TFX Probe Sparks New Hot Exchange
Washington AP report on a Senate subcommittee hearing over the TFX warplane contract. Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth faces criticism from Sen. John L. McClellan and Sen. Karl Mundt as they press why civilian leaders overrode military evaluations in selecting the General Dynamics Grumman bid over Boeing. Korth defends the decision and agrees to prepare a new chart, with further testimony planned.
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G. Milton Kelly Washington
Senate
Secretary of the Navy
Fred Kort
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Karl FE. Mundt
South Dakota
Korth
General Dynamics Corp
Fort Worth
Tex
Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp
New York
Boeing Co
Seattle
Wash
McClellan
General Dynamics-Grumman
Boeing
Tors
Rails Panel Maps A Busy Schedule For Next Week
President Kennedy's blue ribbon rails panel outlines a packed set of hearings and meetings for the coming week in Washington. Officials aim to push rail safety and efficiency as the panel reviews pending recommendations and new proposals.
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Rails
Washington
Kennedy
Snyder area oil prospects dot Snyder territory
Oil crews plan seven wildcat locations across Kent Fisher and Stonewall counties led by G F E Kadane and Macdonald Oil with several drills scheduled near Clairemont and Roby. New drill sites include Wallace in West Kent and Bilby Wallace in Central Kent, plus D Frost in Kent and other prospects in Fisher and Stonewall counties as operators pursue Strawn and Ellenburger targets.
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Snyder Territory
Kent County
Fisher and
Stonewall Coun
Ties G. FE. Kadane & Sons of
Wichita Falls
Wallace
Clairemont
W&nw
Macdonald Oil Corporation — of
Midland
Bilby Wallace
Kent
H&tc Survey
CL. Norsworthy, Jr
Dallas
Frost
H&tc
North
Katz 1
Vickers Rites In Jayton
Funeral services will be conducted Monday at the Jayton Assembly of God for Mrs. Lela Vickers of Andrews sister of Mrs. Maud Harrison of Snyder. She died Saturday morning in Jayton and was born August 12 1883 in Kent County. Survivors include four daughters six sons one sister one brother and several grandchildren.
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Jayton
Assembly of God
Lela Vickers
Andrews
Maud Harison
Snyder
Vickers
Kent County
Artie Burch
Eagle Mountain
Calif
Pearl Hunter
Odessa
Nettie Miller
Welch
Eddie Archie
Washington
Frank
Almeda
Albert
Seminole
Carl
Glenn
Waxahacke
Hurley
van Horn
George
Marfa
Maud Harrison
Ben Haggard
Civil rights debate narrows on communist links claim
President Kennedy civil rights push faces challenges as Gov. Ross Barnett cites a communist pattern in Negro demonstrations. FBI inquiry sought. claim met with denials by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and lawmakers noting civil rights goals remain the main issue ahead of a governors conference.
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Neil Gilbride Washington
Kennedy
Mike Monroney
Dokla
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ross Barnett
Mississippi
Senate Commerce Committee
Bob Bartlett
Alaska
Barnett
FBI
Martin Luther King
New York
King
Highland Folk School
Mont Fagle
Tenn
Abner W. Berry
Central Committee
The
Communist Party
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Warren G. Magnuson
Dash
Robert F. Kennedy
Magnuson
Congress
Elks Club
John Birch Society
Easterly Wave Tracked in East Caribbean Area
The Weather Bureau located a weak easterly wave in the extreme eastern Caribbean Sea bringing abnormal rain and 20 knot winds from the Windward Islands to Puerto Rico. It is not expected to strengthen into a tropical storm and should move west into the central Caribbean and the southeast Bahamas within 24 to 48 hours.
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Miami
Puerto Rico
Caribbean Sea
Weather Bureau
Caribbean
Bahamas
Beating Victim’s Rites In Dallas
Stratford Tex funeral rites set for Alma Geneva Duke Brown 49 killed in beating near Stratford. Suspect Earl Brown 41 confessed after incident at a service station and in a wheatfield. The couple married hours before the slaying. burial planned at Restland Cemetery in Dallas. Survived by daughter Lora Trimble of Dallas.
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Stratford
Tex
Alma Geneva
Duke Brown
Dallas
Earl Brown
Snyder
Guymon
Oklo
Brown
Ed Sanders
A. W. Stowe
Calvary Baptist Church
Raton
N. M
Guyman
Elkhart
Kan
Wildwood Chapel
Restland Cemetery
Lora Trimble
Weather Snapshot for Texas Regions
Weather bulletin shows variable conditions across Texas with a mix of clear to partly cloudy skies. Temperatures range from mid 70s to low 100s, with scattered thunderstorms mainly in northern areas and late showers possible tonight in several regions.
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Snyder
Texas
Scurry County Rodeo Opens Wednesday Schedule and Entries
The twenty seventh annual Scurry County Rodeo runs Wednesday to Saturday July 17–20 with nightly shows at 8.00. Prize money adds $800 to entry fees. A Wednesday parade at 4 p.m features thirteen riding groups and thirteen floats. Dance nightly with Hoyle Nix and West Texas Cowboys. General admission is $1.50 for adults and 75 cents for children. Entries close July 17 at noon with secretary at Rodeo Headquarters. Officials listed include R J Budau Trevey president and J N Kirke vice president.
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Scurry County
Scurry County Sheriff Posse
Martin Co. Sheriff's Posse
Ball Riding Club
Big Spring Mounted Patrol
el Paso
Ave
Ave. R
Ave. O
Roadeo
Rodeo Grounds
Hoyle Nix
West Texas Cowboys
NCHA
Rodeo
R. J.budeau’ Trevey
J. N. Kirke
Joe V. Robernson
Bill Zimmerman
Martin Parks
Lowell Thornburg
Ralph Miller
Summer Band Classes Set
Free summer band sessions for Snyder High School students begin Monday in the SHS band room. Instructors Melvin Montgomery and Charles Shaw lead two two week sessions five days a week with schedules by instrument and times across July and August.
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Snyder High School
SHS
Melvin Montgomery
Charles Shaw
Ecuador Outlaws Communist Party Amid Coup After Ban
In Quito the ruling military junta ousted President Arosemena and outlawed Ecuador's Communist Party. About 150 leftists were rounded up as martial law, curfew, and censorship were imposed while Vice President Donoso was exiled. The junta vows reforms over two years to reshape land and civil services.
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Quito
Ecuador
Carlos Julio Arosemena
Communist Party
Reynaldo Varea Donoso
Col
Marcos Gandara
Junta
Soviets and Chinese Reds Enter Brief Final Talks
Soviet and Red Chinese party experts opened what may be their last unity discussions as Peking called the conferences a flop and urged more talks if needed. The tone suggested a final effort before Western nuclear test ban talks in Geneva with Khrushchev's coexistence policy under strain.
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Communist Party
Peking
Khrushchev
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Sidney “Tiger” Betts
San Antonio
Washington, D. C
Betts
Capitol
Tom Connally
House of Representatives
By John Koenig JR
Snyder Area Oil
Thomas & Saxon
Seth Barwise
Elienburger
Aspermont
Stonewall
Continental Oil Company No. 1
J. 1D
Stuart
Cisco
Fisher County
Roby
Bright & Schiff of
W. M
A. P. Fuller
Sallie Brazelton
Wildcat
Eskota
Milttpay Eskota
Fllenburger
T&p Survey
Lake Trammell
Kasper & Schneider
Midland and Dixon Drilling Company
Abilene
J. B Terrell
Round Top
Rotan
Hatc Survey
Secretary of
Labor
Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Labor and Commerce Department
Lsst
James J. Reynolds
House
Judiciary
Albert Watson
D-S.c
Joe D. Waggonner
D-La
Albert D. Rosellini
Miami Beach
Rosellini
Nelson A. Rockefeller
East Caribbean
Boy Scouts Troup 212
Lucky 13 Club
Explorers Post 212
Scurry Co. Sheriff Posse
Rainbow Girls
Aauw, Fire Department Auxiliary
Lota Psi
Riders Club
Arosemena
Maurice M Bernham
United States
Latin America
Bernbaum
Miguel Saler
Kremlin
Red China
Peking People’s Daily
New China
Tokyo
Moscow
Central Committee of
Soviet Union
Communist Party of China
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