Snyder City Considers First Off Premise Alcohol Petition
A group of 12 Snyder residents filed for city level petitions to seek an off premise sale of all alcoholic beverages. County Clerk Dan Cotton expects petitions ready midweek. 25 percent of governor voters from last election needed, estimated over 500 names. The 30 day filing window with Commissioners Court begins when petitions are issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Dan Cotton
Cotton
L.R Cox
Avenue S
L. R. Cox
H. D. Neer
Manhattan Hotel
Alice Marie Fvans
Scurry
Commissioners Court
Noted Banker M A Fuller Dies At 75 In Fort Worth
M A Fuller rancher banker and oilman from a pioneer Scurry County family died Friday night in a Fort Worth hospital after a long illness. He was born December 26 1884 in Tennessee and helped run Snyder National Bank during the early 20th century. Funeral arrangements to be announced following arrival of Andrew P Fuller from Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Andrew Fuller
Scurry County
Fort Worth
Mr. Fuller
Tennessee
W.A. Fuller
Fuller Ranch
Snyder National Bank
Snyder
Lubbock
W. A. Fuller
P. L
Fullers
M. A. Fuller
Franklin D. Roosevelt
First National Bank of
Mr Fuller
W. M
Andrew P
Europe
Andrew P. Fuller
Congo urges U.N. troops into Katanga clash
Vice Premier Gizenga accuses Dag Hammarskjold of ignoring Congo's government as Katanga's secession deepens. Gizenga travels to New York to press for immediate U.N. military action, while Tshombe welcomes Hammarskjold's cautious stance and Lumumba seeks U.N. entry with Ghana's support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopoldville, the Congo
Antoine Gizenga
Dag Hammarskjold
Katanga
New York
Congo
Special Security Council
Gizenga
Hammarskjold
U.N
Hammarskijold
Moise Tshombe
Elisabethville
Tshombe
Congolese Republic
Bunche
Ralph J. Bunche
Security Council
United Nations
Justin Bomboko
Rene Mwambe
Thomas Kanza
Texans For Nixon Group To Organize In Dallas
Twenty nine prominent Texans call a statewide Dallas meeting to form Texans for Nixon a movement backing Richard Nixon separate from the GOP. Dallas insurer Carr Collins Jr will announce the organizing nucleus after earlier Houston talks with H J Porter. The committee features Baptist and Catholic lay leaders amid Kennedy Catholic ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Richard Nixon
Sheraton Dallas
Carr Collins, Jr
Dallas Insuranceman
Houston
Collins
GOP
H. J. Porter
Ed Maher
Dallas Votes Against School Integration Referendum
Dallas residents opposed integration in early returns with 2 799 against and 696 for from 18 boxes as part of a possible 40 000 vote. Federal Judge T Whitfield Davidson ordered a limited plan by September 1961 with three integrated schools and transfer rights. that order stands pending appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
T. Whitfield Davidson
Stormy Capitol Session Sets Stage for 1960 Campaign
In Washington the 1960 presidential race heats up as Congress returns. Vice President Nixon and Senator Kennedy attend the Senate, with Lyndon Johnson steering scheduling. Debates over defense spending civil rights and the minimum wage flag upcoming clashes and possible vetoes as Labor Day nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol
Congress
Senate
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Kennedy
Henry R. Jackson
Wash
Thruston B. Morton
Johnson
House
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Senate Judiciary Committee
Eisenhower to Send Special Message to Congress
President Eisenhower will deliver a special message to Congress Monday to back a public interest program. The plan may address medical care for the aged school aid housing and minimum wages with possible defense funding shifts. Vice President Nixon will preside in the Senate as JFK and LBJ attend the reconvened session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. I
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
Fisenhower
Senate
House of Representatives
First Lady
Washington
James
Hagerty
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
New Hours Set For Winston Park Pool
Winston Park pool will be open Monday Wednesday Friday and Sunday from two to five in the afternoon as announced by park superintendent Russell Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norene G. Chaney
Fra
Joe Lopour
Chaney
Senate
Winston Park
Russell Jones
Priest Named In Warrant For Assault With Intent To Rape
Hidalgo County District Attorney R L Lattimore said a warrant was issued for Father John B. Feit a 27 year old Catholic priest charged with assault with intent to rape based on a complaint by Maria America Guerra a Pan American College student. The incident allegedly occurred at Sacred Heart Catholic Church on March 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburg
Tex
Hidalgo County Dist
Feit
San Juan
Here
Miss Guerra
Fronton
Starr County
Lattimore
Weather Snapshot Snyder Texas Heat Forecast
Readings show high 97 Friday and low 72 with 7 am reading. Saturday 75. Northwest Texas expects clear to partly cloudy hot conditions through Sunday with isolated afternoon and evening thunderstorms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Texas
Powers Family To Leave For USSR
A southwest Virginia couple plans a long trip to Moscow for the trial of their son Francis Gary Powers. They will be joined by Sol W. Cury and hope to reach the Soviet capital before the August 17 trial date as the State Department notes Moscow will not allow American lawyers to participate. The elder Powers face a heart condition and visa issues delay others joining the voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Johnson Norton
Virginia Hills
Soviet Union
Francis Gary Powers
Oliver Powers
Moscow
Sol W. Cury
Powers
State Department
Washington
United States
Griniv
Young Powers
Barbara Powers
Cary
Lewis K. Ingram
Carl A. MacAfee
Dr. Ingram
Mrs. Powers
Hot August Heat To Persist Across Texas
The Associated Press reports widespread heat across Texas with Sunday forecast to bring similar conditions. Coastal clouds from Houston to Beaumont but otherwise clear to partly cloudy skies. Isolated afternoon and evening thunder showers possible statewide. A cool front north of Texas draws in hotter air, with highs up to 105 degrees except in East and extreme West Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Texas
Houston
Beaumont
TIPRO Favors Inter-State Formula For Oil Production
TIPRO members vote to study an equitable formula for each state to share the domestic crude oil market. The move follows Oversupply in Texas and rising production elsewhere, with calls for options to restrain imports and balance supply with demand. Leaders press Congress and officials to consider alternative measures and refinery output reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipro
Mcallen
Texas Independent Oil
Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Assn
Texas
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Congress
Washington
John Hurd
Laredo
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eighth Street
Leon Johnson
Twenty-sixth Street
Otis Gibson
East Highway
W. H. Barton
J.F. Bass
O. F. Cummings, Jr
Marcel Josephson
Avondale
W. B. Lee
Thirty-seventh Street
Lumumba
Republic of Ghana
Texans For Nixon
Nixon
John Kennedy
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Winston Park Pool
Leona Gage Covacevich
Hollywood
David
Ussr
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!