Senators Duck House Trust Probe in Texas
A Texas House committee pressed its inquiry into state insurance dealings as two senators testified voluntarily about links to U S Trust and Guaranty Co. Several others declined or did not respond. A Dallas grand jury got a 30 day extension to continue probing insurance and investment firms while premium payments on a $1 million Shoemake life policy were ordered to continue.
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Austin
House
Texas
U.S. Trust & Guaranty Co
Wade Spilman
Dallas
A. B. Shoemake
U.S. Trust
Dallas County Grand Sum
Dallas Insurance
Shoemake
Charles ©. Betts
J. D. Wheeler
Definict
Waco
Wheeler
New Scout Leaders and Easter Music at Carver High
Clint on Britt named senior patrol leader of Boy Scout Troop 285 with David Funderburk as Scout Master. Carver High School choir to present Excerpts From the Life of Christ at the school auditorium Wednesday with Delicia Mr Green as organist. Baytown Police Auxiliary to meet to discuss city evacuation plans amid emergencies. Texas Company drills its Whaley No 4 well near Kirby Gil Co in GP Waleh survey, targeting 13 000 feet.
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Clinton Britt
Jimmy Prigmore
Carver High Schoal Choir
Tom
Delicia
Green
New Weit Texas Company
Kirby Gil Co
Around Town Notes Include License Plate Coincidence And Local Briefs
Local items report Grace Odom collecting her license plates and finding they share a number with her phone. Ray Ferguson and others make brief appearances. Ed Tillery muses on foreign correspondents. Birthday greetings go to Way Tilly and Bill Brewer. Jim Nelson shares town fish photos. A ring owner can call 3-1928 to reclaim found near South Fourth Street. Hospitalization noted for Ray Powell with pneumonia.
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Grace Odom
Ray Ferguson
Garrett Herring
Ed Tillery
Chiy
Sparky
Chile
Jimmy Band
Bear Bryant
Bi Hinson
Pep Ralties
Jim Nelson
Sexas Avenue
Greet Briar
South Fourth Streets
Way Tilly
Bill Brewer
Dodie Osteen
Rosalie Myers
Shaty Wittiey
Jimmy Ray Powell
Hong
James
Price Daniel to quit Senate if nominated for Texas governor
Dallas UPI reports that Senator Price Daniel announced his candidacy for Texas governor and said he would resign his Senate seat if elected. He outlined a three-point platform built on honesty in Russia, and would run a short campaign June and July to focus on key legislation in Congress.
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Senate
Price Daniel
Dallas
Pri Daniel
Texas
Washington
Congress
Daniel
Lors
Russia
Bids Sought for Roseland Park Concessions
Bids to operate Roseland Park concessions are being accepted at Baytown City Hall. Deadline is 5 pm on April 1 9 with unopened returns for late bids. Qualified bidders must submit a two month rent certified check and maintain good character. the contract covers pool and refreshment stands with a new stand planned for picnickers.
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Roseland Park
Baytown
Middleton
Yarborough Calls Daniel Switch in Governor Race
Austin lawyer Ralph Yarborough told 200 East Harris County Democrats that Daniel Daniel’s candidacy is a “big switch” designed to place Allan Shivers in the U S Senate. He questioned how Texans would benefit and urged reforms in state government and Water policy.
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Ralph Yarborough
Sen
Price Daniel
Gay
Allan Shivers
Daniel
L. A
Senate
U.S. Senate
Yarborough
Harris County
Wow Hall
Shivers
Austin
C. de 1Dick Little
Baytown
East Harris Democrats
Little
Texas Rangers
Cal
Canadian Mounted Police
FET
Yarborrough
Pastor's Wife Carried Away By Services
Mrs Clinton T Williams wife of Moot Belview Methodist Pastor attended a baptism for Vernon Kemp son of Mr and Mrs Vernon Kemp. She remained engrossed in prayer as a calendar notice announced a county wide dog vaccination program for Mont Belgioy and urged baptisms at county courthouses.
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Clinton T. Williams
Belview
Methodist
Pustor
Dan
Vernon Kemp
Vernon Kemp Sr
Williams
Mont Belgioy
Atrs
Hiv
Communion Maundy Thursday Rites In Holy Week Observances
Holy Week observances include Maundy Thursday rites at First Christian Church with the Story of Easter in worship and music at 9:30 pm under Gerald Cox with Rev. Clute Felts narrating. Communion service included. Cedar Bayou Methodist and St Mark's Methodist also hold services with sermons and choir singing as part of Holy Week activities.
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Baye Lawn
Dpsus
Christian Chureh Wall
Chanel
Gerald Cox
Cliute Felts
Vance
St. Mark's Methodist Church
Wayne McCleskey
Cedar Bayou Methodist Church
Elza Love
Trinity Episcopal Church
Hooper Hargood
West Main Bridge Out Ten Days Detour Set To Market
Goose Creek stream bridge on West Main being repaired for about ten days with a detour around the span. City Manager D Middleton notes engineers estimate ten days for repairs. Westbound traffic diverted via Market and nearby routes. Wortham Contracting of Houston awarded bid of 16000, Harris County paying. repairs due to barge damage.
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W. Main
Goose Creek
West Main
Apan
D. Middleton
W. EL Wortham Contracting Firm
Houston
Harris Conn
Wortham
VO Vt Ramsey
Missing boy found after after school disappearance
A nine year old, reported missing at 7 30 pm Monday, was located by his father after being seen in Coady near Highlands and at various places in Baytown before returning home. He had left school at noon saying he was going out on a pretty spring day.
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Jesus
Gethsemane
Judas Iscariot
Judas
Caiaphas
Coady
Highlands
Busch Terrace
Baytown
Shivers Leader Nixes Johnson in Dixie Revolt
Texas conservatives led by Gor Allan Shivers decide on joining the South in a states rights stand against federal school integration. Governor’s spokesman rejects Lyndon Johnson as a genuine presidential candidate and cites Sandlin’s plan to keep Johnson from chairing the Texas delegation to the Democratic convention.
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Houston
Texas
Gorallan Shivers
Democratic Executive Committee
Senate
Lyndon Townson
George Sandlin
Johnson
Tam
Recor
Sandlin
Shivers
Jonson
Poison Hits Workers On Ike's Train
A worker aboard President Eisenhower's train fell ill with acute uremic poisoning as investigators probe possible ginger ale tampering. Secret Service found no evidence of intentional poisoning and questioned all aspects of the incident in White Sulphur Springs Virginia.
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Poison
Ike
White Sulphur Springs
Eisenhower
U.S
Secret Service
Truck Stolen Here Found
Bay Cigaret Service reported a truck stolen during a burglary about three weeks ago. It was found Monday in Houston with the owner Dickens learning of the discovery Tuesday. The truck was abandoned on a downtown street and started when the driver heard a noise during the night. Dickens said he woke to a truck motor and later found the vehicle in his warehouse.
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Bay Cigaret Service
Houston
Baytown
John Meadors
Trek
Dickens
Bay Rot Service Ab Ws
Astarctics South Pole region praised as healthiest continent
Fragmentary note claims Astarctics at the South Pole is the healthiest continent with dust pollen and bacteria absent from air. Mentions a phone number 3862 for an ad writer and offers advice on being safe in mining or trade.
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South Pole
Lady Astor criticizes American gossip on Grace Kelly marriage
Enquote from Lady Nancy Astor recalls American press obsession with Grace Kelly's nuptials to Prince Rainier of Monaco. She asserts that newspapers favored naked women and cinema stars while neglecting mentions of American women judges, doctors, and scientists.
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Miamo
Lady Nancy Astor
Grace Kelly
Prince Rainier
Monaco
America
United States
World news in brief from United Press dispatches
United Press reports from diverse locations on hemispheric and global affairs. Leaders like Eisenhower and Canadian prime minister discuss regional security while Middle East tensions loom. A Cyprus official is shot amid Greek Cypriot unrest. a missing man in Odessa is found alive after his car was stolen. a year-old Japanese death linked to atomic bomb effects is noted. Debbie Reynolds announces pregnancy.
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Ly United Press
White Sulphur Springs
Eisenhower
Mexico
Canada
Hiroshomia
Japan
Debbie Reynolds
Eddie Fisher
City Council Election Near as Eight Polls Open April 3
Baytonians will vote April 3 at eight stations to elect three city councilmen for two year terms in Districts 1 4 and 5. Incumbents Mears and Clayton run unopposed. Lindstrom Jr McKee and Swain contest District 2. Campbell cannot seek reelection due to district boundary changes. eligibility rules require US citizenship two years residency in Baytown district ownership and current tax clearance.
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ED Tyllery
Sun State
A. L. Clayton
Rei . J. Lindstrom Jr
H. BE. McKee
W. C
Pop
Swain
District Ly
Milton I. Campbell
District 4
Sinc
District 3
Campbell
East Texas
Highway 146
Uie
Bridges Re-Elected Health League President
Dr William W Bridges was re elected president of the Bay Town Heart League. Officers were named at a luncheon Monday at San Jacinto Memorial Hospital with Mrs Jack Furbee as secretary treasurer and Bill Hinson as vice president, succeeding Dr John Was.
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William WW. Bridges
Ted
Baytown Heart League
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Jack Furbee
H. M. Johnson
Bill Hinson
John
Fio Teblace Jr
Lee College and Lee High School Bond Proposals Considered
Lee College and Robert E Lee High School face a proposed bond package totaling about 956000 with action delayed for public input. Superintendent George H Gentry backs a 450000 addition to Lee College and major renovations at Harlem and Carver schools costing about 500000 plus 40000 for furniture and 60000 for site work. The plan includes 1800 current high school enrollment, needs for new classrooms restrooms and staff offices, and possible future elementary and junior high sites. Air conditioning for the main building is proposed at an estimated 697000 to complete all work.
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Fred Hartman
George H. Gentry
Adt
Lee College
Robert E. Lee High School
Harlem
Carver
Joe Gentry
Robert H. Lee
Gentry
Cedar Bayou
Walter Rundell
Dean Rundell
Alvin
Miles
Lee College Raises Staff Pay Under New Schedule
Lee College trustees approved a revised salary scale led by President George H. Gentry with $200 monthly bumps at each step to set the minimum at 3908 and top at 503. Bachelor degree holders gain 180 annually to 460, masters to 4826 then 503, with 20 additional hours raising later to 6012. dean and assistant dean increases of 300 and 819 were authorized.
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George H. Gentry
Walter Rindell
Alvin Miles
Trustee Harper Steps Down From Building Committee
At Monday’s meeting Trustee Harper, chair of the building committee, received his diploma and urged the board to accept the two swimming pools at Lee and Carver as ready for school use. He requested relief from the post, and President Stark named L. T. Fudler to serve temporarily with Mrs. Elmer Uiray as his associate on the committee.
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Alen. Harper
Buildug
Lee and
Carver
Harper
Stark
L. T. Fudler
Elmer Uiray
Balding Stord Wastakhzar
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William Harrop
James Arrep
Jack Farbee
Amer Gray
H. J. Davis
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Baytown Community House
Dantel
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Dixie
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United Nations
NLA
Council
Middle East
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Cyprus
Odessa
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