Navy sees robotic guided missiles in Korean War
Be the first to report that the U S Navy is already using guided missile planes against Korea. On the carrier Boxer in Korean waters a robot guided a Grumman Hellcat converted to a drone with television guidance. Navy officials say 1,800 planes have been converted to drones and could launch large scale attacks immediately.
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Robert Gibson Toryc
U.S
Korea
Korean
Lawrence A. Kurtz
Navy
Far East
United States
Orte’s All-Community Pep Opens at 7 30 With Aldine Eleven
The event kicks off at 7 30 PM with Orte’s team facing Aldine eleven. Class broadcasts air in Highlands and Cros at 5 39 PM Monday and Thursday and in Brighton Tuesday and Friday in Cros.
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Orte
Aldine
Hishlands
Cros
Bighten
Fragmented OCR notes on Navy base life and local figures
A scrambled OCR fragment lists names and activities around Cherry Point North Carolina and Marine and radio operator mentions. It references Roark, Earl Camp, Roy Ward, Axel Schoyen, Don Evans, Red Adams, Hugh Sherwood, Ben Crumpler, and George Gen in assorted duties, viewing a Notre Dame game note and a rough line about a hunt and a door, with unclear context and many incomplete phrases.
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Roark
Cherry Point
N.C
Earl Camp
Wine Middleton
Roy Ward
Axel Schoyen
Don Evans
Betsy
Notre Dame
George Genkoking
Ben Crumpler
Baytown
la Robert 337
South Korean Troops Recapture Fingerridge Ridge
Battle hardened South Korean units retook Fingerridge Ridge from Chinese Reds after a days long assault that began Sept. 6. Capitol Hill had fallen earlier to a fierce push, with the Capitol division holding after multiple brutal onslaughts that left thousands of Communist casualties. Finger ridge was finally secured around 3:30 am following air and artillery bombardments and three sided advances by Korean forces.
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Seoul
Korea
Fingerridge
Capitol Hill
Finger Ridge
Eighth Army
Mine blast sinks destroyer Barton killing five sailors
The Barton, a 2,200 ton destroyer, was blasted in the Japan Sea while screening a task force built around carriers Bon Homme Richard and Princeton. Five sailors were killed and seven injured as seawater flooded a bulkhead, power was restored within an hour, and the ship returned to Sasebo, Japan.
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Toryo
Ming
Barton
N Navy
Japan Sea
Bon Homme Richard
Princeton
Sasebo
Japan
Wonsan
Cmdr
Harvey D. Slim
Bridgeport
Conh
El Turko Identified As Ringleader in Texas Killing
Bond hearing set for Mario Lapate known as El Turko. Jacob Floyd Jr. was shot in an Alice, Texas driveway on Sept. 8 while Floyd Sr. testified that Nago Alaniz and Sam Reams were named as targets by leaders of a Rio Grande City faction. Alaniz, Sapate charged with murder related offenses. Parr mentioned in testimony.
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Alice
Tex
Mario
el Turko
Lapate
Jacob
Buddy
George Parr
Sherif
Duke
Duval County
Floyd
Alaniz
Jake
Brokinto
Naga
Parr
Charley Lyman
Corpus Christi
Rites Friday For Crosby's Sam Ewell
Sam Jackson Ewell 68, Crosby farmer, died at 3 p.m. Wednesday at home. Funeral Friday at 1 a.m. at Crosby Methodist Church with Rev. F. E. Weaver officiating. Burial in White Cemetery near Highlands under Paul U. Lee funeral home direction. Surviving wife Minnie Mary Ewell. sons Ira Austin Ewell and Carl Earl Ewell. daughters Ola Ewell and Jed D. Svoboda. sister Mrs Frank Harvey. many grandchildren. Ewell was a native of Commencement County and longtime Crosby resident, member of Methodist church Woodmen of the World Lodge SPJST.
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Sam Jackson Swell
Crosby
Sam
Ewell Nome
Crosby Methodist Church
F. E. Weaver
White Cemetery
Highlands
Paul U. Lee
Ewell
Commencie County
Yeats
Methodist Church
Woodmen of the World Lodge
SPJST
Nie Mary Evwell
Cros
Ira
Austin Ewell
Carl Earl ‘Ewell
Baytown
Ta Ola Ewell
Jed D. Svoboda
Frank Harvey
Faves
Brunette soda jerks leads rustling gang in Texas
Fort Worth report says 21 year old Melba Basham admitted leading a cattle theft gang active across four counties. Police charged three others including her brother Joseph Basham and Fort Hood soldier Dan Dixson. The gang rented trailers to steal cattle after spotting them in fields. A Fort Worth suburb resident’s tip with a license plate helped track the truck. Basham claimed she and her brother made most decisions and said they started six to eight months ago before resuming recently on a large scale.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Cutie Rustlers
Melba Doris Basham
Poice
Miss Basham
Joseph Virgil Basham
Dan Dixson
Fort Hood
Dixson
Jeanie Dixson
W. Q. Reeves
Grand Prairie
Crosby Schools to Get $75,000 Grant for New Building
Crosby Independent School District will receive a $75,000 Royirnment grant approved months ago, per a telegram to Superintendent C Dusek signed by Congressman Albert Thomas. Education Office reserved funds for project TEX-32-C-IS. money to finish the new elementary school and add a cafeteria.
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Crosby Independent
C. ©. Dusek
Washington
Albert Thomas
Office of Education
Thomas
Thare
Crosby
Dusek
F and C bids 238682 on Spur 201 tunnel approach
The F and C Engineering Co of Houston submitted the low bid of 238,682 for Spur 201 and a section of Highway 146, a project to grade, base, and surface 1.8 miles linking West Main to a traffic circle near the tunnel entrance at Black Duck bay. The bid saves 96,157 for Texas taxpayers. The Holland Page Construction Co of Austin had been the previous low bidder at 354,835 but was rejected. The award would complete most of the tunnel approach system aside from a segment of Highway 146 to the East Texas line. Farnsworth and Chambers subsidiary F and C Engineering Co is completing the tunnel tube.
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F. and. C
F and C Engineer Co
Houston
Bartown
Chabbiel
Texas
Holland Page Construction Company
Austin
West Main
Black Duck Bay
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
East Texas
F and C Engineering &Co
Farnsworth and Chambers
Difficult Task Found for Bay Town School Board Trustee
Bay Town School Board President A R Stark and fellow trustees struggle to fill the vacancy left by Theo Wilburn who resigned in July. Four candidates remain after careful screening, with emphasis on interim availability and potential to run in May. The board seeks a businessman to balance representation, and no relative of any member may be employed by the district.
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Aubrey Banks
A. R. Stark
Baytown
Theo Wilburn
Stark
Mey
Asphalt Cowpokes Ride Again At Baytown Fair 1952
Baytown civic leaders announce the Asphalt Cowpokes will return for the 1952 fair starting October 1 amid Western regalia, a Kangaroo court on downtown streets, and celebrity deputies. Norman Hargraves leads advance ticket sales with adult books at 1.50 and children's books at 0.66, as Mose Sumner organizes plans for the largest four year history review.
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West Texas
Mose Sumner
Baytown
Roy Bean
San Jacinto
Norman Hargraves
Baytow
Sumner
Sca
Green Mercury Car Sought in Hit-and-Run Death
Deputies hunt a late model green Mercury seen near Beaumont Highway after Mrs. Lillie Dickerson died from injuries in a hit-and-run. A purse found in a ditch, not hers, and lack of glass at the scene, lead investigators to focus on a two men and a woman in the car seen by nearby residents and a stalled motorist Roy Newwition.
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Sheriff's
Rosalie Myers St. Edd White
Sheriff's Department
Lillie Dickerson
Beaumont Highway
Sheldon
Dickerson
White
Roy Newwition
McNair
Mercury
Sheriff muhleman shoves at reporter near armory doors
In Rock Island on Sept 18 Sheriff Morris Muhleman clashed with reporters covering Eisenhower campaign. He allegedly struck at International News Service correspondent Robert Clark as reporters were barred from entering the armory for J. Eisenhower’s campaign speech. Muhleman denied entry, claimed orders from an Eisenhower advance man, and warned reporters of possible jail.
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Rock Island, Hl
Morris Muhieman
Rock Island County
Eisenhower
Muhieman
Robert Clark
International News Service
Muhleman
Cave-in Breaks Man's Back Gerald May
Houston tunnel construction worker Gerald May was injured in a recent dirt cave-in. X rays showed broken seventh and eighth vertebrae, an infected lung noted but rib breaks denied. he remains in a cast at St Joseph hospital with an expected two month recovery.
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Man
Gerald
May
Gerald May
Houston
Pasadens Medical Center
St Joseph Hospital
Houstonian
Oilman ready to help Iran reopen Abadan refinery
William Alfon Jones, president of American Cities Service Oil Co., said he is prepared to send technicians to Iran to restore Abadan and its oil fields. He cited less than 10 million needed to resume capacity and urged Mossadegh to reach a settlement with Britain to lift the blockade. Jones spoke after touring the refinery during his visit, calling the shutdown a world tragedy.
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Tehran
Iran
Wiliam Alfon Jones
American Cities Service Oil Co
Abadan
Jones
Mohammed Mossadegh
United States
Mossadegh
Britain
Crosby School Girl Breaks Arm In Fall
Crosby Elementary pupil Kathy Svoboda injured when bumped on a playground slide mid descent. She fell and broke her left arm above the wrist. Taken to a Highlands doctor for treatment and sent home.
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Kathy Svoboda
Crosby
Kathy
Highlands
Wanger Avoids Comment on Visits With Wife
Hollywood report states Walter Wanger has been visiting Joan Bennett daily but neither would discuss reconciliation. Wanger served 62 days for shooting agent Jennings Lang amid marriage tensions. Since jail release, he visits his wife’s home to see their two children while staying at Ed Flynn’s house.
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Hollywood
Walter Wanger
Joan Bennett
Wanger
Jennings Lang
Ed Flynn
Ganders and Lamar Face Friday Night Football Rain
Forecasts call for cloudy skies and showers as the Robert E. Lee Ganders meet the Lamar Redskins in a Friday night game. The tale of 1949 rains and lines of storms continues to cast a backdrop over Baytonians as officials monitor wind and weather impacts on the field and travel.
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Warren Edwards
City Officials Cheer Rain Reducing Grass Fires
City officials in Baytown hailed Thursday night rain for quelling grass fires that plagued the fire department. Fire Chief A H Lintelman said the soaking also eased leaks in City Hall where Downing Roofing Co. installed a new stone roof for 544 dollars with a 10 year guarantee, finishing Wednesday.
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Baytown
HL Lintelman
Ifiremien Peut
City Hall
Downing Roofing Co
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