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The SUN
Puts HOME
NEWS First
FODAY'S NEWS TODAY
Wednesday, December 22, 1954
BAYTOWN. TEXAS
TELEPHONE: 8302. five Cents Per Copy
HUMBLE SUCCESSFUL BIBBER IN SALE
OF U.S.-0WNE0 RUBBER PLANTS HERE
Dense Fog Blamed-- No Action Taken Yet
Four Killed In Liberty Auto Crush
Tennis Coach
Of Loyola U.
Among Dead
LIBERTY, Tex., Dec. 22-UP-
Loyola University Tennis Coach
Bob Hanberg and three other per-
sons were killed Wednesday when
their car smashed into a bridge
while driving in heavy fog.
The victims were Hanberg, 21,
Whittier, Calif, and three New
Orleans women: Mrs. Joseph Nu-
..... , , ,, , . .. _ nez, 49. and her two daughters,
Joyce. W. and Sylvia Ann, V
Hanberg. the only Loyola ath-
SUN SPOTS
Bike Returned
MRS. C. H. BURRIS found her
town Sun news staff received a big
batch of cookies. Yummy, Yum-
my. Anyone else lose a bicycle?
BRA Officers
PATROLMAN C. W. Cowan has
bbcn re-elected president of the
Bhytown Police Association. Neal
Seeley is vice president, Mrs-. M.
lete ever to win four letters in both
basketball and tennis, was accom-
panying Mrs. Nunez and her two
daughters to Las Vegas where he
planned to hitch-hike on to his
home at Whittier for the holidays.
Highway Patrolman D. W. Dug-
gan said he understood Hanberg
,and Calvin and Sylvia Nunez were planning to
get married.
Hanberg and Mrs
Is tie, treasurer.
Glasses Found
Nunez were
killed instantly when the car, driv-
MRS. NOEL STILES reports that en by Hanberg, smashed into the
she has found a pair of colored
glasses, which may be prescription
ground, on West Main street . . .
Owner may call her at €676. , .The
glasses were in a green ease,.
bridge with such force that Duggan
said it took "two wreckers tied
to pull the wreckage
Wanted: One
Hen-Eatiri
Houri Dawg
Some houn' dog owner U go-
ing to dro'i ill’ll,| over this!
A woman phoned Doieittrhrr
R. H, Erwin requesting that he
bring her the first chicken-eat-
ing dog he could find.
Erwin, accustomed to helping
nuch low-down crlttera gel lo
heaven, stuttered n moment and
finally managed In ask: "Did
)oii say what 1 thought you
"Yes, I want a ohloken-eatln
it up
keep coming in
•log to cat
end-to-end
apart."
Hanberg, a senior in the Loyola
College of Arts and Sciences, was
serving his first season this year
assistant basketball coach. He
HERE IS the jury that convicted Dr. Samuel Sheppard of second degree murder in the death of his
pregnant wife, Marilyn, last July 4, and sentenced him to life imprisonme
its verdict Tuesday afternoon, the jurors lined up for their pay—$5-a-day.
Shortly after rendering
(International)
Church Class Donates
A $2.50 DONATION from the 6th ( . , . . . . . _
grade junior Sunday school class ^s appointed tennis coach in Sep-
of the Saint Mari- - Methodist tember and was to tak(” over his
church MghiU'ed the TJomof- «" thp <>«cr
drT ™e staf athlete captained the
netted $138.50 l . Lions par Lflyo|a tennjs team ( ,h , t
^ b s two ^rs and was a first-stringer
er, Allen Metatu, R. R Ki uinda|, on thp sgjoatt. He came
a - - •*<> - •—
Ed Watson, chidWran for the day.
Dr. Sam -
Jurors Clam Up
said?
itlng
the chickens which
m,v mother's
yard and eating up her flowers.’’
Erwin, a hound dog man him-
self, murmured: "Only a woman
eould da that!'*
King Winter
Arrives Here
'Like Lamb'
Anyone who happened to be up
and about at 3:25 a m. Wednesday
witnessed the official coming of
Winter.
But the turn of * the calendar
brought no change to the idea, fall-
Sanl* Clans came early to Bay-
town Thursday for some 600 Hum-
ble rubber plant workers.
Humble Oil was anonuneed as
the successful bidder in the sale
of the two government-owned syn-
thetic rubber plants now operated
by Humble at the Baytown Re-
finery location.
No action has been reported on
General Tirr’s bid- on the plant
operated by that company In Bay-
town.
The selling of all government-
owned plants throughout the na-
tion Is being handled by the Rub-
ber Producing Facilities commis-
sion. No sale prices will be an-
nounced until the commission re-
ports to Congress next month. Con-
gress mu**- review the contracts
and give approval before they are
final.
With the six sales announced In
Washington Thursday, the govern-
ment has now disposed of Id of Its
27 plants.
Sale of the two plants one turn-
ing out butyl rubber and the other
petroleum butadiene- to Humble
Oil was seen as a boon to the em-
ployes already on the job at the
two plant*.
If they had been sold to some
other company, there was the pos-
sibility outside workers would have
been brought in.
Earlier, U. S. Rep. Albert Tho-
mas had predicted that both Hum-
ble Oil and General Tire would
be successful in their bid* to buy
the plants they operate.
"Humble and General Tire have
done such fine operations jobs,”
he told The Baytown Sun, "I am
confident their bid* will be favor-
ed.”
Although no sale* price* were
announced, the magazine Chemical
and Engineering New* had report-
ed the following net book value on
the two Humble plant* as of Jan.
1. 195.1: $8,226,000 on the butyl rub-
ber plant and $.1,899,000 on the
butadiene plant.
The following sale* also were re-
ported in Washington Thursday:
The Firestone Tire and Rubber
Co. bought synthetic rubber plant*
at Lake Charles, La,, and Akron,
Ohio. Tile company currently op-
era les these plants.
The Copolymer Corp., purchased
a synthetic rubber plant and a pe-
troleum butadiene plant, both at
Baton Rouge, La. That corporation
currently operate* the plant*.
It is owned equally by Arm-
strong Rubber <’o„ West Haven,
Conn,; Armstrong Rubber Manu-
facturing Co., West Haven, Conn.;
Dayton Rubber Co, Dayton. O.;
Gates Rubber Co., Denver, Colo.;
Mansfield Tire and Rubber Corp.,
Mansfield, O.; Rears Roebuck and
Co., Chicago, and Seiberling Rub-
ber Co., Barberton, O.
MICKEY ESCAPES INJURY
AS FIREWORKS EXPLODE
Mickey Ramsey was out of the
like weather the Bayshore has been firework* business Wednesday, but
enjoying for the past fcw days. hi* parent., county commissioner
If you had been up at 3:25, you aml ,Mrs v v were g0
Tuesday night the two Channel-
view high school lads were prank-
ing with the junior-Ramsey, and
one of them tossed a piece of
On Dean's List
jerry marcontell, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Marcontell, 304
North, has beeri named on the
dean's list at Baylor university
for his straight A record. A fresh-
man, Jerry also is a star football
player.
To Be On TV
BAYTOWN DANCERS will ap-
pear on TV’s Channel 8 at 7 p m.
Wednesday on Johnny Royal's
“Talent City.” A tap dancing trio
Wi4 lp elude Sandra Sutphin,
Sharon Jones and Margie Weeks.
Linda Stringer and Jeanette Gor-
don will perform a toe dance.
Christmas Party
RAINBOW GIRLS will have a
Christmas party and initiation
service at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in
the Masonic hall. Toys arc to be
brought. Mrs. Amcssa Massey,
qjother advisor, announced.
15 Passsengers Injured
As Plane Hits ’Pocket'
PRESTWICK, Scotland, Dec. 22
-UP—Fifteen passengers received
cuts, bruises and shock Tuesday
when they were thrown about in-
side a Trans-Canada Super-constel-
iation buffeted by turbulent air
just before it landed here,
a scholarship.
Loyola officials announced that a
mlhute of silence in memory of
Hanberg will be observed before
(See Crash—Page Two)
.. . . , I, i i couldn’t have seen anything but, j..DOv ilp ’ ’ h V 'n j lighted mink into a package of ■«
first-degree murder verdict that rigan, after the jury was dismissed the thick Tog which hune over the lJlPy . hole and healthy RonlHn candles.
at 3:4(1 p,m„ g(
tion. That stayed
By H. D. QUIGG
CLEVELAND, Dec. 22—UP—Dr. would have sent the handsome, at 3:4ft
Samuel H. Sheppard awoke behind brawny Dr. Sam to the electric
prison bars Wednesday, and his chair. Others were reported to
wife-murder jury clammed up baw held out for acquittal for a
about the tumultuous 102 hours while.
during which they decided to keep But the jurors had agreed to
him there for life. make no statement “in all fairness
The defendant in one of the most lo both sides” pending hearing of
celebrated trials in a generation, a new Mai motion by the defense,
had expected lo be home for Common Pleas Judge Edward
Christmas with his son, Sam (Chip) Blythlh within four minutes after
Jr.. 7. getting the verdict on a printed
The jury thought otherwise. Tues- form from Juror No. 9. Foreman
day the five housewives and seven James C. Bird, called the defend-
husbands, near the end of five ant before the bench and sentenced
him to life imprisonment in the
Ohio penitentiary. The sentence
was mandatory, In 10 years he
could be paroled. /
Defense attorney William J, Coi
gbt a stay of e:;r''M-
ed transfer of the
prisoner to the penitentiary until
the new trial motion can be argued
Dec. 30.
It meant he not only will spend
the thick fog which hung over the
ground until chased away by a
warm, early-morning sun.
The fog was responsible for at
least one auto accident in which
four people were killed on High-
way 90.
they weren’t pushing charges
against two Robert E. Lee high
school youngsters whose pranking distance.
The display caught fire, and all
of the youngsters ran off to a safe
Christmas, but his 31st birthday Forecasts rail for continued mild , ®rK* 5“li?
Dec. 29, in his bare-walled little weather with fair skies and gently 1 *.nd , ’ with, bad r',fllllt
cell No. IB on the fourth floor of southerly winds , Ni(fht bf,f0>’e >**t * «>»l
’ —held u
fe pof
of fir,
days of argument punctuated by
many ballots, found him guilty of
second-degree murder.
One woman juror was reported
to have held out for a time for a
the county jail, Jurors know him
as a model prisoner who never
complains. .
Juror No. I, Howard L, Barrlsh,
28, a Republic Sleet time-keeper
said :’I had my doubts when I
wept in, and so did everybody else.
I'd rather not talk about it now,
though, But I will be able to say
something after the hearing on a
new trial.”
ANN BAKER, who portrays
15-ybar-oid Corliss Archer on
the air waves, is shown on
arrival in Los Angeles from
Seattle, Wash., when it was
disclosed that she had been
married since Dec. 28. 1953.
Ann, 32, kept her marriage to
Earl Long. Los Angeles con-
struction man, a secret because
she thought it might endanger
her career. i International I
Baytonians All Set For Holidays
Many People To Gel Friday, Saturday Off
A long Christmas weekend is, Hill and will not resume operations will close at 5 p.r
suiting in an unusual holiday ache- again- until Jan. 3. stay closed until
southerly
The low Tuesday night was 41,
a 32-degree drop from the after-
noon high of 73. By 10 a m. Wednes-
day the mercury had scooted back
up to 52.
Most of Texas y/ns basking In
the mild spell that sent tempera-
tures as high ns 83 degrees at Alice,
And even in El Paso, the eoolest
spot in the stale, the mercury read
Low temperatures ranged from 21
at Salt Flat to 50 at Galveston.
Across the nation, the approach
of winter brought some surprises.
caused the Ramsey fire work*
stand to explode.
Mickey had been in the fire-
works business for just a day or
t*.
couple of
boy* held up the 14-year-old lad
at knife point ami took $8 or tto
worth of fireworks. Mickey didn’t
lose any money because he had
presence of mind enough to drop
money behind the stand.
An explosion loud enough that
it was heard in Baytown blew the
tin store building 40 feet. The flash
from the explosion was also seen
in Baytown,
The two youngsters were ques-
tioned by sheriff's deputies but
were released later when Com-
missioner Ramsey refused to push
the charges.
Anyhow, Mickey Ramsey is an
ex-fireworks store operator.
Fireworks Cause Another
House Fire In Baytown
Someone’s firecrackers or Roman
Around Town-
THE WORKING girls of Baytown
will spend .Christmas working,
many of them say . . , Jane Craig
will be on duty at the hospital . . ,
so will Mrs. L. P. Dunn for most
of the day, but she will get off in
-time to make a quick visit home.
. . . Eulalah Fisher is going to get
some sleep after the 11-7 shift,
then she’ll decide what’s next.
If you see Mrs. C. Q. Alexander
on a housetop shouting, it’s just
that she’s grandmother for the
first time . . . Grandpa Kid Alex-
ander is taking it more calmly,
but that proud grin is about to
split .his face wide open.
Doyle E. Ware and his hobby
are making his Aron addition
neighborhood much more attrac-
tive . . . some mighty interesting
stories of the pioneer days are be-
ing told around at the Christmas
parties this week.
Harrison Lusk downtown to see
Sant# Claus . . . Fritz Wooley and
Harry Mullens coffee-ing up to-
gether , . . Mrs. Louise Moravits
gets Stuck for the coffee ... Mrs.
Blanche Duplantis up and at ’em
real early.
H. M- (Blackie) Campbell said
Wednesday that he is offering a
reward for the return of his bill-
f&ld which he lost around Wein-
garten’s. Campbell says he needs
iris identification in the billfold,
and a portion of the $14 or $15
which the wallet contained was
money he was taking to a family
which had recently been burnt out
of It* home.
Warm Invite
To Frigid
Floridians t*
MCALLEN, Tex., Dec. 22—UP
—The McAllen Chamber of Com-
merce Wednesday extended an
invitation to all residents of Flo-
rida to spend the winter in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Chamber Manager Paul Vick-
ers observed that Wednesday’s
early morning temperatures wen-
freezing or near-freezing in much
of Florida, while McAllen’s read-
ings were ranging up toward the
80s. Vickers said: “We’d certain-
ly be glad fo have those poor
shivering people in the warm and
sunny Valley.”
dule in the Baytown area so that
citizens may play hosts to visitors
from all over the nation and do
some traveling themselves.
The Baytown Refinery, where
most of the area works, set a pat-
tern for the long weekend by al-
lowing employes in departments
which could be closed down, to
take Friday off, because Christmas
day falls on Saturday. Employes
The Baytown city hall will be
closed both Friday and Saturday,
and all city employes who ean be
spared will be given two days off
from work. However, policemen
and firemen will be on duty, of
course, and city garbage crews will
work Friday. Public Works Di-
rector C. W (Red) Grantham said
Friday and Saturday garbage
pick-ups wil a!) be made Friday
Thursday and
Monday, but
but Houston Lighting and Power
and General Telephone offices will
remain open on regular schedule afolmd only in light jackets,
In Wyoming and Montana, where candle Tuesday night set fire to
resldenfs are qften digging out of a"oth,'r house, Eire Chief Art Un-
snow storms at this time of year, tp|mun said.
" ■ A neighbor discovered the blaze
on the root of the I, N, Jones home
at 201 Alya about 8:30 p.m. The
fire department arrived in time to
put out the fire before much dam-
age had been done.
Tbe fire chief appealed to par-
the temperatures were higher than
in most of Florida.
Women in Miami put on fur coats
to do their Christmas shopping but
in mile-high Denver, the weather
was so mild shopper* were gbing
Friday and close Saturday and
Sunday. All the utility companies’
will keep emergency crews on over
the holiday.
Baytown post office employes
will have only Saturday and Sun--
day off. A regular holiday sche-
dule will be observed on those two
who work Saturday will be given and asked for citizens’ co-opera- days with only special deliveries
double time, and all employes will **“ A” —,11 •—*----J~ * - ----
be paid for Christmas day. Those
who take Friday off, however, will
not be paid for Christmas Eye,
Schools were tp dose Wednesday
n Baytown, Crosby and Barbers
tion. Ail available trucks will be being made. Lobbies will be open
put on the garbage run Friday. so that boxholders may pick up
Banks in the city will close Fri- their mall,
day at noon and will not open Tbe La Porte city hail will also
again until Monday morning, be closed both Friday and Satur-
Houston Natural Gas Co. offices day.
Paging Miss Baytown Sun Carrier Of 1955
Queen Of Delivery Boys To Be Decided In Contest
grea
a favorite “hangout:’ for T.C.: he
hung by his-tail and feet in the
modern jungle ’till his heart's con
tent.
Here are the ones who attended
the dinner:
Carl Davis, Trey Barsalou, David
Alford, Jerry Taylor, William Pj|-
GIFT-SPOTTER
. With the Sift - Spotter
’Igjjj can avoid the mix-up
and confusion that goes with
last minute Christmas shop-
ping!
Mate your shopping list
from gift suggestions still
available by your Baytown
merchants and advertised in
the Gift-Spotter.
By using the Spotter you
will know what you want
before you get to. the store,
thereby saving precious
tfrr.e!
Twenty-seven of The Baytown Sun’s his mama. There were indications
40-some-odd carrier boys were en- at the dinner that mamas and sis-
tertained at a dinner Tuesday night ters are wonderful people, but it
at The Tower, and they were hurled seemed that the girl friends might
a challenge by “Uncle” Syd Gould, be in the lead for this honor.
Uncle Syd and the carriers are’ The winning carrier and the win. low, Jim Stubbs, Larry Maher,
going to name “Miss Baytown Sun ning queen will be pictured together Raymond Read. Eddie Miller,
Carrier of 1955.” on page one of The Baytown Sun Wayne Hooks, Clifton McDowell,
The winner will come from a during the first week of January, George Cheney, Jimmie Clements,
short and sweet circulation contest and in addition to that, there will Larry Guenther, David Thompson,
that will open next Monday and be a prize for both of them. Jimmy Malone, Jay Smith, Craig
will end Saturday, Jan. 1. The carriers were guests of Leroy Townsend, Bobby Paulson, Burton
The youngster turning to the most Towler and Larry Stoerner of The Burrough, Eddie Davis, Porky Hon-
starts (subscriptions to youj will Sun circulation staff. ' eycutt. Bill Froehner. Wade Callam,
get to name his queen. It can be AH of the carriers are eligible to Don Hicks. Trent Campbell and
his girl friend, his sister or even compete In the contest. Paul Malone.
Mississippi Asks Legislature To Preserve Segregation
New York was one of the chilliest
places with a low of five above
zero expected.
Too Many
Rudolphs
In Herd
TROM8DE, Norway, Dee. j*
—UP— With Christmas only
three days off, worried Norwe-
gian officials counted noses of
their reindeer and decide d
Wednesday too many of them
have turned red.
I-L Col A. Magnus, Norwe-
gian border commissioner, fold
newamen his government has
demanded that Russia return
hordes of reindeer that have
strayed behind the Iron Cur-
tain from Norway recently.
Youth Faces Nine
Burglary Charges
William James Parker, 19. will
face trial on at least nine burglary
charges, seven of them filed by ..................
city police and two by the sheriff* By CHIEF GOODKEl.LOW
department
Parker and a 15-year-old com-
ollwr fireworks which scatter
sparks.
Fortunately for Jones, a neigh-
bor walked outside and looked
toward Mb house. Otherwise, the
whole roof might have been blaz-
ing before the family knew of the
fire.” ttnlelman said.
“i realize that children must have
their fun, but as dry as everything
... . I*.right now, a.serious fire can be
ents to curb the shooting of fire started by just one hot spark,” he
crackers, Roman candies or any said.
Even 7.C.' Will Get Some
Kind Of Christmas Present
Even "T, C.” is getting a Christ- Not only hacs T. C. been able
mas present. to speak and see no evil in the
T. C. Is the monkey who used to pas: few weeks* he ha* been able
eptertaln customers at McKIroy's to do no evil. Life around the
xaco service station on West house can lie pretty Bull with the
xas avenue. humans gone most of the time.
The wash and grease rack was The management decided to re-
main open Christmas Day just
about the same Ume the question of
what to give T. C. for Christinas
came up. ’
But all good things must end. T. The answer: a day at the station
C. learned. He was taken home for T. C.
and put on leash again, T. C., it seems, ts a cool kid.
Goodfellbw Fund Near Top
Total Today Stands At $991.89
Previously Acknowledged $951.89
Jack Furbee ......... 5.0«
Anonymous .............. £.00
Epsilon Sfgmn Alpha .... 25.00
C. R. Wilson ............ 5.00
TOTAL ....... ...*991Jt8
JACKSON. Miss., Dec. 22-UP-
Gov. Hugh White Wednesday sum-
moned Mississippi legislators to
meet Jan. 11 to enact legislation,
approved by voters Tuesday to
preserve segregation in Mississippi
schools.
In a special referendum Missis-
sippi voters, by a two-two-one
majority, ratified a “last resort”
amendment permitting abolition of
public schools, if necessary,
maintain school segregation.
White said he would fulfill Im-
mediately his pledge that if the
amendment passed, he would call
a special legislative session for
Jan. 11 to consider adoption of a
to 78/685 for the amendment to 35,485 order forbidding public school seg-
against. The vote was considered rogation.
of the Bet* Sigma Phi sorority
sent 100 bag* of candy and toys
to Goodfeilows. That helped a lot.
Money continues to come in,
even though the Goodfeilows have
nearly reached their $1,000 goal.
The organization wiil actually have
to spend mot* than $t,000 this
year to buy all the candy, fruits,
- ... „ nutg and toys needed for 800
The Goodfellow packing job had children—the biggest list ever,
panion told investigating officers almost been completed Wednesday
they had committed so many bur- morning,
giarie* in Harris county they Women from the Parent-Teacher
could not remember how many, associations packed about 450 of
chmrnimr nor tilc loeation« of the firms. The the bags Tuesday and had only
s?a^°jajand wtlleh_had no juvenile pointed out seven places about 150 more to go Wednesday.
in Baytown which he and Parker Last-minute buying was complet-
burglarized in one night. He ad- ed Tuesday.
mitted that on the night he was Member* of the Carpenters teal transfusion Wednesday and took
captured by Baytown police, he Union No. 1834 will start deliveries another walk in the Vatican gar-
and his companion were looking Thursday to all the children who dens The pope has insisted on
over other places to break into. would have no Christmas were it working despite his illness, and
After Parker escaped from po- not for Goodfeilows. ' was reported fired,
lice, he burglarized Wolverton's The packers were running a “The holy father ha* spent
grocery at Wooster and took over little Short of candy (180 pounds fairly tranquil night,” the
$500 from a cash register, had been bought) when members office said.
a heavy one for an election which
came in the midst of the Christmas
statewide candidacies at stake.
Mississippi thus has become,
with Georgia and South Carolina,
the third southern slate to pre;
long-range school building pro-
gram to bring institutions for Ne- me uurn soumern state to prepare
e'toes up to the level of white legal machinery for abolishing
schools. public schools and setting up nri- over other places to break into.
Returns from 1,076 of tbe state’s vat* schools, if necessary, to side-
im precincts showed a vote of step a possible U.S. Supreme Court
Pope Given Blood
Transfusion Today
VATICAN cm’. Dec, 22-Up—
Pope Pius XII received a blood
press
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