United Fund Pushes Ahead in Scurry County Drive
The Scurry County United Fund shows 68.3 percent of its goal with $29 022.70 raised as teams continue outreach. The Women's Division led by Mrs Thomas Hartley reached 100 percent of its goal at $548.45 while other divisions report progress and weather hampers efforts. Final report set for Friday noon at the Village Restaurant as General Campaign Chairman John Boren urges a last push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scurry County
Thomas Hartley
John Boren
Boren
United Fund
Boy Hero Bravely Rescues Siblings From Fire in Ontario Ore
In Ontario Oregon Jerry Davis 11 crawled into a burning house to save his 4 year old brother Neil and then his 2 year old brother Mark. His mother Mrs Loren Davis followed and helped carry the children to safety. Neil and Mark suffered only minor burns while the fire started from children playing with matches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario. Ore
Jerry Davis
Oregon
Jerry
Mark Davis
Neil
Stillas
Loren Davis
Weather summary for Texas regions with mixed conditions
Readable fragments describe temperatures and conditions across Texas regions. Notes include highs in 40s to 50s, lows around the 30s, cloudy to partly cloudy skies, and wind or rain in some areas. Coastal warnings mention small craft advisories with northerly winds.
Goodfellows Fund Contributions Reported
Anonymous gives 4 dollars Bert Sellars contributes 1 Lynn Fenton adds 5 Mr and Mrs Ixon Joyce donate 10 to the Goodfellows Fund totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodfellows Fund Anonymous
Bert Sellars
Lynn Fenton
Ixon Joyce
Panhandle Skies Clear After Snow Streak Across Texas
Snow ended in West Texas as skies cleared in the Panhandle and upper Red River Valley. Rain lingered in South Central and Southeast Texas while Dallas saw light precipitation and many areas reported snow on the ground. Temperatures stayed in the 30s with Lubbock at 27 and Brownsville at 41 as highways faced icing hazards.
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Associated Press
West Texas
Panhandle
Red River Valley
Texas
Dallas
Alpine
Lubbock
el Paso
South Plains
Junction
Childress
FE Paso
Midland
van Horn
Abilene
San Angelo
Wink
Wingate
Colorado City
Munday
Tuscola
Stamford
Breckenridge
Snyder
Eastland
Roscoe
Trinity
Sabine
State Highway Department
Brownsville
Gas Pipeline Tax Upheld. Court Rejects Challenge
The 3rd Court of Civil Appeals ruled the severance beneficiary tax on gas pipeline companies unconstitutional, affirming the Travis County District Court. The ruling challenges a tax expected to raise about 15 million dollars per biennium and delays collection until final legality is determined. The decision split with Justice Gray dissenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Revenue Fund
Jack Roberts
126Th District Court
U.S
U.S Supreme Court
Raymond Gray
Robert Hughes
Scurry County Farmers Back Price Support Program
Scurry County cotton farmers approved the price support and marketing quota program with 193 in favor and 23 opposed out of 218 votes. The statewide tally stood at 92.5 percent in support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scurry County
Battle for Vientiane see-saw and relief in fragmented dispatches
Washington cables recount a see-saw battle for Vientiane between pro and anti Communist forces. Troops loyal to Gen Phoumi Nosavan push from the north as Capt Kong Le's faction resists in the city center. Dozens of shells fall with few if any foreign casualties reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vientiane
U.S. State Department
Voice of America
Phoumi Nosavan
Kong le
Pathet Lao
U. S
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Cambodia
Hanoi
Savang Vatthana
Boun Oum
Savannakhet
Souvanna Phoumi
Rescue of trapped man in Mississippi cistern
In Holly Springs Mississippi rescue teams pulled Harry Miller a 44 year old Negro from a 20 foot cistern after almost 24 hours entombed in wet sand. Whites and Negroes shared digging shifts while Miller aided his own rescue and remained conscious and calm awaiting hospital care.
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Holly Springs
Miss
Harry Miller
Miller
Memphis
Tenn
Levan
Service Set For Mrs. Ely A Longtime Snyder Resident
Funeral services for Mrs. J. Billi Ely a prominent Snyder resident will be held Thursday at 10 AM at First Methodist Church Reverend Harry Vanderpool will officiate burial follows at Hillside Memorial Gardens under Bolger Funeral Home direction Pallbearers include Cecil Brown Wayne Bagley Andy Anderson E F Marvin Bernard Longbotham JW Phillips Bob Crowell and Marven Stevenson Survivors listed include husband two daughters five sisters one brother and four grandchildren The body will lie in state at the church from 9 to 10 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. ‘Billi Ely
Snyder
First Methodist Church
Charles and
Roanne Harless
San Angelo
50 Cent Robbery Could Be Costly
Snyder man faces armed robbery charge after 50 cents stolen at gunpoint from Bennie Huntsman at 2 am. James Rhone is jailed. sheriff's department captured him. District Attorney Wayland Holt says the minimum sentence for armed robbery is five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
James Rhone
Bennie Huntsman
Wayland Holt
Rhone
Sherif’s Department
Wiman resigns as Snyder High School principal
T D Wiman Jr longtime Snyder High School principal resigns due to ill health after 12 years in post. Board launches committee with T E McCollum to outline high school program while re evaluation of junior high athletic and curriculum plans continues.
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T. D. Wiman Jr
Snyder High School
Wiman
Malven K. Stevenson
T. E. McCollum
Gene Dulaney
Willam J. Schiebel
J. W. Phillips
John Conley
CD. Henry
Leste
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Boston
Howver
Sabine Pass
Goodfellows Scoreboard
Casbah
By Lee Jones
By Andrew Borwiec
Algiers
Abbas
Fehrat Abbas
Algeria
Andrew Borowee
David Mason
Mason
Newsman
Borowiec
Oran
France
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Paris
Bone
French Foreign
New York
Soviet Union
United Nations
United States
Jimmy Durante
Margaret Little
Miss Little
Durante
State Department
Roy Essoyan
Quinim Pholsena
Pholsena
Gen Phoum
Sol Cox Miller
Sheriff Cox
Mrs. Ely
W. W. Park
Lamar Junior High
T. D. Wiman
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