SUN SPOTS AND SCHOOL ELECTION NOTES
June 18 reunion for Robert E Lee class of 1945 with a Baytown picnic and evening party. Address issues for mailed invitations. Voters warned of a single polling place in Barbers Hill election Saturday from 8 am to 7 pm. Public Works Director Grantham better after hospital surgery. Baytown Optimist president to be certified in April. Derr Park seniors stage the play Everybody's Crazy at 8 pm Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Lee
Vidrine
Baytown
Barbers Hill School
Achool Library
Grantham
Baytown Hospital
ED G. Clarke
Baytown Optimist Cup
Eecei Uies
Derr Park Actiors
UAW Maintains Wage Plan At 1955 Convention
At Cleveland 3000 delegates of the CIO United Auto Workers begin focus on the 1955 collective bargaining program and the guaranteed annual wage. Walter Reuther is reelected president with Rich Gosser and John Tivingston as VPs and Emil Mazey as secretary treasurer. Speakers include Victor Velasquez and Thurgood Marshall as the convention winds toward its Friday close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
United Auto Workers
CIO
Walter Reuther
Richard Gosser
John Tivingston
Ant
Emil Mazey
Vicle Velasquez
Confederation of Mexican Workers
Thurgood Marshall
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Around Town Names and Notes From the Area
Around Town highlights include JIM BOND preparing for the Aggie Muster, 5/Sgt. Armando Rios of Sandia Air Base among ten fighters in the Fourth Army Boxing Tournament April 3-7, and Sgt BE R Hardy’s quick exit from the police station at 6:30 am. Also featured are local anecdotes on residents, a new clerk appointment, traffic glimpses, YWA help, and blue azaleas noted by Mrs. Henry Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Bond
Armando Rios
Granville
Sandia Air Base
Albuquerque
W. Mex
Armadon Rios
Baytown
Ft. A. Walker
la Portina
BE. R. Hardy
Weber Greer
Roy Black
Paul Anderson
Felicia Smith
Corporation Court
Vera Mae Kirk
Texas Avenue
Sue Jones
YWA
Virginia Carter
Lowise McKay
Henry Moore
Waterfront dominates Oscars with Brando and Kelly wins
Marion Brando, a first time Oscar winner, triumphs for best actor in On the Waterfront. Grace Kelly takes best actress for The Country Girl, while Eva Marie Saint wins supporting actress and Edmund O Brien best supporting actor. The Waterfront ties record with eight Oscars, including Brando’s emotional acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Garland
New York
Branda
Eva Marie Salat
Miss Kelly
Bing Crosby
Hollywood
Miss Garland
Big Picture Drive to Offer Mobile X-Ray in Baytown
Baytown residents can start Saturday to participate in Operation Big Picture, a Harris County Tuberculosis Association mobile X-ray unit visiting Baytown for a week to screen chests for early tuberculosis. A 50 cent adult and 25 cent child charge applies, with screenings aiding detection of lung cancer and heart trouble. Co chairs E T Panowich and Mrs Harold A Halsey lead the drive, which begins Saturday at Henke and Pillot from 10 am to 6 40 pm, then moves to schools and downtown sites next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Harris County
Blast Destroys Telephone Cable Near Columbia
A lead coated coaxial cable was dynamited 19 miles south of Columbia, destroying a thousand long distance circuits and disrupting press, government, radio and TV services. The line belonged to Southern Belt Telephone Co, which faced a CIO Communications Workers strike since March 14. The blast occurred shortly after midnight three hours after CWA president Joseph Beime spoke at Columbia. He claimed the nine state strike could end in a minute if arbitration was agreed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta-Up
Columbia
D. C
Southern Belt Telephone Co
CIO Communications Workers of America
CWA
Joseph Beime
Beime
Baytown Man Badly Injured In Night Crash
John Otruba of Baytown was seriously injured when his car veered off Tri City Beach Road near Evergreen Road, crashed into a ditch, and rolled over around midnight. He was taken by ambulance to Little Duke hospital and later transferred to the Veterans Administration hospital in Houston with a severe head injury, a broken collarbone, and possible fractures of the right leg and hip. He was alone in the vehicle and attributed loss of control to a curve near Evergreen Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Otruba
Baytown
Tri-City Beach
Evergreen Road
Otruba
Littie Duke Hospital
Paul A. Lee
Veterans Administration Hospital
Houston
Fuller First To Announce Candidacy For Baytown Schools
L L Fuller, a new Baytown school board member, announces candidacy for Position No 1 in the May 7 trustee election. Fellow member Harry S Hartman will not seek reelection. Fuller, a local businessman with ties to M P Fuller, urges continuity and governance to keep schools on a high plane while serving his daughter and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Fuller
Board of ‘Trustees
Baytown Schools
Harry S. Hartman
Fuller
Baytown
M. P. Fuller
West James
Leslie Jean
Ashbel Smith
Eisenhower Signs Baytown Rubber Plant Sale Bill
President Eisenhower signed the Baytown act marking a 30 day bidding window for disposal of the rubber plant. The Rubber Plants Disposal Commission will oversee bids, with 40 days to negotiate and a subsequent 30 day Congress review before final sale to a purchaser. General Tire operates the plant pending disposal during Federal Facilities Corp oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Eisenhower
Baytown
Acton
Senate
House
White House
Rubber Plants ‘Disposal Commission
Congress
Federal Facilities Corp
General Tire
FFC
Army to Draft 20,000 in May as total rises
The Defense Department announced a May draft of 20,000 men, 2,000 more than April, raising the total drafted since Korea began to 1,898,480. Officials cited no immediate reason, while observers linked the increase to volunteer and re enlistment fluctuations. In Chicago, Col. Robert R. McCormick's serious condition was unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Defense Department
Defense
Bus Tax Cut Filibuster Sets Texas Senate Record
Texas Senator Wayne Wagenseller vows a 24 hour floor hold to block a bus license fee cut. He is joined by Klimer Corbin and William Moore reading Texas Almanac as he pushes past the 21 hour mark. The deadline to buy 1955 bus licenses looms at midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Lloyd JR
Austin
Wayne Waganseller
Texas Senate
Wagenseller
Bowie
Wagonseller
Klimer Corbin
Lubbock
William Moore
Bryan
Jimmy Phillips
Angleton
Senate
House
Wagonselier
Waponselier
Moore
Corbin
Waponseller
Phillips
Cooler Weather Forecast With Showers Across Area
Mild temperatures gave way to cloudy skies and possible showers as a Pacific front moves through West Texas. Dust from Colorado and a strengthening west wind are expected to sweep across the Panhandle and reach the Fort Worth area by mid afternoon, with low temps dropping into the 20s to 40s regionally and again cooling overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Panhandle
Colorado
Big Spring
Fort Worth
Pacific
Amarillo
Brownsville
el Paso
Lufkin
Lubbock
Beaumont
College Station
Houston
Waen
Abilene
Dallas and Fort Worth
San Angalo
Corpus Christi
Laredo
Diamond Alkali Fined On Pollution Charge
BH. S. Curtis, superintendent of Diamond Alkali, was fined $100 and costs totaling $112.50 for polluting Greas Bayou with acids. The case was brought in Justice of the Peace Walter Queen's court by Dr. W. A. Quebedeaux, Harris county health officer. Curtis entered a guilty plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BH. S. Curtis
Greas Bayou
Justice of the Peace
Walter Queen’s Court
W. A. Quebedeaux
Harris County
Curtis
Baytown Drives Prose On 1955 License Tags Deadline
Baytown drivers race to meet Friday cutoff for 1955 license plates. County tax officials report heavy last minute activity at three Baytown stations with hours extended to accommodate rush. Over 14 000 plates sold locally. penalties apply after deadlines. Cadillac heavy vehicle anecdote noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Catlins
Houston
Lng
Weingarten’s
Colling
Collins
Baytown
Gene
Richard Osborne
Depunties
Rosalind Nettles
Betty Shepherd
Cadillac
Cancer Education Month Opens in Harris County
Cancer Education Month begins Friday in Harris County as the American Cancer Society launches its annual Crusade nationwide. The Baytown Unit will not solicit funds this time, focusing on presenting the true story of cancer through posters films take-one leaflets and media coverage. A full schedule of Baytown and other Harris County events includes open programs and church services with cancer education materials distributed after services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris County
American Cancer Society
America
Society
Baytown
United Fund
Church Hells
Houston
Washington
Viet Nam Premier Victory Assured By Surprise Help
Cao Dai commander orders 25 000 Buddhist warriors to join Premier Ngo Dinh Diem in his bid to retain power. Gen Nguyen Thanh Phuong shifts support after uneasy night, crippling Binh Xuyen strength and unifying factions behind Diem as talks of integrating Cao Dai into Diem’s 200 000 man army proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Guilbert
Saigon
Indo-China
Cao Dai
Ngo Dinh’ Dien
Viet Nam
Nguyen Thanh Phuong
Binh Xuyen
Diem
Phuong
Cio Dal
Binh Xayen
Ten Huo
Binh Xuyun Way
Stray Skunk Reunion Hopes Amid Woodlawn Drive Search
Mrs. Benes and husband in Woodlawn neighborhood seek help locating Stinky the skunk who wandered from 2000 Woodlawn after 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. The pet, about four inches long, has been deodorized and vaccinated, and is frightened by new surroundings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia
John Benes
Woodlawn Drive
Neighbors Seek Permit for Atomic Shelter on Wilburn Drive
The city plans to issue a construction permit for a joint Baystown bomb shelter at 1700 Wilburn Drive. H. B. Crawford and two neighboring families expect a $1000 reinforced concrete box with steel doors, three feet earth cover, and ventilation work to start after the permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baystown
Ae GH
Hanratty
J. T. Peacock
H. ‘B. Crawford
Wilburn Drive
Crawford
Ane
Peacock
FHA
Peacocke
Permik
Guards Blamed for Lincoln Prison Riot Trap
Lincoln Neb UP Nebraska penitentiary officials blamed two guards for stepping into a convicts trap that sparked a six hour riot. Deputy Warden Don Greenholtz said Warren Miller and Eugene Swanson admitted errors while attempting to help a prisoner, causing the rebellion to unfold as eight inmates surrendered early Wednesday. Greenholtz noted laxity but said no disciplinary action is expected, citing the hard lesson learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Don B. Greenholtz
Warren Miller
Eugene Swanson
Miller
Greenholtz
B. Millar
Swanson
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Inérémses
C. ‘E. Hanratty
UAW
J. L. Jacob
C. F. Fletcher
Marion
Grace
Waterfront
Aline Mosby
Holly Woop
Marion Brando
Grace Kelly
Ken Reynolis
Sun
Mark
North Texas
United Press
Fast Texas
Diamond
Russia
Mother Mary
Gerald Crawford
Mt Fietris
Dewar
Viet-Nam
Wilburn
Roa
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