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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1955
Page
1
A United States Air Force pilot said Communist jet fighters chased him across the Baltic from Germany. A U S embassy spokesman reported no gunfire exchange and no immediate information on the nationality of the fighters.
Texas senators urged Congress to boost the Bascule Bridge replacement budget in Corpus Christi. Sen Lyndon B. Johnson said economic wisdom demands rapid replacement and proposed raising from 1.4 million to 3.2 million dollars for the coming fiscal year. Johnson and Sen. Daniel also backed 100000 planning funds for the Waco dam and reservoir to aid flood control and water supply needs.
Softball o peners for CHURCH LEAGUE postponed due to weather. VFW Dance invited Thursday for CW Carney funds to aid Carney hospital pit. General Tire declares quarterly dividend 30 cents per share May 31 1955 to shareholders of record May 20 1955. Glenn Cotten released from Lillie-Dale hospital after appendectomy, expected back at Barbers Hill next week.
Clyde NEIMS buys a new car for its radio translating Spanish programs during south of the border travels. Janie Gray and Bertie Davis share one pair of usable arms each in casts. Cecile LeCompte recalls a recent enlightening trip. Eddie Anderson enjoyed a Bandera Stampede weekend despite a gimpy leg. Betty Tuck jokes moving day extends into vacation. Geneva Knowles keeps nurses posted on events. Jarvis Chance yawns from too much sleep. Dick Cansler locates Toledo Bend in Newton County. Bill Douglas drops by on an errand. Thad Felton meets an old friend. Tina Ler Dickson offers five kittens first come, first served after 4 p.m.
Governor Allan Shivers urged Texas House members to pass two anti strike bills aimed at preventing future strikes like Port Arthur. The measures would restrict picketing and allow injunction suits in specified counties. Rep. Maury Maverick Jr criticized the move as demagoguery and urged Taft Hartley style reforms instead.
1954 tax suits for delinquent 1953 personal taxes were set for 9 a.m. May 26 in Justice Walter Queen's court. Queen cleared 91 tax suits by default judgments totaling $4488.25. About 150 new delinquent 1954 cases were anticipated by City Attorney George Chandler.
Peiping radio charges the United States and Air Force violated Chinese airspace in a clash that the Reds say involved eight Sabres and 32 MIGs. They claim one Sabre was shot down, two damaged, with no Chinese losses, while Washington protests the incident as unlawful.
County health nurse Mrs. Joan Johnson will address the city council at the regular meeting to seek appointment of a city health nurse. The 1997 53 funds for a city health nurse were allocated but no employee was hired, and the 1954 55 budget excludes the allocation. Council to also review Dr P McMurrey's sewer service request for East James tract and Fellon Richardson's sewer line extension near Davis Road.
Baytown plans Humble Day outdoors with 16 000 expected diners. Barney Ward chairs the event at Humble picnic grounds with early batches of meat by Houston caterer Jane Swarge starting 4 am Friday. Invocations by Rev Mendrick Gorgycki and Rev A T Jordan mark serving times noon to 1 pm and 4 15 pm to 6 15 pm with rides, entertainment, and ballroom dancing by the Tune Schmidts at Community House to follow.
A concrete mixing truck slid on a muddy shoulder on North Maite near Fair Park and wound up in a ditch. Officers redirected traffic to Highway HG as they investigated the incident with the empty truck preventing a larger load loss.
A fragment warns readers to take care on Friday the 11th with cautions about ladders cats bad omens and avoiding risky behavior. It exhorts stopping at traffic signals consulting luck charms and noting warnings about financial matters and other everyday hazards.
Rain delivered across southeast Texas bringing cooler air and easing drought conditions for gardeners and farmers. In Deer Park a lightning strike sparked a fire on a power line pole, while other areas reported leaf damage but no major wind destruction. Tornadoes touched down in Eastland Robstown and near Burnet, damaging roofs and trees as law enforcement reported multiple funnel sightings from Fort Worth to Corpus Christi.
Rosalie Jyers reports 22 truck owners charged with operating farm licensed commercial vehicles, many unaware of the violation. Several drivers say their farm use is limited to errands. licenses, fines of 25 dollars plus costs totaling 37 dollars, and tax office backlogs are noted. A Texas Highway Department investigator filed the charges, with Justice of the Peace Walter Queen unsure of outcomes.
Vienna reports that the Soviet Union balked at Western terms delaying the Austrian state treaty. Secretary of State Dulles postponed a Paris to Vienna trip amid the stalemate. British officials indicated a resumed approach if the draft is agreed, with a Big Four ministers meeting contemplated to set a path to a four power summit.
Galveston’s new mayor Clough will call a meeting of gambling operators to gauge how “the boys” think the city should be run. Clough favors orderly prostitution with a designated district and opposes slot machines while insisting a clean town can tolerate gambling, prostitution, and liquor with proper controls.
In a first civil action of its kind, 53rd District Judge J. Harris Gardner voided a 34000 veteran land program transaction involving Sam R. Ward of Crystal City and his wife Gertrude Ward. The state alleged fraud and misrepresentation by Ward in 1943 with five veterans for 160 acres in Zavala County. Four veterans testified they were paid 300 each for signing papers. Gardner ruled the seller bears responsibility for bona fide applications and ordered the land returned to Ward.
Washington officials expect the Public Health Service to clear several Parke Davis Salk vaccine batches and resume polio inoculations after a six day halt. Federal experts may report by nightfall that tests show the Detroit produced doses are safe, enabling distribution to health authorities and private physicians as early as Friday.
A seaman, after a Wednesday night fight, received a two inch throat slit injury but declined to press assault charges. In court, Ausley was charged with being drunk and affray. Total fines in corporation court amounted to 40 dollars.
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