Levee Plan Backed by Baytown and Congressman Thomas
Congressman Albert Thomas pledges aid to Brownwood Lakewood Wooster Bay Villa levee project to reduce hurricane damage. Wooster Chamber of Commerce proposed the levee and fresh water lakes plan, with unanimous Baytown support. Thomas suggests Army Engineers survey feasibility and funding options. timely local action urged.
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Albert Thomas
Harris County
Brownwood-Lakewood-Wooster
Bay Villa
Burnet, Scott and
Crystal Bays
Wooster
Congressman Thomas
US Army Corps of Engineers
Rep
Thomas
Congress
Houston
Army Engineers
Galveston
City Hall
City of
Port of
Clayton
Brownwood
Lakewood
Price Daniel
Palacios
Gulf
Scientists Seed Hurricane Esther in Cautious Test
Weather experts attempted cloud seeding on the center of Hurricane Esther using silver iodide crystals to reduce energy and alter its course. The seeding produced no noticeable effect as Esther weakened and moved inland, echoing earlier seeding debates after a 1947 dry ice test off Georgia.
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Esther
Nature
Georgia
Savannah
Palm Beach Vice Cleanup Underway
A grand jury indicted two police chiefs a banker and two former county jail employees after a four month corruption probe. Riviera Beach chief faced perjury and gambling conspiracy charges while Delray Beach chief was charged with perjury. Boynton Beach banker Paul Mercer charged with perjury and conspiracy tied to a murder lottery scheme. Also charged were Palm Beach jail staffers and a county jail guard. Investigators say the probe will continue.
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West Palm Breach
Fla
Apia Grand Jury
Riviera Beach
Delray Beach
Paul Mercer
Boynton Beach
Baytown Newspaper Masthead and Staff List
The text presents a Baytown Texas newspaper masthead with editor and publisher names, business manager, circulation details, office staff roles, and advertising information. It notes sales and subscription pricing, representative agencies, postal classification, and a statement of association with the Associated Press plus a hoisted republication disclaimer.
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Serccess
Guinea's Communist advisers flip Guinea to free world
Drew Pearson recounts Guinea's post independence scramble as 1200 Communist advisers flood in from Eastern bloc. He notes French extraction, Libyan and U.S. indifference, and diverse projects by Poles Czechs Bulgarians Hungarians Yugoslavs and Chinese, plus tensions with locals and eventual U.S. influence via Peace Corps head Sargent Shriver and Ambassador Atwood.
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Washington
U.S.A
Europe
Guinea
Free World
de Gaulle
France
Sekou Toure
Liberia
Willian V. S. Tubman
Tubman
State Department
Albania
Vietnam
Africa
Sckou Toure
Bill Atwood
Look Magazine
Atwood
Sargent Shriver
Peace Corps
Kennedy
Shriver
Pearson
Try and Stop Me by Bennett Cerf
Ou is Quinn knows a Broadway producer who boasted he turned betting on horse races into an exact science. He would go to the track at sunrise and scratch the turf to pick the horse most likely to perform that afternoon. The producer admits no wins this year yet claims the dirtiest fingernails in town.
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Ouis Quinn
Figure in 1920s German politics who aided Hitler's rise
A puzzled quiz item asks which erstwhile general became German president and forced Hitler's appointment as chancellor. The question blends historical truth with a riddle tone, referencing interwar power shifts and the path to Nazi leadership.
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Germany
Adolf Hitler
Valley of
Cehenna
Ed Begley
Richard Kiley
Chester Morris
Railroad president's rise from railroad gang foreman to helm
Nan Jones profiles a man who built a career from railroad payroll roots to leading a railroad with a bid against former managers over real estate profits. He ran a brokerage since 1930, financed college via movie theater work, and led in the president's chair after exposing prior profits.
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Boston
Navy
York, New Haven
Hartford
Pisa
Negela
Conturol
Baeaten
New York
New Haven
West
Goethe
Wag
Wall Street
Everywhere By HAL BOYLE Assignment: Everywhere
New York AP humor essay notes that modern secrecy in finances and records makes it hard for husbands to fool wives. Joint accounts and taxes reveal all, eroding past tricks such as stashing cash or early returns from outside work. Increasingly, licenses and door chains expose lies about age and late returns, ending the era of easily hidden dalliances.
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New York
Uncle Sam
Letters From Baytown Readers Highlight Community Ties
A Baytown Sun reader lauds Baytown residents for resilience in Brownwood disaster, praising E R Brown Estate leaders and developers M Montgomery Muller Harvey Cox. Another note thanks the Brotherhood for newsletter coverage. A third letter endorses constitutional reform resources from the League of Women Voters of Texas, urging study and civic engagement.
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Brownwood
E. R. Brown
Baytown
R. M. Montgomery
Gene Muller
G. L. Harvey
Eddie Cox
Myra C. Brown
Brownwood Subdivision
How Do You Stand by Barry Goldwater
Washington commentary compares welfare state policies to a monkey trap. A friend explains a glass jar baited with sugar. monkeys grasp sugar, cannot withdraw their fists, and are captured. Goldwater argues federal aid and socialism reduce freedom, urging readers to resist government dependence and defend personal responsibility.
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Barry Goldwater
DS. Senster, Ara
Washington
Bureau of Public Roads
America
Bradford
Bible Verse Colossians 1 4 Redemption Through His Blood
In Colossians 1 verse 4 the text speaks of redemption through his blood and the forgiveness of sins as a core Christian doctrine. The verse emphasizes the believer’s reconciliation through Christ’s sacrificial act.
Government Seeks New Oil Leases for Offshore Areas
Secretary Udall asked the oil and gas industry to suggest offshore areas off Texas and Louisiana for possible leasing. Nominations may be sent to the Bureau of Land Management by November 3. The move follows last year’s Gulf of Mexico lease activity and notes about 20 percent of U.S. oil and gas reserves on the outer continental shelf.
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Washington
Texas
Louisiana
Secretary of the Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Bureau of Land Management
Gulf of Mexico
Udall
Did You Know Rainbows Never Appear as Complete Circles
A common meteorological fact explains that rainbows are visible as arcs from ground level due to the observer’s position and the Sun’s height. Full circular rainbows can be seen from high vantage points such as plane windows or tall mountains.
Daily Crossword Puzzle DOFN L.Speniah
Crossword item notes a daily puzzle by L Speniah with jar 2 and a frees or botoes clue fragment, indicating a dated or puzzle-related update.
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Dofn L.speniah
Know Your Bridge Four Spades safety play and ruff on clubs
West defends Four Spades after a sequence where declarer holds diamonds and spades. Apply a safety diamond play by winning the king with the jack, then lead diamonds to cash tricks while guarding against South holding J-10-8-4. If North shows out, switch to a club ruff with partner holding singleton Ace of clubs, ensuring multiple side entries and allowing the defense to force up to ten tricks if diamonds split 2-2 or 5-1.
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hShee Alge Ekase
Kost
South
North
Jon
Eaat
Iotar Arts
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Jim Boone
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J. T. Bowling
Advertising Department
John Wadley
Paul Putman
Corrie Laughlin
Ceeseeeys
Prprecentatives, Inc
Box
Drew Pearson
Bennett Cerf
Polk
Fane Ves
Bappy Bhithday
Henry Hulg Foo McCarey
Move
Harry Noble Peta
Cmart
Vspee
Nan Jones
Central Press
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Paul von Hindenburg
Jerusalem
Moloch
Alexander Graham Bel
Hal Boyle
Fred Hartman
Baytown Sun Baytown, Texas
Mr. Hartman
the Sun
Z. T. Poston
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League of Women Voters of Texas
Baytown League
Franklin Jr
Thirnel Drive
Ravers
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