World Championship Junior Rodeo Arrivals Begin in Snyder
Contestants arrive in Snyder for the second annual World Championship Junior Rodeo at Scurry County Rodeo Association grounds. Events run Wednesday to Saturday at 8 p.m. with prizes totaling about $2,000 in local awards and a $1,000 college scholarship for the all around winner.
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Snyder
Scurry County
Connie Connell
Nonnie Rodgers
Sidney Wallace Johnson
Don Stewart
Billy Joe Hataway
Buddy Townsend
Bobby Stanton
Steve Nail
Doug Forbes
American Junior Rodeo Association
Fort Worth
West Texas State Bank
Wilson Connell
Forest Builders Supply
Weldon Johnson
Owens Department Store
Stinson Drug
Clark Lumber Co
Snyder Drug
John Blum
Williams Jewelry
Eiland Motor Co
Higginbotham - Bartlett Lumber Co
C. V. Thompson, Jr
Hugh Boren & Son Insurance
Johnson
Diane Edges Toward Carolina As Hurricane Diane Looms
Hurricane Diane, 115 mph winds, nears the mainland after daunting Charleston area, the second such storm in a week. The New England and mid-Atlantic coasts await as the forward pace slows from 15 to about 10 mph with the center forecast to reach upper South Carolina or North Carolina by late tonight or Wednesday morning.
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Charleston
D.C
Diane
Carolina
Georgia
North Carolina
Connie
Luther Hodges
Hazel
South Carolina
Canada
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Myrtle Beach
Charleston Weather Bureau
David McCutcheon
Savansnah Beach
Red Cross
Rotary Head To Be Guest Of Local Club
Rotary International district governor Rigdon Edwards will visit Snyder Rotary Club for a Wednesday 8 p.m. assembly at the Hilander and speak at Thursday's regular meeting. Edwards, a Sweetwater resident and McMurry College adviser, leads 238 district governors overseeing about 8 779 clubs in the region.
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Rigdon Edwards
Rotary International
Snyder Rotary Club
Edwards
Hilander
Sweetwater
West Texas
Robert Clinton
McMurry College
1955 cotton loan rate set for Scurry County
Scurry County’s federal loan rate on 1955 cotton is 33.39 cents per pound for middling 15 16th white cotton. Henry Burchett of the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Committee notes the base rate is 87.5 percent of parity and up about .2 cent from last year’s rate, which used 90 percent of parity.
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Scurry County
Henry Burchett
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Reds Push Far East Conference to Unify Korea
In Tokyo Chinese and Korean leaders urged a Far East conference to unify Korea. Seoul dismissed the proposal as a Communist ruse. Chu Teh and Chou Enlai backed talks, while Kim Il Sung called for a North South pledge not to use force and a speedy north south meeting.
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Tokyo
Korea
South Korea
Seoul
China
Chou Enlai
Chu Teh
Kim
Chu
Syngman Rhee
Nations Supervisory Commission
Weather Summary for Texas Regions
North Central Texas remains generally fair this afternoon through Wednesday with little temperature change. West Texas sees isolated afternoon and evening thunder showers and stable temperatures. East Texas turns clear to partly cloudy with isolated coastal thundershowers and mild winds. South Central Texas experiences partly cloudy skies with scattered afternoon thundershowers and light to moderate coastal winds.
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Texas
West Texas
East Texas
No Action On Snyder Zoning Plan Delayed
City council and planning commission held a public hearing on Snyder zoning but took no action. Three residents spoke pro and con. Harold Bennett opened the session. James Rosser supported the ordinance while Arthur E. Duff opposed it citing unequal tax burdens. Action postponed to next monthly meeting.
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City Planning and Zoning Commission
Snyder
Harold Bennett
Planning and Zoning Commission
James Rosser
Arthur E. Duff, Jr
Twenty-sixth Street
Duff
Parade Cancelled for World Championship Junior Rodeo
Parade on the first day of the World Championship Junior Rodeo was canceled by parade marshals Pat Falls and Frank Weaver due to a shortage of float entries and prior commitments from riding groups.
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Pat Falls
Frank Weaver
Plot Against Peron Spurs Arrests and Protests in Argentina
Government accuses Catholic nationalist and opposition leaders of plotting to shoot President Juan Peron. Police report over 50 arrests with up to 200 alleged. protests erupt in Buenos Aires and Cordoba as tensions rise from the pacification campaign. Demonstrators condemn removal of the Feast of the Assumption as public unrest grows.
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Bruce Henderson
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan
Peron
Cordoba
Franklin Lucero
Plaza de Mayo
Guns Stolen by IRA Raiders Recovered in London Raid
Police recovered a large cache of guns and ammunition believed snatched from Arborfield Army Depot in Berkshire. Bren guns and rifles were found in a basement shop on Caledonian Road, London, after a 12 member, armed Scotland Yard team watched the area for 12 hours. IRA campaigns in Britain and Northern Ireland sparked fears of guerrilla war and calls for tougher government action.
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London
Caledonian Road
King Cross Railroad Station
Irish Republic Army
IRA
Aberfield
Berkshire
Reading
Scotland Yard
John Nott-Bower
Aborfield
Wales
England
Irish Republican Army
Northern
Southern Ireland
Ulster
Ireland
Arborfield
British War Office
Irish Republic
United Kingdom
Northern Ireland
Republic
U. K
Conservative
Daily Sketch
Malaya
Hitler
News Chronicle
Daily
Donegal
Trelar
Danny Ryan
Britain
Republican Army
Ryan
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Rotary Head
Reds
Commission
Snyder Fire Department
Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co
Thompson, Powell & Derrick
Abilene
Lee Watson
T. D. Wison
Caroline Reaves
Watson
Man, Jr
Judy Caube
Morris Wayne William
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