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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1951
Page
2
The piece contrasts how the United States and Russia use atomic weapons for psychological war. It argues the US publicizes tests and exaggerates capabilities, while Moscow stays silent on stockpiles. It notes differing tactics and the aim to shape fear without full disclosure.
The text expresses pride in serving customers at Matherne's, describing daily satisfaction from selling office supplies and attracting new customers through recommendations, and inviting continued patronage from local readers. The friendly note emphasizes enjoyment in the print business and community ties.
Rev Glen, pastor of Calvary Church Houston, will speak at 6:30 pm to launch Memorial Baptist Church building fund drive. Plans include raising about 450 008 dollars. committee members listed among attendees and five-person caps on twenty teams.
In Fort Worth steady cattle trade shows moderate demand as steers and heifers move through a volatile market. Officials report butcher counts easing, while feeder sales appear inconsistent with prices hovering near steady to lower. The draft notes indicate names and figures blurred by OCR, with key terms like steers and buyers mentioned amid the fluctuating livestock scene.
The article lists participants and roles for a Pay Scout Pageant event with leaders F A Royder W W Woods Larry Hale T L Satterwhite and others. It details troop assignments for grand entry carpentry chemistry fitness and electricity, plus drill and first aid troops and camping units. Indian Lore and Order of Arrows are noted as part of the program.
Funeral services for Mrs. J. W. es, mother of Mrs. P. Walter in Bartown, were to be today in Opelousas Louisiana. A wake will be held tomorrow at Lockhart Texas. She died Saturday. Rev. and Mrs. Henckell are in Opelousas.
Dr. May H. Barker of Greybull Wyoming aged 82 attends the national Young Democratic Clubs of America convention as her state's lone delegate. She praises the Democratic Party for its 1912 suffrage plank and says she loves Vice President Barkley. Barker worked as a surgeon's assistant in Chicago and later became a chiropodist. She dresses western but aims for a respectable look at meetings and quips she feels out of place only in modern clothes.
Washington readers learn simple AAA rules to boost fuel efficiency amid lower octane gas. By Harban W Nichols the piece outlines avoiding rapid acceleration and stops, timing speed, and keeping engine RPMs down. It cites Mobilgas Economy Run results showing stock cars averaging around 24 mpg, with lighter models higher.
R B Sparks principal of Robert E Lee High School traveled to Washington DC to join a Life Adjustment Education Conference sponsored by the US Office of Education. The event runs through Wednesday with about 20 delegates from nearly all states. Sparks says the aims are practical for aiding individual pupils.
A compiled list of stock quotes and ticker symbols includes Amerada, Armco Steel, AT&T, Anaconda, Beth Steel, Budd, Calumet and Hecla, Celanese, Chrysler, Cities Service, Con Edison, Dow, Du Pont, Eastman Kodak, Freeport Sulphur, GM, Goodyear, Greyhound, Gillette, Gulf Oil, Gulf States, Hou Oil, Interlake, J and L Steel, Liggett and Myers, Montana-Dakota, Mack Trucks, Nat Dairy Prod, Nat Steel, Penney, Packard, Repub Steel, Sears, St. Revi, S Pac, Stan Oil, Texaco, Tex Son, Tidewater, Timken, UPS, and others. Points total reach sixty six.
Forty Scout leadership certificates were awarded to adult Scout workers over a two day training at Camp Ross Sterling. Larry Hale presented the awards with East Barris County District officials and D. Marshall Haas, vice-chairman. Eighteen certificates went to scoutmasters in Train 3 led by William G. with Wu Strickler and John Dobmeyer assisting. Cubmasters training was led by John H L MecClinsack with James Sherwood directing district training and helpers J. E. Blackbur and Frank E. Kelly assisting.
Baytown big game hunters Dr. Herbert Duke and Buck Turner returned from two weeks in Wyoming and Montana. They stayed at Otis Walker’s ranch, each taking a bear and an elk, then added two deer apiece at a second spot. They also visited Jackson Hole and Recluse, Wyoming, with Walter’s ranch straddling northeast Wyoming and Montana.
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