Tombstone Among Night Loot In Baytown Heist
Police recover a tombstone and a four foot long toy fire truck among items stolen in Baytown Thursday night. Holdie Stone found the tombstone on his car seat while heading to work. A motorist reported a toy fire truck on Market Street near Lynchburg. The items were turned over to Fire Chief Art Lintelman.
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Baytown
Holdie Stone
East Foyle
Market Street
Lynchburg
Art Lintelman
W. R. Montgomery
Bathing Beauty Finalist in CR Contest at Sam Houston
SUN SPOTS Joyce Williams daughter of Mr and Mrs C Lewis Williams of Crosby was a finalist in the annual CR Bathing Beauty contest at Sam Houston State college. there were more than 40 contestants. Also notes on Baytown Emergency Corps drill, advanced first aid course at Baytown refinery bulk station, Carver School musical recital, Shiloh Baptist weekend revival, singing at Assembly of God La Porte, Syd Gould home and health.
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Joyce Williams
C. Lewis Williams
Crosby
Sam Houston State College
Baytown
I. D. Huggins
Assembly of God Church
la Porte
Wow Hall
Around Town notes from a lively South Main scene
Fire chief Art Lintelman helps beautify the South Main police and fire station while Lila Jones cleans. A woman driver cautions H H Duke with a horn as she goes in. Tom Heflin heads to Houston. Local chatter covers jurors, Toledo Bend questions, summer headgear, and Baytown social doings.
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Art Lintelman
South Main
Lila Jones
H. H. Duke
Tom Heflin
Houston
Harry Mullins
Jimmy Girardeau
Shannon Morris
Harry Massey
Monroe Pryor
Paul Anderson
Toledo
Sebine River
Texas
Chris Myers
Doc Hill
Darwin Middleton
Mike Saiter
Floyd Remeries
Crosby
Jerry Daniel
Conroe
Callie
Two top REL students to attend Lee College next year
Lee College will gain two top REL honor students from Robert E. Lee High School next year Julia Ann Bonner valedictorian and Patsy Aiken salutatorian announced plans to enroll Julia has a 95.84 average and Patsy 95.69 Bonner is active in National Honor Society French and Latin groups and editor of the Torch She is a state officer in Junior Classical League and won Latin medals Patsy transferred from Dayton High and was active in basketball baseball volleyball and FFA Her parents are Mr and Mrs H E B Allen of Highlands
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Wanda Orton
Lee College
Robert HE. Lee High School
Julia Ann Bonner
Patsy Aiken
Salutatoria
Lee Drive
Julia
Charley Bonner
Patsy
Fress Club
Torch
Dayton High School
REL
Dayton
Commercial Club
Homemakers of America
H. EB. Allen
Prairie Ave
Highlands
Russia Yields On Dispute Points In Austria Treaty
Vienna reports the Soviet Union agreed to drop two key dispute articles in the Austrian state treaty and the United States Army signaled plans to withdraw troops. The move, after talks with Soviet Ambassador Tigichev, suggests an early completion of the treaty restoring Austria’s freedom and ending the 17 year occupation.
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Russia
Austria
Vienna
Soviet Union
U.S
Ars
USS
I. 1
Iyichev
Kremlin
Tigichevy
Moscow
Wooster C C Backs Water Bond Issue of 175000
The Wooster Chamber of Commerce unanimously endorsed a 175000 water bond issue to be voted on Saturday by Har ris County Fresh Water District No 8 taxpaying citizens. Eddie Cox introduced the resolution. The group also backed street name change from Decker drive to Bayway on Market street pending court approval. A Fourth of July celebration with a fireworks display was discussed for Lakewood club house.
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Wooster
Bayway
Ramsey
County Commissioner's Court
Baytown
E. Vo Muller
Chamber of Commitree
Muller
Chamber
Lakewood Club House
Rain Lashes West Texas with Scattered Downpours
United Press reports heavy rain across West Texas with six inch totals at the Deeie Ranch near Monahans and widespread showers. Debris washing, losses of spring lambs, and water over SH 118 north of Alpine are noted along with isolated rainfall at numerous ranches and towns. Forecasts anticipate more scattered showers through Thursday into Friday.
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United Press
West Texas
Deeie Ranch
Monahans
Alpine
Gilsis
Sohl
Meriweth
Paisano Baptist
Alpin
Miles Pierce Ranch
Weather Bureau
Christoval
Big Spring
Presidio
Dr Fayle Kit Found On Decker Drive Incinerator Area
Emergency medical kit stolen from Dr Fayle's car near Humbie company incinerator on Decker Drive. C J Rhoden refinery worker found bag Wednesday afternoon. Two morphine tablets missing. A man with a medicine handbag seen fleeing from San Jacinto Memorial Hospital parking area after theft.
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PR. Fayle
Humbie Company
Decker Drive
C. J. Rhoden
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Dy. Fayle
West Germany Enters Free World Today
West Germany regains sovereignty after Paris treaty ratifications in Bonn marking the end of occupation and the start of a Western alliance. Despite rejoining the free nations and planning a 400000 man defense force, the nation remains divided by the Iron Curtain with 18 million in the East under Soviet control.
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Joseph. W. Grigg
Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Hitler
Reich
Paris
Washington
Brussels
West Europe
United States
Europe
Conclave Deposes Bao Dai and Names Provisional Viet Nam
A nationwide convention of free Viet Nam's revolutionary council voted to depose Bao Dai and approve Premier Ngo Dinh Diem to establish a provisional government. The assembly backed a republic, despite U S warnings the country was not ready, amid charges of Communist influence and a rival southern meeting led by Diem.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Viet Nam
Revolutionary Council
Bao Dai
Neo Dinh Diem
Junta
Red
Ho Chi Minh
Galtient
Nguyen Thanh Phong
Phuong
Cao Dai
Bao Dan
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
Petty Thefts Enter Six Boys In Trouble In City Jail
Six Baytown youths were jailed briefly after petty theft incidents. Ages 18 19 and 20 swiped a carton of cigarettes at a South Main store but were released to parents with no charges after the owner declined prosecution. A fourth group ages 17 12 and 20 were caught stealing gasoline on Gresham Street and also released after a talk.
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South Main
Baytown
Gresham Street
Teletype Training Aids Baytown Police Communication
Mrs Hussy teletype instructor for Southwestern Bell spent the day in Baytown teaching Chief Dispatcher Seeley on the new teletype at the police department for faster communication with other law enforcement agencies in Texas and Louisiana. Police Chief Montgomery also took a lesson in case he must pinch hit.
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Hussy
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Baytown
Seeley
Police Department
Texas
Louisiana
Montgomery
Deer Park mayor calls lawsuit a personal grudge fight
Deer Park Mayor Marl E Dunn labeled a petition by W C Tompkins and W J Knox seeking to restrain the city from turning over bonds or funds to Center Development Co as a personal grudge fight. Judge Wilmer Hunt set May 16 for a hearing on the petition and did not grant a temporary restraining order. The suit targets contracts with Mabry Construction Co and Center Development Co alleging the agreements are void.
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Ty Johnnella Boynton
Sun
Deer Park
E. ©. Dunn
W. C.tompkins
Tompkins
W. J. Knox
Wilmer Hunt
Center Development Co
Deer Park Terrace
Hunt
Dunn
Tompking
Averance
Dann
Clebis
W. N
Mabry Construction Co
Centur Development Co
Mabry Co
Regul Ang
City of
Marl E. Dunn
Jimmy Walker
Presley Sadler
Polio Front Activity Rises Over Salk Vaccine Link
Idaho reports 10 polio cases among 32,000 children inoculated with Cutter Salk vaccine. Two deaths and three critical. Experts warn of circumstantial links while vaccine imports lag and requests for extra shipments reach New York and Washington. President seeks power to distribute vaccine free if needed.
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United Press
Idaho
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
New York
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Hawaii
Baytown CAP unit gains third aircraft with gift plane
J R Vanderheider donated a V-77 Stinson Reliant five place plane to Baytown Civil Air Patrol, boosting to three planes. The craft, with 200 hp Lycoming engine and blind flying gear, will be used for emergencies and training, kept in airworthy condition, and hangared at Humphrey airport pending Baytown facility space.
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J.R. Vanderheider
Cap Baytown
Baytown
Civil Air Patrol
J. RR. Vanderhelder
CAP
Vanderheider
C. A. Behymer
T. A. Jacob
X Squadron
Navy
Vanderhelder
Humphrey
Wilburn Brothers Warn of Dangers at Wilburn Lake
Warning to Barbers Hill residents and visitors about a new 10 acre reservoir under construction off Highway 73 between Mont Belvieu and Cove. The Wilburns say the lake is treacherous with rapid depth changes and urge caution to prevent tragedy before water levels stabilize.
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Barbers Hill
Wilburn Bros
Screage
Mont Belvieu
Cove
Wilburn
Voters Set to Choose School Board Members Saturday
Harris county residents head to the polls Saturday to pick new members for local boards of education. The Baytown Sun notes six roundups of school board candidates across four districts Baytown Crosby Deer Park and La Porte inviting readers to pages nine and ten for details on who is running and what is at stake.
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Harris County
Baytown
Atomic Test Levels Survival Town as Tanks Pass Unscathed
The Nevada test unleashed the year’s largest blast, equivalent to 35,000 tons of TNT, while an armored task force of U.S. tanks passed the shock near Survival Town. Civil defense observers and reporters witnessed windows knocked out, dust and debris, but tanks reported no strain and crews remained uninjured despite rocks and dust showering front trenches.
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Murray M. Moler
Sith
Nev
U. S
Nevada
U. 8
Civil Defense
Human guinea pigs survive atom blast test
At the Nevada atomic test site ten volunteers including Maj. Richard Weatherall of Fort Bliss endured a near trench exposure described as a helluva shake. The six foot major said the blast rattled teeth, mud and water. most felt little heat but were thrown backward.
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Nev
Mai
OM Yard
Richard Weatherall
Fort Bliss
Howiter
Nine crewmen missing after Atlantic search for UW 8 plane
London report says ships and planes combed the Atlantic off Iceland Thursday for the nine men aboard a UW 8 air force refueling plane that crashed in flames Wednesday. Wreckage spotted Wednesday evening but no survivors found, an Air Force spokesman reported.
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London
Atlantic
Iceland
Air Force
Smokey Hill Air Force Base
Kan
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Tombstone
Carver
I. B. Cartwright
Mattie Durkee
Helen Eaton
Shiloh Baptist Church
Paul Stephens
Second Baptist Church
Herb Barron
Memorial Baptist Church
M. E. Smith
Shiloh
Syd Gould
Gould
Raytown Sun
Patsy Atken
Wooster C
West Texao
Dr. Fayle
Decker
Free World
Paar
Omics
Highlands News
Saace
Neill Seeley
W. KR. Montgomery
Mes, Neoma Kussy
Suily
Wilburn Lake
Hen Reynolds
San
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