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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1955
Page
5
The Supreme Court barred treason charges against John David Provo, a former Army sergeant accused of collaborating with the Japanese as a WWII prisoner. The decision upheld a lower court ruling freeing Provo due to a speedy trial violation and excessively long custody.
William Ewald reports Omnibus returns for a fourth season on CBS with a 90 minute premiere exploring the Renaissance age and plans future episodes on Gettysburg Shakespeare and Esther Williams hydrophilia. Saudek, Ford Foundation backed, says the program is a truly edited entertainment aimed at the middlebrow.
A Wall Street Journal summary notes tax rates affect contest decisions on The $64,000 Question. It cites Nan Leslie seen by a talent scout, Notre Dame coach Terry Brennan praising Michigan State, Dirksen on Nixon, and Maurice Couve de Murville criticizing UN debate. Bill Stern comments on the dangers of sports announcing.
Chicago report notes insurance price competition bursting in ordinary life policies. Northwestern Mutual Life executive Robert B. Dineen, Milwaukee vice president, cites many so called specials applying fire and casualty pricing principles to life insurance as a key driver of the current market dynamics.
Secretary Charles Thom as defended guided missile programs at a Kansas City dinner, asserting the U S lags claim is false. He highlighted new missile cruisers USS Boston to be commissioned November 1 and USS Canberra joining early 1956 with surface to air and surface to surface missiles, signaling a shift from rifled guns to missiles across naval forces. He noted the Soviet submarine fleet outnumbers the US 400 to 10 but stressed American naval strength and announced work toward an operational nuclear powered seaplane and PiM-a jet powered seaplane with no Air Force dispute.
Johnson, who hauls pulp wood for a paper company, lost his wallet while loading logs near Millston Wisconsin. The wallet traveled to Port Edwards through the sawmill process and via a barking drum. An employee spotted it on a conveyor and returned it to Johnson after a month.
Hammonton plans to replace the local operator with a dial telephone system for fire alerts. The change would cut the operator from the chain and trigger sirens and bells in 50 firefighters’ homes. Councilmen explained plans before the New Jersey Public Utilities Commission.
In San Francisco Dr AE Bennett of UC Medical Center says most personal crisis deaths are preventable. He calls for compulsory psychiatric followups for all who attempt self harm and urges earlier recognition of danger signs of severe low mood. He notes releases from emergency care often lead to subsequent suicides. Also states Army dogs must be 1–2 years old, 22–28 inches tall, 60 pounds.
The Pentagon, described as the largest office building in the world, sits on 41,492 concrete piles embedded in man-made earth fill.
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