Senate vote expected to override Truman veto on tidelands bill
United Press reports a very close Senate vote anticipated on President Truman’s veto of the tidelands oil act. Leaders like McFarland Rayburn and Ellender debate override chances as supporters urge two thirds in both houses. Truman labeled the bill robbery, while Democratic and Republican senators weigh potential votes and absences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Shivers
Fishingi
Truman
Tidelands
Vers
Washington
Senate
Ernest W. McParland
White House
McFarland
Sam Rayphurs
House
Oirien
Americans For Democratic Acton
Allen J. Ellender
Ellender
Sen
Russell Long
C la
Richard M- Nixon
Rcall
Long
Nixon
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
D-Wyo
Lun Spots Nisiery Plans Party for Women’s Auxiliary
A fragmented notice reports a Women’s Auxiliary planning a party for members of a company before summer leave on June 1. The event aims to fundraise and brighten morale, with preparations and committee roles listed amid scattered names and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nisiery
Vany
Pam
Ote
Doctors Lose Battle For Bey's Eye
A five year-old La Porte boy named Keith Stephenson suffered a BB gun accident when a Playmate fired at him. He was taken to San Jacinto Memorial Hospital where doctors fought 23 hours to save the eye but a decision was made to remove it to prevent possible damage to the other eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bustowa
la Porte
Keith Stephenson
Ronald Stephenson
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
BEF Chief Expects 15-Cent Oil Wage Hike Endorsed
A. E. Oliphini, president of the Baytown Employes Federation, says the union will accept the 15-cent ceiling on oil worker pay increases set by the Wage Stabilization Board. He notes it is a package deal contingent on Humble Oil meeting other BEF demands. Union leaders plan talks with Humble management soon, with a marked request for 20 cents already on file. An IAM dispute in Baytown involves a 25-cent demand, and members have voted to strike if required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Oliphini
Baytown Employes Federation
Oliphant
Confederation Unions of America
Chicago
Machinists’ Union
Baytown
International Association of Machinists
AFL
A. T. Adams
Sinclair Workers Vote Yes Strike Ends At Atlantic Refinery
Denver bulletin reports 10,000 Sinclair workers back to work at Atlantic Refining Co Port Neches refinery after a settlement granting 15 cent hourly raise, 7 cent retroactive six months, and 12 cent differentials. Some locals resist pattern bargaining and seek independent unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinclair
Atlantic Refinery
Denver
ERI
Sinclair 41 Co
Houston
Crown Central Refining Co
End Of Oil Strike In Sight Depends On Companies
Nationwide oil worker walkout nears settlement as reports flow in from across the country. CIO Oil Workers Union president A O Knight says end depends on company attitudes, with union leaders noting a lid on wage gains and one year limits on renegotiation as delays. Sinclair 641 Co locals vote could determine final contract stance. tallying underway.
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Knight
Denver
A. O. Knight
CIO Oil. Workers Union
WSB
Wage Stabilization Board
CIO
AFL
Sinclair 641
Co. National
National
Sinclair
Barbers Hill Salutatorian Struck by Polio in Houston Ward
Jeppy Busch salutatorian of Barbers Hill high school faces polio with a diploma possible in Jeff Davis hospital Houston. The 16 year old senior, popular and athlete, maintained 93.13 average, played football basketball track tennis and acted in class plays. Son of Mr and Mrs PF M Busch Mont Belvieu plans to study dentistry at Texas A&M this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeppy Busch
Barbers Hill
Jeff Davis Hospital
Houston
Jenny
Barbers Hill High
Jeppy
PF. M. Busch
Mont Belvieu
Texas A and M
Admiral Joy Resigns Truce Role as Reds Face Strife
Vice Admiral Turger Joy, head of the United Nations relief delegation, called Communist negotiators out as liars and announced his relief from the truce duties. General Clark said Joy would be relieved next Friday as chief truce delegate and Joy prepares to leave naval commands for Annapolis. Maj. Gen. Harrison to take over the truce role. Vice Admiral Briscoe to lead the Seventh Fleet. Joy requested relief after Communists rejected the Allied offer to end the war during a Korea tour with Ridgway and Clark.
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Panmuniom
Turger Joy
United Nations
Wruce
Mondey
Joy
Wer
Suprane UN
Mark W. Clark
Navy Department
Naval Forces
Far East
US Naval Academy
Annapolis
William K. Harrison Jr
Robert Briscoe
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Matthew B. Ridgway
Korea
Rainy spell aids some East Harris rice fields
Farmers welcomed rain that watered planted rice yet hindered others still in fields. Rain totals reached 1.21 inches in 24 hours, with the Trinity River cresting toward 23 feet as forecasts said showers would ease. A deadly storm killed five in Texas, while experts noted moisture benefits for crops despite subsoil drought concerns.
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Harris
Kent
East Harris
Dallas
Trinity
Trinity Meahs
Bette
East
Baytown
Texas
Fidel
Ceballos
Stanton Farm
Avorken
Maria
Delia
Fiedel Jr
Pablo
Big Spring
Alvarado
State Orphans Home
Corsicana
Whitsitt Printing Co
San Angelo
Ranger
Baytown Paratrooper Hitches To Korea To Rejoin Buddies
Baytown's Billy Breedlove, a former paratrooper, left Japan after three transfer attempts and hitchhiked through Hok-kaido and Seoul to reach his friend in Company G of the 22nd Infantry on the Korean front. His wife Velma and two young children await his return as officers consider a transfer. Breedlove, 20, seeks to rejoin his wartime buddy Paddy Alton Surmise. He traversed by road, boat, and plane, aided by Army personnel officers in Los Angeles and Los Angeles-based command.
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Ddivision
JPI
Japan
Korea
Billy Breedlove
Baytown
22Nrd Infantry Regiment
First Cavalry ‘Division
Hokkaidowey
George
Pardtrooper
Paddy, Pvt
Alton
Velma Breedlove
Fie
Billy T. .Breedlove
Stankrd
Bgan
Breedlove
1Stth Airborne
Kyushue
Kokkaido
Tokyo
Seon
Seoul
Gol
Thomas O- Lawson
Los Angeles
William, L. Mallory
Gulf Coast Port Town Mock Bombing Shocks Locals
A civil defense drill staged a B53 attack on the Texas Sabine River port town, with an Omaha based bomber dropping a mock payload. Officials say the scenario would have flattened the business district, damaged naval vessels, and killed many residents. Radiological teams marked entry zones while Red Cross set up emergency hospitals in surrounding communities.
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Orange
Civil Defense
Omaha
Neb
Gulf Port
Sabine River
Consolidated Western Steel Plant
Levinston Shipyard
Texas Creosoting Plant
Weaver Shin Yard
Harding and Lawler Lumber Co
Sam” Davis
CAP
Red Cross
Little Cypress
Bancroft
McLewis
Bridge City
OPS Plans To Lift Curbs On Textiles
Washington GBI report says the Office of Price Stabilization will suspend ceiling prices on raw cotton and nearly all textiles within 24 hours. The action was announced after Rep. Paul Brown Ga informed of the forthcoming move. Officials stated suspensions will affect mill, manufacturing, wholesale and retail markups.
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Washington
GBI
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Paul Brown
D.ga
Nevel
State To Open Bids On Highway Bridge Leading To Tunnel
The State Highway Commission in Austin will open bids on the Highway 146 bridge across Goose Creek and review bids for the two level underpass on the north side of the channel. Completion of the Baytown La Porte tunnel project is hoped for in 1953 or 1954 with work speeding up after steel delays. Jim Douglas, Texas Highway Department engineer, and Baytown Chamber of Commerce tunnel committee members have inspected the works.
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Baytown-La- Porte
State Highway Commission
Austin
Goose Creek Stream
Spur 201
West Main
la Porte
Farnsworth and
Chambers
Farnsworth
Jim Douglas
Houston
Texas Highway Department
Baytown
Civil Rights a Question May Split Party
Southern Democrats face a split over civil rights as the ADA bids to shape the convention. President Truman urged compromise while ADA opposed any ticket mixing liberalism and reaction. Ongoing tensions threaten a third candidate if southern leaders mobilize against liberal dominance.
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Washington
Frank E. McKinney
ADA
Truman
Illinois
Adi Stevenson
Georgia
Richard B. Russell i
Othar
Trimig
New York
William O' Dwyer
Mexico
Tada
O'Dwyer
Charg
Kefauver
Senate
Zen
Allen J. Hilenger
Latold
Jeférsonian ‘Democracy
Fishermen Rescued After Bay Boat Swamps in Rough Seas
Three men shrimping in a 14 foot boat with a 20 horsepower motor were swept by high waves a half mile east of the Bulkhead. Captain Rufus Osgood pulled the men from Galveston Bay, later recovering the boat and net. All survived but lost their gear and identification.
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Galveston Bay
Joe Stepanski
Schilling
Welter Brcanbrach
Raymond Stephenson
Houston
Was
Rufus Osgood
Osgood
Morgans Point
Stepanski
Plane Crashes On Schaeffer Ranch in Chambers County
Two Galveston men escaped injury when their plane struck a ditch and crashed during an emergency landing on Charles Schaeffer ranch in Chambers County. Pilot Frank Hintner reportedly had motor trouble and chose to land but could not see the ditch in rain and darkness. Baytown Emergency Corps and an Earthman ambulance were summoned to the scene.
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Galveston
Charles Schaeffer
Chambers
Middleton report notes 30 days without fire incident
A Middleton report records a 30 day period with no fire incidents. The document attributes the calm to community vigilance and fire safety measures implemented locally.
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Netin Ashington
Lyndon
Johnson Tex
Presint Truman
Idelands
Eval Price
Daniel
Rational Radio Networks
Lun
Avi Beautificati
Commieat
Ihe
Grees
D. Middle
Tound Town
Elewis Joosing
Eva
Walix
VanDeventer
Swiphin
Annie Me
Nadine - Jimerson
Bussey
Uga
Lilly
Sofsh
Murphy
Eugene Kri- SE
Bey
BEF
Shell Oil Co
Pure Oi
Nederland
Magnolia
Beaumont
Sinclair Refining Co
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
Miss Rover
Ton Barbers Hill
Huris
HARTS
de. C.L. Lundell
Texas Research Foundation
Breedlove Hitchhikes
Lory Said
Breeglove
Velma
Patricia
Carolyn She
Peggy
Raytown
Gulf Coast
Ann Davison
Plymouth
England
Atlantic
Florida
Ariattix
Frank
Bay Waves
Schaeffer Ranch
Middleton
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