Board denies Jehovah's Witnesses use of Rob-5 Lee High Auditorium
Jehovah's Witnesses were denied school auditorium access by the School Board. Trustees cited state law and pledged allegiance requirements, while the group argued for religious freedom. Watchtower representative Jerome Stoermer warned of future rights loss, noting planned October meeting with 1000 to 1200 delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hovah'’S Witnesses
Lee High School
Je Bks Witnesses
Asiee I. L. Kellogg
Jals
Rschools
Kellogs
Akesmen
Jehovah's Witnesses
John Kee, Jr
C. A. Stoermer
Oer
Bol
Joermer
Watchtower Bible and Ct Society
Ings
Jerce
Omeetween
Couna
City Hall remodeling and river ferryhouse updates begin
Council chambers at City Hall are being remade with a white ceiling and willow green walls as new chairs are provided. The river ferryhouse project proceeds after county commissioners accept a supply offer from a local company and approve funding decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ity Hall
Drab
Barniike
Prasedt
Birthday and community notes from Cedar Bayou area
A collage of local brief items mentions Mollie Teten celebrating her 76th birthday, Mrs. L. J. Lawrence and family, cerebral treatment center meeting reminders, Larry Hovey returning to Texas after England, and various town notices. Bits reference a Gil Dennisons birthday, Henry’s recovery, a Red-hot Camp Polk note, Longhorn George Her, Muennink’s football schedule, Officer Henry’s sharp parking judgments, Laverne Fuller discussions, and Bubba Kiddings amid a street ditch incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie Teten
L. J. Lawrence
J. EL
Cedar Bayou
Loma
N. 'Chee
Larry Hovey
Texas
England
Lacgilin
Gil Dennisons
Cere& Niece
Houston
Henry
Camp Polk
Longhorn
George
Water Bill Disputed for Inactive Highlands School
Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No 1 charged Highlands area school $367.58 for August though the school was not operating. School trustees criticized the amount and pledged to investigate. Trustee I L Ketloge, from Highlands, suggested checking the bill while Trustee Theo Whbuern noted the cost was excessive and implied the district could drill its own well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highlands
Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1
I. L Rketloge
Hishlands
Theo Whbuern
Guard Units To Korea
Washington reports that National Guard units must be sent to Korea if combat veterans are to be rotated home. General J Lawston Collins says plans call for winter rotation of personnel who endured combat in Korea last winter. The note responds to Dworshak’s protests from the 248th Field Artillery Battalion of Idaho Guard, now at Camp Carson Colorado, on call to supply replacements for overseas duty. Collins cites a 36,000 monthly replacement need and a shortage of trained troops, explaining guard units have been pulled from training to meet the demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UCR
National Guard Uits
Korea
J. Lawston Collins
Army
Collins
Henry C. Dworsaak
Idaho
Lettets
Dworshak
Burning Tanker SOS Hoax Declared by Coast Guard
The Coast Guard and Navy spent three hours searching for the 10,000 ton tanker Gulfray after an SOS claimed it was on fire off Key West. The Gulfray later reported it was never in distress and needed no help, ending the false alert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Coast Guard
Gulf Oi
Navy
Key West Owith G
Andros+ coggin
Gulfray
Parents Face Criminal Charges For Truant Kids
Goose Creek ISD attendance officer J R Case warns that parents may face criminal charges and heavy fines if their children remain out of school. He serves as both attendance officer and county probation officer, stressing the need to report absences and distinguish duties while noting some absences may have legitimate medical reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Case
Goose Creek Independent School District
East Ssounty
Senial
Bayer
Case
Auty
Merel
Grange Chief Indicted In Beating Death Case
BEAUMONT IC R orange Police Chief Alvin Keown with an assistant chief and two patrolmen were indicted by a federal grand jury over the February beating death of a black prisoner. In Tokyo North Korean and Chinese commanders rejected General Ridgways site for talks as unacceptable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Peiping Radio
Grange
Beaumont
ICR
Orange
Alvin Keown
Marines Break Through Red Lines In Korea Front Fight
United States Marines with heavy artillery and mortar fire pushed through Red lines in Korea today, marking a bold advance by American ground forces. The First Marine Division moved into central Korea toward Pyongyang areas, meeting strong enemy resistance as UN aircraft supported the assault. East front reporting noted captures of key hills near Inje and heavy fighting across multiple sectors with Chinese and Russian-linked forces observed in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Army Headquarters
Korea
North Korea
Periv
Ahether Looper
Pyongyang
Central Korea
Inje
Youchon
United Press
Larry Tighe
United Nations
Chi
Florence Chadwick conquers English Channel record swim
Florence Chadwick, 32, of San Diego, becomes the first woman to swim from England to France, despite rough seas and fog. She completed the 21-mile crossing in 16 hours 22 minutes, overcoming heavy tides and fumes from a motorboat escort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Channel
England
France
Sangate
Florence Chad
Elisee Debrurne Geauty
San Diego
California
Dover
Devrayne
Rgtal
Chadwick
Elna Andersen
Andersen
Chacick
Tom Brower
Britain
Blower
Miss Chadwick
Oklahomans Seek Pinballs From Texas
In Durant Bryan County officers moved to confiscate pinball machines believed flooded into Oklahoma by Texas gamblers from Dallas Houston Corpus Christi and Fort Worth. Oklahoma State Crime Bureau Agent Golden Kennedy assisted county attorney Mills after a warehouse held nearly 200 machines. Mills planned a meeting with Sam Lattimore to determine legal methods to seize the machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durant
Okla
Icr
Biian County
Oklahoma
Texas
Dallas
Houston
Corpus Christi
Fort Worth
Oklahoma State Crime Bureau
Golden Kennedy
Bryan County
Re AS Mills
Mills
Sam Lattimore
Rangers Raid Barn Club in Texas City Night
Rangers visited Galveston County last night, wrecking a dice table and a shakeboard at The Barn, an East Texas City nightclub. Eyewitness R B Johnson said the raiders moved through the dining room to the back dice room, leaving patrons stunned as they seized equipment and caused the crowd to scatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Rangers
Galveston County
Texas City
Houston
Hardy Purvis
Tesas City
UN Admits Kaesong Violation and Reds Apology Demand
The United Nations acknowledged that a Third Bomber Command plane strafed lights in Kaesong during a navigation error, prompting regret to North Korean negotiators. General Ridgway said the pilot was being disciplined, and the incident could affect resumed armistice talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaesong
Reds
Tokyo
iWfs
United Napee Command
Third Bomber Command
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ieid
G Turner Joy
Nam Hi
Baytown
Uniaisan
Supreme Headquarters
United Plan Kaesong
Hai
Nam T
Sam
Pan Mun Jom
Rigeway
Ridgway
Red Chieftains
Red
Highlands Youth Stabbed in Home Fight Leaves Four Wounds
Kenneth Pittman a 20 year old from Highlands suffered seven knife wounds and slash marks across head back and arm after a domestic dispute at his home. He identified his attacker to police but no charges were filed as relatives declined action. Edward Pittman his brother and Mrs J E Pittman witnessed the fight and described the chaotic kitchen bedroom struggle before Kenneth was taken to San Jacinto Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Pittman
Solar
Tugboarman
Kinife
Highlands
Sheriffs
Pittman
J. E
Edward
San Jacinto Memorist
Kenneth
Edward Pittman
Iran Issues Oil Ultimatum to Britain Over Abadan Crisis
Iran demands Britain resume oil talks or face expulsion of over 300 British technicians within 15 days. Premier Mossadegh sends the ultimatum amid British threats to protect staff at the Abadan refinery. Harriman relays to Washington for London, as Tehran drafts plans to seize the refinery if the deadline passes. Britain has deployed more warships to the Shatt El-Arab coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Tran
Iran
Britain
London
Mohammed Mossadegh
Abadan
Washington
WW. Averell
Harriman
Hurricane Moves Into Atlantic Shipping Lanes
A more severe hurricane shifted into Atlantic shipping lanes while another storm waned near Teeland. The Weather Bureau says the stronger storm lies about 400 miles SSE of Newfoundland moving at 230 miles per hour with an estimated center wind of 95 miles per hour and outer gales extending 20 miles from the center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eri
Teeland
Weather Bureau
Newfoundland
Phillips Plans Texas Indiana Oil Pipeline Project
Phillips Petroleum announces a Texas to Indiana oil pipeline to be built by January 1, 1958. Chairman K S Adams says the project includes a $75 million equity and a new $105 million bank credit, expanding capacity by about 30 000 barrels per day from East Chicago to West Texas and plans a Houston chemical plant alongside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlesville
Texas
Chicago
Indiana
Phillips. Petrolium
K.S. Adams
Phillips “Board
Joan Will
Vihaiee Ee
Phillips
West
Houston
Farnsworth Edges Brown Root in Baytown Tunnel Bid
Farnsworth and Chambers of Houston submitted a low bid of 3,748,224 for the second phase of Baytown La Porte Tunnel work, likely securing the contract. Brown and Root, expected to handle tunnel tubes in the next weeks, bid 688,702 but placed third. Other bids included San Jacinto Equipment Company and E Gardner at 3,982,352 and Spencer White and Prentiss at 3,134,258, with electrical and plumbing costs noted separately. The process followed an unofficial tabulation by Texas Highway Department engineers. The Farnsworth bid calls for completion in 315 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hartman
Austin
Farnsworth and Chambers
Houston
Baytown
la Porte
Brown and Root
Fowest
San Jacinto Equipment + Company
E. Gardner
New York
Spencer, White and Prentiss
Wwere
State Highway Commission
Alexander
Texas
Deepartment
McElros
Bob Jackson
Al.Bahn
Gineers
Parsons
Brinker
Hell
MacDonald
Farnsworth
Root
OthiSeé Farnsworth
Jets Chase Mysterious Saucer Over New Jersey Sky
MITCHELL FIELD N Y A pair of U S Air Force pilots Lt Wilbert Rogers and Capt Howard Ballard reported chasing a white or silver object moving at estimated speeds near 900 miles an hour along a 30 mile arc from Sandy Hook to Asbury Park New Jersey Their T 33 trainer could not catch the craft. observers said it was unlike any weather balloon and sped away toward Sea Bright and Red Bank clues suggest a flying saucer sighting in the New York area authorities noted such reports are rare and unconfirmed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchelfield
Orce
Wilbert VW Rogers
Columbia
Pennsylvania
Mitchell Field
Howard Ballard
Dover
Dela Ware
Sandy Hook
New Jer
Rogers
United States
Ballard
Dover Air Base
New Jersey
Wei
Redbank
Seavat Asbury Park
Air Force
Navy
City Triples Fire Losses in Eight Months
Baytown reports insured fire losses near 45 775.18 by August, almost tripling last year’s eight month total. The Fire Department answered seven alarms in August with costs totaling 1 836.72 and one unmonitored fire caused 101.67 loss. Fire Marshal H. Bounds cited causes as miscellaneous and child related incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Mid-Baytown
West Baytown
H. Bounds
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pasa Park
Caiunty Cam
Missioners B
Ix Supply Company
Com
Ound Town
R Muennink
Harry
Delingér
Laverne Fuller
Williams Pertig
Bubba
SOS
Louis Montbatten
United
Matthew Webb
Rangers Raid ‘Barn’ Club
Royal Air Force
Cencers
Pute
Atlantic
Ultimate
Ovashengton Robers
Repubican i
Dean Acheson
Russia
Ener
Texas-Indiana Oil
Hinabor
Olinails
Ur Syndicate
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!