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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1955
Page
1
Galveston four city commissioners united against mayor-elect George Roy Cough. They oppose his plan to keep the city open tower and to oust Police Chief W J Burns. Each commissioner argued the right to name top subordinates should rest with the entire council.
Washington Republican Jenser Wham and Knowland forecast Congress will not override a presidential veto of the postal pay raise bill. The briefing notes a likely future veto stand and political stance ahead of Senate action.
SSun Spots reports the Civil Air Patrol Baytown unit will hold a navigation course at 7 0 p m Monday in the Community House taught by Ray Walker while CAP Cadets gather at 6 30 p m at Baytown airport for training and drill. St Josephs parochial school posts its annual program at 7 30 p m Tuesday with seventh grade graduation and carnations service. Two Baytown engineers, Douglas M Haas and Wallace F L Tate, are elected to the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Around Town items list various local residents in light anecdotes and brief notes. JACK TALLEY plans a back and forth commute to Sugarland high school. Norman D Oliv e joins newpresses. Robert Pareter returns to saik mines after vacation. Bob Beverly outlines qualifications for a private secretary. Margaret Callaway revises Betsy for more miles. Juanita Benird enjoys shade chair. Mindy Slagle fashions balloons into a bouquet. Furniture changes noted as not James legs favorite. Zen na Warwick offers skirt care but may change plans. Zena Young reports car sinking after garage fire. Welcome Syd auld back at desk after illness. Disbrow shifts to cowtatcher front business.
Vienna reports Western foreign ministers reached agreement on a European security plan to counter Soviet aims to neutralize Germany. The accord includes unification through supervised elections, phased disarmament, and non aggression pacts, with talks among the Big Four to follow.
Norris Whitaker of Baytown was charged with armed robbery after a Saturday afternoon incident at O K Garage on West Main. He allegedly demanded $5 at gunpoint from O T Roberts, who said Whitaker later returned and fired a pistol while demanding the money, but Roberts refused to pay. Whitaker posted bonds totaling $1800 for release.
Nelson McElroy Baytown Chamber of Commerce manager was injured when a pickup driven by James Loonie Irby struck his automobile at Pruett and Texas. Irby, 50, cited for running a red light and defective brakes, with no inspection. McElroy’s wife and six year old daughter were passengers. the child suffered a facial bruise.
A show cause hearing on a petition for an injunction against the City of Deer Park was postponed Monday due to Judge Wilmer Hunt’s other case. Petitions by W. C. Tompkins and W. J. Knox seek a restraining order to stop the city from turning over bonds or funds. Center Development Corp. The council set a 7 p.m. meeting for Monday. new hearing date not known.
Humble Day drew 1349 people to Bay On's biggest holiday event, surpassing last year by about 300. One accident required more than first aid when a man fainted during lunch rush, striking his arm on a sign and receiving treatment at San Jaziato Memorial Hospital.
President Eisenhower approves a voluntary plan to fairly allocate the Salk polio vaccine. The program targets five through nine year olds and will be coordinated by the Health and Welfare Department with state allocations based on age population. Congress may be asked for about 30 million dollars to support distribution and education efforts.
A weekend of fringe lightning and hail barely touched Baytown as a rare storm passed. Juan Gonzalez, 20, was struck by lightning off Morgans Point while swimming, knocked unconscious and saved by his sister's husband. He was treated at San Jacinto Memorial and later Jefferson Davis hospital in Houston, listed in serious condition.
Washington pressure grows as Western powers scrutinize the Soviet peace gambit ahead of a Big Four meeting. Officials note Moscow’s talks may mask expansion aims and that Eisenhower will seek dialogue but avoid committing to concessions. Mrs Eisenhower is expected to enter the talks mindful of any softening tone from the Kremlin.
A spectacular downtown blaze in Wichita Falls Texas raged for two and a half hours destroying 13 businesses and causing damage estimated at 250000 dollars. Police closed major arteries and assisted by nearby air force personnel controlled crowds as five injuries were reported. The fire damaged the Marcehant Hotel and several blocks of storefronts on 9th and 10th Streets including Kirkland Boot Shop and Sherwin Williams Paint Co. with extensive smoke and water damage across the area.
In Groesbeck Texas a farmer N J Tynes 45 shot and killed Sheriff Harry Dinap 40 after barricading his home and wounding a boy earlier. Dr George A Cox signed papers to commit Tynes to a mental institution before the sheriff was killed. Texas Rangers used gas and armored car to capture Tynes who was wounded and remained in custody after a five hour standoff.
Conflicting accounts emerged after a Raytown man allegedly assisted his child at Roselind Park pool on Sunday. Pool manager OW Brown denied any near drowning occurred, while two witnesses offered differing versions and did not reveal the man’s name.
Texas Water Wells of Houston began drilling a new city water well at Riggs and Te drive to replace an old Nazre back of the fire station that has failed to produce. City Manager D Middleton vaid awarded the contract on April 28 for a bid of slightly under 27000 dollars. Bride Is Dead.
Texas lawmakers enter the first full week of the payless session tackling a 1.524 billion dollar two year state budget and a 600 million dollar tax plan to bridge spending and revenue. A House Senate conference panel prepares the budget bill while a Senate subcommittee finalizes a House approved gasoline tax increase of one cent, with Governor Shivers pushing for a two cent rise. The House previously approved the one cent hike amid broader tax debate.
Fort Worth woman Leola Werner, 42, is charged with murder in the death of her husband Joseph Werner whose lime-eaten body was found buried beneath concrete bricks on a farm near Jay Oklahoma. County Attorney Don Hampion says the charge was filed after investigators concluded the 1-year-old body showed he had been dead about a month. Werner was last heard from in St. Louis on May 8. The body is believed to have been moved from Fort Worth in a rented trailer.
Baytown postponed the second round of school inoculations scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday as officials await federal inspectors. Supt Georgs Gentry informed principals the program is indefinitely delayed due to vaccine availability and ongoing government checks of the Eli Lilly vaccine. The county health department reported no vaccine on hand while inspections continue to ensure safety after prior polio incidents.
Two men, Barrath Smilement and Ralph Rants, are jailed on six burglary counts in the Baytown area plus theft charges. They face further charges for burglaries at the Crosby American Legion hall and in Palestine where a station wagon was stolen. A station wagon stolen from OG B Campbell of Palestine was recovered later near Angleton.
Baytown hosts a road meeting Tuesday to discuss highway development outlined by the Baytown Chamber of Commerce. Officials from the Trinity and Gulf River bridges areas will review progress and travel Highway 72 routes with Chamber representatives, followed by a dinner and Hebel Inn meeting.
Police feared one of two prisoners who escaped from Nueces county last Saturday night might be armed with a submachine gun. The escapees were James Warjac, serving a 12 year penitentiary sentence and awaiting trial on burglary and safe cracking charges, and Frank Roberts.
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