Sailor Killed In Early Morning Ship Channel Accident
Kirar Daniel Iverson, 34, of Svolvær Norway, died after a sitch board fell on his head while repairing a hold aboard the S. S. Fern Point in the Houston Ship Channel off Morgan’s Point en route to Galveston from Houston. The incident occurred about 3:20 a.m. Saturday. Iverson was pronounced dead on arrival at Southmore Hospital in Pasadena. The Coast Guard and local authorities investigated as the vessel remained at Galveston for further inquiry. Deputy Sheriff Barfield said Iverson slipped into the hold during loading preparations for cotton. The tugboat Sturgeon transferred Iverson from the Norwegian freighter to an ambulance. Iverson died of head injuries en route to the hospital.
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Fern Point
Houston
Morgan's Point
Galveston
Southmore Hospital
Pasadena
Kirar Daniel Iverson
Svolwer
Norway
G. M. Miller
la Porte
Jefferson Davis Hospital
Carl Barfleld
Iverson
Barfield
Sturgeon
G&h Towing Co
Art Simpson Funeral Home
Morgan’s Peint
Arent Sigjuth
U. S. Coast Guard
Missing Baytown man found after search at Trinity Bay
Emergency crew searched Trinity Bay for Jack Banks of Houston in a 22 foot cabin cruiser after battery trouble left him missing. Coast Guard towed him to Morgans Point at 2 am Saturday, four hours of searching by volunteers.
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Baytwon
Lee Wolfe recounts her son's antics and notes
Virginia Sims wins first in the Craigmont Garden Club hat show with a large straw hat covered in daisy leaves. Dot Norriss makes a phone call. Lana Francis marks her seventh birthday with a dress up party. Pat DuPlissy recuperating after Houston surgery. Norman D’Olive teases Li’l Magazine while his store is listed in a mattress ad. Mrs. W A Stevenson gives a neighbor a bouquet of gardenias. Rufus Honeycutt runs a kiddie show ad without venue details. Ricky Hurst claims best supporting actor in the Robert F. Lee High School senior play. Bob Matherne searches for a Houston news story. Garrett and Stella Herving postcard from Flagstaff to Las Vegas.
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Lee Wolfe
Virginia Sims
Dot Norriss
Lana Francis
Pat DuPlissy
West Sterling
Hom
Houston
Norman D'Olive
L. G.prats Sanders
Li'l Magazine
W. A. Stevenson
Rufus Honeycutt
Ricky Hurst
Robert F. Lee
The
Bob Matherne
Garrett
Stella Herving
Flag
Ariz
Las Venar
Reds Hold 9 Say US Plane Forced Down
Soviet authorities took custody of nine Americans aboard an unarmed Air Force transport plane forced down in East Germany near Kluetz. Gen. Clyde Eddleman urged release while Soviet officials in Bonn and Berlin reported the transfer to Russian custody. The crew included pilots Lundy Jorda and Frewen, radio operator Porter, engineer Steezer, and others. The U S Air Force confirmed the missing C47 on a Copenhagen to Hamburg run.
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Hanns Neuerbourg
Wiesbaden
Germany
East Germany
Berlin
Clyde Eddleman
Europe
Baltic
Kluetz
Bonn
U. S. Air Force
James Palmer Lundy
Findlay
Ohio
George Jorda
West LaFayette
Ind
William Thomas Frewen
Galveston
Tex
Leon Porter
Russellville
Ala
Chester Kenneth Steezer
Saratoga
N. Y
Paul Mccash
Atlanta
James Gavin
Sewart Air Force Base
Tenn
James Morrison
Richmond
Copenhagen
Hamburg
Eddleman
I. Jakubovski
Baytonian Locked Inside Bank Vault 32 Years Ago
By John Marsh a Richland Springs bank robbery in San Saba County on December 19, 1928. Clyde Kattes then a bank employee recalls a masked robber demanding greenbacks and locking him in with E O Moore while the other robber stood guard. The duo escaped with about $1,280 plus $800 in gold later recalled by Kattes.
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Baytonian
John Marsh
Richland Springs
Austin
San Saba
Kattes
San Saba County
E. O. Moore
Five Generations Photo Featured in Baytown Portrait
A Baytown photo captures five generations seated together. Jan sits on the lap of her great grandmother Mrs. Davis Cook, with her grandmother Mrs. M. Beaird, and her mother Mrs. James Burgess standing nearby.
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Jan
Davis Cook
M. Beaird
James Burgess
Baytown
Jan Burgess
Eugenia Harman
Politicker veteran A O Lawler recalls early life
Walter Still, at 84 in Harris County, remembers youth amid the wild west. Born in Austin, he moved to the Houston area and worked with trains, cattle drives, and chuckwagons. He recalls Judge Roy Bean, his bear, and wartime Guam events before noting his long Democratic voting record since 1900s. He reflects on the 1928 precinct chair role and Kennedy as a potential nominee amid Vietnam era concerns.
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Wanda
Orton
Walter G. Stilljeight
Houston Post P
Excite
Still
Wild West
Roy Bean
Langtry
Tex
Sheena
Wirsa
Parilla
Guam
Bean
Pic
Bunzo Minagawa
Santa
Agana
Austin
Minagawa
Harris
Texas
A. O
Houston
Lawler
Channelview
Joe Still
Southern Pacific Railroad
al Smith
Herbert Hoover
Junction
Smith— Hoover
United States
Hoover
Smith
William Jennings Bryan
Kennedy
Sr Lawler
Khrushchev Returns to Moscow After Berlin Talks
Premier Nikita Khrushchev flew into Moscow after a week of diplomatic encounters that unsettled the world. In Berlin he cooled fears by saying the Soviet Union would not press for a new German status, delaying Allied departure from West Germany for six to eight months. Crowds cheered the Khrushchev stance echoed by newspapers and public meetings, angry at the Paris summit.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Berlin
Soviet Union
West Poiiia
Khrushchev
Paris
United States
Eisenhower welcomed by crowd on arrival in Washington
President Eisenhower, greeted by a cheering crowd estimated at 208 000 along his route from Andrews Air Force Base to the White House, says the gesture truly means a jot to me. Senator John F Kennedy’s apparent victory in the Oregon primary grows as Democrat Wayne Morris gains 17 Democratic National Convention votes. The nomination requires 761 votes.
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Eisenhower
Paria
Portugal
Airport
White House
Andrews
Air Force. Base
John FE. Kennedy
Oregon
Wayne Morris
Official Figures Due Early Release From 1960 Census
Harris County prepares for 1960 census figures with door to door enumeration in Baytown ending and data being cross checked. Expected Baytown population near 22 percent higher than 1950’s 22,983 with statewide rise about 24 percent. Past Baytown growth cited from 1950 20,958 and earlier projections show rapid increases in surrounding municipalities.
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Harris County
Baytown
Hargrove Smith
Fof
Houston
Tri-Cities
New Map Of Texas Color Tour Guide For Vacation
A promotional feature from BLUE BEATHARD urges Texans and out-of-staters to tour Texas by car using a new colorful state map. It highlights 61,000 miles of highways, scenic spots, parks, beaches, and historical sites such as Big Bend, Palo Duro Canyon, and Alamogordo. Free maps and literature are available from the Texas Highway Dept. in Austin.
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Blue Beathard
Texas
Texas Highway Department
Texas Highway ‘Dept
Austin 14
Tex
Price Seniel
Gulf Coast
Frio River
Garneryons
Phantom Hill
Abi
Palo Duro Canyon
Texas Rodeo
Big Bend National Park
Turkey
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C. Brady
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American Petroleum Institute
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Eleanor Kay Dunks
W. E. Dunks
Highlands
University of Texas School of Nursing
Robert E. Lee
John Sealy Hospital
Joe E. McLemore
Holly McLemore
Wright
University of Texas Medical School
McLemore
Hermann Hospital
Baytown Opportunity School
Grace Methodist Church
Kiwanis Film
West Baytown
Kiwanis Club
Air Force Reserve
Reds
Clyde Kattes
Bayway Drive
First National Bans
A. C. Lawler
Kinohin
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