Snyder High Musicians To Perform At Chamber Banquet
Snyder High School will showcase its instrumental and choral groups at the Chamber of Commerce banquet Saturday night in the high school setting. The program begins with organ music before 7:15, then the stage band and choir perform in the auditorium, with a combined number and numerous solos and small groups throughout.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
James Rosser
Brownwood
Melvin Montgomery
Tim Dennis
Montgomery
Dennis
Phil Cherry
Robert Clinton
Deborah Smith
Martha Robbins
Kent Fields
Roy Ford
Jimmy Don Boyd
Bruce Evans
Doris Agee
P. W. Cloud, Jr
Karleen Roberts
Bill Smallwood
Royce Scrivner
Madrigal Singers
Pat Taylor
Wanda Powledge
Barbara Parks
Suzanne Houston
Harilyn Ward
Jimmy Pier
Doug Smith
Bryan Boss
Herb Portis
Fields
Smith
Cherry
Clinton
Lee Watson
Policeman and Robber Die After Amarillo Shootout
In Amarillo last night a liquor store robbery escalated into a 30-officer chase. Det. Lt. Eli Lesiar and Patrolman D. W. Woods died. robber Wilson Warner aged 21 shot himself on a Capitol Hotel roof after a half-hour gun battle that wounded a second officer. Head and police exchanged fire amid shattered storefronts.
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Amarillo
D. W. Woods
Wilson Warner
Altus
Okla
Air Force Base
Eli Lesiar
Warner
Leslar
Woods
H. F. Head
Ross Hotel
Head
Bud
Leflar
D. O. Carter
W. C. Alexander
Costa Rica Warfront Quiet After U S Plane Arrival
Four U S fighter planes arrived to bolster President Jose Figueres forces in Costa Rica as rebels fled to Nicaragua. The government reported calm nationwide with preparations for a push near Santa Rosa and denied rebel victories. The OAS probes Nicaragua's alleged arms support while Somoza denied involvement.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
U.S
Jose Figueres
Nicaragua
Santa Rosa
Angel Calderon Guardia
Liberia
Figueres
el Coco
Anastasio Somoza
Somoza
Kinney County land sale tied to veterans program probe
Rep. Frank Carpenter testified he sold his interest in a Kinney County ranch prior to its sale to the state under the veterans land program. The 10,795 acre ranch, later subdivided into 200 acre tracts, sold to 54 veterans for 353,944 dollars, amid a probe into L. V. Ruffin’s profits of about 310,000 dollars.
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Austin
Frank Carpenter
Sour Lake
Senate
Kinney County
Veterans Land Program
L. V. Ruffin
Bradyland
Ruffin
Carpenter
Rocky Kinney County
B. R. Sheffield
Brady
Stanley Stribling
San Angelo
Sheffield
Bitter Cold Expected Across Texas With Snow and Thundershowers
The Associated Press reports a severe cold snap for Texas with temperatures near 10 degrees above zero in spots. A two front system brings a north wind toward the Gulf and another into central Texas, with widespread rain and heavy showers in Gulf Coast areas. Forecasts predict 10 to 20 degree lows in the Panhandle and South Plains, 18 to 28 in North Texas, and 25 to 35 in East and South Central Texas with snow in the northwest North Central Texas and eastern South Plains.
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Weather Bureau
Texas
Gulf
South
South Plains
College Station
Austin
Houston
Corsicana
San Antonio
Lufkin
Waco
Beaumont
Wichita Falls
San Angelo
Abilene
Fort Worth
Dallas
Laredo
Corpus Christi
Victoria
Upper Panhandle
Gulf Coast
Panhandle
North
East
Poll Tax Payments Rising as Deadline Approaches
By noon today 1,991 voters qualified in the fiscal year starting next month. Of these 522 hold poll tax exemptions from the county assessor office and 1,469 have paid poll tax. Deadline for payment for this period is January 31.
Weather West Texas Freezing Night With Cloudy Outlook
Fair and colder this afternoon and tonight across Texas with lows 10 to 20 in Panhandle and South Plains and 18 to 30 elsewhere. Wednesday brings increasing cloudiness and rising temperatures followed by light rain or snow Wednesday night.
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Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Shivers Begins Third Term In Texas Governor Inauguration
Allan Shivers was sworn in for a third term as Texas governor on the Capitol steps, pledging states rights and a stronger executive, with Lt. Gov. Ben Ramsey also inaugurated. The ceremony included a 19-gun salute and a downtown parade amid blustery winds.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
Texas
Capitol
Shivers
John Hickman
Supreme Court
Woodville
Ben Ramsey
Ramsey
Atomic Sub Still At Sea In Nuclear Boat Trials
The Nautilus, first of a planned seven atomic powered submarines, remained at sea on builder's trials after departing Electric Boat in Groton. The $29 million craft sailed yesterday under nuclear power with Cmdr. Eugene P. Wilkinson aboard, proceeding to Long Island Sound at 12 knots for a 36 hour test.
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Groton
Conn
Man
Electric Boat Division
General Dynamics Corp
Cmdr
Eugene P. Wilkinson
San Diego
Calif
Long Island Sound
Crime Expert Hired By Sheppard Counsel
Dr. Paul L. Kirk a University of California criminologist will visit Cleveland to review the July 4 murder of Marilyn Sheppard. Sheppard, convicted and appealing life, seeks neutrality from Kirk who called himself impartial. Kirk was brought in by William J. Corrigan, Sheppard’s chief counsel, who called Kirk the leading criminologist in the United States.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
West Coast
Sheppard
Marilyn
Paul L. Kirk
University of California
Corrigan
Kirk
United States
Invasion of Tachens Feared as Yikiangshan Captured
Communists with 20 warships seized Yikiangshan island near the Tachens amid heavy bombardment. U S policy debates intervention while Eisenhower to discuss the crisis with GOP leaders and Dulles.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Yikiangshan
Defense Ministry
Tachen Islands
Chiang Kai-shek
Tachens
Peiping
Tokyo
Radio Press Agency
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Formosa Strait
United States
Pescadores
Toumen Island
Toumen
Quemoy
Upper
Tachen
Washington
Eisenhower
U.S
House
Dulles
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
GOP
Norther Brings Wind and Unseasonable Cold
A norther turned windy and dry with temperatures rising from 30s overnight to 33 degrees by 7:30 a.m. Today’s highs were 63 degrees yesterday afternoon.
Controversy Over New Water And Oil Law Proposals
In Austin the Legislature debates water and oil laws as new bills pour in. A Walling gas price fix bill would curb low wellhead prices to limit federal jurisdiction. Proposals include a Texas Water Commission shakeup, dam financing, and measures ranging from voting age to tax on divorces and Spanish ballot postings.
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Austin
Shivers
Ben Ramsey
J. B. Walling
Wichita Falls
Walling
Railroad Commission
Texas
Federal Power Commission
State Board of Water Engineers
Texas Water Conservation Assn
State Water Commission
Water Conservation Assn
Harris County
Houston
Angelina
Cherokee
Nacogdoches
University of Texas
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Associated Press
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Paul
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Crawford Martin
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