Aikin Withdraws From Texas Lieutenant Governor Race
Paris senator A. M. Aikin withdrew from the Texas lieutenant governor runoff citing health and a doctor's orders. The move leaves Lt. Gov. Ben Ramsey as the leading candidate for the Aug. 25 second primary, with C. T. Johnson and John Lee Smith the other initial contenders. Aikin, 50, longtime lawmaker and co author of the Gilmer Aikin school laws, plans to remain in the state senate.
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Sen. A. M. Aikin
Aikin
Ben Ramsey
Ramsey
C. T. Johnson
Austin
John Lee Smith
Lubbock
Texas
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Leaders urge Yarborough withdrawal in Texas governor runoff
A coalition of 24 Texas Democrats led by former state senator George Nokes urged Ralph Yarborough to quit the runoff, praising Price Daniel's large first primary lead and calling for unity. The group cited 620,000 Daniel votes and warned against stirring old divisions.
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Austin
Texas
Ralph Yarborough
George Nokes
Corsicana
Price Daniel
Daniel
Yarborough
Vann Kennedy
Corpus Christi
Lyndon Johnson
John McKelvey
Electra
Maurice Brooks
Abilene
Matt Dawson
Dick Walker
Fort Worth
Charles Koerne Jr
Waco
Ray Shirley
Crowell
Bob Gladney
Bill Allen
Waxahachie
Carl Hill Jr
Amarillo
Silas Grant
Whitney
Jerry Johson
Mangus Smith
McAllen
Dick Hatfield
Dallas
Frank Moore
Plainview
Dick Beck
Beaumont
Charles Gibson
Jack Welch
Brownsville
Esco Walter
Ted Connell
Killeen
George Hinson
Mineola
Charles McGregor
Ray Chapman
Denton
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Democrats of
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State of emergency declared in Britain over Suez crisis
Queen Elizabeth II proclaimed a great emergency in Britain calling army reservists to the colors as Eden promises mobilization powers. War Minister Antony Head will manage call ups for thousands of reservists while navy and air force plan no immediate mobilization. In Paris Mollet and Pineau vow to prevent Nasser control of the canal and push for an international shipping guarantees body.
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National Assembly
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France
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Watveway
Mollet
Nasser
Seal coating program to begin on Snyder streets
Snyder city manager Roy Dunlap announced seal coating on all paved streets that need protection will begin at noon. Some streets will get a two course treatment due to repairs, others single course. The program funded by bonds approved earlier this year.
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Snyder
Roy Dunlap
John Bryant Dies Today in Scurry County
John Ervin Bryant 62 died about 7:30 a m today at Battenfield Jones Hospital after a sudden illness likely a heart attack He lived at 102 Ash Street and had 35 years in Scurry County A native of Farmersville he married Maybelle Row in 1920 They moved to Snyder in 1921 Bryant farmed in Scurry County and later worked as a county employee He was a 1954 candidate for county commissioner Precinct No 1 and WWI veteran Funeral arrangements by Bell Funeral Home.
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John Ervin Bryant
Battenfield-Jones Hospital
Mr. Bryant
Ash Street
Scurry County
Farmersville
Maybelle Row
Snyder
Bell Funeral Home
No Drive To Nominate Gov Herter At GOP Meet
Boston The Massachusetts GOP chair says there is no move among delegates to nominate Gov. Herter for vice president. Herter says delegates may name him without consent but he will not oppose Nixon and will back Nixon in nomination. He noted he has issued no consent to be a rival to Nixon. He has not heard from Stassen who runs an Eisenhower Herter HQ in Washington.
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GOP
Ralph H. Bonnell
Massachusetts
Herter
Bonnell
Harold E. Stassen
Nixon
Dick Nixon
Eisenhower- Herter
Washington
Big Sturgeon Caught At The Wrong Time
Spring Lake Michigan. Ed Zysk Jr. 18 hooked a large sturgeon from shore at 7 p.m. A friend and boat towed by the fish. At 3:30 a.m. Zysk released it after discovering it was a 5 foot sturgeon out of season.
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Spring Lake
Mich
Ed Zysk Jr
Zysk
Dulles To Report On Suez Meeting
Secretary of State Dulles will report on his London talks with Britain and France over the Suez Canal crisis. The 15 minute address to be carried live by CBS and ABC follows his return from London and discusses a proposed 24 nation conference to avert violence.
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Treasury to Borrow 3 Billion for Tax Anticipation Certificates
The Treasury plans to borrow 3 billion dollars this month to cover cash needs until next spring. Subscription opens Aug 6 with tax certificates dated Aug 15 and maturing March 22, paying par plus accrued interest. Rates at 2 percent compare with earlier issues. new certificates yield 2.75 percent and may be oversubscribed.
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The
Treasury Today
Treasury
Humphrey
New York
Wall Street
Twining Warns of Sharper Tension Among Military Services
Gen Nathan F Twining testifying on June 19 before a Senate panel said friction among the Army Navy and Air Force has grown sharper under the Eisenhower era. He urged reliance on atomic weapons to trim forces and favored a single service but warned against dangerous centralized power and loss of checks among crews.
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Nathan F. Twining
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Navy
Air Force
Eisenhower
Senate
Armed Services
Twining
Services For 2 Killed In Auto Crash In Texas
Two Whitaker brothers Samuel Mark Whitaker aged 18 and Leonard Whitaker aged 27 died in a three days old auto accident on State Highway 350 south of Ira. Funeral held at First Baptist Church Andrews with burial in Andrews Cemetery. Bell Funeral Home directed arrangements. Survivors include mother Mrs Sally Whitaker and siblings Mary Lucy Mann Martha Jane Whitaker James B Whitaker and extended Whitaker family.
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Samuel Mark Whitaker
Leonard Whitaker
Ira
First Baptist Church
Bell Funeral Home
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Lea County
Miss
Booneville
Sally Whitaker
Mary Lucy Mann
Big Lake
Martha Jane
Weather Outlook for Snyder Texas Thundershowers Possible
Yesterday high 99 low 71. Today's reading 79 at 7 36 a m. West Texas partly cloudy through Saturday with scattered thundershowers and a few local thunderstorms. Little changes in temperatures.
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Snyder
West Texas
Car overturns near Snyder injures Raymond Weber
Raymond Weber of Sweetwater Highway was injured when his 1955 Plymouth overturned one mile southeast of Snyder on Highway 84 while attempting to pass a bus. He suffered a cut above the left eye needing stitches and a bruised leg. transported by Bolger ambulance to Battenfield-Jones Hospital for hospitalization.
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Raymond Weber
Sweetwater Highway
Snyder
Weber
Culbert
Bill Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Bolger
Battenfield-Jones Hospital
Light Showers Miss Snyder County Area
A weather alert for Snyder failed to materialize as most of the county saw no rain. Lake J. B. Thomas received a small shower with little effect on water levels, while radar warned of possible high winds hail and sand between 4 and 8 p.m. yesterday.
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J. B. Thomas
Midland
U. S. Weather Bureau
Two Navy Training Planes Collide Near Corpus Christi
Two AT28 training planes from Cabaniss Field collided ten miles west of Corpus Christi at 10 30 am. One pilot was dead, two missing, one critically injured. Debris scattered across a wide area at the city’s west edge. a wing fell on an unoccupied car. Navy spokesman confirmed the crash location and aircraft type.
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Corpus Christi
Navy
Cabaniss Field
Suspect In Robbery Will Be Returned To Snyder
Robert Duke, 27, one of two Abilene men who confessed to the March 3 Rainbow Market safe robbery, is being returned from Borger to Snyder to face charges. Deputy Leonard White transports him. Lee R. Welch has already been returned.
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Robert Duke
Abilene
Rainbow Market
Snyder
Borger
Bill Love
Leonard White
Duke
Lee R. Welch
Triplets Born to Monaco Royal Couple in Granby
Granby reports a royal surprise as Princess Grace and Prince Rainier III celebrate the birth of triplets. Mayor Horace Boivin said a cable from Monaco confirmed the event, noting two beavers sent as wedding gifts by Granby are now tied to the family’s new milestone.
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Grace of
Monaco
Horace Boivin
Prince Rainier III
Crop Dusting Mishap Claims Life in Indianola
Russell Wilkins aged 33 from Chute City Texas died from injuries after a crop dusting plane crash near Indianola on Tuesday. He died yesterday, with details of the crash and cause not fully disclosed. Authorities continued to investigate the fatal incident.
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Miss
Russell Wilkins
Chute City
Tex
County Democratic Convention Planned for Tomorrow
Dozens of delegates from 20 precincts gather in the district courtroom at 2 p.m. to select state convention delegates for September 11 in Fort Worth. The four Fort Worth votes may be cast by eight delegates, reflecting precinct loyalty to Lyndon Johnson and unit rule in Snyder areas.
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Lyndon Johnson
Snyder
Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum
Fort Worth
Wilson
Democratic Executive Committee
Fort Mort Worth
Coke Stevenson
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