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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1952
Page
2
Crosby fails in an effort to obtain a fire insurance credit as the State Insurance Commission reviews potential rate reductions. Local residents and a church fire incident are cited as affecting perceptions of a credit, with tentative hope expressed by Crosby leaders despite lingering uncertainty about key rate changes.
Comptroller General Lin C. Warren warns that a proposed 45 billion cut to military funds would strip Congress of defense spending control. He states the aim is to postpone payments, not reduce appropriations, in a letter to Chairman Reavyils.
Dallas bus workers postponed a scheduled strike by 24 hours amid a vote on a $50 million bond election. City leaders fear the 254,000 residents may need to walk to polls if service is disrupted.
Fragmentary OCR lists companies and products including AT&T, Calumet, Goodyear, Dairy Prod Ohio, Texas Gulf Prod, Tidewater, Union Oil, and Woodley Pet. Five entities appear in a garbled string referencing regional firms and brands.
The appeals court ruled the United States can raise pay while a major labor dispute unfolds. Acting Attorney General Philip B. Perlman planned to appeal to the Supreme Court, seeking a quick reversal of Pine's ruling. Labor leaders doubted a concession would come without a court order to end the walkout as 35 percent of the steel industry remained idle and auto production faced three weeks of possible shut down. Tokyo police staged full alert as one million workers prepared May Day rallies and demonstrations on the Communist holiday.
The Brigadiers drum and bugle corps marks its eighth year under Jane Band and Mary Lou Buford as leaders. In 1950 they issued new uniforms financed by magazine sales. The group has grown from 45 to 1441 members with officers and senior junior and sophomore reps named.
The text describes Mayor Philpot announcing his bid for county commissioner after May, outlining wartime service, community roles with Traveler's Aid Society, Infantile Paralysis, and the Community Chest. He emphasizes coop eration and promises to meet every voter in precinct No. 1.
Fort Worth cattle prices show slow to steady trade with good and choice slaughter steers and yearlings at 28 to 35, cows 21 to 24, bulls 25 to 26, stockers 28 to 33, calves around 100. Hogs trend lower on butcher bids with sows down to 50 cents, feeder pigs around 11 to 14, and various weight ranges noted across categories.
Deer Park School District property owners to vote Saturday on a 1 million dollar bond to buy land and build new school buildings. Polling will be at Deer Park and Lynchburg schools with election judges named for Lynchburg. The bond vote runs alongside trustee elections for H W Hutener and J H Richardson up for re election.
Forty United States schools including Alamo Heights San Antonio and Corrigan high school Corrigan Tex join a three day Freedoms Foundation awards program. Winners from 38 others will be honored for teaching the fundamentals of the American way of life with visits to Valley Forge and Philadelphia historic sites.
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