Owls Edge Tigers To Reach State Semi Finals
Garland Owls defeated Snyder High School 18 13 to advance to the state triple A semifinals before 8 000 fans. A fourth quarter fumble by Snyder set up Garland’s go ahead score on a 38 yard pass and Bullitt Boyd.
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McNew
Snyder Tiger
Garland Owls
Garland
Don McNeow
Tiger
Owl
Owls
Bobby Boyd
Snyder
Lee Watson
Owls Decision Tigers
Garland Owl
Tigers
Snyder High School
Garlanders
Joe Baxter
Ovavlis
Arthur Douglas
Boyd
Bengals
Alan Snead
Bobby Pollard
Baxter
Enabl
Snyder Spotlight on a Town with a Playoff Football Team
The column notes a town energized by its state playoff football run with about 1800 residents traveling to the game. It compares regional cattle distributions per the 1954 agriculture census, highlighting East Texas counties with over 40 000 cattle versus West Texas centers. The piece hints at future page two coverage.
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Texas
Joe Baxter
Garland
Jack Spikes
Houston
Bobby Boyd
Don MacNew
Shorty Grimmett
Milton Ham
Joe Reaves
West
East
County May Lose Cotton Acreage in Scurry County
Scurry County would lose 3 850 acres of cotton under allotment proposals from the Texas Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee announced Friday. Nationwide figures show Texas counties overall facing reductions with slight increases in East and Central Texas. U S Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Benson ordered disclosure of the figures ahead of the Dec 13 cotton referendum. Scurry would receive 69 993 acres in 1956 versus 73 843 in 1955.
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Scurry County
Texas Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Texas
West Texas
U. S. Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Benson
Sec. Benson
Football Scores in Texas Grid Series
Garland 18, Snyder 13. Texarkana 20, Gville 0. Pt Neches 36, Temp 19. Abilene 61, El Paso 6. Tyler 22, Miller 7. Stamford 13, Phillips 0. Ranger 20, McCamey 16. Duke 6, N Carolina 4. Houston 26, Wyo 14. NTS 7, Trinity 6.
Wife Dies In Crash After Man Convicted In Court
Mrs. Leo na Freeman, wife of former Howard County tax assessor-collector, was killed in a crash on U S 87 near Big Spring less than two hours after her husband B E Freeman was found guilty in 118th District Court of misapplying county funds totaling 2520.71 for 1952. Gerald Scott, 19, is her surviving son. Funeral arrangements were pending.
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Big Spring
Leona Freeman
Howard County
118Th District Court
B. E. Freeman
Fluvanna FFA Wins Quiz Contest at Regional Meet
A Fluvanna FFA team won first place in the Quiz contest at a regional meet held Saturday. Gail teams took second in radio broadcasting with 930 points, and third in senior farm skill. Brownfield led the scoring with 984 points, Roscoe swept junior and senior chapter conducting.
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Fluvanna
Gail
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Huntsville
Fluvanna Ffa
Miles Eckert
Troy Evans
Monty Stanford
Chuck Lewis
Gene Adams
Mike Smith
Brownfield
Hamlin
Roscoe
Atomic stockpiles in Russia may trail U S by half
United States stockpile exceeds the Soviet total by about half, with the USSR expanding production rapidly. If parity reaches, Russia could strike within three to four years, while U.S. retaliatory capability remains despite potential losses. Reaction time of SAC crews has been cut to minutes.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Western Hemisphere
Europe
Strategic Air Command
Air Force
Strategic Air Force
SAC
East German Control Over Berlin Canals Risks Trade
Berlin faced a fresh squeeze as East Germany took over canal traffic permits between Berlin and the west. Moscow agreed to the transfer after a sovereignty pact, threatening to block coal and other supplies if Bonn officials cannot secure permits before year’s end.
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Berlin
West Berlin
East Germany
West Germany
Bonn Republic
Moscow
West German Waterways Administration
Hamburg
East German Shipping Administration
Bonn
France Starts Its Election Drive Today
Paris reports indicate France enters a heated election campaign as Pierre Mendes France accuses Premier Edgar Faure of betraying national interests to trigger a snap vote. Faure defends the constitutional procedure and calls for voters to decide amid North African tensions and domestic unrest.
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Paris
France
Pierre Mendes-France
Assembly
Cold Front Approaches Texas Panhandle North Texas
A cold front moved across Texas and was set to reach the Panhandle late Saturday night and North Central Texas early Sunday. Temperatures were to drop 25 to 35 degrees in the Panhandle and in the 30s elsewhere in northern Texas. Scattered thundershowers affected East Texas while West and North Texas enjoyed fair skies. Afternoon highs ranged from the 40s in the Panhandle to the 70s in the south.
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Texas
Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Texas Panhandle
East Texas
North
Speaker For Jaycee Banquet Announced
Frank Pace Jr former Secretary of the Army and director of the Bureau of the Budget will be speaker for the Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce banquet honoring the state's five outstanding young men of 1955. The event in Snyder is set for January 21. Pace leads General Dynamics and Canadair in Montreal and has held top federal posts including budget director and NATO delegate. He is a Princeton and Harvard Law graduate with a public service career spanning law, defense, and industry. He and wife Margaret have three daughters.
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Frank Pace, Jr
Army
Bureau of the Budget
Texas
Hoover Commission
Congress
Pace
Harry S. Truman
Defense Ministers
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Brussells
NATO
Ottawa
Rome
General Dynamics Corp
Little Rock
Ark
Princeton University
Harvard Law School
General Consel
Arkansas State Department of Revenue
Air Transport Command
Army Air Force
Air Force
Margaret Janney
Philadelphia
Paula
Priscilla
Margaret
The
Atomic Industrial Forum
Reserve Officers Association of the
United States
National Defense Committee
Chamber of Commerce of the
National Board of Boys’ Clubs of America
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
National Security Industrial Association
Blizzard Rages Across Midwest With Heavy Snow and Fatal Wrecks
A severe blizzard blasted the Midwest with up to 10 inches of snow, 40 mph winds, and subzero temperatures. At least six deaths in traffic were blamed on dangerous conditions, with Nebraska and Illinois most affected. Snow stretched from Nebraska to Wisconsin, while fog and freezing rain disrupted travel in Chicago and other cities.
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Midwest
Nebraska
Illinois
Weather Bureau
Land
Kans
Gregory
S.D
Wisconsin
Iowa
Ilinois
Indiana
Chicago
Milwaukee
Meigs Field
Lake Front
Lincoln
Wyoming
Colorado
Cut Bank
Mont
Minnesota
Missouri
Ohio
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Pacific Coast
Virginia
Florida
Pacific Northwest
Snyder Stores Get New Look For Christmas
Snyder merchants stock Christmas merchandise for a busy season and a Dec ember Dollar Day event planned for tomorrow. Community events include Handel’s Messiah at the High School auditorium and a Santa Claus visit to Snyder with a parade and candy through the courthouse square. Postmaster Dawson Moreland urges early mailing as extra help is in place and rush mail is expected to break records for overseas service members.
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Snyder
Lions Club
Santa Clause
Court House Square
Dawson Moreland
Weather notes for Snyder and West Texas weekend
Friday high 71 and low 44 with Saturday 7 30 a m reading 50. West Texas skies clear to partly cloudy with cool Sunday and warmer Monday forecast.
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Snyder
West Texas
Accidents in Scurry County Year To Date
Scurry County records show traffic deaths and injuries through the period from November 21 to December 1. The report compares current figures with the same dates last year and notes overall trends in accidents during this span.
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Scurry
Snyder City Council Considers Several Ordinances
The Snyder City Council plans a 7 p.m. meeting at city hall to review first readings for an electrical ordinance and Bass Ridge annexation, second reading for a South Highland Park strip annexation, and bids for three police patrol cars. Other items include a work program for the Planning and Zoning Commission, continuation of the Deep Creek project, and water plant supplies.
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Snyder
Bass Ridge
South Highland Park
Planning and Zoning Commission
Deep Creek
Reds Call Meeting of Supreme Soviet
Washington reports American officials expect a clearer view of Russia's post Geneva strategy as the Supreme Soviet convenes in a special session on December 23. Officials anticipate reports from Molotov on Geneva talks and Khrushchev's tour of Asia, possible hints at a renewed cold war, and minor personnel changes ahead of the next Communist party congress.
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Washington
Russia
Supreme Soviet
National Assembly
Bulganin
Eisenhower
Eden
Faure
Georgi Malenkov
Moscow
Kremlin
Molotov
Geneva
Dulles
Macmillan
Pinay
Bulgaria
Nikita S. Khrushchev
India
Burma
Afghanistan
Communist Party
U.S
Europe
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Wacil McNair
Snyder Daily New
Texarkana
Pt. Neches
Temp
Abilene
el Paso
Tyler
Miller
Stamford
Phillips
Ranger
McCamey
Duke
N. Carolina
Wyo
NTS
Trinity
Associated Press
Jaycee Banquet
Scottsbluff
Chadron
Neb
Moreland
Council
Reds
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