Thanksgiving gifts aid needy Baytown families
Baytown residents prepare for a quiet Thanksgiving as 52 families are assured meals through Jack Hodson and the Jeycee-ette house. The Community Chest seeks aid for 25 more, while schools end early and stores close for the holiday. Baytown Refinery and General Tire run skeleton crews. post office closed with limited mail.
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Jack Hodson
Jeycee-Ette House
Parsons
Spe James
Baytown
General Tire
Tuscon Man Held on Secret Information Charge
Giuseppe Cas of Tuscon Arizona is held for charges of attempting to smuggle information about the Saberjet fighter to Comrades in Korea. Public hearings December 12 13. Carla Johnson 17 of University of Houston listed in brief with medical update. Three American soldiers freed by Soviets after feeler negotiations.
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Kyos-Sgb
Giudeppe Cas
Tuscon
Ariz
Korea
Carla Johnson
Houston
Orgenic Seminar speakers announced at Cam kes Mass
Franklin of Baytown invited to speak at the first Orgenic Seminar at Cam kes Mass on Dec. 5 and will present results of the boratoring on gaseous ions. A talk at Rice on Nov. 25. SCOTT, incoming district mey for Harris county, will meet with members of the Auxiliary at a Meeting in Civil De Headquarters at 7:30 p.m. Friday. All interested in Eftese police work invited. Donors cannot be re 4 this week for the VA hospital tank. Grover Edge, VFW post, announced Baytown hospital blood bank support. Edge said. Hiwanians banquet honoring wives at 7:39 Tuesday in Humble. Houston entertainer to provide the program. Page Two.
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Robert E. Lee Ganders
John Reagen
N. B. Ballard
Ballard
I. Franklin
Baytown
Camkes Mass
Rice
Scott
Harris County
Ueat
Civil Dee
Eftese
Grover Edge
VFW
Baytown Hospital
Edge
Hiwanians
Iusday
Houston
Prd
Local Notes on Town Figures and Social Events
Fragmentary OCR mentions Millican at Aggie Texas Starday and Rosemary Dawson with a door neighbor. References to Mirrea Tite, Joe Horeczy, Lucille, and Susy Beople imply social or community notices. No coherent event timeline or clear outcome can be established from the readable text.
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Pee Millican
Aggie-Texas Starday
Joe Horeczy
Mirrea Tite
Rosemary Ms. C. Dawson
Baytown Will Hold Thanksgiving Union Service Thursday
Rev James Jackson of Cedar Bayou Methodist will preach at the 10 am Thanksgiving union service in First Presbyterian Church Baytown presiding is Rev Wayne McCleskey with Tom Seale directing the Lee High School choir and Mary Pennington as organist. The service includes participa tion by several area pastors as the Rev Jackson describes Maintaining the Thankful Heart. He comes from College Station First Methodist and has pastored in Eastman Carthage and Houston prior to Baytown.
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SLE Jones Sun Church
Baytonians
First Presbyterian Church
James Jackson
Wayne McCleskey
Baytown
Hance
Tom Seale
Robert BE. Lee
Mary Pennington
Maridene Hawkins
Lee College
Will Siag
Brahe
M.S. Jorden
Grace Methodist
Karl Bracker
St. Paul's Lutheran
Clyde Foltz
First Christian
M. E. McPhail
First Presbyterian
A. L Jordan
Jackson
Cedar Bayou Methodist Church
First Methodist Church
College Station
Junne
Chandler Rules Legion Post Not Tax Exempt
City Attorney George Chandler ruled The American Legion post on West Main Street is not tax exempt since it is not wholly a charitable organization. Tri-Cities Post No 323 Adjutant Von Meldhert urged council to remove taxes, arguing the hall serves veterans and the community, but council deferred to Chandler and noted privacy club exemptions are limited to schools and churches.
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American Legion
George Chandler
Legion
Louis van Meldert
Tri-Cities
Legion Hall
West Main
Chandler
Texas
von Meldhert
West Main Street
Baytown
Rolijiaé
Eisenhower to Reveal More Cabinet Choices Tuesday
President elect Eisenhower was set to disclose additional cabinet nominees on Tuesday. He had reportedly completed his cabinet with three posts still to fill and planned to confer personally with each candidate before public announcements. He also prepared a White House staff lineup headed by Sherman Adams.
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Eisenhower
Erriman Smith
New York
Labor
Commerce
Postmaster General
Ezra Taft Benson
Salt Lake City
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Lewis W. Douglas
U.S
Great Briain
Commerce Post
Douglas
Walter Williams
Seattle
Wash
Citizens For Eisenhower Group
Grayson L. Kirk
Columbia University
Korea
White House
Adams
Hunters Are Too Eager For Thanksgiving Duck Feed
Two hunters from Cleveland and Pasadena faced possible $100 fines after each kept ten ducks near Seabrook, five over their quota. Game Warden A F Cook noted the minimum $25 violation fee and said confiscated game is given to charities like Boys Harbor and Happy Harbor.
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Cleveland
Pasadena
Seabrook
Cook
la Porte
Boys Harbor
Happy Harbor
Civil Service Rule Studied in Bay Town Officials Review Physical Requirements
City council members met to review civil service regulations for policemen and firemen, focusing on physical requirements. A four member committee including the city attorney and department heads will revise the rules copied from Houston, deemed too strict. The next meeting set for December 33 with a likely ordinance adoption.
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Baytown
George Chandler
L. W. Crossman
A. H. Lintelman
HE. McKee
Houston
La Porte Firemen Build Their Own 200 GPM Pumper
La Porte Fire Chief J O Rollins says volunteers built a 200 gallon per minute pumper from a 1951 Chevrolet. The unit, valued at 6299, will cost the department about 3000 upon completion after labor savings. Only welded work used outside. The truck carries a 731 gallon tank and has 360 miles. Officials decided not to replace the old 1932 model A due to field and bog performance.
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la Porte
la PF
J. O. Rollins
Rollins
Bell Telephone Accused of Lobbying at Texas League Meeting
Dallas November 25 The League of Texas Municipalities entered its second day amid a charge that Southwestern Bell Telephone Co tried to lobby delegates. Mayor Harold Schmitzer of Denison said the firm sought a state wide commission to regulate utility rates. Company officials declined comment as Cruichfield Austin field agent noted missions.
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Dallas
League of Texas Municipalities
Soutwestern Bell Telephone Co
Harold Schmitzer
Denigon
Southwest Bell Telephone
Schmitzer
League
Texas Gar Managers Association
Snow Drifts Halt Traffic in Panhandles
Snow storms spread across the Texas Panhandle and western Oklahoma, closing rural schools after 11 inches fell in Borger and Amarillo. Deadly and transport-disrupting conditions left hundreds of cars stalled, highways blocked, and a railroad worker killed while boarding a moving locomotive. Coast Guard noted small craft at Galveston faced winds as high as 53 mph but reported no distress signals.
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Borger
Tex
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandles
Hutchinson County
Hugh Anderson
Fd O'Dell
Olahoma Highway Department
Buffalo
Okla
Amarillo
Texas
Coast Guard
Galveston
O U. S. Weather Bureau
Gage
Oka
Dodge City
Kan
Dalhart
Guymon
Beaver
Woodward
Boise City
Kay
Stirnet
Texas Highway Department
Squall Dumps .65 Inch Rain On Baytown
A blustery squall dropped .65 inch of rain on Baytown early Tuesday as winds ripped off thousands of dead leaves. The leaves clogged several storm sewer catch-basins causing street flooding. City crews cleared the blockages quickly and drainage returned to normal by the end of the shower.
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Baytown
Holmes Sentenced to Twenty Years for Wife Murder
Holmes, 32, pleaded guilty to murdering his common law wife Claudine Cunningham after a plea deal between District Attorney Sam Dervis and defense attorney C. D Little. A jury had initially set 35 years but reduced it to 20 years. He admitted shooting the woman because she wasn’t acting right.
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Johnny. Holmes
Penitentiary
Claudine Cunningham
Holmes
Sam Dervis
C. D(dick) Little
Imes
Fighem
Truman Considers Dropping Wage Price Controls
Reports from Washington allege President Truman may abolish all wage and price controls following Tighe Woods' resignation as price stabilizer. Officials offered no confirmation, while Sen. Maybank claimed Truman is weighing action before Congress returns amid coal wage tensions and potential relief for inflation fears.
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Washington
Tighe E. Woods
Sen. Burnet 2
Maybank
D-S.c
Truman
Congress
Woods
Russia Rejects Indian Plan as Armistice Hopes Diminish
At the United Nations, Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky gave a firm thumbs down to India's compromise Korean peace proposal. The move dampened expectations that an armistice would be achieved in this General Assembly session. The United States signaled willingness to back the Indian plan with changes, while Britain and other powers urged support.
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Soviet
United Nations
N. Y
India
United Nations General Assembly
Andrei ‘Y
Vishniksy
United States
Assembly
China
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Obs
Asia
Dean Acheson
V. K. Krishna Menon
Jawaharlal Wehru
Britain
Pi Council
Anthony Eden
Selwyn
Lord
Acheson
General Assembly
Escaped Madman Captured In Houston After Flight
William T Biggers a 57 year old 250 pound patient who escaped from a Wichita Falls state mental hospital in 1950 was captured in Houston about 1 am Tuesday after fleeing a psychiatric ward. He battered an iron bedstead and steel door to freedom eluding up to 25 officers with bloodhounds overnight before being caught walking along a road. He had begged clothing from a University of Houston student while sleeping in a vacant building and was brought to the police station after officers found him at Inglewood yards.
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Houston
Wichita Falls
Peyt
William T. Biggers
Inglewood
Biggers
University of Houston
Biggets
First Korea Jet Ace Wants Back in Action Maj Jabara Says
Maj James Jabara, first jet ace of the Korean war with six MiG kills, wins permission to return to Korea. He will report to Camp Stoneman in January for Far East Air Force duty and vows to blast MiGs out of the sky. He argues combat is his duty and notes many aces are in their 40s.
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Korea
Jabara
Scott Afb
Iil
James Jabara
Air Training Command
Camp Stoneman
Calif
Far East Air Force
Kenneth P. McNaughton
ATC
Wichita, Kan
Ace
Jahara
Silk Stockings and Sun Want Ads Help Pay for Christmas
A 18th century note tells of six stockings gifted to Queen Elizabeth I and her fondness for silk, while a Sun Want Ad suggests quick cash by selling unneeded items, renting rooms, or finding a cook job. Dial for placing an ad.
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Europe
Queen Elizabeth
Ant Liz
Koreans Pin Hopes On Ike As Solving Korea's Problems
In Seoul on November 25, residents express belief that Dwight D. Eisenhower will become US president and quickly resolve Korea's military, economic, and political ills. Citizens recall his NATO leadership and expect a unified, free Korea, with many hoping for a direct meeting and a strong stance against Communists.
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Sergy Hansen
Seoul
Korea
John Q Kim
Dwight D. Eisenhower
South Korea
Eisenhower
Army GIs Dress Code For Ike Visit In Korea
In Seoul reporters covering Eisenhower’s visit are reminded to adhere to a strict dress code. A memo signed by Col Roswell P. Rosengren stresses that war correspondents must present a neat, uniform appearance with professional attire, avoiding mismatched colors or casual wear while on assignment.
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Seoul
Korea
Ike
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