Snyder Population Rises to 13 850 in Census Update
Final 1960 census figures show Snyder adding 114 to reach 13 850, with Texas increasing by 91 057. Nearby towns also report gains: Lamesa 12 438, Sweetwater 13 914, and Big Spring 31 236, following prior spring preliminary counts.
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Snyder
U.S
Bureau of Census
Texas
Lamesa
Sweetwater
Big Spring
Finland
Abilene
Alice
Amarilo
Athens
Austin
Baytown
Beaumont
Old
Bonham
Borger
Breckenridge
Browneville
Dallas
del Rio
Denison
Dertan
Edinburg
Paso
Port
Garland
Glades Ater
Grand Prairie OH
Greenville
Bullogea
Henderson
le Hillaboro
Houston
Jacksonviitle
Kerrville
Lufkin
Mcalen
McKinney
Marin
BRS
Marshall
Mexia
Midland
Mount Pleasant
Nacogdoches
Odessa
Temple Way
Terrell
Texarkana No
Texas Cus
Tyler
Vernon
Cloria
Waren
Hoe
Weatherford
Wes
Ace
Wichita Falls
Rosy Queen for 1961 Tournament of Roses Picked
Carole Anne Washburn 18 year old Pasadena City College freshman was chosen to reign over the 1961 Tournament of Roses including the Rose Parade and the Rose Bowl game. She has suffered four broken noses from accidents and still carries a dimpled smile and hazel eyes.
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Pasadena
Calif
Carole Anne Washburn
Jane Carole
Pasadena City College
Typhoon Ophelia Heads Toward Philippines
The off season Typhoon Ophelia with 161 mile winds battered Pacific atolls and moves toward the Philippines. All buildings on Ulithi atoll were reported destroyed except for a Coast Guard station.
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Tokyo
Pacific
Philippines
Ulithi Atoll
Fragments Of Space Rocket Falls In Cuba
Fragments of a US launched Thor-Abel Star rocket fell in eastern Cuba near Holguin causing alarm and sparking charges of imperialism from Cuban press The Havana report notes debris and a hillside impact while a Washington defense official says parts may have struck Cuba and are under investigation
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Cuba
Havana
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Holguin
Defense Department
Washington
Oriente
U. S
Revolucion
United States
Fidel Castro
United Nations
Organization of American States
Castro
U.S. State Department
U. S. Atlantic
Manuel Fajarado
Escambray
Fajardo
Fulgencio Batista
Havanas
Tension Grows In Integrated Schools In New Orleans
Tension rose at New Orleans two integrated schools after a federal court ordered state agencies to stop resisting integration and refused to stay the ruling. Demonstrations escalated at McDonogh 19 and Frantz as white parents and protesters clashed with police while school officials prepared appeals.
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Lloyd Foreman
New Orleans
William Frantz
New Orleans, la
Louisiana
City
U.S. Sth Circuit Court of Appeals
Dallas
Tex
Baton Rouge
State Senate
Jack Gremillion
Orleans Parish
Samuel J. Rosenberg
U. S. Supreme Court
McDonagh
Frantz
James F. Remond
Orleans
Mandamus Hearing Postponed In City Election Case
A mandamus hearing in 132nd District Court on ordering a city election to be held on the city charter was postponed until a date to be set after discussions between the city and petitioners. City Attorney W. W. Park said the council would call the election, having passed a resolution, and Judge Sterling Williams ordered continued discussion with counsel.
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132Nd District
Robert Patterson
Sterling Williams
Patterson
Weather snapshot across Texas with frost tonight
The report lists temperatures for multiple regions in Texas. Highs range from the mid 50s to low 60s across Panhandle North Central Northeast South Central and Southwest areas through Friday. Lows fall into the 20s to near freezing with scattered frost in the north and near freezing in extreme north and coastal zones. Winds along the coast shift to northeasterly at 12 to 27 knots through Friday.
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Snyder
Texas
Panhandle
Freesing
Venezuela unrest spreads as students clash with troops
Hard leftist students hold out in Caracas University dormitory amid nationwide disorder. government crackdown arrests about 242, with clashes leaving one student and one worker dead and several wounded.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Stalingrad
Caracas University
Romulo Betancourt
National Guard
Betancourt
Accion Democratica
Christian Socialist
Carlos Andres Perez
Pedro Elias Gutierrez
Bank Employes Union
Heart Attack Strikes Texas’s First Woman Governor Miriam Ferguson
Mrs. Miriam A. Ma Ferguson 85 suffered a heart attack at her Austin home Wednesday night and was taken to Seton Hospital in fair condition. The former Texas governor, first elected in 1924 and again in 1932, has long been a political figure with a life marked by a turbulent rise and ongoing public interest.
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Austin
Miriam A. Ma Ferguson
James Bk
Jim Ferguson
Seton Hospital
Fair Today
Hollis Harrell
Harrell
Ferguson
Texas
United Fund second division kicks off drive for $41 000
The United Fund in Scurry County launches its second division Employe Gifts led by Bob McAlister with 42 volunteers to raise 10 455 toward a 41 000 goal for eight agencies. John Boren urges personal pledges of one day’s pay as part of the campaign chairing general drive activities and the first report luncheon on December 6.
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Employe Gifts
Scurry County United Fund Campaign
Tommy Ivison
Gerald Pullig
W. W. Greif
Doyle Gallman
Keith Pitner
Tommy Sinclair
Ernest Sears
Bob McAlister
Camepaign
United Fund
George Stewart
Roy Dunlap
Bennie Pinnell
Paul Sizemore
John Boren
Scurry County
Mark McLaughlin
McLaughlin
John Blum
Lyle Deffebach
Nolan von Roeder
Bill Wilson
Hubert Cargile
W W Lloyd Dies Here In Ira Retired Farmer Obituary
Walter William Lloyd eighty, a Scurry County resident for 35 years and former Ira farmer, died after a lengthy illness at Cogdell Memorial Hospital. He leaves seven daughters, six sons, a sister and two brothers, with funeral set at 2 pm Friday at Ira Baptist Church. Burial in Ira Cemetery under Bolger Funeral Home.
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Walter William Lloyd
Ira
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Scurry County
Wood County
Zola Woodul
San Angelo
Marie Bratton
Monahans
Sally Smallwood
Fort Worth
Juanita Wood
Andrews
Helen Davis
Littlefield
Estell Murphy
Ida Mae Webb
Snyder
Ben
J. P
Claude
Earnest
Herschel
Harold
Felix Bridges
Como
Jack Lloyd
Gordon Lloyd
Mt. Vernon
Ira Baptist Church
T. L. Nipp
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Harold K. Miles
Gabrielle
Yolanda
Richard G. Maslock
Maracaibo
Barquisimeto
Maturin
Portuguesa
Puerto la Cruz
San Juan de Los Morros
Caribbean
Jesus Anda
la Panorama
Volunter
Boy's Club
Boy Scouts Girl Scouts
Heart Fund
Medical Research Program
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Texas Rehabilitation Center
Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation
W. W. Lloyd
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