Weather, campaigns, and cattle drives in Snyder area notes
Weather influences temper and civic life as 100 degree heat spikes at Yankee Stadium. Politicians including C. T. Johnson visit Snyder amid campaigns for lieutenant governor while other candidates tour the state. Local discussion on cotton storage returns with last year’s larger crop. Midland sues over water scarcity while Snyder eyeing Lake J. B. Thomas. Frank Mellard seeks contact with 22 surviving members of an 1898 Snyder cattle drive party.
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Yankee Stadium
New York
Hearne
Tex
Mercury
C. T. Johnson
Snyder
Reuben Stenterfitt
W. Lee O’daniel
Sen
A. M. Aikin
Nolan von Roeder
Scurry County
West Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Midland
San Angelo Standard-Times
Snyder City
Lake
J. B. Thomas
Frank Courtney Mellard
Marfa
Soviet Foreigner Arrives in Cairo For Talks With Nasser
Dmitri Shepilov the Soviet foreign minister landed in Cairo with a delegation to press new Middle East arms and aid talks. He met Egyptian leaders including Premier Nasser and Hassan Ibrahim as Moscow seeks anti colonial alliances. Egypt weighs Aswan Dam talks amid Western aid and Sudan water rights negotiations.
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Cairo
Egypt
Dmitri Shepilov
Middle East
Shepilov
Moscow
Morocco
Tunisia
France
Asia
Arab World
Mahmoud Fawzi
E. D. Kisselev
China
Victoria
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Hassan Ibrahim
Ibrahim
Aswan
Russia
The
Nile
Nasser
United States
Britain
World Bank
Sudan
Palestine
One Killed Eight Hurt In Greenville Collision
A two car crash near Greenville resulted in one death and eight injuries. Elvin Blankenship 45 of Farmersville died in the wreck. Also killed or injured were his wife 28 and children Shirley 6 and 4. Passengers in the other car included Elsie Faye Edwards 30 Velma Shackleford 40 Frenchel Thompson 33 Roy Thompson 33 and Ellex Bailey 54 all Tyler Negrores.
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Greenville
Tex
Elvin Blankenship
Farmersville
Shirley
Elsie Faye Edwards
Velma Shackleford
Frenchel Thompson
Roy Thompson
Ellex Bailey
Tyler Negrores
Bomb attack at Little Soho restaurant kills American in Cyprus
In Nicosia two bombs hit the Little Soho restaurant killing Vice Consul William Boteler and wounding six other U.S. consular staff. The attack marks the year's first American fatality amid Cyprus unrest connected to the unionist Greece campaign. Precautions at the cafe are heightened.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
U.S
Washington
State Department
William Boteler
Washington, D.C
Little Soho
Ray Courtney
Greece
Soho
EOKA
Metaxas Square
No Doubt About Dallas Opportunity
Dallas votes to create the municipality of Opportunity a two square mile area with 300 residents making Dallas’ 26th city one more incorporated district in the region.
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Dallas
Opportunity
Senate blocks rider on Japanese textiles in aid bill
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee defeated an amendment to limit imports of Japanese textiles and other products as part of the foreign aid bill. The panel referred the proposal to the Finance Committee by 9 to 4, delaying action on the House passed measure. President Eisenhower sought 4.9 billion dollars for the aid program, while the House cut 1.1 billion. further cuts and a separate appropriation await Senate floor debate. Ellender pledged to press deeper cuts, arguing for restraint on foreign aid.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State, Commerce and Agriculture Departments
Sen. Green
D-Ri
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Finance Committee
Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Russell
D-Ga
Ellender
D-La
Appropriations Committee
Uncle Sam
New Orleans
Prosperity Through 1957 Is Predicted By Top Economist
Washington June 16 after weighing reports from 15 industry sources the chief economist of the U S Chamber of Commerce predicted 1956 will be the biggest year and this prosperity ought to carry over into 1957 Dr Emerson P Schmidt said his prediction would stand even if President Eisenhower withdraws from re election leading to an initial shock but quick rebound in fundamentals Executives from 14 trade associations plus a banker spoke at the chamber midyear symposium with mixed views on the economy housing car dealers and finance sectors shown differing confidence and risk so policy actions on tax and credit could shape the near term outlook
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Washington
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Emerson P. Schmidt
Eisenhower
National Automobile Dealers Assn
Justin Bowersock
Union Trust Co
Bowersock
Federal Reserve Board
Schmidt
Federal Reserve
Man Found Drowned Near Corsicana Farm
Charlie Collins, about 67, was found drowned today in a pond on his farm about 12 miles west of Corsicana Texas. He is survived by his wife who works in Corsicana a son and a brother.
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Corsicana
Tex
Charlie Collins
Convention Plans Stand By
Republican leaders see signals President Eisenhower will seek a second term. The GOP National Committee plans to finalize August convention in San Francisco and may shorten the four day event. Keynote options include Halleck McKeldin Craig Stratton and Styles Bridges for platform duties.
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Washington
White House
Republican National Committee
San Francisco
H. Meade Alcorn Jr
Connecticut
Eisenhower
Nixon
Charles Halleck
Ind
Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
George N. Craig
Indiana
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Sen
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
H. Alexander Smith
Crisis in Soviet Policy Split Drives World Communist Tensions
AP analysis argues a ruling split in the Soviet leadership over economic policy threatens a crisis in world communism. Technocrats clash with the party apparatus, risking either harsher Stalinist control or liberalization that endangers party rule, as Khrushchev champions rapid industrial and scientific advancement.
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Kremlin
Communist Party
Weather outlook for Texas with scattered showers
Snyder records Friday high 108 and low 75 with a 7:30 a.m. reading. East Texas expected partly cloudy to cloudy Sunday and Monday with scattered showers. Central Texas mostly partly cloudy to cloudy. North Central Texas warm with widely scattered thundershowers. West Texas clear to partly cloudy Sunday and Monday with scattered afternoon storms.
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Snyder
East Texas
Texas
West Texas
FOR 1 A WEEK YOUTH TEACHING SCHOOL IN DALLAS
In Dallas, the Clark Jones School graduation showcased child teachers and pupils learning to count to four and write their names. Suzann Jones 12 and Cheryl Clark 11 ran a two week program on a neighbor’s lawn with 13 children paying $1 weekly tuition.
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Dallas
Clark-Jones
Cheryl Clark
Suzzann Jones
Suzann
Thunderstorm Intervenes as Heat Wave Hits Snyder
A vigorous thunderstorm broke the heat wave grip over Snyder with lightning and thunder. Rain began as a drizzle at 10 30 p m and heavy rain fell near Lake J B Thomas while police reported stranded cars near the Colorado River bridge on Highway 350. Lake Thomas was rough for two to three hours as winds reached about 75 mph before subsiding.
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Snyder
Lake J. B. Thomas
Colorado River Bridge
Highway 350
Lake Thomas
Baghdad approves Hilton hotel project plan
The government in principle greenlit Conrad Hilton's proposal to construct an international hotel in Baghdad. A development board committee was formed to negotiate the terms with Hilton's representatives.
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Baghdad
Iraq
U.S
Conrad Hilton
Development Board
Cleanup Campaign To Start Monday In Snyder
Snyder readies a week long cleanup drive led by Ernest Sears and the Snyder Jaycees. Red tag day opens the program with 20 Boys Club members inspecting homes and tagging needed work. A Friday citywide pickup and painting projects at the Boys Club and headquarters are planned with volunteer civic groups and businesses assisting.
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Snyder
Ernest Sears
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce Health and Sanitation Committee
Mel Zane Gilbert
Jaycees
Scurry County Boys Club
Boys Club
Avenue O and
Twenty-seventh Street
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