The Sun backs Cedar Bayou bridge need for Baytown
The Sun argues a new Cedar Bayou bridge is a critical Baytown project requiring joint funding by Baytown Harris and Chambers counties. It urges improving Market Street Road and access to Highway 73, extending North Main, and Garth Road, with state aid possible. It calls for money, vision, and leadership to seize a regional growth era.
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the Sun
Cedar Bayou
East Texas
East James Avenues
Baytown
Market Street
Decker Drive
Wooster
North Main
Garth Road
Pasadena
Jeff Fleming
Harris County
Chambers County
The
Sun
Chassers County
Texas
Tri-City Beach
Morgans Point
Baytown-La Porte
West
Cedar Bayou Bridge
Lloyd Jones Elected Local President and More
Metropolitan press names Lloyd T. Jones of Gatesville and Houston Penney manager as president of the Pelms Canter Merchants association in a walk, with praise for his roots. The Huber News promotes Keep America Beautiful and a 2 Miterbag trash disposal idea. Pasadena shaver street maintenance withdrawal provokes tense fallout in Harris County.
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Lloyd Jones
Lioyd T. Jones
Gatesville
Wooster
Pelms Canter Merchants Association
Lloyd
Penney
J. C. Penney
Houston
America
Huber News
Baytown
Huber
America Beautiful
Mex Nuttall
Pasadena
Harris County
Shaver Street
Washington
Inula
Pasadena streets and county duties in Harris turmoil
By Fred Hartman, a regional note on Pasadena and Baytown street maintenance. The piece discusses county roads becoming city duties as annexation grows, with a focus on West Main bridge repairs funded by Harris County and rising local taxes. It argues counties cannot fix city bridges and residents must accept shared fiscal responsibility.
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Shaver
Pasadena
Reyms
Burke Holman
Baytown
Deer Park
la Petie Et al
Houston
Goose Creek
Harris County
Ion
Exposition of Progress in New York Shocks Readers
A New York City feature highlights a plan by Herold R. Meyer to stage the Exposition of Progress at the Wanamaker building, promoting African American consumer power and tracing 91 years of Black progress. The piece briefly notes Meyer's background, cultural tie-ins, and surrounding cultural chatter from Manhattan venues and figures, including Langston Hughes, Hilda Simms, and various entertainers.
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New York
Wanamaker
Manhattan
America
Langston Hughes
Hilda Simms
Anne Lucasia
Rip van Winkles
Meyer
Clara
West
Columbus
Alan Abel
Ligns
Graham Greene
Greenwich Settlement House
Lower Manhattan
Inerus Lik Brando
Linerace
Tali
Duke of Kent
Prince Raimier
Ted Lewis
Whd
Allime
Verse on keeping commandments and love from John 14 27
A biblical verse states that those who keep Jesus commandments are loved by him and by the Father. It promises that Jesus will manifest himself to the lover and keeper of his teachings.
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John
Traveling White House may trip abroad before election
Backstairs at the traveling White House discusses whether President Eisenhower will undertake a pre election foreign trip. Debates cite political risk versus drama of inspecting installations abroad. References to FDR and past trips frame opinions on travel and logistics for White House officials.
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White House
Merriman Smith
Mexico
Canada
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chicago
San Diego
Calif
Hawaii
Gen
MacArthur
Nimitz
FDR
Pacific
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Uty
Driving school boosts safety and income in New England town
Lloyd Sherburn, former car salesman and skilled driver, launched a driving school to curb teen and novice driver accidents. He uses dual controlled car practice, teaches road rules, and offers back‑to‑back courses with free retake. He partners with police and schools, aiming to profit while promoting safe driving.
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Lloyd Sherburn
New England
Mr. Sherburn
It Happened Today Quick Knowledge Quiz
A collage of trivia prompts asks meanings of sans pareil Braille usage by the kind Isaac Disraeli relation to Disraeli Earl of Beaconsfield colors of Rems sapphire lapis lazuli and asks if the United States joined the League of Nations. It also notes a death and a column by Matyus de la Prince and references Madrid surrender in the Spanish Civil War.
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Isaac Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli
Earl of
Beaconsfield
United States
The
League of Nations
Matyus de LaPrince
Arimide Briand Horn
Madrid
Francisco Vranea
Did You Know in a Fragmented 20th Century Column
A collage of etymology notes, trivia, and biographical snippets spans languages, history, and culture. It references Palestine’s name origins, Duncan Phyfe, ancient bathtubs, and a famed 1785 Maryland financier, with scattered celebrity birthdays and mis-spelled phrases from a fragmented page.
Subversive Threats Target Society and State Security
A fragmented 1930s era warning describes subversives as cancer eroding life and economy, citing two explosions at an industrial plant causing $409000 in damage and five deaths. It urges public cooperation with police and Texas DPS in countering espionage, sabotage, and propaganda, noting internal security efforts and the need to prevent further “explosion.”
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Unaited
State Department of Public Safety
Tn B47
Homer Girrison Jr
Texas Department of Public Safety
Dnr
Wbates
Texas
Dnapartrannt of Public Safety
Garrison
Sonnel
George Gobel Adds Middle Initial and Garson Greeting
George Gobel explains he adds an L as a middle initial not standing for anything to allow GLG embroidered on shirts to avoid mix ups with Greer Garson or Greta Garbo at the laundry. He notes the show isn’t in color and mentions a color-blind solace amid a stray line about Ernie Kovacs dining with Bo Wester near Fulton Wish Market.
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George Goebel
Greer Garson
Greta Garbo
Gobel
Ernie Kovacs
Bo Wester
Fulton Wish Market
Kovacs
Homit
Derrick
South America
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By Fred Hartman
Mel Heimer
Jerry Marshall
Make Believe Ballroom
Marshall
Margaret Truman
Good Housekeeping
Miss T
Carnegie
Rosa Ponselie
Merrill Hassenfeld
Disney
Pluto
Sheraton-McAlpin Hotel
Mie
California
Hassenfeld
Coward
Che Baytown Sun
Baytown Sun, Inc
Pearce and Agbbe
Frods Hartman
Harry Boswell
Preston Pendergrass
Beulah Mae Jackson
Raytons
Greenbrier Hole
Elmer Wheeler
Sherpurn
U. S
Fado Dumkopf
Issa
Central Press
cName
Palestine
Holy Land
Duncan Phyfe
Farnaue
London
England
Baltimore
Irir
Fallimeare
Paltimore
Saunders
Paul Whiteman
Orchestra Gond
Freddie Bartholomew
Flora Hobeson
Vic Raschi
Joey Maxim
Tsang
Satchey Delton
Jonna Hopkins
Maggi
By Bennet Cerf
Clereous
Wilson
Pals
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