Natural Gas Bill Clears Senate Hurdle Amid Veto Threat
The Senate passed a controversial natural gas bill 44 to 38 amid calls for President Truman to veto if the House approves. The measure would exempt independent producers from federal regulation and faces conference committee talks before final action. Senator Kerr defends the bill while Senator Douglas warns of higher city gas rates.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
House
Trman
Bil
Feder Power Commission
Paul H. Douglas
Tingis
License Deadline Is No April Fool
Mrs Beatrice Massey deputy tax collector for Baytown says 1950 car licenses must be issued by April 1 at Harris County building. By late yesterday over 3000 passenger car licenses and other vehicle licenses have been recorded, with branches extended to midnight Saturday to meet the rush.
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Beatrice Massey
Baytown
Toéey
Eadh
Barris County
Harris County Pedere Saings and Lean
Ms. Mills- SP
Around Town Unclear Mix of Names and Local Buzz
A fragmented local column notes assorted town chatter and partial hints of events. Mentions Billie Witte, Rud Spalding, Tom Rochelle, Royce Matthews, Mrs Edwin Atteber, Chief McKee, and Roy Montgomery among scattered items. No clear narrative or dates evident.
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Melinger
Texas
Sax
Max
Billie Witte
Billie
Spalding
Memphis
Etzrintotham
Danie Jim Sherwood
Tom Rochelle
Hizzo
Martin
Pang
Royce Matthews Finny
Edwin ‘Atteber
Hinessig
Godtrey
Auister Godfrey
E. Henratty
McKee
Barber
Grantham
Roy. Montgomery Ie
Nine Chained Inmates Die In Asylum Fire
A basement blaze at a Norris town Pennsylvania sanitarium trapped chained inmates as flames swept the facility. Nurses and firemen rescued dozens, with Theresa Shaw guiding crews through smoke to free bed ridden patients while George Lewis helped calm and lead others to safety. Fire under control by 12:36 am.
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Sani
Montgomery Hospital
Norristown
Pennsylvania
George Lewis
Theresa Shaw
New York
Lewis
Ion
Attorney General Approves Bonds For Lee College
Attorney General Price Daniel approved bonds for Lee College allowing construction of a million-dollar campus building. The district earlier backed a 450000 bond issue, with funds plus a construction fund to finance the project on Robert E Lee Drive. Annexation validation issues were cured by a recent legislative act, paving the way for bids.
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Lee College
Joe Reid
George H. Gentry
Price Daniel
Chicago
Robert E. Lee
Harris County
Market Street
South Main
Highlands
Hat Raised On Street Car Sparks Disturbance
GLASGOW Scotland March 30 21 Patrick McCusker was arrested for disturbing the peace after raising his hat to women waiting for a street car. No white mice were under the hat, scampering on his head.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Patrick McCusker
Polio Scourge Feared In Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg reports doctors fear a polio epidemic in the Rio Grande Valley potentially larger than the 1948 outbreak. Most 1950 cases are babies under two, with several doctors cautious about months ahead. Authorities compare to Los Angeles patterns, noting fluctuating yearly totals and current tallies already surpassing fifty.
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Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg
Los Angeles County
California
Missouri Skipper Pleads Guilty in Navy Court Martial
Navy court martial at Norfolk hears Captain W D Brown plead guilty to grounding the battleship Missouri in Hampton Roads January 11. Three charges dismissed, four specifications upheld. Brown concedes responsibility while asserting no concern for technicalities of position. Mor ris trial testimony pending as the Missouri ends active service and becomes a training ship.
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Skipper
Worfolk
W.D. Brown
Missouri
Hampton Roads
Brown
Ralph A. Groom
John R. Millett
US Aid Seen As Cheap Price To Pay For Freedom
Secretary of State Dean Acheson urged quick approval of U S technical aid to backward nations to offset communist appeal. He testified that Southeast Asian countries would get a major share of the first year’s 45 million spending under the Point Four program. Acheson said forward help focuses on food shelter and decent livelihood rather than abstract democracy.
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Washington
Dean
Heson
San
Acheson
Sato Te
Senate ‘Foreign Relation Committee
Mee Acheson
Leaders Seek 650 Million Defense Spending Boost
Washington dispatch reports House military leaders proposed boosting next year’s defense outlay by about 650 million dollars, mainly for extra aircraft. The plan followed warnings from General Dwight D. Eisenhower and faced pressure for fiscal restraint. Provisions would add 200 million for Air Force plane purchases and 410 million for Navy and Marine Corps aircraft to maintain current strengths, with Alaska radar defense and anti-submarine programs also under review.
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Washington
House
Dyvight Dol
Hisenhower
Chanées
John. W.mccormack
Massachusetts
Eisenhower
Supreme Com
Mander Ield
Senate
Alaska
Carl ‘Vinson
Armed “Services
Navy
Marine Corps
Vinson
Army
Naxsy
Air Force
Office Workers Hold Fast Amid Plant Labor Dispute
At the General Tire Baytown plant workers remain at posts as a dispute over a 32 hour four day week and a 20 percent wage reduction unsettles the facility. Ted Lyman says a 1:15 am strike alert preceded 1:30 am job departures. One other stoppage caused a two day shutdown. The butadiene plant, a government lease site, is central to the dispute and to synthetic rubber production.
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General Tiresand Ri
Ted Lyman
General Tire
Baytown
Ari Lander
VFW Auxiliary Women Elect Officers in Fourth District Plan
Mrs Atteberry is re elected president of the Robert R Tuck Post 922 Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary. J C Biggs is senior vice president and Mrs Vir Serbe junior vice president. Other officers include Mrs Guy Spencer treasurer, Mrs D Spencer chaplain, and Mrs T L Tal lent conductress. Joe Bennett and Mrs Gladys Kent named trustees. delegates to Fourth District convention set for May 43 and 44 in Houston. Colorbearers named as Moravitz Hastt Kosler and Chavers. New officers to assume April 11 with district secretary officiating.
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E. BE. Atteberry
Es Amiliary
Robert R.tuck
J.C. Biggs
Vir.serbe
Guy Spencer
D. Spencer
T. L Tallent
Olida Dommett
Joe Bennett
Gladys Kent
Biggs
Gladys Berry
Bennett
Houston
Atteberry
Moravitz
W. B. Hastt
Peggy Kosler
Chavers
Fourth District
Trinity Choir to Sing at First Presbyterian Church Tonight
The Trinity University traveling choir of 42 voices directed by Dr. Ralph Ewing performs at 8 PM at First Presbyterian Church on Market. The program blends religious and semi classical works with spirituals, Irish and Czech pieces, featuring Trinity Trio and Mary Beth Mewborn assisting. Baytown marks the seventh tour stop with Dallas Fort Worth Wiley other Texas cities on schedule.
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Trinity
University
First Presbyterian Church
Market
Ralph Ewing
Baytown
Texas
Dallas
Fort Worth
Waxahechie
Austin
Jacksonville
Athens
Port
Council to Consider Bus Route Changes in Baytown
Mayor J A Ward called a special City Council meeting for 7 30 tonight to consider expansion of some Baytown Turonell Transit Company bus routes and elimination of others. The agenda lists route changes and service adjustments pending council approval.
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J. A. Ward
Baytown
Pam
Turonell Transit Company
Easter Lily Sale Aids Spastic Clinic in Baytown
A group of young girls will sell Easter lilies downtown Saturday to raise funds for the cerebral palsy clinic in Baytown. The Pilot Club plans the effort with Mrs. Lucile Puderbaugh and Mrs. Edna Gray overseeing the campaign and the upcoming Easter Seals drive.
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Baytown
Igtin
Lucile ‘Puderbaugh
Edna Gray
Beytown
William Conway dies after rifle range episode
Wille Smith Conway 58 of 100 East Lobit died at 2 99 PM Wednesday at a hospital after collapsing at a rifle range during target practice with his son David. A Baytown native, he spent 26 years in the distillation department of Baytown Refinery. Funeral services set for Friday at Paul A. Lee Funeral Home with Rev. A Se Jordan officiating. Burial in Hill of Rest Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Madeleine Conway, two sons David and Carl Conway, five brothers Lester of Baytown and J T Conway Sr of Galveston, and a grandson. Pallbearers listed with honorary pallbearers from the distillation department.
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Wille Smith- Conway
East Lobit
Conwy
Baytown
Conway
David Conway
Paul A. Lee
A. Se Jordan
Memorial Baptist Church
Hill’ of Rest
4A Medeleine Conway
David A. Conway
Carl @ Conway
Lester Conway
T. Conway, Sr
Galveston
David A- Conway
C. H Dunaway
T. J. Page
J. B. Rei
M.D. Rose
Jordan Voytek
AL Taylor
Flying Pancakes Sighted Over Austin By Three Witnesses
On March 30 three witnesses including Sam Roper an engineer for the State Highway Department Gene Ravel president of the Austin Junior Chamber and John Ling a Minnesota mining official reported a sky born flat silver pancake shaped object suspended above an outlying intersection. The Weather Bureau station and Bergstrom Air Force Base offered no explanation and police reported no confirmed findings.
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Austin
Sam Roper
State” Highway Department
Gene Ravel
Austin Junior Chamber ‘of Commerce
John 2 Ie
Minnesota
Roper
Ling
United States
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Judge suspends Pasadena lawyer for one year
District Judge Phil Woodruff suspended HOUSTON Boanch 30.2 Pasadena attorney HLT Miller from practicing law for one year after finding he accepted fees from women for divorce suits he never filed. State Bar prosecutors Earl Cox and Jay Foster lacked enough grounds for disbarment but the suspension stands.
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Houston
Boanch
Pasadena
Hlt. Miller
Phil Woodrutt
Woodruit
State Bar Association
Earl Cox
Jay Foster
Waich
Woodruff
State Men Inspect Our Tunnel Tubes
State highway officials and Baytown La Porte Tunnel builders toured the underwater crossing project in Orange today. They reviewed fabrication of nine steel tubes by O. C. Steel, with the first tube due to depart in mid May for float and resting near the intracoastal.
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Orange
Baytown
la Porte
Houston Ship Channel
Elder Statesman of France Dies Amid Turbulent Era
Paris March 30 reports the death of a veteran French statesman, a socialist figure long linked with labor and factory strikes. The note recalls his leadership during 1936 and a period of intense political conflict between left and right forces, including the Communist influence and calls for nonviolent actions.
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Paris
Ce Blum
Bhim
Fhie Mentin
Trom
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Palestrina
Herzogenberg
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Lock Wood
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Nevin
Church of Christ
Christiansen
Sowerby
Lockwood
God
Mendelssohn
TPS -Dr
Lee’ Dunn
Gulf
Missouri Pacific
Bayto
Greens Bayou
Hojnsed
Willie S. Conway
France
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