Severe Thunderstorms Cause Wind and Roof Damages in Snyder Area
Vicious storms battered Snyder and surrounding towns with rain hail and winds up to 60 mph. In North Snyder garages and outbuildings were toppled and a garage collapsed over Mrs. Eddy King’s property. a twister may have struck the T D Leech farm nearby. Multiple farms reported roofs blown off sheds and extensive debris as rainfall varied from 0.1 to 1.25 inches across the region.
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Snyder
North Snyder
Hermleigh
Eddy King
David Strayhorn
Sam Joyce
Second
Eisenhower hosts breakfast with 40 GOP House members
President Eisenhower, recovered from a stomach illness, hosted a breakfast today for 40 Republican House members to discuss his legislative agenda including a school construction bill and a potential reduction of the $71.8 billion, aimed at sharpening GOP support for his program. He joked about his illness and pledged closer contact with Congress.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Congress
White House
Rep. Brown
Ohio
Brown
Committee Approves Air Force Projects in Defense Bill
The House Armed Services Committee backed Air Force public works totaling 1.77 billion dollars. Texas bases receiving funds include Brooks AFB San Antonio Bergstrom AFB Austin Biggs AFB El Paso Carswell AFB Fort Worth Dyess AFB Abilene Gray AFB Killeen and Laughlin AFB Del Rio with various construction sums.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Texas
Brooks Afb
San Antonio
Bergstrom Afb
Austin
Biggs Afb
el Paso
Carswell Afb
Fort Worth
Dyess Afb
Abilene
Gray Afb
Killeen
Laughlin Afb
del Rio
Dorsey Brother Jimmy Dorsey Dies in New York
Bandleader Jimmy Dorsey aged 53 died of cancer at Doctors Hospital New York. He had struggled with a lung growth since January and left his band two months later and was divorced. He is survived by his mother a daughter Julie Hilton and sister. His brother Tommy Dorsey also died last November.
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New York
Jimmy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
Doctors Hospital
Dorsey
Teresa Dorsey
Julie Hilton
Anthony Visella
Tommy
Pennsylvania
America
Jimmy
Jane
Hollywood
Oil Property Bought Here
Producing Properties Inc of Dallas announced the purchase of two oil property groups for 1 099 840. The Slocum Field wells in Anderson County were bought for 895 000 from John Pace and Dallas buyers J Robert Phillips Jr Jack D Orr and F C Gaines Jr The Sacroc Unit royalties in Scurry County were acquired for 63 340 cash with an oil payment of 141 500 from E E Fogelson of Dallas.
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Dallas
E. E. Fogelson
Membership Group To Meet Tomorrow
The Chamber of Commerce membership committee will hold its monthly breakfast meeting at 7 a.m. tomorrow with Jimmy Tatum as chairman. The gathering will be at the Hilander Restaurant.
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Chamber of Commerce
Jimmy Tatum
Hilander
266 Qualified As Notaries In County
Scurry County has 266 qualified notaries public for the new term, including 233 re qualified and 33 new appointees. Requalification deadline passed two days ago, but former notaries may still qualify in the same way as new ones. The count surpasses last year’s total.
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Scurry County
Dell Smith
Two-Vehicle Crash Injures Trio at Hermleigh
A Hermleigh two vehicle collision sent Mr and Mrs Thomas Newton of Corpus Christi to Cogdell Memorial Hospital with six fractured ribs and severe bruises plus a cut lip for Romeo Ramirez of San Angelo. Injured were treated and admitted. the Pontiac and panel truck sustained damage estimated at 600 and 400 to 500 dollars respectively.
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Hermleigh
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Thomas G. Newton
Corpus Christi
Romeo Ramirez
San Angelo
Newtons
Bolger
Ramirez
Sheriff's Department
Jim Kinser
Dan Callaway
Helmleigh
Newton
Ramirez Tortilla Factory
Weather outlook Snyder Texas temps and storms
High Tuesday reaches 100 with a low near 57 and 61 at 7 30 a m today. Precipitation totals 0 68 inches as of the morning reading. West Texas shows partly cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms east South Plains Del Rio Eagle Pass and isolated showers elsewhere through Thursday with little temperature change.
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Snyder
West Texas
South Plains
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Complacency Blasts in Federal Highway Program
Federal Highway Administrator Balram D. Tallamy warned that complacency could reverse years of progress in highway building. Speaking at the Western Association of State Highway Officials conference, he cited shortages of engineers and materials, delays in rights of way purchases, and state financial problems as current program challenges.
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Houston
Balram D. Tallamy
Tallamy
Western Assn
Action On Reservoir Project Delayed in House Subcommittee
Washington reports no action for several days on a 30 million dollar San Angelo Texas reservoir project. The proposal, on the South Concho River, was reviewed in a closed-door subcommittee session before a vote. Government repayment would total 9.9 million to irrigation users and 100 thousand to municipal water users.
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Washington
House Interior
San Angelo, Tex
South Concho River
Snyder School Board Opens Bids for Next Year Purchases
The Snyder school board opened bids on six new buses and various supplies and awarded contracts. Ward Body Works of Austin won all six buses for $22 below the other bidder Hudson. Bennett Office Supply won instructional and maintenance bids, with Book Nook & Gift Shop contracted for magazines. The board also discussed depository plans, approved using a Boy Scout bus trip, hired Deffebach & YorGeson as auditors, and set student insurance with North American Insurance Co.
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Snyder School Board
Ward Body Works
Austin
Theew
Hudson Body Co
Dallas
Ward
Pendley Co
Iubbock
Hudson
Custom Body & Metal Co
Jacksonville
Pendley
Bennett Office Supply of
Snyder
Bennett
Caldwell Music Co
Abilene
May Music Co
Midland
Earl Ray Music Co
Lubbock
Snyder National Bank
A. C. Alexander
Ralph Geisenhower
West Texas State Bank
Snyder National Depository
West Texas Bank
Boy Scout
Philmont
North American Insurance Co
Texas Faces High Winds and Storm Damage Across Regions
Heavy winds and storms struck West and North Central Texas early Wednesday. Tornado reportedly touched down in Scurry County, farms suffered roof damage and torn doors, and rainfall totals reached up to 3.5 inches in some areas. Storms disrupted crops and livestock across multiple counties including Big Spring, Quanah, Snyder, and Lubbock with hail, dust, and powerline damage noted.
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Associated Press
Texas
Scurry County
Snyder
Dallas County
San Angelo
Quanah
Big Spring
Tarzan
Lake J. B. Thomas rises toward record level
Water inflow continued into Lake J. B. Thomas this morning after overnight showers. By noon the water elevation reached 2,255.19 feet, about half a foot below the October 1955 record of 2,255.75, with inflow starting around 9 a.m. and adding about a quarter foot since the previous reading of 2,254.94.
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J. B. Thomas
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