Harris County considers sewer bonds for new district
Harris County Fresh Water S oc voters on December 21 may approve a 300000 bond issue to fund a sewer system and disposal plant for outlying areas around Highlands. The proposal, backed by district leaders, would use a mix of revenue bonds and ad valorem taxes plus a sewer service fee, with tax impact to be clarified in further meetings.
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Harris County
Harris County Fresh Water Soc
F Mintaut
Eye
Harris Coung
Harry Johnson
Highlands
Jones Road
Battle Road
Wade Road
McNair
Aps
Goose Creek
Gardner
Sherd
Ste Heard
Oliver
I. D. Overand
H J. Hanson
Disig
Highlands Family Mourns Korean War Fatality and Second Wound
Corporal William Duarte, 23, son of Mr and Mrs Jesus Duarte of 150 Tompkins Road, was fatally wounded when enemy fire hit a test station on November 14 while serving near Korea. Sergeant Raymond Glenn Howerton, wounded twice, is hospitalized at Brooke General Hospital Fort Sam Houston. Duarte, a former Statingte student at Robert E Lee High School and Lee College, enlisted August 30 1919 and is survived by his parents a sister Ophelia and brothers Pete Richard and Jesus Jr. Howakon served with the Second Infantry Division and was wounded first on August 10 then again later by a mortar shell. He was evacuated to Tokyo and returned to the United States by plane.
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Highlands
United States
Jesus Duerte
Tompkins Road
William R. du
Rte
Raymond Glenn Howarton
Brooke General Hospital
Fort Sam Houston
Durante
Robert E. Lee High School
Lee College
Stephen FL Austin State College
Ophelia Duarte
Pete
Richard
Jesus Duarte
Howakon
Tokyo
Fragments From Gartown Accident Include Mayor and Ads
A garbled local page mentions an accident on Market Street near San Jacinto Hospital with a mayoral figure E D Cleveland and a drug store in town. It also notes a new advertising salesman at The Sun, a lecture by Jack Bangs on cerebral palsy aid, and various social snippets including a birthday and community notices.
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Jack Bangs
Thanksgiving Number Two Is Coming Up in Baytown
The second Thanksgiving of 1950 will be celebrated in Baytown on Thursday with most downtown stores open as usual and banks closed. County tax office and other offices will observe the holiday. poster employees will likely work the first Christmas small load. Thanksgiving services are set at St. Joseph's Catholic Church and the First Church of Christ Scientist. Many Baytonians will attend the Texas A and M game in Austin. The Baytown Sun will be published.
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Baytown
EPFL
Seerac
County Tex
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
First Church of Christ
Scientist
Austin
Baytown Sun
Weingarten Bids Taken in West Texas Block
Bids are being gathered by R. H. Pruett for a new Weingarten grocery store in the 200 block of West Texas. Pruett doubts the building will start, noting prices have jumped since the TWenke building and bids suggest delays. The proposed 24,000 square foot site would feature 16 foot walls and a mezzanine, with preliminary costs around 300,000 dollars. Contractor John N. Mixon is noted.
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R. H. Pruett
Weingarten
West
Texas
Pruett
Tocar
Twenke
Herke- Pilfot
John N. Mixon
Car Dealers Balk On Buying Signal
Police Chief McKee said Thad Felton and Bob Hemphill refused to share the cost of a 32000 traffic light at West Texas and Felton cited taxes as their reason. The City Council had told Sears Roebuck manager Wright the firm would participate similarly. Their reaction was negative, McKee reported.
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E. McKee
Thad Felton
R. B
Bob) Hemphill
West Texas
Felton
vThey
Texas
McKee
Sears Roebuck
Felton and Hemphill
Weary Firemen Battle Mounting Grass Fires
Weary firefighters, after 36 hours of continuous effort, battled grass fires across Decker Drive and surrounding areas. A blaze near Busch Ranch destroyed acres of pasture and threatened nearby properties before Baytown and Wooster crews contained it. Fire damage extended along Sjelander Road. assessments and containment continued.
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Decker Drive
Sac Cassoné’s Lumber Company
Baytown
Baytown and
Wooster
Busch ‘Ranch
Sjelander Road
Ch Lintelman
Zut
Council Awaits Jury Probe And City Purchases Agenda
City Council plans a quiet stance on pay-off allegations against Police Chief H. E. McKee and Assistant Chief W. R Montgomery until the Harris County Grand Jury probes. The hearing starts at 9 am tomorrow with subpoenas for 24 witnesses. bids for disease, equipment, and police cars will be opened, a fire truck purchase discussed, and a pineone license approved. City land leases for oil drilling near San Jacinto Memorial Hospital, Park Avenue Morrell Park area, and the Number One Fire Station site are advertised with a $500 bid bond.
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H. E. McKee
W. R Montgomery
Harris County Grand Jury
J. A. Ward
Edna Oliver
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Morrell Park
Park Avenue
Spidell Named Commercial Manager at Baytown Station
KRCT announces Paul Spidell as commercial manager of Radio Station KRCT. Spidell brings advertising and radio expertise from IBM in New York City and roles with Brooks Advertising Tulsa and Fri-State Advertising. He served in civilian war program ops in Washington, D C during WWII, is married with a son in college.
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Paul Spidell
KRCT
C. Q Alexander
Bev Broadcasting Company
Spidell
Alexander
International Business Machines Corporation
New York City
TBM
Governent
Washington, D.C
Southwest
Brooks Advertising Agency
Tulsa
Baytown
New War in Korea Escalates as MacArthur Seeks UN Bombing Authority
General MacArthur asks the United Nations for permission to bomb Manchuria signaling an entirely new phase in Korea. He asserts the conflict now involves China and warns of broader war as 260,000 plus Chinese forces pour into Korea. Diplomatic options at the UN loom as the world faces a broadened conflict.
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Phil Newsom
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Alanchuria
Korea
Rew
China
Europe
MacArthur
Basney
Erith
Hydrogen bomb plant plans announced for South Carolina site
The Atomic Energy Commission said construction will begin early next year at a South Carolina site near Aiken for plants to produce hydrogen super bomb explosives. The same week the United States in the United Nations denounced Chinese Communist positions on Korea as open and notorious.
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United States
United Nations
Korea
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
South Careling
Aiken
War news prompts sharp drop in US stock market
Markets opened lower after MacArthur announced a sweeping wartime move. Prices fell from $1 to $3 a share with giant blocks traded. General Motors led the decline with a $1.63 drop on a 15,000 share block, while several major equities including Union Carbide, Phillips Petroleum, Standard Oil and Goodrich fell by varying amounts.
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MacArthur
General Motors
Gypsum
Union Carbide, Texas Company
Philco
Kennecott Phillips Petroleum
Standard Gas Preferred Issues
Standard ‘Oil
New Jersey
US Smelting
Atlantic Refining
Goodrich
Admiral Corporation
Acheson warns Korea threat may mask Soviet aims in Europe
Secretary of State Dean Acheson told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Chinese Communist intervention in Korea creates a weary serious crisis and may conceal a broader Soviet imperial move in Europe. He urged rapid U S action and asked the UN to brand Red China an aggressor in Korea and demand Chinese troop withdrawal.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Korea
Europe
Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Red
China
Tom Connally
Texas
Unon
West
Seid Acheson
State Department
United Nations
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
State
GOP Gains Aid Tidelands Fight Shivers Governors Told
Charleston report cites Governor Allan Shivers of Texas stating Republican gains in the 82nd Congress could boost Texas in the Tidelands dispute. He urged anticlaim legislation in the 82nd and warned of potential federal overreach amid wartime pressures.
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GOP
Tidelands
Charleston
S. C
Filp
Allan Shivers
Texas
82Nd Congress
Tideland Committee
Southern Governors Conference
Shivers
Austin
Congress
Hobbs
Alabama
Donnell
Missouri
Frank ‘Carlson
Kansas
Jim’ Duff
Pennsylvania
Friday Job Start Stirs Superstitions for NABOR Member
A NABOR member expresses unease about beginning work on Friday citing superstitions shaping their hesitation. The dialogue reflects common Friday work-start concerns and workplace culture.
Red Chinese masses threaten Allied lines in Korea
Chinese forces estimated at 200000 surged across North Korea smashing near UN positions. MacArthur described the offensive as the start of a potentially new war as Reds moved against the UN front from the Taedong River to the east and west flanks, with Major General Edward Almond reporting frontline alarms and urgent defenses under way.
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Tokyo
North Korea
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Accuss
Red China
Cormmana
Edward ’ S Mond
Korea
Elong
Taedong
Orefense
Eighth Army
North
Fyanayene
Chor
Darwin Heads Rodeo But He Won't Ride
City managers at a conference in Texas pressed for draft exemption for policemen as delegates discussed civil defense. Darwin Middleton chaired the rodeo committee as about 500 officials from cities, counties, Canada, Germany, and Puerto Rico gathered. A Bay Area police chief and a Wichita civil defense director urged local governments to act independently until federal and state action is forthcoming.
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Darwin
Puerto Rico
John D. Holstrom
Police
Berkely
California
Pica
Ray Ashworth
Houston
Chick
New
Directo
Wichite
Kansasi
Pearce Street May Plane Crash Kills Be Open Next Week
Five Navy fliers died when a plane crashed in the sea off Oshu island. Public works crews on Pearce Street between Commerce and South Main, with a city grader and air hammer, expected to finish by next week after obtaining 1600 dollars from the council. Grantham said six or seven men worked daily to complete the city’s portion of the project.
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Pearce Street
Navy
Pearce
Commerce
South Main
C. W. Grantham
Grantham
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