Dirt Traps Trip At Excavation Project
Two construction workers were buried and a third nearly covered when a ditch wall collapsed at 3 p.m. Wednesday during work on Snyder citys new clear well water storage facility on South Avenue. Alexander Armstrong and George Jones were dug out and taken to Cogdell Hospital. James Daddy Johnson was freed last and returned to work. The Onyx Construction Company crew used an air hammer at the time of the cave in and workers from Texa Electric Service Co aided the rescue.
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City of
Snyder
South Avenue
Alexander Armstrong
Fort Worth
George Jones
James
Daddy © Johnson
Jones
Armstrong
Cogdell Hospital
Bolger Ambulance Service
Johnson
Onyx Construction Company
RK E. Josserand
Quan Bryant
Texas Electric Service Co
Scurry County
Ham Association
Buried Mer
US Flyers Reported Alive After East Germany Shootdown
Three American airmen aboard an RB66B recon bomber shot down inside East Germany are reported alive. Capt. David I. Holland, Capt. Melvin J. Kessler, and 1st Lt. Harold W. Welch were said to be in a Gar delegen hospital with one pilot brought there Tuesday night. The US denied a Soviet spying charge and protested Moscow over the incident, with a warning that NATO aircraft entering Soviet airspace would be attacked.
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Frankfurt
Germany
East Germany
United States
Gardelegen
Soviet Union
David I. Holland
Holland, Minn
Melvin J. Kessler
Philadelphia
Harold W. Welch
Detroit
Walter G. Stoessel
Moscow
EOC Radio Fund Okayed for New Emergency Center
Rep. Omar Burleson announced in Washington that Civil Defense funds totaling 2462.50 were approved for the radio equipment at the new emergency operating center and fire police station under construction. The project total is 4925 with Civil Defense to cover half, shared by Civil Defense, the city, and the county.
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Civil Defense
Omar Burleson
Washington Today
Snyder Daily News
Burleson
EOC
Hoffa Gets 8 Years in Prison Appeal Planned
Teamsters President James R. Hoffa was sentenced to eight years in prison for attempting to tamper with a federal jury and fined 10 000. Three co defendants received three year terms. Hoffa vowed to appeal as his legal team considers a new trial. The judge noted the verdict was supported by the evidence and Hoffa asked for calm as he prepared to pursue post conviction remedies.
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Bill Rawlins
Chattanooga
Tenn
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
U.S
Hoffa
Thy
Teamsters Union
Wilson
Campbell
Detroit Teamsters
Ifix
Thomas Parks
Nashj
Nashville
Ewing King
Nashville ‘Teamsters
Larry
Starr County Deputy Trial Reset to June
The trial of Filiberto Salinas former Starr County deputy sheriff charged in connection with alleged voting irregularities in the 1962 election has been reset from March 23 to June. Salinas was indicted in December 1962 after the attorney general's office investigated Starr County absentee balloting.
Coliseum plans discussed for Scurry County fair and future events
Directors of the Scurry County Fair Association heard from a Lamesa delegation about running county fairs and the Towle Memorial Park barn as a launch site. They noted space needs for growth and the potential for year round events to attract visitors and boost local commerce.
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Scurry County
Plane wreckage ties ex convict to Port Lavaca case
Ex convict David Hagler who vanished after a light airplane crash near Matagorda Bay is questioned as a Dallas theft case and a 1954 Oklahoma murder fade. Loretta Anderson says Hagler clung to a wing as she swam to shore. tracks suggest a man and woman reached shore. Evidence includes a water soaked $20 bill and a burned station wagon tied to a life insurance scheme.
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Port Lavaca
David Fred Hagler
Clation
Matagorda Bay
Loretta Anderson
Euless
Hagler
D. B. Hallibrton
Dallas
Fort Worth
Oklahoma
Anderson
Padre Island
Murder Trial in Final Arguments
In 132nd District Court Pedro Salinas Perez faced final arguments in his murder trial over the January shooting death of Roy Sanchez Perez. Perez testified for the defense contradicting earlier witnesses about passenger positions in the car, while Sheriff’s Deputies L. E. Haynes and O. L. Hammit described arrest details and noted Perez was bleeding and smelling of alcohol.
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Pedro Salinas Perez
132Nd
Perez
Roy Sanchez Perez
L. E. Haynes
O. L. Hammit
Ruby Insanity Defense Supports Suspending Consciousness Claim
Defense psychiatrists testified Jack Ruby was legally insane when he killed Lee Harvey Oswald, saying Ruby lacked knowledge of right and wrong and acted in suspended consciousness. The expert witnesses described him as highly emotional and unstable, aligning with prior testimony, with proceedings expected to continue.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Walter Bromberg
New York
Ruby
Bromberg
Oswald
Weather forecast with regional temperatures across Texas
Snyder region reports high 64 and low 32 today with 7 am reading. North Central Texas fair and warmer today, tonight partly cloudy. Friday high around 72 and 0 to 62 low. Northeast Texas fair and warmer, showers possible Friday southeast. Northwest Texas fair and windy, cooler Friday. South Central Texas cloudy today and Friday with scattered showers Friday. Southeast Texas cloudy with possible showers near coast. Southwest Texas fair and warmer, windy in northwest, cooler Friday.
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Snyder
Texas
Southwest
Flood Disaster Strikes Five States Across Ohio River Basin
Disaster headquarters set up in Cincinnati to aid about 110000 homeless people across Ohio Indiana Kentucky West Virginia and Pennsylvania. The floods killed at least nine and forced tens of thousands to evacuate with large Red Cross shelters operating statewide.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Ohio River
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
American Red Cross
Pacific Ocean
U.S. Weather Bureau
United States
Edward T Breathitt
Johnson
National Guardsmen
Louisville
Army Corps of Engineers
West Point
Shepherdsvile
Taylorsville
Falmouth
Matthew Welsh
New Albany
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EOC Radio Fund
Okared
Jimmy Hoffa
Charles Bell
Washington Joint Conference of Teamsters
Bell
Ville Nangyman
Tria
Hal Bullen
Arturo Torralba
Manfred Guttmacher
Baltimore
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