Baytown Fair Growth Surges Ahead Before Parade Start
Baytown Texas Avenue fair festivities surge two days before opening as officials report rapid growth. The three day event begins Thursday with a parade at 4 PM and features large display and livestock pavilions, carnival rides, and new youth stock loans funded by local business sponsors.
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Texas
Baytown
Mneral
Theo Wilburn
Texas Avenue
Chamber
Commerce
Baytown Busiemen
Bayen
Andy Anderson
Houston
School Board Backs Band Trip and Football Game Support
The Baytounm district school board met in a routine session last night and approved several items. Trustees approved the Bert E. Lee High School band’s trip to Chicago next summer and discussed football game admissions, with plans to boost student participation.
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Baytounm
Bert E. Lee High
Chicago
Biennal Stadium
Baytown Gossip Mixes Names and Local Notes
A crowded Baytown scene shows residents like E Rosenzweig, Mr Kaiser, and Nate Hansen among a string of brief local mentions. The chatter references basketball, hunting licenses, a new arrival, parking hunts, and a growing family adding a barber.
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Nathan Hansen
B. Lee
Baytown
Adley Thibodaux
Marshall Hobbs
Texas Avenue King
Har
Ashley
Lee College
Lloyd Jones
Nelson
McElroy
Loretta Taylor
Zappone
Itz Wollsy
Byrdie
A. V. Ber
A.V. Jr
Navy
Corpus
Texas Denies Federal Title to Tidelands in Supreme Court Fight
Texas Attorney General Price Daniel announced the state’s firm denial of federal ownership to tidelands in response to the Interior Department’s suit. Texas asserts clear ownership except for parcels acquired by deeds, conveyance, or condemnation. He seeks a Special Master if the full court does not hear the case, noting its importance. Simultaneous lawsuits by four oil firms target tideland leases in Austin.
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Austin
Texas
Price Daniel
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Department of Interior
High Tribunal
Tidelands
Supreme Court
Daniels
Tideland
Acheson In Paris For Big 3 Talks
Secretary of State Dean Acheson arrived in Paris for Big Three talks with France and Britain to discuss ending the formal state of war between Western Germany and the Western Powers. He met Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko in Washington earlier. The first formal meeting with Schuman and Bevin is set for tomorrow at the French foreign office, with talks expected to last two days.
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Dean Acheson
Germany
Acheson
Washington
Andrei Wishinsky
Wishinsky
Truman
Josef Stalin
Berlin
Rupert Schuman
France
Ernest Bevin
Great Britain
Crommelin Restored To Active Navy Duty
Admiral Forrest P Sherman restored Captain John G Crommelin to duty after reprimanding him for distributing confidential navy letters. Crommelin, WWII aviator who exposed the unification dispute, had been suspended and confined in Washington before reassignment to the staff of Vice Admiral George D Murray. He faced possible court martial for the incident.
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Washington
Forrest P.sherman
Naval Operations
John G.crommelin
Navy
Crommelin
Chief of Naval Operations
George D. Murray
Western Sea Frontier
District of Columbia
Francis P. Matthews
Filipino Chief In Early Lead For Re-Election
Incumbent Elpidio Quirino led early returns in the violence marred Philippine presidential race. Twenty four people were killed on election day as counts from about fifty one precincts showed Quirino ahead of Jose Laurel and Jose Avelino. The race also included eight senatorial seats and all 100 House members, with a potential record turnout expected.
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Philippines
U.P
Elpidio Quirino
Quirino
Jose Laurel
Jose Avelino
Laurel
Nacionalista Party
Avelino
Liberal Party
Adiso
House of Representatives
Republic of the Philippines
United States
Republic
Manual A. Roxas
Commonwealth
Roxas
Quiring
Senate
New York Races Take Spotlight In Off-Year Vote
Voters across the United States cast ballots in an off-year election with heavy turnout seen in New York. The state race pitted Herbert Lehman against John Foster Dulles for the remainder of U S Wagner's term as Truman era issues dominate the campaign. City race for a Communist-leaning council seat faces labor and civil rights questions.
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New York
United Press
Truman
United States
New York State
Herbert H. Lehman
John Foster Dulles
U. S
Robert F. Wagner
New York City
Benjamin Davis
U.S
Strike Step Nearer Settlement In Steel Pensions Pact
United Press reports two major steel producers Bethlehem Republic and Jones and Laughlin signed pension and insurance agreements with United Steelworkers bringing closer to end the nationwide coal walkout. About 345 000 steel workers idle as U S Steel remains unsigned. Crews began at Jones and Laughlin. Inland Steel offered a $100 monthly non contributory pension based on Bethlehem formula. Other negotiations continue with multiple plants and firms. Parallel talks about coal strike unclear.
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CIO -United Steelworkers
Lewis
United
National Steel Production
Bethlehem, Republic
Jones and Loughlin
U.S. Steel
Jones and Laughlin
Hest Chicago
Indiana
Inland Steel
Ers
Republic
Jones
Eughling
An- In
Ohio
Tten Faller ‘Beaking Corporation
Pen‘sion
Timken
Bethlehem
Chicago
Ith
Wheeling Steel
Inland
Youngstown Sheet
Tube
Allegheny Sadium
Colorado Fuel
Iron
Great_ Lakes Steel
Bittsburgh Steel
McClouth Steel
Dlinois
Adlai. Stevenson
Ilinois
Prairie State
United Mine Workers
Stevenson
Gov
Supreme Court weighs end of separate but equal rule
The Supreme Court agreed to hear appeals challenging state segregation in higher education, signaling a possible reversal of the 1896 doctrine. If overturned, 17 states with compulsory segregation could face major changes as cases from state universities are reviewed.
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Washington
Supreme Court
South
High Court
Tom
Clark
Sherman Minton
Wisconsin
Minton
Coast Guard Reserve
John Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Oklahoma leaders plan to enroll Negroes in all white high schools
GCEMULGEE Okla Nov 3 Oklahoma anti segregation leaders will meet this week to plan and campaign to put negroes in all white high schools. First attempts to enroll in traditionally white schools will probably come at the beginning of the Negroes World Page 2.
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Gcemulgee
Okla
Oklahoma
Man Charged With Beating Girl In Norfolk Case
Norfolk police and FBI arrested Lawrence Augustine Markham, 37, of Broad Creek near the naval shipyard, charging him with beating to death six year old Shirley Murray found in brush on government property. Police theorized a possible attempted sex attack.
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Norfolk
US Navy
Shirley Murray
FBI
Lawrence Augustine Markham
Markham
Broad Creek Village
Naval Shipyard
Shirley
Plane Crash Survivor’s Story Told
Washington November 8 A Bolivian pilot Erick Rios Bridoux told friends he reported engine trouble and was cleared for an emergency landing when his P 38 collided with an Eastern Air Lines jet. He was hospitalized with injuries after a crash that killed 55. He said he told National Airport control tower he was losing power and began approach after spotting a twin tailed Cessna on the runway. He did not see the Eastern jet until a split second before impact. He cited possible radio failure but recalled being in contact with the tower before the crash while tower warned him to circle.
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Washington
Erick Rios Bridoux
En Eastern
Rios
National Airport
Ries
Tadio
Democrats and Republicans clash over record in final congressional record
Senate Democratic Leader Scott W Lucas defends the record as many goals marked by President Truman were achieved while accusing Republicans of fostering isolationism and special interests. Senate GOP Leader Kenneth S Wherry calls the year unsafe and blames leadership for ir responsibl e output. The two rival statements appear in this year s final congressional record.
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Washington
Nev
Senate
Congress
GOP
Scott W. Lucas
Truman
Kenneth S. Wherry
Lucas
Shell seeks injunction to void Pasadena annexations
Shell Oil Company asks a Houston court for an injunction to void Pasadena annexation ordinances and the annexed zone around its refinery and chemical plant. The move, filed as quo warrants, argues the annexation was unconstitutional and intended to encircle Houston.
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Shell
Pasadena
Company
Houston
Shel Oil Company
Houston- Pasadena
113Th District Court
Aréx
Wooster Area Advances Water and Sewage Upgrade
Residents of Wooster Brownwood and Crystal Bay will gain a modern water and sewer system regardless of annexation by Baytown. Fresh Water Supply District No 8 awarded over $282,000 in initial contracts for water lines storage tanks sewer lines and booster pumps. Brown and Rast Inc won the largest bids for water lines and sewer work, including 3220 feet of two inch pipe and 39,420 feet of six inch pipe plus 2000 feet of twelve inch pipe and 15 standard manholes. Chicago Bridge and Iron Co to build surface and elevated tanks, capacity 310,000 gallons total, at $37,695. Three booster pumps from Fairbanks Morse Co will cost $3,093.60. Remaining contracts for sewage treatment plant to be let.
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Wooster
Brownwood
Crystal Bay
Baytown
Fresh Water Supply District No
RA Wolfe
Brown
Rast, Inc
Walker
Brown and Roots
Savas
Chicago Bridge and Iron Company
Fairbanks-Morse Company
Gee Wooster
Weekend toll tops 310 in non holiday period
United Press surveys show at least 310 deaths over the non holiday weekend, including 225 highway fatalities, three air crashes and drownings and hunting accidents across Friday to Sunday. The three day total rose Sunday with 174 deaths by midnight Saturday. Only Wyoming, Montana and Louisiana reported no violent deaths.
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United Press
National Safety Council
Wryoming
Martens
Louisiana
Women For Jury Service Wins Margin
Baytown voters turnout was light in the state wide election with less than 150 ballots cast. The constitutional amendment permitting women to serve on juries showed strong support at 78 to 49, while the annual session pay increase measure trailed badly at 39 to 87. Poll tax elimination lagged with 0 to 50 against. In the Morris County board of education race Jack Binion led Roy Beard 0 to 33 as Arnold trailed with 14 votes. The Baytown area followed regional trends favoring amendments in line with the statewide pattern. See Light Baytown Page 2.
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Baytown
Bayz Town
Legislata
United Bx
Texas
Family Details Lively Death in Kuwait Oil Accident
The family of Homer Lively reports a cable from Kuwait Oil Company Limited about the Baytown man's death in Kuwait Arabia on October 23. Lively was beside a station wagon, holding the window when a speeding vehicle driver suddenly accelerated, throwing him and causing fatal injuries. He died at 5 p.m. October 28 at a company hospital and was buried the following day.
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Homer Lively
Day
Kuwait Oil
Baytown
Kuwait Cie
Arabia
Lively
Ward
Sea Family
Sta
Biggest Cotton Crop In 12 Years Seen
Washington November S. UPI reports the agriculture department forecast the 1959 U.S. cotton crop at 35,524,000 bales of 300 pounds gross, the largest in 22 years and 73,000 bales above last month’s estimate. The final 1959 production figure will come in December, with prices weighed by government controls to curb production next year.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Tadey
I Tn Dk
Ams
Jjrigid Soden
Stassen Says Truman In Error About Reactionaries
Minneapolis dispatch reports Republican B. Stassen claims Truman erred in labeling reactionaries, arguing history shows opposite. He criticizes current administration for misreading past strikes and political currents, urging a reevaluation of leadership and policy directions.
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Stassen
Truman
Minneapolis
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