Baytown Council Eyes Annexation Plan With Humble Officials
Baytown council discussed a plan to annex fringe Humble area property to gain tax revenue from a refinery project. Council committee was directed to confer with Humble officials and a Tuesday conference with Hines Baker and Harry Ferguson was sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Pruett
Might
Sey
Humey
Eastorn Felinery
Pied Proett
H. L Davis
Hines H. Baker
Humble
Harry W. Fergn
W. C. Wil
Melon
Bey
Coun
Bergeron
C.D. Middieton
Round Town Specugus by Her Absence and BB Williams
A fragmentary society note cites football chatter and social gatherings. References include Doak Walker and Galveston Horace Mann St. Anstin series, with lingering mentions of missing persons, coffee counters, and local names such as Mrs Dent, Mrs Pearl, Bill, Bergeron, and Dot Rosenzweig amid casual, gossip flavored scenes from a late night forum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BB. Williams
Doak Walker
Hearen
Galveston
Grover Edge
Bergeron
Tnt
Dot Rosenzweig
Blas DuBus
Cs Vaya
Truman and Congress Push 300 Million A-Bomb Expansion
President Truman and Congress back a 300 million plan to enlarge atom bomb facilities at Hanford in Washington and Oak Ridge in Tennessee. The move includes relaxing spending rules for the atomic commission and speeding up construction with budget bureau approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Congress
Washington
America
Russia
Atomic Energy Commission
Hanford
Oak Ridge
Tennessee
House
Atomic Commission
Trumen
Senate
Brien McMahon
Connecticut
Congressional Atomic” Committee
Seaviet
Andrei Y. Vishnnsky
Mr. Truman
Vishimsky
U.S
First Christians To Dedicate Building
Rev. Wi W. Jones of the First Christian Church of Beaumont will be guest speaker for the dedication service of the new educational building at 7 pm today. The two story brick structure, 46 by 60 feet, will host classrooms for cradle roll nursery kindergarten and primary departments. C H Gillette chairs the evangelism committee and presides. Miss Jean Booth and Miss Joyce Marie Ford will sing a duet at the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wi. W. Jones
First Christian Church of
Beaumont
First Christian Church
C. H. Gillette
Evangelism Committee
Jean Booth
Joyce Marie Ford
First Christians
Tunnel Transit New Bus Firm's Name
Baytown's new municipal bus service will operate as the Tunnel Transit Company. Q Alexander, organizer and principal stockholder, announced a directors and stockholders meeting once a state charter is received. He will be president and GM. George Bennett will be secretary-treasurer. Buses are ordered and expected in service around December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Tunnel Transit Company, Co. Q
Alexander
George Bennett
Goose Creek Independent
Council Passes Ordinance Banning Unnecessary Noise
Bay town council last night approved an anti noise ordinance prohibiting horn use on vehicles and limiting loudspeakers for advertising. It bans radios and phonographs between 9 pm and 3 am and outdoor loudspeakers within 200 feet of residences. A charity exemption was added after a councilman noted football games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Winciniff
Jeff Stroud
Council
Mrs. Corie Lynn McDowell Dies After Yearlong Illness
Mes Corie Lynn McDowell died at 1216 Magnolia at 4 am after a long illness. She and her late husband Luther McDowell opened a Baytown grocery in 1924 and ran it until his death in 1946. Survived by daughter Vicki Lyne Mason, son Alvin McDowell, sisters T H McCagg and W W Hirbier, brothers Walter Ellis and Claude Ellis, and grandchild Vicki Lyne Mason. Funeral arrangements by Earthman’s for relatives arriving from Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corie Lynn McDowell
Luther McDowell
Magnolia
Oklahoma
E. Mason
Alvin *McDowell
Baytown
T. H. McCagg
Cedar Bsyou
W. W. Hirbier
Reid
Walter Ellis
Luling
Claude Elis
Taft
Vicki Lyne Mason
Ship Channel To Close Near Pasadena Tunnel
The Houston Ship Channel will be closed to traffic near Washburn Tunnel from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday for sinking another tube section. Port Captain Leo A. Welsh said a picket boat would stand by downstream to warn vessels against entering the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Houston Ship Channel
Washburn Tunnel
Leo A. Welsh
Ates
Big Steel Faces Seizure If No Settlement Reached
The federal mediator warned of government seizure to end the steel strike as strike talks with UMW continued. Coal mine owners reported slowing negotiations, while UMW leaders claimed progress. President Truman pondered powers to back a fact finding board on welfare and benefit proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Cyrus Ching
United Mine Workers
John E. Lewis
White Sulphur Springs
West Virginia
Bluefield
George Love
UMW
Thomas Kennedy
Mey
Lewis
Ching
New York
U. S. Steel Corporation
Truman
CIO
Philip Aurray
Siake
Alurray
U. S. Steel
Cold Snap Grips Western States Blocking Highways
A severe cold snap blanketed western states halting highways with snowdrifts and threatening crops from California to Nebraska and the Dakotas. The storm spread into Alberta and the Dakotas, bringing snow, hail, rain and high winds, while California faced its earliest cold spell in 30 seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
California
Did
Nebraska
Dakotas
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
Oregon
Washington
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Plains
New York
Midwest
North Atlantic
Cunard
Nieuw-Amsterdam
New Jersey
Congress To End Longest Peacetime Session By Tonight
Washington dispatch reports Congress near adjournment after a long peacetime session. Key items: farm price support bill compromise, Wallgren nomination to the Federal Power Commission, and a $1.62 billion foreign military aid appropriations measure. Conference action may be required if House amendments differ from Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
House
Senate
Mon C. Wallgren
Federal Power Commission
Leland + Olds
Wallgren
Harry P. Cain
Conference Committee
Paige
Chest Workers Push Red Feather Drive Into New Area
Laytown campaigns extend to East Barris as 50 Goose Creek solicitors under W Wesley Woods rally for Read Feather services. Rev Milton Jorden of Grace Methodist urges an all out effort as pledges top 3837 40 today. Over 700 volunteers now active in Goose Creek Cedar Bayou and related districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laytown
Read Feather
East Barris
Goose Creek
W. Wesley Woods
Hemphill Pontiac Company
Milton & . Jorden
Grace Methodist Church
J. EB. Rutter
General Tire, ‘and “Rubber Company
Roy. Bims
General Tire
Eampaign
Baytown Men Find Skeleton Near Dayton
Liberty County officers search for identity after Baytown hunters discover a bleached skeleton south of Darton near the old Winfree road. Found with a rusty pistol, cowhide boots fragments, 22 caliber cartridges and five cents, authorities say a skull hole may indicate a bullet wound. Bones and artifacts sent to Austin for examination. no matching missing person found in Liberty and nearby counties yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty County
Dayton
Baytown
GC. C. Bowman
Utah
Martin Matthews
Winfree Road
Darton
B. G. McNulty
Tater
McNulty
Austin
Liberty
Lost Book of Lamech Discovered Near Jericho Shocks Scholars
A goat herder found fragments in a cave near Jericho revealing the lost Book of Lamech about Noah’s early life. Dr. John C. Trever calls it the most important Bible discovery of modern times, with translations and authentication underway.
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Jericho
Chicago
Holyland
John C. Trever
International Council On Religious Education
Trever
Lamech
Noah
Lamees
Methusalch
Christ
Trevor
Dead Sea
Bethlehem
Scrolls From Ancient Cave Unearthed By Jerusalem Scholars
Syrian archbishop and Trever of the American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem announced the find of ancient scrolls in a remote cave. The discovery includes the Book of Lamech, an Isaiah scroll predating the Len ingrad codex by over a millennium, and fragments from Genesis Leviticus Deuteronomy and Judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trever
American School of Oriental Research
Jerusalem
Leningrad
Daniel
Shadrach
Meshach
Abednego
Corrigan plans first phase of Baytown shopping center
Dallas business magnate Leo F. Corrigan predicts start of the multi million dollar Baytown project within 30 days with a super market for Henke and Pillot and Sears Roebuck interest authorized. He cites incomplete tract survey and pending plans while noting potential inclusion of a theater and Baytown hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hartman
Dallas
Corrigan
Baytown
Leo F. Corrigan
Market and West
Texas
Henke and
Lot
Houston
Pillot
Sears -Esebuck
Highbold
Pruett Bear Hank
BH Pruett
Pruett
Canada
Baytown Territory
Lynn
Lawn
Lakewood
Ams
Grand jury weighs calling Kern advisers in strike
Harris County grand jury investigations into the Mathieson Chemical plant strike proceed as 10 more arrests bring total to 35. Foreman David Bintli t says he will seek Sheriff Kern's advice on manpower and the handling of mass picketing before calling those connected to the strike. Sheriff Kern expected to testify first as panel probes contract disputes and worker unrest involving Local 7 CIO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houstin
Mathieson Chemical Corporation
Harris County Grand Jury
David C. Bintlitt
Buster Kern
O’deniel
Cara
Sibend
Bintini
Sheriff Kern
Binther
Mathieson
Old Field Workers Union
CIO
Humble Worker Paul Pyka Dies in Houston Hospital
Paul A. Pyka, 44, of 3313 Dingis Baytown, died at 12 35 am today in a Houston hospital of an illness from which he had suffered for months. He worked in the railroad department of Humble Oil and Refining Company Baytown refinery and lived in Baytown over a decade. Funeral services will be held at 9 00 am Friday at the Catholic church in Sealy, his native home. Survivors include his wife Gertrude Pyka of Baytown two daughters Mrs Norvert Gez of Sealy his father Joe Pyka Sr of Sealy four sisters Mrs R Sheppard Mrs A B Amon and Miss Gertrude and Miss Julia Pyka of Houston and two brothers Eddie and Joe Pyka Jr of Sealy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul A. Pyks
Dingis
Ami
Houston
Baytown
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Sealy
Airs
Gertrude Pyka
Novert-Gez
Joe Pyka
R. Sheppard
A. B. Amon
Gertrude
Julia Pyka
Eddie
Thad Remkes and Crosby Barber Die At 69
Thad Remkes a Crosby Barber died early today at Galveston hospital after heart illness. Remkes came to Crosby from Dayton more than 30 years ago. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thad Remkes
Crosby Barber
At & Galveston Hospital
Remkes
Crosby
Dayton
REL Band May Perform In Chicago
The Robert E L Lee band could travel to Chicago next summer to perform at the Lions International convention if International approval is granted. Baytown Lions Club voted to sponsor the trip, with estimated expenses about 7800 dollars or 160 per member. Director J C Burkett said fundraising could raise around 200 dollars. the Baytown Lions will oversee arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert EL Lee
Chicago
Bartown Lions Club
Vta
iNternational Organization
Baytown
J.C. Burkett
Lions
Baytown Lions
Rey
Remo Urges National Health Plan Proposal
Senator Lester G Hunt presented a plan in San Francisco advocating a deductible voluntary health system. The proposal aims to extend federal health insurance coverage nationwide and outlines the feature set of the plan discussed at the meeting.
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San. Francisco
Lester G* Hunt
D. W
R Wolontary
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Sganager
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Round Town
Tunnel Transit New Bus Firm
Pasadena
Helen Heller
Helen
Red Feather
Hi Nabor
Olin Miller
Market and
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