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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 21, 1954

Page

2

Trades Day Bargains Await Shoppers All Day Wednesday

Britain called an emergency meeting of the five Brussels pact nations to find a workaround for French fears of a rearmed Germany and German resentment over French delaying tactics. West Germany angrily rejected a plan to form 12 German divisions while banned from NATO, as reps from Britain France Belgium Luxembourg and Italy studied widening their mutual aid pact to include West Germany and Italy.

Wilburn Landrey London Britain Germany West Germany Mandes - France North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO Foreign Legion France Belgium Mpllang Luxembourg Italy

Czechs Refuse US EmbassyAccess to Kidnapped Soldiers

U S embassy officials in Prague said they were refused permission to visit three kidnapped American soldiers. The men, identified as H Dries, Long Island, and M M Pisk, were seized by Czech border guards near the West German border five days earlier. The Czech government protested to Washington while US Army headquarters in Heidelberg denied espionage charges.

Frankfurt Germany Prague Czechoslovakia United Press H. Dries Long Island Seb Be Aus Dries Pisk U.S. Army Heidleberg

Baytown Sun masthead and subscription rates data

The Baytown Sun issue presents a masthead with staff names including publisher editor and managers. It lists subscription rates for in town and mail options, plus postal details and advertising representation.

Baytowns Sun, Inc Pearce Ashbel Baytown Texas Fred Bariman Syd 5 Gould Keulan Mae Jackson Warren Edwards Onasrter Strane Blouth Mmonth Postoffics Marrn Ratoga Geverst Advertising Bergica

Insurance Board Studies Problem in Austin

The State Board of Insurance Commissioners discussed a dispute over who controls the boards liquidators and the firing of Rene Allred Jr. Emmett Shelton was named general counsel. The board may appeal to the Court of Civil Appeals or state Supreme Court as it studies whether the squibdating division falls under board orders or district court receiverships. Allred was discharged for alleged overreach and uncooperativeness and said he would remain until court relief.

Austin State Board of Insurance Commissioners Vameén Rene Allred Jr Emmett Shelton Court of Civil Appeals Supreme Court Commission Allred

Services For Ernest Haacke Jr Infant Held

Funeral services were held for Ernest W Haacke Jr infant son of Mr and Mrs E W Haacke of La Porte at 5 30 p m in Art Simpson Funeral home chapel. Rev Ernest Michalka of St Marys Catholic church officiated and burial followed in La Porte cemetery. The infant died in Baytown hospital about 5 a m Monday after living 20 hours. Survivors include a sister Mary Alice.

Ernest W Haacke Jr E. W. Haacke la Porte Art Simpson Ernest Michalka St Mary's Catholic Church Baaytown Hospital Mary Alice

Immigration chief urges end to US role as farm labor hiring agent

Dallas Sept 22 UPI The U S immigration commissioner Lt Gen Joseph M Swing urged gradual U S withdrawal from hiring Mexican labor for American farms at the Texas Citrus and Vegetable Growers convention He said growers should recruit directly and government should recede while endorsing identity cards for skilled workers and broader management role in Mexico migrant talks He noted no quota limits on Mexican workers and proposed badges for legal contract workers to simplify status decisions

Dallas U.S Joseph M. Swing Swing Texas Citrus and Vegetable Growers and Texas United States British West Indies Mexico Al- 50

Allan Shivers Names Executive Assistant

Jack Dillard to become executive assistant to Governor Allan Shivers on October 1, succeeding Wick Fowler who resigns to start Texas government and politics weekly. Dillard, former Baylor University Six Students Association secretary, is a former FBI agent, Rotary leader, and campaign aide.

Austin Jack Dillard Baylor University Six Students Association Allan Shivers Dillard Wick Fowler Texas FBI Rotary, International Waco Shivers Hoe Mexia Daily News Waco Chamber of Commerce

Oil Lease Bids Sought for Texas Outer Shelf Tracts

In Washington on September 21 the federal government invited bids for oil and gas leasing on 38 submerged Texas tracts totaling 106 029 acres to be opened November 9 under the Tidea landy bill. Louisiana bids open October 13 with a 16 2/3 percent royalty and a minimum $3 per acre, cash bonuses starting at $15 per acre. high cash offers win. Galileo Malian credited with inventing a practical thermometer in 1952 using a bulb and a water column to gauge heat.

Washington Texas Congress Louisiana Douglas McKay

Texas Hospitals and Schools Board Elects Leaders

The Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools Board on Monday elected Durwoog Manford of Smiley as chairman, succeeding J. Rutledge Hill of Dallas who served last year. John G. Dudley of Houston was re-elected vice chairman.

Austin Ups Texas Durwoog Manford Smiley Manford House ‘of Representatives J. Rutledge Hill Dallas Durin John G. Dudley Houston

Airman at Bryan Air Force Base Found Dead

Airman 1C Walter Rineer, 24, of Strasburg Pennsylvania, was found hanged in a squadron mail room at Bryan Air Force Base. Officials ruled death by own action citing lack of contrary evidence. Deputy Sheriff Billy Hanover noted no definite proof but believed it to be self-inflicted. His wife Evelyn returned to Strasburg to await their child's birth.

Bryan Tex Bryan Air Force Base Walter. R.rineer Strasburg Rineer Evelyn L. Graham Billy Hanover

Beans Grow in Beads Aimed at Sunless Inland Gardens

Report from New York describes bean cultivation in water and air within plastic beads under fluorescent light at the Hanford plutonium plant. Seeds sprout and develop uniform blossoms and beans in 25 days, using nutrients and synthetic atmosphere.

New. York Earth Isi Hanford Wasi Atomic’ Energy Commission General Electric Co

Sick List and scattered names across states

A brittle item lists numerous personal names and addresses from Wisconsin Florida Illinois and Texas, interspersed with fragments about meals and grace. The muddled text mentions Baytown La Porte Cedar Bayou and Baytown again, plus references to kidney beans tomatoes and crops and scientists measuring waste elements in plant growth.

Thomas H. Guy Bayou Road Betty ‘Ant Miller Wisconsin Welvie Bradly—Crosby Harry Combs Florida Deborah June Jones Highlands Roy’ H. ‘Epperson West Pearce Glenn’ Shipp Chanelview BR. Couch Georgia Charles F. Jones Travis Jesse G. Smith Hawthorne Robert, Withers—tig West Lobit Ruby Box Sunset Drive B.h.van Meter Illinois Virgil. Gourlay Cedar Bayou Wylie Edward Tompkins Baytown Jim Sullivan Maple Eat Davis la Porte Hubert Etheridge West Gulf John Griffin Gerous John H. Rediske A. A. Selders Hunforé Scientists. Com

Countywide rabies vaccine drive planned after vaccine period

Dr. Er nest Tierkel of the U.S. Public Health Service outlined a countywide campaign to round up stray dogs after the vaccination phase. Baytown Police Chief W. R. Montgomery vowed stepped up enforcement for untagged dogs, noting a city ordinance requires vaccination and tagging within city limits. Officials urged residents to keep dogs from running loose for 39 days after inoculation, explaining the rabies shot needs 30 days to confer full immunity and may not prevent infection in recently bitten dogs.

America Ernest Tiekiel Public Health Service Baytown W. R. Montgomery Vierkel Tierkel

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