05 Nov 1952
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1952
Page
1
A damaged notice describes an invitation for disabled children and cerebral palsy victims to attend an Alamo Expo show. Organizer Ted Woodward asks families to visit his office first, bring a prop, and then proceed to a performance in Barn.
Suffer from eczema and skin itching? The ad promotes Wonder Salve and Wonder Medicated Soap as remedies. It claims skin improvement from head to foot and urges readers to buy from Raytown drug stores or local hometown pharmacists.
A peace seminar is set for 9 30 am to 2 30 pm Friday at First Methodist Church in Houston. Principal speaker is Mrs Clifford A Bender, a native of Iowa with a master from the University of Washington and study toward a doctorate at Upsala University in Sweden. She speaks six languages and has been an accredited UN representative since 1249.
Johnny Regan, an Englishman raised in Australia, wowed luncheon attendees at Grace Methodist church with whip tricks including necking ashes from a cigar and snatching a newspaper from a man. He later performed Pope-tivitline stunts and had previously entertained local schoolchildren. CM Gartman attended as a guest. There are about 500 species of glowworms known as Slowwiworms.
In a report from Austin on November 5 1953 Gen Robert J Smith March of Dimes chairman notes Texas counties rely on National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis aid to finance urgent polio patient care. He cites the Harris and surrounding counties receiving far more aid than local collections show and urges Texas to raise research funding.
La Porte News reports the La Porte Rainbow Girls held a Tuesday afternoon meeting at the Masonic Hall. The WSCS church group announced a rummage sale for November 7 in the vacant La Porte Drug Co. storefront. A La Porte Community Church bazaar was moved to the Pottery Shop on Main Street for November 7 and 3, with further details noted.
Ho was elected president of the American Gas Association while serving as president of a division within Natural Gas Corp. The move signals leadership in the national gas industry as the firm navigates regulatory and market changes.
Senator Pat McCarran of Nevada states that the Republican victory signals a warning to both major parties that the people favor continuing Democratic governance yet oppose socialist influence. He criticizes President Truman and Governor Stevenson for pressuring him and urges Democrats to reform by distancing leftist groups.
A New York State Commerce Department survey notes 44 percent forest cover despite urban growth. Of 31 million acres still capable of yielding merchantable timber, 2.4 million acres are state preserves. The state ranks last in paper manufacture but third in wood furniture, with advances in chemistry enabling new wood products like rayon and plastics.
Mrs H R Pierce keeps a one year old with an inexpensive sitter a duck named Deacon. The duck guards an imagined front yard boundary and blocks access to the front steps. The mother says the bird quacks loudly to deter wandering and will not permit the infant to leave the yard.
Abilene Kansas erupted in celebration as Dwight D Eisenhower won the presidency. About 4600 residents packed downtown and the creamery area to ring in the victory with horns fireworks and confetti. Mayor Amos Shivers proclaimed Wednesday a town holiday while School Supt W C Robinson ordered all classes dismissed for the day.
In Urbana HL on November 5 voters used church pews to cast ballots due to long lines at regular booths in the Unitarian Church. Township Supervisor Arthur Kinzer said voters were given every right of secrecy. In Cleveland Onin a woman named Mary Puino cast her ballot at 8 05 am and gave birth at 9 19 am in Booth Memorial Hospital. Dinosaur tracks auction highlighted in Middlefield Conn with churchmen offering 1735 million year-old stones. More than 20 050 conventions are held in the United States annually.
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