Fire destroys Snyder grocery store in early afternoon blaze
Fire of undetermined origin gutted the B and B Parkway Grocery No. 22 at Avenue F and East Highway Snyder, damaging the building and stock. The blaze began near the front east side in a room housing electric cooling equipment for vegetables and produce.
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B&b Parkway Grocery No
Avenue F
East Highway
B&b Parkway
Avenue
Snyder
Lee Watson
Leslie Brown
Abilene
Virgil Gayle
Gayle
Jack Contella
Contella Cafe
Twelfth Street
Lubbock Highway
Gatlin
Deep Creek water ties to Snyder area plans
The Colorado River Municipal Water District outlined a plan to gain first claim on Deep Creek runoff, linking local water supplies to the area. Col. E V Spence outlined plans at a service club luncheon as Scurry County weighs conservation flood control and domestic needs. At Snyder Chamber of Commerce a meeting was urged to ensure strong representation.
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Wacil McNair
Deep Creek
Colorado River
Water District
CRMWD
Scurry County
Snyder Chamber of Commerce
Vehicle Tag Sales Soar in County Registration Drive
The county tax office extended Saturday hours and issued 644 new vehicle plates over Friday and Saturday, bringing total registrations to 6 163 since February 1. Officials expect about 2 000 more plates before March 31, signaling many owners delaying until the deadline. The main courthouse office will stay open through noon this week to assist registrants.
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Jim Ikard
Four Die As Pan American Plane Crashes Off Oregon Coast
A Pan American World Airways Stratocruiser en route to Honolulu was forced down in the Pacific about 35 miles off the southern Oregon coast. Four persons were killed and one was critically injured. Twenty three aboard were rescued by the USS Bayfield and Idaho Falls with help from the Hawaiian Eagle and a Honolulu-bound flight diverted. The crash occurred after Engine No 3 failed during an emergency descent.
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Seattle
Pan - American World Airways
Pacific
Oregon
Pan-American
Sydney
Australia
Hawaii
Coast Guard
Bayfield
Idaho Falls
North Bend
Florence
Ore
Coos Bay
Honolulu
Portland
Herman Joslyn
Outstanding Young Man of 1954 Award Presented in Snyder
Dr. Robert H. Hargrove received the Outstanding Young Man of 1954 award at Snyder's Jaycees officers installation banquet. Malven K. Stevenson, a former winner, presented the award at East Elementary School cafeteria. Lee Watson photograph.
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Snyder
Robert H. Hargrove
Malven K. Stevenson
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
East
Story
Lee Watson
Vicious Cold Expected To Miss Valley
A brutal spring norther chilled Texas with temperatures near 20 in the morning and 38 at day’s end while frost prospects faded. The Brownsville Weather Bureau reported no severe freeze, though crops across the state faced damage from peach and plum blossoms to cotton and tomatoes, with some counties offering seed aid to farmers.
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Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Brownsville
Associated Press
Lufkin
Austin
Kerrville
Cherokee County
Brazoria
W. Scott Millington
Brazoria County
Monay
French Senate Approves Western European Union Pact
The French Senate ratified the Western European Union treaty allowing German rearmament. The official vote was 184 to 110, with West Germany and Italy admitted to WEU joining Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Separately the senate approved returning sovereignty to West Germany and ending Allied occupation by 234 to 75 and ratified West Germany's NATO admission 200 to 114.
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Paris
France
National Assembly
West Germany
Italy
Britain
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Senate
WEU
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Irving Ousts School Board Ends Month-Long Strike
Irving voters backed ex Superintendent John L. Beard by approving a measure to form a new district and elect a new board. Unofficial tallies showed 1 962 in favor and 1 646 against, with about 3 860 citizens voting in a gym during record cold.
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Irving
Tex
John L. Beard
Beard
Dallas
Ballots Set for Local School and City Elections
Ballots are prepared for two Scurry County races with eight candidates for the school board and four council seats. Absentee voting is open with deadlines next Friday for the city and Tuesday for the school board. The ballot order includes Max West, Bill Grimmett, Weldon Johnson, Jim Mixon, Frances Brooks, W F Mcmenamy, Buster Lowery, and Frank Strom. West and Grimmett are notable local business and civic leaders.
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Scurry County
Hollis Fields
Eugene Harper
G. W. Parks
C. N. von Roeder
Walter Hales
School Board of Trustees
Lee T. Stinson
L. M. Ford
Max West
Bill Grimmett
Weldon Johnson
Jim Mixon
Frances Brooks
W. F. McMennamy
Buster Lowery
Frank Strom
West
Snyder National Farm Loan Association
Chamber of Commerce
Scurry County Junior Livestock Association
Texas Employment Reaches Record High in February
Texas Employment Commission reports 2,600,000 Texans in non farm work in February, down only 500 from normal seasonal drop. This is 71,900 more than February 1954 with a mid April forecast near 2,700,000.
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Austin
Texas Employment Commission
TEC
Bank Robber Steals About $2000 in Justin Texas
A youthful gunman robs the Justin State Bank at 10 50 a m makes off with about $2000. Bank president Newton Knox says the robber demanded the bag and showed a gun while Knox and two cashiers complied and were forced to lie on the floor. Road blocks are set as the suspect heads south toward Fort Worth.
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Justin
Tex
Justin State Bank
Texas
Denton
Fort Worth
Newton Knox
Knox
Alta Williams
Frances Jones
Soviet Premier Signals Positive Stance on Big Power Talks
Moscow reports Premier Bulganin says the Soviet Union supports Eisenhower's proposal for a great power conference to ease world tensions and notes a near term plan to discuss an Austrian peace treaty. Eisenhower urged deeds to prove Russia's good faith and called for exploratory talks to advance peace.
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Moscow
Nikolai Bulganin
Eisenhower
Bulganin
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Paris
Germany
Russia
Tass
Foreign Ministry
United States
What is a Presbyterian Divorces and beliefs described
What is a Presbyterian attitude to divorce and marriage. The article explains divorce rules for Presbyterians and notes church views on birth control confession salvation and personal faith. It outlines scriptural grounds for divorce and remarriage and the priesthood of all believers.
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John Sutherland Bonnell
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
New York City
Presbyterian Church
Christ
God
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