Junior Rodeo Season Ends at Fort Worth Championship
Teenagers from several states competed as the second annual World Championship Junior Rodeo closed. Awards and official standings finish next spring with world champions to be named during the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Junior Rodeo Association
AIRA
Fort Worth
Snyder
Sherry Price
Addington
Okla
Dixie Truitt
Stonewall
Pat McDaniel
Abilene
Harold McQueen
Don Workman
Dronc
McQueen
Wetumka
Workman
Sudan
A. C. Faulks
Jody Jones
Ozona
Jack Burkholder
San Antonio
Ronny Love
Lawton
Coy Beauchamp
Jones
Burkholder
Donnell Echols
Lamesa
Tommy Flennikin
Hamlin
Sonny Harrell
Wendy Mayo Petrolia
Ronnie Flennikin
Alvin Davis
Brownfield
AJRA
Bud Jackson
Pecos
Bobby Goodspeed
Jerry
Snyder Spotlight on Weather and Air Service Talk
Scurry County communities hoped for rain to lift the cotton crop but received less than expected while eastern states faced devastating floods. The CAB recommended Snyder for a three year temporary commercial air service, contingent on profitability. Snyder High School coach John Conley returns from Kansas State College and reflects on Snyder being favored to win its district this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Continental Air Lines
John Conley
Conley
Kansas State College
Church of God Wins Decree in Court in Colorado City
City Atty. said the Church of God won a suit to build a church in a residential zone. Judge Mauzey ruled the city zoning ordinance valid and ordered the church to file a new building permit application with the city directed to grant it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado City
Tex
John Worrell
Church of God
32Nd District Court
Sweetwater
A. S. Mauzey
Flood Death Count Reaches 141 in Coastal Flooding
Rosie Bee Walker, 22, of Snyder, released on 750 bond after a murder charge in a fatal early morning dispute that left Eddie Mae Shaw, 32, known as Midnight, dead. Court action set as grand jury to convene around Sept. 12, with witnesses recounting the confrontation near two cafes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosie Bee Walker
Snyder
Renal Rosson
Eddie Mae Shaw
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Shaw
Woman recounts horror as 37 swept from Davis Camp
Mrs. Jennie Johnson of Jersey City tells of a night of flood destruction at Davis Camp near Stroudsburg Pennsylvania. She describes a dam break washing away a bungalow with 40 people, including her children Nancy 19 Roy 14 and David 10, and Beth Liddle. She survived clinging to debris until rescue. Her sons were not found among the identified dead.
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Fixit
Mary Bucar
Pittsburgh
Davis Camp
Stroudsburg
Jennie Johnson
Jersey City
N. J
Charlie Zaimes
Allentown Pa
Charles Zaimes
Allentown Call Chronicle
Leon Davis
Nanuet
N.Y
Nancy
Roy
David
Johnson
Davis Home
Beth
Beth Liddle
Joseph Johnson
Brooklyn
Flood Toll Tops 141 Dead Across Eight States
The Northeast endures unprecedented floods with at least 141 confirmed dead and many more missing across eight seaboard states. Evacuations continue as towns floodwaters recede and communities assess damage. The Red Cross allocates two million dollars for initial flood relief. Governor Ribicoff calls for a superhuman effort to rebuild Connecticut.
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Seaboard
Pellet’s Island
New York
Orange County
Wallkill River
Mechanicsville
Connecticut
Putnam
Conn
Eisenhower
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
New Jersey
Massachussetts
Rhode Island
Woonsocket, R.I
Red Cross
Stroudsburg
Abraham Ribicoff
Toy Buzz Bomb Scare Ends With Toy Car Unveiled
In Frankfurt Germany postal workers feared a live device after a package buzzed loudly. Bomb experts opened it to reveal a toy auto powered by batteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
Hearing Set On County Budget With Tax Projections
County commissioners scheduled a 10 a.m. budget hearing in the courthouse. The tentative budget shows a 15.8 million assessed value increase and a 1.05 per hundred tax levy. Estimated taxes total 1,207,500 with 90 percent collection, leaving about 120,750 delinquent by next July.
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County Commissioners Court
New Road and Bridge Constitutional Fund
Hermleigh
West Texas Sees Widespread Showers and Tornado Report
Drenching showers cross West Texas on Saturday with Alpine reporting 2.27 inches in 24 hours and Big Spring adding an inch. A squall line drenched the Rio Grande Valley up to 8 inches, reviving pastures and weeds. Three tornado funnels near Progreso touched down but caused no injuries. Temperatures ranged from 81 in Alpine to 98 in Laredo, with scattered 24 hour rainfall totals across major cities.
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West Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Far
Texas
Alpine
Far West
Davis Mountains
Ozona
San Angelo
Big Spring
San Saba
Brady
Progresso
McAllen
Raymondville
Willacy County
Marfa
Ranch
Laredo
Austin
Abilene
Corpus Christi
Dallas
Houston
San Antonio
Victoria
Waco
Wichita Falls
College Station
Couilla
Road project approval extends farm to market route in Scurry County
The Scurry County Commission approved another farm to market road project in precinct 1. The two mile paving runs from Clairemont Road east along Eighth Street in Snyder past the Snyder Cemetery to Camp Springs road. Engineering begins soon with $32,000 allocated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scurry County
State Highway Department
County Commissioners Court
Highway Department
Clairemont Road
Eighth Street
Snyder
Snyder Cemetery
Camp Springs Farm
T. B. Knight
Southern Electric, Inc
Homer Bay
Edgar Taylor
Big Spring
Taylor
Lamesa Highway
Winston Field
Heat Fatal To Pets In Nehru's Delhi Zoo
The hot Delhi summer has claimed several of the pets presented to Prime Minister Nehru by the Chinese Communist authorities. Gold fish perished from the heat and one of two Chinese deer also died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Nehru
Panel Heads Selected For X Ray Survey
Committee chairs named for Snyder fifth mass chest X-ray survey to be held Oct 18 to 21. Mrs. Ro ies R Patterson leads as general chair with Edgar Taylor heading location efforts and Mel Gilbert Wacl McNair John Boren and Buddy Norris as publicity co chairs. The effort stresses tax supported free access and aims to boost participation.
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Snyder
Roies R. Patterson
Edgar Taylor
Mel Gilbert
Wacl McNair
John Boren
E. E
Buddy) Norris
Junior Chamber of Commerce
J. Lead Hester
Leah Davis
Carol Herod
Wraymond Sims
Steve Birdwell
Elementary School Registration Set This Fall
Elementary registration begins Tuesday for all students except first graders. Dr Cecil Yarbrough says registration runs 8 30 a m to 3 30 p m for those students at their upcoming schools. About 2150 elementary students are expected. High school registration was completed last week and remaining students should register by Thursday. Junior high opens on September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Yarbrough
Yarbrough
T. D. Wiman, Jr
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Wacil McNair
City Church
Broad Street
Tamaqua
The
Associated Press
North Africa
Paris
Algeria
Morocco
Mohammed Ben Youssef
Atlas
Casablanca
Constantine
Philippeville
Atlas Mountains
Oued Zem
France
Ben Youssef
Jacques Soustelle
Algiers
Carrieres Centrales
French Foreign Legion
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