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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1954
Page
2
First of six dispatches on 11 proposed Texas constitutional amendments to be on the November ballot. The item highlights welfare expenditure limits, potential public disclosure of beneficiaries, and how funds may be allocated by the Legislature amid debates over aid to the aged, blind, and needy children.
Denver reports show Speaker Joseph W Martin Jr visiting for a GOP rally with a new electronic lectern feature that adjusts reading copy under lights. The scene included press scrutiny and film plans tied to Edison light relations. Texas optometry board ends advertising ban after attorney general deems rules unconstitutional.
The provided text shows the Baytown Sun masthead with staff roles and advertising details. It includes editor Fred Hartman, publisher Syd Gould, office manager Reulah Mae Jackson, and managing editor Warren Edwards. Subscription rates are listed for carrier and mail, with monthly and annual prices. The snippet notes mailing and postal information and general advertising representation details.
A compact list of ticker quotes and company names shows activity across oil, chemical, and industrial firms. Highlighted names include Amoco, Texaco, Dow Chemical, DuPont, General Motors, Gulf Oil, Phillips Petroleum, Pure Oil, and Union Oil among others with prices and percent changes scattered in the text.
President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines voiced support for adjusting Pemex fill product prices to meet future needs and fund investment. The move follows public criticism of recent large price increases up to 42.5 percent in some areas as the government seeks a 10 percent annual supply growth to spur industrial development. Resilient Wins Canada’s Richest Stakes
The board laid groundwork for building projects including Lakewood school and pool plans at Robert E. Lee and Carver. They approved sewer expansion at Harlem school and reported the stadium expansion total of 59,328. Local charities such as Baytown Welfare League and American Red Cross received substantial grants in the year’s program.
USDA livestock market notes in Fort Worth show cattle at 2,300 head and hogs 500 with overall steady or slightly lower trends. Slaughter cattle mostly 15 to 21 for steers and yearlings, cows 3.50 to 9, bulls to 13, calves around 14 to 19, hogs 19.50 for 190–260 lb, sows 14 to 18, feeders sparse with lambs and sheep also listed.
In Houston Rep Carl T Durham urged a 5000 strong druggists convention to pledge use of atomic science for mankind’s benefit not destruction He sits on the atomic energy subcommittee stressing peaceful aims during the National Association of Retail Druggists meeting. In San Francisco Fred Scolari asked to be traded rather than sign with Fort Wayne Pistons saying he hopes for a trade if not desired in Fort Wayne.
Tahlequah Oklahoma October 12 Rev C D Bigbie preached at First Baptist Church after district judge held court in church to resolve a dispute over Bigbie’s pulpit. Judge Summers had barred him since October 1 by temporary injunction following a petition by church members claiming Bigbie was fired but did not leave. Summers conducted a secret ballot, voters 159 to 98 kept Bigbie as pastor, noting no preaching occurred during the court session and expecting the suit to be dismissed.
NIAMI Oct 12 The Navy ordered nearly 1000 women and children into hurricane shelters at Guantanamo Bay Cuba and moved surface vessels to sea as Hurricane Hazel neared. Rain and 115 mph winds were forecast. A fisherman died in Santiago as the storm battered the island.
University of Mlinoi reports that odors can be removed by soaking in water with heavy chlorinated lime or bleaching powder making the water usable for nearly all purposes except drinking.
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