Expansion at Baytown Refinery Aims at Paraxylene and Synthetic Fiber
Baytown Refinery expands with a paraxylene crystallization unit to produce Paraxylene for synthetic fiber Dacron. Construction begins December 1952 and should finish May 1953, alongside enhancements to the administration building and a new catalytic light ends unit No 2. Completion targets mid-1954 for the light ends unit and a long running effluent filtration project concludes February 1952 with treated water rejoining the refinery system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Shivers Recants In Austin Election Standoff
Bulletin reports Shivers recanted his threat to abstain from voting at the coversday election in Austin. He reaffirmed opposition to Adlai Stevenson and declared his preference for Foiog, casting doubt on aligning with the Republican ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shivers
Austin
Tex
Adlai Levenson
Republian
NEWS in Brief United Nations truce talks shift policy
United Nations talks to be fought this fall marking a shift in U S policy. Texas Governor Shivers denounces Stevenson support as a personal pledge violation. A bandit raid in New Orleans yields $36000 in jewelry. House hearings on coastal state boundaries in Washington. Sailors die at Corpus Christi Naval Base in a collision. A nine month jail term for attempting to trade a baby. A helicopter pilot rescues three men off Korea. Water begins to move into the parched Rio Grande valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
House Troup
Los Angeles
San Marcos
Corpus Hristi Naval Base
City Council Meeting Set to Discuss 153 Budget
Friday session at 7:30 pm marks final public hearing on the 153 budget with wages listed as the last item. Central Baptist hosts Baptist Youth and Associational meeting on Sept 23. Reporter Robertson joins KREL sports staff as broadcasts begin this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fouth
Central Baptist Be
Road Robertson
KREL
Ford
Sheran
Tommy Rose
Thad Felton
Cecil Morse
Frenchy Kiber
Iga Chandler
Taylor
Bill Parlor
Haney
Mike Franssor
Roscoe Zierlein
Red Troops Poised for Korea Attack
Gen James A Van Fleet said on Sept 5 that the Communists have more than one million men in Korea and can strike at will. Sabre jets downed several MiGs in air battles while UN fighters hit a mine ore plant at Sinhung. Allied troops at Bunker Hill repelled an 800-strong Communist attack, with 30 killed or wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
James A. van Fleet
van Fleet
North Korea
Richard L-Avettsmann
Sacramento
Calif
Robinson Risner
Sath
Oklahoma City
Norman
Box
North Hollywood
Calige
Sinhung
Bunker Hill
Hurricane veers away from coast near Carolinas
A hurricane moved along a shipping lane off the Carolinas at high speed, forcing an oil tanker Esso Knoxville to race ahead of 110 mph winds. Forecasters expect a northeast turn toward open sea with faster motion, while ships Henry M Dawes and Esso Knoxville escaped fringe winds. The center of the storm was about 500 miles east of Wilmington, North Carolina.
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Miami
Fla
Carolinas
U.S
Esso Knoxville
Henry M. Dawes
Weather Bureau
Wilmington
N.C
Eisenhower Proposes 10 Steps To Peace
Dwight D. Eisenhower detailed ten steps toward peace in Philadelphia on September 3, aiming to end the Korean War and curb Communist aggression. He blamed the Truman administration for mishandling the conflict, argued the nation’s weakness and China’s fall to Communists, and urged political support during his campaign launch at Convention Hall.
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Philadelphia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kasson
Minn
Chicago
Indiana
Ilinois
Michigan
Cook County
Eisenhower
Truman
Ameri Ca
China
Far East
Stevenson Launches Nine State Whirlwind West Tour
Gov Adlai Stevenson begins a rapid nine state swing covering about 7500 miles with 19 speeches in nine days aimed at winning independent voters. He will speak in Denver Kasson Seattle San Francisco and Los Angeles among other stops. Campaign manager Wilson Wyatt calls the talks extremely important and says the Denver address targets independent voters and may reference GOP slogans.
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Springfield
Adlai
Stevenson
Denver
West
Kasson
Minn
Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Wilson W. Wyatt
Wyatt
Baytonians Aid Jailed Girl Former Employer To Pick Up Checks
The 19 year old jailed for forging a $3 check seeks help from Baytown locals. Her former employer and another man promise to pay off all forged checks if charges are dropped. An elderly couple offers her a home, while she awaits release on bond after five days in jail and a transfer to Houston county jail. The mother, in court as spectator, declined posting bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytonians
Rosalie Myers
Searn
Baytown
Houston
Tve
Pleasant Jayteen Weather With Mild Readings
Weather remained pleasant in Jayteen with clear skies and a mild breeze. Temperatures cooled to 56 degrees overnight, with light rain only in Marfa and a single 100-degree reading in Presidio after a cool front weakened and moved into the Gulf, Baytown noting clear to partly cloudy conditions and steady northeast winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jayteen
Gulf of Mexico
Texans
Marfa
Texas
Presidio
Galveston
Baytown
Baytown Auto Inspection Rush Near Deadline
Auto inspection stations in Bay town processed over 1,500 cars in four days as the Saturday deadline under a new traffic safety law neared. About 15,600 plates have been sold statewide this year with only three quarters apparently inspected locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
C. Pugh
Houston
State Department of Public Safety
H. ©. McKee
Hatileton
Bay
Rice Farmers Hope Wetter Crisis Ends
Baytown area rice canals show salt levels drop from 242 to 150 grains per gallon as US Army Engineers plan a survey for a permanent saltwater barrier along the Trinity between Liberty and Anahuac. Temporary dam costs shared by four canal companies. pumps have begun, easing fears of crop damage. Cel Lang to lead survey with Col Vogel announcing plan.
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Baytown
US Army
Trinity
Liberty
Anahuac
Corps of Engineers
Pla
Herb D. Vogel
Dallas
Guy Cade Jackson
Anabuae
Chambers-Liberty County Navigation District
Cel
J. D Lang
Galveston
Southern Canal Co
Devers Canal Co
Richmond Canal Co
Chambers-Liberty Navigation District
U.S. Army Corps ‘of Enngineers
Grass Fires Warn of Danger as Season Opens
Fire Marshal T H Bounds warned that grass and underbrush fires begin the dangerous season. He urged trimming vegetation near buildings, clearing leaves, not piling yard waste in alleys, and following city trash burning rules. West Baytown fires burned about 50 acres. Houston costs for recent grass fires totaled ten thousand.
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T. H. Bounds
Bounds
Public Works
W. Grantham
West Baytown
Pam
Earve
Houston
Lintelman
He Forgot Just One Little Item
A Baytown post office patron mailed a box with 25 feet of movie film without addressing it or adding a return address. Postmaster N B Ballard has held the package awaiting complaint, but none has arrived. The item is to be sent to the dead package office in a few days unless claimed by its owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
N. B. Ballard
Texans Voting Age Forecast Falls Into 4.3 Million
Dallas dispatch reports the Census Bureau regional office says Texas will have 4,845,000 persons of voting age by November 1952, up 6 percent or 273,000 from 1948. Ernest Tutt, regional director, notes the rise amid population growth.
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Dallas
Texas
Census Bureau
Ernest Tutt
U.S. Department of Commerce
Ordnance Plans Announced for San Jacinto Depot Upgrade
Expansion of the San Jacinto Ordnance Depot to cost 3484,000 will create a disassembly facility for renovating ammunition. Col. T. W. Morris says it enlarges current operations at the Gopat to improve efficiency. No firm start date. plans and specifications await Army Engineer approval and bids to follow. The Channelview depot project of 454,060 is included in 316,705,060 worth of Army Projects slated to start by next June 320.
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San Jacinto
T. W. Morris
Gopat
Army Engineer
Channelview
Daniel B Woodell dies. Humble pipeline clerk
Funeral services for Daniel B. Woodell 65 retired district clerk with Humble Pipeline Co will be held Saturday. He died Thursday night in a Houston hospital after 31 years with the company much of it in Baytown. He lived at 2405 Wisconsin with his wife Grace Baty Woodell. Surviving are two brothers and four sisters. Burial in Forest Park cemetery in Houston with pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel B. Woodell
Humble Pipe Line Co
Houston
Woodell
Pipeline Company
Baytown
Grace Baty Woodell
Wisconsin
T. A. Woodell
Hot Springs
Ark
R. B. Woodell
Arkadelphia
Ters
Bill Brogies
Bill McCarthy
E. W. Bnelow
EL EL Phillis
Earl J. Alford
Barney Gray
JL We. Reed
Samuel C. Bramiett
Baytown Enrollments Rise With Back-To-School Rush
Baytown reported first day enrollment of 6428 students, up 341 from last year, with Cedar Bayou 911 and Crosby near 1006. Horace Mann, Baytown Junior High, and Robert E. Lee High showed notable gains as district officials anticipate further increases next week.
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Baytown
Cedar Bayou
Crosby
Barbers Hill
la Porte
George Gentry
Gentry
Ashbel Smith ‘Elementary
Horace Mann
BIH
Robert HL. Lee High School
Impré
C. O. Dusek
Baytown Expedition Probes Ancient Indian Mound
Anthropologist Dr T N Campbell and Baytown resident W L Atwood plan an expedition to a 688 foot long 150 foot high mound in Devil's Elbow region above Cedar Bayou to seek 1300 year old heritage. Permission from commissioners court awaited while artifacts go to the University of Texas department of anthropology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
W. Lo Atwood
Ruth
T. N. Campbell
Department of Anthropology
University of Texas
Cedar Bayou
Campbell
Roseland Park
Bayou
Atwood
Commissioners
Permis
Sion
Devil's Elbow
E. A. Lyons Jr
University
Jeter
Norton Heads Lawndell Civic Association Officers
Lawndell citizens elected officers for the newly formed Lawndell Civic Association at a 7:30 p.m. meeting in Baytown Community House. Forty five attendees heard future meeting dates set for the first Monday of each month and discussed careers and correspondence with Enoch. The travelogue England Cat Henry Baugh appears in the provided text.
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Lawndell Civic’ Association
Lawndel
Baytown
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