Local notes include theft trial and community events
Hollan d testified that he buried hundreds of pounds of lead at a construction site to deter theft, but the lead was stolen. Mrs Phelo McCulley to present piano pupils in a 7 45 pm recital at the Raytown Community house. The Baytown Highwat committee of the Chamber of Commerce will meet at 4 pm to discuss road program revisions. Lynchburg elementary grad ers perform Vacation Time at Team Friday. City Manager Middleton attended Harris County Commissioners Court in Houston. East Hartig county Eagle Scouts plan an organizational meeting at Troop 255’s Grace Methodist church. An Eagle Scout service organization is to be formed.
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Phelo McCulley
Raytown
Reed
Highwat
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Baytown Area Roads Program
W. %. Busch
C. D. Middleton
Houston
Harris County Commissioners Court
East Hartig County
Grace Methodist Church
Eagh
Internal Revenue Offices Move to New West Defeo Site
Deputy agents C A Neff Jr and R L Webb pack records for a weekend move to the Woods building on West Defeo. The IRS has outgrown City Hall space and will reopen Monday, hours 8 15 am to noon and 12 45 to pm. The note mentions hospital recovery, local people plans, and various unrelated items.
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C. A. Neff Jr
R. L. Webb
the Woods
West Defeo
Internal Revenue Office
City Hall
Call It Case Of Justified Defense
The judge and prosecutor agreed with Defense Attorney D. (Dick) Little that charges against Lit tos client should be dismissed. The complainant testified he was stabbed in a street fight after striking the defendant with his fist and knocking him to the ground before the stabbing occurred.
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Dick) Little
Litto
Hhe
Baytown Sees Cold Snap With 50s Forecast
Baytown faces a chilly spell with Wednesday's low around 59 and Thursday night's expected drop to the high 50s. forecasters predict a low near 58 and clouds overhead. No more soaking rain is forecast for the next several days, and warmer weather is expected Friday.
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Baytown
Mercury
Rites Friday For L W Muirehead
Luther Washington Muirehead 68 of 26 Sam Houstay Courts died in a Baytown hospital. Last rites set for 10 am at Paul A. Lee funeral home with Rev Wayne Herborough officiating. He leaves a widow Pearl Muirehead two sons Jessie D Muirehead New Caney and William Muirehead Cold Springs two daughters Mrs Roy DeZavalia Baytown and Mrs Dave Haskins Cedar Bayou two brothers Walter Corsicana and Jessie Mexia one sister Mrs Minnie Hawkins Corsicana, 16 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Luther Washington Muirehead
Sam Houstay Caurts
Baytown
Paul A. Lee
Wayne Herborough
Decker Drive
Assembly of God Church
Muirehead
Pearl Muirehad
Jessie D. Muirehead
New Caney
William Muirehead
Cold Springs
France’s Laniel Faces Survival Vote Over Indo China Crisis
Paris reports Premier Laniel clings to power as Dien Bien Phu’s fall and the Indochina war threaten France’s role in Geneva talks. Deputies doubt his leadership while three factors may keep him afloat: fear of crisis amid international meetings, a prepared speech, and prior confidence votes.
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Paris
Bien Phu
Joseph Laniel
Munist
Asia
Assem
Laniel
Dien Bien Phu
France
Dien
Southeast Asia
Chamber of Deuties
Bermuda
Annual Buddy Poppy Sale In Baytown Friday Saturday
Veterans of Foreign Wars in Baytown conduct their third Buddy Poppy sale Friday and Saturday to aid hospitalized veterans and families of fallen service members. Mayor R A Priest opened the sale, buying the first poppy, while Commander O F Ingram announced sellers working with VFW volunteers.
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Buddy
Baytown
Veterans of Foreign Wars
O. F. Ingram
VFW Pol
R.A. Priest
Atle
Ingram
Pruett
Buddy Poppy
Moncey
Silo Gorr
VW National Home For
Marhhera
VFW Post
Ig Anxiary
Towntown Baytown
Eisenhower signs Seaway bill to connect Great Lakes ports
President Eisenhower signed the St Lawrence Seaway bill in a White House ceremony, approving U S Canada construction of canals and locks for a 27 foot navigation channel linking Lake Ontario to the Gulf of St Lawrence. The project, long advocated, aims for completion by 1960 and opens ocean going vessels to the Midwest, with debates over defense value and railway competition.
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Washington
Eisenhower
St. Lawrences
White House
Congress
Warren G. Harding
Athentic
Uoruth
Dian
Starway
O.S
Canada
United States
Ayost
Louis St Laurent
State Department
Russians Guide Indo War Advisers Help Guide War
Intelligence reports reveal swarms of Russian advisers aiding Communist military strategy in Indo China. Soviet advisers work with Viet Minh officers to division level and help train Chinese Communist officers for the war. Officials say the summary is based on hard intelligence but sources remain unrevealed for security.
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Washington
Adin
Indes China
Chemical Co Officials Talk With County On Pollution
Officials of the 8 and W Chemical Co are building a $50 000 phosgene gas plant at La Porte and have discussed air pollution controls with the county health department. Health director Dr Walter A Quebedeaux said the company is currently only constructing a building with no equipment installed yet. County Attorney Burke Holman had prompted officials to review plans, and both Holman and Quebedeaux stressed precautions to prevent air pollution while noting phosgene itself is not objected to.
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8 and W Chemical Co
la Porte
County Health Department
Walter A. Quebedeaulx
Health Department
Quebedvaux
Baytown Sun
Burke Holman
Quehedeaulx
Holman
Quebedeaux
La Porte Teachers Get Hike Trustees Grant $300 Salary Increase
La Porte school teachers will receive a $200 raise for the 1954 55 school year raising the minimum to 3103 a year. The board granted the raise after a state legislature boost of 402 to the state minimum and the district’s own above minimum pay. May 1 trustee election results canvassed elected Pr BP Mock and Dr B G Peck. they received awards for their first terms from H B Harrison. The board set graduation activities with State Sen A M Aikin of Paris as speaker May 28 and Rev Milton S Jordan of Baytown to deliver the baccalaureate on May 23. A senior trip in early June to New Braunfels Austin and San Antonio was approved with W K Jobson driving the bus. Preliminary plans to enclose the bus port and convert it to an auto shop space were approved. use of facilities by local groups was scheduled, with re elected officers Posey Langston Peck continuing as president vice-president and secretary respectively.
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BP. J. Mock
B. G. Peck
H. B. Harrison
A. M. Aikin
Paris
Milton 5. Jordan
Baytown
Grace Methodist Church
New Braunfels
Austin
San Antonio
W. K. Jobson
Lowell Lammers
Industrial Arts
JCs Map Driving Contests Open To Junior Senior High Students
Baytown Jaycees announce a youth driving safety contest to begin May 22 at the Baytown Community House. Junior high entrants from Len, Bayou, Carver, Horace Mann, and Baytown schools join high school participants. Winners advance to regional contests. judges include Humble safety staff and Baytown police.
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Jcs
At & Acm
Baytown
Jayere Safety
Bil Knowles
Schoo
Knowles
Robert EB. Len
Cadar Bayou
Horacy Mann
Carver
National Trucks & Asan
Liberty Sai
Senator Urges Boost In Defense Spending
Congress debate centers on defense expenditure as Senator Burnet R. Maybank calls for a 10 percent increase for the coming fiscal year. He argues restoring two of three Army divisions slated for elimination and criticizes the administration’s 29.3 billion request as too low amid a volatile world scene.
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Washington
Burnet R. Maybank
South Carolina Democrat
Maybank
Army Refutes Charges In McCarthy Hearings
Army counselor Joh G Adams testified that he never sought to suspend or halt Joseph McCarthy's probe into alleged subversives at Fort Monmouth New Jersey. He said the investigation harmed Army morale but denied ordering or endorsing any effort to hamper McCarthy. The hearings entered their 16th day as McCarthy accuses the Army of using Roy Cohn and Schoney aide David Schine as hostages and threatening to publish a damaging report.
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McCarthy
Adams
Ray H. Jenkins
Jenkins
Adam
Army
Pvi
G. David Schine
Fort Monmouth
Roy M. Cohn
Setilac
Cohn
Francis P. Care
Schine
Robert T. Stevens
White ‘House
Sleepy Yawn Sparks Alarm in Baytown
Pollet Dispatcher Negle Seeley claimed early yawns are harmless but caused a town scare when a false alarm rang at 7 a.m. Two low growls from the fire siren drew 101 firemen and curious residents out. The miscue ended after an apology as the dispatcher explained a yawns triggered the switch.
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Pollet
Negle Seeley
Retired Oil Field Worker Dies Here
Thomas Bohan Hanyan, 79, a retired oil field worker, died at 1 18 am Thursday at his daughter Mrs C W Hastings 501 East Humble home. Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 30 pm at First Methodist Church in Strawn with graveside rites at Mount Marion Cemetery by Strawn Masonic Lodge 906 AF AM burial by Earthman Funeral Home. Surviving are Mrs Hastings two other daughters, Frank Blair of Albuquerque NM and Mrs M K Busey of Oklahoma City, seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
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Thomas Bohan Hanyan
Ofl
Mra C. W. Hastings
East Humble
Strawn
Baytown
Hastings
Frank Blair
Albuquerque
M. K. Busey
Oklahoma City
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