Ruby Convicted Gets Death in Oswald Killing
Dallas jurors convict Jack Ruby of murder and sentence him to death in the electric chair. Judge Brown orders quiet courtroom as defense lawyer Melvin Belli vows an appeal. Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald two days after Kennedy’s assassination and faces appeals in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
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Ruby
Belli
Dallas
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Joe B. Brown
Melvin Belli
Brown
Henry M. Wade
John F. Kennedy
Oswald
Kennedy
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Joe Tonnhill
Viet Nam Forces May Be Shuffled
AP reports a reorganization of South Viet Nam's armed forces and development indicating possible shifts in command and structure. The move aims to streamline operations and bolster allied military capabilities in the region.
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Washington
South Viet Nam
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Nguyen Khanh
Wildcat oil Drilling Expands Across Snyder Area
Three wildcat operations near Snyder spread across Garza Kent and Mitchell Counties. Humble Oil & Refining plans No 1 Mid Scale in Garza County five miles east of Southland. No 1B Cora Bostick by Norsworthy in Kent County, and No 1 E H Wright by N. Beer Inc in Mitchell County. Texaco No 97 M A Fuller in Scurry County. Skelly completes No 12 W H Pantish in Snyder North. Drillers Inc plugs No 1 EB W. Lewis northeast of Nolan County.
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Snyder
Garza
Kent
Mitchell
Humble Oil & Refining Company
Garza County
Southland
Sims
Jasper Hays
CL. Norsworthy, Jr
Dallas
Cora Bostick
Kent County
Clairemont
N. Beer, Inc
San Antonio
E. H. Wright
Westbrook
Westbrook Field
T&p Survey
Skelly Oil Company
W. H. Pantish
Snyder North
Strawn B
Scurry County
Strawn
Jack F. Grimm
Abilene
Jackie Grimm
Nolan County
Hylton
Sec
Tion
H&tc
Drillers, Inc
Howeard & FitzGerald
Abi
John Winan
Emile
T. Lewis
Kollsman
Aspermont
Loca
Roscoe
H&tc Survey
US Fliers Still In Red's Hands
Three U S Air Force officers held in Communist custody entered a fourth day in captivity in Frankfurt Germany. Capt. David I. Holland of Holland Minnesota Capt. Melvin J. Kessler of Philadelphia and Ist Lt Harold W Welch of Detroit were crew of an RB66 downed by a Soviet fighter inside East Germany last Tuesday. The U S says the plane erred over East Germany while the Soviets claim espionage mission. Possible espionage trial was floated if Washington does not publicly admit mission orders.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U.S
Air Force
East Germany
Soviet Union
United States
David I. Holland
Holland, Minn
Melvin J. Kessler
Philadelphia
Harold W. Welch
Detroit
Snyder High School Choir Tops At Regional UIL Judging
Snyder High School mixed choir earned top ratings in both concert singing and sight reading at the Regional UIL event. The girls choir also placed Division I for concert singing and Division II for sight reading, with Travis Junior High and Lamar Junior High choirs taking various Division II and I honors.
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Abilene
Snyder High School
Snyder High
Travis Junior High
Snyder
Lamar Junior High
Moroccans Sentenced In Death Plot
Eleven Moroccans were sentenced to death by a Rabat court amid a trial of 102 Moroccans charged with planning to kill King Hassan II and seize power. The government had announced earlier that the plot had been uncovered and blocked the previous month.
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Rabat
Morocco
Hassan II
Houston Court To Get Brief On Redistricting Order
A federal court in Houston schedules a brief on enforcing its congressional redistricting order. Officials argue for delaying enforcement until after the 1964 elections if the state cannot achieve at large representation.
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Austin
Houston
Attorney General's
Texas
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Legislative Council
Snyder
John Connally
Georgia
Bond Vote Underway In County
Scurry County voters went to the polls to decide on a $14 million bond proposal for a county coliseum. Turnout was moderately heavy as polling places opened, with officials reporting steady activity in Snyder and surrounding boxes.
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H. R. Gross
Congress
Scurry County
Finland to raise battalion for U.N. Cyprus force
Finland informed the United Nations it will organize a volunteer battalion of about 700, joining Canada and Sweden in the 7,000 man U.N. peacekeeping force in Cyprus. The move follows talks with Secretary-General U Thant and boosts a U.N. plan to replace half the British contingent.
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United Nations
N.Y
Finland
U.N
Cyprus
Ralph Enckell
U Thant
Canada
Sweden
Security Council
Turkey
Albert Love
Joaquin
Liza Whitton
Broadus
Walter
Charlie
B Hickman Dies Here Rites Set
Wilburn Bailey Hickman 61 of 600 Avenue Q died at Snyder Hospital Friday afternoon. Born August 11 1902 in Center Texas he lived in Snyder since 1935 and worked in the bunting business. Funeral 4 p m Sunday at Northside Baptist Church with Rev Jack Dean officiating. Burial Hillside Memorial Gardens Bell Funeral Home in charge. He is survived by his wife seven daughters and one sister.
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Wilburn Bailey Hickman
Avenue Q
Snyder Hospital
Center
Tex
Hickman
Snyder
Butane
Northside Baptist Church
Jack Dean
Hillside Memorial Gardens
Bell Funeral Home
Joe Thompson, Jr
Linda Hickman
Margie Hickman
Alo! Snyder
J. C. Beissner
San Antonio
Alvin Kmiec
Jim Kiger
Houston
Lorell Sumruld
Plainview
Ohio flood recedes as river crest passes through region
Ohio River floodwaters ease after a week of devastation across Louisville and surrounding towns. President Johnson pledged rapid aid as 110000 people were affected, with 11 dead and damages exceeding 50 million dollars. Evacuations continued in Evansville, Owensboro, and smaller communities downstream.
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Louisville
Ohio
Johnson
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Red Cross
West Point
Mass
Lewisport
Owensboro
Evansville
Coliseum
Paducah
Mississippi
Cairo
West Virginia
Wheeling
South Vietnamese Round Up Reds Near Cambodian Border
Vietnamese troops rounded up more than 500 Communist Viet Cong suspects in a raid on a guerrilla bivouac area near the Cambodian border. Two American advisers and four Vietnamese were wounded in the operation in Kien Phong Province, about 75 miles southwest of Saigon, near a paratrooper battalion’s recent 10 day raid.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Kien Phong
Weather snapshot for Texas regions with scattered showers
Fragmented forecast outlines temperatures and conditions across North Central, Northeast, Northwest, South Central, Southeast, Southwest, and Coast Texas. Mentions cooler trends, partly cloudy to clear skies, and scattered or few showers with occasional thunderstorms possible along the coast. Wind notes include southerly 15 to 25 knots shifting to northeast.
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Snyder
Texas
Clour
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Fred S. Hope Man
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