Queen Elizabeth Returns Home To Royal Welcome
Britain cheers as Queen Elizabeth, with Duke of Edinburgh and children Prince Charles and Princess Anne, steps ashore at Westminster after a worldwide tour spanning over six months and 42 000 miles. Prime Minister Churchill adds to the pageantry as crowds line the Thames. It marks the first global circumnavigation by a British monarch and the first river welcome in a century.
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Gene Patterson
London
Britain
Britannia
Tower Bridge
Thames
Queen Mother
Elizabeth
Princess Margaret
Westminster
Buckingham Palace
Homer
Empire
Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Charles
Princess Anne
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Westminster Pier
Queen Victoria
Scotland
Sun Spots Struck On Head By Falling Concrete
BILL OXENDINE, 60, is recovering from a brain concussion after a large piece of concrete struck him on the head while unloading at an eroded ditch embankment for the Bay town school district. He was taken to Baytown Hospital and has returned home.
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Bill Oxendine
Oxendine
Bay+ town
Baytown Hospital
19 Year Old Dixon Hurt In Baytown Traffic Crash
Harold Ray Dixon, 19, of 303 North Commerce, was in a Baytown Hospital for X rays after a 1 30 a m Saturday crash. He had been driving back from Crosby with another youth when he apparently dozed off. The car left Garth Road and hit an embankment at Wallisville Road, with Dixon suffering a possible chest injury and a jaw fracture. Deputy Easley reported the details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Ray Dixon
North
Commerce
Baytown
Dixon
Crosby
Robert Earl Easley
Garth Road
Wallisville Road
Freestone County Picnic Preparations and Local Briefs
EDPNA OLIVER and George Bays feature in the annual Freestone County Picnic coverage. Pete Sultis collects funds for John Kader while Felix Hatchell receives deserved attention. Local notices include chair assignments, news about an old friend, and a St Mark’s circle seeking beds for a fire victim family. Calls go out for a stray parakeet named Billy belonging to Mrs Paul Alleman. Billy is urged to return home. contact Mrs Alleman at 4279.
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Oliver
Freestone
George Bays
Pete Sultis
John Kader
Felix Hatchell
Joe Barraque
L. A
Wilkie
Charlie Caldwell
Charles Kirkpatrick
Alice
Bob Feinbberg
Dallas
Tuiida
New York
Billy Bridges
Annie Laurie Winfrey
St Mark’s Methodist Church
Ike
Joan Blumberg
Billy
Paul Alleman
Michigan
French Seek Faster Return of Wounded POWs at Dien Bien Phu
French high command pressed new proposals Saturday to expedite evacuation of wounded prisoners from Dien Bien Phu and surrounding areas. Only eight prisoners were flown to Hanoi on Friday, leaving about 2,000 wounded behind, including a double amputee and a man with a severe jaw wound.
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High Command
Dien Bien Phu
Pierre Huard
Luang Prabang
Hanoi
French Foreign Legion
Dien Phu
Young Bolivian heiress dies after giving birth in Paris
Isabel Patino Goldsmith, 18, crowned a Bolivian heiress and runaway bride, died in Neuilly Clinic after a cerebral stroke. Minutes earlier she delivered a daughter declared healthy. Her English husband James Goldsmith and her father Antenor Patino were at her bedside as surgeons failed to save her. The couple wed January 7 following a romance from North Africa to Scotland.
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Paris
Isabel Patino Goldsmith
Hartman Clinic
James Goldsmith
Neuilly
Goldsmith
Isabel
Antenor Patino
North Africa
Scotland
Cedar Bayou Post Office Becomes Cedar Bayou Station
The Postoffice Department abolishes Cedar Bayou Texas office and creates Cedar Bayou Station under Baytown Texas Despite the change the service remains the same The cost of operating the station will fall between 2500 and 3000 dollars annually versus the independent post office Louise Himes will replace F W Smith as station operator The move, effective June 16, fits a nationwide economy drive and marks one of Harris County's first century old facilities moving under a larger system.
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Cedar Bayou
Tex
Baytown
Louise Himes
F W. Smith
Certar Bayou
Harris County
Dulles Sees No Peace In Indo China Goal
Secretary Dulles warned the Geneva talks show Communists seek to seize Southeast Asia and extend their empire. He said their aim is to bring all mankind under their systems and noted the cease fire terms as effectively surrender. He spoke to Virginia independence celebration preparations amid word of talks with France on intervention conditions.
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Williamsburg
John Foster Dulles
Indo-China
Southeast Asia
Dulles
Geneva
Virginia
Washington
United States
France
Germany
Austria
Korea
U. S
Old Sol Smiles For Humble Day Crowd
Joy Hrachovy, 34, a Houston father of five, was found dead in Galveston Bay near Faycliff after a shrimping trip from Seabrook. He was missing since Wednesday. two companions, Bill Graves and Willie Dremala, survived by clinging to the skiff as a wave capsized the boat. The body was taken to La Porte for inquest and identification.
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Joy Hrachovy
Houston
Galveston Bay
Faycliff
Baycliff
Art Simpson
la Porte
Pewe Calder Ewing
Hrachovy
Seabrook
Bill Graves
Willie Dremala
Hintehovy
Dumbie
Notic
Coast Guard
McCarthy backs McClellan call for top Ike aides
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy indicated support for Senator John L. McClellan’s demand that five of President Eisenhower’s top advisers testify at the Army McCarthy hearings. Senator Everett Dirksen opposed the proposal, while the administration urged restraint and emphasized President Eisenhower’s disdain for the televised hearings. The dispute arose as Army counsel John G Adams faced questions about a January 21 conference, with officials named as witnesses and cross examining pending.
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Raymond Lar
Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
Sen
John
L. McClellan
Eisenhower
Everett M. Dirksen
Herbert Brownell Jr
Sherman Adams
Armed Forces
Setalis
America
Mefidilan
Army
John G. Adams
McCarthy
Aims
Justice Department
Henry Cathay Lodge Jr
Gene William P. Rogers
White House
D Morgan
Brownell
Senate
Adams
Eisenhower condemns unworthy scenes on Armed Forces Day
President Eisenhower denounces unworthy scenes in Washington during Armed Forces Day observances. He emphasizes freedom and unity against tyranny as the Army-McCarthy hearings loom. Speeches by Eisenhower and Defense Chief Anderson kickoff a nationwide program of parades, displays, flyovers, and a Japan airborne jump.
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Charles W. Cord
Washington
Eisenhower
Robert B. Anderson
U.S
Japan
Church
No Wonder Driver Was Getting Hot
Anthony Johnson of Clover beat the Rent, but his car burned up early Saturday on Decker Drive a quarter of a mile outside the city. Molison told The Chief Arb Lintelman he became warmer in Warner as he drove along, but did not realize what was wrong until he saw flames surrounding him. His chief said a cigarette apparently had been dropped in the back seat, starting the fire.
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Anthony Johnson
Clover Teat
Decker
Shnite
Molison
Warner
Senate Appropriations Vote For Atomic Energy Program
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved 1.2358 billion dollars for the atomic energy program for the fiscal year starting July 1. The measure totals 5.70095 billion for 20 independent government agencies, with Veterans Administration receiving 805.5128 million and TVA at 129.582 million. The panel also backed housing construction for 35,000 units and discussed gas imports from Canada and Mexico amid calls to curb juvenile crime linked to comics.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
AEC
Weir
Surond
Senate
Congress
Veterans Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
Appropriations Committee
Pbs le
Eet
Truman
No Sales Tax If I Am Governor Shivers Says
Longview Texas May 15 UP Governor Allan Shivers pledged no sales or income tax as long as he serves, at a factory dedication and ground breaking ceremony for a $3.4 million Grove Controls plant and a $1 million Resistol hat plant. He touted East Texas industry, urged a state department of industry and commerce, and touted Estes as promoter of new industries.
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Longview
Tex
Texas
Allan Shivers
Jt. Shivers
Car L. Estes
Ponsible
Indusiries
Pexas
Shivers
Estes
Siera
Grove Controls
East
Department of Industry and Commerce
Start Lining Up Early For Big Humble Day Barbecue
The Baytown Refinery annual Humble Day fete promises sunshine and food for about 14 000 pounds of beef and 18 000 meals. Thousands expected to line up for paper plate meals served by Swayze’s of Houston, with rides, games, cartoons, and music by the Harris County Junior Deputy Orchestra.
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Baytown
Harria County
Sea
Cars Crash On Market Street Near Baytown and Wooster
Mrs Duncan of Duncan, riding in a pickup, was treated for minor head injuries after her vehicle rear ended a station wagon driven by William DeVault Elliott of 330q Michigan, Hilfort. Investigator W. Cowan stated Duncan failed to note the slow traffic ahead as the wagon pulled to the shoulder. Duncan received a ticket for traveling too close. Mrs Duncan was treated at St Jacinto Memorial hospital and released.
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Robert Earl Easley
Mra
Toe. Duncan
Market Street
Baytown
Wooster
Patraimin GC. W. Cowan
Duncan
Swilliam DeVault Eliott
Michiwan
Hilfort
Cowan
Stn Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Rites Sunday For Mrs Spurlock 52 Baytown Resident
Flora Mae Spurlock 42 died at home Saturday after twelve years in Baytown. Funeral 1:20 p.m. Sunday at Paul UW Lae Funeral Home with Rev Rita Lave and Rev Paul Stephens officiating. Burial Cedar Bayou Methodist cemetery. Wife of H M Spurlock of Baytown Refinery. Survived by three sons L Vanden J Paul Spurlock Jack R Spurlock all of Baytown and four grandchildren.
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Flora. Mae Spurlock
Baytown
Paul UW. Lae
Rita L. Lave
Cedar Bayou Methodist Church
Paul Stephens
Second Baptist Church
Wurral
Cedar Bayou Methodist Cemetery
Rourlock
Tennessee
Harris County
Cedar Bayou
Eight St Marys seminarians to be ordained at La Porte ceremony
St Marys Seminary La Porte will host an ordination on May 24 for eight deacons of the Catholic church. Six will stay in the Galveston diocese and two will join the Austin diocese. Newly ordained are Revs Cotrone Fiorenza Korbel O Malley Pickard Weardon Kemper Miller. Ordination by Bishop Wendell J. Nold with notary Louis Meteye and master of ceremonies Marion L Gibbons. The seminary choir under Rev Victor DiPrimes will sing special music.
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St. Mary's Seminary
la Porte
Memorial Drive
Houston
Prleaty
Galveston
Austin
Louis Cotrone
Jiseph Fiorenza
Joseph Korbel
Joseph O'Malley
Wiliam Pick
Mayor Pruett Seeks Lost Dog Named in Jacksonville
May or R11 Pruett reports a liver and white female bird dog with collar and tag reading Jacksonville Terna and a man’s name. He offers to recover the pet, sharing his long attachment and giving his telephone number in LM.
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Pruett
Jacksonville
Terna
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Lee College
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Judy Mathis
Jean Neuerburg
Joyce Reynolds
General Tire Division
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Joe
Tarrento du Mons
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Po~lige
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Robert C. Hendrickson
R-N Jo
Chicago
Roy Patnode
Mrs. Spurlock
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