Investigation says housing official paid bribes
Special federal investigator William F. McKenna charges Democrats lax in FHA administration and Clyde L. Powell received more than $100,000 in payments from promoters. He reports widespread corruption in the FHA apartment program 1946 to 1950 and says many employees have been removed or placed on leave as cases move to the compliance division.
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Richard E. Mooney
Washington
Clyde le: Powell
William F. McKenna
Federal Housing Administration
McKenna
FHA
Clyde L. Powell
Powell
Senate
Hig
Justice Department
Housing Agency
Coach Dan Rotter to speak to Baytown Rotarians
Coach Dan Rotter will address Baytown Rotarians at the regular weekly luncheon at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday discussing the 1954 graders and related topics. The event is set at a Baytown venue with active planning by local organizers.
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Dan
Srotter
Baytown Rotarians
Bits and Pieces From Around Town Talk About Local Folks
Agatha Platt questions how Sue Kenneths glasses were crushed in traffic near Rob ert Be Lee halls. Lens stayed intact. Ron Truehardt recalls two years with the Kilgore Rangerettes practicing from 3 am to noon and 4 to 8 pm. Mona Oakes wears Wyoming shoes. Pearl Anderson asks about a minor accident. Stella Herring selects a magazine article for later. Harry Levine notes no letter of congratulations. Rev A L Jordan hosts a Sunday dinner surrounded by young people. J R Read plans to read about a viras attack costing him 18 pounds and time lost. Buck Tate and Rev Jordan share a table. Baytown Fair and rodeo need helpers and ideas. Clinton note, Horton and Kyle Alexander discuss the Public School stadium and Cullen Drive in Houston. George McKinsity at a late afternoon meal.
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Agatha Platt
Sue Kenneth
Robert BE. Lee
Ron Truehardt
Kilgore Rangerettes
Mona Oakes
Wyoming
Pearl Anderson
Stella Herring
Harry Levine
A. L. Jordan
J. R
Buck Tate
Jordan
Will
Baytown to reorganize its corporation court shakeup
Baytown officials consider reorganizing the corporation court by appointing a lawyer as judge. The move would replace absent part time Judge W W Hunt and transfer Clerk Florence Powell to city hall clerical work. Proposals aim to boost enforcement and increase court income from about 2000 to 2500 dollars monthly, with potential nominees Roscoe Zierlein or James W Girardeau discussed.
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Baytown
Powell
Germany
Nsxt
Highlands Teens Admit BB Window Vandalism
Four Highlands high school students, dubbed the BB bandits, admitted shooting plate glass windows at Thad Felton’s and Irene’s on East Texas in Baytown, Clayton Dubose store, and Franta Pontiac agency in Highlands. They said they disposed of the BB gun in the San Jacinto River after reading newspaper stories about the vandalism. Deputies Brown, Bickerstaff, Goodnight and M. M. Brown solved the case after questioning a boy tied to another incident.
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Highlands High School
Baytown
M. “Mo Brown
Thad
Felton's
Irene's
East Texas
Clayton ‘Dubose’ Store
Franta Pontiac Agency
Highlands
San Jacinto River
Highway 90
M. M., Brown
J. ©. Bickerstaff
Steve Goodnight
Baytown Boy Scouts Circus Event Set for Oct 9
Baytown Boy Scouts plan a circus at Oiler Ball Park on October 9 at 7?30 p.m. Tickets went on sale Monday. The event features a prologue by Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Explorers with skits and booths illustrating the scouting program activities such as first aid, knots, fire building, and badge work. John Sylvester chairs the circus, with Paul Kuchler directing the Cubs and George Adams in charge of the Explorers.
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Baytown
Humble
Brunswick Company
ABC
Baytown Boy Scouts Plan
Oiler Ball Park
Oiler
Cubig
Martin
John Sylvester
Paul Kuchler
Cubs
George Adams
Explorers
Stork Ends Baby Run After 31 Deliveries at Baytown
Rosalie Myers reports the Baytown Memorial Hospital baby boom ends as the Stork retires after delivering 31 infants since September. A parade of newborns fills the nursery with beds, incubators, and expectant families awaiting more arrivals. Local births listed include Alvis Bruce Bradley, Loretta Marise Mitchell, Sandra Kay Grant, Charles Earnest Brandon, Glenn Richard Zadrapa, Maben Max Yount Jr., Clifford Charles Antonini, James Carrell Stroud, and John Gilbert Wickman with details of weights, dates, and grandparents.
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Rosalie Myers
Memorial
Stork
San. Jacinto
Sant
Fire Damages Baytown Home
Mrs Gene Crocker's living room furniture and walls were damaged when a fire started Sunday night at her rental home 51 Neal in Baytown. Crocker, a telephone operator, left at 7 pm and was notified after 10 pm. Fire Chief Art Linterman estimated losses around 200 pounds.
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Gene Crocker
Neal
Crocker
B.S. Manning
Odessa
Cracker
Art Linterman
Rebels Plan to Preserve Texas Democratic Control in 1955
Mineral Wells Texas September 13 Conservative Texas Democrats who opposed Adlai Stevenson in 1952 met to map strategy for keeping party control in the 1955 election year. State executive committee members who backed Governor Shivers endorsed the GOP nominee two years ago planned primaries ahead of the Democratic state convention. Shivers keynoted the convention, urging unity to build a strong regional coalition, while warning the action could not be read as a guarantee of his future status.
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Mineral Wells
Tex
Texas
Adlai Stevenson
Allan Shivers
GOP
Shivers
Democratic Party
Fdr Sr
Sheehan
Weexhaw Wilson
Hyde Park
Wilkson
White House
Frank Dr. Is
Albany
149
Foi
Bloom
Congress
New York City
West Side
Frank
Sheraf
Fone
German and Adenauer Reach NATO Agreement Report
Germany and West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer reportedly reached a complete agreement with British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden on a plan to bring Germany into NATO. The talks signaled urgency amid Adenauer's election setback and France's rejection of a European army plan, with Eden proceeding to Rome to secure French consent before Brussels. CDU losses in Schleswig-Holstein indicated shifting political tides as debates over rearmament and reunification continued.
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Bonn
Germany
Anthony Eden
Kenrdlg Adenauer
Ylang
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Mayent
Adenautr
Eden
Lyan
Romie
Mombarshlyy
Paris
Phery
Lremier
Pierre Mendes-Prance
France
Kiel
Konrad
Adenauer
Christan
CDU
Lesh
Moniay
CDV
Shan
Lord Jaya Jain
Baytown Seaman Shot by Son in Playful Gun Incident
Porfirio Martines, 20, was shot in the stomach by his two year old son Josh Angel Martines during a “play game” with a 22 caliber rifle at home Sunday night. He underwent surgery to remove pellets as doctors, aided by police, investigate how the child fired the weapon while Martines and his wife Lorenlis Martines recounted partial accounts.
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Baytown
Son
Ty Erlttea
Baylowy
Crifles
Porfirio Marlines
Josh Angel
Martiney
Camly Told Bivestigating
Can't Turn Gramps Off This TV Set
INDIANAPOLIS Sept 13 Hundreds of detectives amateur and professional tried to explain why Mrs John Mackey's television shows a short image that she says is her dead grandfather George Shots The apparition appeared to freeze on the screen during the weekend and wears the burial suit It shows whether the set is on or off and police could do little more than confirm the phenomenon Electronics experts offered a burned image theory including a TV performer bearing resemblance to the grandfather The case unsettled the family and prompted fears of leaving the wife alone with the set
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Indianapolis
Mateur
John Mackey
Weather notes hint at cooler Baytown days ahead
The fragment records a 63 degree dawn on Monday and notes a cooler trend after a warm spell. It mentions Sunday night Mercury readings and contrasts with Baytown’s four-month coastal weather trend.
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Baytown
Bearer Of Greatest Name Faces Tammany Hall Pushback
Washington dispatch recalls the Roosevelt-Tammany Hall clash of the early party era. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr seeks the Democratic nomination for New York governor but faces a renewed machine challenge from Tammany Hall led by Charley Murphy. The piece traces FDR Jr’s earlier battles against party bosses and a historic insurgent path.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Tammany Hall
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr
New York
Young Frink
S Fuller
New York State
Sendle
Charley Murshy
Tammany Tall
William Sheehan
Buffalo
U.S
Jail Fire Sparks Arson Charges Against Prisoners
A jail fire at 1:30 a.m. Monday involved two county inmates who allegedly burned mattresses worth 298 dollars. Firefighters and officers found a burning pile in the jail center while four inmates gasped in smoke. City Manager Middleton said arson charges will be filed in justice court and destruction of city property in corporation court.
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Unil
Middleton
Justies of the Peace
Roscoe Zierlein
McCarthy Hearing Nears End With Final Witnesses
Sen. Arthur W. Watkins said the McCarthy censure hearings would likely wrap Monday after tests from Brig. Gen Ralph W. Zwicker and three others. Witnesses discussed alleged abuse of Zwicker during a February 18 hearing and the handling of a classified FBI file. Watkins noted McCarthy had completed his case and said cross examination of Monday's witnesses was possible.
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Washington
Arthur W. Watking
Utah
Ralph W. Rec
Zwicker
Camp Kilmer
N. J
W. J. Woodward
McCarthy
James N. Juliany
C. George Anastos
Wicker
Aris
FBI
Watkins
Seventh Fleet Ready For Invaders Threats Seen
Bulletin reports Seventh Fleet ready to counter any Red invasion of Formosa or Quemoy as tensions rise. National Security Council meetings in Washington reviewed threats and the administration prepared executive branch actions. President Eisenhower held talks with Attorney General Brownell and FBI Director Hoover on Communist influence and security measures.
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Nationial Security
Formosa
Quemay
Seventh Fleet
Tne
Whith
Rks
Pabic
Nasional
Security Council
Ite
Eisehhower
Han Trom
Brown
FBI
I. Edgar Hoover
FBT
Hoover
Brownell
Justice Department
Aelminighra
Cingriass
Panty Usay
Its
United States
Dulles
Far East
Japan
Fomoxia
Ivomy Washington
Jon
Uon
Mrs. Fulkerson Dies After Long Baytown Residency
Mrs. Dien Lawrence Fulkerson 77 longtime Baytown resident died at a Houston hospital. Funeral services set for 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Borthman chapel with Rev. Mee Phil officiating. Burial at San Jacinto Memorial Park Cemetery. Survived by two daughters, four sons, two brothers, a sister, 15 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Pallbearers include grandsons and relatives.
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Dien
Lawrence Fulkerson
Baytown
Gage
Pam
Highindy Hospital
Ato Borthman
Willy
Mhs Mee Phil
Pirst Presbyterian Church
San Daecinta Memorial” Park
Worthman’s
Mullerson
Galveston
Broadway Presbyterian Church
Baytown Reservists To View Grid Film Tonight
Baytown Air Force reserve training flight members will watch a highlight film of the 1953 football season at the Baytown Chamber of Commerce office at 7 40 p m Tuesday. The meeting will also discuss the Air Force Specialized Training Program with two Baytown courses offered in Flight Operations and Administration. Reservists who qualify will earn two days pay each month for attending two 2 hour training sessions.
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Air Force Reserve
Baytown
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