West Point Celebrates 150th Anniversary With Truman Visitor
West Point marked its sesquicentennial with President Truman among guests at a jubilee convocation. Army leaders, educators and foreign dignitaries heard remarks as Truman toured the academy and viewed a parade arranged for the celebration. Weather rerouted his travel by train.
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Merriman
South West Point
United States Military Academy
Truman
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Karl,j. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fruman
Washington
West Point
Army
Frank Pace
Navy
Dan A. Kimball
Air Force
Thomas K. Finletter
J. Lawton Collins
Adm
William M. Fechteler
Naval Operations
Matthew B. Ridgway
North Atlantic
Treaty Organization Forces
Yarborough Calls to Break Statehouse Machine in Texas
AUSTIN Gubernatorial candidate Ralph Yarborough urged voters on a 26 station state network address to topple the powerful Texas statehouse machine. He argued the machine corrupts democracy and promised to cut the administration budget by at least 10 percent, challenging Governor Shivers after six years in office.
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Austin
Ralph Yarborough
Statehouse
State House
Yarbrough
Sam Houston
Jim Hogg
Shivers
Coke Stevenson
W. Lee O’daniel
Nash Rambler Station Wagon Dual Duty Luxury Family Car
A Nash Rambler Station Wagon is pitched as a luxury family sedan that converts at a moment’s notice to a heavy duty all steel wagon with a long platform for large loads. It touts easy handling, custom tailoring, and records 31.05 miles per gallon in the Mobilgas Run.
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A. E. Hoffman
San Lorenzo
Calif
Nash
Water Show Planned at Roseland Pool in Baytown
Baytown Jaycees announce a water show at Roseland Park pool on May 31 at 7 p.m. The event features a Houston Red Cross swimming and diving team with a water safety demonstration, plus comedy acts by the Jaycee sports committee. Funds from local drives support the Red Cross visit.
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Baytown Jaycees
Roseland Park
Jaycee
al Moskowitz
Moskowitz
Red Cross
Houston
Jaycee Sports Committee
House Rejects Bill To Hike Benefits
Washington lawmakers faced a surprise defeat as the House voted 149 to 140 to reject a bill to raise old age insurance benefits by at least five dollars a month for about 4.5 million beneficiaries. Opponents argued the plan risked socialized medicine while the suspension rules limited debate and barred amendments.
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Washington
She Roils
Premier Mossadegh to resign amid world court bid
Premier Mossadegh plans to submit his resignation to the shah after presenting Iran's case against Britain in the oil nationalization dispute to The Hague. Informants say he believes his mission is complete with Iran's nationalization of Anglo-Iranian properties and expulsion of British personnel.
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Terran
Irania
Mohammed Mossadegh
Iran
Britain
World Court
Hague
Wetherlands
Mossadegh
Anglo- Iranian OS Co
Amendment Would Hire Ex Presidents For Life
Rep. Hubert 3B. Scudder proposes a constitutional amendment to pay ex presidents 25000 a year for life and to lock future presidents into a single four year term. The plan also lengthens House terms to four years and assigns ex presidents to a top level advisory committee for non political guidance to the White House.
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Washington
Hubert
Scudder
Calif
House
White House
Knights Of Pythias Meet In Bryan Loge Guests Return
Baytown men travel to Bryan for Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias. Five members came back from the convention last night. Frank Carpenter R Robson Robert Hil and Tom Heflin expected home Thursday. Heflin may seek a grand office. Dittman and Carter, joined yesterday, returned with Crawford Roth and Scott.
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Baytown
Bryan
Grand Lodge
The
Knights of Pythias
Frank Carpenter
R. Robson
Robert Hil
Tom Heflin
Heflin
Fred Dittman
Millard Carter
DOKK
Tom Crawford
Carl Roth
George Scott
Oil workers return as settlements spread nationwide
CIO AFL and independent unions plus 75 companies reach plant level settlements. About 10,000 Sinclair workers plan to return by tomorrow with 4,000 back yesterday. Refineries in Wood River Illinois and other plants across the country resume production, as wage terms face new duration demands from Phillips refinery unions.
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Pule
CIO
AFL
Sinclair
New York
Standard Oils
Wood River
Socony-Vacuum
Augusta
Kans
Pure Oil Co
Cabin Creek
W. Va
Texas Co
Lockport
Lawrentville
Mt. Vernon
Ind
Continental Oil Co
Denver
Standard Oil
Ill
Central States Petroleum
CSP
C. A. Knight
CIO Oil Workers Union
Knight
Phillips of Co
Great Falls
Mont
Fort Worth Livestock Prices Mixed in Weak Markets
Cattle and hogs show slow to steady demand with cows unevenly lower and steers steady. Calves offer mostly steady with high grade, stocker and slaughter lots varying. heifers and feeders reflect a dull trend. Hog trade remains largely steady with minor gains on some butcher weights and feeder pigs easing.
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Fort Worth
Baytonians In Wreck Charged After Pasadena Collision
Willie C Hughes of Cloverleaf posted $900 bond after a Sunday arrest for assault by auto mobile and failure to stop and render aid following a rear end crash with Mrs. Paul A. Lee at Industrial and Federal roads near the Pasadena tunnel. Mrs. J P Helfrich injured and taken to a Pasadena hospital. Hughes fled scene and was later apprehended by G T Miller Galena Park officer who investigated the wreck.
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Willie C Hughes
Cloverleaf
Justice Court
Houston
Paul A. Lee
Pasadena
J. P. Helfrich
Bolster
Lee
Rotary Leads Ticket Sale For Banquet
Rotarians lead ticket sales for the inter club banquet at 7 20 p m Thursday in the Robert E Lee cafeteria. James Bond reports 120 Rotarian tickets sold while Lions club and Kiwanis members have 90 each. A limited number of non member tickets remain. Kiwanis hosts with Hines Baker of Humbre Oil as principal speaker.
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Robert E. Lee
James Bond
Lions Club
Thre
Baytown
Kiwanis Club
Hines Baker
Humbre Oil and Refining Co
Test Atom Bomb Fails To Explode In Nevada
The 18th nuclear device at the Nevada proving ground failed to detonate at scheduled time. The AEC said the experiment was postponed at least 48 hours as technicians investigate the netting sizing and test circuit.
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SAS
Vegas
Nevada
A-baomb
Nevada Proving Ground
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
President hints at all out war in Korea conflict
President Truman and Gen. Ridgway meet as Korea tensions rise. Truman reiterates refusal to swap prisoners and warns Communist demands, noting mass manpower and new weapons while Allied forces in Korea are strengthened amid armistice talks.
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Krem- UN
Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
Far East
Europe
Dwight D. Hisenhower
Ridgway
Washington
West Point
Truman
U. S
FBI Class For Officers Tonight In Baytown
The FBI will run a Baytown Community House session for law enforcement and plant protection officers this evening at 7 p.m. Agent Vernon C. Pampell will present a 90 minute film on defensive tactics search arrest and cue. The event is open to Baytown area officers and Auxiliary Police members.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Baytown
FBI
Vernon C. Pampell
Auxiliary Police
VFW Plans Joint Meeting for Poppy Sale and Ceremonies
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 912 and its Auxiliary meet at 7:30 p.m. in the VFW hall on Decker Drive to outline plans for the Poppy sale scheduled Friday and Saturday and for Memorial Car ceremonies at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Little Arlington Cedar Bayou, in cooperation with the American Legion. Flags will be placed on veterans' graves Friday and Saturday.
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VFW
Post 912
Decker Drive
Little Arlington
Cedar Bayou
American Legion
Sick List Names Roll Through Channel Views Baytown and Highlands
The sick list includes Virginia Madden Channel view Clemens Wright Baytown Andrew Langton Dayton David A Burge Baytown Mrs George W Laughlin 510 East Republic Mrs Jack L Holt 218 West Holman Mike McCullough Channelview Mrs Sylvester Garrison Baytown Paul Whitaker Highlands Mrs Jack D Phillips 216 East Wright Miss Geraldine Landry Highlands Mrs Harry Mitchell 606 East Avon Mrs Luther McCormick 16 High Timothy Evans Channel View.
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San
Stock Quotes Special To The Baytown Sun Airway Blec
A compact list of company names and stock market mentions appears, including major oil and chemical firms such as American Republic Anaconda Copper Beth Steel Calumet and Hecla Chevron Celanese Celotex Chrysler General Electric General Motors Goodyear Imperial Oil Humble Oil Mack Trucks National Dairy Products Ohio Oil Sinclair Oil Socony-Vacuum and Union Oil of California. The jumble reads like a stock quote page from a Baytown Sun edition with numerous typos and concatenated items.
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du Pont
Eastman Kodak
el Paso Natural Gas
Fairchild Eng
Freeport Sylph
Gen Electric
Motors
Tire
Rap Gillette Saf
Goodyear, Tire
Greyhound Bus
Houston
Oil
Humble Oil
Imperial
Interlake
Jupiter Oil
Kirby Pet
Libby
Liggett and Myers
Loew's ‘Inc
la Land
Mack Trucks Mid Con
Mont-Dakota
Nat Dairy
Ohio
Packard Motors
Pancoastal Oil
Repab Steel
J. Regis
Sinclair Oil
Socony-Vec
Sou Pauil
Stan Oi
Calif A
Stan ‘Oil Ind
Stan Oil Ohio Stan Own
J. Sun Oi
Sunray Oil
Yspe
Y Tidewater Corp
Union Oi
Calif U.S. Steel
Woodley Pet
Catton
BEF Humble Meet Today on Oil Wage Ceilings
Oliphint stated the BEF will back the 15 cent ceiling on oil industry pay rises set by the Wage Stabilization Board. A decision on another refinery wage issue was expected today. Chinist union officials meet Fumble management with a federal conciliator to discuss a new contract. Machinists seek a 250 cent raise and have authorized a strike if needed.
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Oliphints
Oliphint
BEF
Woman elected Boston mayor to be addressed as Mister
Boston officials said Mrs. Alice Johnson, elected Boston’s first woman mayor in 407 years, would be addressed as Mister Mayor because there is no historical precedent for Madam. The move reflects a quirky courtesy in city traditions.
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Boston
Eng. i
Alice ”. Johnson
Mademe
Johnson
Brawny Players Toss Editor Into Lake
In Hattiesburg Mississippi Southern football players reportedly tossed the student newspaper editor into a lake after he criticized their ideas. The editor Dave Vowel had reprimanded the players for ogling coeds, prompting the incident. Meanwhile Mr and Mrs NB Roberts travel after learning of the death of Mrs Roberts' father Max Price, aged 56, who died at 11 p.m. yesterday.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Jake
Dave Vowel
NB. Roberts
Edison
Childress
Obedient Housewife Tricks Robber With Dog
Brooklyn housewife Vicki Freedman recounts locking her chow Nero in the yard to deter a gas meter reader. The man claimed fear of dogs then impersonated a meter reader and robbed her piggy bank at pistol point, taking $30.
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New York
Brooklyn
Nere
Vicki Freedman
Pistol Point
Top Economists Warn Of Indefinite Inflation Threats
Ten leading economists at a University of Minnesota conference warned of an extended period of inflationary danger with intermittent relief unlikely to restore prewar price and wage levels. They urged maintaining federal controls and high taxes, citing rising defense spending and uncertain world conditions as key inflationary drivers.
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Whill
David McCord Wright
University of Virginia
Wright
Roy Blough
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Blough
BE. A. Goldenweier
Princetown University
Goldenweisser
Bar
Unclear Lecture Remarks Prompt Unusual Quest Question
A garbled report mentions a lecturer at Werner-Gren Work in Tokyo and a discussion involving Dr Stig Hjalmars, with references to Japan and Russia. The text is fragmented and many names and terms are unreadable, leaving the exact topic and date uncertain.
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Stigg
Stig Hjalmars
Hjalmars
Werner-Gren
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