Eisenhower Warns Congress Against Foreign Aid Cuts
President Eisenhower cautions Congress that a one billion dollar cut in foreign aid would be felt in Europe, urging careful consideration as the Senate Foreign Relations panel reviews a cut from 8.9 billion to 7.9 billion while Truman comments on defense and economy.
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Vshington
Genght D. Eisenhower
Congress
Europe
Senhower
Tom Cany
Eisen
Truman
Ern
Tee Ie
Mnally
Russell
Ittec
Galveston Election Name In 1953 Terman Elected
Galveston election coverage notes Terman elected at a 1953 meeting to serve in the Southwestern district spanning Texas and neighboring states. Additional council actions included extending group insurance premiums and adjusting police staffing via hiring a new assistant. An image sale and ACE Mann Band concert are listed with venue and timing details.
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Terman
Galveston
Texas
Louisiana
Ahoma
New Mexico
Fractured Local Sports and Social Notes from Town File
Fragmentary town column references sports figures like Plowden and Strickland, union activity, community plans, and personal moves. Mentions Harold Adams, Robert Strickland, James Beau, Buzz Williams, and local labor actions amid scattered phrases. OCR debris constrains clear events or outcomes.
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Locke
Anson 5
Plowden
Harold Adams
Ghobert Strickland
E Carroll
Hub
Patix
Merchants Rejoicing But Remain Cautious About Credit Change
Government economists predict that removing installment buying controls will have little effect on sales and prices of automobiles TV sets and home appliances. The Fed’s Regulation W suspension is not expected to spark a credit boom as consumers will continue to shop within high prices and ample goods. Dealers welcomed the move yet buyers rushed to car lots with ads offering no down payment for two months. Builders eyed Regulation X relief but officials signaled no major housing credit relaxation soon.
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Richard E. Mooney Washington
LLP
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve. Board
Houston Firms Jump At Lifted Credit Restrictions
Houston merchants moved quickly after the end of credit limits with ads offering “down payments” on major appliances though TVs were partly excluded. A local used car dealer reacted with enthusiasm, saying the lifting would boost business as others expected a quick sales boom.
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Houston
Ike's Forces Protest Bolts in Texas GOP
Dallas telegram from Alvin H. Lane, Ike forces co chair, accuses Texas Old Guard leadership of ignoring majority rule and urges national chairman Guy Gabrielson to condemn bolts from precinct and county meetings. Bolting Taft supporters held rump conventions naming rival Taft delegates to the Mineral Wells state GOP convention May 27 while Eisenhower backers outnumbered them.
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Dallas
Eisenhower Republicans
Texas
GOP
Guy Gabrielson
Alvin H. Lane
Eisenhower Forces
Gabrielson
Republican Party
Robert A. Taft
Ohie
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Mineral Wells
Humble Day Barbecue Draws 14 000 Fans At Celebration
Five tons of choice beef will fuel the barbecue at Humble Day on Saturday. Humble club stages annual event with eight-man crew slicing meat after barbecue ends at midnight. Festivities run from 8 am with carnival rides, sports events, dances, and staged performances throughout the day.
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Humble Club
Flers
Ras
Humble
Comunity House
Billy Graham Describes Houston as Worst City
Evangelist Billy Graham, in a Houston crusade, calls Houston the worst U S city needing spiritual cleansing, even more than Washington. He reflects on Life's Most Embarrassing Moment, the moment just after death, during his sermon.
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Houston
tLhi
Billy Graham
Elousion
United States
Washington
Graham
Fair Boost In Installment Buying Seen By Baytown Merchants
Baytown merchants welcomed the removal of Regulation W on credit buying and predicted a fair rise in business though few expected a no down payment option. Banks and finance companies will guide terms with cautious liberalization, with auto down payments around one third and 24 months to pay for some items.
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Warren Edwards
Ralph McCanny
Baytown
Mmanager
Gas Ration Predicted as Strike Drags On
Washington Defense Transport Administrator James K. Knudson warned that non essential use of gasoline and other petroleum products may be restricted if the strike continues. In Denver the Wege Stabilization Board planned to pass the nine day oil strike to President Truman after $9,000 workers refused to return. A settlement at Rock Island Refining Corp. and Oil Workers International Union Local 535 in Zionsville, Ind., offered an 18 cent hourly raise and higher shift differentials.
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Bulletin
Washington
ILE — Defense Transport
James K. Knudson
Denverge
Wege Stabilization Board
Truman
Rock Island Refining Corp
Oil Workers International Union
CIO
Zionsville
Ind
Bernard Smith
Truman Berin To Retire On Birthday Plans To Be National Conscience
President Truman, age 68, intends retirement next January yet aims to remain a vocal national conscience. He plans an extensive postpresidency speaking program, continuing to push his New Deal policies and oppose special interests. Birthday activities included a family dinner with wife Bess and daughter Margaret, while staff question if whistle stop tours will recur.
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Truman
Merriman Smith
Washington
Thabras
White House
Paign
Democratic National Committee
Margaret
Truman marks 68th birthday with plan to live as he pleases
President Truman announced on his 68th birthday that after 12 years in public office he intends to spend the next decade relaxing and enjoying himself. The remark came during a news conference as he prepared to retire on January 28.
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Washington
Truman
Prisoners Seize U S General on Kojé Island
Communist prisoners seized Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd commander of a prisoner camp on Kojé Island and held him as hostage. A second officer reportedly escaped as rioting began on Wednesday and violence left many dead earlier. Dodd had gone to Hoje as representative of Gen. Van Fleet. Thousands of prisoners were moved to the Korean mainland.
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Pusan
Keres
Francis T. Dodd
Kojé Island
Dodd
Hoje
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
Washington Army
Washington
UN Planes Smash Red Supply Base In Biggest Attack
Allied planes, in the Korean War’s largest single strike, hit Suan a walled town 45 miles southeast of Seoul destroying 165 supply buildings and damaging 18 as fires raged through a major communist supply base. MiG-15s attacked. two planes were shot down and another damaged. Reconnaissance had watched the Reds haul in supplies for over a month.
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Seoul
Tvo
Suan
Fifth Air Force
Brejets
Municipal Retirement Plan Passed by City Council
City employes join the Texas Municipal Retirement System after a lone veto by Mayor J A Ward. Public Works Director C W Grantham framed a petition from workers, noting the issue as a political football tied to the April 1 bond vote that failed. The plan costs the city about 18 533 45 yearly with up to five percent payroll increases, affecting 220 employees. Council members have budgeted 23 735 for retirement and potential raises, leaving a projected surplus of 12 843 56 without raises or about 3 509 with raises.
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Texas Municipal Retirement System
J. A. Ward
C. W Grantham
City Employes
Grantham
Chaniler
Law Department
Texas
Reds Reject Prisoner Exchange Plan in UN Standoff
Communist leaders rejected a UN take it or leave it plan on prisoner exchanges, accusing Allies of blocking a truce by refusing talks. UN Vice Admiral Joy urged talks resume with new ideas, as Nam Il pressed for another session. No cease fire in sight. raids on the Yalu border alleged. Ridgway reaffirmed the UN stance not to force prisoners back to Communist rule.
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United Nations
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Nam Il
Yalu
Manchuria
Wiam PL
Nam Ii
Matthew B. Ridgway
Truman
Ridgwey
Injured student to undergo emergency surgery
Miss Thelma Epperson a Barbers Hill sophomore suffered a broken back and skull fracture in a Sunday automobile crash on Tri City Beach Road. She was paralyzed from the waist down and taken to Hermann Hospital for an emergency operation. Two other Robert E Lee High students, Mrs Howard Warren and Miss Froy Jean Henderson, remain under care at Like Duke Hospital.
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Thelma Lois
Tiny) Epperson
Hermann Hospital
Epperson
Barbers Hill
Tri-City Beach
Howard Warren
Froy Jean Henderson
Robert E. Lee High School
Like-Duke Hospital
Miss Epperson
Hermann
Suspected Mad Dog Head Sent For Test In Houston
The head of a dog suspected of having rabies was taken to Houston today by Constable Jack Gollen. The black cocker spaniel owned by Ernest Moyers of 204 South Fifth in Highlands died last night after being observed for two days since it bit a Highlands child. Lab results were expected this afternoon. Curtain Going Up Father Of Bride college curtain club spring production will be presented at 7 p.m. today in the college auditorium. Cast includes Bobby Tack VanDeventer War Bishop Mildred Humphries and John Porter. Admission is 50 cents.
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Houston
Jack Gollen
Highlands
Ernest. Moyers
South Filth
Golden
College Curtain Club
P.m
College
Bobby Tack
VanDeventer
Mildred Humphries
John Porter
Council Sets Aside Money To Pay For Water And Sewers
City Council authorized 478000 for sanitary sewer and waterworks improvements, including 306000 sewer and 172000 water projects. Funds exceed available by 37164 this year. five fund categories total 44036 available by September end. Engineering plans to proceed. belt tightening warned. no capital cushion beyond streets.
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Council
Aubrey
C.D. Middleton
General
Humble
Oil
and. Refining Co
H.S. Berlin
West Main
Go ‘ Creek Stream
Utah Street
South Bays
Morrell Park
Bosal
Goose Creek Stream
Middleton
H. Pruett
Campbell
H. M. Campbell
City approves ordinance routing heavy trucks through Baytown
Baytown City Council votes unanimously to ban commercial vehicles over 9,000 pounds from most city streets. Nine exemptions remain for specific corridors including Market Wisconsin Main North Main and Highway 146, plus segments on Airhart and Decker drives.
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Wisconsin
Main
North
South Main
Iniside
Airhart
Decker
W. D. Reeves
Claus i
Reeves
H. M- Campbell
Six New Oil Well Permits In Baytown Area
Baytown authorities granted six oil well permits for wells in the Barrymore Elm and Oak Street area along Goose Creek. Permits issued to D. C. Bywaters L. D. Matters of Dallas and Houston Oil Well Service Company for multiple wells, with depths up to 5,000 feet and locations described relative to Barrymore Goose Creek and Duke Street.
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Baytown
South Baytown
bessourt-Pacific
West Main
Barrymore
Elm
Oak Streets
D. C
A. J. Clark Et
Goose Creek
Andrew, Snowden
Thompson
Houston
Weil
Forench Well Service Company of
Conroe
Wacker No
Mary Bell Duke
Duke Street
Court restrains Houston labor conflict at conference
Members of the Commercial Telegraphers Union AFL were restrained by court order today from actions at a Houston conference between company and union attorneys. The company secured the injunction amid tensions over intimidation and labor dispute conduct.
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Houston
Commercial Telegraphers Union
AFL
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