Beck invokes Fifth Amendment at Senate hearing on Teamsters finances
Union chief Dave Beck refuses to answer questions about using union funds for personal use. He declines to produce financial records and cites constitutional protections, sparking AFL-CIO action talk and a possible ouster. Kennedy questions signing the AFL CIO code and Beck signals no resignation.
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Washington
Dave Beck
Senate
Teamsters Union Treasuries
Beck
Seattle
Senate Rackets Investigating Committee
Afl-Cio
Teamsters Union
George Meany
Meany
Teamsters
Aflcio
Sen
Kennedy
D-Mass
Council
County Couple Found Dead in Hermleigh Home
Elderly Hermleigh couple Mr and Mrs Henry W Severin route 1 were found dead at their farm home. Authorities suspected death by exposure or natural causes. Dr Robert B Pierce to examine bodies. Peace Justice W C Davidson voiced unofficial opinion of exposure as likely cause.
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Hermleigh
Hermleigh Area
Here
Henry W. Severin
Route 1
Severin
Jim Kubena
H. H. Culp
Sheriff's Department
W. C. Davidson
Davidson
Robert B. Pierce
Rabena
Culp
Sheriff Department
Bell Funeral Home
Highway Patrol
Bell Funeral
Hundreds of PTA Leaders Gather for West Texas Conference
The second annual district 18 Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers conference will draw several hundred PTA units from towns across West Texas. Lead by Mrs. Bob Herren of Haskell, local host Snyder units coordinate arrangements under Mrs. Harold Brown. The program theme is Opportunity With Responsibility for Every Child. Key speakers include Mrs. E. M. McConnell of Austin and Floyd Parsons of Big Spring. A 4 to 5 p.m. session today covers district officers and parent-teacher attendees.
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Parent-Teacher Association
West Texas
Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers
Bob Herren
Haskell
Herren
Snyder
Snyder City
PTA
Harold Brown
Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers Board of Directors
E. M. McConnell
TCPT
Austin
Floyd Parsons
Big Spring
McConnell
Gladewater
East Texas State College
Hogg Foundation For Mental Hygiene
University of Texas
College of Arts and Industries
Kingsville
Scottish Rite
Parsons
Calallen
Bishop
Beeville
Texas State Teachers Association
Beeville Chamber of Commerce
Beeville Kiwanis Club
Big Spring Chamber of Commerce
Big Spring Kiwanis Club
Texas Association of School Administrators
Texas Committee of Ten
Eisenhower reshuffles defense leadership chief moves
President Eisenhower nominates Gen Nathan F Twining as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to take the post from Adm Arthur W Radford on August 15 1959. He also reshuffles key posts including Donald A Quarles and James H Douglas at the Defense and Air Force, and Arleigh A Burke for a new term as CNO.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nathan F. Twining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Arthur W. Radford
Reuben B. Robertson Jr
Defense
Air Force
Donald A. Quarles
James H. Douglas
Quarles
Thomas D. White
Twining
Adm
Arleigh A. Burke
Naval Operations
Maxwell D. Taylor
Army
Radford
Deadline for candidacy filings in Snyder school board
The notice states today is the deadline to file candidacy for Snyder school board elections with petitions due by 5 p.m. By noon no new names had been submitted. filings were being directed to Hardy Scarborough, tax assessor-collector, and County Judge Edgar Taylor for other districts.
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Snyder
Hardy Scarborough
Edgar Taylor
Edouard Herriot Dies At 84 In France
Lyon France reports the death of Edouard Herriot a former three time premier of France and honorary president of the National Assembly after a long illness He was 84 years old.
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Lyon
France
Edouard Herriot
National Assembly
Japanese Submarine 1179 Ends Training Cruise
The Japanese submarine 1179 ends a cruise that began July 9 1943 off Kyushu. It sank with 80 crew members during a training voyage, later refloated and towed for salvage.
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Kure
Japan
Kyushu
House Debates Ethics Code in Texas Legislature
The Texas House opened debate on a bill to ensure lawmakers serve the public interest and avoid conflicts of interest. It requires officials to disclose state-regulated business ties and bars voting on related legislation, with Gov Price Daniel backing the ethics measure. The Senate meanwhile approved 40 local and uncontested bills in a brief session.
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Austin
House
Price Daniel
Ben Glasing
Kingsville
Senate
Rebuilding Starts Soon After House Fire in Kentucky
In Reidland Kentucky neighbors began rebuilding a house for 82 year old Verda Houston Duncan within days of a March 2 fire that destroyed her home. A three room frame cottage with a screened porch was half finished when she learned of the blaze and she opened the new home on Sunday to thank the neighbors for their kindness.
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Reidland
Verda Houston Duncan
Park contracts total for Snyder county park improvements
County commissioners awarded low bids totaling 55 640 for the new 16 acre park on Snyder's south side. Velvin Construction Co. won the general bid and Boss Electric the electrical work. pools and bases to be built with 90 days estimated, possible 60. The plan includes a fan shaped swimming pool and a baseball field with 120 lights, eight poles, and seating for 200 to 250.
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County Commissioners Court
Snyder
Thirty-seventh Street
Avenue M
Velvin Construction Co
Midland
Boss Electric of
Velvin
Don Williams Construction Co
J. D. Jones Construction Co
Big Spring
T. E. Shelburne & Son
McGregor & Co
Lubbock
Boss
Ball Park Lighting
F&s Electric
Southern Electric, Inc
Dodds Electric
Brady
Velgin
Ball Park
Anniversary Observed Marks Snyder Legion Post 181
About 200 people attended the 38th anniversary of Snyder American Legion Post 181 with a variety program and dinner. Franchises included 35 year member certificates for charter members, a new Boy Scout troop charter, and speeches by officials including Mayor Harold Bennett. The Snyder High School Stage Band performed and pantomimes capped the program.
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Snyder American Legion Post No
The
American Legion
Snyder
Frank D. Stephenson
Post
Larry Kraft
Harold Bennett
Hilton Lambert
Texas American Legion
Communist Party
Snyder High School
Melvin Montgomery
Layne-Kite Post No. 181
Weather Summary for Snyder Texas Readings and Outlook
Temperatures in Snyder show a high around 56 with a Monday night low near 30 and a 7:30 am reading of 32. North Central and West Texas expect fair skies through Wednesday with a slight warming trend this afternoon and tonight.
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Snyder
North Central
West Texas
Proposal For Separate Texas Securities Board Considered
A Senate State Affairs subcommittee studied a bill to create a Texas securities board with a securities commissioner. Advocate Tom Beavley urged passage, arguing tighter supervision, while opponents led by Stanley Hornsby warned of loopholes and weaker oversight. The bill would place insurance and company securities under the commissioner.
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Austinp
Texas Securities Board
Senate State Affairs Committee
Tom Beavley
Crawford Martin
Stanley Hornsby
Texas Legal Reserve Officials Assn
State Bar
Hornsby
Senate panel OKs bill for state mentally retarded school
The Senate State Affairs Committee approved a bill by Sen. A M Aikin to create a state mentally retarded school. The plan cites Gulf Coast or Dallas Fort Worth as possible sites and notes 247000 births in Texas last year with about 3 percent needing such schooling. Superintendent Raymond Vowell addressed the committee.
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Austin
Senate State Affairs Committee
A. M. Aikin
Legislative Budget Board
Gulf Coast Area
Dallas-Fort Worth
Raymond Vowell
Cleanup Begins After Texas Panhandle Blizzard
Rescue crews move into final cleanup as highways reopen and temperatures rise after a three day blizzard in the Texas Panhandle. At least seven people died and two are critically ill while cattle losses mount. Some routes remain blocked by snowdrifts and a Santa Fe train is trapped near the Oklahoma line.
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Texas Panhandle
Panhandle
Oklahoma State Line
U.S
Conlon
Stratford
State
Perryton
Canadian
State 15
Booker
Oklahoma Line
Santa Fe
Amarillo
Boise City
Okla
Kerrick
Tex
Freez
GM Announces Production Cutback at Arlington Plant
General Motors will lay off 350 to 400 hourly workers at the Buick Oldsmobile Pontiac plant in Arlington starting April 1. The plant will operate with about 2,400 to 2,500 workers, well above last fall’s post-cutback level, with the revised schedule possibly reducing output by up to 20 percent.
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Fort Worth
General Motors
Arlington
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Joe Holland
Roy Strayhorn
Frank Arnett
J. Melvin Newton
Harrie Winston
Harry Lee
Earnest Taylor
Noah Brown
Jim Norred
Arthur Townsend
A. H. Kruse
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Jess Roge Porter King
Roy Hendricks
Lee Watson
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