NATO Seeks Unified Defense as De Gaulle and Eisenhower Clash
NATO defense ministers pushed for integration of European air defenses under a unified command, but France refused to cede more control. The issue moved to a private meeting between Eisenhower and De Gaulle at the Western summit, with a temporary truce seen likely only as a pause before continued debate.
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George McArthur
PARIS
North Atlantic
U.S
Eisenhower
de Gaulle
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
France
NATO
United States
Europe
New Water Valve Radio Controlled In Snyder
The Colorado River Municipal Water District installs a radio controlled valve at its reservoir west of Snyder. City Manager Roy Dunlap says the valve will allow the Snyder water plant to regulate output remotely from the treatment plant, eliminating trips to the reservoir for staff.
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Colorado River Municipal Water District
Snyder
Roy Dunlap
Thor Able Probe Delayed Again to Venus Mission
NASA announced a further postponement of the Thor-Able Venus probe. The 90 pound instrument package was set for Dec 15 from Cape Canaveral but delayed until Friday due to problems found in final payload checkout.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Venus
Cape Canaveral
Fla
NASA
Skip Row Cotton Rule Faces Fresh Delay Protests
Congress and farmers vow to push back as Rep. Burleson and Rep. Mahon urge delaying a USDA plan to label skip row cotton acreages as solid cotton. Snyder and West Texas groups lead regional protests against the restriction.
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U. S Department of Agriculture
Acre
Omar Burleson
17Th
USDA
George Mahon
GSA accused of waste in transporting stockpile materials
GAO charged the General Services Administration with over 9 million dollars in unnecessary transport costs under the strategic and critical materials program. It cited mislocated storage for ferro nickel manganese chromium and fluorspar, with shipments from Henderson Nevada to Atlas Ohio Large Pennsylvania and other depots, plus imports landed in Baltimore stored elsewhere. The GAO noted available nearby storage and said actions have since been corrected to yield savings.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
General Services Administration
General Accounting Office
GAO
GSA
Congress
Hanna Nickel
Riddle
Hammond
Ind
Henderson
Nev
Atlas
Ohio
Large
Brazil
Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Curtis Bay
Warren
Marion
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Mexico
Gallup
N. M
Memphis
Tenn
New Haven
Radio Free Europe Denies Poison Plot In Munich
Officials of Radio Free Europe say U S and West German authorities are probing an alleged poisoning of RFE staff in Munich. The claim contradicts remarks from the U S Army Southern Command and Bavarian interior and justice ministries and police who deny any poison incident or investigation. Erik Hazelhoff of Mount Kisco N Y European director says he was told poison was put in salt shakers at the cafeteria on November 21.
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Munich
Germany
Radio Free Europe
U. S
Red
U. S. Army
Bavarian Ministry of Interior
Justice Ministry
Political and Criminal Police
State Security
Erik Hazelhoff
Mount Kisco
N. Y
RFE
Weather Snapshot Across Texas With Cool Night Temperatures
Reading at 7 30 am in Snyder shows 47 degrees with a low 38 and 44 during the day and .11 inches of rain. Occasional rain south and north portions today gives way to partly cloudy skies through Friday with cooler lows in the 40s to mid 30s in northwest areas. Southeast Texas stays partly cloudy with colder values tonight and winds shift to northwest 20 to 25 mph in the west and north portions.
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Snyder
Texas
West Gulf
the Weather Bureau
Alvarado
Granbury
Gainesville
Bonham
Dallas-Fort Worth
Governor Price Daniel to Announce 1960 Plans January
Governor Price Daniel said he will disclose his political plans for 1960 in a statewide radio address January 4. He left open the question of a possible bid for reelection, noted family input, and discussed views on a possible special legislative session to fund school improvements.
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Austin
Price Daniel
Texas
Daniel
Capitol
Senate
Hale-Aikin
Texas Sees Fourth Rainy Day Amid Flood Fears
Scattered showers continued across Texas for a fourth day as hail storms lashed the northeast. Rain swollen rivers threaten areas from Amarillo to Dallas with high water closing farm roads near Waco Tyler Paris and Bryan. Trinity Sabine and Sulphur rivers forecast flood stages over the next two days with crests near Trinidad Mineola Gladewater Naples and elsewhere.
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Associated Press
Texas
Upper
Panhandle
Amarillo
Dallas
Vernon
Memphis
Tex
U.S 66
New Mexico
Paris
Abilene
Marfa
Childress
Junction
Gulf
Trinity
Sabine
Waco
Tyler
Bryan
Rosser
Trinidad
Corsicana
Ben-Gurion forms five party coalition government
Premier David Ben-Gurion's new five party coalition won a confidence vote in the Knesset by 78 to 32 and was sworn in. The cabinet, backed by 88 of 120 lawmakers, assigns nine posts to Mapai with the rest from Mapam and Abdut h Avodah, all pledging to collective responsibility.
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Ben-Gurion
Mapam
Abduth Avodah
Property Of Pet 4 Sold At Auction
Property of Commissioner’s Precinct No 4 sold at public auction at the maintenance yard south of Helmleigh. Bids ranged from 175 for a shop building to 4750 for a butane tank, 185 for net wire, 190 for a pump jack and well house, and 23 for a small frame building. Purchasers to pay county treasurer and remove items at their own expense. Hill Herring was auctioneer.
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Helmleigh
J. C Massingill
Colorado City
Lynn Fox
Harold Mason
E. L. Chitsey
Bill Rea
Dempster
Travis Burleson
Hill Herring
Union Founder Dies in Mexico City at 55
Luis Quintero a founder of Mexico's largest labor union CTM died of a heart ailment Wednesday. He was among five who organized the Confederacion de Trabajadores de Mexico in 1929.
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Mexico City
Luis Quintero
Mexico
Confederacion de Trabajadores de Mexico
CTM
Snyder resident files to run for county commissioner in Precinct 3
J B Turner of Snyder announces candidacy for county commissioner in Precinct 3 subject to Democratic primaries. A 20 year resident with road building and civic service experience he chaired the March of Dimes campaigns in Scurry and Borden counties. Married with one daughter Sidna Gayle Turner the family lives at 3100 Denison Avenue and he plans to meet voters.
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J. B Turner
Snyder
Turner
Snyder Independent
March of Dimes
Scurry
Borden
Sidna Gayle Turner
First Christian Church
Masonic Lodge
Shrine Club
Denison Avenue
Texas GOP Weighs Rockefeller Nixon Comparisons In Texas
Rockefeller arrives in Oklahoma City then Houston for a four hour swing to Dallas Fort Worth with a planned luncheon and news conference. Texas Republicans compare his visit to Nixon's 1960s style outreach while Nixon drew large crowds in Fort Worth and Dallas. Rockefeller targets Latin America as he tours Indiana Oklahoma extending to Florida.
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Dallas
Texas
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Oklahoma City
Houston
Richard Nixon
Fort Worth
Nixon
Russia
Dallas Council On World Affairs
Press Club of Dallas
Bruce Alger
Congress
Eisenhower
Indiana
Oklahoma
Florida
Thad Hutcheson
H J. Porter
Porter
South America
GOP
Peter O'Donnell
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Howard Crenshaw
Ike
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Snyder Chamber of Commerce
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
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Algeria
Toulon
Des Moines
White House
James C. Hagerty
Tunis
Charles de Gaulle
Hagerty
la Marsa
Bourguiba
Tunisia
Neo Destour ‘Independence Party
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el Aouina
Neo Destour
Landing Strip
Africa
Ree
Commerce
Grand Saline
Red River
Greenville
Longview
East Texas
Mineola
Gladewater
Texarkana
Naples
Beaumont
Ben-Gurion Korees
Pet
J. B. Turner
Gov. Rockeffeller
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