Deer Park Faces Court Action Over City Bonds
Deer Park mayor and six council members were cited to appear May 16 before District Judge Wilmer Hunt to show cause why a temporary and permanent restraining order should not block the city from turning over bonds or funds to Center Development Co. The petition, filed by W C Tompkins and W Knox, names the city, officials, Center Development Co, Ted Pasternak, and Ellen Mabry as defendants.
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Deer Park
B. Dunn
Deer’ Park
Wilmer Hunt
Development Co
Hunt
Ellis Zens
W.C. Tompkins
W. Knox
City of
Dunn
Jimmy Walker
Presley Sadler
Jim Morton
Felix A. Ward
T. W. Mcintosh
Center Development
Deer Park Terrace
Sun Spots Girls State delegates named at Lee High
Delegates Ray Dunks Carole Wilks and Barbara Mills were announced for Sun Spots Girls State at Robert J Lee High School. The convention runs June 15 in Austin with Virginia Blackmon to be honored at a reception 6 30 to 8 p m Thursday in Lee College Art Gallery.
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Robert J.lee High School
Ray Dunks
Carole Wilks
Barbara Millls
Austin
Virginia Blackmon
Lee College
Art
Cedar BaYoon
Douglas Wallace
Around Town notes from Sam Houston State and neighbors
Genev a Carr studies business administration at Sam Houston State and writes home about entertaining Dana Andrews. Joan Johnson promotes an interesting program while locals seek poll tax receipts for school board voting. Bob Love calls his wife from New York. Margaret Bains hosts meetings. Mildred Franklin weighs two places before a public forum. Ronnie Garrett and Jerry Garrett abandon a pirate ship dog house for Major the dog. Mrs. Ovide Webber shares a tall tale in a quiet way. Mrs. Ben Love demonstrates deft parking escape. Buddy Rushing recalls fine sandwiches but rejects the boiled egg. Lester Alford watches fishermen Chris Myers and Doc Hill. G B Parks nears recovery work. Mrs. R. L. Parker Jr. meets the cash deadline. Ray and Raymond Broussard appear together again as older married men. Ardith McKee plans to splash water from the pool open early. Eddie Krenick keeps rose buds to himself while solving a problem. Jake Jacobs tunes in to a hot short wave. Mrs. Joe Voparel proud of daughter’s recital. Larry Stoerner heads for vacation spots in sunny weather. Don of the Sunporter predicts Dodgers defeat. Mrs. Chester Smith loses a natural colored leather billfold near Kress. finder can call 3-1919.
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Geneva Carr
Sam Houston State
J.L. Carr
Dana’ Andrews
Joan Johnson
Bob Love
New York
Betty
Margaret Bains
Mildred Franklin
Ronnie
Jerry Garrett
Ovide Webber
Ben
Love
Buddy Rushing
Lester Alford
Chris Myers
Doc” Hill
G. BR. Parks
R. L. Parker, Jr
Ray
Raymond Broussard
Ardith McKee
Eddie Krenick
Jake Jacobs
Joe Voparel
Larry Stoerner
Big Don
Dodgers
Chester Smith
Kress
West Germany moves to sovereign status and NATO armament
Foreign analyst Charles M. McCann notes West Germany becomes a sovereign nation on Thursday and joins NATO as an ally. An army of 400000, air force of 80000, and navy of 20000 will be raised under strict treaty limits. Russia fears German rearmament and a restart of the Cold War dynamics, while Germany must prevent militarism from imperiling democracy.
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Charles M. McCann
United Press
Germany
West Germany
United States
Russia
West Germa
Streitkraefte
Wehrmacht
Adolf Hitler
Soviet Russia
Great Britain
France
Struggle within Saigon as Diem calls assembly
Premier Ngu Dinh Diem convenes a national assembly a day early in Saigon to hedge against the revolutionary committee demanding Bao Dai's deposition and the expulsion of French forces. Street fighting subsides as government troops press rebel pockets, while Cao Dai general Trinh Minh The battles near the city.
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Saigon
Nge Dinh Diem
National Political Assembly
Revolutionary Committee
Bao Dai
Diem
Comunittes
Binh Xuyen Gang
Bay “Dats
South
Viet Nam
Binh Xuyen
Cao Dai
Trinh Minh
CBS
International
Ramsey's Plea Is Struck Down by High Court
The Texas Supreme Court ruled against Lt Gov Ramsey in a 3 to 0 decision, denying his bid to bar testimony on campaign expenses. The court said the sought order was effectively an injunction and outside its jurisdiction. A dissent argued Ramsey, a current legislator, deserved a later continuance until adjournment.
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Ramsey
High Court
Austin
Texas Supreme Court
Lt. Cov
Ruel C. Walker
C. T. Johnson
Record Breaking Heat Wave Heads East
A record breaking heat wave stretched into the East on Wednesday ahead of tornadic winds and wild thunderstorms. In Detroit, 89 degrees Tuesday set a May 3 record and 1,500 Chrysler workers were sent home after a walkout. Chicago reached 91.3 degrees for the hottest day this early in the year, while Iowa Wisconsin and the Dakotas faced rain and damaging winds. Antigo and Viroqua Wisconsin reported 100 mph winds toppling a radio tower and tearing a home roof. Manchester Iowa saw fallen trees and three feet of floodwaters on Main Street.
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United Press
Midwest
Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Chicago
Iowa
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Texas
Antigo
Wis
Virodia
Manchester
House Fight Looms Today On Postal Pay Hike Bill
Washington A House battle over a compromise postal pay hike bill looms with a 3.8 percent average increase for about 500,000 workers. House Post Office chairmen Murray and Rep Rees hint possible opposition on the floor, while Senate conferees back the accord as Senator Johnston remains optimistic about its future.
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Washington
House
Roth
Tom Murray Dtenn
House Post Office Committee
Edward H. Rees
R-Kan
Murray
Reese
House Conference
Senate
Rees
Olin D. Johnston
Late Spring Weather Expected Across Texas Next Day
Forecasters predict typical late spring weather for Texas in the next 24 hours. Wednesday enjoyed fair and warm conditions with high clouds. Tuesday’s high reached degrees at Laredo and Presidio, while overnight temps ranged from 1 degrees at Salt Flat to 71 at Corpus Christi and were mostly in the 60s.
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United Press
Texas
Laredo
Presidio
Salt Flat
Corpus Christi
Eisenhower weighs Formosa attack and U S response
President Eisenhower outlined how a Chinese Communist assault on Quemoy and the Matsus could signal a broader goal toward Formosa. He avoided defining a specific U S reaction, citing a wait and see stance while reaffirming commitment to Formosa’s defense. He noted military equipment buildup as a potential indicator and discussed cease-fire talks and base plans with no definite moves announced.
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Donald J. Gonzales
Washington
Eisenhower
Quedmoy
Matsu Islands
Formosa
United States
Pescadores
Quemoy
Matsus
Red China
Red
China
Tilsenhower
Formosa -China
Just Lookin For A Home Charge Calls In Disproportionate Night
Two men, described as drunks, were arrested Tuesday night in a vacant house after sneaking in to avoid the street. They were jailed in a full cell and charged with drunkenness.
Baytown School Board Candidates Forum Draws Few Voters
Eight candidates spoke for five minutes each at Robert E. Lee high school in a sparsely attended forum hosted by the League of Women Voters. The event covered education policy and desegregation amid questions from the audience as candidates outlined positions for the upcoming Saturday election.
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Baytown School Board
Robert 4
Lee High School
League of Women Voters
W. J. Strickler
Baytown Chamber, of Commerce Education
Byrd Warns Debt Mounts Over U S Mortgaged Value
Senator Harry F. Byrd told the U S Chamber of Commerce that the federal debt equals the full tangible value of the nation s land buildings mines machinery and livestock and that the United States is mortgaged to the hilt The 280 billion direct debt marks a 1200 percent rise since 1933 while he praised some budget balancing but denounced calls for greater federal aid to states He cited Eisenhower s highway and school plans and a federal health payment program and a Commerce Department official forecast optimistic foreign trade prospects for the coming year
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd
United States
Byrd
D-Va
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Eisenhower
Chamber
Commerce Department
E. E. Schnellbacher
Department
Bureau of Foreign Commerce
Good News For Diaper Service Operators 1955 Wet Year
New York reports at the 20th annual Infant Industry convention that 1955 is expected to be a very wet year for diaper service operators. Births top 4.1 million, about 100,000 more than 1954, as DSIA delegates discuss rinses and water systems.
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New York
Statler
Robert Mandel
DSIA
Long Island
Chicago
USSR Presses for Concessions From Austria
Vienna dispatch says at the five power conference on Austria the group moved past two major hurdles and began to press for Soviet economic concessions as the price of freedom. The talks center on terms for a state treaty with Austria and the Soviet demand for large economic concessions.
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Vienna
Austria
Emergency kit stolen from Dr Fayle’s car
Police seek an emergency kit handbag stolen from Dr Fayle’s car parked at San Jacinto Memorial hospital Tuesday afternoon. The bag contained two bottles of morphine among other equipment.
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Dr. Pla. Fayle
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Fort Worth Gang Leader Cecil Green Slain in Ambush
Cecil Green, a famed Fort Worth gang leader with ties to Los Angeles and Kansas City, was ambushed in his air conditioned Cadillac near a drive in cafe and died 16 hours later. He faced trial for William P. Clark's murder and had just secured bond. Green’s murder follows a history with the Dallas underworld and a possible burial beside his brother Delois, once killed on Christmas Eve 1949.
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Fort Worth
Cecil Green
Southwest
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Underworld
Green
Gren
Texas
William P. Clark
Ray Crowder
St. Joseph's Hospital
Dallas
Delois
Delois Green
Cecil
Detois
Clark
Harry Huggins
Leroy
Tracy) Eggleston
Huggins
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Jim Sheley
Lke
Clifford Walker
Redondo Beach
Calif
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Armand M. Walker
Internatio
Frdernald
TH. Bridges
Sam Hastings
Boyd Hil
Lee Tag
L. L. Fuller
T. P. Gorman
Ollie Ostrum Jr
Ray Heinrich
Jack Walker
Bridges
Thedical Society
Hastings
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Ussr
Dr. Fayle
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