Cotton crop forecast shows 14.471 million bales for US
Agriculture Department first forecast of 1960 places the cotton crop at 14,471,000 bales, down 87,000 from 1959. Texas is estimated at 4,375,000 bales on 6.55 million acres. national yield for harvested acre is 447 pounds. Abandonment and lower yields affect overall output despite higher acreage.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Texas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
California
United States
Bureau of Census
Murphree Rites Planned At First Baptist Snyder
John Leonard Murphree 86 of Route 2 Snyder died yesterday after a long illness. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 3 PM at First Baptist Church with Rev. Leslie Kelley and Rev. Jimmie Nelson officiating. Burial in Snyder Cemetery under Bell Funeral Home. He was born in Blunt County Alabama and was a retired farmer. Survived by sisters Mrs. A M Weller Abilene and Mrs. Ida Huffstuller Snyder and brothers Will and Steve Murphree Snyder.
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John Leonard Murphree
Route 2
Snyder
First Baptist Church
Leslie Kelley
Big Spring
Jimmie Nelson
Colonial Hill Baptist Church
Snyder Cemetery
Bell Funeral Home
Murphree
Blunt County
Alabama
A. M. Weller
Abilene
Ida Huffstuller
Will
Steve Murphree
State Treasury Posts worsening July General Revenue Deficit
The state treasurer reports a July 31 general revenue fund deficit of 59,061,860, deeper than June by over 6 million. The June 30 deficit stood at 52,919,501, with warrants totaling 65,354,712 outstanding on July 31.
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Austin
Treasury
Eisenhower urges restraint as Congo crisis deepens
President Eisenhower asks Congress for a broad program from foreign aid to domestic relief while warning against reckless spending. He defends military strength and calls for restoring full foreign aid funding amid Congo tensions and UN actions. Dag Hammarskjold demands immediate Belgian withdrawal from the Congo, including Katanga, warning peace or war hangs on a quick solution.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
House
U. S
Fisenhower
Defense Department
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
America
Congo
U U. S
Latin America
Economic Conference of the American Republics
Bogota
Colombia
United Nations General Assembly
Milton Besser
United Nations
AP U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Katanga
U. N. Security Council
U.N
Security Council
Patrice Lumumba
Ceylon
Tunisia
Kaetanga
Moise Tshombe
Showers Forecast Across Texas After Predawn Thundershower
A predawn thundershower fell in the Panhandle and the U S Weather Bureau forecast widely scattered showers statewide. Early shower reported 45 miles west of Amarillo. Skies partly cloudy in Amarillo area and along the coast to San Antonio and Austin. Sunday showers reported in Lufkin Galveston Port Arthur and Beaumont Houston. Sunday highs ranged from 89 at Galveston to 103 at San Angelo.
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Associated Press
Panhandle
U. S Weather Bureau
Amarillo
San Antonio
Austin
Texas
Lufkin
Galveston
Presidio
Corpus Christi
Beaumont
Houston
San Angelo
County Sets Hearing On New Budget
County commissioners set September 6 for a public hearing on next year’s budget and September 12 for the tax rate meeting. They approved a $20,000 two month contribution to Snyder fire protection for outside city calls. Towle Memorial Park vandalism prompts discussions with attorneys and bids for a picnic pavilion are reconsidered.
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Snyder
Roy Dunlap
Dunlap
Commissioners Court
Towle Memorial Park
Russell Jones
Jones
Ross Williams
Weather Summary for Texas Regions
Partly cloudy and hot across North Central Texas East Texas and South Central Southwest Texas through Tuesday with isolated thundershowers. Notable highs range from the mid 90s to 100s while lows dip into the 60s to 70s. Winds become southeast and light to moderate.
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Snyder
Texas
South Central
Northwest Texas
Panhandle
Armed Cubans Take Property in Cuba Seizures
Cuban militiamen seized control of most American property in Cuba after Fidel Castro’s regime nationalized assets. The action targeted major firms including Cuban Electric Co, the American and Foreign Power Co unit, Cuban Telephone Co, Standard Oil New Jersey refinery, Texaco refinery, Sinclair Oil operations, and 36 American sugar mills worth about 700 million. The move followed Soviet-aligned government stance and a church warning about communism.
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Cuban Electric Co
American and Foreign Power Co
New York
Cuban Telephone Co
International Telephone and Telegraph Co
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Texaco
Sinclair Oil Co
Cuba
Castro
United States
Eisenhower
Moa Bay Mining Co
Nicaro Nickel Processing Corporation
Cuba Accused Of Racing To Communist Dictatorship
The United States labels Cuba a dictatorial state as Castro tightens control and seizes most remaining American property. Washington cites growing Cuban Soviet ties and calls for tough measures ahead of the OAS foreign ministers meeting in San Jose. Raul Roa dismisses condemnations and demands a new agenda.
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Stanley Meisler Washington
United States
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Castro
Soviet Union
Nation Council of the Organization of American States
San Jose
Costa Rica
Venezuela
Dominican Republic
Raul Roa
OAS
OAS Council
U.S
State Department
Inter-American Peace Committee
Communist Party
Americas
Red China
Free World
Raul Castro
Nikita Khrushchev
Dling
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Ann M. Russelle
New York City
Lancaster
Abercrombie
Jim Farr
Mr. Chandler
Tuck Bowman
James Taylor, Jr
Avenue M
Thirty-third Street
Bill Zimmerman
Earl Abercrombie
Richard Valeriani
Havana
Organization of American States
Latin American Youth Congress
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