Crowd packs third night of Scurry County Rodeo
A crowd of over two thousand watched the third performance as the rodeo neared its final show. Winners included Debie Ferguson in barrel racing and Keith Lloyd in saddle bronc, with multiple ties in calf roping and bull riding. A plane over the arena led to the arrest of pilot Harry D. Boleh for public intoxication with fines.
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Scurry County
Don Mitchell
Lubbock
Wendell Armstrong
Big Spring
Ernie Taylor
Keith Lloyd
Snyder
Clayburn Clark
Rankin
Debbie Ferguson
Pat Murphy
Rosemary Mickler
Lavoy Avant
Frank Jones, Jr
Don Stewart
Harry D. Boleh
Lamesa
Oil prospecting activity nets multiple Texas wildcat notes
Fort Worth based J M Loffland Jr and associates drill No 1 Clara Mae Johnson a 2150 foot San Andres wildcat in Scurry County 10 miles northeast of Snyder Skelly Oil completes No 13 W H Parrish Strawn A zone discovery. 231 barrels 38.2 gravity oil from 7087 95 feet. Other ventures include Wil son Hrbacek Roscoe Pennsylvanian search and Swastika No 1 Smith Longworth attempts. numerous reentries and washouts noted in Fisher, Kent, and Gillespie counties with mixed results.
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J. M. Loffland, Jr
Fort Worth and Associates Wilddfill
Clara Mae Johnson
San Andres
Scurry County
Snyder
H&tc
Strawn
Skelly Oil Company
W. H. Parrish
Snyder, North Field
H&tc Survey
Parrish
Strawn B
Weldon S. Guest
Hebert T. Moller
Wichita Falls
Wilson Hrbacek
Roscoe
Rowan & Hope
T&p
M. R. Chico
Fort Worth
B. S. Smith
Longworth
Fisher County
Gillespie County School Land Survey
Rancho Oi Company of
Dallas
Smith
Odom
Continental Oil Company No
J. D. Stuart
Cisco
Roby
Bright & Schiff
Stuart
W. M
A. P. Fuller
Midland
Sallie Brazelton
Wildcat
Eskota
T&f Survey
Cambrian
Argentina Begins Tractor Exports to Canada
BUENOS AIRES AP Argentina has started exporting tractors. The first shipment of ten 100 horsepower tractors was loaded for shipment to Canada this week.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Canada
San Antonio Youth Shot Near Apartment Pool
The 19 year old Morris Renfro Jr., son of a prominent real estate man, was pistol whipped and fatally shot by two men at his apartment complex pool as he returned from a nightclub. A 20 year old San Antonio man has admitted involvement and police search for two more suspects continues with state and local officers.
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San Antonio
Morris Renfro Jr
Phil Medlin
Seguin
Medlin
Coma
Guadalupe County
Clear Springs
19th Division Heads for Guard Training
Jeeps trucks and tanks roll from Texas as the National Guard 49th Armored Division heads to Ft Hood for two weeks of active duty training. This marks the unit's first return to field training since its deactivation as a regular Army division a year ago at Ft Polk Louisiana after 10 months of active duty during the Berlin crisis.
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Dallas
Texas
National Guard
49Th Armored
Ft. Hood
49Th
Ft Polk
Berlin
Khrushchev Sees Possible Nuclear Ban Agreement
In Moscow Khrushchev told ambassadors that nuclear test ban talks are going well and an agreement is in sight. He highlighted a linked package including a nonaggression pact and inspection measures, signaling progress ahead of resumed talks with Harriman and Hailsham.
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Khrushchev
Moscow
W. Averell Harriman
U.S
Kremlin
Janos Kadar
Harriman
St George
U. Ss
W. Averse
Britain
Lord Hailsham
Andrei A. Gromyko
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Warsaw Pact
Berlin
Demonstrations May Continue in Cambridge Tension
In Cambridge Maryland integration leaders accused Governor Tawes of hindering talks and warned demonstrations would resume unless a Maryland Bar Association mediation panel arrives. Fourteen were arrested last Tuesday as National Guard troops enforce modified martial law amid rising civil rights tensions.
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Cambridge
J. Millard Tawes
Maryland Bar Association
National Guard
William J. McWilliams
Baltimore
Thomas RB. Finan
Bar Association Committee
Finan
Frederick
Tawes
Inte
Lion Naranjo Rites Monday
Funeral services for Lion Naranjo, 77, will be held Monday at 10 am at Guadalupe Catholic Church in Huffman, with Father Peter Vergauwen officiating. Burial by Bolger Funeral Home. Naranjo died at Cogdell Memorial Hospital Friday night after arriving dead. He was born April 11, 1906 and had lived in Scurry County two years. He is survived by his wife Josephine, six daughters and one sister.
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Lion Naranjo
Ave Q
Huffman
Guadelupe Catholic Church
Peter Vergauwen
Buria
Bolger Funeral Home
Naranjo
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Scurry County
Josephine
Sis
Khrushchev to Meet Chinese Emissaries in Moscow Talks
Premier Khrushchev plans a supper meeting with Chinese emissaries in Moscow as Sino Soviet peace talks stall. Both sides trade accusations over nuclear war and propaganda while they draft a communique to end the discussions begun July 5.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Red China
Kremlin
Premmier
Janos Kadar
Peking
Peking People's Daily
Mao Tze- Tung
Weather snapshot for Texas regions with scattered storms
Fragmented forecast reports varied conditions across Texas. Highs range from the 70s to mid 90s with isolated to scattered thunderstorms in several areas including Northeast Northwest and Southeast Texas through Sunday. Winds peak around 18 knots with humid, partly cloudy to hot skies elsewhere.
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Snyder
Texas
Northwest
Texas Fair
Sune Fay Escent
Railway Settlement Talks Continue Amid Kennedy Deadline
Secretary Wirtz said weekend meetings will press for an agreement on railway work rules before Kennedy’s Monday recommendations to Congress. A six member panel will summarize the dispute’s facts and issues, guiding legislative proposals.
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Washington
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Kennedy
Congress
Wirty
James J. Reynolds
Francis A. O'Neill Jr
National Mediation Board
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L. A. Spires
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W. R. Potter
Ronald Jeffers
Terry Arnold
Snyder Area Oil
Texaco Inc
Kent Fee
Atlanta
U.S. Public Health Service
Communicable Disease Center
CDC
John Witte
Witte
Jonas Salk
Albert Sabin
Salk
Hungary
Communist Party
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