Fishing Pier Named for J. T. Adams in Baytown
The city dedicates a fishing pier honoring J. T. Adams a Baytown recreation leader and Bayshore Rod Reef and Gun Club member who spearheaded the project securing donations from Gulf Coast Electric Co Woller and others. The pier sits off Robert E. Lee High School parking lot at Goose Creek and Market Street near the bridge with county labor school board access and General Telephone pilings provided.
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J.T. Adams
Greater
Bill Woller
Gulf Coast Electric Co
W V Ramsey
General Telephone Co
Ike Is Recovering From Heart Attacks
At March Air Force Base California former President Dwight D Eisenhower shows excellent recovery after his third heart attack since 1955. Medical authorities say his progress is encouraging and less severe than before with no complications since he arrived by helicopter from Palm Desert. Mamie Eisenhower visits him at the base hospital.
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Dwight D. Hisenhower
Palm Desert
Mamie
Baytown Man Honored for 40 Years Service at Humble Pipe Line
Ward M Pope of 712 Cedar Bayou Road Baytown gauging foreman at Humble Pipe Line Co was honored at a Bayport District dinner for 40 years of service. He joined in 1927 as a pipeliner and held roles across Texas New Mexico and Louisiana before becoming gauging foreman in 1966. Pope served in WWII with aviation engineers overseas. He is married to Mary Frieze Sherrer and has two daughters Mary Boatwright and Billie Frieze.
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Ward M. Pope
Cedar Bayou Road
Baytown
Humble Pipe Line Co
Pope
Bayport
C. B. Dean
Martindale
Texas
South Texas
West Texas
Hubbs
N.M
Longview
Conroe
Tomball
Pierce Junction
West Columbia
Magnet
Boling Fields
Magipet Boling Fields
Aviation Engineers
Wary Frieze Sherrer
Bay Ci
Mary E. Boatwright
Glen Flora
Billie M. Frieze
Refugio
Agreement Reached In Phone War Wage Talks
Washington AP reports union and Bell Telephone negotiators have tentatively agreed on about six percent annual wage hikes for a three year contract, raising average pay for Bell System workers to roughly 3.29 per hour by year three. Yet other issues delay final settlement amid a nationwide strike involving about 1.0 million workers across 17 cities and a Virginia unit at risk of joining.
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Bell Telephone System
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Virginia
Defense Department
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Arlington
New York
Bell
Western Electric Co
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