Charter Received By Club In Snyder Meeting
Thomas Craighead regional director for Boys Clubs of America spoke at a Snyder civic clubs gathering. C. T. McLaughlin received the Boys Club's Man and Boy Award for aid to the club. Craighead presented the local club charter to John Boren, while Michie Brous announced track ribbons earned by about 35 boys in the Scurry County unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Craighead
Boys Clubs of America
Snyder Civic Clubs
C. T. McLaughlin
Snyder Oilman
Craighead
John Boren
Scurry County Boys Club
Michie Brous
Lee Watson
BCA
School Pay Measure Sent To Governor
Gov. Price Daniel considers the teachers pay raise bill draining about 50 million dollars from state coffers. The measure would raise teachers base pay by 399 annually and follows Calvert certification of multiple appropriations and related bills for voters to decide on November 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Price Daniel
Robert S. Calvert
Calvert
Daniel
Texas Water Development Board
State Building Commission
Runnels County
Pioneer Tom Flourney Dies at 87 in Beckman County
Tom D. Flourney, 87, pioneer of Beckman County Oklahoma, died here yesterday. He was a Weatherford merchant and a Dill banker, linking early commerce and finance in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shamrock
Beckman County
Oklahoma
Tom D. Flourney
Weatherford
Okla
Dill
At Least 16 Die In Blazing Truck Crash Near Fayetteville
A flat-bed truck carrying migrant farm laborers collided with a tractor-trailer at a Highway 301 102 intersection nine miles north of Fayetteville. Sixteen people died and 21 were hospitalized with 14 in critical condition as a fire broke out. Witnesses described a scene of mangled bodies and smoke. The tractor-trailer driver Gilbert Robert Peters, 25, of Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania, was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
N. C
State Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Joe Lazak
Berwick
W. H. Covington
Mount Olive
N.C
Dunn
Gilbert Robert Peters
Watwallopen
Covington
Raleigh
Chicago
National Safety Council
Texas
Girard Ruling on Home Return Delayed by Judge
U S District Judge Mc Garraghy refused to order William S Girard produced in court today and set a 11 am hearing for next Tuesday on a suit to prevent trial of Girard by a Japanese court The judge also halted turning Girard over to Japanese authorities pending further arguments In the event of a possible return the enlistment issue could block a court martial and the hearing will address why Girard should not be brought here The case involves habeas corpus brought by Dayton M Harrington challenging Japan jurisdiction over the alleged offenseRefs Carroll Harrington District Court and US sovereignty claims involved in a complex cross border dispute
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William S. Girard
Japan
Girard
U.S
United States
F.C
McGarraghy
Earl J. Carroll
New York
Lake Texoma Starting To Drop Today
The Red River flood threat eased as Lake Texoma fell from a crest of 643.15 feet at 7 p.m. Wednesday to 641.31 by 8 a.m. Thursday while still releasing 95 000 cubic feet per second into the Red River. Nearly all resort areas around the lake were underwater and farmers planned flood loan meetings with SBA officials as 18 Arkansas counties and two Texas counties qualified for flood rehabilitation aid. Thousands of acres remained flooded along the Red River with a crest expected near 30 feet at Index Arkansas by Saturday noon.
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Red River
Texoma
Red
Texas-Oklahoma
Denison
U.S
Gulf Coast
Corpus Christi
Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Small Business Administration
Texas
Bexar
Travis
Colorado
San Antonio
Medina
Houston
Dallas
Lufkin
Fort Worth
Kingsville
Austin
Palacios
Laredo
Victoria
Galveston
Index
Ark
Texarkana
Tex
Water Plan For Odessa Approved
The Colorado River Municipal Water District directors authorized design and cost estimates for additional storage and a parallel 80 million gallon Odessa reservoir and a Lake J. B. Thomas to Odessa pipeline. A second budget line and financing were noted as necessary, with bids for pump stations anticipated this month.
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Big Spring
Odessa
Colorado River Municipal Water District
S. W. Freese
Fort Worth
Martin County
Lake J. B. Thomas
J. B. Thomas
Sacroc
Sharon Ridge
Scurry County
Monsanto
Lion
Reinecke
Insurance Committee
Thomas E. Hand
Houston
Pension and Trust
Contingency Fund
Land Committee
Freese
Buzzard Draw
Sulphur Draw
Dry Rancher Is Honored by Madisonville Group
Buck Jackson of Pecos was named the most drought stricken rancher and guest of honor at the Madisonville Sidewalk Cattlemen’s Assn annual reunion. He reports no rain on one ranch in Reeves County over the past year and only a half inch on another near Lovington. Livestock shows began this morning as festivities run through the night.
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Madisonville
Tex
Buck Jackson
Pecos
Jackson
Reeves County
Lovington
Texas-New Mexico
Low Bid Submitted for Amarillo AFB Hospital Addition
R. E. Refrigeration Co. of Amarillo Texas submitted the apparent low bid of 3300 dollars yesterday to modify heat and air conditioning units in a hospital addition at Amarillo Air Force Base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
R. E. Refrigeration Co
Amarillo
Tex
Amarillo Air Force Base
American hides sons in Japan after extortion threats
Douglas F. Scott of Los Angeles says extortionists threaten to cut his two sons into pieces and demand 3,120,000 yen. He and his family shelter in a barricaded Kamakura home while Navy and Japanese police investigate the telephoned threats and a letter. his wife Midori describes the distress and fear.
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Kamakura
Japan
Douglas F. Scott
Los Angeles
U. S. Navy
Yokosuka
Scott
Marie
Teri Lea
Naval Base
Midori
Japan Times
Bruno Zirato
Philharmonic Symphony Society of New York
Woman Gives Birth To Her 17th Child
DALLAS Mrs. Susie Ramer 41 gave birth last night to her 17th child a son hospital officials said the baby is doing fine as is Mrs Ramer who said she likes children Husband Mervin is a ma-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Susie Ramer
Weather outlook for West Texas and Pecos Valley
Temperatures rise to 84 high and 58 low on Wednesday with 64 at 7 30 am. Partly cloudy and warm through Friday with widely scattered thunder showers from Pecos Valley eastward tonight.
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Snyder
West Texas
Pecos Valley
Scurry County Industrial Foundation drives toward goal
About seventeen thousand dollars in cash and pledges has been raised as the Scurry County Industrial Foundation continues its drive toward a minimum goal of twenty five thousand. Some three dozen businessmen are contacting prospects while more than two hundred people have already joined the foundation. The group plans to file for a state charter within days and lists numerous local business and individual supporters.
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Scurry County Industrial Foundation
Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Foundation
Western Auto Store
Davidson Motors
Feather Printing Co
Victor Baze Grocery
Roe Home & Auto Supply
Trailertopia
Pat Falls
Bill Wilson Motor Co
Williamson & Sons
Sterling Taylor Insurance
Higginbotham - Bartlett Lumber Co
Cecil Yarbrough
A. C. Alexander
Forrest Builders Supply
Art Style Beauty Salon
Pinnell Insurance Agency
Dave
Christmas In June Party Planned for Tornado Victims
Dallas West Dallas children whose homes were destroyed in an April tornado will get a Christmas in June party today. The Salvation Army will stage the event at Carr Elementary School for Negroes with a tree Santa Claus and toys to replace those lost.
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Dallas
Salvation Army
Carr Elementary School
Control Of Weather To Be Studied By IGY Effort
San Francisco scientists and 59 nations launch the International Geophysical Year to study earth and atmosphere. Dr. Joseph Kaplan of UCLA says weather control is not imminent though data collection will enable informed approaches. The 18 month program begins July 1 with open reporting and global cooperation including Russia and its allies.
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San Francisco
U.S
International Geophysical Year
Joseph Kaplan
Assny
Russia
Earth
Ana
Now He Can Cry
A man with dry eye disease lost tear production and eye moisture. Surgeons redirected a saliva duct to the eye to restore sight and added a drainage tube to control tears. Described to the American Medical Association by Dr. James E. Bennett and Arby L. Bailey at Crile Veterans Administration Hospital in Cleveland.
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New York
Lake Erie
Americal Medical Assn
James E. Bennett
Arby L. Bailey
Crile Veterans Administration Hospital
Cleveland
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Grazziano
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L. M. Reeves
Moore's Garage
Lindel Koonce
Jake James
Ivan F. Lucky
Lloys Eades
Homer Millholland
Day Hilburn
Edith Hilburn
Pat James
Jackie Taylor
Charlene Dacus
Helen Roberts
Delois Palmer
Adell Campbell
Joe Box
Rose Minor
Frank Pinkerton
Daphne Hardy
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