No Polio Yet But Keep Fingers Crossed
East Hardy county and bayshore area have so far escaped polio with two single cases this season. Harris county outside Houston reports nine cases from the north and west sections. The U S Public Health Service notes more polio cases nationwide this year but cautions it is early to gauge the spread.
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Hardy County
Bayshore
County Health Department
Harris County
Houston
U. S. Public, Health Service
Fat Stock Board Appoints Local Leader and Scout Updates
THEO WILBURN of Baytown rice former and chairman of Harris County Soil Conservation District was named a new director of the Howaton Fat Stock Show. He was elected at the annual meeting Thursday in the Lamar Hotel in Houston. Boy Scouts Troop 93 Cedar Bayou sell barbecue tickets at Cedar Bayou Methodist Church from 4 to 7 30 p m Saturday to raise funds for completing the troop's Scout house. Eagle Scouts meet in East Norris County Sunday at the Community House after the Court of Honor to name the new organization and elect officers.
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Theo Wilburn
Baytown Rice
Farris County Soil Conservationistrict
Wilburn
Lamar Hotel
Houston
BOY Scouts of
Cedar Bayou
Cedar Bayou Methodist Church
Eagle Scouts
Eagle Scouts of
East
Norris County
Boy Scout Court of Honor
Ex Soviet Spy tells Congress of fatal orders and refuge
Nikolai Khokhlov a Russian secret police agent told Senate Internal Security subcommittee he balked at a murder assignment due to religious scruples and fled to the West. He described MVD operations and his failure to kill anti-Communist activist Georgi Okolovich who later helped shelter him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Calvin Washington
Nikolai Khokhlov
Televisio
Lightins
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
William Jenner
Rtha
Khokhiov
Khokhlov
Subcommittee
Charles P. Grimes
Eugene 5. Serebrennikov
The
Libray of Congress
William E. Jenner
R-Ind
MVD
West Berlin
Georgi 3
Okolovich
NTS
Kohkhlov
West
Divorcee Says She Holds Key To Mistake Killing
Betty Bushey a 29 year old divorcee in Pensacola claimed to know who killed Texan Jacob S Floyd Jr in Alice Texas on Sept 8 1952 and would reveal details only to a Texas Ranger or to Floyd. Police said she kept a map and incriminating evidence tied to the slaying in a safety deposit box under a fictitious name in San Antonio.
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Pensacola
Fla
Jacob S. Floyd Jr
W. J. Kelson
Betty Bushey
University of Texas
Alice
Tex
Kelson
Texas
Floyd
George Parr
South Texas
Duke of
Duval
McCarthy Probe Sees Symington Demand Phone Transcripts
In the Army McCarthy inquiry a new controversy erupts as Sen. Stuart Symington calls for all monitored telephone calls in the dispute to be published. Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy plans to testify when the hearings resume, challenging Eisenhower administration secrecy orders. The four subcommittee Republicans and McCarthy aides had been handling transcript selection with special counsel Ray H. Jenkins.
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Washington
Army
McCarthy
Stuart Symington
Symington
D-Mo
Joseph “R. McCarthy
Army - McCarthy
Executive Branch
Joseph R. McCarthy
Ray H. Jenkins
Subcommittee
Sales Tax Cut Reduces Living Costs in April
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 0.2 percent drop in the cost of living from mid-March to mid-April due to federal sales tax reductions. The index stands at 114.6 percent of 1947-59 prices, returning to July levels, with excise tax cuts passing to consumers only partially in early April, trimming about one cent per hour from the wage-based cost of living for over one million workers.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor
BLS
Beria wiped from Soviet encyclopedia in New York note
New York May 21 A Soviet power reshuffle erases Lavrenti Beria from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia replacing the Beria entry with Bering Sea scenes and noting the Armenian town Beria founded in 1884 may soon be renamed. Beria was executed after treason convictions last Christmas.
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New York
Tian
Lavrenti P. Beria
Bering Sea
Ef Beria
Beria
Armenia
Supreme Court
Onsvictad
Soviet Union
City To Intervene In Cemetery Row
Baytown council discusses paying half the air pollution abatement cost for Harris County plan. city pro rates three cents per person annually. Committee to review Triton property appraisals and tax-office reversion of streets to garage use. disposal plant expected completion by July under $241,000. New defense disaster relief setup to mirror county municipalities approved. Ramsey’s visit noted. police case protest led by Col. Gearze L. Keene under review.
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Ramsey
Baytown
Harris County
Decker Drive
Goose Creek Stream
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Hutme Ol and Refining Co
Voussil
Lee City
Ber Yn
New West Main
Friendship Week Fish Fry Set for July 15
Kiwanis Fish Fry scheduled July 15 at Humble picnic grounds announced by General Chairman Jim Bond. The event ties to Friendship Week July 1 to 17 featuring Jack Perry and the Light Crust Doughboys. Public office candidates invited to attend and answer questions. Tickets go on sale in June.
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Humble
Jim Bond
Bond
Jack Perry
Air Attack Halts Onrushing Reds in Indo China War
A massive French air assault halted four Communist divisions west of Hanoi. Three senior French generals flew to Saigon and Paris with a report urging drastic Indo-China strategy changes. Reinforcements to the delta were discussed, and calls to replace the northern theater command circulated.
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Hanof
Hanoi
Saigo En Toute
Paris
Secre
Henrie Eugene Navarre
Indo-China
Paul Ely
Mafs
Ruou Sdlan
Indo
China
Ge Pierre Pelissier
Sete
Indo Chine peace talks and Viet Nam terms discussed
Reports from Geneva Seoul and Washington describe a Vincenstian Indo-China peace conference progress toward addressing drafting terms for a crineate related to Indo-Chinas work for a Viet Nam state, President Syngman Rhee in Seoul showing strength while resisting anti Communist calls, and U S openness to a meeting of American foreign ministers on Western Hemisphere Communist threats.
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Geneva
Finlay
Viet Nam
Seoul
Kores
Syngman Riese Fost
South Koroi
Washington
United States
Nicaragua
Western Hemisphere
No Change In Oklahoma St Paying Job
Baytown council met to consider a petition by Pioneer West Baytown residents along the Oklahoma Street route of the proposed paveing project. They requested making the street 30 feet wide, protesting loss of trees and shrubs. County Commissioner Ramsey stated the bond call set a 3rd foot width and could not be changed. The council unanimously supported prior action to keep Oklahoma Street as planned. City Attorney Chandler was asked to intervene to determine council rights, if any, over cemetery issues raised by local residents and the Candy note representative.
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Fred Hartman
Baytown
Missouri
Chandler
S.J. Sands
J. M. Bristley
West Baytown
County Bonds
Oklahoma ‘Street
Vo Ve Ramsey
Cremente
Oklahoma Street
Oklahoma
Huggins
Milton J. Campbell
Ledet
Candy Phonle
Walter Quay
Gaytown
Shannon L. Morrix
Alo Ity Taided
Bath Queen
Morris
Counnell
Miuuta
Quern
Counell
Coung
Ie Council
Ecemrdt
Becausa Baytown
Queen
CouncilPage Pwo
Bus Fare Boost Prevents Strike in Houston
Houston voters approved a 20 cent fare at midnight Friday, ending a transit workers strike threat. The Houston Transit Co gained a nickel rate hike after drivers won concessions toward a 40 hour week and higher pay. union sources reported an average wage increase and a contract extension through November 2 with six additional tractors to be added.
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Houston
Houston Transit Co
CIO Transport Workers Totat
Ex-Officer Charged In Triple Ax-Murder
FRANKFURT May 21 UP The U S district attorney in Germany charged former Army Capt James M Leach of Lima Ohio with the eight year old triple ax murder of three American officers Atty William D Canfield of Springfield Mass sought a warrant for Leach s arrest and extradition from the United States The charges allege three counts of murder three counts of intentional not murder and one count of arson The victims Maj Everatt Crattan Adrian L Weaster and 1st Lt Stanley M Rosewater were killed or stunned on the Danube river at Passau Germany and cremated with gasoline after being attacked with a ax The case linked to a long unsolved crime involving postwar coverups and a possible military muddling effort
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Frankfurt
U.S
Germany
Army
James M. Leach
Lima
Ohio
Auseney William 2D
Canfield
Springfield
Mass
Leech
United States
Loerch
Refinery Employe
Ascaliat
Leach
Cousty
Maj
Everatt
Crattan
Seattle
Adrian L. Weaster
Stanley Mac A. Rosewater
Omaha
Neb
Passau
Danube
Luxe Hrigus
Jennings Peterson To Lead Refinery United Fund Drive
Maurice F P Jennings chosen as chairman with Troy J Peterson as co chairman for the Baytown Refinery unit United Fund drive set to begin in October 1954. Jennings a 1987 hire and World War II veteran, and Peterson a Humble veteran, lead a team with H Meier aiding the effort for Harris County. The couple, Ruby and Gordon, reside in Missouri. Peterson and family include four children.
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Jennings
Peterson
United Fund
Maurice FP. Jennings
Next Call
Baytown
Troy Jr
Refinery
Genziles
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Navy
Seca Boex
Ruby
Gordon
Jott Missouri
Vno
Proces
Humble
Texas A and M College
de Atte
Crosby Teachers Get Boost Full 402 Pay Increase Is Granted
Crosby school board granted all teachers the full state approved salary increase of 402 dollars for the next school year, raising the minimum Crosby salary to 2465 dollars. The board re elected all teachers except those leaving and approved Tex William Tyler as high school agriculture teacher and Paula Pendergraft to return from leave. Also reported a tape recorder stolen from the First Presbyterian church office, with 67 cash taken.
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Crosby
O. Dusek
Tex William Tyler
Ernest Sebesta
Paula Pendergraft
Mildred Ann Worthey
First Presbyterian Church
BE McKee
Admitting Prem
C. Cowen
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Percy Dithon
Eris Broussard
Brousgards
Dick Long
Harry Hensler
Busy Bee
Candy Chuti
Ashhel Smith School
Fielder
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East Mar- Tit
Senny
Tommy Williams
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Fort Jackson
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W. R. Montgomery
Congress
the Self Kicking Club
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Tom Haysords
Hace
New Bern
N.C
Tom Maywood
N. C
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Haywood
Ann McSartey
Ron Symington
Wisconsin
Eisenhower
Council
Torey
Gity
Triton
West Texas
Bessie Trifon
Tax Board
H. G. Cornell
C. R. Mann
Cc. H. Miller
W. D. Reevey
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Col. Gearze L. Keene
M. Carter
Shu City
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Ken Reynolds
Triple Ax
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