Six-Man Race Set for Texas Governor Nomination
Democratic primary narrows to a six candidate field for governor with Sen. Henry Gonzalez joining Gov. Price Daniel and Sen. W. Lee O'Daniel in a liberal conservative clash. Gonzalez vows a strenuous statewide campaign while others including Ralph Yarborough and Lt. Gov. Ben Ramsey enter or plan campaigns. The slate also features races for lieutenant governor, attorney general, comptroller, land and oil clerks, and Supreme Court seats.
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Senate
Henry Gonzalez
San Antonio
Gonzalez
Price Daniel
W. Lee O'Daniel
Alvis Vandygriff
Don Booker
Orange
Joe Irwin
Dallas
Daniel
O’daniel
Texas
William Blakley
Ben Ramsey
George Nokes
Waco
Will Wilson
Jesse James
Robert S. Calvert
Olin Culberson
Frank Culver
Ruel Walker
State Supreme Court
John White
Tom Griffin
Bastrop
Glenn Rothmann
Bill Albeorn
L. J. Dimmitt
Supreme Court
Joe Greenhill
Sarah Hughes
K. K. Woodley
Court of Criminal Appeals
Graham Purcell
Wichita Falls
Robert Hamilton
el Paso
Edwin Smith
Houston
Wilmer Hunt
Five Contested Races In County Primary
The county Democratic filing deadline passed with Buford Browning entering the July primary for county superintendent joining incumbent Forrest Beavers. Other races include county judge Edgar Taylor and J. Ray Martin, treasurer three candidates, and district clerk Eunice Weathersbee, plus multiple precinct and state races.
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Democratic Executive Committee
Buford Browning
Forrest Beavers
Frank Wilson
Democratic
Edgar Taylor
J. Ray Martin
Agnes Brown
Mollie Pinkerton
Leona Weathers
Dan Cotton
40 Indictments In Cuban Rebel Plot
A federal grand jury indicted 40 men for conspiracy to form a military expedition to Cuba and to export arms, tied to a coast guard intercept off the Texas Gulf Coast. Among those named are Arnaldo Barron of New York and Anthony del Conde of Mexico City. trial set for May 19.
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Corpus Christip
Texas Gulf Coast
Cuba
Coast Guard
Brownsville
Fidel Castro
Anthony del Conde
Mexico City
el Orion
Arnaldo Barron
New York
James V. Allred
Accounts In Defunct Bank Protected
The FDIC announced that virtually all deposits in the defunct Peoples State Bank of Richland Springs Texas are protected up to 10000 per depositor. Total deposits were about 550000 and payments to insured claimants should begin within a week or 10 days. Bank commissioner J M Falkner said the bank failed with all capital wiped out.
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Washington
Peoples State Bank of
Richland Springs
Tex
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
FDIC
Texas Bank
J. M. Falkner
Falkner
Robbers Seize Money Truck In London Bank Heist
Six men intercepted a money truck in London and diverted it to a bank. They bound gagged the driver and loaded $120,400 into their car with a cashier and guard in the truck.
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London
Soviet Push for Presummit Talks Draws Commmissures
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko urged the West to speed presummit talks while seeking parity by including more Communist governments in future ministerial meetings. He signaled readiness for separate negotiations with Western envoys and noted the Western three reject Poland and Czechoslovakia inclusion. Llewellyn Thompson said no change in stance as he headed to Paris and Copenhagen for NATO talks and Dulles discussions.
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Harold K. Miles
Moscow
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Llewellyn E. Thompson
United States
Thompson
Paris
U.S
Europe
Copenhagen
Dulles
NATO
Cannon seeks swift approval of Ike defense shakeup
Rep. Clarence Cannon urges prompt congressional passage of President Eisenhower's defense reorganization plan. He argues for end to interservice bickering and reduced wastage to build greater military strength, while debates among Democrats about budget flexibility and size of the Pentagon staff continue.
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Rep. Cannon
Ike
Washington
Clarence Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Congress
Cannon
House
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
Rain spreads across Panhandle and South Plains areas
A light shower was reported in Amarillo with more scattered rain expected across the Panhandle and South Plains. Flood conditions eased in Fort Worth as Lake Worth and Eagle Mountain Lake crested. Red River flooding receded near Shreveport. Thunderstorms were forecast for North Central and West Texas later this week.
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Associated Press
Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Junction
Laredo
Lufkin
Presidio
Fort Worth
Lake Worth
Eagle Mountain Lake
Trinity River
McGee Place
Eagle Lake
Red River
Louisiana
Air Force
Shreveport
Alexandria
North Central
West Texas
Snyder Girl Wins $10 Quiz Award
Linda Orr a 15 year old Snyder high school freshman won ten dollars for submitting a question to the Junior Editors Quiz. Her question appears in today s Daily News on page 111.
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Snyder
Daily News
Linda Orr
R. D. Orr
Clairemont Road
Miss Orr
Mythical Bombers To Hit 30 Texas Cities
Mythical enemy bombers will harass at least 30 Texas cities today and tomorrow as a statewide civil defense drill begins. Five cities will be bombed conceptually while 25 designated target areas assume planes were shot down causing explosions.
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Austin
Texas
William McGill
Gulf of Mexico
State Civil Defense Control Center
Department of Public
Chamber of Commerce Board Reports May Meet
The Chamber of Commerce board heard committee reports on a proposed 245000 bond election for street projects. Other items included tourism plans for the U.S. Highway 180 convention in Snyder and efforts to form a county safety council.
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Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Bill Jordan
Agriculture Committee
Ira
R. C. Patton
Chamber
Highway and Safety Committee
Thirty-seventh
Big Spring Highway
el Paso Street
Thirtieth Street
Avenue N
Deep Creek
Dry Run Creek
Twenty-ninth
Snyder
Medical Cost Data Faulted by Texas Academy
The Texas Academy of General Practice challenged the U S Department of Labor price index showing medical care costs rising faster than the cost of living. Dr L W Johnson of Houston said the data fueled belief that medical care is expensive and that physicians charge high fees.
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Austin
Texas Academy of General Practice
U.S. Department of Labor
Academy
L. W. Johnson
Houston
Auto Crash, Man Flung From Car Damages Cafe Wall
Fort Worth police said J. L. Barns drove into another vehicle last night. Barns was ejected into the street as his car rolled, struck a street sign, and crashed into a cafe. The impact left Miss Jo Ann Plowman homeless, with a dented wall used as her bedroom.
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Fort Worth
J. L. Barns
Barns
Jo Ann Plowman
Folsom Plans Private Life After Cabinet Service
Secretary of Welfare Folsom told President Eisenhower he aims to leave the post this year but no resignation letter has been received. Reports link Arthur S. Flemming as successor. Hagerty offered no comment without a vacancy. Flemming, 53, is former Ohio Wesleyan president and civil service commissioner.
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Washington
Secretary of Welfare
Folsom
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
Arthur S. Flemming
Ohio Wesleyan University
Office of Defense Mobilization
Hagerty
Eastman Kodak Co
Flemming
Florida
Ohio Wesleyan
Weather Synopsis for Texas Regions
Daily readings report high 83 degrees in Snyder with a 45 degree low and 49 during morning read. Soil temps in school data show 62 degrees with 10 day average 59.3. East and South Central Texas expect clear to partly cloudy mild conditions through Wednesday with possible isolated thundershowers in the northwest and Panhandle areas.
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Snyder
High School Agriculture Department
Texas
Panhandle
South
Diplomatic Budget Cuts Target Frills for U.S. Diplomats
The State Department scrapped plans for cabanas beach huts and cabin boats abroad while keeping three swimming pools in Tehran Port-au-Prince and Seoul to aid life at overseas posts. A Riviera French villa for French language training drew opposition as too costly.
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Washington
State Department
U. S
Department
Tehran
Port-au-Prince
Seoul
Foreign Service
House Appropriations
John J. Rooney
U.S
French Riviera
Lou Henderson
U. S. Armed Services
Riviera Villa
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