Baytown City Council Approves Power Co Contract
The city council approved a contract with the Houston Power Co after discussion. A. Hale outlined details, and the approved agreement includes funding for a police department fingerprint enlarger to aid identification. Wayne McCleskey of Marks Methodist will guest speak at a La Porte church meeting on stewardship.
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Baytown
Houston Ting and Power Co
Roseland Park
Ming Pac
A. Hale
FE Baytown Folice
Wayne McCleskey
Marks
Unclear Fracas and Local Updates At North Pruett
Fragmentary notices report a fracas at a construction site on North Pruett involving a dragline and a bucket incident. A single laborer James Orson was left limping while others were removed. Florence Powell, a student turned storeroom keeper, seeks time to adapt. Multiple scattered items mention family events and local happenings with uncertain details.
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Stipe
North Pruett
James Orson
Florence Powell
Donald Ray Neigc
California
Baytown
Lois San
Aston
Jim Miller
Louisiana
Maine
Beverly
Wingy
Tom Roft
Council Rejects Plan for New Tunnel Road
Durain Ferry road access to Spur 202 and the Baytown La Porte tunnel is rejected by the city council in a special session. Funds may fund West Main repairs and a drainage paving program for the road between South and West Baytown, with a later talk on county drainage issues and West Main closure during paving.
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Durain Ferry
Baytown-La Porte
Counci
West Main
C. D. Middleton
Baytown
Board of Directors
West Baytown
Eda
Wv. V
Red) Ramsey
Hugh May
Afiddleton
S. P. Gilbert
State Highway Department
Gilbert
Menas
Cold Wave Hits Baytown With 37 Degree Low
A cold wave lingered in Baytown with a 37 degree low on Monday and a forecasted 38 degree low Tuesday night. Nearby towns reported frigid temps with Junction at 24 degrees and Brownsville noting a high minimum of 4 as frost killed tender plants in the northern part of the state. The Texas forecast calls for fair but cold conditions east and south central, warming Wednesday amid light winds.
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Baytown
Junction
Brownsville
Texas
Santa Claus to Land at Sears Lot Next Saturday
Sears announces Santa Claus will arrive by helicopter at 11 30 a.m. next Saturday landing in the new West Gulf parking lot. He comes direct from the North Pole en route from Houston to Baytown, with local youngsters invited to attend.
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Minor Shine
Sears
West Gulf
North Pole
Vernon Wright
Houston
Baytown
East Harris
Chambers
Liberty Counties
Wright
La Porte Welcomes New Doctor Nelson Yoder From Pennsylvania
La Porte and the bayshore area gain a new physician as Dr. Nelson James Yoder, 33, of Pennsylvania, joins the Mock Clinic as a general practitioner. A World War II veteran with 35 months in medical service, he studied at Penn State and Temple University, interned in Williamsport, and has been in Texas four months. He and his wife Ann have three sons.
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Bayshore
P. J. Mock
Mock Clinic
Nelson James Yoder
Yoder
1St
U.S
le Porte
Pennsylvania
Temple University Medical School
Philadelphia
Williamsport Hospital
Williamsport
Texas
Veteran's Hospital
McKinney
Marvin C. Yoder
Chippencale
Houston
Ann
Brent
James
Wynne
American Legion leader urges forceful Korea action
National Commander Lewis K. Gough of the American Legion calls for using all effective tactics to force a decision in Korea. Eden rejects Russia’s proposal and says no prisoner may be forcibly repatriated. British officials denounce Eisenhower’s Korea plan as a masquerade.
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Washington
Lewis K. Gough
American Legion
Kores
United Nations
Anthony Eden
Russia
Armistice Day in Korea Brings Irony to Medics at Porkchop Hill
A Korean War hospital scene shows Sgt. Leo Andetle and fellow medics faced with Armistice Day on a brutal front. Wounded are treated as shells fall, men recall lost peace while a buried hope lingers in their voices. The jagged mood captures the clash of history and hunger for rest amid the bombardment.
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Leo Andetle
Essex Junction
Old Baldy
T-Bone
Raymond J .Bianchini
Brooklyn
N. Yu
Pinpoint Hill Battles as Chinese Reds Re-take Ridge
Segal Korea reports 1500 Chinese Communist troops storm Pinpoint Hill on Sniper Ridge amid 4000 rounds of artillery. South Korean forces fall back to defense but dig in on ridges leading to Pinpoint Hill as UN troops fend off waves. The two battalion assault ends a three day lull in the Kumhwe Ridges fighting.
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Segal
Korea
Pinpoint Hill
Sniper Ridge
Ortih
United Nations
Triangle Hill
Parkchos Hill
Battlefield Only Hope In Korea
Tokyo reports top military leaders expect President Eisenhower to seek a forceful path in Korea. They warn Panmunjom talks may fail, favoring continued military pressure to win a decisive victory. Eisenhower’s trip aims to assess what it would take to prevail by force and to gauge relief for UN units at the front.
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Tokyo
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Korea
Japan
Panmunjom
Eisenhower
Republic of Korra
UN Ni
Pan- Tranjom
United Nations
Insurance payout to city after railroad collision
City officials said Missouri Pacific railroad will pay about 235 dollars for damage to city property from an internal accident on September 24. City manager C D Middleton reported hospital expenses for Richard D Brown, 23, a city truck driver injured in the Ork Addition collision, will be covered by the railroad.
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Missouri Pacific, Railroad
D. Middleton
Middleton
Richard D. Brown
Ork Addition
Drama Follows Rain in La Porte Dead Telephones Stall Emergency Calls
Rain damaged La Porte telephone cables cut outside connections turning the Southwestern Bell office into a life and death dispatch center. Mrs. Joyce Hambrick and Mrs. Edna Hoot managed emergency calls for ill residents including Rev. J H Ellis and Mrs. Margaret Fish at Heppy Harbor Home for the Aged.
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la Porte
George Prentice
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Joyce Hambrick
Edna Hoot
J. HB. Ellis
Margaret Fish
Heppy Harbor
Rosa’ Lee Brown
Rev
Ellis
Brown
Eowin Pitts
Freeport
J. B
Jim)Pitts
da Porte
Houston
Truman to Submit $85 Billion Budget for 1954
President Truman will propose an $85 billion budget for government operation in fiscal 1954 covering July 1, 1953 to June 30, 1954. The figure matches his 1953 request and surpasses the final 82nd Congress vote by about $6 billion, despite Republican hopes for a $10 billion spending ceiling next year. Eisenhower will take office soon and may trim or modify the plan, aiming for tighter spending.
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Washington
Truman
82Rd Congress
Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
Johnson favored for Senate floor leadership by Democrats
Senate Democrats line up behind Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas as likely next year’s floor leader. About 20 of 47 Democrats reportedly support him, despite his recent split with the administration on civil rights, tidelands, and labor. Johnson, 44, has served 15 years in the House and four in the Senate.
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Democrats
Johnson Texan
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Congress
House
Senate Democrats
Ernest W. McFarland
Arizona
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
William F. Knowland
California
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Russell
Clements
Tidelands
FIST Seeks Ike's Advice on Foreign Policy
President Truman will seek Dwight D. Eisenhower's foreign policy input over the next two months while not sharing responsibility for decisions. Officials say Truman will ask for Ike's suggestions on Korea, Iran, and Indo China ahead of Eisenhower's inauguration January 20. He aims for policy to reflect both leaders' ideas and maintain unity.
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Washington
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
United America
Lie Quits UN Post
Lie resigns as United Nations secretary general to help save peace and serve freedom and progress. Delegates react as a field of candidates emerges with no clear Big Five backing. British Foreign Secretary Eden expected to speak in the General Assembly to gauge support.
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United Nations
U—Ugp
Trygve Lie
General Assembly
Lie
Anthony Eden
Armistice Day Marked As Beginning Not End Of Peace
Washington observes Armistice Day while reflecting that the 11th hour of November 11, 1918 ended World War I but did not secure lasting peace. Stories recall unknown soldiers buried in Arlington, Westminster Abbey, and the Cenotaph, with public reverence fading in recent years as the risk of new conflicts looms.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Jheroes
Westminster Abbey
United States
Arlington National Cemetery
Whitehall
Empire
Eisenhower Likely to Spend Thanksgiving With Troops
Augusta Ga November 11 President-elect Dwight Eisenhower probably will spend Thanksgiving with American troops on the front. He plans talks with Truman in Washington next week and may visit for early consultations with policy-makers before moving to Washington. New South Korean divisions and six more regiments join UN forces, reinforcing hopes to speed peace or reduce American casualties. Eisenhower remains at his Augusta cottage as rain confines him to the estate.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhow
Secur’ Sons
Truman
Weallington
Eisenhower
van Fleet
United Nations
Korea
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Far East
Sen. Henry, Cabot Lodge
R-Mass
Joseph M. Dodge
Washington
Tir Man
Burnet R. Maybank
R- S.C
Harry ¥. Byreé
Maybank
Senhower
Sie Augusta National Golf Course
Lidge
Dodge
Yule Holiday For Schools Is Changed In Baytown
Baytown school children will have Christmas holiday begin Wednesday December 25 and run through the next two weeks with classes resuming Monday January 5. The change adds two vacation days beyond the former schedule, shifting days off from Dec 22 26 and Jan 1 to a continuous break.
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