Best Marching Bands Named At West Texas Music Festival
More than 3,000 students from Texas high schools and junior highs attended the third annual West Texas Music Festival in Snyder. Awards from the Daimond M Foundation went to Lamesa Junior High in Class B C and 2 C Floydada in Class 2 A and Brazosport in Class 3 A and 4 A.
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Texas
Daimond M Foundation
Lamesa Junior High
Floydada
Brazosport
E. H
Ab) Williamson
Snyder School Board
Walter Beeler
Ithaca
N. Y
Fred Weber
Michigan City
Ind
Don Craig
New York City
Clincians
Floren Thompson
Eastern New Mexico University
Vincent R. DiNino
University of Texas Longhorn Band
Travis Shelton
Snyder Spotlight Highlights Public Projects Momentum In Year
Progress on county library walls, a new south town park, and an airport runway contract planned before summer show a busy start. The county approves 65 blocks of paving, studies courthouse space to relieve crowded offices, and contemplates moving the post office into the courthouse with a new county office building. Texas Independence Day passes with little fanfare as Snyder residents juggle school events and regional basketball near Lubbock.
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County Commissioners Court
Eastwest
Four Burned In Oil Well Blaze Throckmorton Texas
Four Abilene men were burned when an oil well fire erupted during a drill stem test near Throckmorton. Fire crews led by Red Adair aimed to cap the blaze with nitroglycerine as winds hindered efforts. The No. 1 Darden well, 5,000 feet deep, produced gas ignition after friction.
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Throckmorton
Tex
Abilene
Red Adair
Myron McKiney Oil Well Fire Fighting Co
Houston
Darden
D. L. Ross Drilling Co
Albany, Tex
Grisham-Hunter Oil Corp
Artie M. Teague
Arthur Lee Pierce
Alfred W. Lamar
James R. Covey
Clues Sought After Ottawa B25 Crash Killing Eight
Air Force officers examine wreckage near Ottawa to determine explosion cause after a converted B25 Mitchell crashed Friday night. Eight servicemen died, including AQIR Vice Marshal Robert C. Ripley, age 43, chief of the Air Materiel Command, believed copilot. The plane was en route from Churchill to Up Lands, last heard near 9 p.m. EST. Residents saw a brilliant flash and explosion.
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Ottawa
Air Force
Here
Aqir
Robert C. Ripley
Air Materiel Command
Churchill
Royal Canadian Air Force
Uplands
Air Force Headquarters
Sultan Mohammed Emerges From Hernia Operation
Doctors report Morocco's Sultan Mohammed is in excellent condition after undergoing a hernia operation in Rabat Morocco on March 2. The announcement confirms the ruler's steady recovery and good health following the surgery.
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Rabet
Morocco
Sultan Mohammed
Rainfall Raises Hopes in Snyder Area as Wet Trend Stirs
The Snyder area reports 3.33 inches of rain in January and February, the wettest start since 1944, with February totaling 2.8 inches the best since 1938. Farmers hope a wet year ends the drought that began in 1950, with records noted on page 4.
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Snyder
The
Daily News
Eisenhower Hails Israel Plan to Withdraw From Sinai Gaza
President Eisenhower told Ben-Gurion he hopes Israel's withdrawal from territories seized from Egypt proceeds swiftly. He praised Israel's decision to withdraw behind armistice lines and pledged U S support for a stable, peaceful Middle East after UN resolutions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Ben-Gurion
Israel
Egypt
Ben- Gurion
United States
Mideast
United Nations
White House
Aqaba Gulf
Gaza Strip
General Assembly
Harmon Testifies Speaker Carr Prompted Bribe Plot for Naturopathy Act
Dr. Howard Harmon testified that House Speaker Waggoner Carr urged him to set up a $5,000 bribe plot to influence Rep. James E. Cox, who was indicted on charges of agreeing to accept cash to kill a naturopathy ban bill. Harmon described meetings with Carr on Feb. 3 and Feb. 20 and said Carr directed him to obtain evidence. Carr testified that Harmon and others brought a tape, while Col. Homer Garrison noted a paid-off arrest plan failure.
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Austin
Howard Harmon
Texas Naturopaths
Waggoner Carr
James E. Cox
Cox
Conroe
Texas
Harmon
House
Carr
T.A. Baker
Texas Naturopathic Assn
Col
Homer Garrison
Department of Public Safety
Verb Howard
Waco
Howard
Baker
State Association
Capitol
Three Files For City Council In Uncontested Election
The city council election set for April 2 shows no contest as incumbents hold the three posts. Filing closed midnight with only Hollis Fields for Place 1 G W Parks Jr for Place 2 and Jim H Mixon for Place 5 submitting forms to City Secretary K O Pitner.
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K. O. Pitner
Hollis Fields
G. W. Parks, Jr
Jim H. Mixon
Agreement Reached For 3500 Metropolis Typographers
Agreement reached early today on a contract covering 3 500 typographers across 10 major New York daily newspapers. The pact provides nine dollars in wage increases over two years. Present weekly wages ranged from 119 to 129 dollars.
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New York
Open Conventions Backed By Leaders
Dallas Democrats announce support for legislation mandating press access to precinct and county political conventions. The move underlines a push for transparency in local party processes.
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Dallas
Reduction Sought On Home Payments
The Eisenhower administration proposed Congress grant authority to raise loan to value ratios for FHA insured mortgages to cut down payments on moderate cost homes. House Administrator Albert M. Cole said the changes would ease the burden for families buying one to four family houses, with examples showing large cuts in down payments. Industry leaders welcomed the move as progressive amid a housing slump and tight funds.
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Washington
Eisenhower Administration
Congress
House
Albert M. Cole
Winners Of Borden County Show Named
Phillip and Bobby Stewart of Gail swept the hog division with grand and reserve championships at the Borden County Junior Livestock Show. Steve Dennis and Larry Reeder won top and reserve titles in the sheep show. Awards for bake show winners went to Nancy Telchik, Nancy Beal, and Anita Swinney.
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Gail
Phillip
Bobby Stewart
S. P. Stewart
Borden County
Barrow
Dawson- Borden
Lamesa
Phillip Stewart
Chester
Poland
China
Steve Dennis
Bert Dennis
Larry Reeder
Sid Reeder
Aubrey Russell
Lubbock
Nancy Telchik
Nancy Beal
Anita Swinney
Oscar Telchik
Carl Williams
Texas Tech
Chester White
Lee Watson
Cotton Fire Hits Truck in Snyder Twice
The Snyder fire department responded to two fires at the same truck load of cotton near 66 Super Station on East Highway. About eight bales were burned first, then the blaze rekindled at 8 45 p m and was extinguished by a second unit.
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Snyder
66 Super Station
East Highway
Weather update for Snyder and Texas region
Friday highs near 68 and lows around 40 with a 54 degree reading at 7 30 am Saturday. North Central Texas and West Texas expect a mix of sun and clouds with important temperature changes Sunday and Monday.
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Snyder
North Central
Texas
West Texas
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Grady Elder
Chamber of Commerce
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Harold Bennett
Wilton Jones
First Baptist Church
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Snyder School Board of Trustees
Judy Wannall
YeWiertoon
Dolce Humes
Cheryl Crawford
Jerry Floyd
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Sultan Has
Snyder Area
United
United Nations General Assembly
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cole
George S. Goodyear
National Assn. of
Home Builders
Jack Burkhalter
Mitchell County
Reuben Vaughn
Future Farmers of America
Norman Ledbetter
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