Bus Crash Near Rockwall Leaves One Dead and Many Injured
A Continental Trailways bus collided with a car on Farm to Market Road 16 near Rockwall Texas killing the car driver Frank Hall and injuring 29 aboard the bus. The dead man was identified as Davy Houkion the Greenville driver not seriously hurt. Among the injured a 23 year old Black woman Robbie Houston from Rockwall was treated for a brain concussion and possible skull fracture. Victims were rushed to Rockwall Osteopathic clinic Rockwall Medical hospital Baylor hospital in Dallas and Bay Joy hospital with several still hospitalized late Tuesday night.
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Tex
Continental Trailways
Market Road
Garland
Dallas
Frank’ Hall
Robbie Houston
Af Hockwall
Negra
Rocittvill’ Osteopathic
Parkland Hospital
Dal
McNeill
United Press
Rockwall Ostropathics Clinic
Rockwall Medical Hospital
Baylor Hospital
Bay- Joy Hospital
Bora Phillips
Thomas Henry
Phil ‘Ps
Esther Fondren
Perro Pecina
Medical Hospital Clinic
Driver Seeks S-D Day After Double Collision
A local driver at 1300 Jefferson, aiming for S‑D Day, reports two crashes on Times Street and Highway 146 at East Foyle involving a vehicle with poor visibility. He escaped unharmed but both his car and a borrowed vehicle required garage repairs at Silo and 863 respectively.
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Jefferson
Times Street
East Foyle
Silo
Safe Driving Chief Appeals To Baytown Motorists
Baytown Police Chief H F Freeman urged motorists to keep a 24 hour accident free period from midnight Wednesday to midnight Thursday during a three day safe driving campaign for D Day prep. Two minor incidents occurred earlier, with tickets issued for failing to yield and speeding, but no injuries. Freeman urged caution at intersections to avoid major collisions and said Baytown should set an example for the nation.
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Stant
H. F Freeman
Baytown
Ifts
Atl Avivers
Around Town misc notes and personal blurbs from town
Carl Trencemann argues with his wife Bobby over a Texrs A and N clash and loses a bet. Two stray kittens need homes after being dumped on the street. Temporary lodging only. If you can help a kitten call 38-2503. Mrs W L Blonsett Christmas shopping early. Linda Ferrell seeks extra money but mom disapproves. Lucille Beard and Beulah Miles start the day coffeeing up. Patsy Broussard works on nail growth. Betty and Leonard Barrow adapting to a home. Ralph Ragan recalls deer meat. Doris Taker visits Gatesville. Georgia Tilarn, now Granny, cares for her new grandson.
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Texrs
Bobby
W. L. Blonsett
Linda
Ferrell
Lucille Beard
Beulah Miles
Patsy Broussard
Betty
Leonard Barrow
Ralph Ragan
Doris Taker
Gatesville
Georgia Tilarin
Granny
Store furnishes box used by thieves to loot shop
In Pasadena near Four Corners, two Black suspects used a large cardboard box to steal about $100 worth of cigarettes from a store. Carl Knox, the manager, said one man with a distinctive facial mark asked for the box to distract staff while another picked blue jeans and the two left after failing to pay. An ensuing search found cigarets worth about $100 missing from the display.
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Four Corners
Knox
Moe- Mens
Anderson
Good Turn Day Scouts Organize Clothing Drive Sunday
Baytown area scouts call for residents to place filled Goodwill bags on front porches by noon Sunday for collection. Five hundred bags were distributed in Highlands Cedar Bayou and Baytown areas to support repairs and donation of usable clothes to Goodwill Industries. Two trucks will collect the bags starting at 3:30 pm with J. W. Stewart as chairman and Bob Smith and Mike Spuhler guiding scouts.
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Bay Scouts of
Baytown Area
S Pam
Goodwill Industries, Inc
Cood- WH Industries
Highlands
Cedar Bayou
Baytown
Houston
J. W. Stewart
Bob Smith
Mike Spuhler
Weather Prophet From Cedar Bayon Valley Predicts Sleet
Cedar Bayon burg resident Mrs Story, a local weather predictor, recalls her morning experience of sleet as she and neighbors observed a sudden cold snap. She credits her father with teaching accurate forecasting skills and notes the day’s forecast matched her cloudy omen.
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GA. Story
Cedar Bayonburg Road
Read the Gift Spotter Every Day Feature
A promotional note invites readers to use a daily Gift Spotter feature to ease Christmas shopping pressure. The message highlights an easy chair approach to easing consumer strain and encourages daily engagement with the shop tool.
Transcontinental Stock Split Proposed by Board
Houston UP reports Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation proposes a two for one stock split for its 3 80 000 shares of common stock and asks stockholders to approve an increase in authorized common stock to 10 million at a January 10 meeting.
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Houston
Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corporation
Board of
Front & Million
Refinery Pollution Talks Advance as Tours Highlight Progress
Houston Chamber of Commerce pollution committee members toured Baytown Refinery facilities and were shown Hu m ble and Consolidated Chemical efforts. A five year program is 86 percent complete with ongoing plans to curb air and water pollution. Sulfur fumes reduced 78 percent with further 20 percent cut expected. A smoke removal installation costing 5000000 will further clean stacks. total Humble expenditure exceeds 5 million.
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Water and Air‘pollution Committee
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Baytown
Humble
Consolidated Chemical
Consolidated
Bartown Cooperative Air Pollution Commit
Mock Air Manoeuvres Alarm Baytown Residents
Baytonians were alarmed by lights and explosions over La Porte and Houston on Tuesday night. Officials attributed the flashes to a reconnaissance plane taking part in Operation Sagebrush, staged from Camp Polk Louisiana, with jets and atomic bomb mockups reported but not deployed to a knockout. Major Edwin J. Walker of Ellington Field said the events likely involved a photographic mission. Police received about 10 calls from frightened residents as the Sagebrush air strike simulated aggressor forces across Texas to Virginia.
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la Porte
Houston
Texas
Virginia
Polk
Baytown Installs Two New Traffic Lights
City Manager C Darwin Middleton says one new traffic light was installed Wednesday with two more in process in Baytown. A pedestrian light without push buttons went up on Carnegie near Robert E Lee High School. A light on James Street and Highway 146 is planned, and another is in front of the new fire station on Market Street. The fire station light will be button controlled to halt traffic as fire trucks depart.
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Baytown
Darwin Middleton
Carnegie
Robert E. Lee High School
James Street
Highway 146
Market
No Freeze Felt as Cold Snap Persisted
Chester Rogers cites no freeze Tuesday night while Sun weather forecasters say the mercury fell to 31 degrees. Tuesday night was six degrees warmer than Monday's 25. By 10 am Wednesday the temperature rose to 35, with a high of 47 recorded Tuesday. The cold spell sparked large antifreeze sales as motorists sought protection for stalled cars.
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Chester Rogers
Mans Riegers
Allons
Fiery crash at air base claims up to 15 dead
Ten bodies recovered from an ice coated eight family apartment complex at Eielson Air Force Base Alaska after an F S4F Thunderjet crashed into the building. Authorities feared as many as 16 may have died with three residents still unaccounted for as rescue workers braved 26 below zero and treated dozens for injuries. Lt Alroy Pounders the pilot from Monticello Mississippi was identified among the dead.
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Alaska
R. E. Marshall
Marshall
John Orr
Tielson Atb
Strategic Air Command
Parela Harris
Miss Harris
Aliret F. Pounders
Monticello
Miss
Pounders
Hucson Afb
Britain ready to discuss halt to hydrogen bomb tests
Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden said Britain is prepared to discuss halting hydrogen bomb explosions with the United States in Russia. In New York the United Nations reported Chiang Kai-Shek would veto Outer Mongolia’s UN admission if necessary despite Eisenhower’s pleas. An eight inch gasoline main exploded Tuesday night near Irving, Texas, destroying a home and a small building in the Shady Grove area.
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Anthony Eden
Britain
United States
Russia
United Nations
Eisenhower
Chiang Kai-Shek
Outer Mongolia
Irving
Tex
Manes Land
Shady Grove
Truman blames Republicans for nearly ruining the country
Former President Harry S Truman, in Kansas City remarks tied to a Truman Library dinner in Independence, criticizes Republicans for "nearly ruined the country" while praising Chief Justice Warren and former President Hoover. He vows to “pour it on” in campaign season and notes press biases and ownership by the wealthy.
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Harry 5
Tlruman
Kansas City
Truman
Truman Library
Independence
Tue
Barl Warren
Herbert Hoover
Leonard W. Hall
Eisenhower
Triman
Tre
Directories Stolen From Sun Office In 1946 Theft
Baytown Police said they believe information may lead to the arrest of the person who took two copies of the 1946 Sun Directory from The Sun office. The directories, valued at 50 dollars each, disappeared from the editorial department shortly after delivery. Both volumes bear markings that can identify The Sun, and police say the directories were found below the publisher’s price.
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Baytown
Sun
Wooster Volunteer Firemen Pledge $100 To Goodfellows
Wooster firemen pledge $100 to Goodfellows for Christmas bags for over 1,000 Baytown children. A ride day on red fire wagons is held, with donations accepted. $100 of contributions go to the Goodfellows. the rest funds first aid equipment for the emergency corps. Santa will ride and candy will be distributed while coffee and doughnuts welcome parents.
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CNEF
Cgaaid
W. CG. Smith
Santa Clane
Tom
Smith
Wilkenfeld Furniture Co
Forrester
Kenneth
Donna
Peggy
Pattim
Wilkenfeld
WL EL Korn
Ruben
Munyoz
Raymond B. Barajas
Amorrosio Rios
Georgia Price
M. Wilkenfeld
Construction to Start on Peoples State Bank Near West Baytown
Maxtrell Construction Co. won a negotiated contract worth about $95,000 to build the Peoples State Bank building. The site between West Main and Market will have two fronts and a drive-in window with ample parking. Architect is Lowell Lammers.
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Peoples State Bank
West Baytown
Maxtrell Construction Co
Benton-Cravens Tamber Co
West Main
Market
Lowell Lammers
Ousted Chief To Dissolve Government
Paris reports Premier Edgar Faure planned to dissolve the French national assembly after a no confidence vote. The vote 218 to 19 prompted him to call for new elections under a constitutional clause, with Coty opposing dissolution and cabinet members protesting.
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Paris
Edgar Faure
French National Assembly
France
Faure
Ighing
Faire
Rene Coty Coty
Edouard Bonnefous
National Assembly
Satie
Mistrial Declared in Floyd Case in Houston
District Judge Langston King declared a mistrial in the rustled Rouse felony theft case against city treasurer Roy Floyd. Floyd had not been arraigned, nor given due process, prompting defense claims of procedural error. a new trial was set for January 23.
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Langston C. King
Rouse
Roy Floyd
Floyd
Hing
Ety Walton
D. Little
Baytown
Little
Nomountee
King
Wilton
Hunt
Wing
Walton
Jam
Roz Hotheing List
Jhouse
Moya
Woyd
Hapoesaaiter
No Gram
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