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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1955
Page
5
The AFL Musicians Union Local 802 announced a campaign starting June 1 to persuade audiences that live music beats recordings. President AL Manutt said the effort targets creating more employment for members amid the push.
A Detroit article explains how mass production blends with customization as Chrysler showcases building cars to individual orders. It notes the near impossibility of two identically equipped vehicles, highlights production control, and describes how options in engines colors fabrics and trim allow buyers to differ from neighbors while still enjoying assembly line prices.
U S Public Health Service reports 189 new polio cases for the week ended May 14, a 27 percent rise from the prior week and 25 percent above the same week in 1954. By May 17 official reports show 77 polio cases in vaccinated individuals, with 459 among Cutter vaccine recipients. The year total hits 1,786 versus 2,271 last year. disease-year to 722 in 1955, 718 in 1954. California leads with 45 new weekly cases, then Texas 19, Michigan 40, New York 12, Mississippi 8, Oregon 7, and a note on Gear A man John Davey via nine.
The National Pickle Packers Association said pickle plants nationwide would shut down for 89 seconds Thursday to honor Amerigo Vespucci, a famed former pickle peddler. The brief pickle break marks the opening of National Pickle Week. The article also notes that the number of bones in the human body varies with age.
The Kappa Sighia fraternity at Duke University named Eta Apple of Winston-Salem as its Dream Girl. The event took place in Durham, North Carolina, with Sun Classified Ads-Dial 8302 listed as the contact.
Defense lawyers for Melvin Maddox say they will seek a complete psychiatric examination and a possible venue change after a man accused of beating Mrs. Fred Edwards at her Hughes Springs area farm with a skillet. The incident occurred May 9 amid high Cass county sentiment.
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