Hot Rodder Bill Dennis Escapes Unhurt After Plate Failure
Snyder racer Bill Dennis 20 fled uninjured as a defective pressure plate blew off his 1956 Chevrolet during Big Spring stock car races. Parts damaged floorboard and steering, Dennis leading the D gas heat. six Snyder men competed with two trophies claimed by Joe Bailey and Chili Childress. Childress, 20, pursues National Drags in Oklahoma City. he holds seven trophies this year and a 15.87 best at Roswell.
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Bill Dennis
Big Spring
Chili Childress
Lee Watson
Snyder
Dennis
Lamb Chevrolet Co
Chevrolet
Joe Bailey
Bill Valentine
Willie Rains
Danny Woods
Valentine
Childress
Oklahoma City
National Hot Rod Association
Twentyninth Street
West Texas
New Mexico
Roswell
N. M
Similar Names Cause Mixup at Local Barber Shop
Friday a barber shop ordeal showed how two men named Jay Massingill and Jay-Jay Huckabee caused confusion over a haircut appointment. Sheriff deputy Massingill plans to use surnames next time to avoid mixups. In the commissioners courtroom no one attended the 1957 county budget hearing, and officials planned to adopt the budget later.
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Jay Massingill
Jay
Jay R. Huckabee
Huckabee
Massingill
Commissioners
Texas Weather Snapshot Snyder and Regions
Readings show Snyder temperatures near 102 high and 73 low today with a 7 30 a m reading at 76 degrees Sunday morning 72. Saturday highs around 100 with 67 low and 7 30 a m 72. Central Texas regions expect partly cloudy skies through Tuesday with little temp change while West Texas remains partly cloudy with isolated thundershowers and no major temperature shifts.
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Snyder
Texas
Governor Intervenes in Boston Mailers Strike
Governor Foster Furcolo attempted to settle a strike by 300 mailers that left Boston without six daily newspapers since August 10. The move aims to restore distribution and resume normal publication schedules.
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Boston
Foster Furcolo
Swimming Pool Opens at New South Snyder Park
The new park pool in south Snyder opened after weeks of waiting with about 70 customers in five hours. W. J. Ramsey notes completion of minor repairs and finish work while open. Woodruff Powell manages operations. hours run 1 5 and 6 30 8 most days, 1 6 on Wednesdays and Sundays.
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South Snyder
W. J. Ramsey
Butler-Kimmel Co
Lubbock
Velvin Construction Co
Midland
Woodruff Powell
Senate panel restores aid funds in Eisenhower package
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 14 to 7 to restore 500.9 million of the 809.65 million cut from President Eisenhower's foreign aid bill and recommended 3.0257 billion in new funds plus 667.05 million in carryover, totaling 3.6927 billion. The panel rejected a motion to hold new funds at the House level. Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson signaled support for a half‑billion dollar increase, following a private breakfast with the President, and said the aim is money for mutual security.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Democrat
Johnson
White House
Knowland
California
Plane Crashes Near Pittsburgh Burning Two Homes
An Air Force training plane crashed five miles west of Greater Pittsburgh Airport in Clinton, igniting two houses. A burned body, likely the pilot, was found at the scene. Occupants escaped injury as firefighters battled the flames. The aircraft was reported both as a jet and a propeller plane en route from Pittsburgh to Youngstown, Ohio.
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Pittsburgh
Clinton
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Youngstown
Ohio
Jerry McLaughlin
Morris Ritchey
McLaughlin
Gus Smith
Iran Offered Unlimited Credit for Heavy Industry
Soviet Trade Commissioner Nikolai Gadeichik announced that Russia offered Iran unlimited credit at 2 percent for heavy industry development and a Iranian government source confirmed the inquiry, though no decision has been taken. The offer parallels terms made to Afghanistan and Syria.
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Tehran
Russia
Iran
Nikolai Gadeichik
Gadeichik
Afghanistan
Syria
One Killed And Two Are Seriously Hurt
Raphael Manuel 18 of Elbert in Throckmorton County died in a car truck crash ten miles east of Seymour Texas. Delbert Emil Nolte Archer County and Fred Musgrove Seymour were seriously injured and taken to Baylor County Hospital. The 8 15 a m crash happened at the intersection of Highway 199 and Farm 1790.
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Seymour, Tex
Raphael Manuel
Elbert
Throckmorton County
Here
Baylor County Hospital
Delbert Emil Nolte
Archer County
Manuel
Fred Musgrove
Seymour
Farm 1790
Refrigerators Needed in Soviet Plants Pressing Shortage
Moscow Pravda urged more refrigerators as only 180 of the USSR 475 meat packing plants have cold storage. It said at least 300000 tons of home and industrial refrigerators were needed immediately to cut losses of meat and other foods.
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Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Rights Bill Clears House Rules Committee Vote
The House Rules Committee voted 10 to 2 to approve the civil rights bill for House action, overriding a delay by Chairman Howard W. Smith and Rep. Colmer. A compromise proposal grants federal judges limited powers to punish criminal contempt in voting rights cases, with a key provision allowing a judge to decide if a defendant should be tried by judge or jury. The bill aims for quick House passage and a Senate test, with Southern senators opposing but not planning a filibuster.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Howard W. Smith
Dva
Rep
Colmer
D-Miss
House
Rules Committee
Senate
Hugh Scott
Congress
Sion
Justice Department
U.S
Two 14 Year Olds Arrested For Burglaries Here
Two 14 year old youths were arrested after police cleared twelve Snyder burglaries this weekend. In interrogation they admitted to five reported burglaries this summer and seven unreported ones, including two break-ins at the Veterans Club and thefts from a gun shop on Avenue S.
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Snyder
T. L. Steele
Steele
Veteran’s Club
Avenue S
Caprock Materials Co
Twenty-third Street
Avenue Q
Toyland
Snyder National Bank
Scurry County
Mixon Tire & Supply
Adams Drive
Twenty-sixth Street
Ezell-Key
Twenty-fifth Street
Fair
Steels
Bill Zimmerman
London contest winner used as busy man for a day
A Daily Sketch feature in London drew attention when a Kentucky widow asked that Chris Powell serve as a pinch hitting father for her family. Powell, a married former British major, is already busy with other duties and unavailable.
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London
Chris Powell
Birmingham
Daily Sketch
Powell
Lexington
London Daily Sketch
Cool Front Advancing Toward Panhandle Lowers Texas Temperatures
An Associated Press report notes a cool front moving southeast across Colorado toward the Texas Panhandle. Temperatures are expected to drop tonight through Tuesday in the upper South Plains and Red River Valley with isolated thundershowers possible in western Texas. One storm dropped 0.82 inches of rain at Van Horn.
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Associated Press
Colorado
Texas Panhandle
Upper South Plains
Red River Valley
van Horn
Girard Denies Luring Death Charge in Japanese Court
Army specialist William S. Girard of Ottawa Illinois denied Japanese charges that he lured brass scavengers to a firing range where Mrs Naka Sakai was killed. Prosecutors allege he enticed them by tossing empty shell casings and fired, while his attorney argues he acted in official duty. Trial adjourned to Sept 6 with proceedings at the Somagahara firing range resumed.
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Maebashi
Japan
William S. Girard
Ottawa
Ill
Naka Sakai
Girard
United States
U.S. Supreme Court
Yuzo Kawachi
Hayashi
Somagahara
Lot
Man Found Dead East of Ira
William Warren Sheshey, 32, was found dead at about 7:30 a.m. today at his trailer home one fourth of a mile east of Ira. An autopsy was ordered. officials said no foul play was evident. The death is under sheriff investigation and an autopsy will be performed in Abilene. Bell Funeral Home to transport the body. Sheshey lived alone, oilfield worker, several months in Ira. His mother-in-law found him. survivors include at least one son and a mother and sister in Conroe.
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William Warren Sheshey
Ira
W. C. Davidson
Sheriff's Department
Abilene
Bell Funeral Home
Sheshey
Lowell Martin
Martin
Conroe
River Search For 5YearOld Missing Girl In Texas
SILSBEE Texas search for Dianne Burch five disappeared during a family picnic on a Neches River sandbar. Her father doubts drowning and says she feared water. rescuers comb woodlands and conducted dragging along the river through the night.
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Silsbee
Tex
Dianne
Here
Burch
East Texas
Neches
Albert Burch
Evadale
Syrian President Holds Cabinet Meeting After Army Chief Appointment
President Shukri Kuwaily met his cabinet in Damascus for the first time since approving leftist Maj. Gen. Asif Bizri as army chief of staff. The session discussed administrative changes amid imperialist pressures, with Bizri attending from Kuwatly’s home.
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Damascus
Syria
Shukri Kuwaily
Kuwaily
Egypt
Asif Bizri
West
America
Kuwaty
Gen
Bizri
Mrs Eisenhower Not Expected To Leave Hospital This Week
Washington Mrs Dwight D Eisenhower remains at Walter Reed Army Hospital with White House press secretary James C Hagerty saying she is coming along fine but not rushing to leave. No discharge date is set though she is expected to join the President for a Newport Rhode Island vacation when Congress adjourns near the weekend.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
White House
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Hagerty
Newport
R.1
Congress
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Moreno
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