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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1952
Page
4
Inside Washington reports the aging U S population, noting 13 million aged 65 plus and life expectancy rising from 49 to 68 years. The piece highlights California Nevada Florida Arizona growth and urges Baytown voters to cast ballots early to avoid a late day jam and possible lost votes.
By Fred Hartman, locals urged to support Mark Due as officers for a record voter turnout. Predictions cited include 1,750,000 votes in Texas and a Harris County record based on absentee ballots, with a final Tuesday night count to reveal the next president.
The article notes women have higher life expectancy than men from birth onward, with a gap of over five years at birth and about two years at 65. It cites more male infant deaths, wars, and revolutions as possible factors, and references birth rate disparities and widowhood trends among the elderly, including remarriage patterns and schooling levels.
Brighton based Jack Wafer, 30, claims the longest fast in history, enduring 72 days 3 hours 3 minutes with only soda water and cigarettes. He hypnotized himself into feeling full when hungry, a stunt raising questions about truth and publicity while sparking chatter on consumer prices and cooking.
A humorous piece contrasts a hypnotic kitchen routine with a dream where models led by Mariabello seek a wear and tear write off from the Internal Revenue Service. The piece wields irony about obsolescence allowances and a utopian tax-free meals scenario.
Johnny Meyer, Howard Hughes agent, brings a man to Sher's sharing a bizarre plight about a Hollywood Cemetery owner and Rudolf Valentine’s crypt. Helen Hayes tours Rockefeller Center after learning her NBC broadcast is tomorrow. Various light items: Henry Youngman shows off his watch, Margaret Truman to appear on Milton Berle, and a forceful taxi labor filing at the State Labor Relations Board. Governor Kohler visits New York amid deer hunting politics and factional tension among resort owners and sportsmen.
A devotional note presents Exodus 15 2 highlighting the Lord as strength and song, salvation, and personal dwelling for God. It emphasizes faith, praise, and worship as expressions of devotion. The verse centers on identifying God as refuge and creator.
The Baytown Sun details subscription rates for mail and carrier delivery. The column veers into light asides about unrelated topics including whisky feuds, a printer, beer ads, African tribes ignorance of radio, and an amused newsroom atmosphere.
A mixed page item lists trivia prompts about Hiram in the Old Testament, Dorothy Haddon, Sir Cripps, and Vimy Ridge, plus a note on pathologists. It then salutes birthdays including Sko lem Asch and others, followed by a daily “Guess The Name” feature and a historical events digest for All Saints Feast, Boone, Polk, and 1948 political milestones.
Leonard Lyons notes Ava Gardner’s MGM contract allows Sinatra only if a suitable role arises. Delano Roosevelt, 19, attended an Ike dinner as Jack Whitney funds Eisenhower. Dave and Jack Kapp’s literacy test moment with their 6-year-old son in New Rochelle reflects literacy scrutiny. George Jessel in talks with Jackie Gleason for a James Thornton biopic “When You and I Were Sixteen.” Susan Kintner, 9, daughter of ABC chief Robert Kintner, on WPIX. Ben Cohen’s UN birth during United Nations Week. RCA-Victor vies to record Sousa bio but chooses MGB. Rodgers recalls lyricists Hart vs Hammerstein as talent of the team. Benny Goodman jazz album from 1937-38 broadcasts sent as checks to players. Corey Ford’s sequel to How to Guess Your Age, Every Dog Should Have a Man. Two socialites questioned in vice probe after cafe lunches.
Washington reports on Diana Sandefer, a Texas ranch raised rider from Abilene who turned a rough start with a mean Shetland into a rodeo career. Now 18, she rides in Madison Square Garden rodeos as a glamour debutante and serves as Miss New Mexico at the cherry blossom festival while studying at Mount Vernon Junior College.
Letter urges veterans to join the Veterans of Foreign Wars American Legion and Disabled American Veterans to safeguard benefits as cuts to the Veterans Administration continue. It cites hospital ward closures and jailed veterans awaiting care, calls for political influence at home and in state and national offices, and notes a historic typhus outbreak in Naples halted by DDT spraying as context.
Senator Arthur Vandenberg aged and ill notes isolationist Republican colleagues scheme against him over Marshal Plan funding. Pearson recalls Eisenhower’s cautious stance, Hoffman's shift, and Bradley, Patton, Kellogg, Stimson as older foreign policy forces. South reveals limited GOP gains. campaign moves across states and key party figures shaped by isolationist pressures.
Looking Backward highlights from five years ago today note English Cool On Palestine Plan Ganders Tarn In 20 Te Victory Over Pasadena. Also report Rev E R Couch 20th anniversary as Baytown Baptist pastor and Minerva Club talk by Mrs C M Pond on Married Women's Bill of Rights. Plus births for Janice Lynette and William Clay Autrey from Mr and Mrs Powell and Mr and Mrs Autrey.
Swope flies at a new airfield with Dorothy McGuire watching an elderly man, who rides as a passenger and enjoys the flight despite a mishap. He asks how to stop without trees, praising the ride as a fine experience.
The announcement claims that 3274 shares of U S Steel stock are held by residents of Russia Czechoslovakia Poland and Romania The quote hints at private enterprise behind the iron curtain and notes an upcoming Recorder issue in about six months Greens (lowe) Recorder
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