Shipping and local notices mix in Baytown column
A Baytown page reports on tanker Esso Greens salvage and oil cargo details after a collision, local school and city talks over Lee College water main, a fishing boat capsize near Cedar Bay, and a postponed Baytown Leaguer Club meeting with notes on absentee ballot deadlines and a military leave.
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Jimper
Cedar ‘Au
Cedar Bay
Mpromise Parley Baxytow
Ive
Buelow
Campbell
New Lee College
Ae Ng
Hool
Round Town and Mrs Mitchell Visit Weekend Church
Round Town notes list Mr and Mrs L C Mitchell visiting over the weekend to attend church. Joyce Vidie is mentioned as the former spouse. The item includes social gossip about local figures, events, and small personal updates in a brisk, period-voice roundup.
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L. C. Mitchell
Joyce Vidie
W. A. Thomas
Housewives- Here Are New Beef Prices Pay No More
Dallas OPS announces May 13 implementation of regional beef price scales for Texas New Mexico and Arkansas. Ceilings posted by June 2 with a 4 percent cut on August 1 and a further 41 percent cut by October 1. Zones set due to store cost differentials.
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Dallas
U.P
Texas
New Mexico
Arkansas
OPS
Alfred L. Seelye
Seelye
Tidelands Return Defeated As Coastal States Lose Round
The Senate Interior Committee voted 7 to 6 against substituting an interim tidelands bill for the proposed return of offshore lands to California Texas and Louisiana. Chairman Joseph C. O'Mahoney said the measure is dead in committee.
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Swashington-Er
Senate Interior Committee
California
Texas
Louisiana
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Tidlands ownership bill debated with Long amendments
Hinabor noted uncertainty on Senate fate as discussions focus on tidelands. O Mahoney described Senator Russell Long’s amendments moving to state administration of tidelands with federal oversight until a permanent settlement is reached. Provisions would let states collect and impound oil lease revenue with treasury approval and issue new leases under interior consent.
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Senate
Tidelands
Congress
Truman
O'Mahoney
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of Interior
Theo Wilburn Forces Bond Cut to 500000
School bond debate ends with Theo Wilburn and J W Pyle backing a 500000 limit after hours of dissent. Trustees Kellogg Hartman Stark Adams and others reluctantly concede, rejecting the 750000 proposal amid tense exchanges and warnings of public disapproval.
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Warren Edwards
Theo Wilburn
J. W. Pyle
Wilburn
L. Kellogg
Barry
Theo
Kellege
Hartman
Trustees
P. Starkee
James
Clifton Adams
Bet Hartman
Stark
Last Chance For Teacher Nominations
Baytown Sun eyes last hours to nominate a teacher for the $100 Teacher of the Year award. Postmarked letters by midnight qualify. Recent nominees include Robert E. Lee staff and others from Goose Creek Cedar Bayou and Barbers Hill. Judges to be announced soon.
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Baytown Sun
Goose Creek
Cedar Bayou
Barbers Hill
Sun
J. I. Gelber
Doris Treybig
R. M. Wedgeworth
Dorothy Crouse
R. T. Kerr
Robert E. Lee
George Keene
Lamar
Agnes Gary
Ashbell Smith
Minnie Alice Robertson
Lee College
Mildre@t Smith
Leki Mutler
Horace Mann
Wedseworth
Geiber
Baytown
Singleton To Head Bayou School Ballot
H. M. Singleton will head the ballot in Saturday's Bayou school board election at Cedar Bayou. Other candidates appear in order: Grady E. Lenamond, D. D. Sherry, A. E. Capps, W. G. BI Wilson. Polls open at Foam School till 7 p.m. Election judge is Mrs. C. W. Fayle. Clerks listed: Claude Tompkins, Laura Going, Inez Clayton. Two trustees will be elected. outgoing trustees are Wilson and J. J. Jackson. Candidates drew for places last night.
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H. M. Singleton
Cedar Bayou
Grady E. Lenamond
D. D. Sherry
A. E. Capps
W. G. BI Wilson
C. W. Fayle
Claude Tompkins
Laura Going
Inez Clayton
Wilson
J.J. Jackson
Brigadiers Start Annual Brigadier Week With May Day Baskets
The Lee Brigadiers launch Brigadier Week with May baskets for friends, a box supper for parents, and a schedule of events through Sunday. Highlights include Secret Pal day, a sixth period party, tea on Thursday, rookies fellowship, a weekend ball at Robert E. Lee gym, and a Sunday church service plus officer installation.
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Amiss Duarte
Baytown
Robert el Lee Drum and Bugle Corps
Tc. Rogers Pheta
Lee
Robert
Lee Gymnasium
Robert E. Lee
Brig
Brigediers
Senate Panel Blasts O Dwyer Over Organized Crime Ties
The Senate Crime Committee declared former Mayor William O Dwyer contributed to organized crime growth in New York City. It urged local officials to fight the rackets with new laws and criticized Governors Warren and Smith. The report paused on O Dwyer’s term and cited his ties to Costello and Adonis while noting inaction against top syndicate figures.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Crime Committee
William O'Dwyer
New York City
Crime Committee
O'Dwyer
Mexico
White House
Joseph Short
Eee
Truman
Mexico City
Comitee
Fuller Warren
Florida
Forrest Smith
Missouri
Warren
al- Fire Odwyer
Smith
Charles Binnagio
Western Union Telegraph Company
Its
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Cha Bel
Seneror Herbert
RK. O'Connor
Maryland
O Dwyer
New York
Joe Adonis
Frank Costello
O'Dwyee
Kings County
Senate
Legal Gambling Would Be Worse, Senators Declare
Washington report shows the Senate Crime Investigating Committee rejecting legalization. It argues gambling funds crime and cannot be eradicated. predicts legal gambling would attract small-wage bettors and not deter crooks, and officials would not become incorruptible.
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Washington
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Josses
Wind and hail lash Texas with twister and flood threats
Severe storms blasted Texas last night with wind hail and a barn wrecking tornado in a West Texas farm area. Oklahoma City storms reached tornado proportions, causing near flood conditions in Wichita Falls as wind 25 to 35 mph persisted East Texas expected more showers from the Pacific Northwest front.
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United Press
Texas
West Texas
Oklahoma City
Wichita Falls
Strerm-Wreary
East Texas
Pacific Northwest
Chain of Texas
Runnecis Coum
Ballinger
Chinese Begin New Drive East Of Seoul
Chinese Communist siege forces pulled back from Seoul and began massing troops about 50 miles east as they planned a possible southward advance through central Korea. Reds moved forward in daylight toward the west-central front along the Chuncheon Hongneun corridor under Allied air and artillery attack.
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Seoul
Tokyo
Korea
Chunchon-Hongenon
Hwachot Reservoir
United States First Marine Division
Sixth Divi
Wedemeyer Warned of Soviet Aim in Korea Long-Buried Report
The 1947 Wedemeyer report warned President Truman that the Soviet Union would seek control of Korea. It urged heavy U.S. military aid to South Korea, supervision of a Korean scout force, and long-term presence south of the 38th Parallel until the North withdrew. The document highlighted risks of a Soviet invasion and criticized the failure to act on its recommendations.
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Washington
Wedemeyer
Korea
Truman
Russia
Albert C. Wedemeyer
United States
Republic of Korea
Senate
Douglas “MacArthur
Mrv
eAnjehiont
Eccu
eSouth
Ftrom
South Korea
Fauure
South Republic
North
American Sabrejets Defeat Soviet Fighters in Yalu Battle
In Tokyo reports say twenty five US Sabrejets repelled Soviet built MIG-15s in a five day air battle above the Yalu River. The dogfight left several enemy jets damaged or destroyed while US planes remained intercepting.
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Tokyo
North First Air
Yalu“ River
Stockton
California
Damiggimpson Hvans
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