19 Perish In Floods
Surging flood waters swept through seven states causing widespread evacuations and deaths. The Red Cross moved disaster workers to Cincinnati and Louisville as the Ohio River rose toward record flood levels. Counties across Kentucky Ohio Pennsylvania and Indiana reported extensive impact with thousands displaced and many shelters opened.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Missouri
Illinois
West Virginia
American Red Cross
Cincinnati
Louisville
Ohio Valley
Red Cross
Allegheny
Susquehanna
Ilinois
Pittsburgh
Wheeling
W.va
Hamilton
Clermont
Campbell
Kenton
Boone
Soil Conservation To Lend Assistance In Texas Watersheds
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman authorized the Soil Conservation Service to provide financial and technical help to two Texas watershed projects. The Pine Creek watershed in Lamar County and the Upper Bosque River watershed across Erath, Hamilton and Bosque counties will receive support.
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Washington (Ap
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville Freeman
The
Soil Conservation Service
Texas
Pine Creek
Lamar County
Bosque River
Erath
Hamilton and
Bosque Counties
Scurry County Fair Board Elects Officers and Plans Local Fair
The Scurry County Fair Association elected L. M. Dawson as president with Max West as vice president, Mrs Etna Terry as secretary, and HW. Cargile as treasurer. Seventeen of twenty one directors attended and approved a catalog of divisions for a fair to be likely held in September at Towle Park with support from Dawson and visiting Lamesa officials.
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Scurry County Fair Association
L. M. Dawson
Max West
Etna Terry
HW. Cargile
Leroy Colgan
Dawson County Agriculture
Lloydline
Dawson County Fair Association
Colgan
Scurry County
Dawson
Lamesa
Towle Park
Coliseum debate mirrors wider need for community centers
Jury selected and testimony opened in the murder trial of Pedro Salinas Perez. District Attorney Wayland Holt leads the state’s case while Tom Gamblin defends. The article links the case to a broader push for a county wide, versatile community facility to host large gatherings and public events.
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Pedro Salinas
Percy
Atyor Rass
Texas Publishment For Public Service of
Liquor Control Board
Jas
J .A. Dove
Carl Brumley
Earl Davis
A. B. Groseclose
EF. M Powledge
Jerry Dan Craig
Bruce Cotton
Ted Crenweldge
I. F. Burns
Elton Bock
Jimmy Cloud
Floyd Jones
Roy Sanchez
Wayland Holt
Perez
Tom Gamblin
British Cheer New Heir To Throne
Britain celebrates birth of Queen Elizabeth II's son at Buckingham Palace. The baby, third in line after Charles and Andrew, was born Tuesday night to a healthy royal couple. Names speculated include James Robert Rupert and David.
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Buckingham Palace
John Weir
Vernon Hal
James
Robert
Rupert
David
Princess Alexandra
Princess Margaret
Duchess of Kent
Alexandra
Prince Philip
Elizabeth
Charles
Andrew
Anne
Sir John Peel
US protests Soviet shoot down of unarmed bomber over East Germany
The United States filed an urgent protest with the Soviet Union after a U RBO66B bomber was shot down over East Germany. Capt David I Holland and two other crewmen parachuted to safety. their fates were unclear. The State Department called the action precipitate and noncompliant with the demarcation line.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Soviet Union
East Germany
Defense Department
Pentagon
David I. Holland
Ambrose Holland Sr
William Tyler
Georgi M. Kornienko
State Department
Tyler
U.S
Federal Republic
West Germany
Lodge Wins New Hampshire Primary in Write-In Sweep
Henry Cabot Lodge dominates New Hampshire Republications with a write-in victory over Goldwater Rockefeller and Nixon securing all 14 GOP delegates. Lodge vows to remain ambassador in Saigon as the party signals Kennedy as vice president nominee. Johnson and Kennedy lead Democratic tallies in a snowy primary with broad write-in activity.
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John W. King
Atty. Gev
Robert F. Kennedy
Goldwater
Rockefeller
New Hampshire
Lodge
United States
Richard M. Nixon
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Minnesota
Harold Stassen
Nixon
Smith
Stassen
Johnson
White House
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
George Romney
Michigan
Lyons Announces Candidacy for Constable of Precinct 1
Lyons 56 seeks the constable post in Justice Precinct 1 Scurry County subject to Democratic primary. A North Snyder resident for 15 years he worked with the William Cameron firm. In his first bid for office he pledges courtesy and fair treatment. Lyons a VFW member is father to five and grandfather to 12.
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Wm. L.cowboy. Lyons
Scurry County
Lyons
North Snyder
William Cameron
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VFW
Principals Rehired and Consideration of New High School Leader
The Snyder school board discussed renewing principal contracts for two to four weeks and considered names for the high school principal position. Dr Robert Clinton recommended J Merrill Kayser for the senior high post and Kayser signaled willingness to serve. A Chamber of Commerce survey on junior college readiness of district schools was presented for consideration.
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McCollum
Clinton
Snyder's
Robert Clinton
J. Merrill Kayser
Kayser
Willian Schiebeln
Snyder High
Facilities To Start College Available Survey Discloses
A Snyder School Board session reviewed a survey of local public school facilities. The committee sought to gauge libraries buildings gymnasiums and auditoriums usable by a potential junior college. The report notes cooperation from district staff and expertise from higher education officials.
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Snyder School Board
Badger Robertson
Chamber of Commerce
Buford Browning
Comti Lee
Snyder
TE. McCollum
W. A. Hunt
Howard County Junior College
Big Spring
B. W. Musgraves
Texas Education Agency
Austin
Rockefeller demands TV debates with Lodge in Oregon primary
New York Gov Nelson Rockefeller challenged Sen Henry Cabot Lodge to televised debates in the Oregon primary. Rockefeller said Lodge, who won New Hampshire, cannot stay as ambassador to South Vietnam while pursuing the Oregon race. He spoke before leaving for California to campaign in the June 2 California preference primary.
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New York
API
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Henry Cabot Lodge
Oregon
Lodge
New Hampshire
South Viet Nam
California
Weather snapshot across Texas with variable temps
Readable area notes show highs ranging from 60 to 82 across regions. Temperatures vary with cool tonight in many areas and a warming trend Thursday. winds shift along coasts from southeast to north. Central, Northwest, and Southeast Texas report partly cloudy to clear skies with occasional thunder showers in southeast.
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Wigan
Nyrth Tegay
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