Primaries Set in Scurry County Voters Cast for Party Noms
Scurry County voters head to the polls for Democratic and Republican primaries. On the Republican ballot is a presidential preference poll featuring Goldwater Rockefeller Smith and Stassen while a Senate contest among Bush Cox Davis and Morris looms. Democrats race for governor US House 17th District Sheriff Tax Assessor Collector and county commissioner seats with many contenders and 20 polling sites open 8 am to 7 pm.
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Scurry County
Barry Goldwater
Nelson Rockefeller
Margaret Chase Smith
Harold E. Stassen
U.S. Senate
George Bush
Jack Cox
Milton A. Davis
Robert Morris
U.S
Omar Burleson
Max Carriker
Fisher County
Prentice E. Smith
Henry Camp
E. E
Buddy) Norris
C. E
Shot) Allen
Earl Abercrombie
Keith Collier
Clarence Minton
Bill Love
Don Adams
Jim Stirling
Geral Greene
Clarence Wade
Earl H. Strawn
Raymond B. Lloyd
W. M
Marion) Dobbs
Lee Dan Stone
Thayne Mebane
Steinberg
Clyde Thomas
William L
Cowboy) Lyons
Travis
Campaign Appeals as Yarborough Faces McLendon in Texas Primary
Dallas radio executive Gordon McLendon blasted U S Senator Ralph Yarborough over civil rights and senate reform as he campaigned in San Antonio. Yarborough prepared a statewide TV speech amid the close Texas Democratic primary race and questions over Estes gifts.
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Peggy Simpson
Associated Press
U.S. Senate
U.S
Ralph Yarborough
Fort Worth
Dallas
Gordon McLendon
Alamo
San Antonio
McLendon
Senate
Yarborough
People of Labor
Labor Unions
Texas
Billie Sol Estes
Texans vote under poll tax free certificates Saturday
In a first free voting opportunity since 1902 Texans eligible on Feb 5–Mar 6 can cast ballots for U S representatives U S Senator and GOP presidential preference with special poll tax free certificates. Machines and ballots will be adjusted to separate federal from state and local contests.
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Associated Press
State Comptroller’s Department
Texas
U. S
Republican Executive Committee
Democratic Party
Republicans urge last resort military action against Castro
A GOP Critical Issues Council urged the Johnson administration to declare readiness to use force to remove communism from Cuba. The plan calls for lifting curbs on anti Castro raiders and creating in exile government in Latin America to rally 300,000 Cuban refugees for liberation. Democrats denounced the move as crude politics and noted Castro rose to power under Eisenhower.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
Republican Council
Johnson
Cuba
Democrats
Fidel Castro
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican Critical Issues Council
Milton S. Eisenhower
U.S
Latin America
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Castro
Bantam Hen Shelters Rare Whooping Crane Chick
In Lafayette Louisiana a one pound Japanese silkie hen incubated and mothered a fragile half pound egg until the world's 49th whooping crane chick hatched at the Wildlife Research substation. The chick emerged Wednesday and is reported in good condition.
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Lafayette
Precinct conventions set near polling places for both parties
Democratic precinct conventions will begin at 2 p m Saturday near polling places while Republican conventions start at 7 30 p m near polling sites. Spokesmen say a poll tax or exemption stamped to show voting in the primary is required for admission. Republicans voting in consolidated boxes will attend the convention at the box where they voted.
Churchmen Split Over School Prayers Amendment
Washington AP reports a clash among faith leaders on amending the Constitution to allow prayers in public schools. Opponents include the American Jewish religious community and Pennsylvania clergy. supporters come from the National Association of Evangelicals and others.
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Pennsylvania
House Judiciary Committee
National Association of Evangelicals
Chad P. Combs F
United Presbyterian Church
Supreme Court
Robert A. Cook
Irwin M. Blank
Temple Sinai
Tenafly
N.J
Synagogue Council of America
Cancer Society Unit Sets Annual Membership Meeting
The Scurry County unit of the American Cancer Society schedules its annual member ship meeting for Monday at 4 p.m. in the Snyder Savings and Loan community room. Officers will be elected and committee reports given. The public is invited to attend.
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Scurry County
American Cancer Society
Snyder Savings and Loan Association
Bank Robbed in Whitney Texas Story
Three men robbed the First National Bank of Whitney around 9 30 am in an old model DeSoto. They parked in a side alley and entered the bank with pistols to intimidate customers and the cashier Joseph Cross to obtain about 15 000 to 20 000 dollars.
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Whitney, Tex
First National Bank of Whitney
Joseph Cross
Race Hate Hinted In NY Stabbings
Police investigated racial motive in Harlem assaults and stabbings as militant youths linked to Black Muslim movement faced homicide charges. Two white women, Magit Sugar and Eileen A Johnston, plus two white men were slain earlier, with no robbery. Authorities noted several racially charged cases under review.
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New York
Harlem
Magit Sugar
Eileen A. Johnston
Elgin
David L. Watts
Jules Peddier
Watts
Bulgach
Earler
New York Times Today
Henry X
Snyder Oil Field Worker Dies In North Flovanna Crash
A 22 year old Snyder resident Leslie Don Hatfield died at the scene of a one car crash seven miles north of Flovanna while riding with driver George Wayne Webster. Passenger David Fraley sustained a broken leg, Jackie Evans and Webster escaped with minor injuries. The car overturned after leaving the road on a hill and police investigated with Justice D C Roberts. Evans and Webster walked two miles to summon aid and Fraley was treated at Cogdell Hospital. Funeral services for Hatfield were set for Freer Assembly of God Church with burial in Freer Cemetery. Bell Seale Funeral Home arranged the service. Hatfield survived by his parents two sisters and three brothers.
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Flovanna
Leslie Don Hatfield
Avenue Z
Ford
George Wayne Webster
Dermott
David Fraley
Avenue 7
Jackie Evans
Fraley
Garza County
Texas ‘Highway
Post
Justice of ‘the Peace
D. C. Roberts
Evans
Webster
Highway 84
Cogdell Hospital
Hat‘field
Freer Assembly For God
Freer
Bell-Seale Funeral Home
Bell-Seale
Alice
Jim Lands
Freer Church
Leo Hagens
Aransas Pass
Hatfield
W. M Hatfield
Forrest Young
Kenneth Neely
Dale
J. H
Delmo
Northside Assembly of God Church
Weather Snyder Temperatures and Regional Forecast
High Thursday around 649 degrees with a low near 5 degrees for Snyder. North Central Texas mostly cloudy with scattered showers and possible storms into Saturday. Northwest Texas partly cloudy with showers in the east and north, warm tonight, highs 76 to 97. Central and Southeast Texas cloudy to partly cloudy with scattered showers today and tonight, highs 84 to 95. Southwest Texas clear to partly cloudy with highs around 88, cooler tonight.
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