Favors Budget Plan Faces Wilson Opposition Contradiction
Washington insiders report the White House continuing to back a Hoover Commission budget reform that would fund year by year while allowing longer projects. Secretary Wilson’s testimony, later described as misinterpreted, questioned the plan’s impact on defense spending and future programs. The administration maintains support despite Wilson’s concerns aired to the House Appropriations Committee.
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Washington
White House
Defense Wilson
James C. Hagerty
Wilson
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Eisenhower
Hagerty
Pentagon
Hoover Commission
Senate
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
July Leads In Accidents For County
July saw seventeen accidents involving 29 vehicles investigated by State Highway Patrol officers. Two people died and eleven were injured, boosting the year’s totals to four deaths and 34 injuries. Property damage totaled 17,625 for July and 56,620 year to date. 110 vehicles have been involved in seven months of accidents, with July the heaviest month. Concerns over partial financing were raised by Wilson who warned of disrupted defense programs and potential shifts in military funding.
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Arthur Dyson
Junior college hopes and housing crunch loom in region
The article notes a population rise in Snyder and a tight rental market for two and three bedroom unfurnished homes. It mentions new houses rising about one per day and discusses questions about loud muffler legality versus usage. It also covers potential junior college moves in Scurry, Nolan, and Sweetwater counties and local interest in establishing a college.
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Snyder's
Scurry County
Nolan County
Sweetwater
Austin Girl Miss Texas 1957 Crowned in Kerrville
An 18-year-old Austin beauty, Carolyn Calvert, daughter of Texas Supreme Court Justice Robert Calvert, won Miss Texas 1957 over 33 contestants. She will compete in Miss America in Atlantic City next month. Finalists included Beverly Burmeister of Fort Worth and Gay Lynn Baker of Houston. judging weighed talent poise and personality.
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Oklahoma
Nancy Denner
University of Oklahoma
Kerrville
Austin
Carolyn Calvert
Texas Supreme Court
Robert Calvert
Texas
Atlantic City
N.J
Austin High School
Estes Park
Cole
Beverly Burmeister
Fort Worth
Gay Lynn Baker
Houston
Calvert
Venezuela watches US oil cutback for countermeasure decisions
In Caracas Dr Edmundo Cabello minister of mines and hydrocarbons says Venezuela awaits the real results of the US oil import cutback before acting. He notes a 10 percent drop from the 1954 56 average reduces US intake to about 76 900 barrels daily this year from last year.
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Caracas
Edmundo Cabello
Rebels threaten regime as Castro followers disrupt Cuba
In Havana rebels broke into private phone lines shouting that Castro controls the palace and called for a general strike. Leaflets urged workers to stay home while some Havana TV workers struck and police took control. The government claimed calm as rumors of Batista’s ouster spread. Two killed and three wounded by a bombing in Quantanamo.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Batista
Cuba
Castro
Quantanamo
Gorilla at Philadelphia Zoo Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Bamboo the silverback oldest gorilla in captivity marks 30 years at the Philadelphia Zoo. Arrived in 1927 as a suitcase carrier, experts predicted a few months to live. Now he stands six feet tall and weighs over 400 pounds, with an estimated age of 31.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Zoo
Soviet Premier Bulganin Left Behind for East Germany Talks
A Soviet Embassy spokesman said Premier Nikolai Bulganin is not on the top level Soviet delegation to East Germany next week because economic talks will dominate. He denied illness as the reason. Bulganin continues official duties as premier while Moscow radio says he met Japanese visitors today.
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Berlin
Nikolai Bulganin
East Germany
Bulganin
U.S.S.R
Moscow Radio
Crash Kills 5 In Louisiana
SHREVEPORT five people died and three were injured in a head on collision on Highway 71 about 45 miles north of the city. Victims include John Betts 20, Redwater Texas driver of the auto, Dr P Mitchiner 52 Haynesville, Frank Balda 38 Haynesville, Glenn Staggs 44 Summerfield, and Press Ivory 37 Haynesville. Other injured in the station wagon were Tommy Shepherd 22 Earsell Lewis 23 and Orie Ivory. Police said the southbound auto passed another vehicle on a curve and struck the station wagon causing the crash.
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Shreveport
Highway 71
Here
John Betts
Redwater
Tex
General Telephone Co
P. Mitchiner
Haynesville
Frank Balda
Glenn Staggs
Summerfield
Press Ivory
Tommy Shepherd
Earsell Lewis
Orie Ivory
Firefighters Near Control Of 600 Acre Timber Blaze
About 300 firefighters are expected to contain a timber fire spanning 600 acres in the Sawtooth National Forest near Hailey Idaho after more than three days of battle.
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Hailey
Idaho
Sawtooth National Forest
Texas Cool Front Brings Showers Across Fluvanna Arc
A weak cool front moved south through Texas dropping temperatures and triggering scattered showers. Rain was heaviest near Fluvanna with .25 to .50 inch, while areas west of Fluvanna saw more rain. some places reported no precipitation. Continuous storms produced 4 inches at Plainview and floods in parts of West Texas.
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Snyder
Fluvanna
Scurry County
Ennis Creek
Lloyd Mountain
Camp Springs
Hermleigh
Dunn
Ira
Lake
J. B. Thomas
Gail
Lamesa
Dawson County
Associated Press
Texas
Plainview
Panhandle Plains
Lufkin
Temple
Salt Flat
el Paso
Texarkana
Abilene
Amarillo
Dalhart
Lubbock
Wink
West Texas
Childress
U.S. Highway 70
Olton
Panhandle
Orion
Cooke County
Presidio
Pre School Pups Register Tuesday For Snyder System
Registration for Snyder pre school will be held 8 a m to 4 p m tomorrow in all elementary buildings The program aims to ease the home to school transition and foster a love of learning Orientation meetings are scheduled at each school with times in mid August Parents will learn about services and expectations and share information with teachers and nurses as the program runs August 13 to August 23
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Snyder
Pat Falls
East Elementary
Central
West
Northeast
North
Lincoln
Prisoners Fail Escape From World’s Largest Prisons
In Jackson Michigan two inmates Robert E. Crouse and Cleatus R McKeon attempted to escape the state prison by crawling through a basement pipe hole. McKeon succeeded while Crouse became jammed halfway and cried out prompting guards to intervene.
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Jackson, Mich.p
Southern Michigan
Robert E. Crouse
Cletus R. McKeon
McKeon
Crouse
Johnson blasts Nixon drive over civil rights jury trial amendment
Lyndon B. Johnson accused Vice President Nixon of leading a propaganda campaign against the Senate's jury trial amendment to the civil rights bill. Johnson defended the measure as a vital advance and predicted final passage soon, noting the right to jury trials in criminal contempt cases and disputing claims it would hamper regulatory commissions.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nixon
Senate
Johnson
Dent
Work starts on Winston Field airport project
Work begins this week on the east-west runway at Winston Field. Dutton Williamson of W. W. Greif & Associates heads cross sections work between the new runway and taxiway. Brown & Root of Houston as general contractor with 100 working days, project total 125,363.06 dollars split between general and electrical. Beginning date was last Thursday.
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Winston Field
Dutton Williamson
W. W. Greif & Associates
J. C. Knight
al Rehm
Brown & Root
Houston
Boss Electric of
Snyder
One-Car Crash Injures Three Near Snyder
A late Saturday one-car wreck on US 84 seven miles north of Snyder injures three occupants returning from Colorado. Edith Matthews, 47, Austin. Mrs Taylor Smith, 64, Belton. Barbara Smith, 16, Temple. all taken to Cogdell Memorial Hospital with head lacerations and fractures. The 1957 Chevrolet was nearly destroyed.
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Snyder
Colorado
Edith Evelyn Matthews
Austin
C. Taylor Smith
Belton
Barbara Jean Smith
Temple
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Bell Ambulance
Miss Matthews
Mrs. Smith
Miss Smith
J. C. Massingill
Earl Abercrombie
Weather update for Snyder and Texas regions
Snyder reports a 7:30 am reading of 70 degrees with highs near 98 today and 90 Saturday and lows around 68. East South Central and North Central Texas expect partly cloudy weather with scattered thundershowers through Tuesday and minimal temperature changes. West Texas forecasts scattered showers in the Panhandle and South Plains with similar thunderstorm chances through Tuesday.
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Snyder
Texas
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
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