Surprised Gas Thieves Shoot Their Way Out
Surprised gas thieves attempt a bold escape firing as they flee with loot. The incident occurred Wednesday night, leaving authorities to pursue leads and recover the stolen goods.
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1955
Page
1
SUN SPOTS Pp RALLY at the Porting Lot for Pasadena Game
Citizens National Bank hosts a rally to boost the Gander spirit before Friday's game with Pasadena. Robert Ro Lee band and yell leaders will perform. film showing of A Tre a Grows In Brooklyn at the college auditorium Thursday 7 pm and Friday 1 20 pm. Stars Lloyd Nolan James Dunn Dorothy McGuire Porgy Ann Garner Joan Condell. admission 85 cents. Weather in Baytown warm, 79 expected to drop 10–14 degrees by Friday night. Humble Workers donate 58,002 to United Fund from 3,600 Houston area employees. Pumper Archey recounts pursuit of teenage thieves who attacked at Gulf docks. bullets damaged his car, but officers recovered stolen gasoline and an abandoned car. arrests anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lotitizens National Bank
Pasadena
Robert Ro Lee
Brooklyn
College Auditorium
Lloyd Nolan
James Dunn
Dorothy McGuire
Porgy Ann Garner
Joan Condell
Gulf Docks
Evergreen Bay
M. Archey
M.M. Brown
Galy Docks
Archey
Weilx
Broin
Arches
Brown
Tie Group
Baytown
Galena Park
Robert E
Lee Ganders
Around Town Notes and Local Snatches
DOC HILE edits trips and lake outings while Neill and Seeley ride high and tune low. Tila Shavers' cafe windows display her art and coffee tricks. Bay town CAP members, Judge Lautgss at Mont Belvieu, CW Young emblem query, Sun's five, and San Francisco Legion badge item. Mrs Meyer and Mrs Garrett court entries and Daniel returns from Houston hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doc Hile
Neill
Seeley
TrisCity Cafe
Tila Shavers
Iltooks
San Francisco
H.W. Meyer
Sea Me
Eadie Garrett
Rule Daniel
Houston Hospital
Ganders Gearing Up For Pasadena Clash At Memorial Stadium
REL Ganders coach Fred Hartman reports high spirit as the Ganders prepare for their Pasadena game against the Hagies in Texas. Bert Coan shines as a key sophomore, while Mose Sumer coordinates practice and logistics. The squad faces a challenging, respected opponent and tight defensive rotations as they near kickoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tice Sessions
Pasadena Hagies
Ganders
Texas
Hagies
Law and order teams to guard Baytown Pasadena grid clash
Baylown and Pasadena officials plus Harris County sheriffs plan heavy security for Friday night football between Baytown and Pasadena. About 80 firefighters and 60 officers will separate fans and patrol the game to prevent vandalism after Galena Park trouble last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baylown
Pasadena
Houson
Coffman
Baytown
Hoy. Montgomery
Kern
George Gentry
Dan Stallworth
W. R. Montgomery
Harris County Sheriff's Department
Montgomery
M. M. Brown
J. Bickerstaff
Warreece Berry
Margaret seeks church guidance on Townsend romance
London reports Princess Margaret visited Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher at Lambeth Palace to discuss her romance with Peter Townsend. The private meeting lasted under an hour as Parliament dodged a royal marriage act question. Church leaders cautioned against remarriage of a divorced person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Margaret
Clarence House
Sir Anthony
Ben
Commons
Marcus Lipton
Lipton
Townsend
Geoffrey Fisher
Reyearohl
Church
Leslie Weatherhead
British Methodist Conference
Tyre
Students Pray For Life Of Texas Coed
Mary Dannenbaum, a 21 year old University of Texas student leader, remains unconscious after a Saturday night auto accident. Her Houston father Joseph Believes in a miracle as campus friends, ministers, and university staff rally around the wounded coed and residents pray for her recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Mary Dannenbaum
University of Texas
Xin Automobile
Joseph B. Daneneubaum
Houston
What Will Become Of Us Mother in Tragedy at Sea
Mrs Alfred Smith mother of twelve, shattered by loss of husband and three sons in Trinity Bay fishing trip. She recalls leaving Liberty for bills, father not taking boys before, and finding clothes and bedding in the Smith Point car as dawn found no signs of them. The family awaits news after a fishing expedition began Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Pendergrass
Alfred Ernest .Smith
Liberty
United Fund Short by 33942 in Baytown drive
Unofficial tabulations show the United Fund has reached 97052.50, still 33942.59 short of the goal. Audit of solicitation returns is due Thursday night per general chairman W. J. Strickler who says the audit will reveal where they stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund
W. J. Strickler
Strickler
Electrical Workers
Housing Authority of
Baytown
Contact Tube
New Orleans Smog Cloud Hits City Again
New Orleans faced another thick smog on Wednesday night with asthma patients filling hospitals. Two asthmatic deaths were linked to the haze while Charity Hospital reported a smaller, yet heavy, Thursday rush, with about a third of the previous night seeking care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Charity Hospital
Bay tragedy deepens as father and two sons found
The bodies of Alfred Ernest Smith Sr. and his 10-year-old son Dorys were recovered about 9:30 a.m. Thursday in Galveston bay, as search teams for the third boy Victor, 12, and two other relatives continued. The four Smith family members had been missing since Sunday after launching a home made nine-foot skiff at Smith's Point. Bodies were found about a mile and a half to two miles from the initial site, with recovery in the vicinity of Light 24 channel. About 50 boats and several planes joined the search from Anahuac and Smith’s Point, directed by local authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SUR Jones Sun Star
Alfred Ernest Smith Sr
Dorys
Elton Carley
Anahuse
Hawkins Camp
Liberty
Allieson Funeral Home
Hillington Field
Anahuac
Smith's Point
Guy W. Stedman
E.G. Gardemal
Pasadena
Shivers Says Lausche Endorsement Has Merit
Governor Allan Shivers said he hopes Ohio Governor Frank Lausche secures the Democratic presidential nomination but added he is not backing anyone at the moment. He praised Lausche’s record and noted favorable past comments on him while acknowledging Meyner as a capable alternative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Allan Shivers
Ohio
Frank Lausche
Shivers
Robert) Meyner
New Jersey
Lausche
Richard Russell
D-Ga
Eisenhower drafts State of the Union during hospital stay
Denver report says President Eisenhower focused Thursday on drafting his January State of the Union message. Assistants Kevin McCanhj and Maj. Gen. Wilton B Pers ons met him at Fitzsimons Army Hospital to discuss the speech as his health shows gradual improvement despite a two week hospital stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Eisenhower
Congress
Kevin McCanh
Wilton B
Jerry) Persons
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
Baytown to study business and industry life blood
Four hundred Baytown teachers will visit local firms on Business Industry Education day in November to view operations, meet key personnel, tour plants, and conclude with an open forum. W. J. Strickler leads the program, coordinating firm by firm. A school holiday will enable all teachers to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosalie Myers
Sun Starl
Baytown
East Harris
W. J. Strickler
Business and Industrial Education Committee
Taw
Strickler
Thirty Years For Nine At Refinery Humble
Nine Humble employees who have completed twenty years of service with the company this month will receive twenty year watches and service emblems at a 2 ceremony at 3 30 pm Friday at the Community house. Those to be honored at a family type ceremony include B W Batfield cracking coils department A F Booth accounting H C Conk store house Jim Crow pipe F T Hemmenwey treating F E Hamburg FCCU J C Lamb carpenters B M Matysiak labor C Shoemaker plant protection. The watches and service emblems which contain two diamonds will be presented to the employees by James Harrop Humble plants superintendent. The watches were selected by the employees from several styles the company has. Presentation of the nine watches will bring to 497 the total number presented Humble workers in Baytown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Batfield
A. F. Booth
H. C. Conk
Jim Crow
F. T. Hemmenwey
F. E. Hamburg
FCCU
J. C. Lamb
Penters
B. M. Matysiak
Shoemaker
James Harrop
Humble
Baytown
Truck rammed into Highlands funeral home building
A vehicle crashed into the Earthman’s funeral home in Highlands causing about $5,000 in damage. The impact injured the Reverend Paul Strothers, broke his leg, and scattered mourners nearby. Driver Stephen Johnny Odom was unhurt. a car occupant, Mrs Spanier, was treated and released. Building will be closed for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inso
Ponduiven
Paul ‘Strothers
Houmont Baptist Church
Charles N. Bigham
Coady
Stephen Johnny Odom
Spanier
Brown
Draft Clerk Here Cited For Service
Mrs. Abigail Frazier chief clerk of Local Draft Board No. 63 in Baytown received a certificate of appreciation from Lewis B. Hershey, director of the Selective Service System, for five years of loyal service. Lt. Col. Morris Schwartz, state director, added praise for public duty and community service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abigail As Frazier
Baytown
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service System
Frazier
Selective Services System
Heresshey
Nveter
Morris $. Sehwartz
Selective Service
Col. Schwartz
Headon Collision Injures Three Near Mont Belvieu
James Whiteside of Cloverleaf, 28, injured in a head on crash on Highway 146 at Mont Belvieu, hospitalized at San Jacinto Memorial. Roy D. Land and Arnold Lewis Smith suffered minor injuries and were treated and released. State Patrol: Smith veered into the opposite lane after passing a work crew blockade. Land honked to warn, but Smith could not avoid impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Whiteside
Mont Belvieu
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Fox
Whiteside
Hosspital
Paul A. Lee
Roy D. Land
Cloverleaf
Whites Side
Arnold Lewis Smith
Miriam
Baytown
A. B. Roberts
Smith
Land
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