12 Aug 1963
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Newspaper
Snyder Daily News
Location
Snyder, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1963
Page
1
Ira Wayland Huddleston grew the county’s first bale of 1963 at Layfield Gin, weighing 560 pounds from 2190 pounds of bales. The bale, grown on the Haskell Beard farm south of Snyder, was processed about noon and is one of the largest on record.
Funeral services for Otto Bruns 79 of Hermleigh will be at 3 p m Tuesday at Trinity Methodist Church with Rev Allen Adams officiating. Burial in Roscoe Cemetery under Bolger Funeral Home direction. Surviving are daughter Mrs A J Kuss three sons Lester Erwin Edgar one sister and 11 grandchildren.
United States agrees to extradite former Venezuelan president Perez Jimenez to face charges of embezzlement exceeding 13 million dollars and four political murders. Secretary of State Dean Rusk authorized the action, marking a historic move as the first case of a former chief of state being extradited. Perez, jailed in Miami since 1962, fled Venezuela in 1958 after being ousted by a civilian and military uprising.
Snyder police investigate a break in at Sal lie's Cafeteria just north of the square on Avenue. The burglary occurred Sunday night or early Monday morning. About $29 in cash from a cigarette machine and some cigarettes and candy taken.
Washington AP reports two Kennedy proposals move on Capitol Hill this week. The House votes on a 1.1 billion college construction bill while the Senate considers a National Service Corps plan as hearings begin on a limited nuclear test ban treaty and civil rights legislation moves forward.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee urging ratification of the limited nuclear test ban pact. He argued the treaty would slow the arms race without harming U.S. security, while detailing responses to potential objections and stressing verification and nonrecognition of East Germany by Western allies.
Mrs. Ida Jones 73 a former Scurry County resident died at her Levelland home at 6 p m Saturday Funeral services set for 2 30 p m Tuesday at the Fast Side Church of Christ with Lindle Grigsby and Richard Williams officiating Burial will be in Snyder Cemetery under Bell Funeral Home direction Born December 12 1889 in Williamson County she came to Scurry County in 1898 moved to Levelland in 1947 married Forest Jones in 1906 She died in 1959 Survivors include one foster daughter Minnie Lou Reeves of Great Falls Montana one son Virgil Jones of Bartlesville Oklahoma one sister H L Davis of Rotan one brother Jake F E Hoff man of Snyder three grandchildren and five great grandchildren
Fragmented forecast items show variable highs from the mid 70s to low 100s across North Central Texas to Southwest Texas. Includes mentions of clear to partly cloudy skies, scattered thundershowers, and nightly lows ranging from the upper 60s to mid 70s with winds light to moderate.
The withdrawal of James A Hood from the University of Alabama ends his brief enrollment two months after he arrived. Hood cited physical and mental condition as the reason, while a board meeting on charges stemming from a July 16 news conference was canceled.
A Viscount airliner carrying 12 passengers and four crew members crashed near Lyon France on a Lille to Lyon domestic flight. Reports differ on whether anyone survived as ambulances police and fire units responded to the scene about 15 miles from Lyon.
The Scurry County commissioners court declared a water emergency for Towle Park this morning. Park superintendent Jay Ramsey warned watering would stop this week without extra supply as the park needs 480,000 gallons daily. Snyder city manager George Patterson said the city council likely would approve a plan to supply park water on a cost basis, potentially by Wednesday, with shared benefits from higher city usage lowering unit cost.
Virginia Tech speech by Homer Newell of NASA argues against focusing only on military space needs. He cites a broad program building scientific, industrial, and defense capabilities to meet future threats and support space operations.
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