Baytown Schedules and Local Events Report
Balmy Baytown temperatures reached 83 degrees Sunday with a cool night ahead. Roy Walker will continue teaching a navigation course at 8:30 p.m. with Cadets meeting earlier for drill at the Community House. Joe Dickson and R C Halter attend the American Society for Quality Control convention in New York. Federal Narcotics Bureau plans a Baytown lecture Tuesday for the Auxiliary Police at 7:30 p.m. A. C. Chaddick and B. A. Stewart return from Galveston after a three day insurance agents convention. Funeral services are set for Mrs Ahne Wegener, 73, at 2 p.m. at Art Simpson Funeral Home La Porte. Baytown School Board holds a special meeting at 4:50 p.m. Monday.
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Roy Walker
Baytown Civil Air Patrol
New York
Joe C. Dickson
R. C. Hakter
American Society
Dickson
Baytown
Halter
Thescu
Federal Narcotics Bureau
Paytown
Around Town finds Frank Wadley loses cigar in Trinity River
Frank Wadley leaped to tie a boat and sank deeper than expected, losing his cigar as bubbles rose. Jimmy Send Yer panicked as rainfilled bilge left his new boat sinking. Baytown Boat club closed Sunday on the Trinity. Commodore Read led a Double Bayou cruise late to the fish fry while J. T. Swints hurried back for a baccalaureate sermon.
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Frank Wadley
Frank
Jimmy Send Yer
Jimmy
Baytown Boat Club
Trinity River
Commodore Heradio
Read
Double Bayou
J. T. Swints
Hce
Max Souhy
Maureen Broussard
James Stone
Mike Bridges
Bob Sheen
Benny Gatt
Dick Carroll
Tom Moon
Opal Muchmore
True Sense Of Values Urged For REL Graduates
The Very Rev. J Mil ton Richardson urged the REL class to develop a true sense of values drawing from Isaiah. He spoke at the outdoor Memorial Stadium baccalaureate in Houston before 400 graduates in maroon caps and gowns. He emphasized evaluating life at its entrance and exit and offered guidance for forming lasting values.
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Fred Hartman
J.milton
Richardson
Yes
Christ Church
Houston
Texas
Memorial Stadium
Pronas
Sional
Robert ‘E. Lee
Burkett
Robedt
Twit
TF. Seale
George H.gentry
Horace Mann
Cedar Bayou
Baytown
Igen
Memorial, Stadium
Jack Hopper
Delbert Derrett
Dean Richardson
Isaiah
Humble Promotes Webber To Technical Specialist
W O Webber promoted to technical specialist in Humble Oil Baytown refinery technical service division. A 1958 University of Oklahoma chemical engineering graduate, he has 17 years in refining, including distillation, gas compression and alkylation. He directs light ends processing design and commands, while serving as Senior High Sunday School superintendent and active in American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He and Mrs Webber reside at 2017 Hill Street Baytown with three children.
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W. O. Webber
Baytown
Humble Oil and Refining Co
University of Oklahoma
Webber
Fimble
First Presbyterian Church
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Hill Street
Moskowitz Named Senior Refinery Engineer at Humble Baytown Plant
Alfred Moskowitz has been promoted to senior mechanical engineer in Humble Oil and Refining’s Baytown refinery design division. A Rice Institute graduate and Navy veteran, he now leads hydroforming and desulfurizing projects while serving as Boy Scouts assistant commissioner and Junior Chamber of Commerce member. He and his wife live in Baytown with their two children.
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Alfred Moskowitz
Department of Engineering
Baytown
Humble Oil and Refining 0
Robert E. Lee
Moskowitz
Rice Institute
Engineering Division
Navy
East Gulf
Boy . Scouts of America
East Harris
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Johnson Scolds Pentagon Over Conflicting Air Power Reports
Senate leader Lyndon B Johnson criticized Pentagon statements as confusing after a Defense Department report on Soviet long range bombers. He urged Secretary Wilson to end the confusion as Jackson warned the Russians may rival US aircraft capacity sooner than expected. The report noted Soviet progress in bomber development and industrial capability. The piece also reports a 32 percent rise in the nation’s net debt to 606 billion dollars, though Commerce Department says the increase was below 1953’s five percent rise.
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Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Pentagon
United States
Russia
Air Force
Defense Department
Johnson
Defense
Charles EB. Wilson
Henry M. Jackson
Dwash
Commerce Department
New Certified Mail Service Is Announced
State Writer Rosalie reports a new certified mail service to provide registered mail benefits at lower cost. Effective June 7, it will apply to first class letters lacking intrinsic value such as official notices. Fees range from 15 to 31 cents plus postage. minimum regular registered mail fee after June 8 is 40 cents.
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Rosalie Sun
M.L. Neal
Neal
Post Office Department
Washington
Giles Bribery Trial Postponed To Aug 15 In San Antonio
Criminal District Judge M D Jones rescheduled the bribery trial of Bascom Giles, former state land commissioner, for Aug 15 after defense disclosures showed Giles retained Rep Cecil Storey to aid his defense. The delay, mandated by law after adjournment of the legislature, drew protest from Assistant DA James Ginion who called it an abuse of legislative privilege.
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San Antonio
M. D. Jones
Bascom Giles
Giles
Cecil Storey
Longview
Jones
Bexar County
James Gnion
Onion
Russia Opens Campaign To Hold Big Four Parleys
Western diplomats report Moscow launched a major propaganda drive to press for a high level Big Four conference on Soviet terms. Pravda charged the West with blocking talks and limiting agenda, while Molotov appeared to be preparing stiff terms for the moment. French officials noted Moscow jockeying for position as talks unfold in Vienna and ahead of a United Nations meeting.
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Russia
Soviet
London
Moscow
Pravda
West
Eisenhower
Vyacheslav Molotov
Molotov
Vienna
San Fransisco
Dune
United’ Nations
Vaccine Talks Aim to End U.S. Polio Saferty Delays
Washington experts and federal officials met behind closed doors called by Surgeon General Scheele to set new federal vaccine safety standards and retest unreleased supplies. The talks will shape when Safk shots resume for schoolchildren and how quickly the free program expands. Senator Lister Hill backed a 28 million vaccine fund for needy children and federal powers to control distribution as discussions proceed with a team reviewing four producers. A final plan was to be reported to President Eisenhower.
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Washington
U.S
Leonard A. Scheele
Lister “Hil
D-Ala
Labor Committee
Scheele
Elscohowere
Eden Claims Persuaded Ike On Big Four Talks
Sir Anthony Eden maintains he won Eisenhower and the United States to accept Big Four talks at the summit. The administration neither denies nor challenges the claim, noting the political impact on British Conservative prospects and the broader aim of enduring American foreign policy. The report highlights Dulles and Eisenhower’s stance amid Britain’s socialist platform on China disputes.
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Eden
Ike
Washington
Sir Anthony Eden
Eisenhower
Thony
Great Britain
Pubiicly
Hisenhower
Sir Anthony
John Foster Dules
Dulles
Faiy
United States
London
Winston Churchill
Pacific
British Socialist Party
China
Kefauver Opens Hearings On Pornography Traffic To Youth
Senator Kefauver heads a Senate subcommittee examining the nationwide traffic in pornography and its effect on juvenile delinquency. Hearings in New York will probe salacious publications records pictures and films reaching youths with federal control over mail customs and interstate commerce under consideration.
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Washington
Eiles Kefauver
D-Senn
Kefauver
Senate
New York
Tennessee Democrat
Nesses
Soncitlor
United States
Victim Of Singapore Beating Is Buried
Gene Symonds, United Press stall correspondent, is buried in Lima Ohio. He was celebrated as a credit to the human race and to journalism for his gentle, humane reporting amid war and riot coverage in Korea and Singapore.
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Singapore
Symonds
United Press
Gene Symonds
Lima
Ohio
Tita
Korea
24Th Infantry
Taejon
Division
54th Session Length Hinges On Meet Today
In Austin lawmakers weigh a $130 million budget plan to balance revenue over two fiscal years and fund highway improvements. A two cent gasoline tax, a penny per pack cigarette tax, and a beer tax rise are part of the package advanced by Senators Searcy Bracewell Jimmy Phillips William Shireman and Puller. The measure follows prior committee actions and House moves seeking other tax options and fee boosts.
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Austin
Searcy Bracewell
Houston
Jimmy Phillips
Angleton
William Shireman
Corpus Christ
Dep
Puller
Port Arthur
Totels
Chemical Industries
Allan Shivers
Cloudbursts and Tornadoes Hit Texas Areas
A wide front of thunder storms swept Texas Sunday into Monday bringing heavy rain in the West and Panhandle. Tornadoes touched down in multiple spots including near Spearman and Fairview with minor damage reported. Winds gusted up to 48 mph at Minard Wells and 40 mph at Waen, while a cloudburst near Lomesa dumped about three inches of rain.
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United Press
Wide Inc
Texas
Iiicely
Duddry
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Minard Wells
Waen
Arvanna
Lomesa
Lorenzo
Latfiack
Spearkman
Texas Panhandle
Amarillo
Fairview
Big Spring
San Angelo
del Rio
Woody
Lamesa
Frightened Farmers Flee To Safety
IXTEPEC Mex. Fright ened farmers fled to the mountains Monday after a series of murders. About 50 farmers have been hanged in the past two months, sparked by Friday’s hangings in Ubero. Authorities ponder retaliation by ranchers for cattle thefts. Fifty troopers guarded Ubero while police hunted 20 armed men across the region.
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Ixtepec
Mex
Ubero
Defense Ministry
Mexico City
Ste
Aoxaca Montiay
Salle Na CIA
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Chaddick Insurance Agency
B. A. Stewart
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Keystone Insurance Agency
Galveston
State Association of Insurance Agents
A. R. Static
Humble
Pentagon Air Power
Winston
Churchina
Riggieswade
Bedfordshire
Solon
Hames
Villey
Herbert Woover
Langbourne Williams
Wd Cola
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