Editorial: The Sun Did Not Suppress Storm News
The Baytown Sun defends its hurricane coverage amid accusations of suppressing loss reports. It explains the editor was in Canada during the storm, notes power outages limited operations, and states it did not withhold information about Brownwood, Cedar Bayou, or NASA site proximity. The piece stresses reliance on the AP and claims no intent to downplay damage. It acknowledges staff shortages and challenges while denying deliberate suppression.
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Baytown Sun masthead and staff credits
The Baytown Sun masthead lists Fred Hartman Jim Boone Preston Pendergrass Beulah Mar Jackson J T Bowling with editor and publisher and various office staff roles. It notes circulation manager retail manager and the national representation by Texas Newspaper Representatives Inc. Includes postal and processing stamps and a garbled line of printer’s marks.
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Jim Boone
Preston Pendergrass
Beulah
Mar Jackson
J. T. Bowling
Texas Newspaper Representatives. Inc
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Diplomat Sumner Welles remembered for peace efforts
Drew Pearson recalls Sumner Welles who started in 1915 and fought to prevent war, shaping policy against dictators, opposing Hull, and pushing for Latin American unity. Welles advised FDR, drafted Democratic platform, and backed quarantine moves against Japan and Italy before war broad. He died as world faced fresh turmoil.
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What Dous and Years of Circus Publicity Echoes
The passage recalls Dexter Fellowes Ringting's Circus head publicity man famed for witty lines, Falk Jones bragging about city editor quips, and a 1960 politician lamenting changing times from generosity to paid for crops. Arnold Grant notes a Hollywood marriage unraveling fast in 1961 as described by Bennett Cerf.
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Falk Jones
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Arnold Grant
Hollywood
Bennett Cerf
King Features Syndicate
Quick Trivia Grab Bag and Historical Snippets
A jittery trivia montage asks: mountain gem fate meaning, afternoon PM initials, author of Remembrance of Things Past, seicento art, iguana fizard danger, plus dated notes 1781 York Town edge battle and birthdays of Avery Brundage Abbe Marble Ellsworth Vines Elmer Rice. Also Folk of Fame reveal Alphonso d Abruzzo and Vivian Stapleton with early career details.
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Abbe Marble
Ellsworth Vines
Elmer Rice
Broadway to Britain Star Faces Public Divorce
Central Press writer NAM JONES profiles a singer who began in New Jersey clubs at 17, earned a film contract at 19, appeared in films like State Fair and Three Little Girls in Blue, starred in Guys and Dolls on Broadway and in London, and recently divorced the president of Decca Records and Universal International.
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London
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How Do You Stand Sir
Washington column reflecting on Mayor Sam Marcian of Phoenix and the nation’s Berlin crisis as a teaching moment. The piece weighs civic responsibility, defense funding, and the need for resolve against Khrushchev.
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U.S. Cotton Crop Falls Short of Market Demands
Washington AP The Agriculture Department forecast the 1958 cotton harvest will be smaller than domestic and foreign market needs. Sept 11 production estimates suggest a shortfall near 200000 bales from a predicted 145 million, signaling reduced carryover stocks alongside expected shortfalls in wheat and feed grains.
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Apostle Paul’s Message on Wisdom and Salvation
A fragmentary biblical reflection cites 1 Corinthians about God’s plan to save through preaching and the world’s folly. The text emphasizes faith over worldly wisdom and the role of belief in salvation.
Fallouts and shelters move into public debate
Babson Park, Mass. Life Magazine outlines fallout concerns and shelter plans. A t s letter cites national survey work and cost estimates for basements shelters, noting limits of ordinary shelters against H bomb fallout. The piece questions Berlin troops, anti missile needs, and U S defense readiness and missiles vs underground tests.
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Grand Slam Bid in Bridge Game Tied to Odds and Bids
In a tournament deal played at 26 tables only four North South pairs bid the grand slam that looked almost certain to make. South, holding a long diamond suit, chose to bid grand slam after North denied three kings and showed a robust, though uncertain, diamond distribution. He trusted the odds favored by possible diamonds including the king and the potential for a favorable finesse, concluding the slam had better than a 2 to 1 chance of success.
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