary of the Army arrived at Fort Hood for a field exercise labeled Operation Cong Horn. Officials did not disclose details of the visit but indicated a news conference would be held later. The exercise featured a large mock engagement with atomic artillery and retreating U S forces, with no confirmed fatalities reported.
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Howard
Tex
Bore
U. S
Fort Hood
Pat Mmuniques
Senate Protest Over Lobbyist on Oil Tidelands Floor
Senators Moody and Humphrey deride a registered lobbyist Johnson hired by the National Association of Attorneys General for 1500 dollars a month as he advised on the East West and Gulf Coast tidelands oil bill. They will protest the floor privilege and seek limits on lobbyist access during debate. The issue centers on states rights to submerged lands and federal control of mineral resources.
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Gulf
Moody
Humphrey
Johnson
Senate Cor
Spessard L. Holland
D-Pla
Senate
Lestie L. Biffle
Nebraska
National Association of Attorneys General
Attorneys General
Highlands to Expand Water Supply with 125000 Gallon Tank
The Highlands area plans to double its water supply using a 125000 gallon storage tank funded by Central Water District No 1 and the Ixement District. Hans poli Brinsoz, board president, notes bond issue and government funds will cover maintenance. New sewage disposal plant operations face corrections. Thurston appointed maint emet ops for plant and lift stations as the project proceeds.
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Highlands
County Water
Hanspoli ‘Brinsoz
7 Board
State Health Water Board
Ists
Thurston
Williams to Speak at Fork Club Meeting
Brit ish lecturer Hughes will address the Anite and Fork Club at Bpm.today in the Bayou school cafeteria. Hughes will discuss Ticilight Empire amid a local event at Aer Bayou, with community members noting the unusual venue and timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ywilliams Hughes
Anite and Fork Club
Bpm
Aer Bayou
Hughes
Ticilight Empire
Local Town Notes and Social Snippets
Town life updates list visits weddings rides home city hall events and residents names. People like Jonsson Patton Korbach Davies and Patterson appear with brief activities around March weather reports and community tasks noted for guilds and services.
Wrecks flood Baytown streets with minor crashes
Baytown police logged several minor wrecks as cars collided near West Main and North Main. Clarence Parker and Exie Everett faced tickets for improper locks after a Harris County truck hit Everett’s car. John Engel and Ernest Broussard also received tickets for improper turnouts after a Broussard collision on Duke Street. William King and George Risner were in a second incident with a ticket for following too closely. Dennis Bellar and Richard Phillips in a Red Top Cab clash led to another improver ticket for Bellar.
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Baytown
Clarence Alexander Parker
Highlands
Harris’ County
Exie Barnes Everett
Stowe
Parker
Everett
E. R. Hardy
F. L. Foster
John Edward Engel
Bayland
Ernest Broussard
Crowley
Engels
West Main
Broussard
Duke
Hardy
William P. King
Mont Roelvieu
George EB. Risner
Galena Park
King
Bellar
Improver
France Declares Siege in Tunisia Amid Arrests
In Tunis, France announced a state of siege across Tunisia. The move grants police powers to French forces, imposes news censorship, and threatens the death penalty for actions against state security. Premier Mohammed Chenix and nationalist leaders were arrested.
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Tunis
Tunisia
France
Mohammed Chenix
Count Jean de Hauteclocque
Rearmament And Our Economy What’s Coming Next
The United Press survey shows mixed outcomes from the 1950s rearmament push. Defense spending remains high with plans to rise, boosting jobs and paychecks, while production lags earlier goals. Prices ease but debates over decontrol and possible future inflation persist, with steel and materials flow steadily improving as military output slows the pace.
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Anthony Ullstein
Washington —Iuri
Detroit
Korea
Senate
Atma
Navy and Marine Bulletin Highlights Local Servicemen
William E. Kimball, Aviation Electronics Technician Airman USN, son of Highlands couple, reports to Corpus for overhaul work after training in Memphis. Sgt. Connealy, son of Highlands residents, promoted in the Marines. Raleigh Gore stationed in Memphis studying radio radar, to return Easter. Hicks transferred from Woodiak to Adak. Bear Facts notes Roy Baker, Sherwood Walker, and Curtis Sowell stationed in various bases abroad and stateside.
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Bile Kimball
Corpus
U. S. Naval
Corpus Ceth
Tex
William E
Bil) Kimball
USN
Francis B. Kimball
Highlands
Texas
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Memphis
Tenn
Kimball
Navy
Robert E. Lee High School
Patricia Ann Tanner
Connealy
Mike Connealy
M. G. Connealy
Missouri
Marine Corps
Korea
Quantico
Raleigh Gore
Guy Gore
Hill
Naval
Gore
Hicks
Adak Oaval
Lump) Hicks
Basie
Raleigh
Woodiak
Alaska
Adak Island
Aleutians
Kodiak
D. C. Hicks
Maryland
Cedar Bayou
Roy Baker
Sth
New Ulm
Germany
Cpl
Sherwood
Stix) Walker
Cnenute Field
Ilinois
Lakeheath
England
Curtis Sowell
Norfolk
New Jersey Keeps Taft On Ballot In Primary
New Jersey officials decided to retain Sen. Robert A. Taft on the April 15 presidential primary ballot despite his request to be removed. Attorney General Theodore D. Parsons said the state would not press for Taft’s withdrawal in the public interest. Taft had argued Gov. Alfred Driscoll’s support of Dwight D. Eisenhower breached faith. Eisenhower, Taft, and Stassen will appear on the ballots.
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Trenton
Sen
Robert A. Taft
New Jersey
Theodore D. Parsons
Superior
Ohio
Taft
Alfred B. Driscoll
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Harold E Stassen
Hundreds seek to adopt sold baby Sharon Ribnikar
Houston readers flocked to probation offices after Sharon Ribnikar, three, was allegedly sold by her father for 500 dollars and a convertible. Officers reported a sting by a probation team posing as adoptive parents. hearings will determine her status as a dependent child and adoption priority for applicants. Louise Jawers and Mrs. Paul F. Aaron said they were offered the child and were heartbroken by the arrest. Sharon remained at a foster home while the case progresses.
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Houston
UCPI
Don Schoenbacher
Mommie
Louise
Louise Jawers
Ribniker
In & Etter
Ribnikar
Seven year old Juanita Wells dies after fire accident
Little blonde haired Juanita Wells, seven, from San Jacinto Elementary, died at a Galveston hospital after injuries from a fire on her nightgown Sunday. Her stepmother Marvyin Wells fought to save her, wrapping her in a blanket and driving to care without a nearby ambulance. Funeral services set for Thursday at Central Assembly of God Church with multiple relatives surviving.
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Juanita Wells
San Jacinto
Galveston
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Baytown
Marvyin. Wells
Juanita
Fort To
Talbert Vinson
Fort Worth
Ralph Murphy
Viole Marie
Melba Sue Wells
Clyde Bennett-Wells
T. F. Wells
Hranix Sterling
Ail
Prisoner Compromise Seen In Secret Talks
UN spokesman said talks with the Communist appear to open a path to a prisoner exchange compromise. Allies showed a reasonable attitude toward dropping demands for 44,000 missing prisoners in exchange for accepting repatriation of about 53,000 South Koreans. Negotiators ended two hours of talks with inconclusive results and said some Red exchange proposals were becoming clearer under a news blackout.
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Panmuniom
Korea
UPI
United Nations Command
William F. Nuckels
Huckels
Red
He's Eligible By CENTRAL PRESS ATLANTA
Georgia's junior senator Richard Russell, a presidential candidate, is described as tall and lean with a storied past as the youngest state governor and the nation’s youngest chief executive. If elected, his widowed mother and sister would likely serve as official hostesses. Russell, a Winders native and one of 13 children, enjoys travel, hunting, and radio, and even taught the Senate chef to cook black eyed peas Georgia style.
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Russell
White House
Caroyn Nelson
Winder
Atlanta
US Senate
Bayonets Repulse Reds in Korean hill battle
In Korea on Wednesday Allied infantry in three groups pressed Red bunkers near Mundungni Valley on the Eastern front. Western front Communist positions were driven from a United Nations held area after about an hour of combat. Fighter bombers hit rail lines and Chongju Sinanju corridor as B 26s pounded emergency routes and motor vehicles.
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Seoul
Korea
Igpt
Baronets
Mundungni
United Nations
Chongju-Sinanju
DDT Loses Punch For Mosquitoes
Agriculture Department entomologists report mosquitoes in Florida and California are definitely resistant to DDT this summer. They warn that while mosquitoes show little resistance to newer insecticides, they may develop it, reducing effectiveness of control measures.
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Washington
UPJ
Agriculture Department
Florida
California
Rome Riots Rage Across Three Cities Over Trieste Return
In Rome Milan and Naples more than 40,000 students including Communists and Neo-Fascists rioted for a third day demanding Trieste join Italy. Pro-Communists clashed with Neo-Fascists. police detained over 200 demonstrators, with about 120 arrests in Naples. Dozens wounded as youths and some adults attacked authorities and buildings.
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Rome
Milan
Naples
Trieste
Italy
Tealy
Salazar Rites Set for 58 Year Old Mrs Salazar
Funeral services for Mrs Georgia R Salazar 58 will be held at 430 PM tomorrow at Hill of Rest Cemetery with Reverend MA Hebert of St Josephs Catholic Church officiating She died at 7 AM Monday after a long illness She resided with son Celise and daughter Miss Carmen Salazar 110 Magnolia Native of Monterrey Mexico she had lived in Baytown 25 years Surviving include two daughters Helinda Salazar and Mrs Francisca Valdes of Monterrey Mexico and three brothers Francisco Sutanie and Ignacia Rodriguez all of Monterrey Pallbearers named Cruz Racha Celestino Lopez Andres Contreras Anastacia Guetta Remigio Garcia Arcadio Araujo
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Georgia R. Salazar
St Hill of Rest
MA. Hebert
St Joseph’s. Catholic Church
Salazar
Celise
Carmen Salazar
Magnolia
Monterrey
Mexico
Baytown
Helinda Salazar
Francisca Valdes
Francisco
Sutanie
Ignacia Rodriguez
Cruz Racha
Celestino Lopez
Andres Contreras
Anastacia Guetta
Remigio Garcia
Arcadio Araujo
VFW Auxiliary Elects Officers at Anniversary Installation
The Ladies Auxiliary of Robert R. Tuck Post VFW named Mrs. T. S. Teent president in last night's election. Officers listed include Mrs. EE Berry senior vice president, Mrs. Sarah Sullivan junior vice president, and others with a joint installation planned April 5. The group also marks its 25th anniversary.
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T. S. Teent
Robert R. Tuck Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Tallent
Tuck Post
EE. Berry
Sarah. Sullivan
C. H
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Nelson
Dot Patterson
le Roy
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Central Press
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