March of Dimes drive update and local notices
Local brief reports firms with March of Dimes collections to submit contact Mrs. Robert Stockton at 3-1047. Also notes Harris-Soul Conservation District election results and district supervisor term, plus various Baytown community items including new judge James Girardeau, school and city happenings, parking concerns, and residents’ daily activities.
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Robert Stockton
Harris Soul-Conservation District
Baytown
Soggy turf slows REL attack in city clash
Sun Sports Editor Ross Hoyt reports on a muddy showdown as the Robert E. Lee Ganders face the Jefe Davis Panthers amid rain clouds. Lee relies on a new-look lineup while injuries and soggy fields threaten big plays. Key returns include Tommy Lockridge and Dave Wallace, with Stothandske and Elmis on the wings. Proctor moves to tackle and Ronnie Harlan shifts back, shaping a tense Friday night battle.
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Ross Hoyt
Sun
Grid
Robert E. Lee
Tommy Lockridge
Panthers
Lee
Lamar
Thomas Jefferson
Lockridge
Dave Wallace
Wallace
Bill’ Stothandske
Donnie Elmis
Elms
Vale
Stailworths
Clea Proctor
Jas
Jeff
von Evan
Ronnie Harlan
Sonxy
Unidentified Planes Seen Near Formosa
Unidentified planes approached Formosa on a Friday prompting Taipei to close its main commercial airfield and strand a Northwest Airlines jet for 80 minutes. No alarm was raised and air defense authorities could not confirm if the intruders were enemy or uncharted friendlies. Meanwhile fighting persisted around Quemoy and other Nationalist-held islands near the Chinese mainland.
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Taipei
Formosa
Northwest Airlines
Quemoyaston
Othe
Islainds
Noemile
Chins Mainte
Colorful Halftime Show Set At Tonight's Game
Wanda Orton reports Memorialfield hosts a Friday night football halftime with a salute to the old band shack. J C Burkett leads the band forming outlines of buildings while playing Auld Lang Syne and It’s A Great Day. Edwin Mason introduces the student director as the band forms a semicircle and performs Hollywood Serenade. Drum majors Carolyn Byals Norine Williams lead the marching program with twirlers and Lee Brigade leaders Charlene Russell and Marian Williams directing.
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Wanda Orton Dé
J.C. Burkett
Edwin Mason
Hollywood
Carolyn Byals
Norine Williams
Marcia White
Betty Pryor
Martha Pylate
Marlene Praetorius
Margaret Craig
Twirlers
West Ponders USSRs Disarmament Plan
Western officials studied Russia latest atomic control and arms reduction proposals presented by Vishinsky at the United Nations General Assembly. They called it a potential step forward but noted key issues like an international control body and the timing of disarmament measures.
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United Nations
Russia
Washington
United Nations General Assembly
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Kremlin
Vishnu- Skyg
Britain
France
United
Vishinsky
General Assembly
Wishinsky
U S As World Power Topic Of American Issues Speech
The Baytown Committee on American Issues starts a lecture series at Lee College auditorium October 14 at 8:00 p.m. with Rev. Robert McLaren of Houston speaking on The United States Come of Age As a World Power. The program aims to inform Baytonians on local national and international affairs.
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Baytown Committee On
Lee College
United States
Robert McLaren
Houston
Baylonians
U.S
Western Europe
Western Hemisphere
Far East
Unesco
C. C
Schultz
R. UO
Williamson
Julian Spring
Altoy Laird
Ben &. Lave
Joe Ried
Cecil Mullins
Elizabeth Meeks
Rhea Kelley
W. T. Poretern
Baytown Library Falls Short of 60 000-Volume Benchmark
Baytown's public library is deemed below par for a town of its size by ALA standards. Only 7 000 volumes are housed at West Texas avenue due to limited space. The library relies on donations and Harris County affiliation, with annual spending under 10 000. A Friends of the Library project seeks a new building.
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American Library Association
Baytown
League of Women Voters
A. R. Padgett
Friends of the Library
West Texas Avenue
Harris County Library
ALA
Taytown
Padgett
Pasadena
Abe Rosenaweig
League
B. I. Booth
Honeycutt Can't Complain Cause He Asked For It
Rufus Honeycutt emerges as a wealthy Baytown resident who laments not finding a mule to pull his Haytown Fair parade float. The story notes his prior mule purchases, vast laughing stock, and his faith in the press, ending with a provocative call to action after press time.
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Honeycutt
Rosalie Myers
Rufus Honeycutt
Baytown
Haytown
Haneycuts
Dave Jawn Sen
Ser Toneyeutt
Batchelor Given Life Term At Hard Labor
Cpl. Claude J. Batchelor was found guilty of collaboration with Chinese Communist captors during 38 months as a Korean POW. He received a life sentence with hard labor from an eight officer court martial in San Antonio. The verdict followed a two hour fourteen minute trial and a subsequent thirty minute sentencing phase. Batchelor faced six charges, was acquitted on one, and is appealing. His mother, Clara Mae Batchelor of Kermit Texas, expressed grief as Batchelor read his statement during the verdict.
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San Antonio
Claude J. Batchelor
Batchelor
Givil “Toran
Wilburn
Clue) Watson
Corinth
Miss
Guidge
Donald LL. “‘Manes Jr
Army
Reds
United States
Winkler County
Kermit, ‘Tex
U. S
Korea
Watson
Lrind
First Cavalry Division
Soviet navy may have 100 submarines in the Pacific
Admiral Robert B. Carney warned at the Tyler rose festival that the Soviet Union could field as many as 100 submarines in the Pacific and has begun testing first class cruisers in the Pacific and Atlantic. He urged the United States to accelerate naval shipbuilding to counter the growing Soviet threat and maintain sea power.
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Tyler
Tex
Robert. B. Carney
Russia
Pacific
Atlantic
America
Chief of Naval Operations
Carney
United States
Navy
U.S
Suv
Tnd
Air Unity
Siberian
Manchurian
Carnay
Guns For Guns Nears Reality
London reports nine power conference delegates from the United States Britain France Germany and others met to finalize details for restoring German sovereignty and a Western Europe defense framework. A Brussels pact veto and NATO limits shape troop contributions while a Brussels organization may oversee arms controls and production.
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London
United States
Brita
Arante
Germany
Germay
Lafl
Europe
Lancaster
Anthony Eden
Suecess
Britain
Mindy
Brussels
Beitain
France
Brelgium
Luxembourg
Netherrlands
Propact
North Atlantic Treaty Organezation
NATO
Henri Spaok
Ariig
Ant Aly
Mendes-France- NATO
Brussels Organization
Rains Bring Welcome Relief To Texas Showers
Heavy rains drenched parts of Texas with up to 4.75 inches in 12 hours and continued into Friday. Areas such as Rocksprings and Barham logged several inches while totals across North Central and South Central Texas rose, easing drought and boosting crops. Temperatures cooled, water supplies rose, and showers spread to East Texas and the Rio Grande Valley as Oklahoma faced wind damage from a front.
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Texas
Atlite
Wards
Barham
Weather Bureau
Kans
Nort Central
South Central
Rio Grande Valley
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Ardmore
Italy
Tyler
Ed Nicholson Victim in Colorado Plane Crash
Ed Nicholson and his son Richard were enroute from Pueblo to Grand Junction, Colorado, when their Cessna crashed near Salida after takeoff. Nicholson died in the wreck while Richard was injured and helped pull his father from the plane, then wandered to a highway before being found by a motorist. Grady Tuck, 40, also injured, is hospitalized in Salida.
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Eddie Nicholson
Salida
Colo
Richie Nicholson
Grady Tuck
Taytown
Ninabermin
Nighalkon
West
Nicholson
Darewll Punk
Beether
Colotida
Grady
Richard
Acrogs
C. H. Carton
Chaffee County
Tide
Grand Junction
Rockies
Pueblo
Grand June
44Th Air Res
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Tuck
Monare Pass
OY Howe
Hale
Warold Thonett
Hughly
Puck
Chonoff
Mio Grande Hasgil
Murray Rogers
Baytown
Tiel
Nicholven
National Newspaper Week Opens with Zenger Tribute
National Newspaper Week starts in New York with ceremonies recounting the Zenger trial and freedom of the press. The event recalls Zenger and the right to criticize public officials, with reprints of his weekly journal and a look at colonial printing history.
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New York
Yeek Oper
Mederat Hall
John Peter Zettewe
Americ
Zenger
Wales
Bendamin Frankling
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March of Dimes
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CG. C. Laughlin
Fast Republic
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Sheffield
J. F. Alcorn
Miriam
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Danny Huey
Johnny Robinson
Bobby Sanders
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Memorial Stadium
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W. W. Hunt
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Wanda Orton
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Mother Norred
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Billy Ormsbee
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House of Drugs
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Diane Clark
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Cpl
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2Nd Amphibious Support Brigade
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Japan
L. D. Howell
Penney's
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Billie Laughlin
Dick Carrol
Maurine Broussard
Rose Peck
Max Mining
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Ganders
P. W. Henckell
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Pat Bend
Barton Battle
Harry M. Johnson
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Jap Bradshaw
Harry F. Hartman
Charlin Pareh
Tom Lockridge
Charlene Russell
Marian Williams
Marietta Taylor
Beverly Gibbs
Bettye Jo White
Leona Haldersdale
Beatrice Stewart
Grace Bertsch
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Dee Aan Jackson
Billie Dell Tribe
Pegey Glaw
Jeanie Holladay
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