Life threat claim added to McDonald kidnapping case
Los Angeles officers said actress Marie McDonald reported an anonymous call threatening her life after she accused husband Harry Karl of engineering the kidnapping. Karl and McDonald were invited to lie detector tests as prosecutors pursue the evolving case amid renewed public attention.
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Cincinnati
Marie McDonald
Los Angeles
Harry Karl
Herman Zander
Miss McDonald
Bodgett
Dist. Atty
William B. McKesson
Karl
Board Policies Outlined For Snyder Schools Personnel
The Snyder school board outlined its education philosophy and policy goals at a special meeting with teachers and staff. Dr. Wilton Jones spoke for the board praising personnel, staff, cafeteria workers, and maintenance. The board emphasized a broad education including arts sciences English and languages, plus athletics music and vocational subjects as essential to development.
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Snyder
Wilton Jones
Ross Hemphill
Max West
Gene Best
Jones
Chamber Ag Panel Maps 95 Projects
Sub-committees were appointed at the Chamber of Commerce agriculture panel's first 1958 meeting. Chairman Bill Jordan named Max von Roeder as vice-chairman and H. G. Burchett as reporter. Two groups will meet with the county commissioners court to discuss parks and rural development and the extension service assistant agent position. Tasks include farmer-businessmen suppers, a fairy tour, and possible county fair plans.
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Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee
Bill Jordan
Max von Roeder
H. G. Burchett
Jordan
County Commissioners Court
Floyd Boston
Bill Davidson
Albert Heath
Extension Service
Bill Ian
Bruce Evans
D. T. Pierce
Martin Brooks
Tex
Snyder
Ira
Pierce
Burchett
John Gregg
National Cotton Council
Ruby Butts
Local teachers and students prepare for district events
Busy day in Abilene as Texas State Teachers Association convenes for many educators. High school stage band heads to Brownwood for a contest while Vocational Industrial Club plans to host about 250 students for a district convention locally tomorrow. Downtown traffic delays due to recent signal retiming aim to improve flow.
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Abilene
Texas State Teachers Association
Brownwood
Vocational Industrial Club
Eight applicants interview for Cogdell Memorial Hospital post
The county hospital board interviewed eight applicants for the superintendent position in a special meeting. The county commissioners court sat with the board, with each interview averaging about 30 minutes. No decision was made and no date set for further interviews. Next regular meeting is March 20.
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County Hospital Board
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
County Commissioners Court
Vic District Meet Set Here Saturday
The Snyder High School Vocational Industrial Club will host about 250 students from 11 West Texas clubs for a district meeting. Attending schools include Big Spring Midland Abilene Sweetwater Odessa San Angelo Lamesa Merkel El Paso and Snyder entries will contest in skill speed identification and related technical areas. First through third place finishers advance to the state meet in Fort Worth April 18 19 with district officers and a district sweetheart chosen.
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Snyder
Snyder Vic
J. C. Jackson
Industrial Cooperative Training
Zier
Fort Worth
Neil Crawford
Weather report for Texas and West Texas with unsettled showers
The Snyder region records a Thursday high near 35 and a low around 31 with 7 30 am readings. Partly cloudy skies extend across East South Central and North Central Texas through Saturday with scattered showers or thundershowers expected. West Texas stays partly cloudy with widely scattered showers tonight and Saturday and little temperature change. Lows fall to the 20s over snow cover.
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Snyder
Texas
West Texas
Paunaudie
Navy Delays Vanguard Firing After Explorer II Failure
The Navy postponed daylight firing of the Vanguard satellite rocket due to technical problems. Explorer II failed to reach orbit, blamed on the final stage of the Jupiter C four stage system. Army plans for newer satellites proceed, with launch hoped this spring despite the earlier disaster.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Navy
Vanguard
Army
Earth
Solon Denies Personal Profit Motive In Probe
Austin report says Rep. Joe Chapman swore he had no personal profit motive in the Empire Standard Life Insurance probe and did not expect payment. He testified amid allegations by Arlin Anderson that Chapman pursued the inquiry for his own gain.
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Solon
Austin
Joe Chapman
Empire Standard Life Insurance Co
Sulphur Springs
House Investigation Committee
Empire Standard Life Insurance
Anderson Enterprises
Chapman
Empire Standard
Bill Elliott
Pasadena
Anderson
Reagan Huffman
Marshall
Huffman
Sam Bonham
Bulew's Note Disappointing in East West Summit Push
President Eisenhower received Bulganin's latest note urging a summit. Officials deemed it propaganda to sway opinion toward talks and cold war deals. White House secretary James C. Haggerty said the letter was not discussed at today’s meeting.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Recreation Panel To Meet Saturday
The chamber of commerce recreation committee schedules its first meeting of the 1958 work year at 4 p.m. tomorrow at the chamber office, according to chairman R. L. Blakely.
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The
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
R. L. Blakely
College Proposal Won't Be Buried
Local steering committee heard State Board of Education action denying a vote on a junior college here but said the project is not buried and will be studied further. Wayne Boren, chair, noted the door remains open if the base broadens. oil producers led by Webb Cooley opposed the plan, arguing it was premature. The state board survey was generally favorable yet urged caution, and the group will reconvene to consider future steps.
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State Board of Education
Wayne Boren
State Board
Austin
Boren
Ed fifth in series Snyder schools college readiness
Students and high school seniors assess Snyder High School’s college preparation. Twenty freshmen across five colleges show varied results with 19 A/B/C grades, six F, and two und graded credits. Seniors blame diverse factors from teacher methods to course difficulty.
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Snyder
Texas Education Week
Snyder High School
Sleven
Jordanians Iraq Set To Join Forces
Amman sent a delegation to Baghdad to finalize plans for merging the armies economies diplomatic representation education systems and laws of Jordan and Iraq. The federation aims to be functioning by May 15 per the Feb 14 agreement between King Faisal and King Hussein. In Cairo the Egyptian press blamed King Saud for a plot to derail the Egyptian-Syrian union.
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Jordan
Baghdad
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Iraq
Faisal
Hussein
Cairo
Saud
Arabia
Abdul Hamid Serraj
Britain backs US stand on Soviet terms for summit talks
LONDON Britain today fully endorsed the American rejection of Soviet terms for a presummit meeting of foreign ministers. A Foreign Office spokesman said the new U S note had been drafted in conjunction with the Atlantic Allies including Britain. He said the note opens the doors for fruitful summit talks rather than closing them.
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London
Britain
Foreign Office
U. S
Soviet Union
Atlantic
Big Frost Follows Rainy Spell In West Texas
A clear Snyder morning follows a week of cloudy weather with .24 inches of rain on Thursday. Temperatures drop to 31 degrees bringing frost. west Texas faces continued cool, showery, and foggy conditions with snow in Panhandle areas and scattered thunderstorms elsewhere. Overnight lows vary from 13 degrees at Dalhart to 67 at Brownsville.
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Midland
Wink
Dalhart
Childress
Houston
Tyler
Wichita Falls
Panhandle
North Panhandle
Dumas
Borger
Amarillo
Perryton
Abilene
Fort Worth
Dallas
Mineral Wells
del Rio
Texas
el Paso
Weather Bureau
Mexico
Gulf
Highway Department
Brownsville
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Clapp
Empire Standard Stock
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Carl Conley
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Everett Davis
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