Former Baytown Mayor Ward Dies of Heart Attack
Jack A Ward longtime Baytown official and former mayor died at home after a heart attack He had served Baytown city government longer than any other and worked at Baytown Refinery He is survived by wife Alpha and six grandchildren Funeral set for Pruett and Lobit Church of Christ with burial in Forest Park Cemetery Houston
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Jack A. Weel
Haytown
Venaeran
Goose Creek
Baytown
Ward
Wile
Carroll Ward
Berrymoore
Alberta
Can
Tricke Ward
Borger
FD. Lowther
Ellen. Ward
Fort Worth
Pam
Pruett and Lobit'Church of ‘Christ
A. Hugh Clark
Will
Forest Park C
Houston
Paul A. Lee
George C. Adams
Jimmy. I. Sanders
H. Murphy
R Hy. Pruett
D.dp
Middleton
J. T. Swint
Humble Clang Refining Co
Rape-slaying case prompts wide alert for girl victim
A statewide alert was issued Monday for a young cab driver questioned in the rape slaying of an 8 year old girl. AFL and CIO leaders meet in New York to prep for separate conventions and the inaugural merged forces meeting for 161 million members. In Paris, Premier Edgar Faure’s survival chances drop in Parliament after pleas to end the government merry-go-round and present a new disarmament plan. In Nicosia Cyprus Britain grants wartime exemptions to 12,000 troops amid terrorism killings.
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Canton
New York
AFL
CIO
Milion
Paris
Edgar Faure
Nlcossa
Cyprus
Britain
Mediterranean
Police Records Show DRIVERS NOT PARTICULAR ABOUT WHAT THEY STRIKE
Baytown drivers and pedestrians collide with homes churches pool halls service stations tombstones poles trains scooters cars and pedestrians. Fatalities totaled two in the city in 1955 with property damage rising sharply from 1954. A La Porte driver and a pedestrian death are noted with city and county investigations debated near city limits.
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Rosalie Myers
Sun
Baytown
Texas
Dave Ferrell
la Porte
Wesley Merritt
Juanita Burton
Nathaniel Shepperd
Christmas Street Decorations Go Up in Doventown
Sun spots report that Christmas decorations are being installed on Doventown streets with completion this week. Final plans for an official lighting ceremony await approval from Nelson McElroy, Chamber of Commerce director. Lions Club hosts Ladies Night Tuesday at the Tower with Din Mer served at 7 p.m. C. M. Bond to preside. Bay Shore Baptist Church revival services run daily through December 4 at 10 am and 7 pm led by evangelist Rev. David Baston with Bailey Forester directing music. The Rev. Boston, a former Jacinto City First Baptist pastor, is now conducting evangelistic work.
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Nelson McElroy
Chamber of Commerce
Lions Club
the Tower
Din Mer
C. M. Bond
la Porte Revival Bayshore
Aptist Church
Carly
David Baston
Bailey Forester
Dallas
Boston
Jacinto City First Baptist Church
Around Town Highlights in a Busy Day's Flow
Short sketches show Trixie Burns flipping a nearby switch and jobs getting done Frank Angel closing a hot deal Adeline Englert finishing another assignment Delmar Dyer fixing things to run smoothly Mrs Thelma Brown offering advice Frenchy Broussard testing a new car and glancing at his pride Billy Hayes and Guy Bloodgnod planning a shared holiday Tommy Carpenter irritated but smiling Maine Richard in leisure Geneva Keith shopping Augusta Akins missing fun Sol Barnes visiting the post office M Shell checks on Sam Stassi David Harlin looking sharp Grace and Gaston Wilkins anxious about a daughter and son-in-law returning from Japan Kenny Lannay laid up with pneumonia Perry Simmons comforting Aggie friends Judy Davis wearing Fame perfume John Chandler sniffing Rob ert Hill Chris Myers off to reel in big catches Beulah Jackson admiring downtown fashions Nathan and Margaret Jackson back from a long vacation
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Trixie Burns
Frank Angel
Adeline Englert
Delmar Dyer
Thelma Brown
Frenchy” Broussard
Billy Hayes
Guy Bloodgnod
Tommy Carpenter
Hy Thoes
Maine Richardson
Geneva Keith
Augusta Akins
David Harlin
Grace
Gaston Wilkins
Japan
Kenny Lannay
Perry Simmons
Aggie
Judy Davis
John Chandler
Robert
tDoc Hill
Chris Myers
Beulah Mas Jackson
Nathan
Margaret Jackson
Safe Driving Notes Warn Night Nighttime Hazards
Police Chief H F Freeman director of President Eisenhower s Safe Driving campaign in Baytown warns motorists to be extra careful at night citing two deadly wrecks this year and 40 percent of major accidents occurring after dark. He urges courtesy and obedience to traffic laws as part of a three day wake up drive ahead of S D Day nationwide.
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Asssilant
H. F. Freeman
Eisenhower
Baytown
Freeman
Midia
Coaches Injured In Palacios Auto Crash Update
Bayview hospital in Palacios held three Robert E. Lee coaches after an auto accident near Palacios last Thursday that killed Gander coach George Armstrong. James Ellis Frank James and Louis Davie were in the same ward with wives by their beds. Dan Stallworth remained in Palacios planning a late practice. Kudla said the men were in good care and not to be transferred to Baytown. Davis likely to be released first. James held quiet with mild headaches from a concussion.
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Bayview Hospital
Palacios
Robert E. Lee
James
Slick) Ellis
Frank James
Louis Davie
George Armstrong
Dan Stallworth
Uome
Roland Kudlo
Kudla
Davis
Kadla
Fillis
Kula
Baytown
Palavlos
Fime
Shrine Minstrel Show Promises Top Vaudeville Talent
Baytown Shrine club brings a one night minstrel show to Lee High School auditorium next Wednesday at 7 40 p m Tickets cost 2 and are sold at Houston Lighting and Power Co Black Pharmacy Tri City cafe Paine Brothers and by Shrine club members The cast includes Jack Davis Jack Frost Tommy Reid and veterans Francis Gilbert Howard Payne with a 12 piece orchestra and professional scenery and lighting wrapped in a traveling act aimed at raising funds for the Shrine Crippled Children's hospital.
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Shrine
Lee High School
Jack Davis
Jack Frost
Tommy Reid
Houston
Francis Gilbert
Howard Payne
Arabia
Temple
Shrine Crippled Children's Hospital
Baytown Shrine Club
Ee CQ
Tack) Kimmons
Bay
Houston Lighting and Power Co
Black Pharmacy
Tri-City Cafe
Paine Brothers
Percy Edwards
Weber
Americans Held at Gunpoint by East German Police
In East Berlin four Americans including Rep. Edward Boland and Rep. Harold Ostertag plus Mrs Ostertag and Lt. James McQueen were detained for about four hours by East German police. An Army official protested the incident claiming Berlin as a sovereign U.S. liaison center and noting the group carried a radio in the vehicle. A policeman drew a pistol, briefly escalating tension as the party sought to report the event to U.S. headquarters through the vehicle radio.
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Berlin
U. ‘8. Army
East Berlin
Edward Boland
D-Mass
Harold
P. A. Dibrova
German Democratic Republic
Véticle
LU. S
Charles Owsley
State Department
Berin
Osteriag
Attics I
Naval Academy
Commission On Inter - Governmental Relations
Boland
Springfield
Mass
Ostertag
Garden of Remembrance
Every Day 5-D Day Promotes Safe Driving
Campaign slogan urges daily 5-D actions to reduce crash deaths from Nov 28. Vec 1 emphasizes driving safely to protect lives, including the reader's own. Public safety tone mirrors local news brief with a call to responsible behavior and awareness.
Houstonians Form Group to Fight School Integration
An anti integration organization called the Citizens League for School Home Rule has begun a Houston drive to oppose desegregation. Led temporarily by attorney Fred Moore the group lists 24 prominent Houstonians as officers and directors and seeks memberships and financial pledges.
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Houston
Citizens League For School Home Rule
Fred Moore
Cairman
Moore
Sen Daniel's Mother Dies in Liberty Texas
Mrs Nantlie Parllow Daniel 69 mother of U S Senator Price Daniel died after a brief illness in Liberty Hospital. Senator Daniel flew from Washington to be at her side. Burial will follow at the city cemetery. Ellen Virginia Daniel, also present, had come from Austin for Thanksgiving.
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Liberty, Tex
Nantlie Parllow Daniel
United States
Price Daniel
D-Tex
Hersting Hospital
Sun Say
City
Daniel
Washington
Ellen
Virginia Daniel
Liberty
Austin
Bill
Tiberty
Truman denies calling Nixon a vulgar fame
Former President Harry S Truman rejected a Los Angeles Examiner report claiming he referred to Vice President Richard Nixon as vulgar. The 72 year old Democrat said he did not want Nixon's name mentioned and refused to discuss a Nixon 1956 presidential run.
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Los. Angeles
Harry S.truman
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Los Angeles Examiner
Truman
Edwin W. Fauley
Catholic Priest Threatened Over Negro Controversy In Louisiana
In Brath Louisiana a Roman Catholic priest Father A Z Labbe said his life was threatened after a bishop excommunicated two women accused of beating a teacher of an integrated catechism class. The bishop Jules Jeanmard warned of automatic excommunication and possible church closure if violence continued. A college student acts as Labbe's bodyguard as parishioners debate the dispute.
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Brath
Mandar
A. Z. Labbe
Our Lady of Lourdes
Jules B
Jeanmard
Lafayette
Labbe
Pope Pius XII
Louisiana
Ike Returns To Political Arena Confers With Hall
Ike, recuperating from a heart attack, returns to politics and meets with Republicans Leonard W. Hall in Washington. They discuss plans for the Republican National Convention in San Francisco on August 20. No decision on Ike's renomination is revealed.
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Ike
Hall
Republica National
Leonard W. Hall
Washington
Eisenhower
San Francisco
Christmas Goodfellows Drive in Baytown Under Way
Dawn unveils 1955 Goodfellows campaign as Baytown Junior Chamber reportedly gave 25 last year but not to Chief Goodfellow. Donations from San Jacinto PITA and Mr and Mrs G O Bilack noted. Aim to provide Christmas bags for over 1000 children 12 and under before Christmas.
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Chief Goodfellow
Goodfellows
Baytown Junior Chamber of Commerce
Day Smith
Baytown
Yong Jay
Tions
San Jacinto -Pita
G. OG. Bialock
Goodfellow
Doctors Urged To Stop Smoking Says Medical Journal
The Southwestern Medicine Journal urged doctors to campaign against smoking noting tobacco causes many illnesses. An editorial cites higher cancer risk, lung disease, and cardiovascular issues from smoking, urging physicians to model and promote cessation to patients.
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Medical Journal
Paso
Southwestern Medicine
Southwestern Medical Association
Frigid Front Sweeps Across Texas With Bitter Temps
A powerful north wind up to 48 mph and a cold front brought freezing temperatures statewide. Cities reported subfreezing readings Sunday night into Monday with Amarillo at 16 and Dallas Fort Worth at 28. Forecasters warned of colder conditions Monday night especially in the Panhandle and South Plains, with a warming trend expected Tuesday. Small craft advisories remained from Brownsville to the Mississippi mouth.
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UNE Press
Irow
Texas
Regional Weather Bureau
Union Carterfield
Fort Worth
The
Panhandle
South’ Plains
Dathart
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Alpine
Abilene
Midland
Dallas
San Angelo
Waco
Austin
Lutkin
Brownsville
South Plains
Brownville
Mississippi River
Baytown Hosts Weekend Texas Playoff Doubleheader
Baytown headlines the Gulf Coast grid as Memorial Stadium hosts two bi district playoff games. Friday at 7:30 p.m. Robert E Lee meets Reagan for District 8 AAAA bi district honors while winner advances to state semifinals against Corpus Christi or Tyler. Saturday at 7:20 p.m. Barbers Hill battles Sugarland in Region II Class B clash with local tickets sold 1.50 adults and 0.50 children at Hearring's on Texan Avenue.
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Memorial Stadium
Robert E. Lee Ganders
Reigan
Gantiers
Reagan
Barbers Hill
Eagles
Wickers
Sungarland
Saytown
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