Gas rates debated by Baytown council over decontrol
Baytown officials debated removing regulation on large industrial gas rates. Houston lawyer Hinds argued deregulation would foster competition and prevent a monopoly, noting only 75 large users under contract yet driving most gas consumption. Residents faced different service issues than big users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aubrey Banks
Baytown
Fatee
Perpracte Rural Gas Corp
Houston
Hinds
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas
Gas Co
Aggressive Air Force Guard Detains Prisoner in Legal Dispute
A 13-year-old Handley of Waco and other individuals are named in a string of legal notes. A guard detains a prisoner amid a court case while the region faces forecasts in agriculture and a murder probe. Separate items include a private sentenced for theft and a Liv Gov. Ramsey matter, with international trade talks noted.
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John
Han
Air Force
Handley
Waco
Bey
P J. Thomas
Cer
Liv
Ben Ramsey
Tailored WX police bid and council discussion noted
The council met as tailors presented bids including 14 50 for ts 1 for cap and 13 for trousers. Eisenhower event listed as 7 p.m. A council inquiry referenced a fire incident at 612 West and a contract for another year.
Local notes on townfolk and daily life muddled roster
Fragmented OCR passage lists names and brief remarks about residents in town. Mentions Mrs A EL, Chester Rogers, Judy Powers, Lang, Oss, Kent, Foster, Barney and Wy, with scattered references to work and home life. No clear event or timeline emerges.
Highlands Rotary Drops Garbage Plan
Highlands Rotary withdrew support for a garbage disposal education program after a banner Baytown Sun story was deemed poorly timed and too controversial. Secretary Clayton Du Bose accused the Sun of misrepresentation and announced that no Rotary news would be released without club approval. A board member noted the story caused tension at the Highlands store as waste material was hauled locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Prentice
Highlands
Rotary Club
Rotary
Baytown Sun
Clayton du Bose
Sun
du Bose
Fred Hartman
Hartman
Highlands Rotary Club
Clin
Ray Martin
Highlands Rotary Board of Directors
Schilling Question Settled Water And Sewer Lines To Be Laid
The Schilling street question ends as B A Stewart and C J Bailey agree to build water and sewer lines along their front lots within the city limits with city council support to extend the lines from the south Bailey spoke at the council meeting and Bailey and Stewart to dedicate the lines for the houses facing Schilling only. Mayor Ward noted lines must meet city specifications and the plan resolves a long running dispute over the subdivision ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schilling
Schilling Street
B. A. Stewart
C. J. Bailey
Bailey
Stewart
C.J. Bailey
ML L_ Campbell
J. A. Ward
Adlai And Truman Blast GOP Candidate Prepares Big Gains
United Press reports Adlai E Stevenson and President Truman assail Dwight D Eisenhower on two fronts. Stevenson attacks Sen Joseph R McCarthy from Wisconsin while Truman ridicules Eisenhower farm policy and defends Brannan plan. Eisenhower plans a major San Francisco speech as Sparkman warns of sabotage if Eisenhower is elected.
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Adlai
Truman Blas
GOP
United Press
Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Stevenson
Joseph R. McCarthy
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Community of Freedom
Eisenhower
John J. Sparkman
Stevenenson
Huntington
W. Va
John S. Baker Dies At Cedar Bayou
John S. Baker, 68, died at his Cedar Bayou home at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. He had lived there since December 1917 with wife Theresa and family. A retired carpenter, he is survived by his widow, four sons and two daughters, plus four sisters. Funeral arrangements to be announced after word from Cpl. Charles Ray Baker in Germany.
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John “S Baker
Cedar Bayou
Baker
Tony Grossman
Hebbronville
Albert Rormbs
Baytown
Charles Ingram
Galveston
Bertie Ballard
Mattie Baker
Julia King
Hamilton
Ohio
Paul A. Lee Funeral Home
Cpl. Baker
Germany
La Porte considers $200,008 bond for street upgrades
La Porte officials proposed a bond of about $200,000 to improve city streets with asphalt and surface upgrades. The plan would share costs among the city and property owners, fund road equipment and engineering, and aim for a vote before January 1, 1952, targeting sections within new city limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WA Fead
la Porte
Robert’ al White
City Commission
White
South
Houston
Ernest Brown
New
MiGs Buzz Hospital Ship Over Germany
In Berlin a Soviet MiG-15 squadron buzzed a United States Air Force mercy plane en route to Berlin firing warning bursts. The hospital craft carried six crew members including an Air Force nurse. one person was hurt. The plane landed safely at Tempelhof after evading the fighters in a cloud bank. Pilots Peterson and Beere were questioned by Air Force intelligence.
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Berlin
United States Air Force
Air Force
Frankfurt
Koennern
West Germany
Mgs
Tempelhof
St Berlin
Ames Peterson
Madison
George Beere
San Antonio
Tex
Keennérn
Air France
West Berlin
Fulda
U. S. Zone
Germany
Baytown Sees Record Cold Dip Then Mild Return
Baytonians endured a 38 degree low and 28 degree wind chill before temperatures rose to around 60 by Tuesday morning. The norther snapped a record cold spell not seen since February with October 7 among the coldest. The forecast calls for a high near 70 on Tuesday and similar on Wednesday, with a brief warmup and then cooler nights around 35 to 44. Moderate northerly winds are expected, diminishing by Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seid
Baytown
La Porte Owners Seek Higher Court Valuation in Condemnation
Houston attorney Harry Dow announced plans to appeal Judge Sears McGee’s valuation of 11 lots in a La Porte School Board condemnation suit. Commissioners set 175 per lot, while Dow asks 350. Weems’ five front lots valued at 500, with settlement reached for Weems. school proceeds with construction plans.
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Houston
Harry Dow
Sears McGee
County ‘Court At Law No
la Porte School Board
J. J. O'Conner
C. E Woodall
M. H. James Jr
Dow
Dawere
Wharten Weems
Weems
1952 United Fund Quota Summary
A historical OCR summary lists 1952 United Fund quotas for multiple agencies in Houston and Harris County. Key allocations include Baytown Crippled Children's Treatment Center, Boy Scouts, Welfare League, Health League, Recreation Council, Veterans Service Center, Chest operations, USO, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, Harris County Police, American Red Cross, totaling 119,186 dollars. The fragmentary text confirms broad community fundraising targets and agency names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scouts
Baytown
Crippled Children's Treatment Center
Welfare
Health’ League
Recreation Council
Veterans Service Cen
Houston
American Heart
American
Cancer Society
Harris County Poliacs
Essocialton
American-Red Cross
Isi
Trains Crash At Harrow Station In Britains Worst Wreck
Two speeding express trains plowed into a crowded London commuter local at Harrow Station in Britain's worst wreck in 37 years. Rescue teams pulled 41 bodies from debris, with death toll feared to exceed 100 as 300 injured were treated and crane crews freed crashed coach sections.
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Harrow
Eng
Harrow Station
Britain
Harrow School For Boys
Winston, Churchill
Perth
Scotland
London
Manchester
Witness Describes Carnage In Harrow Train Crash
Witness describes a crowded local to express line collision at Harrow Station. With 18 aboard a 12 seat compartment the crash hurled passengers, doors tore off, and a Manchester bound express ploughed through. Survivors report screams, bruises, and shock as wreckage burned away.
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John H. Leader
United Press Harrow
Eng
Harrow
Manchester
Ias
Lam bert In Murder Probe Pawned Earrings Were Constable's
Houston scene in deputy Wil lam J Young murder case links the slain officer to his boss Constable Lambert through a pawned platinum diamond ring set worth 1200 dollars. Homicide Lt Frank Murray says investigators questioned Lambert after jeweler Ike Hoffman said the earrings were made for him years ago. The case ties a Chrysler sedan and two wrecked cars to the o r a crime and mentions Worsham’s stolen car ring.
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Houston
Willam J. Young
Young
Frank Murray
Bill
Lambert
Delbert E. Roberts
Lloyd Barret
Barrett
Ike Hoffman
Hoffman
Roberts
Jack
Imie
J. F. Willis
Police Auto Protection Division
Fred Worsham
Worsham
Cigaret Burglars Hit Hollaway's
The Hollaway grocery was burglarized Tuesday night with burglars taking a full cigarette order meant for weekend rush and $23.41 in small change from the registers. Investigators noted the back storeroom door was broken and that multiple Bay town stores have seen cigarette only thefts this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollaway
W. D Hollaway
Baytown
Searchers Find Only Oil Slick Near Japanese Shores
Tokyo dispatch reports U S radar tracked an unidentified plane from near Soviet territory toward a U S B 29 in distress off northern Japan. An oil slick was found near Kunashiri, with a B 29 crash report and eight crewmen aboard. Radar plots merged then separated near Nemuro before vanishing.
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Tokyo
U.S
Japan
Air Force
Dary
Ku File Islands
Tuesay
E Force
Kunashiri
Kurile Islands
O. P. Weyland
Far’ East Air Forces
Kuriles
Sakhalin Island
Nemuro
Hokkaido
UN Forces Halt Chinese Offensive In Korea
In Seoul and on the central front Allied commanders report recapturing two outposts from Chinese Reds and engaging two more in heavy counterattacks. General James A. Wan Fleet says the 12,000 man offensive stalled with limited action at outposts as UN troops claim 2,000 to 3,000 Chinese casualties on Whitehorse mountain and Arrowhead ridge since Monday. He notes morale among UN troops is high amid renewed fighting.
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Seoul
Korea
Nations
James A. Wan
Fleet
Eighth
Embastia Central Front
Whitehorse
van Fleet
Truce Talks Discontinued in Korea Conflict
United Nations halted Korea truce talks on Wednesday awaiting a response to Allied prisoner exchange proposals or a new plan from the Reds. Officials stressed the talks were not terminated but discontinued indefinitely, dampening hopes for a quick settlement. Observers fear the move ends prospects for a near term peace.
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Panme Onl
Korea
United Nations
Pan
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