Navy Begins Inquiry Fire Breaks Out Near Stricken Carrier
Navy launches special board of inquiry as flames sparked on a pier beside the Bennington while 201 injured, one later said to be in hospitals. Initial reports shifted from carrier fire to rubbish on deck as the board convenes to probe sabotage claims, with Capt Raborn and Rear Adm Hoskins leading the inquiry amid other investigations.
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James Baar
Quonset Point
R. Ly Mar
Bennington
Special
Naval Board of Inquiry
Navy
Naval Board of
Navy Public Information
John M
Peg Leg Hoskins
Charles
22-Foot Fall Is Fatal For Houston Man
A Houston construction worker, John Crosby Patterson, 61, died after falling 22 feet from a cooling tower at a Bay town Refinery project. He died at 1 56 p m after three hours of unsuccessful recovery at a Bayolwn hospital. Burial planned in Bastrop cemetery. Survivors include his widow Viola, two sons Joe and Arnold, daughter Clifton Monroe, four grandchildren, three brothers Archie Raymond and Parker, and sister Eva Doyle.
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Baytown
John Crosby Patterson
Rockleigh Place
Houston
Bayolwn
Bastrop
Paul A. Lee
Patterson
Hudsion Engineering Company
Viola Patterson
Joe C. Patterson
Arnold Edwin Patterson
U. S. Army
Clifton Monroe
Galveston
Hedy
Archie
Raymond Patterson
Parker Patterson
Navasota
Eva Doyle
Austin
Sun Spots Day Camp Registration Closes Thursday
Sun Spots Day Camp registration closes at 4 30 p m Thursday announced by Miss Aranny Watson area field director. JOINT commencement exercises for 448 Baytown graduates will be held Thursday at Memorial Stadium LA. PORTE junior high plans graduation next Monday night in the high school gym. Ronald Dean Marshall valedictorian 97 21 average Joe York Thomas salutatorian 96 3. Sunshine with clouds. East Baytown 77 inches three day rain end Wednesday. Wednesday high 80 low 60.
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Garl
Aranny Watson
Baytown Junior High School
Horace Mann Junior High School
Memorial Stadium
LA. Porte Junior High School
Ronald Dean Marshall
Joe York Thomas
Baytown
East Baytown
la Porte
West Baytown
Around Town notes from a small Virginia town
Virginia Beaty is labeled a stay at home ex working girl while J W Strickler plans a summer in Colorado. Mike Hensley wakes to a ringing phone. Ethel Watkins plans fishing in Colorado. Rip Watkins dining out with Edward Maxine and Keith Stallisnecht await moving day. Mary Bartlett works in yard between showers. Elizabeth Meeks jokes about walking under ladders for luck. Candy Griffin appears confused. Pat Lansford wears a long bilked cap. Mrs Trene Sern relaxes. Flamingos on Goose Creek cause traffic slowdown this morning.
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Virginia Beaty
J. W. Strickler
Colorado
Mike Hensley
Ethel Watkins
Rip Watkins
Edward
Maxine
Keith Stallisnecht
Mary Bartlett
Elizabeth Meeks
Candy Griffin
Pat Lansford
Trene Sern
Goose Creek
Bob Barfield Slated To Join Baylor Staff
Coach Bob Barfield is reported to join Baylor University as head freshman coach of football and track. The move, discussed in Houston, would likely promote Sam Boyd to the varsity. Barfield previously led Cedar Bayou and recently took a similar role at Webster. Jerry Marcontel, a famed Bear athlete, signed with Baylor and will enroll next year aiding Barfield’s first team.
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Bob Barfield
Baylor University
Houston
Cedar Bayou
Webster
Baylor
Waco
Barfield
George Sauer
Hish
Sam Boyd
Jerry Marcontel
Bartfield
Veterans To Hold Graveside Services On Memorial Day
Memorial day observances take place in Baytown with graveside services at Little Arlington Cedarcrest cemetery Cedar Bayou at 2 30 p m conducted by the local Veterans of Foreign Wars post Judge Advocate Joseph Zorn will speak on Americanism Rev P Walter Henckell Trinity Episcopal church will assist with devotional services Members of the American Legion Disabled American Veterans and the Navy Mothers club will participate Postmaster N B Ballard announced Baytown post offices will be closed Monday with limited mail delivery Baytown Refinery workers will have a holiday shift while most area workers resume a normal day
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Baytown
Little Arlington
Cedarcrest Cemetery
Cedar Bayou
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Joseph Zorn
Navy Mothers Club
N. B. Ballard
Iaytown
BEF Announces Candidates for Baytown Refinery Posts
The Baytown Refinery Employes Federation names nominees for department representative elections next month. Candidates include Bob Sanders, Jack Stroman for Blacksmith, W W Tavis and others for Boilermakers, W B Keyser for Brickmasons, and several for Carpenters, Cracking Coils, Distillation, Docks, and Labor. The list spans multiple units and elect positions with several names per post.
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Baytown
Baytown, Employe Federation
Blacksmith
Bob Sanders
Jack Stroman
Boilermakers
W. W. Tavis
W. Andress
N. B. Bryant
Hersonel Blackford
Brickmasons
W. B. Keyser
J. D. Shepherd
E. R. Denny
TL Baker
W. L. Fowlar
K. H. Carrell
H. F. Fortenberry
B. D. Thomas
CA. Phillips
Turner
T.e B. Porter
Big Oil Well Fire Set To Save Lives
Fire on Highway 146 was lit by firefighters as a safety measure to prevent gas from seeping toward nearby homes. Fire Chief Art Fintelanan cited damp weather and high gas pressure as causes for venting and a perceived blowout, with flames visible for miles from 7:30 to 10 pm.
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Highway 146
Art Fintelanan
R. W. Welch
Milex
Congress Out By July 31 If Democrats Cooperate
Washington reports that Senate Republican Leader Knowland predicts Congress can wind up and adjourn by July 31 if Democrats cooperate while Lyndon B. Johnson cites August 15 as an earliest possible date. Other items note a bill to draft physicians and dentists, a $877 million defense measure, and investigations into the Lorwin case and tax free foundations.
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Washington
Senate
William E. Knowland
Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Congressions
House
Armed Services
Lorwin
Tae House
Thomas C. Herrings Jr
D-Mo
Pemiry
State Department
Vat Ro Lorwin
Foundations
Wayne L. Hays
Okla
Howse
Eisenhower
High National Honor Won By REL Students
Four Robert E. Lee high school students earned national recognition for scholastic achievement. They competed with 2210 high schools and finished in the top 25 percent after taking general aptitude tests. Winners were Dickie Smith Albert Castley Norman Miles and Jack Bargainer.
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Robert W. Lee
Dickie Smith
D. T. Smith
Albert Castley
Albert W. Castley
Norman Miles
A. F. Miles
Jack Bargainer
A. T. Bergainer
WW. Brown
Robert EB. Lee
Brown
Cedar Bayou Teens Win Regional Driving Event At Houston
Tillman O'Brien Jr. of Norace Mann and Tommy Lochridge of Cedar Bayou School won regional teen age road test trials in Houston with Lochridge scoring 334 points and O'Brien 306. The competition advances to state and then national in Washington DC with hundreds of students from area schools. Steve Franco of Baytown Junior High placed third in the Baytown event held at a Houston public school stadium.
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Tillman O'Brien Jr
Norace Mann
Tommy Lochridge
Cedar Bayou
Jayeor
Howaxton
Houston Public School
Washington, D.C
Baytown Area
Lochidge
O'Brien
Steve Franco
Baytown Junior High
Senator McClellan accuses McCarthy of crimes in hearings
In a heated Army McCarthy dispute session on May 27 Senator John L McClellan a Democrat from Arkansas charged Senator Joseph R McCarthy and a donor with obtaining secret information through criminal means Both men were accused of crimes over confidential Army documents during the ongoing hearings. Roy M Cohn testified for McCarthy and noted a March 1953 document on Communism in the Army. Cohn and McCarthy aides delayed as Coln consulted with McCarthy. The memo by Paul Crouch a former Communist leader was identified as the author and Coln said Crouch now works for the US Immigration Service.
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Washung Lun
John L. McClellag
D-Ark
Joseph R. McCarthy
McCarthy
McClellan
Army-McCarthy
MccClellan
FBI
Wisconsin
Republican
Army
Clellan
Justice Department
Roy M. Cohn
Subcommittee
Cohn
McClellam
Coln
MecCarthy
Paul Crouch
Colin
Crouch
U.S. Tmamigration Service
Take Off From Fort Worth A-Bombers To Nicaragua
UNITED PRESS reports three engine B 36 bombers roared from Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth Texas on a goodwill flight to Nicaragua. Brig Gen John D Ryan led the formation with two follow planes at eight minute intervals. The non stop flight was to last about seventeen and a half hours with limited time over Nicaragua. Defence officials said the mission commemorates Nicaragua army day and involves no landings. Recent arms airlifts linked to regional tensions followed Guatemala receiving Soviet arms and MiG 15 jets from Europe and other reports from Mexican exiles about additional shipments.
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United Press
Fort Worth
Tex
Nicaragua
Guatemala
John ‘D. Ryan
19Th Air Division
Carswell Air Force Base
Grand Jury To Report On Insurance Frauds
AUSTIN May 2 UP The Travis county grand jury prepared to report on its four day inquiry into alleged fraud and malpractice by insurance firms. Key witness Paul Key of Southwest National Bank El Paso testified while officials of two defunct companies declined to appear. Attorney General Sheppard attended sessions and will join investigations in Houston Beaumont and El Paso as the term nears its close.
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Austin
Travis County Grand Jury
Paul Key
The
Southwest National Bank
el Paso
Key
Paul
Leslie Lowry
Beaumont
Texas Mutual Insurance Co
D. H. O'Fiel
Brand
Spencer
Treharne
Ruidoso
N. M
United Lloyd's
United World
Houston
Dan Stallworth To Open 10 Baytown Recreation Centers
Dan Stallworth director of Baytown recreation programs plans a city wide summer schedule. Ten centers will operate over the next three months with Frank Jame overseeing daily operations. Centers include Lamar Hills San Denvito De Zavala Burnet Horace Mann Cedar Bayou Carver Me nair and a new Roseland Park site under Barry Nettles.
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Dan Stallworth
Baytown
Frank Jame
Pleenxt Lamar
Thad Jones
Sandra Montgomery
Highlands
Louis Roxner
Vida Tight
San Dnevito
Audrey Adams
Joe Powell
de Zavala
Paul Bil Kern
Burnet
Mark Plynt
Mary Ann Kapa
Horace Mann
Vern Bono
Cedar Bayou
W. I. Tadlock
Mildred Smith
Carver
Roy Hutchina
Jessie Moore
Menair
Messiah
Roswland Park
Dally
Barry Nettles
Lee High School Awards to Be Announced Friday
Article lists numerous anticipated honors for Robert E. Lee graduates including valedictorian choices from Texas colleges, scholarships from Citizens National Bank and other groups, and awards to Lee College bound students. Mentions names such as Albert Conte ny and Mone Laslie among the expected recipients.
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Robert BE
Lee High Schoo
Albert Conteny Ag
Anioa
Texas
Mone Laslie
Salvatorian
Robert E. Lee
Elizabeth Lillie Rain
Citizens National Bank
Lee College i
Lue
Lions Club
American Association of University Women
Lee College
Jaycerettes
Business and Professional Women's Clit
Aikin To Talk In La Porte 64 High School Seniors To Graduate
State Sen A M Aikin of Paris will address La Porte high school seniors at Friday night's commencement in the gym. Sixty four graduates will receive diplomas as Supt J H Baker presents them after Principal Manton Ellis certifies the list. Miss Marilyn Santi is valedictorian with a 95 06 average and a 1200 scholarship to Southwest Texas State. Miss Barbara Barden is salutatorian with a 34 71 average and a National Chemical Society award. both will speak briefly.
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A. M. Aikin
Paris
la Porte High School
J. H. Baker
Manton Ellis
LK. Posey Sr
la Porte School Board
Els
J. ©. Phillips
PTA
Marilyn Santi
Barbara Barden
Arso
Santi
Harris Santi
Alan
Southwest Texas State
San Marcos
Misa Barden
George E. Barden
National Chemical Society
Rice
Ernest Michalka
J. B
Park Meters Planned For West Pearce Park
Eighteen parking meters are planned for West Pearce Park in the block between Pruett and West Menrer. Police Chief H A MolKee said the meters will likely be in operation by Saturday and no later than Monday. McHee noted several requests to permit parking in that block to ease traffic flow for shoppers.
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Pruett
Done
Weat Menrer
H A. MolKee
McHee
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