Nixon Surprise of New Hampshire Primary Gains Write-In Support
Vice President Nixon ranked as the surprise in New Hampshire's presidential preference results, receiving 18 367 write-in votes from 260 of 297 precincts though his name was not on the ballot. Kefauver secured all 12 Democratic delegates, Stevenson the rest, while Republicans backed Eisenhower.
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Manchester
N. H
Estes Kefauver
New Hampshire
Nixon
Kefauver
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Minnesota
Adena
Minn
James A. Finnegan
Democratic Party
Truman
Mark Sweeney
Genevieve Annis
Millsfield
N.H
Adlai Stevenson
Annis
Mark
Price Daniel Pleased By Telegrams On Run For Governor
Senator Price Daniel reported strong Texas citizen interest in a gubernatorial bid after receiving 1,018 telegrams urging him to run and finish his Senate term, plus about 50 phone calls. He noted he would decide by Friday or after gathering 25,000 Texans urging him to run, with several notable messages including from Mrs. Hilda Weinert and Howard Butt Jr. He postponed Texas travel due to farm bill votes and canceled a Fort Worth speech, aiming to address voters Friday night at Howard Payne College.
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Washington
Price Daniel
Texas
Senate
Daniel
Hilda Weinert
Seguin
Democratic National
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assn
Fort Worth
Howard Payne College
Brownwood
Pet Ocelot Bites Child in Home Incident
A seven week old boy, Thomas Perry, was attacked in his crib by a pet ocelot in Beltsville Maryland. Part of his left foot and toes were chewed. He was found in a blood soaked crib and taken to Prince Georges General Hospital in fair condition. The ocelot, about two feet long, reportedly had run of the house.
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Washington
Thomas Perry
Prince Georges
General Hospital
Thomas
Winslow Prescott
Perry
Permit For Firm Revoked By Insurance Commission
A Dallas firm, Home Life and Accident Insurance Co., had its permit revoked by the Texas Insurance Commission after offering to surrender its certificate. The commission requested a receivership notice by the attorney general due to the firm's hazardous condition for policyholders and creditors. Director Frank Cain said the firm is not insolvent and offered full cooperation with a receiver and the attorney general to speed liquidation.
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Austin
Home Life and Accident Insurance Co
Dallas
Insurance Commission
Commission
Frank Cain
Cain
Local Snyder School Meeting Reviews Education Needs
Over 200 Snyder area residents and visiting educators examined the local school system Tuesday. Groups proposed studying teacher pay schedules and boosting parent and business involvement, with a forecast of a new elementary school and a second junior high within two to three years.
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Snyder Area
Races for School Boards View Petitioned Candidates
A countywide campaign season opens as multiple districts seek re election with April 7 voting. March 27 is the candidacy filing deadline with County Judge Edgar Taylor handling filings except Snyder district. School boards report three terms expiring at Fluvanna Ira Hermleigh and others with several names petitioned for re election and miscellaneous incumbents remaining.
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Snyder
Edgar Taylor
Forrest Beavers
Buford Browning
Hugh Taylor
Blake Walker
D. 2. Hess
Perry Echols
Fluvanna
H. B. Lemons
Burl Belew
A. R. Marley
Bobby Warren
W. C. Re
Lewis Drum
M. L. Wilson
Whit Farmer
Jim Stirling
Clifton Thomas
J. H. Dimmell
Roy Sallee
Ira
Hermleigh
Albert J. Kuss, Jr
T. E. Shelburne
James Davidson
Grady Williams
E. L. Vandiver
G. E. Chorn
O. C. Darden
O. B. Paty
Hermliegh
Middle-Aged Waitress Admits Poison Deaths Of Six
In Montgomery Alabama a 49-year-old waitress named Rhonda Bell Martin signed a statement admitting the arsenic killings of six relatives including her mother three of her children and two husbands. She also implicated poisoning her present husband and stepson in separate incidents with insurance payouts cited. A preliminary hearing was set on the charge connected to Claude Martin.
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Montgomery
Ala
Rhonda Bell Martin
Circuit
William F. Thetford
Claude Martin
Martin
Ronald
Thetford
Emogene Garrett
Anna Carolyn Garrett
Ellyn Elizabeth Garrett
George Garrett
Mary Frances Gibbons
Garrett
Judith
Mary Adelaide Garrett
Martins
Vehicle registrations surge as deadline nears in county
About 4080 vehicles were registered for 1956 at the county tax assessor-collector’s office this morning. Geral Greene, chief deputy, said a big rush is expected in the next days. The deadline for registration without penalty is March 31. Registered include 2900 passenger cars 600 trucks 375 farm trucks 22 truck tractors one farm truck tractor 157 trailers three house trailers eight scooters and motorcycles and 10 dealers.
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Geral Greene
Eisenhower Signals Endorsement Prompt for Nixon
President Eisenhower said he would be happy to have Vice President Nixon on any political ticket with him. He stressed there would be no wedge between them and praised Nixon as a close associate and friend. He spoke after Nixon’s large write in vote in New Hampshire and asserted his stance would stand until the Republican convention next August.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nixon
Dick Nixon
New Hampshire
Four Persons Returned To Face Charges
Four arrested in Slaton and Lubbock were returned to jail yesterday and remained in custody. Richard Crawford, 27, escaped county jail last August while under burglary indictment. Lonnie Crawford, 38, also faces felony theft charges. Two women, Mrs. Richard Crawford, 19, and Mrs. Addie Johnson, 42, were arraigned on charges of aiding the jail escape. bond set at 1000 dollars for each. Bennett, cited on burglary indictment, is at large. Authorities from Sheriff Homer Whisnand FBI and Lubbock County helped arrest them Monday night.
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Sheriff's Department
Slaton
Lubbock
Richard Elmer Crawford
Lonnie Thomas Crawford
Lonnie Crawford
Snyder
Richard Crawford
Addie Johnson
W. C. Davidson
Billy Jack Bennett
Bennett
Crawfords
Homer Whisnand
Leonard White
FBI
Lubbock County
Chicago Policewomen Object To Uniforms
Chicago's 81 policewomen were informed they must soon wear uniforms. Some officers protested that mature figures are unsuitable for uniforms, that the plan wastes money and may impair efficiency, and that uniforms could remove policewomen from the force. Other commissioners had proposed but then abandoned the idea.
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Chicago
Timothy J. O'Connor
Weather Update Across Texas With Cool, Cloudy Trend
Snyder area reports yesterday high 62 and low 34 with today at 7 30 a.m. reaching 30. North Central Texas sees cloudy, cool conditions through Thursday with occasional rain mainly southeast. West Texas expects partly cloudy skies, colder by Thursday. Panhandle and South Plains much colder tonight. East and South Central Texas stay mostly cloudy with slight temperature changes and some rain Thursday. Moderate northeast winds along the coast.
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Snyder
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Snyder school budget prep begins as board reviews needs
The Snyder school board opened budget discussions for the next year with Dr. Cecil Yarbrough outlining principals’ budget requests. Teachers and staff submit detailed plans, which will be checked by Art Nicholas. If requests exceed totals, priority lists will trim items. A budget committee will draft the final plan by spring, ahead of a summer hearing for final approval.
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Snyder
Cecil Yarbrough
Art Nicholas
Yarbrough
Bob Clinton
Jane Casebier
Conference On Education
Herbert Feather
Max West
Scurry County Boys Club
Frank Bernson
Bernson
Boys Club
Another Name Added To School Race Here
A seventh candidate, Jack Contella, joins the Snyder school board race for April 7. Petitioners include Bill Line and others. incumbents Wayne Boren, Paul Keaton, Clyde Godwin remain. Filing deadline is March 27 with Hardy Scarborough, school tax assessor-collector.
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Snyder School Board
Jack Contella
Contella
Bill Line
R. E. Green
J. C. Stinson
M. Williams
W. T. Williams
Jeande Holcomb
Earnest Tayor
Wayne Boren
Paul Keaton
Clyde Godwin
Stanley Noah
Gene Best
Ross Hemphill
Boren
Keaton
Godwin
Hardy Scarborough
Spanking Incident Sparks Local Stir in San Antonio
Police report a motorist struck a crying four year old Frank Sala zar with a toppled top in front of his home. The enraged driver allegedly stopped, spanked the child, then drove away, prompting local officials to review the incident for potential charges or safety concerns.
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San Antonio
Frank Salazar
Saway
County United Fund Elects New President
Herbert Feather elected president of the County United Fund for the coming campaign year succeeding Lyle Deffebach. Feather is publisher of the Daily News and has served on the fund’s public relations committee. Officers re-elected include secretary Art Nichols and treasurer Ralph Geisenhower. The board lists numerous community members and officers, with two vice presidents yet to be named.
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Herbert Feather
Scurry County United Fund
Feather
Lyle Deffebach
United Fund
Daily News
Art Nichols
Ralph Geisenhower
United Fund Board
Geisenhower
Nicholas
Deffebach
Hicks Allen
Horace Eiland
Thomas Hartsley
Herman Doak
Stanley Noah
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Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers
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University of Texas
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Julien D. Weeks
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West Texas State College
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Abilene
Texas Board of Education
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Snyder Board of Education
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