Wide Field of Junior Rodeo Contestants Compete Here
More than 130 contestants from New Mexico Arkansas Texas and Oklahoma competed in the second annual World Championship Junior Rodeo with a $2000 top prize and six trophy saddles. Top performances included Don Workman Sudan winning bareback bronc and second in bull riding, Le Roy Hodges Tuscola sweeping ribbon roping and tie-down, Nathalene Kendrick Houston earning high marks in barrel racing and cutting, and Nathalene Kendrick leading all around standings prior to final rounds. Admission was $1 for adults 50 cents for children with events continuing through Friday and Saturday nights.
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New Mexico
Arkansas
Texas
Oklahoma
American Junior Rodeo Association
Scurry County
Don
Crow Bar) Stewart
Snyder Country Club
Stewardson
Don Workman
Sudan
Steve Nail
Dunn
LeRoy Hodges
Tuscola
Kendrick
Dronc
Workman
Jim Brock
Pampa
A. C. Faulks
Abilene
Buddy Ham
Brandon McReynolds
Andrews
Hodges
Norman Dove
Buffdale
Sidney Johnson
Snyder
Clyde Kennedy
Wickett
Sonny Harrell
Billy Branham
Stephenville
Dove
Rob Brown
Throckmorton
Nancy Finley
Broken Arrow
Okla
Peggy Sanders
San Angelo
Nathaline Kendrick
Houston
Milinda Lou Bartlett
Anson
Wendell Mayo
Petrolia
Sherry Price
Addington
Jane Ford
Taylor
Ted Caver
Rotan
E. M. Holt, Jr
Navasota
Diane Fades From Scene as Hurricane Downgraded
Richmond Virginia reports Diane the hurricane weakening as it tracks north from the Carolinas toward eastern West Virginia and central Pennsylvania. Winds drop from 100 mph to 20 35 mph with continued rain across Central Pennsylvania Western Maryland and Eastern West Virginia.
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Richmond
Diane
Carolinas
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Southside
Weather Bureau
Maryland
Sultan Given More Time To Form Cabinet
Paris reports extend deadline for Sultan Mohamed Ben Moulay Arafa to form a broad Moroccan government guiding protectorate toward home rule. Grandval to report on prospects. Nationalists stay out as violence rises with four dead in Casablanca and seven wounded, including a French doctor.
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Paris
Sultan Mohamed Ben Moulay Arafa
Rene Coty
Filbert Grandval
Ben Arafa
Mnisters
Grandval
Ben Moulay Arafa
Jean Medecin
Morocco
Protectorate
Casablanca
Peron Regime Launches Drive For Recruits In Ruling Party
New York report notes Actor Alan Manson refused to answer House Un American Activities Committee questions about Communist ties. Manson joined by actor George Hall who admitted past Communist membership. others invoked constitutional rights. Manson, 36, Brooklyn born, cited limited work after 1946 discharge.
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New York
Alan Manson
Communist Party
House Un-American Activities Committee
Manson
George Hall
Midtown
Brooklyn
Hall
Plane shot down in the Korean DMZ by communist fire
In Panmunjom Korea on August 18 a small unarmed American trainer was downed by antiaircraft fire while over the demilitarized zone. The Air Force said a missing T6 trainer from Kimpo Air Base was fired upon near the DMZ. Maj. Gen. Parks condemned the incident and called for the return of the two airmen.
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Panmunjom
Korea
U.N. Command
Demilitarized Zone
Air Force
Harlan C. Parks
Military Armistice Commission
Parks
Kimpo
Seoul
Houston Council Set to Vote on Hofheinz Impeachment
Houston council planned to vote on impeachment charges against Mayor Roy Hofheinz after a two week pause. The trial featured a brief session with no witnesses and a contested charter election amid ongoing court petitions and a mayoral challenge to the process.
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Houston Council
Hofheinz
Houston
Roy Hofheinz
Hofheing
City Land Office
Icity
Jim Heflin
Jack Binion
Mass chest x ray survey set for October 21 in Scurry County
A mass chest x ray survey organized by Scurry County health officials will take place October 21. The program aims to detect early heart, lung, and tuberculosis issues among residents aged 55 and older. Up to 1,500 daily scans are possible with three days allotted in Snyder, targeting at least 3,000 people.
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Scurry County
Robert R. Patterson
Phil Gauss
State Department of Health
Gauss
Tuberculosis Division
Health Department
Tative
Snyder
Leah Davis
Edgar Taylor
Carl Herod
Zane Gilbert
John Boren
J. Lennol Hester
Public Health Service Reports 1781 New Polio Cases
The Public Health Service lists 1,781 new polio cases last week with Vermont and Wyoming reporting none. Through Aug. 13 total calendar year cases reach 9,720, down from 12,695 a year ago, while the vaccine has been used by over 62 million people since its April 12 license.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Vermont
Wyoming
West South Central
Mountain
New England
Middle Atlantic
East North Central
West North Central
Idaho
Massachusetts
Nevada
Wisconsin
Texas
New Hampshire
Weather outlook for Texas regions through Friday
North Central and West Texas see partly cloudy skies with widely scattered afternoon and evening thunder showers and little temperature change. East and South Central Texas also remain partly cloudy with scattered afternoon thundershowers and mild winds.
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West
Texas
Prosecution Argues Case In Gallagher Murder Trial
The prosecutor told a military court that evidence proves every specification and charge beyond a reasonable doubt in the case of Sgt James C Gallagher. Maj James J Jenkins reviewed testimony from 28 witnesses as Gallagher 23 listened, his family present.
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New York
James C. Gallagher
Maj
James J. Jenkins
Gallagher
Jenkins
Warehouse Approved For Cotton Storage
The Snyder Bonded Warehouse gained government loan storage approval for 1955 cotton. Commodity Credit Corp announced the decision via Henry Burchett, county office manager for the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Committee. Approved capacity is 1,500 bales.
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Snyder
Commodity Credit Corp
Henry Burchett
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Burchett
Record Heat Reaches 101 in Snyder
The Snyder area saw a high of 101 degrees yesterday marking the first 100 degree reading in seven days. Overnight low reached 71 with 76 recorded at 7 30 a m by weather observer David Strayhorn.
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Snyder
David Strayhorn
Peronist campaign to revitalize ranks amid city unrest
In Buenos Aires a government push to renew the Peronista party follows three days of street clashes. Justice Minister Albrieu accuses seven priests of inciting disobedience while police struggle to pacify a capital tense after the June revolt.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Peronistas
Democracia
Peronista
Peron
Justice and Interior
Oscar Albrieu
Peronista Party
Albrieu
Yesteray
Jose de San Martin
Argentina
Spain
Metropolitan Cathedral
Slow Registration at Local High School This Week
Registration at the high school has progressed slowly with 528 students through the first two days and 25 or more by noon today. Officials expect 200 to 250 more students to register before the September 1 start. Elementary and junior high registrations are scheduled for next week and the first day of school respectively.
Fire destroys shed behind Gooses Gulf Service Station
A brief afternoon blaze around 1 30 destroyed a small open shed behind Gooses Gulf Service Station at 2902 Avenue 8. The shed owned by Hugh Boren served as a children's playhouse. Fire Marshal Ivan Gatlin offered no cause but suggested children at play may have started it.
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Gooses Gulf Service Station
2902
Avenue 8
Hugh Boren
Twenty-ninth Street
Ivan Gatlin
Allen Resigns As Ira School Head
Bill Allen resigns after four years as Ira superintendent to lead Canton schools in Van Zandt County East Texas. Roy Sallee named new Ira superintendent. he returns from Roscoe after three years as high school principal.
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Bill Allen
Ira
Canton
East Texas
van Zandt
Allen
Roy Sallee
Roscoe
Aspermont
Central State Teachers College
Edmond
Okla
North Texas State
Denton
Len
Oklahoma
Texas
Goldburg Independent
Montague County
Allens
Dianne
Linda June
Kenneth Dismuke
Stanton
Betty Gandy
Agnes McCormick
Laura Holladay
Betty Cox
J. T. Burris
Tommie Milhollon
June McGlain
Gandy
Mary Alice Price
C. J. Smith
O. J. Rosenbaum
Edgar Eades
W. M. Howard
Susie Maupin
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Nathalene Kendrick
Sparks
Bobby Martin
Tulsa
Lee Watson
Sultan
Billie Wilkinson
Mobile
Ala
Neal
George
Shepard
U.S
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