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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1952
Page
1
Community notices include a church donor event at Roseland Park and class efforts to raise funds. Baytown residents discuss taxes with property valuations totaling over 11 million across parcel lots while city work reports note paving projects, a repaired water well, and upcoming League of Women Voters meetings. Local civic figures and patrols prepare for an atomic century practice.
Eisenhower won a sweeping victory over four GOP rivals in Oregon with more than twice their votes. Governor Kerr Warren conceded. Kefauver defeated Stevenson and Douglas for the Democratic delegates, while Taft’s presence was minimal with write-ins. Morse, Stassen, and MacArthur trailed as returns covered over two thirds of precincts.
Denver news report says CIO oil workers at Sinclair Oil challenged a model national contract as 400 members of CIO Local at Sinclair, Wyoming, rejected terms notably the escalator clause. Strikes also spread to Casper and Cheyenne, Wyoming and Denver, threatening half of Denver's gas pipeline supply. Retroactivity and renegotiation time limits sparked the discord as nationwide talks faltered.
Houston based report details oil workers at Sinclair refinery voting to accept a pattern settlement pending broader approval. Federal mediators and union officials at Shell and Crown refineries in Houston resume negotiations as a 17 day walkout looms unresolved. District director J Etra Brown stated talks at four refineries have not produced an agreement and no settlement is imminent.
United Press reports motorists enjoy weekend gas supplies while air travel is hit by shortages and restrictions amid a national oil strike. Air carriers cut flights, aviation fuel deliveries are reduced, and the Air Force limits flights to conserve fuel as shortages tighten nationwide.
A meeting at the Little Shamrock on Burnet Bay is set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to discuss a 225000 bond issue to be voted next Saturday in Wooster. John M. Heald and local residents plan to attend. the plan includes annexing Lakewood and Brownwood into the district to share the debt.
Allied raiders targeted the Panmunjom area and rail lines, killing 27 Communist soldiers and wounding 13 while destroying 20 bunkers. Sabrejets tangled with MIG-13s as Far East Air Forces reported 14 Allied planes down and 8 MIGs confirmed downed. Rail cuts reached 742 locations as fighters hit supply transports and front lines amid intensified artillery fire on the Western Front.
In Stillwater Oklahoma 4000 fans braved rain to hear a Catholic priest and a Church of Christ minister debate a local issue at St Francis Xavier church The talks drew crowds from 14 states over four nights but produced no judgment or verdict on the dispute or on who attracted the publicity The priest questioned Protestant unity and challenged the opposing minister to prove otherwise
A lively debate features Stevens and Church of Christ ministers clashing over Catholic rituals as two priests defend practices while others call them fables. The panel ends with no official decision, leaving listeners to decide in their minds. Baytown firemen report no city fire calls in 15 days, hoping it continues.
Superintendent George Gentry announced speakers for Robert E. Lee High School and Lee College graduation week. Rev Ed Stowell Mace will deliver the baccalaureate at 5 p.m. May 25 in Memorial Stadium with no high school commencement. Lee College will hold its ceremonies separately, with Rabbi Robert Kahn delivering the baccalaureate at 8 p.m. June 1 and Dr G C Calvert giving the college commencement at 3 p.m. June 1 in the college auditorium.
U S paratroops arrived on Koje Island to restore control over rebellious Communist prisoners. General Mark W Clark, supreme UN commander, sent the 181st Airborne Infantry to Koje at the request of General James Van Fleet to ensure complete control of the camp housing 79,200 detainees. Clark warned he would not tolerate unlawful acts by prisoners of war and civilian internees.
Secretary of State Dean Acheson warned the Communist world last night that another Korea style aggression would meet full force retaliation. He spoke at the Armed Forces Day dinner, framing a strong foreign policy stance with domestic political implications amid wartime era tensions.
Burns, 26, of Baytown begins a 25 year term for the February murder of Gordon in Houston County. The case hinged on color slides showing powder burns on Gordon’s home door, which contradicted Burns’s earlier testimony about his distance. Gordon, 44, worked at J. B. Holloway Motor Co.. Burns was employed by Bellow Construction at the Baytown Refinery.
More than 1,000 firefighters defeated a million dollar oil fire that burned from 2:47 pm to 1 am, threatening Corpus Christi port and refinery districts. Dozens injured lightly, one emergency supply of foamite exhausted, tanks and a two story office building destroyed, residents evacuated and later allowed to return.
A smoky blaze at Corpus Christi involved burning tanks with Foamite credited for halting spread. Chief Andy Hughes said Foamite helped suppress the flames before dawn, as fire crews from Beaumont and Houston responded with supplies along the coast. Fire officials warned the supply lines risked running short if the fire reignited, and noted large amounts of chemical loads were transported to the scene.
A large fire damaged Warner Bros studio sets in Burbank with actors Kathryn Grayson Burt Lancaster Gordon MacRae Steffi Zan Ray Bolger and others aiding firefighters. No major injuries reported four treated for minor burns as crews confined the blaze to eight acres of studio property.
A gala parade in downtown Houston marked Armed Forces Day as crowds gathered for USS Cabot Open House. Brig Gen Lewis Thompson led the parade, with Captain E H Ecklemeyer promising about 25 000 visitors today and tomorrow from 1 to 5 p m. The carrier with a 15 foot flight deck hosted bands and active and reserve forces, while Gen Omar N Bradley addressed 400 attendees at the Houston club.
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