Snyder Spotlight Highlights Local Agriculture And Law Update
The Snyder spotlight notes crop prospects drawing crowds for a Chamber of Commerce field day, compares farming to baseball, and mentions a statewide motor vehicle licensing rule for teens. It also cites W A Hunt on junior colleges and reports Borger plans to share a new five story aluminum dome at the oil show October 17 19.
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Wacil McNair
California
Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee
Scurry County
Snyder Police
Borger
Honolulu
Car Train Crash Fatal To Driver
Midland Texas August 24 R L Newman 38 field supervisor for Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co killed instantly when his car collided with a Texas and Pacific railroad switch engine on the western outskirts of Midland Engineer L A Reese 55 Big Spring said he saw the car coming stopped and backed the locomotive when the collision occurred
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Midland
Tex
R.L. Newman
Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co
Texas and Pacific Railroad
L.A. Reese
Big Spring
Half Interest Sold in Adkins Drilling Co
San Antonio August 24 A Tex as Corp sold its half interest in Adkins Drilling Co to John Adkins for 40000 dollars in cash.
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San Antonio
Texas Corp
Adkins Drilling Co
John Adkins
Governor Seeks Special Session to Tackle Texas Water Woes
Gov. Price Daniel announced plans to ask the Legislature for a special session to approve a 1 million dollar program addressing Texas water problems. He backing a separate water planning division under the State Board of Water Engineers with a funded team and topographic mapping. The plan could cost 500 thousand to 1 million dollars, funded from non tax special accounts.
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Austin
Price Daniel
Texas
Daniel
State Board of Water Engineers
Copter Puts Cops In Tizzy
Fort Worth report of Lt. George Hargis visiting for a shave when a helicopter landed in a backyard drawing a crowd. Officers cited a city ordinance and planned a report while the pilot wondered about restrictions and planned to leave after dark.
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Fort Worth
George Hargis
Hargis
Ed Lee
Grand Prairie
Millions in unneeded supplies found at Northeast Air Command bases
The Defense Department admitted that millions of dollars in surplus supplies were allowed to accumulate at Northeast Air Command bases and some were wasted. Action is underway with a Pentagon policy planned for handling remote-area surplus. The assertion follows Senate subcommittee findings of waste at bases in Newfoundland, Labrador, and Greenland.
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Washington
Defense Department
Northeast Air Command
Air Force
Army
Pentagon
Department
Perkins McGuire
Gations
Senate
Newfoundland
Labrador
Greenland
McGuire
United States
Harmon Air Force Base
West Germany forms first air transport squadron for NATO
West Germany activated its first air force unit, an air transport squadron, at Erding. The American-trained squadron includes 16 C47 transports and was organized in a ceremony attended by 5,000 people, Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss and Gen. Frank F. Everest.
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Erding
Germany
West Germany
NATO
Franz Josef Strauss
Frank F. Everest
U.S. Air Force
Europe
Hoffa Testimony Reviewed for Possible Perjury
Senate Rackets Committee plans to forward Hoffa transcripts to the Justice Department to pursue perjury charges, citing memory gaps about dealings with racketeers and with Johnny Dio. McClellan notes memory holes may not prove false testimony, while signaling limited hearings before Oct. 1 and potential focus on United Auto Workers amid Kohler strike.
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Washington
Justice Department
James R. Hoffa
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
Hoffa
United Auto Workers
Kohler Co
Kohler
Wis
Dio
Grand Jury
George Fitzgerald
Three Little Girls Die In Landslide In Illinois Quarry
In Dixon Illinois three Gurnsey sisters aged 10 9 and 8 were found dead in an abandoned quarry after a landslide started by a bulldozer crew led by their father James E. Gurnsey. An inquest ruled accidental and details say Ruthie and Theresa died instantly while Nancy suffocated after a brief period of air.
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Dixon
Ill
Gurnsey
Nancy
Ruthie
Theresa
James E. Bales
Lee County
Bates
John Gurnsey
E. R. Strauser
Sitdown Strike Staged by Convicts at Texas Prison Farm
About 350 convicts at Harlem No 1 prison farm near Houston staged a cotton field sitdown strike today but returned to work after four to five hours under threat of no food. No violence occurred and pick work resumed, said Jack C Vaughn of Dallas a Texas Board of Correction member.
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Dallas
Harlem
Houston
Jack C. Vaughn
Texas Board of Correction
AWOL Fort Bliss duo jailed after theft arrest
Two AWOL soldiers from Fort Bliss El Paso were jailed in Snyder after theft at Technitube Specialties Co. They pleaded guilty in county court to stealing a billfold and about $20. Rob inson of Knobnoster Missouri and Harvey Edwards Jr of New Orleans said they had been absent about four days.
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Fort Bliss
el Paso
Donald Eugene Robinson
Knobnoster
Harvey Edwards, Jr
New Orleans
Sheriff's Department
Technitube Specialties Co
Lubbock Highway
Truman E. Brooks
Hobbs
Joe Rylander, Jr
Brooks
Santa Fe
L. A. Crenshaw
Jesse Minton
Sweetwater
Roscoe
Sheriff's Office
Snyder
Scientists claim life creation possible in laboratory
In Moscow a week-long international symposium of 40 scientists closed with optimism that life could be created in a test tube within decades. S. L. Miller of Columbia and Melvin Calvin of California argued progress is near, while A. I. Oparin noted weekly gains as Soviet researchers pursue rapid advances and translations.
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Moscow
S. L. Miller
Columbia University
Melvin Cal
Vin
University of California
Berkeley
A. I. Oparin
Soviet Union
Calvin
Weak Cool Front Fades Across Texas
A weak cool front edged through Texas with lingering cool air behind it. Amarillo tops at 80 while Dalhart reaches 86, with trace rainfall in Childress and Wichita Falls. Widespread highs include Presidio 104 and Dallas Fort Worth 102, other readings mostly in the 90s across the state.
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Associated Press
Texas
Panhandle
Amarillo
Dalhart
Childress
Wichita Falls
Presidio
Dallas
Fort Worth
Mineral Wells
Cotulla
Laredo
Waco
del Rio
Austin
Abilene
San Angelo
San Antonio
el Paso
Lufkin and
Sherman
Beaumont and
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Lubbock
Galveston
Weather Outlook for Texas Regions This Weekend
Snyder sees Friday highs around 99 and early Saturday readings near 66. East and South Central Texas expect clear to partly cloudy skies with light coastal showers. North Central and West Texas forecast mainly dry with possible isolated afternoon thundershowers west of Pecos.
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Snyder
Texas
West Texas
Pecos
Local Tot Injured When Car Reverses at Home
Jan Smith 22 months old, daughter of Vernon and unnamed mother, was run over by a 1953 Ford driven by Mrs. Lee H. Gatewood at 205 Thirty-sixth Street. She suffered a broken leg a forehead cut and body bruises. Neighbor Jerald Smith carried her to Cogdell Memorial Hospital.
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Jan Smith
Vernon Smith
Thirty-sixth Street
Lee H. Gatewood
Avenue O
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Jerald Smith
Snyder Schools Readying for Opening Week
Snyder teachers and staff spend the week in orientation for a September 3 start. Pat Falls outlines a half day on opening day, bus service, and cafeteria timing. New teachers, about 45, hear about services, then meet principals. Dr. L D Haskew of UT to speak to staff and board. Labor Day holiday precedes classes.
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Snyder
Pat Falls
Cecil Yarbrough
L. D. Haskew
University of Texas
Haskew
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Lee Watson
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Polo Grounds
W. A. Hunt
Howard County Junior College
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823Rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
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New York
Johnny Dio
Detroit
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