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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1955
Page
10
Roger Babson argues the telephone will solve parking woes by reducing downtown shopping. He urges shops to install exclusive customer calls lines and promote telephone ordering to cut trips, predicting more home use, fewer accidents, and a booming telecom era.
Old time civic leaders recalled past road efforts at Grace Methodist Church while discussing Highway 225 now 72 and the Highway 146 group across Park, Liberty, Chambers, Harris and Galveston counties. The piece argues for a two cent per gallon gas tax to fund Texas road improvements and urges legislative action this term. It cites fishing tales and local figures like Paul Prince, Kyle Alexander, and Jake Rutter.
In New York City the Champions, Gower and Marge, reside in a five room high rise with terrace views of Manhattan as Patrice Munsel and her baby join them briefly. The article recalls Bermuda and early hotel days and contrasts busy Broadway life with a calmer city apartment scene.
Mel Heimer notes how Marge and Gower, once famed in Mollywood, drifted through drafty New York hotels in the 1940s. Gower recalls sleeping in a shuttered Houston Street church with a sanded basketball court as a rehearsal space, facing alcohol-fueled nights and legal eviction. Their NY bouts ended when they found a sanctuary with Greg Jaurez, settling into Munsel’s wild, beloved place.
A reader argues Ready Reformers blame media for juvenile delinquency but cites a Bronx 12 year old's arrest as evidence. He notes the boy learned lock details from Britannica and ridiculed the theory with biblical reference John 8 31 while questioning the lack of supporting research.
An editor rails at reformers pushing censorship of TV and comics. He mocks vigilante aims and argues Britannica should not expurgate content. He calls for a broader purge of literature and warns against subversive labeling at home. He says education, not banning, is the real solution.
A midwestern wife quarrels with a judge over her husband’s rigid taste in home schemes. A New York City cost estimate argues street cleaning would waste 104 million dollars yearly. A science note mocks the honey blenny’s bizarre, contradictory traits. Brooklyn harmony questions arise as the Dodgers face internal disputes while the borough hosts its inaugural music festival.
A dispatch reports Ho Chi Minh asserts leadership over 12 million in Indochina. The piece notes Communist influence and the withdrawal of French troops, signaling a major political shift amid conflict and decolonization.
Fragmented questions mix trivia and history. It notes queries about a secretary of the navy, a Virginia Military Institute building, and a translation of a dormancy term, followed by biographical and historical asides and garbled OCR lines.
Washington column alleges Senatorial and executive appointments include Georgia attorney John S Wood to the Subversive Control Board. It cites a 1947 $1,000 fee connected to a Georgia injury case, payroll irregularities, and a suspected conflict of interest involving Wood and his law partner. The piece accuses Wood of liquor incidents, dubious mail route awards, and a political record softened by Hollywood inquiries.
A fragment reports Bruges bakers in Belgium making jonves daily for town sivans and city birds fed with the mark on their beaks. A stray line mentions Brazil’s population and coastal crowding within a 100 mile band.
A partial channel 2 log lists Eddie Fisher News Caravan World At Large and various shows including Perry Como Range Rider Newsreel Millionaire Dragnet City Detective and The Late Show with scattered times. The entry preserves a mix of programs, weather, news, and entertainment segments from a vintage broadcast lineup.
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