Blood Flows On Highways As 12 A Hurt In Crashes
Emergency rooms crowded at San Jacinto Memorial after two traffic crashes on Decker Drive and Causeway Road near Tabbs Bay left 12 injured. Key victims are Syd ney Charles Rhodes 18 Chan Helvign and Ishmael Arnold Jr of Coady both hospitalized. Arnold listed serious but not critical. Others include Mrs David LaPorte 27 South Houston and her family. Patrols cite conflicting witness accounts and possible rear-end collision. further investigation planned.
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Rosalie Myers
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Sydney Charles Rhodes
Chan
Helvign
Ishmael Arnold, Jr
Coady
Decker Drive
Rhodes
Arnold
Titan
Paul L. Lee
David LaPorte
South Houston
Causeway Road
Tabbs Bay
Skidmarcks
Lively
LaPorte
Bullington
Alley
LaPortes
Baytown
Convictions Upheld for West Coast Labor Leader Bridges
In San Francisco on September 6 the ninth U S circuit court of appeals affirmed the 1950 verdict against Harry Bridges, ruling him guilty of perjury and conspiracy to defraud the government.
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iConvictions
San Francisco
Ninth U.S. Circuit Court For Appeals
Harry Bridges
News In Brief: Presidential Candidates Reach Varying Campaign Rounds
Eisenhower speaks at Rochester Minnesota and Kasson mid day with NBC ABC radio broadcasts. Nixon speaks at Saco Yarmouth Freeport Brunswick and Mid Augusta Maine with NBC network broadcast and Mutual audio later. Stevens on national plowing contest in Kasson and Cheyenne events noted. Sparkman attends Durant Oklahoma rally and Tulsa dinner. Wallace concedes in New York and Governor Rennon backs Eisenhower in Baton Rouge predicting victory.
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Eisenhower
Rochester
Minn
Kanson
NBC
ABC
Eworks
Mutual
Nixon
Saco
Yarmouth
Freeport
Brunswick
Tevenson
Kasson
Atunior High School
Cheyenne
Iova
Sparkman
Durant
Okla
Tulsa
York
Henry AL Wallace
Sun Spots and Park Closures Dominate Baytown News
A grass fire in Cedar Axon woods drew Baytown Volunteer Fire Department to a quick scene assessment, with the blaze contained but burning a wide area. Seland Park swimming will close after Saturday night as the season ends, per City Manager C.D. Middleb, cool weather keeping the pool unused. The San Jacinto Knights of Columbus festival runs Sept 27–28 at 2500 Main, with L. W. Maher and Seth Mitchell co-chairing. a dance on Sept 27 is planned. Strickler, retail chains foreman, earned a five year efficiency certificate after UT Austin program. Also mentioned are local politics, hospital experiences, and glasses found near a parking lot awaiting claim.
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HE Pall
San Jacinto Council No
Knights of Columbus
T Main
Esland Knight
L. W. Maher
Seth Mitchell
Eto Peeolice
Defend Sandbag Castle as GI's repulse North Korean assault
Seoul reports US 25th division troops recoiled a savage Communist attack on an outpost near Sandbag Castle north of the Punchbowl after 100 hours of fighting. Allied air forces hit Fifth Corps HQ south of Kowon and destroyed dozens of buildings. American Sabrejets fought MiG-15s as B 26s wiped out a war supply center at Pukchong and 229 Superforts targeted Hambhung. The hill's slopes left littered with dead Reds after a fierce counterattack.
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Fifth Corps
Kowan
Fifth Air Force
Tangdok
Pukchong
North Korea
Hambhung
Korea
Sandbag Hill
Air Sea Search Fails To Find Mystery Sub
Air and sea search off the New Jersey coast failed to locate any submarine following a Coast Guardsman sighting. Seaman Adrian Sallet at Seaside Heights reported a surfaced sub Friday morning about five miles offshore. The Navy and NORAD HQ said no evidence supported a submarine sighting and no submarines were in the area.
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Toms River
N. 3
Coast
Navy
Salter
Seaside Heights
New York
Ike Vows Farm Parity With Less Control Plan
Ike Eisenhower pledged the Republican ticket to maintain farm prices at 90 percent of parity for two years and to work toward full parity with reduced government control. He outlined a four point program aimed at bipartisan farming commissions, farmer run operations, regional adaptation, and stronger protection for diversified and perishable farm products.
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Ike
Buis
Riculture
Adlai Heads For Collision On Farm Policy In Plowing Contest
Denver dispatch reports Governor Adlai Stevenson heading toward a key clash with Dwight D. Eisenhower on farm policy at the National Plowing Contest in Kasson Minnesota. Stevenson will deliver his speech around 4 p.m. est after finalizing it with agricultural leaders. he contends corruption in government is treason and pledges to expose and punish culprits in both parties.
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Adlai
General Both
Stevenson
Kasson
Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan
Allon Kline
American Farm Bureau ‘Federation
Denver
Eisenhower
Cedar Bayou Rancher William J Wright Dies at 93
William J Wright 93 a Cedar Bayou rancher and farmer died Friday evening in a Baytown hospital after years of ill health He was born in England came to Cedar Bayou at age 12 and lived there Funeral services are set Sunday at Paul A Lee funeral home with Rev James Jackson Cedar Bayou Masonic cemetery graveside rites by Cedar Bayou Masonic Lodge No 321 Survivors include his daughter in law and son Mr and Mrs W G Bay Miss of Tri City Beach Road four grandchildren and six great grandchildren Pallbearers named Ellender Wilkins Terry Gardner Devereaux and Wilson
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Ames Wright
Cedar Bayou
Baytown
Wright
England
Cedar” Bayou
Paul A. Lee
James Jackson
Cedar Bayou Methodist Church
Group To Visit Homes Of Polio Victims in Baytown
Mrs. George F. Spangler will lead the Jayceeettes of Baytown in a 1953 March of Dimes effort. A Baytown Highlands Visitation committee has been organized with Spangler as chair, including Mrs. KT Beefers, Mrs. W. D. Broyles, Mr. J. W. Ainsworth, and Mrs. Edward Panowich. One committee member will visit Baytown and Highlands polio victims to explain how the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis through its Harris County Chapter can provide financial aid and family literature. The aim is to ensure families know March of Dimes funds are available to help when polio policies are exhausted and patient care costs remain.
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George F. Spangler
Jayceeettes
Baytown
KT. Beefers
Irs
W. D. Broyles
J. Wi R Ainsworth
Edward Panowich
Highlands
Sirs Spangler
Highlands Palio
Snational
Foundation For In
Fantile
Harris County
National Foundation
Tropical Hurricane Moves Out To Sea
A tropical hurricane with winds up to 10 miles per hour moved slowly further out to sea on Saturday after a pause that unsettled the mid-Atlantic coast. The U S Weather Bureau said the system revived Saturday, drifting near a shipping lane off the Carolina coast, and warships kept clear. Peru acts to avoid clashes at tuna grounds as warships and planes are deployed.
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Miami
Fla
mid-Atlantic
U. S
Weather Bureau
Carolina
Councilmen Fail To Show At Budget Session
Three councilmen and the mayor were absent from a scheduled budget session. Mayor J.A. Ward postponed the final session after a quorum question, leaving H. M. Campbell and W. D Reeves present. No increases approved as lower attendance stalled the $9,300 yearly raise requests and the public hearing due before Sept. 27.
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J.A. Ward
H. M. Campbell
W. D Reeves
R. H. Pruett
KR. B. Bergeron
R. L. Campbell
Reeves
Hurricane Rips Ship Off Charleston Coast
The 3505 ton Foundation Star, Panamanian registry, broke in two 130 miles east of Charleston as Hurricane Baker raged northward. Seventeen crew were rescued from lifeboats and a ship section, with two men remaining aboard another section. Emu retrieved survivors and stood by. Also, Daniel B. Woodell, 65, a Humble Pipeline retiree and former district clerk, died in Houston and services were planned in Texas.
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Charleston
S. C
Foundation Star
Panamian
Atlantic
Miami Coast Guard
Baker
Cape Hatteras
Coast Guard
Tragedy at La Porte band hall scaffold collapse
14 year old David Quick, son of a La Porte bricklayer, fell when a scaffold cracked at the $33,000 band hall construction site. He suffered multiple pelvic fractures and was taken to Galveston Memorial Hospital in LaMarque in fair condition.
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George Prentice
la Porte
David Quick
Galveston Memorial Hospital
LaMarque
David
Charles Quick
Art Simpson
Weather notes tease Baytown warm spell ahead
The week brought cloudless skies and cool nights with unusually pleasant conditions. Friday night saw cool temperatures around 6 degrees, while Friday’s high reached 88 by noon, signaling a warmer day expected Saturday.
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Baytown
California
Houston pilot credits Sabrejet with saving his life
In a Yellow Sea crash landing, Lt Ira M Porter of Houston recalls blasting two MIG-15s with his F-86 Sabre. Despite severe canopy damage and leaking fuel, Porter survived after ditching at 3,000 feet and being rescued by an SA-16. He described the dogfight from 25,000 to 70 feet, praising his jet’s resilience.
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Houston
Sabrejet
Korea
Yellow Sea
Ira M. Porter
Porter
Portier
Note To Russians Paris. U S Army Chief of Staff Gen Lawton Collins announces weapons to aid Europe war
General Lawton Collins states American tactical bio weapons would be used to support Allied forces in Europe in a future war. He says their availability would not decrease initial force requirements. Collins travels from Paris to inspect Allied commands and observe troops in Germany and Trieste.
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Paris
U.S. Army
Lawton Collins
Europe
Collins
Supreme Allied Headquarters
Trieste
U.S
Germany
Foreclosure Action Tied To Gambler's Swank Club
Oklahoma City foreclosure case targets Brook Hollow Supper Club owned by Howard McCormack and Glenn McCarthy associate, seeking $6,999.05 plus $1,250 attorney fees. Club raided for suspected gambling use, closed two months. Tax liens against McCormack cited. McCarthy linked to Guatemala hotel venture with McCormack and Frank Casoné.
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Oklahoma City
Howard McCormack
Glenn McCarthy
Guatemala City
Wm District
McCormack
New Brook Hollow
Here
Gambier
Houston
Okla
PS. Wilson
Brook Hollow
Oklahoma
Wilson
McCarthy
Texas oil and _ hotel Than
Guatemala
Murder death by own action ruled in shooting
A verdict of murder and death by own action was returned in Hooks Texas after a double shooting of a Houston man and his estranged wife. W C Hadlock, about 30, shot to death his wife Elsie Hadlock 27 and critically wounded Mrs J T Burson before turning the rifle on himself.
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Hooks
Tex
Houston
Spencer Reed
W. C. Hadlock
Elsie Hadlock
J.T. Burson
Gertrude Lawrence Dies at 44 in New York Hospital
English stage star Gertrude Lawrence died in New York hospital after a liver ailment. She passed at 8:30 am in the presence of her husband Richard Aldrich and close friends as complications from hepatitis worsened. Born in London July 4 1902 she began on stage at six and rose in works like Susan and God and Lady in the Dark. She entertained servicemen during the last war and served as first vice president of the American Theatre? Guild.
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New York
Gertrude Lawrence
New York Hospital
Miss Lawrence
Richard Aldrich
Aldrich
London
Oll
Susan and
God
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