Amarillo lawmaker attacks new auto insurance rate plan
Sen Grady Raziewood of Amarillo blasts the incoming state automobile insurance rate plan as inequitable and calls for a hearing to modify rules. He warns of retroactive penalties, county justice backlogs, and harsher rates for safe drivers and high mileage salespeople, urging scrutiny by the State Board of Insurance Commissioners.
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Amarillo Solon
Amarillo
Grady Raziewood
Hazlewood
State Board of Insurance Commissioners
Commission
Pearl Harbor
Greene Asks Re-Election
Geral Greene Scurry County Tax Assessor-Collector announced a bid for reelection in 1960 subject to the Democratic primary. A Scurry County native he seeks a second term after serving six years as chief deputy and previous work in education and postal service. Greene is married with four children and a Colonial Hill Baptist Church member.
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Geral Greene
Scurry County
Greene
Texas Tech
Helmleigh High School
Last Confederate Vet Dies at 117 in Houston
Walter Williams, believed last surviving Civil War veteran, died at 3:20 p.m. CST in Houston. He passed quietly with pneumonia trailing him since June, in the arms of son in law Ed Bielamowicz and grandson Sydney Boyd. Relatives present included Mrs. Willie Mae Bowles and daughters Beatrice Bielamowicz and Lula Belle Daugherty.
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Houston
Tex
Walter Williams
Ed Bielamowicz
Sydney Boyd
Bielamowicz
Russell Wolfe
Williams
Wolfe
Willie Mae Bowles
Beatrice Bielamowicz
Lula Belle Daugherty
Williams enters race for Scurry County commissioner
Grady Williams, 58, announces candidacy for Scurry County Precinct No. 1 on the Democratic ticket for the May primary. He lives on a farm 10 miles east of Snyder after 21 years in Scurry County. long involved in local boards and community affairs.
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Grady Williams
Williams
Securry
Fisher County
Scurry County
Snyder
Weather snapshot for Texas and Oklahoma forecast
Readable forecast notes show generally fair or partly cloudy conditions across regions. Temperature ranges span from the 30s to around 60 degrees with light warming toward Sunday and Monday across North Central Southwest East and Northwest Texas and Oklahoma.
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Benyder
Texas
Oklahoma
Western Big Four invite Khrushchev for summit
The Western Big Four decided to invite Soviet Premier Khrushchev to a summit conference likely in April. They pledged to forge a solid Western front over four months and discussed easing Franco American strains during talks including Eisenhower and de Gaulle. A formal invitation to Khrushchev will be issued before Eisenhower departs for Spain, with Geneva viewed as a likely site.
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de Gaulle
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States
White House
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Spain
Konrad Adenauer
Harold Macmillan
Elysee Palace
Soviet Union
Hagerty
Khrushchev
Geneva
Snyderites Eye Long Holiday Weekend After Christmas
Indications show many Snyderites plan a long weekend off with some firms open on Dec 26 and offices and banks closed until Dec 28. Chamber of Commerce retail division head Mr Roe notes over 100 members voted with 13 opposing. Center stores mostly close Dec 26. downtown shops may stay open.
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Roe
The
Chamber of Commerce
Bers
Chamber
Architects Hired For Tech Library
An agreement to retain the architect for the new 2 1/2 million library at Texas Tech in Lubbock was reached after a meeting of the architect and the college board of directors. The original plans with a minor roof modification were approved and work on final details will proceed. The structure will be a contemporary adaptation of Spanish renaissance to match campus buildings.
DAC Urges U S To Extend Nuclear Test Ban
The Democratic Advisory Council urged extending the U S ban on atmospheric and underground nuclear tests beyond January 1. It urged continued suspension while Geneva negotiations show progress and called for international monitoring and occasional policy reviews.
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U.S
Washington
Democratic Advisory Council
U. S
Science Advisory Committee
Geneva
United States
Gov
Nelson
Rockefelier
New York
Rockefeller
Eisenhower
John A. McCone
Atomic Energy Commission
McCone
Britain
Soviet Union
Democratic Council
Democratic National Committee
Harry S. Truman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Council
Khrushchev Urges West German Disarmament Move
Premier Khrushchev appeals to Adenauer to back total disarmament as Western leaders meet in Paris. He cites Bonn's stance on rocket bases and atomic arms, urging German renunciation of atomic weapons as proof of peaceful aims. Adenauer awaits reply to his August note proposing resumed talks on controlled disarmament.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Adenauer
Foreign Ministry
Paris
Eisenhower
Charles de Gaulle
Harold Macmillan
Bonn
Krushchev
Khrushchev
U.S
Soviet Union
Germany
Berlin
German Reunification
Jim Stirling Seeks Office in 1960 Election
Jim Stirling of Ira announces candidacy for No. 3 in the 1960 election pending Democratic primary. Stirling, 41, has lived in the precinct 40 years and has farmed since 1938. He serves on the Ira School Board, Snyder Co-op Gin board, and Scurry Co-op Labor Assn. He and his wife have three children and are Baptist.
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Jim Stirling
Ira
Stirling
Ira School Board
Snyder Co-op
Scurry Co-op Labor Assa
The
Baptist Church
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Mule) Kayser
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