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Newspaper
Snyder Daily News
Location
Snyder, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1956
Page
1
A Joe For President piece raises the question Dont you want to be vice president highlighting a playful exchange on leadership roles. The prompt suggests curiosity about the potential for a running mate.
A child abducted earlier was discovered in thick underbrush, and a man is in custody on kidnapping charges. The incident prompted a San Francisco police investigation following the discovery and arrest. Public safety officials urged calm as the case proceeds through legal steps.
Oklahoma Governor Raymond Gary proposes inviting all Joe Smiths to join the Democratic party to contrast his open convention with the GOP. The fictional candidate story is paired with the recent Weinberger kidnapping case in New York as a separate note.
A large Democratic runoff is anticipated across Scurry and Borden Counties with runoffs for sheriff precincts 1 and 8, county commissioners, the 132nd District attorney race, and statewide gubernatorial and attorney general nominations. Polls open 8 am to 7 pm with absentee ballots pending and a 1 pm deadline for county clerk acceptance.
Amarillo officers stopped a floor show led by Richard Pennima known as Little Richard and three band members. Chief Deputy C E Travis said the group, all Negroes, was held for participating in an improper posturing dance that drew about 400 attendees, largely white juveniles.
Adlai Stevenson attacked President Eisenhower's claim that Democrats group against group and criticized the Republican record. He prepared for a heavy campaign schedule with press secretary Clayton Fritchey and planned grass roots conferences across five regions to energize Democratic voters for November. Stevenson stressed Democratic registration advantages and personal voter contact as key to victory.
The July consumer price index rose seven tenths of a percent for the second straight month, lifting prices to a record high and boosting wages for auto and electric workers. The Labor Department cited fresh fruit and vegetable peak pricing as a main factor, with rents, transport and services also climbing.
Nellie Neale applies to join the Birmingham Stock Exchange becoming the first woman in England Scotland or Wales to attempt membership. Members respond with shock and caution noting potential scenes on a busy trading floor even as Neale cites 13 years of stockbroking experience.
Readings show yesterday reached 103 degrees with a low of 60. At 7:30 am today the temperature was 64. The forecast covers North Central and West Texas with clear to partly cloudy skies and hot weather through Saturday.
About 75 to 80 Farmers Union members in Scurry County heard a briefing on hiring Mexican Nationals for harvest work. David Harlow of the Texas Employment Commission and Claude Ledbetter outlined permits, fees, insurance, and transport rules. The group learned rates for cotton pulling and hauling and the need for local price agreements to stabilize wages.
Joseph Coffmann, 52, surrendered to the Portland FBI and admitted stealing $2,000 from Bexar County National Bank on August 8. He claimed he traveled from Florida broke, wrote a note demanding cash while threatening a vial of nitroglycerin, then tried to spend the money unsuccessfully including a $1,000 bid.
Vincennes Indiana report says Frank Grandstaff, 55, once pardoned from a Tennessee life term for the cantata that saved him, was sentenced to the state farm and fined ten dollars for assault and battery after two 12 year old girls accused him. He gave drunken, vague memories of the events and was living in Fort Wayne with a separated wife.
Vice President Richard M. Nixon, returning from the Republican National Convention, hurried to the bedside of his seriously ill father Frank Nixon, 77, with his wife Pat and brother Don. He spoke with the family physician and said the prognosis was more pessimistic, then drove to La Habra to visit the home.
A five nation Suez Committee led by Australia’s Prime Minister Menzies moves to urge Egypt to cede canal control to an international board. Delegates from the United States Sweden Iran and Ethiopia join talks with Dulles bearing on a peaceful solution amid French troop maneuvers and Khrushchev warning of a just war.
A three mile deep wildcat in St Martin Parish Louisiana drilled by Richardson and Bass and Tidewater Oil Co reached 16 606 feet setting a probable world record. Gas flow was 4.5 million cubic feet daily through a 5 16 inch choke with 10 750 psi flowing pressure from perforations at 15 024 85 feet.
Raymond Busby age about 48 of 4016 Austin died just before noon today at Cogdell Memorial Hospital. He was employed at Rogers Men's Wear before illness. Arrangements are pending at Bolger Funeral Home.
Colorado River Municipal Water District directors tentatively projected a one cent per thousand gallon rate reduction for member cities starting Jan 1 1957. Odessa and Big Spring would see decreases while plans for a dam below Colorado City proceed with topo maps and gauging stations. Lamesa Midland Stanton officials sought inclusion in supply studies. Snyder directors attended.
Navy planes and ships recovered wreckage and two life rafts believed from a four engine P4M Mercator patrol plane reported attacked while on a routine mission from Japan. 16 crew members unaccounted as search continues near Shanghai and Saddle Islands in the Hangchow Bay area.
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