Castro Blames U. S. For Havana Ship Explosion
Fidel Castro claimed U S interests opposed to his revolution caused explosions aboard a French munitions ship in Havana Bay. He said the detonating devices were planted at a foreign port and criticized a North American consul and military attaché in Belgium for trying to block Belgian arms sales to Cuba.
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Harold K. Miles
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Fidel Castro
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Castro
Cuba
Belgium
Tro
Winter Storm Wreaks Havoc Across Northeast and Midwest
A historic storm battered the Northeast and parts of Canada, dumping up to 10 inches of snow in Newfoundland and dropping a foot in Michigan and Indiana. Weathermen warned of drifts up to nine feet in New England as crews cleared streets and cars. temperatures plummeted nationwide.
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Newfoundland
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Dixie
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Indiana
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Maryland
New York City
Five Boroughs
Maine
Rockies
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Middle
Mississippi Valley
Texas
Alabama
South Carolina
Houston Sitdown Protests End in Stabbing Incident
Violence erupted Saturday at a segregation protest in Houston as Negro students confronted lunch counter policies. A parttime porter, James L. Gates, 24, sustained a minor stab wound during an altercation at the scene.
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Houston
James L. Gates
Fire Damages Sweetwater Paper Plant
A Friday night blaze at the Sweetwater Reporter plant in Sweetwater caused extensive damage to the building and printing equipment. The fire started near an automatic heater and was controlled within about 30 minutes. Loss is estimated in the hundreds of thousands. A crew from Snyder printed the Sunday edition while Sweetwater staff resumed operations.
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Sweetwater Reporter
Sweetwater
Snyder Daily News
Jack Shipley
Elmer Wright
Snyder
Violence at Columbia drive-in sparks racial tensions
Fifty club wielding Negroes terrorized a white drive-in in Columbia South Carolina injuring a woman with flying glass. Police arrested four Allen University students during unrest near campuses and white and Negro students clashed with bricks. Officials banned a planned Sunday march while peaceful protests occurred in Florida Texas and Kentucky.
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Montgomery
Ala
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L. B. Sullivan
Ralph D. Abernathy
Alabama State College
Tallahassee
Flano
Two Candidates File For City Council Place 2
The filing deadline Saturday produced two new contenders for Place 2 council seat Herman Trigg had announced earlier for that post Scott Casey manager of Winston Hereford Farm and J A Fulghum retired building contractor joined the race making three candidates for Place 2 The other contested seat is Place 6 Rex Fields and Stanford Land run while Place 4 is unopposed for Stanley Noah Dr John Hamblen remains unopposed for mayor Harold Bennett Incumbent mayor not seeking re election The election is set for April 5.
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J. A. Fulghum
Steve Birdwell
Herman Trigg
Casey
Winston Hereford
Fulgham
Council
Rex Fields
Stanford Land
Stanley Noah
John Hamblen
Harold Bennett
Three Hurt In Mishap Near Snyder on Colorado City Highway
Three men were injured Saturday 10 miles south of Snyder when a 1957 Plymouth collided with a Fortune Butane Co truck. Jimmy Brown suffered a broken leg. Charlie Rothwell and another occupant were treated at Root Memorial Hospital. Patrolman Will Cleveland investigated.
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Snyder
Colorado City
Jimmy Brown
James Tucker
Clyde
Charlie Rothwell
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Bell Funeral Home
Will Cleveland
Fortune Butane Co
Abilene
Snyder Police Department
Avenue S
Thirty-seventh Street
Nash
Tommie Elizabeth Favors
Avenue V
Linda Gayle Miller
Charlie Sumruld
Fifteenth Street
Marion Palmer
Wheeler Mich
Twenty-fourth and
Avenue M
Palmer
Movie Industry Faces Showdown in Hollywood Strike
Hollywood reels toward crisis as actors vote to strike at major studios just after midnight. Producers resist sharing TV revenue, arguing postwar costs and TV competition squeezed profits. If the walkout endures, studios warn the industry may shrink to a shadow of its former power.
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Hollywood
Trustbusters
Paramount
School Election Ballots Set Across Scurry County
Voters in Scurry County face April 2 elections for multiple independent school districts. Snyder ISD fields five candidates for two board seats led by incumbent F H Williamson. Fluvanna ISD lists seven candidates for two seats. Ira ISD runs three incumbents plus three challengers. Hermleigh ISD features three incumbents seeking reelection. county board incumbents are unopposed for three seats.
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Scurry County
Snyder Independent School
Gene Dulaney
F. H. Williamson
Thomas Hartley
D. W. Merritt Jr
Willard Gladson
Williamson
Fluvanna Independent School District Board
Joe Landrum
Hurston Lemons
J. D. Patterson
Bill Stansell
Marshall Gleghorn
Elmer Eckert
A. W. Scrivner
Marvin Boulware
Henry C. Landrum
IRA
Ira Independent School District Board
Jim Stirling
James Houston Kimbrill
Howard Sterling
Joe Falls
Cyril Clayton
Johnny Weir Hermleigh
Hermleigh Independent
Hugh Taylor
Blake Walker
Charlie Bley
Bomare B Missile Fails On Cape Launch Pad
A Bomare B interceptor rocket erupted into a fiery column on its Cape Canaveral launch pad. The 47 foot missile was destroyed by fire with no crew injured. Officials investigated, noting the failure could end Bomarc B program funding and continuation.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
Lamar Band Is Winner In Sweetwater Festival
Lamar Junior High School of Snyder won the Class C division of the seventh annual Sweetwater Band Festival. The morning session featured junior high bands, with Colorado City Junior High taking the sight reading contest. Other Class C entrants included Reagan Junior High Sweetwater Ector Junior High Odessa and Travis Junior High Snyder. In Class CC Bowie Odessa won the concert contest and Lincoln Abilene won the sight reading contest, with North Abilene and South Abilene also competing.
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Sweetwater
Lamar Junior High
Snyder
Colorado City
Marathon Session Recesses After 125 Hours of Debate
After more than five days of nonstop Senate debate on civil rights, Majority Leader Johnson ordered a recess at 5:31 p.m. until noon Monday. The stalemate over cloture and a possible antifilibuster filibuster keeps both sides adamant, with no clear path to a vote.
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Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kenneth B. Keating
Keating
Woodrow Wilson
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Johnson
Weather snapshot for Texas regions forecasts cold start
Snyder records 29 high and 20 low at 7 30 am. North Central Texas sees cloudy cold with light rain Sun and Mon. East Texas stays cloudy and cold with light rain. South Central Texas expects light rain Sun Mon. Northwest Texas cold with possible freezing rain or snow. Southwest Texas mostly cloudy with light rain. Pecos eastward no major changes. West Gulf windy and partly cloudy Sunday and Monday.
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Pecos
West Gulf
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