Totalitarian Countries Warned by Kennedy in Mexico City
Kennedy and Lopez Mateos issued a joint communique denouncing totalitarian meddling in the western hemisphere. They warned the Soviet Union and its allies including Fidel Castro to respect democracy, non intervention principles, and the self determination of peoples.
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Whitney Shoemaker
Mexico City
Kennedy
Mexico
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Soviet Union
Fidel Castro
Cuba
United States
U.S
Alliance For Progress
Miss Snyder Crowned Miss Snyder as New Queen
Jackie McNabb, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James McNabb of Snyder, won the Miss Snyder title from five contestants and will represent Snyder in Miss Texas in Fort Worth. First runner-up is Betty Morgan. Judy Thomas won Miss Congeniality.
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Jackie McNabb
Jaycees
Betty Morgan
Judy Thomas
Miss McNabb
James McNabb
Snyder
Fort Worth
Ft. Worth
Snyder High School
J. C. Morgan
Clifton Thomas
Jere Lawrence
Sweetwater
J's Super Market
Miss Morgan
Lamb Chevrolet
Miss Thomas
Wellborn Motor Co
Ellie Conteila
Modern Beauty Salon
Kathi Vernon
Bobbie's Chat and Car
Snyder Jaycees
Snyder Area Oil Seeps Deep in Texas Fields
Cities Service Petroleum reports a Wichita Albany No 12 Johnson discovery in Scurry County with daily output of 45 barrels of 34.2 gravity oil and 65 barrels of water from multiple perforations at depths 3733 to 3785 feet. The location sits 10 miles west of Snyder, with detailed section notes in H and TC survey.
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Cities Service Petroleum Company
Wichita- Albany
Johnson
Scurry County
Kelly-Snyder Canyon Reef
Snyder
H&tc
Postly
Garza Field
K. Aycock
Wichita-Albany
Berry
Westbrook
Mitchell County
Sharon Ridge
H&tc Survey
High Altitude Nuclear Test Rescheduled
The United States rescheduled its largest high altitude test above Johnston Island for July 4 to July 5, with detonation at hundreds of kilometers and about 200 miles high. The blast should be visible from Hawaii 750 miles away, weather or tech delays permitting.
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Honolulu
United States
Johnston Island
Joint Task Force 8
Hawaii
Oil Operator Is Freed Of Charge
W C Davis Jr of Longview was cleared of felony theft charges over an alleged $6 million oil lease scam. Justice of Peace Glenn Byrd dismissed the case after ruling the state lacked sufficient evidence for a grand jury. Davis, 40, denied wrongdoing and cited his clean record.
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Dallas
F AP
W. C. Davis Jr
Longview
Justice of Peace
Glenn Byrd
Davis
Nortex Oil and Gas Corp
Nortex
Byrd
East Texan
Henry Wade
Wace
James Hudnall
Tyler
Hudnall
Lester Robertson
Showers Hit Snyder Area With Heavy Rains
Sporadic and heavy showers moved across Snyder Friday and Saturday with rainfall varying from a tenth of an inch to half an inch in town. The Weather Bureau noted a broad shower belt 150 miles wide from Houston to the Amarillo region, with Victoria and Coleman recording exceptional downpours in brief bursts.
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Snyder
Town
Victoria
Coleman
Texas
Weather Bureau
Houston
Temple
Breckenridge
Amarillo
Guardsmen Head To Fort Polk For Two Week Camp
Snyder National Guardsmen from Company A 2nd Battle Group 42nd Infantry 36th Division depart before daybreak for Fort Polk Louisiana for two weeks of training and exercises under 1st Lt Billy Joe Brown. They expect to return July 15.
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Snyder
Khrushchev Talks With Spanish Communist Leaders
Premier Khrushchev met in the Kremlin with three Communist party leaders from Spain led by Chairman Dolores Ibarruri. Tass said Khrushchev voiced fraternal solidarity with the Spanish people’s courageous struggle against the Franco regime.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Communist Party
Spain
Dolores Ibarruri
Tass
Fireworks display ushers in Snyder Fourth of July
Independence Day in Snyder features a bigger fireworks show at 8 30 p m with devil wheels serpents whistles flying saucers and a parachute dropped American flag. The day begins at 10 a m with flag raising at Towle Park and the Declaration of Independence read by James Rosser. A 1 p m parade will include Melvin Montgomery s band and entrants such as Miss Snyder Jackie McNabb and Miss Towle Park.
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Snyder Fire Department
Towle Park
United States Capitol
Dean Johnson
Abilene
Omar Bur
Jackie McNabb
Snyder
Campaign Trail Features Connally Cox in Texas Events
Governor candidates race through a busy holiday week with Democrat John Connally and Republican Jack Cox speaking at July 4 celebrations. Yarborough backs Connally though some workers support Cox. Labor leaders weighendorsements depending on a progressive program. Cox visits Washington, attends a Brownsville fish fry and a shrimp fry reception.
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Associated Press
John Connally
Jack Cox
Cox
Connally
Afl-Cio
San Antonio
Don Yarborough
Yarborough
Hank Brown
Aft-Cio
Brown
Texas
Washington
Senate
Agrculture
Orville Freeman
Billie Sol Estes
Dwight Eisenhower
Brownsville
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Miss Snyder
Linda Loftis
Miss Loftis
Maria
Tiffany's
Loftis
Winston Churchill
London
Monaco
Britain
French Riviera
Winston
Snyder Area Oil
Garza County
Forest Oil Corporation of Midland
Clifford Williams
H. L. Lockhart
Colorado City
Rains
Fort Polk
Krush
Garth Jones
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