Burleson Protests Cotton Skip-Row Rule Change
Rep. Omar Burleson protests the Agriculture Department plan to loosen skip row requirements for strip planting in cotton. He argues eight consecutive rows must be planted, hurting dry land growers in Oklahoma and Texas while potentially raising yields per acre and worsening surplus. Public comments due by December 18 and a final decision is pending.
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Washington
Omar Burleson
D-Tex
Agriculture Department
Oklahoma
West
Texas
Burleson
Icing Snarls Panhandle Traffic Amid Texas Snow
Freezing weather eased in parts of Texas yet the Panhandle endured heavy ice and snow. Roads and many NM highways remained closed, power cuts hit Amarillo and Hereford areas, with schools shuttered. Snow plows struggled as rain and ice battered Dallas to the Panhandle.
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Upper
Texas Panhandle
Amarillo
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Tucumcar
Texas
FE Paso
Beaumont
Panhandle Panhandle
Eastern
Panhandle
Dumas
Dimmitt
Hereford
Deaf Smith County
REA
Deaf Smith
Castro Counties
Hereford- Amarillo
Dallas
Farwell
Wellington
Silverton
Memphis
Foydada
Matador
Childress
Sherman
Scurry County United Fund reaches 80 percent of goal
The Emplove Girts Division led all five divisions with 80 percent of its quota and a county total of 34,008 16. Employe Gifts reported 1695.10, boosting the division to 72 percent of quota. Campaign Chairman Dr. Bob Hargrove urged another meeting before Christmas to finish the drive.
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Scurry County
Roger Mize
Clyde Hall
Joe Williamson
Aubrey Headstream
Mel Gilbert
United Fund
Four Scurry County commissioners invite public records review
Four Scurry County commissioners voiced openness to citizens examining the commissioners court records after County Judge J. Ray Martin announced new procedural rules. The group urged observers to attend meetings and scrutinize expenditures while the judge suggested purchases by requisition and a more business like approach. The clash arose during talks on proposed salary increases for county officials.
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Scurry County
Intersted
Commissioners Court
J. Ray Martin
T. B Knight
Bill Herring
Pat Moore
Jay Massingill
Martin
Commissioners ‘Court
Furnace Row At Lamar Junior High Delays Opening
Snyder school trustees defer occupancy of the new Lamar Junior High building until heating systems are proven working by all concerned. A backfire dispute among suppliers and contractors prompted the delay. The board also weighed teen age baseball league use of the south field and corrected student district assignments for the next year.
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Snyder
Lamar Junior High
W. F. McMennamy
T. B. McCollum
Travis
Lamar
British Fleet Salutes Eisenhower at Sea
The British Mediterranean fleet saluted President Eisenhower as he sailed toward Paris for a summit. Adm Alexander Bingley aboard the Tiger flashed a message and exchanged salutes with the U S cruiser Des Moines, as Malta Valletta operations closed the escort.
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Eisenhower
Paris
Admir Alexander Bingley
Tiger
U.S
Des Moines
Bingley
Valletta
Malta
Weather snapshot Snyder and Texas forecast
Readings show 7 30 am temperature 38 to 47 degrees with a 44 degree current est. Forecast covers Faust Texas South Central Northwest and North Central Texas through Thursday with occasional rain and showers. West Gulf winds south east 20 to 30 mph in the northeast portion, otherwise 10 to 20 mph.
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Wells
Tyler
Longview
Wichita Falls
Beaumont
East Texas
Texas
Snyder
Faust
South Central
Pecos Valley
West Gulf
NATO Groups Told Of Soviet Rockets
NATO nations received a report of a Soviet rocket buildup and a U S charge that France is not meeting defense pledges. Gates urged greater Western military modernization and endorsed Twining while France protested.
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George McArthur
Paris
NATO
U. S
France
Thomas S. Gates Jr
North Atlantic Alliance
United States
Nathan F. Twining Twining
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Christian A. Herter
Twining
Gates
Pierre Guillaumat
Walter F. Boone
Soviet Union
Institute of Strategic Studies
Ford Foundation
Soviet Baltic Coast
East Germany
Ukraine
Carpathian Mountains
Elizabeth Taylor Wins Libel Case Cash Apology
London AP reports actress Elizabeth Taylor won an apology and a sum of damages and costs from a British weekly after it implied she stole Eddie Fisher from Debbie Reynolds. The publishers admitted no interview with Miss Taylor existed and paid damages and costs.
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London
Elizabeth Taylor
Eddie Fisher
Debbie Reynolds
Weekend
Miss Taylor
Fisher
Miss Reynolds
Farmers Approve Cotton Controls in County Referendum
Scurry County cotton farmers joined others in voting to keep federal marketing controls on cotton and rice and for three years on peanuts. Texas voting favored upland cotton quotas 24956 to 3306 and long staple quotas 273 to 30, with strong support across counties and among growers nationwide.
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Scurry County
ASC
China Grove
Ira
Washington
Texas
Agriculture Department
Ezra Taft Benson
Castro predicts invasion of Cuba will come in 1960
In a televised 42 hour speech in Havana, Prime Minister Fidel Castro said there will be an invasion of Cuba next year, asserting the revolution would be defended with weapons. He cited a foreign campaign and criticized US labor disputes and racial tensions as he presided over military court actions against Maj. Hubert Matos and other defectors.
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Harold Watkinson
Britain
Franz Josef Strauss
West Germany
Integrated Command
NATO
Guillaumat
Twining
Paul- Henri Spaak
Council
France
Castro
Cuba
Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
America
Hubert Matos
Camaguey Province
Matos
Pinar del Rio
Luis Lara
Batista
Jose Antonio Morifi Reyes
John V. Martino
Miami Beach
Fla
la Cabana Fortress
Martino
Horizon City planned near El Paso by developers
Two real estate men propose Horizon City a vast new metropolis to rise near El Paso. The plan covers 107000 acres with a 500 foot wide thoroughfare and 1.5 million residents, with Brazilian architect Lucio Costa as chief planner and a budget of over a billion dollars for basic development. First residents to come from the El Paso area.
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New York
Horizon
Arthur Rubloff
Rubloff
Arthur Rubloff & Co
Joseph Timan
Horizon Land Corp
Timan
Lucio Costa
el Paso
Horizon City
Drizzle and Mist Persist Across Snyder Area Today
Light overnight rain totaling .11 inch was recorded this morning, adding to an official statewide total of 1.11 inches. Some locales received slightly higher amounts as mist and drizzle continued to blanket the region under heavy cloud cover.
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Snyder
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