Light Rain Boosts Area Crops Across County
A light rainfall ended May for the region, wetting crops in most areas. Snyder reported .37 inches. other towns saw varying amounts from .1 to .8 inches. Texas faced strong winds, hail, and flooding with several cities reporting damage and weather-impacted events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
David Strayhorn
Here
Ira
China Grove
Helmleigh
Fluvanna
Camp Springs-Hobbs
Cottonwood Flat
Roby
Rotan
Two Sentenced In 132nd District Court
Christine Crawford pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting in a jail area last August and Billy Jo Wade admitted forgery. Judge Sterling Williams sentenced both to three years in the penitentiary but probated the terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Crawford
Billy Jo Wade
Sterling Williams
Borden County Grand Jury Panel Names 16 Members
A 16 member grand jury has been called for the June July term in Borden County. Sheriff Sid Reeder said 42 persons were summoned for the district court panel. Names on the grand jury include Frank Miller, Billy Holley, E. S. Kingston, M. S. Jones, Bert Massingill, Reno Hendrick, H. D. Williams, Ben Weathers, Roy Reeder, Bert Dennis, A. L. Dempsey, W. E. Shorter, Frank Beavers, Joe Gilmore, W. L. Clark, and B. V. Collier. The panel will probe various matters, including the death of a U S Navy man in a crash near Gail on U S Highway 180.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borden County
Sid Reeder
Frank Miller
Billy Holley
E. S. Kingston
M. S. Jones
Bert Massingill
Reno Hendrick
H. D. Williams
Ben Weathers
Roy Reeder
Bert Dennis
Police Chief Reports Resignations from Two Officers
Travis L. Steele announced the resignations of Zane Williams and Price Hager from the city police department effective today. Earl Horton, a Snyder school teacher, will serve as temporary radio dispatcher for the department this summer.
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Travis L. Steele
Zane Williams
Price Hager
Earl Horton
Snyder
Steel
Cleveland surgeons urge lay resuscitation teams for heart attack victims
Doctors Beck Weckesser and Barry of Western Reserve University urge trained resuscitation teams to intervene when heart attack victims collapse outside hospitals. They cite cases where hand massage and electrical shock revived patients, noting 90 percent of fatal events stem from electrical instability and can be halted with direct heart electrical current. Any intelligent person can be taught to resuscitate.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Claude S. Beck
Elden C. Weckesser
Frank M. Barry
Department of Surgery
Western Reserve University and
University Hospitals
Journal of the
American Medical Assn
Beck
Eisenhower aides predict rough campaign from Democrats
President Eisenhower's press secretary James Hagerty warned at a Citizens for Eisenhower panel that Democrats will wage a rough dirty campaign with no real issues. He said they will throw everything including the kitchen sink and use race relations as ammunition.
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ED Creagh
Washington
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Citizens For
Hagerty
Wilton B. Persons
Gabriel Hauge
Richard Tobin
Nixon
Tobin
New York Herald Tribune
Texas Woman 106 Defies Age With Wine And Dance
NEAR EL PASO Texas Mrs Tirza Gonzales is 106 and swears by daily wine before breakfast and a throat rasping drink later in the day tequila or mescal She is a demure long time resident of El Paso born in Durango Mexico She has outlived most of her children and dances when she can while smoking heavily and sewing all day
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EL Paso
Tex
Tirza Gonzales
Julia Gonzalez Rosas
Mrs. Rosas
Rosalio
Bayard
Efren Gonzalez
Imports Of Oil Likely To Rise In Coming Years
Undersecretary Herbert Hoover Jr told oilmen in Dallas the United States will probably need appreciable oil imports in coming years while stressing imports should not threaten domestic fuel industries. He noted 1955 production at 6.8 million barrels daily vs demand above 7.5 million, with imports filling the gap.
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Dallas
Herbert Hoover Jr
United States
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Hoover
U.S
Free World
O'Daniel Plans Snyder Talk Amid Governor Bid
W Lee O'Daniel announced a campaign stop in Snyder for 2 30 p m Tuesday as he seeks the governorship again. Arrangements placed him on the east side of the court office for his appearance. He has no local campaign manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Lee
Pappy
O’daniel
Snyder
O'Daniel
Snyder Boy Chosen for Lions Camp Near Kerrville
Carl Riley Campbell 11 of Snyder has been selected by the downtown Lions Club to attend the Texas Lions Camp for Crippled Children near Kerrville. He will travel Sunday with Phil Burns of the local club. The camp serves 7 to 16 year olds free of charge and hosts 120 handicapped children this session.
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Carl Riley Campbell
Snyder
Lions Club
Texas Lions
Kerrville
Riley Campbell
Twenty-fifth
Carl
Lions Clubs
Phil Burns
Lions Group
Fowler resigns as Snyder fireman to take oil field job
Snyder fire chief Durward A. Porter announced Dick Fowler has resigned from the paid fire staff to become an oil field gauger. Homer Carey will replace Fowler. Carey formerly operated a service station in Snyder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Fowler
Snyder
Homer Carey
Durward A. Porter
Fowler
Porter
Carey
Snyder men to report for ninth summer encampment at North Fort Hood
About 90 Snyder men will leave here at 5 a.m. Sunday by chartered bus for North Fort Hood for the annual summer encampment of the 112th Armored Cavalry Regiment. Maj. William J. Schiebel commands the advance group. Lt. John T. Lynch Jr. leads Co. D. The unit hopes to reclaim the Jack Knight trophy as honor company of the regiment, to be awarded June 9 at the governor’s parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
North Fort Hood
John T. Lynch, Jr
112Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
William J. Schiebel
Ches Horsley
Snyder Company
National Guard
Billy Joe Brown
Lee Watson
Roby Post Office Construction Under Way
Foundations dug and concrete work progressing for the new U S Post Office building in Roby on North First Street near the county jail. Built by O R Clark of Rotan with Bill Mallard as construction foreman. 50 by 90 feet with post office on one side and three office suites on the other. Ready for occupancy September 1. former post office was in the Citizen and State Bank building on Highway 180. Postmistress Mrs Forrest Tefteller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Highway 180
Citizen & State Bank
Forrest Tefteller
Water Main Equipment Arrives For Snyder Project
Materials and equipment for a new city water main from the water plant to southeast Snyder have arrived. Construction by Charles Ramsey Construction Co. of Lubbock will start June 21 and take about three weeks, said Roy Dunlap, the city manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Roy Dunlap
Charles Ramsey
Weather Snapshot From Snyder Texas Delta Readings
Yesterday high 101 and low 63. At 7 30 a m today the reading was 63 with 37 percent precipitation noted. West Texas skies partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Saturday with widely scattered thunderstorms mainly from the Pecos Valley westward. Cooler conditions expected in the Panhandle this afternoon.
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Snyder
West Texas
Peros Valley
Panhandle
Snyder council to consider rezoning two Snyder lots
The city planning and zoning commission approved re zoning for two properties in Snyder. Scott and Browning Development Co. seeks to rezone lot 1 block 1 Highland addition from residential to neighborhood commercial. Bill Schiebel seeks to reclassify lot 2 block 4 Dodson addition from residential to business district. The two actions await council action Monday night.
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City Planning and Zoning Commission
Snyder
Roy Dunlap
Highland Addition
Scott & Browning Development Co
Hilander
Big Spring Highway
Commission
Dodson
Thirty-first Street
Bill Schiebel
Council
Guilty Verdict in Millsap Murder Case
Weatherford Texas Horace Keener 31 of Mineral Wells was found guilty of murdering Kenneth Daley 36 of Millsap and sentenced to 12 years in prison. Keener testified he shot Daley on September 22 1955 to stop him from killing Mrs Daley.
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Weatherford
Tex
Horace Keener
Mineral Wells
Kenneth Daley
Millsap
Keener
Daley
Baylor Dean Named to Unexpired Supreme Court Term
Gov. Allan Shivers announces Abner McCall dean of Baylor University Law School will fill the unexpired term of former associate justice Will Wilson on the Texas Supreme Court. McCall, known for revising the election code in 1952 and leading the McLennan County grand jury, is set to be sworn in June 15 in the governor’s reception room.
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Supreme Court
Eisenhower
Lincoln
Austin
Abner McCall
Baylor University Law School
Will Wilson
Allan Shivers
McCall
Wilson
Dallas
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
McLennan County Grand Jury
Texas Insurance Commission
U.S. Trust and Guaranty Co
Waco
Fire crew called to Justiceburg cafe blaze
Justiceburg firemen rushed to a cafe in Garza County early today. The fire was out on arrival, and Fire Chief Durward A. Porter said the source was an electric motor in a refrigeration unit.
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Justiceburg
Durward A. Porter
Porter
Garza Count
Roby Plans Summer Recreation Program
The city will launch a summer recreation program Monday under the schools and Roby Lions Club. Activities include baseball gymnastics and swimming with Hochschule Shuttlesworth coaching baseball and M G Hanneford directing swimming and gym work. The first swimming session is Tuesday at Sweetwater before rotating to Rotan pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ROBY
Roby Lions Club
Herschal Shuttlesworth
M. G. Hanneford
Sweetwater
City Installs New Chlorinator At Water Plant
The city has received and begun installing a chlorination unit for the water filtration plant. Purchased for 2471.35 dollars, the larger unit will boost plant capacity while keeping water taste unchanged, says City Manager Roy Dunlap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Dunlap
Dunlap
Snyder Man Injured On Sanitation Truck
Evans, about 63, was treated at Cogdell Memorial Hospital after injuries at work with the city sanitation department. His arm was caught in the truck ram packet, tearing muscles and tendons but not breaking the bone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
From Evans
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
City Sanitation Department
Evans
Ancient Scrolls Hint at Massive Holy Land Treasure
Two 2 000 year old Dead Sea Scrolls examined at Manchester University describe a vast hoard of gold and silver buried in 60 caches along the Israel Jordan border west of the Dead Sea. Jordanian antiquities chief Dr. Gerald Lankester Harding cautions the figures are fantastical and the terrain has altered since antiquity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
England
Holy Land
Jordan
Manchester University
Israel-Jordan
Dead Sea
Gerald Lankester Harding
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