Snyder Spotlight reflects 1955 federal aid debate and comic strip changes
In 1955 Texas drew praise at a White House Conference on Education as Connecticut pressed federal aid for schools. Paul Keaton of Snyder noted Texas droughts and local resolve against federal schooling aid. The New Year brings comic shifts with Grandma daily, Joe Palooka to continue after Ham Fisher's death, and plans to avoid credit-line mixups for photographs. A Southern New Year greeting closes the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wacil McNair
Texas
Yankeeland
White House
Paul Keaton
Snyder
Connecticut
Keaton
Chuck Wolfe
Jack Craft
Dub Everett
Serious Crimes Dip in 1955 FBI Report Says
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover reports 1955 major offenses about 2 255 million, 0 5 percent below 1954 marking first drop since 1947 while overall crime remained above two million for a fourth straight year. Rapes negligent manslaughter larceny auto theft up. murder aggravated assault burglary down. Informants aided arrests 900 FBI cases and 600 other agencies. about 800 000 dollars in stolen property recovered.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Brownell
FBI
Weather notes for Texas regions and temps by day
Snyder area reports Fridays high around 45 with subfreezing readings tonight. North Central and West Texas see partly cloudy skies and a warming trend into Sunday. East and South Central Texas expect clear to partly cloudy conditions with warmer Sunday and mild Monday. Southeast and south winds along the coast remain gentle to moderate.
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Snyder
Texas
US Traffic Toll Is Light During New Year Holiday
AP reports a relatively light New Year traffic toll with 66 deaths by 7 p.m. Saturday, plus 10 fire deaths and 4 from miscellaneous causes for an overall 80. Texas shows a rising toll with 152 deaths since Christmas and 82 by late Saturday, as officials fear the worst may come. Notable fatalities include San Antonio College president Dr. James Otis Loftin in Kerrville, six year old Tommy Routt in Austin, and several others in accidents and shootings across the state.
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Associated Press
Texas
James Otis Loftin
San Antonio
Kerrville
San Antonio College
Tommy Routt
Austin
Jan Dan Broderick
Hempstead
Houston
Texas A&m
Paul Landry
Tyler
Whitehouse
E.E. Chansler
Hood
Gainesville
Joseph G. Isaac Jr
Taft
San Patricio County
Auto Registration Starts Feb 1 in 1956 period
Jim Ikard county tax assessor collector replies that 1956 automobile registration will begin February 1 and run through March 31. Renewal dates will be based on the 1955 registration receipts.
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Jim Ikard
Ikard
Orange Worker Shot To Death Saturday
Orange Texas December 31 45 year old chemical plant worker Willie Williams of Orange was shot to death early this afternoon.
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Orange
Tex
Willie Williams
Election plans loom as top issue for 56
Key West Florida December 31 President Eisenhower resting in Florida after midwinter holiday, health improving but public word on re election plans delayed until mid February medical exams. Mrs Eisenhower travels to join him. news follows birth of Mary Jean Eisenhower and Milton Eisenhower aids with State of the Union.
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Key West
Fla
Eisenhower
Florida Sun
Newbega
John S. Doud
Denver
Howard M. Snyder
White House
Mary Jean
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
Ft. Belvoir
Milton S. Eisenhower
Pennsylvania State University
Milton
Congress
Wisconsin post office row calmed with acting postmaster sworn
Appleton Wisconsin December 31 a prominent young Republican businessman was sworn in today as acting postmaster ending a bitter controversy tied to Sen McCarthy The appointee Francis H Sumnicht 34 a Republican County Executive Committee member and national committeeman was sworn in by postal inspector H C Ostby He succeeds Edward Pirner and will serve awaiting Senate confirmation The choice is backed by the Republican patronage group and praised by McCarthy who called him a good man The dispute followed the failed nomination of Thomas Miller whose gambling and Prohibition Act conviction prevented his swearing in
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Appleton
Wis
Sen. McCarthy
Green Bay
Edward Pirner
Sumnicht
Thomas Miller
Stephen Balliet
Miller
Senate
Lively Floor Fight Is Expected In Session Of Congress Tuesday
Washington dispatch notes the 1956 session opens with foreign policy and farm aid high on the agenda. Senator Wiley contends Bulganin and Khrushchev comments will stiffen military diplomacy and force stronger defense spending. Johnson warns of early farm legislation focus amid calls for flood relief action.
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Congress
Gardner L. Bridge
Washington
Sen. Wiley
Wisconsin
Nicolai Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Wiley
Senate
House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Eisenhower
Democratic Policy Committee
Martin
Massachusetts
Four Insurance Examiners Suspended In Crackdown
Four Insurance Commission examiners were suspended without pay in a Texas crackdown on alleged defrauding of the public. The action targets chief examiner Larry Blanchard and Robert Butler plus William Noad and Lee Pfefferkorn. The civil suit, filed in the 126th District Court, seeks 6.64 million dollars against 46 officers of General American Casualty Co. of San Antonio for gifts or favors amid a series of failures.
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Dave Cheavens
Austin
Insurance Commission
Larry Blanchard
Robert Butler
William Noad
Lee Pfefferkorn
General American Casualty Co
San Antonio
Texas
Blanchard
The
Butler
Commission
Noah
Dallas
Pfefferkorn
Lockhart
Garland Smith
126Th District Court
Kentucky
General American
J. D. Wheeler
World Turns Ts New Year Full Of Hope
Anxious nations welcomed 1956 with prayers for peace and good health as families celebrated, churches offered renewal, and leaders from Bulganin to Dulles voiced cautious optimism for a stable year. Eisenhower planned a quiet Key West observance.
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Grandfather Frost
Eisenhower
Key West
Fla., Naval Base
John W. Doud
Denver
Washington
Nikolai Bulganin
Geneva
Bulganin
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
United States
Europe
Snyder Daily News Skips Monday Publication
Snyder Daily News will not publish on Monday January 2 as New Year's Day is observed. Today's issue will be the last until normal afternoon publication resumes Tuesday. Most Snyder businesses also observe the holiday following recommendations by the Snyder Chamber of Commerce.
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Snyder Daily News
Snyder
Snyder Champer of Commerce
Johnson Will Stay As Majority Leader
Sen. Lyndon Johnson of Texas declares he will continue as Democratic Senate leader after recovery from a July heart attack. He plans a reduced schedule, will have colleagues fill the leadership chair, and aims to work several hours each day while watching his diet and health.
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Washington
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Senate
Congress
Johnson
Sen. Clements
Kentucky
Stampede at Kyahiko Shrine Leaves 120 Dead
In Nigata prefecture 120 worshippers were killed and about 90 injured when a 6 foot wall collapsed under a New Year crowd of 35,000 at Kyahiko Shrine. Police fear toll may rise as rescuers clear rocks and debris after the stampede ensued. The disaster occurred shortly after midnight as bells rang in temples nationwide.
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Tokyo
Nigata
Kyahiko
Japan
Geral Greene Seeks Office in Scurry County Primary
Geral Greene chief deputy tax assessor-collector for Scurry County announces candidacy for tax assessor-collector in the July primary. He is 42, in his sixth year in the office, a Snyder High School 1930 graduate, and a Texas Tech journalism BA recipient. He is married with four children.
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Gerel Greene
Scurry County
Greene
Jim Ikard
Snyder High School
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Rising Temperatures Predicted For Texas
Temperatures are expected to rise slowly in Texas starting Sunday as warmer air returns. The weather bureau forecasts near freezing readings in North, East and West Texas Sunday morning with considerable cloudiness and no precipitation expected statewide.
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Texas
Weather Bureau
North
Phone Strike Is Scheduled In San Angelo
The Communication Workers of America Local 6180 authorizes a strike against General Telephone Co. of the Southwest at midnight unless a settlement is reached. A Dec. 24 poll showed 20 to 1 approval among its 23,000 members. Negotiations continue over area differentials and wage increase.
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San Angelo
The
Communication Workers of America
General Telephone Co
Southwest
Moore Seeks Re election as County Commissioner
L. L. Pat Moore, commissioner of precinct 3, announced his bid for re election. He is completing his second term after first winning in 1952 and running unopposed in 1954. The July primary will decide precincts 1 and 3 for four year terms under a new state law. Moore, 51, is a Mason Shriner and Lions Club member, a native of Dallas County who has long connected with Ira, working as ditching contractor, oilwell driller and farmer.
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L. L
Pat) Moore
Moore
T. B. Knight
Cullen Toombs
Doyle Palmer
Downtown
Lions Club
Dallas County
Ira
Church Leader Dies Following Long Illness
YORK England Dec 31 The Archbishop of York Dr Cyril Foster Garbett died in his sleep after a long illness at age 80 He was a major Anglican figure and England’s second ranking churchman His views on world affairs were controversial He planned to retire in 1956 and had declined the post of Archbishop of Canterbury offered by Winston Churchill in 1945 His death may prompt debate over the churchs stance on divorce and the appointing system His successor will be named by the Prime Minister
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York
England
Cyril Foster Garbett
Chruchman
Church of England
Canterbury
Geoffrey Fisher
Winston Churchill
Archbishop Temple
Garbett
Arch
Eden
Moscow
National
Youth Robbed Shot To Death In Texas
A 20 year old Texas A&M senior, Jan David Broderick of the Canal Zone, was found shot to death on a farm road west of Hempstead. Deputies say he was robbed of money and identification after his car, a 1955 Chevrolet, carried a possible hitchhiker toward Houston for New Year’s Eve. Rangers vowed to search for suspects and a tied trail of blood led from the highway to the body.
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Houston
Whitworth
Waller County
Rangers
Broderick
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Daily News
King Features
Grandma
Ane
McNaught Syndicate
Joe Palooka
Ham Fister
Fisher
U. S
Savino Tijerima
el Paso
James Albert Moore
Sherman
Post Office
Chicago
San Francisco
Sen. George
D-Ga
George
Pat Moore
Geral Greene
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