United States Pledges Free Food Aid to Poland
Washington reports the U S government ready to ship thousands of tons of wheat flour and other foods to Poland via the Red Cross to ease the Poznan bread shortage amid rising protests. Secretary Dulles praises foreign aid bill passage as Soviet domination affects Eastern Europe.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Europe
Poland
Poznan
U of State
Herbert Hoover Jr
Harold Starr
American Red Cross
Hoover
Starr
International Red Cross
Russia
State Department
Dulles
Panhetia Hiliener
Free Peoples
Senate
House
The
American Cross
League of Red Cross Societies
Red Cross
Poznan suppression of workers revolt reported by Western observers
Reports from Poznan say Polish heavy artillery and tanks ringed the city as clashes persisted. Western witnesses quoted casualties up to several hundred and mass trials for ringleaders, with continued arrests and investigations underway.
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Berlin
Rubbc
Poznan
Warsaw
Poz
Beard Contest Sparks Beards and Penalties in Snyder
The June 4 decree by the Snyder Jaycees enforces beard growth for the Scurry County Rodeo beard contest. Offenders face a hitching post or a $1 shave permit, with a beards-only judging on July 18 and prizes of a $50 and a $25 Series E savings bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycees
Scurry County
Snyder
Bob Littlefield
Jaycee
Court House
Littlefield
House Near Snyder Destroyed By Fire
A residence about 15 miles east of Snyder on the Roby highway was destroyed by fire mid afternoon yesterday. Two Snyder units responded but the home of the Bunk Casey family could not be saved as flames burned through the structure before fire crews arrived.
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Snyder
Roby Highway
Bunk Casey
Steel Strike Negotiations End in Failure in New York
A final negotiations session collapsed six hours before a scheduled nationwide steel strike. John A. Stephens said no agreement was reached and no further talks were planned, while David J. McDonald warned the union would stick to no-work if offers remained unacceptable. The 170 member Wage Policy Committee would meet in New York tomorrow morning as plans to strike loom.
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New York
John A. Stephens
David J. McDonald
United Steel Workers
Pittsburgh
McDonald
Stephens
Prison Sentence For Forgery And Checks
Alex Holt received a twenty two year penitentiary term after pleading guilty in district court to two counts of forgery and passing worthless checks. Judge Sterling Williams imposed two concurrent sentences of 11 years each.
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Alex Holt
Sterling Williams
Eisenhower Returns To Gettysburg Farm After Surgery
President Eisenhower and Mamie left Walter Reed after a three week hospital stay and arrived at their Gettysburg country home. He looks thinner and walks slowly as doctors note a weight gain from 162 to 163 pounds. White House aide Hagerty declines to answer about a 1956 re election but says the president is focused on returning to the White House.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Mamie Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
White House
Wreckage Spotted in Arizona Search for Lost Airliners
Wreckage of one of two airliners missing on June 20 near the California border was reported in northern Arizona's Grand Canyon area. The TWA Super Constellation with 63 passengers and 6 crew and the United DC7 with 53 passengers and 5 crew were last heard near Needles and Lake Mohart as search efforts expanded with multiple bases and agencies involved.
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Winslow, Ariz
Los Angeles
Arizona
Grand Canyon
Winslow
Ariz
Arizona-California
TWA
Zona
Los Angeles International Airport
Kansas City
Daggett
Calif
Trinidad
Colo
Dodge City
Kaw
Lake Mohart
California
United
New York
Needles
Painted Desert
Durango
Pueblo
Hutchinson
Kan
St. Joseph
Joliet
Ill
Chicago
Detroit
Mich
Philadelphia
Newark
N.J
Marble Cay On
Tuba City
Arizona Highway Patrol
Colorado River
San Francisco Peaks
Jack Gatley
J. Ritner
F. Breifogle
T. Armbruster
D. Davis
H. Allen
New Taylor Trial Denied
Charles Everett Taylor was denied a new trial after a murder conviction of his mother-in-law Ruth Nichols. He was sentenced to 35 years by a jury weeks earlier. Attorney Dell Barber will appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeals after a retrial hearing ended June 22. Judge Sterling Williams ruled on the motion last week following juror questioning and new gun expert testimony.
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Charles Everett Taylor
Ruth Nichols
Taylor
Dell Barber
Court of Criminal Appeals
Sterling Williams
Williams
Site For New County Park Authorized By Bond Issue
County commissioners select a 16 acre site south of Thirty seventh Street bought from Wade and Harrie Winston at 250 dollars per acre for a new park. Plans include a lighted baseball park and a swimming pool designed by M C Butler of Lubbock. The bond funds also fund picnic areas at Helm leigh Dunn Ira and Fluvanna.
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Thirty-seventh Street
Wade
Harrie Winston
M. C. Butler
Lubbock
Helmleigh
Dunn, Ira
Fluvanna
Snyder Chamber Drives Membership Boom and Budget Growth
The Snyder Chamber of Commerce reports a thriving revaluation and membership campaign led by local volunteers and Dan Eddy of Dallas. Membership rose from about 400 to 450 with dues up, lifting the annual budget from 16 500 to nearly 21 000 and 70 members revaluing, while a new permanent committee chaired by Bud England plans monthly breakfast meetings and continued outreach toward a target of over 500 members and a budget exceeding 25 000.
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Snyder Chamber of Commerce
Dan Eddy
Dallas
Chamber of Commerce
Bud England
England
Chamber
Snyder
Drive
County Will Have Most Wanted File
The Scurry County sheriff's department opens a five person most wanted list derived from the FBI's ten most wanted concept. The roster includes Byron Duane Moore, George A. Schooler, Robert Cota, Robert Thompson, and Henry C. Paul Jr., with details on charges, ages, and physical descriptions. The list may rotate as arrests occur and new suspects are added.
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Scurry County
Homer Whisnand
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas
DPS
Bill Love
Jay Massingill
Byron Duane Moore
Winchell
Tex
Moore
Marvin Andrew Moore
George Roby
George A. Schooler
Lam
Weather forecast for Snyder and Texas hot spell
Friday highs near 102 degrees and 71 at night. Saturday 7 30 am reading 79. North Central and West Texas expect clear to partly cloudy skies and hot conditions Sunday and Monday with isolated showers.
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Snyder
North Central
West Texas
Lenin views on non-Russian nationalities published by U S State Department
The State Department released 18 redacted Soviet documents showing Lenin criticizing Russian Communists for handling non-Russian peoples. The text suggests Lenin’s stance may influence current Soviet policy under Krushchev and could be used to critique Moscow’s treatment of Georgia and other nations.
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Washington
State Department
Soviet Union
V. I. Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Georgia
Moscow
Lenin
Stalin
Red Party
Nikita Krhushchev
Europe
Poznan
Poland
Polio Case Reported in Scurry County
Scurry County confirms its first 1956 poliomyelitis case after a Snyder child, James Ernest Davis, two, was taken to Hendrick Memorial Hospital Abilene with polio affecting the right and left legs. Doctors say early diagnosis offers good recovery prospects and note widespread Silk vaccine use may have reduced cases.
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Scurry County
Snyder
Hendrick Memorial Hos
Abilene
James Ernest Davis
Wade Davis
Avenue
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W. W. Grief & Associates
T. C. Goss
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Dave Harlin Drilling
Lota Burger
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Howell Electric Snyder Sales Co
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