George Raft barred from England as undesirable
Hollywood AP report quotes George Raft saying he was banned from the United Kingdom as an undesirable after a year of personal troubles. He alleges FBI information influenced the action and plans to visit J Edgar Hoover's office amid tax and financial woes spanning Cuba Las Vegas London and Beverly Hills.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
George Rett
England
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
George Rafts Colony Sporting Club
Las Vegas-iyne
London
Raft
United Kingdom
Beverly Jus
New York
Washington
Hoover
Aly Khan
del Mar Race Track
Cuba
Las Vegas
Youth Activity Plans Outlined by Baytown Optimists
Lester Alford, Baytown Optimist Club president, announced a complete spring and summer youth activity agenda. Elbert Barringer, baseball chair, invites boys ages 13 to 16 to sign up at the Junior Optimist Building on Market Street. tryouts on April 2, 9, and 16. The baseball breakfast is May 13 at the Optimist Building, with play starting the first week of June on the Robert E. Lee High diamond. The seventh and eighth grade track meet for five junior schools is set for the second week in April, per tournament director Barry Nettles. Trophies will be sponsored for the Junior Bowling Tournament this spring. Jim Carter chairs the bowling program.
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Lester Alford
Baytown
Optimist
Robert E. Lee Ligh
Barry Nettles
Alford
Optimist Wil
Jim Carter
Eagleton Seeks Crosby School Board Position 4
Wilbert L. Eagleton of Barrett Station seeks Crosby School Board Position 4. He lists 24 years in the area, a Drew High School graduate, a Prairie View A&M attendee, and three children. He favors one high school for 900 students, expanded curriculum, equal education, and attracting industry to fund schools.
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Wilbert L. Eagleton
Barrett Station
Drew High School
Crosby School
Clotel
Kelly
Peter
Andrea
Prairie View A& M Colege
Church of God In Christ Church
Civic Club
National Equal Opportunity Program
Eagelton
U.S
Ewell Seeks Re Election for Crosby School Board Seat
James Ewell veteran Crosby School Board president seeks re election to Position 3. He notes 17 years on the board, responsibility for growth from two buildings to enrollment over 2000, and emphasizes quality education and facilities while acknowledging a bond vote for central high school remains a community decision.
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James Ewell
Crosby
Ewell
Crosby Methodist Church
James
Crosby High
University of Texas
Austin
Suzanne
Sam Hausten State College
Huntsville
Candy
Masonic Lodge
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
Drew
Building 2 Central High School
Twiggy Photographs with New York Mayor Draw Candid Jibes
London fashion model Twiggy, 17, in New York to promote her clothing line, poses with Mayor John Lindsay and his daughter on City Hall steps. Lindsay jokes about calling London collect to save the budget. In Riverside, CA a UC chemist says baked banana peels offer no narcotic effect, likely only a placebo. In Detroit, singer Hildegarde misses a March 25 show due to misreading the date, promising to perform Friday at the Fisher Theater.
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Associated Press
NEW York
London
Twiggy
John V. Lindsay
City Hall
Lindsay
Margaret
Collect
Riverside
Calif
APJ
University of California
Junji Kumamoto
Agriculture Department
Detroit
Hildegarde
Fisher Theater
Did You Know Sloths Hang Upside Down on Trees
Curious fact about sloths’ unique locomotion. They commonly hang upside down from branches in Central and South American forests, using this posture as a resting and travel method within their arboreal habitat.
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Central and
South America
Elephant lures hippo home from health spa stay
Herman the 1,500 pound hippo wandered from his Huntington Beach cage during a charity event and swam offshore. Lisa the elephant, Herman’s childhood friend, lured him toward shore at a Laguna Beach health spa for horses. After hours in nine feet of water, Herman returned to his owner Gene Hol der as Lisa stood by.
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Laguna Beach
Calif
Herman
Hippo
Lisa
Elephant
Huntington Beach
Here
Gene Hokler
Connie Hendrickset
Challenger
Holder
Helder
LP Man Nabbed On Check Count
Kermit Stanley Garner, 47, a La Porte pharmaceutical employee, was arrested by FBI agents on charges of transporting forged checks across state lines worth 700 dollars. A preliminary hearing is set for April in Houston. He appeared before U S Commissioner Ralph G. Foul and was released on a 1500 dollar personal recognizance bond. The warrant was issued by U S Commissioner Claire Mundorff of Portland Oregon.
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Kermit Stanley Garner
la Porte Pharmaceutical
Finn
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Houston
Garner
U. S
Ralph G. Foul
U S
Claire Mundorff
Portland
Ore
Westey T. Whaley
FBL
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Seaborn
Adv
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The
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Baytown Air and Water Conservation Board
Seven County Area Planning Board
Texas Air and Water Resources Foundation
Counciman
Elephant Friend
Africa
India
Jeffie Halsted
West Gulf
Park Street
Vickers-Reo's
Don
Thomas Aczel Henry Behrens, Jr
Douglas C. Benton
Jk. E. Birch
D. R. Butler
Ross Catheriner
N. F. Chamberlain
J. N. Chatfield
Roy Y. Comeaux
Ervie L. Coxson
C. E. Cunningham
Carl C. Currie
Carl Daniel
C. M. Dickerson
J. A. Dinwiddie
Charles Donnelly
C. E. Dunning
J. Q. Foster
W.C. Gieger
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Paul E. Guill
B.C. Halter
John Harding
Sam H. Hastings
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Boyd N. Hill
W. C. Howell
Maude Hughes
W. Wilks
A. J. Wood
Carl S. Koenig
Bennie Kristek
W. S. Mackinnon
H. B. McGahee
E. ¥. McLean
L. M. Miller
Burnaby Munson
J. K. Nickerson
Ann Pohler
Cecil Phillips, Jr
J. JR. Reed
James J. Richardson
Tom Royder
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