Baytown Air Base Location Fight Faces Hurdles
City officials, led by C. D. Middleton, push to relocate an Air Force jet base to Hast County amid strong Galveston opposition. Officials from the CAA CAB and military branches convene as a nationwide base siting survey moves forward, with talks focusing on Galveston’s potential to host a jet base and the broader impact on regional air defense plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pester Bulgier
Baytown
Lay
Air Et
C. D
Ward
Galveston
Baytown Events Mix Lectures, Meetings, And Shows
Chief H E Melee lectured students on traffic safety at Episcopal kindergarten. PTA plans monthly meeting at Ads Elementary School Monday at 2 30 pm. Baytown Civic music group meets at 3 45 pm Thursday at Robert B Lee High. Jean Graham headlines tonight at Baytown Civic music event and a Bayou game is set for Friday night. Public notices mention water main work and tickets on sale for a Friday event.
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H. E. Meleey
Episcopal Kindega Traffic Safety
Ds Pta
Ads Pfa
Ads Elementary
Jean Graham
Will Baytown Civic
Rusic
Robert B. Lee
Ind Town Poetic Fragments and Stage Moments
Fragmented OCR reads like a local column with scattered names and events. References include Daniel, Mrs AT, Ponstrates, Baylor Bird, Natali, Bill Barker, Dr Julian Spring, TeHorts, Suild, Silerson, Rawe's children, and a puppy at the lags of their hs. The prose hints at social scenes and performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel
Jane Bonds
Baylor Bird
Natali
Bill Barker
Een Rawe
Biena
Chinese Forces Attack Sniper Ridge in Korean War Battle
A battalion of 809 Chinese Communists launched a night assault on South Korean troops defending Sniper Ridge, but UN artillery and air support repelled the attack. ROKs and Allied aircraft conducted strikes across northwest Korea as snow covered the peninsula. The battle saw heavy artillery use and gains and losses on Pinpoint, Triangle Hill, and Jane Russell Knob with reports of renewed fighting along the central front north of Kumhin.
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Sequl
Korea
Nev
Trursh
Pinsoint Hill
Domnant Ridge
Saiser
United Nations
Korean
Fifth Air Force
North Korea
Suan
Mig
Pyonggaing
Kuni
Repiblic
Kumhin
Roks
Triangle Hill
Jane Russell Knob
Triangle Mass
Eighth Army
Triangle
Jane Russell
Nnli
Thief Invasion Ends With Supper Crashing Home
A 52 year old Worcester man Victor Alcoski was arrested in Houston on theft charges after a housewife found him cooking supper and wearing her husband's clothes. He claimed hunger and was detained by Deputy Sheriff Jerry Armer on North Shepherd Street. Three pairs of trousers and four coats were found beneath his ragged suit, identified by Mrs Nelson.
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Houston
Massachusetts
Caimls
Victor Alcoski
Worcester
Mass
Joe R. Nelson
Doctors Eye La Porte Rumors Stir In Town
Rumors of increased medical staff in La Porte and dayshore areas spread Thursday as visitors and local druggists report six doctors surveying for practice. Potential draft relief for Dr M G Miller and a possible status change for donors P J Mock and Robert Brown are mentioned amid ongoing draft uncertainties.
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la Porte
Dayshore
M. G. Miller
Navy
Eighth Naval District Board
P. Jd. Mock
Robert Brown
Mock
Ilness
Inte
In-Bomb Terrifying Letter From Navy Lieutenant
A Charlotte Navy lieutenant writes to his sister about witnessing the world’s greatest man-made explosion in the Pacific. He calls the atomic blast both beautiful and terrifying, describing a white red and gold ball of flame 30 miles away from his ship. He notes a clocklike flash and heat, wearing dark intensity glasses as the spectacle unfolds. The letter, postmarked Nov 3 from his ship, ends with one down and one to go.
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Charlotte
N.C
Pacific
United Press
Patrolmen Halting Downtown Blaze Prevent Major Fire
Two alert city policemen prevented a large downtown fire at 3 am Thursday after stopping to investigate an unusual flicker at a service station window. The flicker revealed a flame burning from the window of C. O Foerster’s Humble service station at Texas and Pruett. Firemen said a defective ice box wire started the blaze. only the ice box and the window were damaged before the police discovered it.
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C. O Foerster
Texas
Pruett
Russia is On our Heels in H Bomb Race
Arthur T. Kelly, national president of the Air Force Association, says the United States may have already detonated an H bomb at Eniwetok and that the Soviet Union likely trails by about a year or two. Kelly, a Western Airlines vice president and reserve Air Force colonel, notes wartime role in Air Transport Command.
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Los Angeles
Russia
United States
Arthur T. Kelly
The
Air Force Association
Kelly
Eniwetol
Soviet Union
Western Airlines
Reserve Air Force
Air Transport Command
24 Witnesses In Her Check Case List Reads Like Who's Who
In a forgery case in Justice of the Peace Roscoe Zierigin's court, 23 Baytown merchants identified checks as cashed items marked with forged signatures. The accused, Morris, a former Belview contractor, admitted writing the checks while intoxicated, claiming he cannot recall all details. Witnesses named include O. L. Baughman and Mrs. J. Rosamond.
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Pease
Roscoe Zierigin
Baytown
Slass
Morris
Moris
Huntsville Penitentary
Aront Belvieu
Huntsville
Mont Belvieu
Bestown
Glass Company
Mont Bel- View
Ethel J. Turner
Ethel J. James
Ethel Ellis
Eva J. Young. Morris
Sheriff's Deputies
O. Li. Baughman
J. Rosamond
Realtors To Elect New Officers
Haytown Real Estate Board members will hold a 7 30 p m dinner meeting next Tuesday at the Rebel Inn to elect officers for the coming year The Houston Real Estate Board will send President J Joley Vice president M W Lee and Executive Secretary Charles H Bell also attending Charles J Mayes National Association of Real Estate Boards director is expected to attend Houston Board Director Frank P Young will speak on The Realtor the associates and affiliates their membership and their business Rayburn Johnson is president of the Baytown chapter
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Haytown Real Estate Board
Rebel Inn
Houston Realtate Board
J. . Joley
M. W. Lee
Charles H. Bell
Charles J. Mayes
National Association of Real Etate Boards
Frank P. Young
Houston’ Board of Directors
Baytown
Rayburn Johnson
Year-old Highlands Boy Dies in Hospital
David Paul Jackson, Z son of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Jackson of Highlands, died at 11:50 am Wednesday at a Galveston hospital. Funeral services will be held at 1 am Friday at the Paul Lee funeral home. Burial will be in White Cemetery, near Highlands. Survivors include the parents a brother John Stephen and grandmothers Mrs. Ray Jackson of Oakhurst and Mrs. Rose Elizabeth Smith of Leicester England.
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David Paul Jackson
John C. Jackson
Highlands
Galveston
Paul Ti. Lee
White
John Stephen
Ray Jackson
Oakhurst
Rose Elizabeth Smith
Leicester
England
Nation's Breadbasket Threatened By Drouth
The Agriculture Department warned that winter wheat prospects are far from satisfactory across the breadbasket states as drought persists in the Midwest. Rain is needed to relieve the precarious situation, with the season now uncertain except in the South, Southwest and Pacific States. Farmers hope next year’s crops recover, while oats barley and rye loom small and corn may buoy stock feeds.
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Patricia Wiggins
Washington
Drouth
New-England
South
Midwest
Agriculture Department
Sounhwest
Pacific States
Trap Set For Wife Backfires In Houston Shooting
Houston, Nov 13 A 30 year old unemployed painter Fred Oliver Valentine was shot by detectives after setting a trap to catch his wife with another man in a tourist cabin. He was in fair condition at Jefferson Davis Hospital with a thigh wound. The involved parties included Magdalene Valentine and Charles William Thomas, who acted as the supposed other man to gain custody of Valentine’s 19 month old son. The episode began with a reconciliation plan and unfolded with travels to a tourist court and a staged return, ending before the final outcome.
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Houston
Fred Oliver Valentine
Jefferson Davis Hospital
Magdalene Valentine
Galveston
Charles Wiliam Thomas
Valentine
Thomas
Ashwood Dies Trapped In Car At Greens Bayou
Willie Joe Ashwood 19 died when his Buick plunged into Greens Bayou on the Houston Port Arthur highway. Eston Williams 17 escaped as the car sank. Williams aided by a passerby crawled to safety. Ashwood, a Navy seaman on the destroyer Bringley Bass, had been home on leave 22 hours. He is survived by his parents, two sisters, and grandparents. Funeral set at Paul Te Lee Funeral Home with church services before burial at Hill of Rose Cemetery.
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Willie Joe Ashwood
Rosalee Myersa
South Gate
Calif
Willie Joe
Ashwood
W. D. Ashwood
Navy
Greecy
Eston Williams
S. J. Williams
Cherry
Williams
Roberta Francis
California
Baytown
Miss Francis
Bee
Ashwaoad
Houston
Ash Wood
Alden Meade
Port Arthur-Houston
Greens Bayou
Bers
Longview
Robert BE. Lee
Bringley Bass
Seattle
Wash
Main
Meade
Sarah Ann Wright
I. D .Ashwood
Grapeland
M. 4. Pruitt
Paul Te. Lee
A. M0. Dooley
Virginia Street
Hill of Rose Cemetery
U.S. Naval Reserve Corps of Houston
Naval Reserve Corps
Eisenhower May Delay Korea Trip Until December
President-elect Dwight Eisenhower may defer his Korea trip from May to late November or early December. Hagerty said Ike faces key commitments in Washington and New York, with talks in New York to involve leaders of the Republican party and discussions on Asia policy and the Far Eastern situation.
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Augusta
Dwight Teisenhower
Korea
Joe
Washington
New York
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Jas E.dewey
Alexander
Wil As
Lon
United Nation Assembly
Eisenhow
Robert M. Taft
R-G
Emer
Koraa
Wiley
Hagerty
Newsjaén
Truman
Coramodore
Henry Cabot Lodge
Mass
M. Dodge
Dewey
Acheson to Sit In On Truman Like Parley
Secretary of State Dean Acheson and several cabinet members will join a private session with President Truman and President-elect Eisenhower at the White House. The talks will precede a full dress conference with top advisers to outline transition plans and discuss current problems for a smooth handover on January 20.
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Acheson
Washington
Dean Acheson
Tnonan Eisenhower
White House
Truman
Dwight D. Eiseshower
United Nations
New York
Defense
Robert A. Lovett
Treasury
Isha W. Snyder
Eisenhower
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
R-Mass
Detroit
Joseph M. Dodge
Eisenver
Trutian
Augusta
Lovelorn salesman given 130 years in murder case
In Lawrenceville on Nov 13 a judge sentenced Charles Petrach, 25, to 130 years for murdering Georgine Lyon, a 24 year old librarian who ended their engagement. Petrach shot Lyon in a high school class room after she broke off their plans to wed. He must spend the anniversary of the crime in solitary confinement each year.
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Lawrenceville
Charles Petrach
Ben Rovaldi
Petrach
Georginte Lyon
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