Eisenhower Secrecy Order Stands Amid McCarthy Clash
Washington May 18 The White House indicated President Eisenhower will not change his order limiting testimony at the Army McCarthy hearings. Press secretary Hagerty declined further comment while McCarthy urged Army Secretary Stevens to join in asking to lift the order. The subcommittee, by party vote, paused hearings to seek a change, with Stevens calling for full disclosure of all facts.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Army
McCarthy
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Joseph R. McCarthy
Robert T. Stevens
Riesenhower
Fort Monmouth
Stevens
Tivo
Sun Spots Breaks Heel Bone
G. Huffman 74 year old plant manager for Bradshaw Ice Co suffered a broken heel when he stepped from a firewall to the concrete roof. Huffman was on the roof to watch repairs when the accident occurred. Yap Bradshaw owner of the plant commented. Hafman is in Lille Duke hospital. Press Club Dinner at Robert E Lee hosts annual event at 7 p m Wednesday at Gonzales Restaurant. Pred Hartman of The Baytown Sun will speak to high school writers. Highway Conference W T Busch Baytown Chamber of Commerce chairman attended a Texas Good Roads Association meeting in Houston Monday. Association supports a gasoline tax increase to fund Texas highway modernization. One-Man Show Richard C Coones of La Porte hosts a weeklong show at Lee College. The 19 year old honor student will graduate this spring from LC. Chamber Meeting Baytown Chamber of Commerce board meets Monday May 31, moved up a week due to member travel on June 7. Guest Speaker Dr Julian Spring will speak at 7:30 p m Thursday to Baytown Council for Mentally Retarded Children at Odd Fellows Hall on Texas Ave open to public. Polio Tests Shots East Harris County doctors begin noon Tuesday second round polio inoculation shots for 44 Baytown school children at eight clinics used for last Tuesday’s inoculations. Same doctors and nurses report. final shot June 1.
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Huffman
Bradshaw Ice Co
Yap Bradshaw
Hafman
Lille Duke Hospital
W. T. Busch
Baytown
Richard C. Coones
la Porte
Lee College
Julian Spring
Baytown Council
Odd Fellows Hall
Texas Ave
Warris County
Local Notes Highlight Students and Community Figures
Around Town lists Robert E. Lee high school personalities and locals in brief vignettes. Entries include Tobye Fram’s troubles at Lyondell, Barbara Stein seeking sunshine, Janet Bevers on school break, Marilyn Mathis new haircut, Judy Davis outfit for REL senior prom, Martha Leach’s bright smiles, and Robbie Lee Stewart new to the school. Mentions of Geraldine Nichols visiting La Porte, Johnny Odom on chemistry club info, and Pat Bond dancing to Shipping steps accompany others.
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Tobye Fram
Lyondell
Barbara Stein
Harolyn Pickett
Janet Bevers
Marilyn Mathis
Judy Davis
Martha Leach
Mary Virginia Satterwhite
Paul Northcutt
J. WV. Gamme
Verna
Geraldine Nichols
la Porte
Johnny Odom
Robert E. Lee High School
Robbie Lee Stewart
Yoakum
Mary Terry
Marilyn Padgett
A.R. Padgett
Pat Bond
Conn Shipping
Coady Residents Fight Cemetery Court Battle Over Burial
Coady residents appeal to court to stop a proposed Negro cemetery on John Martin Road as the burial of 7-year-old Joe Tipps proceeds. Judge Ben Wilson denies a temporary restraining order. hearing set for June 2 on a permanent injunction and $400,000 in damages. The Houston-Galveston Cemetery Co. Inc. deploys guards after threats reported by white residents. two gravediggers depart then return with deputies.
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Rosalie
Myers Coady
John Martin Road
Joe Tipps
the Garden of Eden
Ben Wilson
Candy
Wilson
Coady
Shannon Morris
Houston-Galveston Cemetery Co. Inc
Morris
John Shearer
M. M. Brown
J. ©. Bickerstaff
Walter Queen
Baytown
Northside Improvement Association of Coady
Mercy Airiifit resumed French bomb road to Dien Bien Phu
In Hanoi on May 18 the French high command said eighteen more French wounded from Dien Bien Phu were flown to Luang Prabang en route to Hanoi hospitals. They cited treachery claims over a mercy truce for 1,400 wounded captured when the fortress fell and said Route 41 bombings resumed as Viet Minh accused Paris of exploiting the truce. Geneva discussions saw Viet Minh charge that renewed attacks killed 45 French wounded.
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Mercy Airiifit
Dien Bien Phu
Hanoi
Luang Prabang
High Command
Route 41
Viet Minh
Red Army
Geneva
Shivers Link to Long-Running Land Fraud Case
Briefs filed Tuesday seek to open Gov. Allan Shivers deposition in a settled 1952 land fraud suit. Charles Landergatt of Waco accuses misrepresentation in buying 76 acres at 400 dollars per acre and five more at 135 dollars per acre, with irrigation claims false. The case involves Hidalgo county figures and several companies.
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Brownsville
Tex
Allan Shivers
James V Allred
Shivers
Charles Landergatt
Waco
Landergatt
Citizen's National Bank
Mission
Lower
Rio Grande Valley
Allred
Landergett
Reqrest
Went Valley
Landergott
Lloyd M. Bentsen
Elmer Bentsen
J. T. Crosa
H. F. Moffitt
Hidalgo County
Texas Development Co
Texan Development Co
Texas Care Co
Baytown voters face three school bond issues
Baytown trustees place three school bond questions on June 1 ballot. Proposals total 1 0 6 0 0 0 for Lakewood elementary additions 240 000 for indoor pools at Roberts Lee Carver high schools 100 000 for Memorial stadium seating. If approved, tax rate up seven cents boosting yearly owner cost to about 2 25.
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Baytown
Oer
Lakewood
Roberts, Lee and
Carver
Memorial Stadium
Petitlors
George H. Gentry
Hilk
Licilda
Gill
Bus Drivers In Houston Vote To Quit At Midnight
Houston bus drivers in Transport Workers Union Local 266 CIO voted to strike at midnight unless Houston Transit Co accepts a last minute offer. The 806 drivers seek a 1 cent hourly wage rise and a 40 hour week. Meetings failed to yield an acceptable solution. votes were taken 7:30 pm Monday and 2 am Tuesday with a further meeting planned to consider any new proposals.
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Houston
Houston Transit Co
Transport Workers Union Local 266 Cio
Mrs. Lona Earl Buried In Durango Cemetery
The body of Mrs. Lona Bell Earl age 65 of 404 Sout Seventh was to be buried Tuesday in Durango cemetery. She died Sunday at the home of her son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs K Thedford with whom she lived. Survivors include her daughter, sons Raymond Earl of Thibodaux Louisiana and Crest on Earl of Mart, nine grandchildren, one sister Mrs T Wilks and brother Frank Hinslee both of Durango. The Pat U Lee funeral home handled Baytown arrangements. Services were to be held in the Nicheleen funeral chapel officiated by Rev. ward.
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Lona Bell Earl
Durango
Farr
K. Thedford
Raymond Earl
Thibodaux
Creston Far
Mart
T. Wilks
Frank Hinslee
Pat U. Lee
Baytown
Nicheleen
Big Spring Hit By Five Inch Rain Flood Evacuations Ordered
A five inch downpour flooded Big Spring Texas forcing 40 people to evacuate. Water rose up to seven feet in parts of the West Texas city of 18 000 as roads west were blocked. Rescue teams from Red Cross National Army National Guard police and firemen aided. An eight year old boy was reported missing in nearby Monard county.
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United Press
Big Spring Strlyeuneday
West Texas
Howard
Cess
Slaughter
Earlie
Big Spring
Lovington
N. M
Colorado River
Red Cross
Nation Army
National Guard
West Third St
Iorson
Mownard
Ieheron & Form
Albany
Tex
Paint Creek
Knox City
Seymour
Man Opens Coffin as Burns Case Dominates Denver
Denver on May 1 reports Wilkin Leg, buried after a dramatic attempt to open a coffin with a blow. The incident ties to Ronald Ay Nafiziger and Lovelock, Nevada, where Metall, arrested earlier, confesses to shooting a Denver worker in the head. Detectives track Metall to Denver to connect a murder case involving McCill as the body is shipped back from Nevada.
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Denver
h—Meillel
Wilkin
Optink Rintariier
Thays
Gundes Generabat
Legg
Micoffi
Lage
Ronald Ay Nafiziger
Love
McCill
Deep South Leaders Form Battlelines To Keep Color Barriers
Atlanta May 18 Southern white leaders formed battlelines to preserve segregation despite the Supreme Court ruling that public school segregation is unconstitutional. Governors and legislators pledged to seek ways to delay or nullify the decision, while cites considered steps to maintain racial barriers and protect employment for white teachers.
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Deep South
Au Kuetiner
Atlanta
Dixie
South
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Tony
Abraham Lincoly
Anatierous
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Geveral
Eurgene Cook
Guarneys
Somacton
Wig
Alabama
Specehal
Louisiana
WIR
Mississippi
Hugh White
Egal Advisory Commission
Wirginia
Thomas B. Stanley
Press reaction to 1954 segregation ruling from major papers
U S newspapers urge calm as they assess the Supreme Court decision. The New York Times notes equality before the law, not parity in intelligence. The Atlanta Constitution warns of a cooling off period and local disruption. The Courier-Journal calls the ruling a bridge between tradition and reform. The Washington Post Herald calls it a healthy, healing step to restore American prestige.
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United Press New York Times
Mr. Jefferson
Atlanta Constitution
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Louisiana
Louisville Courier — Journal
Supreme Court
Washington Post and Times Herald
Secret Aggie Group Probed at Texas A&M Campus
Texas A&M officials probe 20 students reportedly reviving a banned secret group the Tonkawa Tribe. Dean of Men W. L. Peaberthy confirms investigation. seniors could face dismissal despite Friday graduation. Authorities say action may follow if reports are true.
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College Station
Tex
Texas Axm
W. L. Peaberthy
Area School Chiefs See No Quick Action
Area superintendents respond to the Supreme Court’s ruling ending segregation as unconstitutional with cautious predictions. Officials from Baytown Crosby and Barbers Hill note that action will be slow and changes may be theoretical rather than immediate, given state regulations and ongoing district planning. Crosby and Baytown report larger Negro enrollments and recent facility expansions, while Barbers Hill relies on transporting students to neighboring districts due to the lack of Negro high school facilities.
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Johnella Boynton
Supreme Court
Nestra
Texas
Baytown
George Sentry
Crosby
C. O. Duselk
Barbers Hill
J. J. Dene Yon
Barbera Hil
Barbers Hin
McNair
Carver
Cedar Bayou
Carver High School
la Porte
Channelview
Robert KE. Lae
Harry Baytown
Barrett Settlement
Raytown
Ita Negro
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Chavile Chaplin
Charles Jr
Sidney
Hamburg
Germany
Eva Kerbter
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Kanesaw
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