81st Annual Meeting of Fire Chiefs in Houston
More than 2,000 fire chiefs from Canada Puerto Rico Alaska and the United States opened their five day convention in Houston. Henry G Thomas of Hartford presided with addresses of welcome by Mayor Roy Hofheinz and Chief Joseph W Lobue. Canadian firefighters attended for the first time and Gray Burnet of Ottawa was named 1954 55 president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Canada
Puerto Rico
Alaska
United States
Henry G. Thomas
Hartford
Conn
Roy Hofheinz
Joseph W. Lobue
Richard Arlen
Arm
Texas
Gray Burnet
Ottawa
Permian Basin Oil Show Draws 141,481 in Four Days
Odessa Texas October 18 UP The Permian Basin Oil Show closed after a four day run drawing 141,481 attendees. Unpaid general manager Carlos L Clover called it the most successful ever and praised its appeal to field workers rather than executives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Tex
Carlos L
Cottom) Clover
Permian Basin
Clover
Army Plans Nike Tests This Winter
The Army will stage early weather guided missile tests this winter to see if Nike could alarm Canadian cities and Arctic bases. Operation Frost Jet, the first combat ready U S missile, will be jointly conducted with the Canadian army in January and February in Hudson Bay area. Dark Speaks to Baptists in Fort Worth. Alvin Dark, Giants captain, will address the Baptist General Convention of Texas opening Tuesday at Wilt Ropers Coliseum Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ealy
Arctic
United States
Hudson Bar
Dark
Baptists
The Baytown Gun Lapses into Ink and Ads
A fragmented masthead lists Baytown Gun, Inc. at Pontee and Ranbel in Gaytown Texas with editors and staff. Subscription rates show monthly and yearly prices printed in a garbled style. The note indicates second class matter status and a March 3, 1871 act reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown Gun, Inc
Pontee
Ranbel
Gaytown
Teans
Fred Hartman
Gould
Aculan Mae Jackson
Offlen Mabaner Warren Edwards
Armed Services
Baytown
Texas
National Advertising Representatives
General Advertising Service
Ohio Flood Devastates Wheeling and Southern towns
Flooding from the Ohio River driven by heavy rains and Hurricane Hazel swept through Wheeling West Virginia and southern Ohio towns. The disaster killed at least 18 in Pennsylvania and caused millions in damage across West Virginia Ohio and Pennsylvania. More than 3400 people evacuated as rivers rose past flood stages and hundreds of homes were inundated or abandoned.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Wrency Td
Marietta
Irronton
New Huston
Portsmouth
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Wheeling Island
Wheeling Inteligencer
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Search for Georgia shifts in torch murder probe
Fort Worth October 18 UPI police shifted focus to a waitress named Georgia in Oklahoma City as they investigate a torch murder for which David F. Hagler Jr. a Fort Worth Asphalt company executive, is charged. Hagler’s German fiancee Elisabeth Bergmann planned to fly in from Munich to be questioned about the burned body found in a station wagon near Davis Oklahoma last Sunday. The victim’s identity was not yet known and authorities examined a dental bridge to aid identification. Hagler initially was thought to be the victim but later claimed a lost weekend and memory gaps.
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Fort Worth
Oklahoma City
David F. Hagler Jr
Hagler
Elisabeth Bergmann
Munich
Germany
Davis
Okla
Georgia
Oklahoma
Hapler
John Doe
Forest fire rages over hundreds of Angelina acres
LUFKIN Texas October 18 a forest fire burned for a third day across Angelina County destroying hundreds of acres of virgin timberland. Four Texas Forest Service units and volunteers battled the flames aided by sacks and tree limbs as dry conditions and wind spread the blaze. No fatalities reported though several houses were said to be destroyed.
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Lufkin
Tex
Angelina County
Texas
Texas Forest Service
Huntington
Forest Service
Strauss
Meeting Set Oct 25 on Laredo Bridge
Mexican and American officials will meet in Mexico City on October 25 to decide whether to use U S or Mexican plans for reconstruction of the permanent international highway bridge at Laredo. Andrew M Gault says agreement已 to widen the bridge from 23 to 40 feet for four lanes and increase sidewalks from 5 feet 8 inches to 8 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Tex
Mexico City
U. S
Andrew M. Gault
Livestock market report from Fort Worth runs brisk
USDA Livestock notes cattle sale at Fort Worth with 5800 head. Slaughter steers and yearlings mostly steady with last week. few loads of choice steers 23 to 23.75. Calves light demand. stockers steady. Hogs and sows mixed with early gains and later declines. prices per 100 pounds shown for various classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
USDA
Ed Crump's Last Rites Held Today
MEMPHIS Oct 18 Ed Crump longtime city political ruler will be buried Monday after a wake at his home Thousands of citizens filed past his casket as the 88 year old figure died Saturday He had been bedridden with a heart ailment for two weeks The mention of Canada trade appears garbled and unrelated to Crump news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
E. Fh. Crump
Big City
Crump
Sick List Trails Baytown Names and Addresses
Sick list includes Mrs Jack D Phillips Clover leaf and Mrs J C Frazier at 851 Kilgore Road with Baytown residents Willie Aforse Mayo Bradford Deborah Kay and William Kay plus Arthur J Alban La Porte William C Riley 222 Ashby Mrs William Burnette Bay town and Tommy Sudds Baytown among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack D. Phillips
J. C. Frazier
Kilgore Road
Willie Aforse
Baytown
Mayo Bradford
William F. Ford
Morne Clark
Wood
Wiliam C. Riley
Ashby
Arthur J. Alban
la Porte
William Kay
Deborah Kay
William Burnette
Tommy
Sudds
Child births and sports results noted in Oct entries
The page lists several birth announcements from San Jacinto Memorial hospital including Dwight Burton born Oct 16 weighing seven pounds one ounce, Micghard Wayne born Oct 17 weighing six pounds, Vivian And born Oct 17, Lonnie Nolen born Oct 19 weighing seven pounds three ounces, and Christeen born Oct 17. Grandparents named for each baby. Also reports Willie Mays striking out twice and singling in a Santurce vs San Juan game, and Moscow dynamo team arriving in Krefeld for the velvet and silk cup tournament Oct 20-24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie-Dulke Hospital
Dwight Burton
C. C. Harbin
Baytown
W. M. Hooks
Houston
John EK. Frazier
Kilgore Road
Micghard Wayne
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
J. E. Frazier
Mont Belview
Murs
J. O. Proctor
Bay Lawn
Reds
Krefeld
Germany
Moscow
Dynamo
Stockholm
Sun Spots and Art League News in Baytown
Lee officials report 1200 reserved Sun tickets and about 500 unreserved seats for sale. Prices are 12 dollars and 1 dollar for reserved seats, 75 cents general admission, 35 cents for student passes. BAYTOWN ART league to meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Community house with Mrs. Ray Sloan presiding. James Langham, linked with Lowell Lammers, will lecture. Funeral notice for Mel Savage's brother Benton Cook. Neil Morris Mullen wins Sun football contest with 19 of 20 picks. A Highlands man, Neil Morris Mullen, was seriously burned in an explosion at Tex-Tan Alloy and Chemical near Pasadena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Officiialg
Baytown Art League
Ray Sloan
James Langham
Lowell Lammers
Achitect
Wartvin Lee
Highlands
Neil Morris Mullen
South Fifth
Tex-Tan Alloy and Chemical Co
Pasadena
Man 80 breaks leg in chair fall at home
An 80-year-old Baytown man is in serious condition after a fall Sunday when he missed a chair while sitting down at his home. He suffered a fractured pelvis and a badly bruised hip and was taken by Earthman ambulance to a Houston hospital.
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Baytown
McCareb
South Third
Houston
Earthman
Stock Quotes Special in The Baytown Sun
A fragmented list of stock tickers and company names appears in The Baytown Sun. The page item catalogues numerous firms from Allis-Chalmers to Unchanged, with varied spellings and garbled entries. The readable names include Chrysler, Dow, Du Pont, General Electric, Goodyear, Gulf Oil, Shell, Texaco, and Union Carbide among others.
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Allis-Chalmers
Amer Cyan
American Repub
Amer Woolens
Aniconda Copper
Beth Steel
Calvan Oil
Celanese Pessssereebeer Colotex
Chrysler Corp Cities
Coastal Carib
Columb Gas
Dow Chem
du Pont Chem
Eastman Korlale
Paso
Nat'l Gag
Fairchild Ingsey
Freeport Sulyl
Tel
Gren
Goodyear Tire
Gulf Oif
Gulf
Interlake Tion
Nickel
Kirby Pet
Libby McNvere Liggett
M. Leon
la Landy
Merrill Pel - Olin
Math Mack Trizies
Perserseey
Monsanto Chein
Dakota
US Nat
Daley
Ohio Oiysecageee
Packard-Stude Matar
Panhandle
P and & Penney
Phillips
Bure Gill
Rew Ran
Repab Steel
Shell Oih Vo
Regis Paper
Sinclair OW
Socony-Vig
Ind
Widewatey Cary Prevessqeseee
Tinion OF
Calif
Tees Wilson and
Woodley Pot
Baie Dee
X. O. Cottey
Lone Star Officials Attend Sales Session
CHICAGO October 15 Floya O Schneider sales manager of Lone Star Brewing Co San Antonio Texas serves as chairman of a sales meeting at the annual convention of the Brewers Association of America here through Tuesday Schneider is director of the association and has been prominent in its activities for the past several years R M Derden and Fred Guinn other Lone Star officials also are attending the meeting
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Chicago
Floya O. Schneider
Lone Star Brewing Co
San Antonio
Tex
Brewers' Association of America
Schneider
R. M. Derden
Fred Guinn
Lone Star
Algo
Utah GOP weighs fate of confessed hoaxer Stringfellow
SALT LAKE CITY October 18 The Utah State Republican Central committee meets at 8 p m to decide whether to keep Rep Douglas R Stringfellow on the ballot or substitute a candidate after he admitted his World War II hero story was a hoax. Chairman O J Wilkinson urged careful prayerful consideration as the party weighs political consequences ahead of the November 2 election.
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Salt Lake City
Utah State Republican Central Committee
Douglas R. Stringfellow
Utah Gop
0. J. Wilkinson
Congress
Central Committee
Stringfellow
Utah
Wilkinson
95 000 Killed In Mishaps In 1953 NSC Report Says
The National Safety Council opened its 42nd annual meeting with a warning that accidents killed about 95,000 people in 1953, roughly one every six minutes. The figure includes fires and motor vehicle crashes costing the nation about 9.7 billion dollars. NSC President Ned H. Dearborn urged leaders to seize the opportunity to reduce the toll.
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NSC
Chicago
Get
National Safety Council
Eisenhower
United States
Ned H. Dearborn
Quirks From UP: Burns Pays Fine After Car Crash
Denver report: Robert Burns, 57, told police he already paid a fine to the driver of the other car after an auto collision. He said the driver took $60 and his license at the scene when it was deemed not his fault. Milwaukee sailors prefer cowboy movies over American football after watching California Oregon game. New York: National doughnut week shifts to a new look with smaller hole for dunkers better grip. Laurel Md: Brush Burn replaces Determine in Washington Turf Race at Laurel Park on Nov. 3.
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United Press
Denver
Robert Burns
Burns
Burny
Milwaukee
New York
Laurel, Md
Mickell
Andrew Crevelin
Washington, D.C
Laurel Park
Brush Burn
Jaclyn Stable
King Ranch
Baytown Man Hurt as Car Overturns
Willie Morse, 23, is treated at San Jacinto Memorial hospital after his car overturned on Market Street Road near Four Corners around 4 30 am Sunday. Morse told Deputy Sheriff Steve Goodnight he fell asleep and lost control. He suffered head lacerations and a shoulder injury.
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Willie Morse
San Jacinto’ Memorial Hospital
Market Street Road
Four Corners
Morse
Steve Goodnight
Flo
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Army
Nike
Texas Optical
TSO Examination
TSO
Optometris
Directed By
N. Jey Rogers
DIAL
Angelina
Laredo Bridge
Ed Crump
U.S
Philips
J. B. Phillins
Cloverleaf
San Jacinto Emorial’ Hospital
Vivian
Myre
Frank Rubin
Crosby
Anong Phillips
Bai
Willie
San Juan
P. R
Willie Mays
New York Giants
Santurce Club
Mays
Giants
Ruben Gomez
Santurcc
Claire McCardell
F. B. Savage
West Homan
Sam
Kenedy
Mel. Savage
Benton Cook
GOP
Sun
Brown's Chicken Shack
Texas Ave
Krel
the Duke
Billy Eckstein
Snow
Sien Ono
RicaDare B
Boris Karloff
Vice Ball
Sul Hayward
Michael Keane
Cobra Paget
Technicolor Ree Pehnicolor 3
Decker
Cinemascope
Garson
Turd
Wicardo
Tse
Mi Sot
Brunson
Dick Powell
Debbie Reynolds
Technicolor
Bruno
Phrote
Ann Noward
Fernando Blyth Keel Lamas Ata Bain Ton Cots
Baytown Fair
Brunsone
Ry Gee
Eacrage Orerer
Wanda AF
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