Ambart witnesses testify in Lambert grand jury case
The grand jury investigated an burglary and attempted murder against Constable Lambert and Sheriff C. V ern. Witnesses testified Tuesday and Monday about alibis and a murder plot involving convicts James R. Gilreath and Roy al S. Rucker. Lambert denies involvement, calling it a political smear to derail his candidacy.
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Lambert
C. Vern
James R. Gilreath
Royal S. Rucker
Kern
George Levine
Houston Garmbler
Postponed engagements disrupt Baytown events and meetings
Ternice Moore's two day engagement in Baytown is postponed. A Baytown High School auditorium meeting discusses Humble contract changes for 1953. City council civil service quorum plans and Tidelands issue meetings are scheduled with local officials and civic groups.
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Ternice Moore
Baytown
Beo O. A. Brown
Lee
Dea
Sirs
Brown
Moore
Jed
Robert E
Will Deis
Baytown Huor High School
BEF. Executive Council
Town reflections and hints from a crowded street scene
In a fragmentary town page, mentions of Kelly, Sam Tlore, and the Jones family mingle with local names, Baylor ties, and social visits. References to Deacon Joveta, Glenn, M L Van Deventer, and RF Massey hint at local progress and charitable efforts, with a stray note of a 1949 license and a model school listing. The garbled text captures a snapshot of conversations, acquaintances, and community chatter from the era.
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Swatty
Kelly
Sam Tlore
Lloyd Jones
Liersbedy
Texas Long- St. Jones
Joneses
Deacon
Joveta
Glenn Star
Baylor SA
ML van Deventer
Bart
Paul Sti
RF Massey
Lawdon
Virginia Moore
Capt Arthur Nelson Dies Baytonian War Bomber Pilot
Capt Arthur C Nelson 31, Kaytown native and Carswell Field pilot, killed by gunshot in Fort Worth. Veteran of Europe tours, survived a 70-plane group loss, earned Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart. His wife, paralyzed for years, was named as possible motive. police report cites despondency over her condition. Nelson previously served two years in Fort Worth and had been on a secret mission recently.
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Arthur C. Nelson
Kaytown
Carswell Field
Fort Worth
Nelson
Robert E. Lee High School
Air Force
Pearl Harbor
Europe
J.W. Nelson
East Jack
United Press
Wes
Loyalists Plan Barkley Visit to Texas Tour
United Press reports Loyal Democrats arrange Vice President Alben Barkley’s Texas stop for Wednesday shortly after Nixon’s Texas swing. Gov. Shivers blasts Stevenson for indecision on Dean Acheson, while McCraw questions Texas tidelands links with California. Barkley to speak in Dallas Tyler and Austin. Connally and Rayburn also set events.
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Thomas Maccabe
United Press
Alben W. Barkley
Texas
Barkley
Richard M. Nixon
Tidelands
U.S
Allan Shivers
Breckenridge
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Dean Acheson
Shivers
Stevenson
Acheson
Att
William McCraw
Rtt
Price Daniel
California
McCraw
Daniel
US Senate
Congress
Louisiana
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas Stevenson- Sparkman Committee
Dallas
Tyler
Austin
Love Field
Public
Tom Connaily
Abilene
Rayburn
Piggy Bank Burglar Jailed After Century of Thefts
A 20-year-old Baytown youth nicknamed the piggy bank burglar was jailed after police tied him to burglaries including the theft of 250 in pennies from a piggy bank at 4906 East Fayie. Authorities say the man has at least 100 burglaries on record and has spent much of his life in reform schools.
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Bayteen
H. S. Crawford
Cedar Bayou
B. V. Wood
MM. Brown
Baytown
X. C. Howell
East Fayie
Teen-Agers Critical After Drug Use
Two Houston teenagers, a 14-year-old and a 15-year-old, were found unconscious and in critical condition at Jefferson Davis Hospital after an apparent narcotic overdose. Both boys, one with a needle mark on an arm, were placed under oxygen tents. authorities noted they had been together earlier in the evening.
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Houston
Jefferson Davis Hospital
Plaster Failure Interrupts College Movie Show
During a Lee College auditorium screening of Jack Boad's African jungle film a section of acoustical plaster, about three by six feet, collapsed onto the aisle. The incident caused panic but no injuries beyond a minor scare to Norman Miles. Audience members remained seated as authorities used the PA system to quell the disruption with about 500 people present.
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New Lee College
Jac,k Boad
Isle
Norman Miles
Alvin Miles
Lee College
Las
Thad Felton
Communism Becomes Big Issue McCarthy Says Adlai Sympathetic To Reds
Washington October 28. With Korea and communism in the headlines, Eisenhower and Stevenson traded sharp exchanges as the election nears. McCarthy accused Stevenson aides of Communist ties, naming Wilson Wyatt and Archibald MacLeish among others, while Stevenson and supporters denied any Communist sympathy.
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McCarthy
Adlai
Lylec
Wilson
Washington
Korea
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
New York State
Minnesota
Robert A. Taft
Montana
Chicago
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Stevenson
Institute of Pacific Relations
World Citizen Association
Wilson Wyatt
Arthur M. Schiesinger Jr
Springfield, H
Tor James Wechsler
The
New York Post
Archibald MacLeish
Schlesinger
Hospital To Open Physical Therapy Unit San Jacinto
San Jacinto Memorial hospital will open a physical therapy department on November 1 funded by the Harris County Polio Association. Under hospital administrator Burton M. Battle the unit will treat post polio patients locally, reducing trips to Houston. Registered PT Miss Carolyn Morse will set up the three category program including hydrotherapy and mobility work with equipment such as a portable respirator and paraffin bath.
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San Jacinto
San Jacinto, Memorial Hospital
Harris County
Burton M. Battle
Miss Morse
At- Tanta
Duke University
University of Iowa School of Physical Medicine
Robert’ B. Green
San Antonio
Emory University Hospital
Georgia
Georgia Warm Spring Foundation
Battle
Harris County Polio Association
Emerson
Houston & Monaghan Hospital
F J Smith Dies At 63 Funeral Services Set
Funeral services for Frank J Smokey Smith 63 a former Highlands resident were scheduled for 2 pm Tuesday at First Baptist Church Highlands with Rev A J Martin officiating. He died at Coffer Nursing Home Highlands at 1005 am Monday born Sherman Mississippi lived in Highlands Willis Texas survivors include widow step children two sisters a brother and 13 grandchildren burial at Hillcrest Cemetery Houston under Wollus Cooper Funeral Home guidance
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Frank J
Smokey) Smith
Highlands
First Baptist Church
A. J. Martin
Second Baptist Church
Smith
Coffer Nursing Home
Sherman
Miss
Willis
Texas
Fodie Smith
Jimmie Sowell
Deyton
Laura McKay
Ottix Doolittle
Dessie Goree
Midway
Anna Brice
Bardwell, Fox
Oklahoma
John Saith
Hillf Rest Cemetery
Wollus and Cooper Funeral Home
Houston
Fire Threat To Oil Field In South Bay Town
Fire Chief A H Lintelman reports a grass fire near the G L Reasor oil well on Amelia street west of Gause road was stopped by Station One crews in 20 minutes after extending 13 hose joints from the nearest plug. No well or oil ignition occurred. Chief warns of ongoing dry spell and rising grass fire alarms in Baytown area.
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Lintelman
Baytown
Hre
Harris County
Houston Educator To Talk At McNair Rally
Prof. Robert M Catchings of Houston will speak at the Eisenhower Nixon rally at Washington Hall in McNair Tuesday afternoon. George M Tallon, Republican District 14 chair, said Dr E B Perry could not keep his appointment. Catchings, 33 years in Houston public schools, is now a law student at Texas State University. He was born in Lynchburg where his father was freed from slavery. Don Evans and Mrs W E Dunn will also be on the program. A separate Memphis note mentions gambling charges being dismissed after a card game explanation.
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Robert M. Catchings
Houston
Washington Hall
McNair
George M. Tallon
Tallon
Republican District 14
Harris County
E. B. Perry
Catchings
Law School
Texas State University
Lynchburg
Don Evans
Precinct 101
Baytown
W. E. Dunn
Highlands
Colder Weather Coming to Baytown This Week
Baytown residents see a low of 44 degrees Tuesday night as clear skies and strong northerly winds move in. East Texas areas lag with temps dipping toward the 50s while the U S weather bureau issues small craft warnings from Brownsville to St Marks and Morgan City to St Mark's with NW winds 20 to 30 mph.
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Baytown
Texas
U. S. Weather Bureau
Morgen City
St Macks
Fla
Brownsville
Tex
Morgan City
St. Mark's
Texas Forest Fires Fueled by Strong Winds
United Press reports more than 100 forest fires across the Southwest fanned by high winds with no rain in sight. Fires stretched from Wyoming to the Rio Grande as tinder dry conditions and summer carelessness fueled outbreaks. A cold front and gusts over 23 mph hit Central Texas, with Texas State Forest Service noting 50 to 1970 new fires daily, concentrating in Polk, Tyler, and Hardin counties.
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United Press
Wyoming
Rio Grande
Texas
Texas State Forest Service
Polk
Tyler
Hardin
Seven Guards Held As Hostages In Prison Riot
In Menard Illinois on October 28 more than 290 rioting convicts demanded to speak with Gov. Adlai Stevenson and threatened to hurl seven captive guards from a 40 foot cell tier if gunfire is used. State police and prison guards surround the east block as Lt. Gov. Sherwood Dixon prepares to fly to the scene.
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Leo Anderson
Menard
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Frank Trapp Jr
Sherwood Dixon
Stevanson
Chicago
Ilinois
Injured Laborer Sues City For Damages
Jack Davis of Baytown filed a lawsuit in the 127th District Court seeking 550,000 in damages and 52,000 in medical expenses after an injury while assisting installation of a city storm sewer near Horace Mann Junior High in November 1951. A doctor said he had a strangulated hernia from the original injury. Deputy Sheriff M A Brown served the citation on Mayor J A Ward at his home.
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Baytown
Jack Davis
Bay_town
127Th District Court
Davis
George Chandler
sgeWwer
Pruett
Horace Mann
schHool
M. A. Brown
J. A. Ward
La Porte Boosters Schedule Meeting With School Board
La Porte Boosters meet with the school board at 7 30 p m in the high school cafe to discuss plans for a new athletic program. Booster President John Holman says most board members will attend and the session is open to all club members. Topics include track facilities a new diamond practice field and restrooms near the football field as top priorities. The combined meeting follows an invitation to the board after the September gathering.
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la Porte
John Holman
Holman
Marines Seize Outpost Hills Guarding Seoul
Seoul dispatch says U S Marines recaptured all major hill positions guarding Seoul after hours of heavy fighting. They reportedly destroyed a Chinese regiment of more than two thousand men in a bloody hourlong action. The Reds had captured the night prior.
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Seoul
Korea
Ronson
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Houston Police Department
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Wendell Boyce
South Gate
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Center
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International
Arthur Nelson
Manila
Philippines
China Sea
Indo-China
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Lena Johnson
Los Angeles
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