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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1951
Page
2
A fatal blast at the Trotter Coal Company Bunker mine near Morgantown West Virginia kills ten to fifteen workers. The incident triggers a substantial emergency response as streetcars and buses report high passenger usage nationwide.
President Truman said he stands by his view that agreements with Russia are not worth the paper they are written on. He declined to discuss exchanges between US Ambassador Firk and Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky and said he had not read Vishinsky’s remark that relations could not be in worse shape.
The report shows weak to lower livestock trading with steers and heifers unevenly priced. Slaughter steers 38-45 per hundred, cows 14-25, bulls 20-27, stockers 26-31.50, calves 20-33, heaviest declines noted on sows and feeders with many prices drifting lower across weights.
Authorities report a deadly flogging related to a sect that believed in beating the devil out of members. The victim, Mrs. Belvorsen, died after severe welting in a home where 14 people, including seven adults and seven children, were present. Cult leaders Marie Doyle and Lennander were linked to the case as the group met, sang hymns, and followed strict discipline practices.
Liberty and Chambers Counties hold the annual exposition with a parade through downtown Liberty starting yesterday and continuing into Saturday. A baby parade is planned for 10 am as Paul Crutchfield, former exposition manager, expects a record crowd.
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