Rodeo Queen to Be Crowned Tonight
News briefs from San Francisco to Wheeling report a mix of court rulings, labor actions, and disasters. Three Army turnabout cases surface amid calls for jurisdiction, while a Santa Monica trial hints at broader legal theater. Civil air disaster probes in Wyoming seek navigation, weather, or pilot error explanations. Union strikes loom across six states as Southwestern Bell workers vote to strike for higher wages.
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Laramie
Wye
U.S
At. Louis
Southweatern Bell Telephone Co
Oklahoma
Missouri
Arkansas
Kansas
Texas
Winois
SUN SPOTS Enrolls At Corpus ChristI
RALPH McPHOTUS son of Mrs E B Holloway 620 West Main has enrolled for the fall semester at the University of Corpus Christi Poppy Sale PLANS FOR the annual poppy sale will be read at a meeting of the American Legion auxiliary at the home of Mrs Robert Chase 104 Graanm Members will meet at 8 80 am Janice Wins Again TITANIC ELLIS of La Porte who was crowned Miss Baytown in the Fourth of July beauty pageant at Roseland Park has been crowned Texas Rice Queen at the Bay City Rice Festival Ellis is a University of Houston student Last Rites FUNERAL SERVICES for R D Posa a former Baytown resident who died in California will be held at 40 aan Monday in Santa Rosa Calif where he has lived the past five years Wrong Picture MRS CONNER SMITH 163 Harvey has received the wrong picture of her little girl Teresa 18 months whom she had swapped at a Baytown food store Some one in Baytown has Teresa's picture and will swap for the girl She has a photo of a 9 little girl who looks about 10 years old Mrs Smith does not know the child's name
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We American Legion Auxiliary
Robert Chase
Graanm
Janice
Titanic Ellis
la Parte
Baytown
Roseland Park
Bay City
Ellis
University of Houston
R. D. Pos
California
Santa Rosa
Calif
Conner Smith
Harvey
Teresa
Baytown Youth Hopes for Jamboree Hosts in England Trip
Rumors swirl around Baytown youth plans to attend the Worst Jamboree next year. Mr and Mrs Donald Parkinson of Sutton Coldfield near Birmingham England offer to host a Baytown boy. Mrs Louise Wag she sights her photo on a Big City front page amid festival buzz and local gossip.
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Baytown
Donald Parkinson
Ted Lyman
Janice Ellis
la Porte
Bay City
Doe Bunn
Gary Hill
John Chandler
Lee College
Carolyn Owens
la Porte High School
Resh Of Accidents Plague Area La Porte Man Found Beside Wrecked Auto
A spate of Baytown area accidents filled four days with injuries and blocked traffic. A La Porte man lay beside a wrecked car on Bay Shore road near Seabrook, seriously injured, after a 2 am crash. Police reported multiple collisions, including a bridge wreck involving two heavy trucks and an intoxicated driver.
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la Porte
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Bayshore
Seabrook
Norman
West
Rourch
LaPorte
Weir
Market Street
Ed Gooding
Perry Dickerson
George Elmo Allen
Channeljon
Gooding
John Walker Flanagan
Allen
Highlands
M. M. Brown
Dickerson
Baytown
Channelview
Roy Archer
Morrell
Alain
Fair Grounds
L. P. Dunn
Rt. 4
Archer
Dunn
Ike Tops Big Hurdle On Road To Recovery
President Eisenhower rested and cheerful after clearing the first hurdle of his heart disease recovery. Medical bulletins report an eight hour sleep and progress without complications. A meeting at Fitzsimons Army Hospital with Nixon and talks on foreign affairs were planned, with further evaluation expected Sunday.
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Merriman Smith
Denver
Eisenhower
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
Richard M. Nixon
John Foster Bailes
Ident
Paul Dudley White
Boston
How Nder
White House
Byron FE. Pollock
Fitzsimons
White
Ide
Omy
Columbine HI
Washington
Nixon
Sherman Adams
Maj. John.s. Eisenhower
Dulles
Miami
Geneva
Baytown Building Permits Dip in September Report
Baytown issued thirty five building permits in September with estimated construction costs of 195 600. Inspector J T Peacock reported the month included two commercial buildings ten thousand dollars eight garages seven additions and repairs thirty seven thousand seven hundred fifty in other items plus three house moving permits and sixteen gas inspections. August totals were higher with forty one permits and costs around 214 750.
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Baytown
J. T. Peacock
Peacock
Baytown Colonel Aids Airlift To Tampico
Col John R Combs of Baytown led the San Jacinto Reserve Wing at Ellington Air Force Base in an emergency flight to Tampico Mexico delivering food and supplies. The wing has airlifted over 100000 pounds of aid to refugees and Col Combs resides at 319 Gresham.
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John R. Combs
Baytown
San Jacinto
Elington ‘Air Force Base
Tampico
Mexico
Col. Combs
Gresham
Lee Suffers 7 Injuries In 25-7 Win
Beaumont faced heavy physical play as the Ganders secured a district opener 25-7 over Purple at Purple Stadium. Don Watkes led with 68 rushing yards while Tommy Lochridge Wesley Hicks and Ve as contributed in a bruising, injury-plagued contest that left several Ganders sidelined, including John Tubbe Arthur Butaud Milton Merka Armory McManus Till man O'Brien and Wesley Hicks.
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LOM Murray Sun
Beaumont
Dan Stallworth
Purple Stadium
Don Watkes
Lee
Ganders
John Tubbe
Arthur Butaud
Mibton Merka
Armory McManus
Tillman O'Brien
Unit Two
Wesley Hicks
Bob Hansen
Milton Merka
James Dardin
Viaisin
Iade
Leye
Precision is Word For Half Drill
Gander-Beaumont fans saw a Friday night high school show featuring precision drill by the Lee Brigadiers and REW band. Miss Bettye Jo White directed a rotating double squad drill while the Purple Queens Beaumont high performers concluded with slow and fast precision acts to Yellow Rose of Texas and Rack Around the Clock.
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REW
REL
Purple Queens
Beaumont
Rockettes
Kilgore Rangerettes
Beaumont High School
Rids
Poisoned Birds Threaten Children On Armstrong Lawn
Mrs. Bessie Armstrong reports dead English Sparrows poisoned with strychnine on her Cedar Bayou Road property. She counted 35 birds one day and 76 more days later, fearing a child could contact poison. Neighbors defend against sparrows as they swarm in large flocks. See BIRDS-Page Two.
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Bessie Armstrong
Cedar Bayou Road
Texas School Boards Elect New Officers at Austin Meeting
A. R. Stark and M. W. Glosserman were elected to key posts as the Texas Association of School Boards convened in Austin to study integration issues. The gathering, led by state officials, urged local boards to enforce the Supreme Court ruling and pursue orderly integration while preserving Negro schools and teachers. Four Baytown trustees attended including A. R. Stark.
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A. R. Stark
Raytown
Texas Association of School Boards
Austin
M. W.glosserman
Lockhart
Paul Keston
Snyder
Will Miller
Corsicana
James P. Hart
Thn
Dion Rogers
Houston
Avs
Marl Roberts
Longview
Lee Ragsdale
Jacksonville
BE. A. Muckelroy
Freeport
R. E. Hamme
Edinburg
State Board of Education
Thomas B. Ramey
Frederick Eby
University of Texas
Supreme Court
Baytown
Gray
L. L. Fuller
Joe Horeezy
Stevenson Talks Like Candidate At Wisconsin Demo Meet
Adlai E. Stevenson addressed the Wisconsin Democratic convention in Green Bay outlining key 1956 race issues. He urged cautious framing of farm policy and warned against tax cut demands, praised Eisenhower era foreign policy, and criticized McCarthyism and Nixon’s tactics while noting uncertainty about a 1956 run.
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Green Bay
Wis
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
White House
Wisconsin
Joseph R. McCarthy JR
Richard Nixon
Eisenhower
America
Geneva
Crowds Pack Baytown Fair for Final Day Queen Hunt
Crowds fill the Baytown Fair on its seventh annual closing day as riders enter the ring for the Be Rodeo Queen selection. Exhibits, midway attractions, and rodeo events attract families with kiddies free from 1 to 5 pm and rides priced at a penny to entice visitors. Friday's pig judging crowned grand and reserve champions while grand champion gilt and duroc boar winners were noted. A larger crowd is expected Saturday night, surpassing the prior days.
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Baytown
Dib Pumiphrey
Barrows
Duroe
AL Vin Brockmeyer
Bernard Selensky
Mike Fulmer
Don Strickland
Fair Grounds
Massey
Paving Contract Due Soon Between Highway 2B Bridges
The Texas Department will award a $300,000 paving contract on October 18 for 1.235 miles between the Trinity Old and Lost River bridges. Work includes grading, structures, flexible base and surface treatment. Project should finish by early summer and requires keeping the road open during paving.
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Texas
State Highway ‘Department
Trinity
Lost River
D. W. Syphrett
Highway Department
Anahuac
Syphrett
Temperature Dips as Norther Brings Cool Bay Town Weather
A burst of chilly air settled over Bay town after Friday’s warm spell. Friday’s high reached 78, while the thermometer fell to 38 overnight. Forecast calls for another cool Saturday night and a slight warm up Sunday, then cooler again.
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Baytown
Crash Kills DP Couple In Oklahoma Creek Collision
A Deer Park couple died when their car left the highway and struck a creek bank near Norman Oklahoma on Friday morning. Their 15 year old daughter Joan Lampley is in critical condition in Oklahoma City Hospital. Two younger children Carl 10 and Faye 4 are in serious condition but reported out of danger. Mrs Matilda Rush of Stillwater, mother in law to Mrs Lampley, also died in the crash. The family had been returning her to Oklahoma City after a visit to Deer Park. The fourth child Mrs W M Turnage lives in Oklahoma City. The couple Ira Lampley a welder for Phillips Chemical Company and his wife left Deer Park with the mother in law aboard. Police said the car went out of control and hit the creek bank about five miles from Lorman. The Lampleys had no local relatives.
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Deer Park
Norman
Okla
Ira Lampley
Matilda Rush
Stillwater
Oklahoma City
Joan Lampley
Carl
Faye
Lampley
Phillips Chemical Co
W. M. ‘Turnage
Oklahoma
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