Two Verdicts Due In Cuba
In Havana two Americans and a Cuban charged with anti Castro activity face military court verdicts in Pinar del Rio and Havana. Prosectuion seeks death for two Americans including Frank Young and Fernando Bertot with sentences for Peter Lambton and other Cubans. Del Pino and Gastell face death in Havana after trial at La Cabana fortress with verdicts due Friday.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Pinar del Rio
Frank Austin Young
Miami
Fla
Peter John Lambton
Nasau
Bahamas
Young
Fernando Pruno Bertot
Columbia University
New York
Lambton
Jorge Bacallao
United States
Alan Robert Nye
Whiting
Ind
U.S
Rafael del Pino
del Pino
Cuba
Gastell
Batista
Fernando Cobas
Cobas
Castro
United Fund Drive Grows to $24 441 02 in Scurry County
The Scurry County United Fund reached 24 441 02 by Tuesday noon as the Advance Employe Special and General Gifts divisions reported progress toward a 42 500 goal. Division chairs detailed totals, while Dr Bob Hargrove urged more outreach and a larger effort before the final Thursday meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scurry County
Bob Hargrove
Roger Mize
Bill Brown
Clyde Hall
Joe Williamson
Hargrove
Snyder
Gilbert
United Fund
Cotton Quota Reduced in Scurry County for 1960
Scurry County's cotton allotment for 1960 is set at 64 444 acres, a 1.7 percent drop from 1959, according to ASC manager Henry Burchett. Notices will be mailed today, with a market quotas referendum planned for December 15 at cotton gins and the Snyder ASC office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scurry County
ASC
Henry Burchett
Snyder
Four Die In Norway Crash Near Oslo
An American C47 with four military personnel aboard crashed and burned in woods north of Oslo in poor visibility. The occupants included Lt. Col. Henry J. Pashco and Lt. Col. Pete W. Kuba, both from US units in Oslo, plus Sgt. Frank Rice Jr. and Sgt. Walter H. Brandt.
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Oslo
Norway
Fornebu
Henry J. Pashco
Reading
Mass
Pashco
Mary
James
George
Pete W. Kuba
Struthers
Ohio
Kuba
Ruth
Diana
Charles
Frank Rice Jr
New Cumberland
Ethel
Walter H. Brandt
Wilmington
Del
Steven
Susan
Three Share Final Grid Contest Prize
The 1959 Snyder Daily News Football Contest ended with three entrants sharing the top prize, led by Joe Overton who missed only five of 28 selections. Franklin Pruitt and Richard Doliver split second place as ties boosted the pool to five dollars.
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Snyder Daily News
Joe Overton
Franklin Pruitt
Forty-first Street
Richard Doliver
Snyder
la Marque
Nederland
Jack Wisener
Johnson Street
Big Spring
Colorado
Air Force
Overton
Doliver
Eisenhower Warns Action If Steel Strike Persists
President Eisenhower signaled possible government intervention if steel management and labor do not resolve the dispute before the Taft Hartley injunction ends. He warned a bad day for the United States if the right to bargain is abridged and urged a settlement in the public interest. Federal mediators expressed discouragement as talks continued and industry promotes its Nov. 15 offer to workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
R. Conrad Cooper
Cooper
McDonald
Pupil Placement Plan Called Contemptuous
A federal judge in Virginia denounces a pupil placement plan as contemptuous and orders a new plan by March 15. Atlanta plans face scrutiny with opposing views from Gov. Vandiver and Negro attorneys. In Arkansas, Dollarway and Little Rock races reflect racial divides in school and board elections.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Atlanta
South
Little Rock
Ark
Dollarway
Walter FE. Hoffman
Newport News
Hoffman
Frank Hooper
Hooper
Alabama
U.S. Supreme Court
Ernest Vandiver
Atlanta Board of Education
Tne
Georgia
Vandiver
Arkansas
Rob W. Bryant
Charles Knott
Bryant
Knott
Girl Scout Movement Expands from 12 to 373 in Scurry County
The article traces rapid growth of Girl Scouting in Scurry County from 34 Scouts in 1951 to 373 today with 31 troops and 100 adults. It highlights outdoor programs at Boothe Oaks Camp and Camp Ila Ruth, Learn to Swim, and a donated $8,000 Scout house. The drive ends with a request for United Fund support totaling 42,500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Scurry County
Boothe Oaks
Sweetwater
Ila Ruth
Newton's
Clairemont Road
Snyder
Boy Scouts
Scurry County United Fund
Girl Scouts
United Fund
Lone Survivor Recalls Allegheny Flight Crash
Louis Matarazzo 35 of Springfield tells how he escaped a twin engine Allegheny Airlines crash on a 1400 foot mountain near Williamsport Pa He was the sole survivor of 26 aboard The pilot Capt Thomas R Goldsmith 30 from North Olmstead Ohio died among the dead also including Rev Theodore Engist 52 rector of St Boniface Philadelphia FAA and CAB teams investigated the crash and noted a go around prior to impact
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montoursville, Pa
Louis Matarazzo
Springfield
Williamsport
Allegheny Airlines
Matarrazzo
Philadelphia
Matarazzo
Father
Thomas R. Goldsmith
North Olmstead
Ohio
Goldsmith
David L. Miller
Allegheny
Williamsport-Montoursville
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Bradford
Erie
Miller
Allegheny Office
Theodore Engist
St Boniface’s
Submarine Seadragon Commissioned at Portsmouth Yard
The USS Seadragon, a 269 foot nuclear powered submarine, is to be commissioned Saturday at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in New Hampshire. Lt. Cmdr. George P. Steele III of Washington is named prospective commanding officer and the vessel is armed to carry missiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Portsmouth
N. H., Naval Shipyard
George P. Steele Ill
Washington, DB
Chilean stowaways nabbed by FBI at Newark
Two Chilean men were arrested by the FBI on a Newark freight ship after posing as stevedores in Buenos Aires to board. The men were accused of stowing away to enter the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N.J
Chile
FBI
United States
Buenos Aires
Economic impact if cigarettes were banned across the U S
A hypothetical cigarette ban would paralyze a seven billion dollar industry and hurt tax revenues at federal state and local levels. Farm officials warn it would affect about 750000 farming families and thousands of tobacco workers. Estimates show 2.7 billion in tobacco taxes this year with 1.1 billion to growers and 160 million in wages at risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy E. Burney
Burney
Agriculture Department
Weather outlook for Texas regions through Thursday
Temperatures rise to 67 degrees Tuesday with a 29 degree low at 7 30 am. North Central Northwest and Southwest Texas see generally fair weather with no major temperature changes in South Central Texas. Clear to partly cloudy skies persist through Thursday with a slight cool down Wednesday afternoon and tonight. West Gulf winds from 12 mph and higher along with partly cloudy conditions continue through Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Texas
West Gulf
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Tke
US Weather Bureau
U. S. Weather Bureau
United Fund Drive
By Sterling F. Green
Tively
Dollarway Citizens Council
Everett Tucker Jr
B. Frank MacKey
Tucker
Margaret Morrison
MacKey
HH. Ray
Girl Scout Movement
Lone Survivor
Civil Aeronautics Board
Federal Aviation Agency
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