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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1951
Page
1
Readable fragments reference Felton district issues with gear and drive percentages, a September event for Robert Tucker, and mentions of Broussards and a sheriff Paul Ander Capis with an arrest noted. Details are unclear and names partially garbled, but indicate local war homefront and arrest item from Spots area.
Mysterious flight event described as pilots attempting risky maneuver near Belarade. Officials note a plan to change course was halted when authorities intervened. No casualties reported and plane diverted to a safe airport.
Readable fragments mention names such as Bet, Bobby, Helen, Jimmie Ike and Gutsy Ford along with places College office and office notes. The text hints at conversations, a siege of pen, and a note on a wall but lacks coherent events or dates. The item appears as a damaged clip with scattered names and phrases.
Baytown Fire Chief announces test results on a $35,000 four wheel drive foam unit likely to be housed in a new West Baytown station. Officials from Houston Fire Dept and a Dailey firm representative observed the tests as plans progress for a second Baytown station and land purchase. Training on the new apparatus will ensure all crew can operate the truck.
J. T. Mixon dies at 47 after several days illness in a Baytown hospital. He was a machinist at SRI2 in the Baytown Refinery and a 23-year resident of Cedar Bayou and Baytown. Services Thursday at Trinity Tabernacle Assembly of God Church with Rev. Graham and Rev. Savell officiating. Burial in Hill of Rest Cemetery under Paul A. Lee Funeral Home direction. Survivors include widow Carrie Mae Nixon of Cedar Bayou, a son Bobbie J. Nixon of Austin, two daughters Rose Marie and Beverly Dean Nixon, father S. W. Nixon of Cleveland, six brothers, and four sisters. Honorary pallbearers will be refinery machinists.
Harris County District Attorney Sam W. Davis seeks the electric chair for 23 year old Johnny Lee Morris in the knife slaying of bus driver Florian A. Nowak. The case to be presented to the Harris County Grand Jury amid ongoing investigation, with the murder occurring during a bus scuffle.
The Defense Department reports a national total of 90,935 American battle casualties in Korea, up 1,535 from a week earlier. It lists 15,401 dead, 65,253 wounded, 172 prisoners, 14,708 missing, and 1,371 missing then found. Army total casualties 73,460 with 49,314 wounded and 1,? reported.
United Nations and Eighth Army forces advanced toward Kumsong Korea trapping Chinese battalions guarding the fortress. Only about 800 Reds remain from an estimated 5000 as UN divisions pushed 2 000 yards along the front. The First Cavalry held minor gains north of Yonshan amid heavy fighting with Chinese trenches. USS New Jersey shelled Kosong region, backing South Korean progress toward Kosong.
Democratic leaders say Congress will approve a sizable tax increase in a few days though a House defeat of a $5.7 billion compromise could cut government revenue by more than $10 million. Plans for weekend adjournment faltered as passage and signing before the weekend would affect excise hikes on cigarettes, liquor, beer, gasoline. The defeat, 203 to 87, was led by an unusual mix of Republicans and New Deal Democrats.
General Douglas MacArthur told a American Legion convention in MLAMI that the United States faces one of its most critical times without leadership capable of rising above petty politics. His address emphasized unity and decisive action to meet national challenges.
A 22 hour mutiny by 1300 inmates at West Virginia State Prison ended as they returned to cells after Warren Orel J. Skeen promised meals. He urged prisoners to line up and enter cells, and the doors opened for the first time since noon yesterday.
More than 300 planes and ships scoured 490 miles east of Cape Cod after a blinking light and SOS calls aided the hunt for 11 airmen aboard an Air Force Stratocruiser. Westover base officials led search efforts amid reported sightings of a red light 190 miles southeast of Nova Scotia and unanswered questions about the distress signals and location of the missing crew.
A vacant four unit building at West Main and Ash was badly damaged by a fire last night. Firemen confined flames to second story rooms. Owner M Wilkenfeld was not ready for an estimate but damage was about 2000 dollars. Rumors said an elderly man slept in a room but was later found downtown.
Washington report says Judge Moore urged Justice Department channels for a grand jury probe into the St Louis Internal Revenue Bureau were blocked. McGrath denied knowing Moore and questioned the Post's account, while a Boston IRS inquiry continued with testimony about Delaney's bribe payment.
The House planned to vote on a river and harbor bill totaling 3597 million 262713 for flood control and projects. The measure mirrors Senate figures in major spending, with several Kansas Missouri floods context and multiple Texas sites listed among funded reservoirs and channels.
W. G. Copenhauer a Kellogg Construction worker crashed his pickup into a telephone pole at Market Street Road and Cedar Bayou Lynchburg Road near Humble tank farm. He suffered a skull fracture and head lacerations, was taken to Baytown Hospital, and two poles and spans of cable were broken. An ATC lineman repaired the lines within hours. Copenhauer said he may have dozed, veered off the road, jumped a ditch, and struck the pole about 200 feet from the intersection.
A Dallas study on tell reads as a potential fix for Texas highway funding was authorized by East Texas Chamber of Commerce directors. A committee led by A Mitchell of Corsicana will visit eastern states to study pay-as-you-ride highways and consider funds beyond current gasoline taxes and registrations.
Britain rushed about 3000 paratroopers from Cyprus to bolster 10000 troops in the Suez Canal Zone as rioting flared. Jet planes patrolled Ismailia while Cairo saw thousands of youths protest and police seal embassies. Banks and schools stayed closed as mobile police and armored patrols prepared for further clashes.
Pakistan mourns Premier Liaquat Ali Khan buried at 4 50 am. EST As Khwaja Nazimuddin, British educated moderate, is named second premier amid border closure reports from New Delhi Indians ordered to leave Pakistan. Slayer identified as Afghan tribal member amid Kashmir tensions.
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