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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1955
Page
17
Houston police reported Friday that Hedy Latham and her household underwent tests after a $50,000 jewel theft at her home. Other items in the report reference political delays, tax debates, wage data, water research funding, and a Hoover Medal presentation.
FIRST LT Walter Rundell Jr will receive his MA degree June 12 at American University in Washington DC while on active Army duty. He has been on special duty at the Record Center in Kansas City MO and is visiting his parents Dean and Mrs Walter Rundell at 107 Milner Dr this weekend. The Bow Club meets at WOW hall on Texas Ave at 2 pm Saturday to discuss a summer camping trip.
Local notes report Chaplain Charles Fay his wife and daughter Gay heading to California where he will be stationed at Camp Pendleton after returning from Korea. He visits family in Baytown as Elaine Coker shows off a new convertible and Edith Smith updates Eastern Star officers.
A strong southerly wind and high tides lashed the bayshore Thursday into Friday, flooding sections of Brownwood and Mapleton avenues. Tides reached seven feet, receded to five feet ten inches by Friday morning, no bay shore homes were damaged, though water covered part of roads and over a low crossing. Shipping at Baytown refinery faced wind-impeded loading but no disruptions. Residents recalled tides near hurricane levels but below 1943 and 1947 peaks.
LONDON UP Sir Anthony Eden's Conservatives secured a clear victory in the British general election. By late Friday they held 335 seats to Labour's 271 with Liberal four, a substantial net gain and a strong majority likely to reach beyond 75 seats. The popular vote favored the Conservatives over Labor by about 884,000. The win marks Eden's return to firm power after Churchill and dents Labour left wing led by Aneurin Bevan.
Robert E. Lee high school will award diplomas to 401 graduates at ceremonies Friday evening at Memorial Stadium. Superintendent George H. Gentry will present diplomas. Miss Julia Ann Bonner is valedictorian and Miss Patsy Aiken salutatorian. Awards to other honor students. invocations by Stephen Linscott. benediction by W. Gammel. Band to perform Triumph March for Aida and University Grand March. If rain, program moves to Robert E. Lee high school auditorium with stage seating and parent priority.
A low pressure system that spawned tornadoes moved out of Texas but eastern portions remain overcast. A B-36 crash near Sterling City killed 13 crew members. tornadoes reported southeast of Wichita Falls and west of Merkel. Lightning and hail caused damage in several counties while Rainfall varied across cities from Texarkana to Dallas and Austin. Temperatures ranged from 47 to 106 degrees with scattered northern rains and widespread cloudiness lingering.
President Eisenhower authorized federal funds to aid Kansas tornado areas after Governor Fred Hall requested relief for Udall and Cowley County. The disaster designation under Public Law 875 directs FCDA to supplement state and local efforts, with agents on scene in Kansas and neighboring states.
Lee College announces commencement exercises on June 3 in the college auditorium. Val Jean McCoy, Gulf-Mid Continent Division Shell Co., will deliver the address. McCoy’s background spans Shell, Champion Paper, university teaching, and civic service with multiple leadership roles and degrees in economics.
Patrolman John Meadors arrested a 17 year old Latin American youth after a call about children playing in a shack off Harbor Street. Police say two boys found in the shack were shooting dice and one had admitted burglary the day before. The 17 year old reportedly lived there. The gathering centered on hockey games among the youngsters.
City Council failed to agree on penny parking and sent the nickel-a-panel proposal to the corporation court committee for study. Councilman A L Clayton opposed the plan, arguing it would not cut fines and called the idea silly. Assistant Police Chief Herbert Freeman supported 12 minutes as inadequate for shoppers and business people. The committee was tasked to report at the next meeting.
Washington reports the government formally adopts rigorous safety standards for Salk polio vaccines to better protect children. Manufacturers agree to the rules, though the plan will delay full resumption of inoculations by about six weeks. Surgeon General Scheele announced clearance for Pitman-Moore Wyeth Parke Davis and Eli Lilly vaccines, with Cutter resuming under the revised rules after batch checks.
City Hall stayed open with no action after a heated council meeting over moving to a 40 hour week. Opponents raised concerns about weekend business and staffing costs, while some members urged a compromise with Saturday hours and department head talks. Bergeron proposed closing Saturdays, leaving the vote to individual councilmen.
Four Baytown men will be among the graduates Friday at Texas A and M College Station. Eugene Tipton will receive bachelor degree in Geological engineering. Oxecar Dube, Jr. will earn Mechanical engineering. Eldon Aydelotte will obtain Petroleum engineering. James Tyree NT will take Agriculture journalism degree.
Two teenage girls, Daisy Emanuel and Yvonne McDaniel, were treated for lacerations after a two car crash at the Oklahoma and Wisconsin intersection at 3 45 am Friday. Driver Leslie Little ran a stop sign and was ticketed for stopping and failing to yield right of way. Collin Karl Dunn of Deer Park was also involved.
Baytown stores near normal summer hours 9 am to 5:30 pm start in June. A mistaken edition listed 9:15 am to 5 pm for Thursday. Sears Roebuck and Co will stay open 9:40 am to 5 pm daily except Monday and Thursday.
Storm ravaged Blackwell Oklahoma and nearby Udall Kansas as a tornado killed 17 and injured hundreds, yet graduates received diplomas under strained skies. Townsfolk begin rebuilding with military guards in Blackwell and Udall, while residents plan shelters and future housing amid debris and loss.
Billy Graham will speak June 22 at Vogelwuch stadium in Kaiserslautern before about 10,000 American soldiers and dependents. Army officials call the campaign a major event in Europe's largest American community outside the U.S. The visit follows prior tours in Scotland and London amid a regional effort to curb vice in the Rhine valley area with chaplains promoting positive religious activities.
Baytown Employer Federation posts for representatives show 42 candidates running unopposed next month. Names span multiple trades and plants including brickmason W. B. Keyser, insulator L B Gillen, sanitation George Torres, sheet metal Jim Tapp, and many others across departments such as reclamation, pumping, poly, and maintenance.
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