Herter briefing panel on Cuba crisis Laos and policy
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Cuba and the Laos civil war and Americas position abroad. He addressed U S actions since Eisenhower severed relations with Castro and the Laos charge of outside Communist intervention.
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Herter
Cuba
Washington
Christian A. Herter
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Laos
Americas
Eisenhower
Fidel Castro
United States
John F. Kennedy
New York
Dean Rusk
Kennedy
Rusk
State Department
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Sheriff Admits Taking 85000 From Unidentified Sources
Jefferson County Sheriff C H Meyers testified before the Texas House investigating committee that he received 85000 over five years from shadowy sources he could not name. Envelopes with up to 1500 arrived at his office as part of a probe into vice, gambling, and corruption in Beaumont and Port Arthur.
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Finis Mothershead
Beaumont
C. Wl. Meyers
Jefferson County
Meyers
Texas House General Investigating Committee
Port Arthur
Austin
el Roy Mauldin Jr
Texas Liquor Control Board
Liquor Board
Coke Stevenson Jr
Mauldin
C. H. Meyers
Frank Adams
Charles Brazil
D. P. Moore
James Stafford
Reagan Baker
O'Neil Provost
P. S. Darwin
Ethel Darwin
House Committee
Department of Public Safety
Darwin
Phy
Philadelphia
Fog and drizzle dampen Texas regions early Friday
Associated Press reports fog and drizzle across many parts of Texas reducing visibility to under a mile while temperatures range from 19 at Dalhart to 56 at Palacios and Brownsville. Clear skies persist in the Panhandle and upper South Plains with warmer weather forecast statewide.
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Panhandle
Upper South Plains
Texas
South Central
North Central
Houston Palacios
Galveston
Weather Bureau
Lufkin
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Laredo
Cotulla
San Antonio
Austin
College Station
Waco
Dallas
Fort Worth
Mineral Wells
Tyler
Dalhart
Palacios
Liquor Vote in Borden County Set for Saturday
Voters in Gail and the northwest area of Borden County prepare for their first liquor election held in Precinct No 1 with only Gail and Plains as polling sites. One absentee ballot has been recorded and petitions call for off premise sale of all alcoholic beverages.
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Gail
Borden County
Doris Rudd
Plains
Kennedy Considers Temporary Income Tax Cuts Plan
President elect John F Kennedy weighs emergency steps to revive the economy including temporary income tax cuts if the slump worsens. A committee led by MIT economist Paul Samuelson urged rapid action beyond budget balance concerns amid international crisis.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
New Administration
Eisenhower
Higher Rates Sought for Texas Auto Insurance
Texas auto insurers seek higher premiums to offset rising economic pressures claimed by more than 330 insurers covering 98 percent of auto policies. The appeal to the State Board of Insurance reopens the dispute over the safe driving insurance plan and its penalties for traffic tickets and accidents.
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Garth Jones
Austin
Texas Auto Insurance
Texas Automobile Insurance Office
State Board of Insurance
Texas
Fred Stephens
Dallas
J. D. Squibb
R. B. Cousins
Murrell Tripp
Lubbock
Sam Winters
Dist
Thomas C. Ferguson
Burnet
Price Daniel
Ferguson
Penn Jackson
Cleburne
Jackson
R.W. Strain
Ned Price Strain
Price
Bank Deposits Rise Sharply in Fourth Quarter 1960
Snyder National Bank and West State Bank report total deposits of $22,735,020.75 for the year end 1960, up from $19,719,541.22 in October. Loans total $11,120,006.95, up from $10,757,654.11 a year earlier, with the all time record set at $24,339,140.57 at the end of 1959.
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Snyder
Snyder National Bank
West State Bank
Weather Outlook Across Texas Regions
North Central Texas shows mostly cloudy skies through Saturday with intermittent light rain tonight and in the south this afternoon. Northeast and extreme east Texas expect intermittent rain through Saturday with cooler conditions and low tonight around 4 to 8 degrees. Northwest Texas will be warmer and southeast Texas experiences cooler nights with highs near 50 to 60. Winds mainly southerly today shifting to northerly Saturday.
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Texas
Noutheast
Panhandle
Serene
Voting Begins On De Gaulle's Algeria Plan
Algerian countryside bristled with police roadblocks and troops as voting started on De Gaulle's plan for local self government with a future possible independence vote. Bombs targeted Radio Algiers power lines but did not halt the broadcast of his appeal for a massive yes vote to speed negotiations and keep France in control. In Algeria eligibility totaled 39 million Muslims 700000 French colonists and 340000 soldiers in the French army.
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Andrew Borowiec
Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Algieran
Radio
de Gaulle
Paris
France
Death of Gray O Webb of Snyder Area at 62
Gray Ora Webb, a Scurry County resident for 41 years, died Thursday night at Cogdell Memorial Hospital. He was born March 26, 1893 in Cisco and left a widow Verne McClamey Webb, plus three children, two sisters and four brothers. Funeral held 2:30 pm Saturday at First Baptist Church with multiple local pastors officiating. burial in Snyder Cemetery.
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Gray Ora Webb
Crane
Gus Wayne Webb
Hamlin
Lucille Webb
Snyder
Pauline Willams
Odessa
Sam Webb
Port Arthur
John Webb
Ben Webb
Bob Webb
Electra
First Baptist Church
Cone Merritt
Roy Grote
Roscoe Lutheran Church
W. A. Mitchell
Snyder Cemetery
Bell Funeral Home
Newt Burleson
Bruce Evans
Pruitt Simmons
Bob White
J. A. Yvan Norman
Dean Coolwan
Belgium Strike Fades In Some Provinces As Protests Persist
The government said the 18 day strike has collapsed in Limburg and Luxembourg provinces while rioting and demonstrations continued in Liege and Brussels. Police used tear gas as 30 000 strikers clashed with authorities and 2 000 protesters gathered at Forest Prison led by Guy Brouhon. The crisis strains the government pushing austerity while considering early elections after the reform bill's passage.
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Brussels
Belgium
Liege
Andre Renard
Forest Prison
Guy Brouhon
Gaston Eyskens
Eyskens
Charleroimons
Burglars Hit Snyder Businesses For 156 Across Two Sites
Burglars entered two Snyder business houses Thursday night and stole about 156 dollars from Jessie’s Beauty College at 2207 Avenue A, breaking a window and rifling desks. A later break-in at Eddings-Walcher Office Building on the Lubbock Highway showed a broken padlock and pried cash box but no theft. Police report money had been removed from the cash box earlier the same day.
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Snyder
Jessie's Beauty College
Avenue & A
Eddings-Walcher
Lubbock Highway
Laos Army Skirmishes Rebels as New Government Takes Oath
Laotian royal army regroups after a surprise leftist offensive and skirmishes with pro Communist rebels in northeast Xieng Khouang Province. Officials report no major actions in 48 hours as government spokesman shifts from invasion alarms to optimism. The interim regime led by Premier Boun Oum and General Phoumi Novasan took oath in Buddhist rites to solidify constitutional footing.
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Vientiane
Laos
Xieng Khouang
Boun Oum
Phoumi Novasan
At Least 15 Die as San Francisco Hotel Fire Rages
A four story Thomas Hotel blaze at 971 Mission St killed at least 15 people and left many others injured. Firefighters battled the flames from 5 am, with victims found in rooms and elevator shafts as residents, including pensioners, escaped or were rescued.
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Lynn
Mass
San Francisco
Thomas
Mission St
William Murray
Murray
Kay Gorman
Ed Saylor
Earl Blake
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