Ben Jack Cage to Return by August Fifteenth
Dallas prosecutors expect Ben Jack Cage who is charged in ICT Insurance Co collapse to return to Dallas early next week before Aug. 15. Cage flew to Havana after a Brazil Venezuela trip, while officials doubt he will surrender. He faces indictments for embezzling 500000 and a 123045 tax lien, with officials delaying further action amid his Havana location.
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Dallas
Henry Wade
BenJack Cage
ICT Insurance Co
Cage
Havana
Delta Airlines
Brazil
Venezuela
ICT
Joe Carroll
Austin
Texas
Carroll
House
Dist. Atty
Les Proctor
Travis
ICT Corp
U.S
State Insurance Commission
Auxiliary power unit added to city fire truck for night fires
The city fire department added an auxiliary power plant to the central fire station truck to illuminate scenes at night when electric power is cut to prevent hazards. A similar unit is used on the Fire Department Auxiliary’s rescue trailer at Lake J. B. Thomas. Fire Chief D. A. Porter says it reduces fire and water damage and aids cleanup, with praise from residents for current efforts and a plan to improve further. A separate note cites a library tile miscoloring incident in the county library restroom.
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Fire Department Auxiliary
Lake J. B. Thomas
D. A. Porter
Texas Rains Diminish After Wide-Spread Storm
Heavy rains drenched parts of South Texas then tapered off overnight. Brownsville measured 2.11 inches while Woodsboro, Tivoli near Corpus Christi, reported 1.75 and 1.50 inches respectively. Highs reached 107 at Presidio with Galveston 80 and Lubbock 69 as cool nights followed hot days.
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Associated Press
South Texas
Weather Bureau
Brownsville
Brownsille
Woodsboro
Tivoli
Corpus Christi
Presidio
Galveston
Lubbuck
Steel price claim dismissed as myth by U S Steel chair
Roger M. Blough, chairman of United States Steel Corp, told the Senate Antitrust subcommittee that the so called high steel prices are a myth. He said steel is the cheapest major metal and the price rise was not inflationary despite a $6 per ton increase effective July 1.
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Washington
Roger M. Blough
United States Steel Corp
Blough
Senate Antitrust Subcommittee
U. S. Steel
Ewan Clague
U. S
Labor Staistics
Birth rate rises in Scurry County with July births
Forty two babies were born in Scurry County in July, lifting the year total to 276. The July figure trails June’s 46 but exceeds last year’s pace. Through August, nine births have been recorded, and the period from August to year end is typically busy.
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Scurry
TEC Representative Due in Snyder to Discuss Office
A Texas Employment Commission representative from San Angelo, C A Shoemake, visits Snyder today to review whether the local labor force meets TEC standards for an office. The chamber had renewed the request on July 17, noting population and labor needs, with talks on a possible further labor survey.
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Texas Employment Commission
Snyder
Chamber of Commerce
C. A. Shoemake
San Angelo
TEC
Perry S. Brown
Shoemake
Employment Commission
Sweetwater
Sabotage Suspected After Large Boston Blast Near Sewage Tunnel
A powerful explosion at a South Boston construction site damaged over 100 homes and spread dynamite caps across a one mile square area. Police warned residents not to touch the caps as Commissioner Greenough suggested sabotage might be involved with only minor injuries reported.
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Boston
Bay View
Charles W. Greenough
House Sidesteps Decision On Civil Rights Measure
The House paused on civil rights legislation after the Senate passed a bill 72 to 18. The House draft, broader and stricter, was left to leaders to gauge support and possible compromises. President Eisenhower warned of a veto if the measure fails to meet his terms.
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House
Washington
Senate
Senate House
Mar
Tin
Massachusetts
Eisenhower
Congress
Martin
Rayburn
Texas
Government forecasts U S cotton crop for 1957 58
The Agriculture Department estimates the 1957 58 U S cotton crop at 11 897 000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight, below last year s 13 310 000 and the ten year average 13 669 000. Texas alone is 3 775 000 bales with 78 percent of normal yield.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Soil Bank
Texas
Department
Census Bureau
North Carolina
Plains
Central Belt
Oklahoma
Georgia
Arizonia
California
Louisiana
New Mexico
Arizona
Pre School Classes Delayed Start In Snyder School System
Pre-school in Snyder schools starts next Tuesday after a Monday orientation. Teachers listed include Nancy McClellan and Katherine Shelburne. Registration remains open at West East North Northeast Central with over 300 students enrolled, about 60 percent of expected first grade headcount.
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Snyder
Nancy McClellan
Katherine Shelburne
Vestel Maner
Laverne Taylor
Mildred Smith
Carol Miller
Esther Free
Ethel Roberts
Anniece Hawkins
Pat Falls
West Elementary
East
North
Northeast
Central
Explosion Injures Three At DuPont Sabine River Works
An early morning explosion at the DuPont Sabine River Works near Orange damaged the Alathon polyethylene unit and burned three workers. E. M. Johnson, 33. Billy Smith, 25. and S. E. Hebert, 41, were treated at Orange Memorial Hospital as fire crews kept the incident contained.
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Orange
DuPont
Sabine River Works
Sabine River
E. M. Johnson
Billy Smith
S. E. Hebert
Orange Memorial Hospital
Harry Sutton
Sutton
Nine girls enter Midwest beauty contest at annual meeting
Roby hosts the Miss Midwest Electric contest with nine entrants from Scurry Fisher and Kent counties. Event kicks off at 8 p.m. with Stamps Quartet, registration at 10 a.m. exhibits until 4 30 p.m. preliminaries at 1 45 p.m. finals at 3 30 p.m. The winner advances to the statewide pageant in San Antonio August 29–30 and then to the Dallas national contest in February 1958. The day includes a 2 30 p.m. board election for the Midwest Electric cooperative directors.
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Stamps
San Antonio
Dallas
Grady Williams
Midway
Ted Marchant
Sweetwater
A. A. Aaron
Rotan
J. L
Ted) McArthur
Stonewall County
J. A. Murff
McCaulley
Glenn Tate
Helmleigh
Charlie Bley
Fluvanna
Abel to Face Charges as Top Russian Spy Return Planned
Rudolf Ivanovich Abel, 55, a Russian intelligence colonel, faces espionage charges after a Brooklyn grand jury indictment. He was jailed at McAllen Detention Camp for Aliens while awaiting deportation and may be flown back to New York today under federal order.
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Edinberg
Rudolf Ivanovich Abel
New York
McAllen
Abel
Allen Hannay
Houston
U.S. Marshall
Brooklyn
Russia
United States
Canada
Tex
Emil R. Goldfus
Moscow
Kremlin
Vatali G. Pavelov
Ottawa
Alan Nunn May
Klaus Fuchs
England
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
J. C. Hall
FBI
Weather summary for Texas regions
Snyder reports a high of 98 and a low of 67 with 69 degrees at 7 30 am today A forecast shows partial cloudiness scattered showers and thunderstorms across East Central and West Texas through Friday with little temperature change.
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Snyder
East Texas
Texas
West Texas
Guard Drops August Drills in National Guard Plan
The Snyder National Guard unit cuts four drill periods in the first quarter due to funds. Lt. Johnny Greenfield said August drills including tonight’s were canceled. All units of the 112th Armored Cavalry Regiment followed similar orders with the next drill set for September 5.
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Snyder
112Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
49Th Armored Division
Texas National Guard
Greenfield
Aramburu Tightens Grip on Argentina Air Force
Provisional President Pedro Aramburu has tightened his control over Argentina's air force, the least stable element in his military backing.
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Buenos Aires
Pedro Aramburu
Argentina
Dio Attacks Photographer Ahead of Senate Racketeers Hearing
In Washington Dio struck photographer Stanley Tretick at the Senate Office Building after refusing questions. The convicted extortionist, who had been paroled to testify, ducked through hallways and warned he would not invoke the Fifth as he left in a cab with two companions.
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Frank Easton
Johnny Dio
Easton
Leon Reich
Senate
Washington, D.C
Dio
Brooklyn
Washington
Stanley Tretick
United Press
S.O.B
Senate Committee
Committee
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Spot Muse
New County Library
Normal
South Carolina
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Beauty Queen
Midwest
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