Snyder Citizens Honored at Chamber Banquet
Badger Robertson received Snyder's Citizen of the Year award at the Chamber of Commerce banquet held at the high school cafeteria. T. A. Spain discussed industry site considerations, urging community support and patience while highlighting local resources and attitudes. John Boren was installed as chamber president, with officers and directors named and retiring members honored. Out-of-town guests joined attendees from Abilene and Lubbock.
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Chamber OF Commerce
IT. A. Spain
Chamber
John Boren
R. C. Patton
Spain
Badger Robertson
Snyder
Robertson
Harry Vanderpool
Vanderpool
The
Country Club
Texas Heart Association
United Fund
Industrial Development Corporation
Snyder Concert Association
American Field Service
Chamber of Commer
IBM
Robert Clinton
Snyider
Boren
Patton
W. Felix Jones
Herbert Feath
HA Johnson
Bentley Baize
Joe Carroll
Doug McGrann
Gene Best
Paul Sizemore
Guy Sullivan
Carl Whitfield
Gene Williams
Ethel Mae Sturdivant
Sterling Parker
Nolan von Roeder
Bob Holder
Harold Lacik
Claude MceCormick, Sr
James Rosser
E. H Williamson
Hunt County Man Files For Seat
Hunt County businessman Bill Elkins files for the Democratic nomination for congressman at large. Elkins calls himself a real Democrat and criticizes Rep. Joe Pool as a counterfeit Democrat.
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Greenville
Hunt County
Bill Elkins
Elkins
Rep
Joe Pool
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US Leads Space Race As Saturn Is Lofted
Geneva AP reports U S officials rejecting a Soviet call to destroy all bomber fleets while signaling openness to an informal agreement to remove obsolete bombers from nations lacking nuclear capability. In Florida, Saturn I launches a heavy satellite, demonstrating U.S. space power over Russia in the race for rocket supremacy.
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Saturn
Geneva
USS
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
U.S
State Department
Washington
Tsarapkin
Dean Rusk
Moscow
Rusk
Cape Kennedy
Fla
United States
Russia
San Antonio approves $30 million for Hemisfair and center
In a special city election San Antonio voters approved bond issues totaling 30 million dollars for capital improvements. A key item is 10.8 million for a community and convention center for Hemisfair, aligned with celebrating the city’s 250th birthday.
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SAN Antonio
Kilgore Declines Re election Bid in Texas Race
Representative Joe Kilgore of Texas says he will not seek another term in the U S House. He notes the Feb 3 filing deadline for the Texas Democratic primary and says he will announce future plans later this week possibly aiming to challenge Senator Ralph Yarborough. In a brief statement Kilgore reflects on nine years serving Texas 15th District.
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Washington
Joe Kilgore
D-Tex
House
Senate
Texas
Kilgore
Ralph Yarborough
15Th Congressional District
Jane
Weather of Texas Regions Weather Report
Weather report across Texas regions with temperatures highs and lows for Tuesday through Thursday. Southeast winds 10-18 knots with showers in some areas. Temperatures range from mid teens in the northwest to mid seventies in the south and east with variable cloudiness and occasional rain.
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Snyder
Texas
Southwest
North
Northeast
Northwest
Reds Admit Shooting of US Plane in East Germany
The Soviet Union says a U S Air Force plane missing over East Germany was shot down by a Communist fighter, with all three crew members killed. The incident, blamed on American intrusion, followed warning fire and a protest note delivered to U S Ambassador Fay Kohler.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
East Germany
U.S
Fay Kohler
Weimar
Vogelsberg
Erfurt
Tass
Europe
United States
ADN
Air Force
Iron Curtain
Radi
Chiang Kai-shek Gains Perceived Edge in France Peking Rift
Taipei officials hailed France's recognition of Nationalist China while Paris and Peking clash over the two Chinas policy. Paris seeks clarity on Beijing's stance as a three month timetable for ambassador exchange looms. South Vietnam criticizes France and hints at breaking ties amid Saigon’s $35 million trade with Paris.
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Taipei
Formosa
France
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Mao Tze-tung
Chiang
Paris
Pekine
Charles de Gaulle
Red China
Paris-Peking
Mao
Communist Party
de Gaulle
Peking
South Viet Nam
United States
Saigon
Viet Nam
Snyder School Board Seeks Superintendent
The Snyder school board met in a special session to plan selecting a new superintendent. Interviews with prospects start immediately as the current superintendent T F McCallum’s contract ends June 30.
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Snyder School Board
Snyder
T. FE. McCallum
Rusk Affirms No Cutbacks in Korea Forces
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told South Korean President Park that there will be no reductions in the 50,000 U.S. troops in Korea or the 600,000 South Korean army. A joint communique said both nations would maintain strong forces to meet the Communist threat in the Far East.
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Seoul
Korea
Dean Rusk
Chung Hee Park
U.S
Rusk
Park
Lee Hu-rak
Republic of Korea
Far East
United States
South Korea
Luther Hodges
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Washington
Tokyo
Sukarno Questions Cease Fire in Malaya Frontier
President Sukarno voiced doubts about the five day old border fighting along Borneo and rejected leaflets urging surrender. He ordered a full check of leaflets signed by Donald Stephens and sought a neutral U.N. presence to supervise a cease fire amid ongoing dispute among Indonesia Malaysia and the Philippines.
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John T. Wilkeler
Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
North Borneo
Borneo
Subandrio
Donald Stephens
Malaysia
Sabah
British North Borneo
Thant
U.S. Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Kennedy
United Nations
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U Thant
Philippines
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