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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1955
Page
3
The joint committee on internal revenue will hold December hearings on technical taxation aspects. Democratic members lead the probe, backing a $20 tax cut for taxpayers and dependents. Both parties expect tax cut competition next year to dominate politics, with focus on who gains most.
A San Antonio high school football night between Robert E. Lee and Thomas Jefferson drew attention to sideline conduct and discipline. Dan Stallworth, REL coach, reportedly preached restraint after a bench incident involving Captain John Tubbs and a San Antonio opponent. Both players were removed from the game while the referee restored order, underscoring a long standing coaching emphasis on not fighting back.
Two Madison Avenue ad men Elliot Bethlahmy and Kirby Culver opened NHGSB&E in the old Union hotel in New Hampton New Jersey. The 18th century style shop offers hand cranked apple corers cracker barrels kerosene lamps and penny candy as a doorway into a bygone era.
Republicans push for 5 to 10 percent tax cuts benefiting the top earners while Democrats back a $20 per person plan. The December hearings will likely tackle tax cuts as Ike faces Senate foreign policy issues with Walter George possibly retiring. Flood insurance faces slow progress without White House support and private industry concerns. Dulles reportedly considers U A Johnson for Thailand post as Geneva talks proceed.
By Fred Hartman. At halftime during the 1955 season Dan Stallworth and John went to the San Antonio squad to mend a dispute. They spoke with both players, witnessed handshakes, and taught the boys to own up to wrongs and bury the hatchet in public. Lessons extend beyond touchdowns to character and leadership.
By Mel Heimer Rolla, two partners run a general store packed with odd items from licorice to penny candy striped bags. They boast New York sourcing for goods and claim Washington once slept nearby while historic Musconetcong area lore and old cannon works frame their venture.
A Washington social season unfolds with Gwen Cafritz poised as top host after years of maneuvering against rival Perle Mesta. The scene centers on Foxhall Road parties, a television spotlight on Ed Murrow, and rival plans including a Spring Valley cocktail lounge project. Rumors swirl about Soviet diplomatic galas and potential invitations to Eisenhower and Nixon.
Denver dispatch reports low morale among President Eisenhower’s staff at Culver Hall and Lowry Air Force Base as he recovers from a heart attack. The piece notes staff anxieties about succession, relocation to Gettysburg for day-to-day work, and increased press coverage. A hospital visit includes a Secret Service spelling bee with a seven-year-old visitor. The President critiques his hospital diet while MPs handle primary protection duties.
In Wollywood during a poker session George Jessel paused play to remark on the quiet, noting Groucho Marx not in the game. George Burns retorted that if this is quiet, Friday’s scene was louder. A returning tourist says Hollywood weddings adapt only slightly, with banquets and playful groom disposal as the norm.
A collage of trivia and biographical notes asks about the origin of England’s name the tumblies in a rhyme who demanded a pound of flesh the term superbole and bottled in bond a major general of the ILS Army and construction engineer born in Pittsburgh in 1908 and a young actor with a WWII MP background list of named facts and a birthday mention plus a Shakespearian clue about Shylock and exaggerated terms.
Washington experts predict limited upheaval during Eisenhower’s convalescence as Dulles and Nixon clash with others over Russia and defense cuts. Tax cuts unlikely. Humphrey aims to balance the budget. Nixon’s California prospects face hurdles from Knight, Knowland, and Warren, while Ike’s health history and routine care are detailed by Maj. Gen. Howard Snyder.
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