Legislature Near Adjournment Asks Two Major Bills
In Austin Speaker Waggoner Carr said adjournment should come in a few days as the Legislature nears the end of a 120 day session. The House focuses on the general spending bill and a teachers pay raise while Senate holds House approved measures on financing teachers and flood control. Carr praised members over corruption charges and noted pay drops to zero tomorrow as floor debate on the two billion dollar spending bill begins. The outcome hinges on revenue measures including a school tuition bill and a one percent diversion from the permanent school fund.
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Austin
Waggoner Carr
House
Senate
Carr
Cadets Named for International Exchange Program
The Civil Air Patrol selected 145 top teenage cadets from over 36 000 members for this year’s international exchange. They will converge on Washington July 11 for orientation before flying to 21 countries for three weeks, staying with host families and visiting airports. Texans named include Kenneth Crowder of San Angelo to Spain, Gerald Sherrill of Sweetwater to Denmark, and Alton Moore Jr. of Pharr to the Netherlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civil Air Patrol
Air Force
Walter Agee
Kenneth Crowder
Angelo Blvd
San Angelo
Spain
Gerald Sherrill
Beal St
Sweetwater
Denmark
Alton Moore Jr
Marion $T
Pharr
Netherlands
Postal Hike Favored by House Postal Committee
The House Post Office and Civil Service Committee voted 2 to 1 to raise first class letter mail to four cents per ounce and increase postage for postcards air mail letters and air mail cards. No final action on the bill was taken and the panel planned more sessions to consider second class rate hikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Muray
D-Tenn
Dallas Lawn Sinks After Heavy Rains
After heavy rains, the E. W. Norvell family found an 18 foot section of their lawn sunk up to five feet. An underground stream fed by the rain weakened the yard, causing the collapse.
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Dallas
E. W. Norvell
Plan To Share Baseball Field Between Leagues
A eight person delegation met with the commissioners to discuss sharing Towle Memorial Park’s ball diamond between the Little Leagues and a growing girls softball group. Both seek designated nights while avoiding conflicts with church activities, planning four and two nights weekly respectively. Commissioners considered each league playing one night at the high school field and remaining nights at the park field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioners Court
Towle Memorial Park
Girls Softball Organization
West Texas
Park
Rebels Strike in Algiers Across Five Areas
Nationalist rebels attacked five zones in Algiers over the last 24 hours amid public safety clashes. Civilians faced confrontations on farms with property set ablaze. At least nine people were killed in the violence.
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Algiers
Algeria
Snyder Chamber Honors Forest Sears With Tribute
Snyder Chamber of Commerce directors paid tribute to the late Forest G Sears who organized the industrial foundation campaign. The board adopted a memorial resolution and discussed progress of the campaign aiming to start operations by June 1. Also approved membership in a West Texas business research bureau at Texas Tech.
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Snyder Chamber of Commerce
Forrest G. Sears
Industrial Foundation
Sears
Forest G. Sears
Jaycees
Industrial Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Wilton N. Jones
Chamber
West Texas
Texas Tech
Snyder Chamber
Mistrial Declared In Heirship Case At Local Court
Judge Sterling Williams declared a mistrial in the civil case Etta Carrol vs E C Carrol et al over heirship of R T Carrol’s estate. It was a second trial after a hung jury last November. The June 17 reset followed jury panel turmoil with many disqualifications. A new insurance dispute, Provins vs American Investors Life, began with twelve jurors chosen.
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Sterling Williams
Etta Carrol
E. C. Carrol
R. T. Carrol
Williams
James S. Provins
American Investors Life Insurance Co
O. N. Lassiter
W. D. Casebolt
Howard Crenshaw
Kenneth Wilson
Marshall Boyd
Collie Fish
Howard Gray
Oran Sturdivant
John D., Curtis
Garth Austin
Jake Green
Youth Is Killed In Highway 35 Crash Near Point Comfort
Three year old George Blaylock III died in a Highway 35 collision near Point Comfort. His father George P. Blaylock Jr. of Pasadena, Texas, and the other driver were unhurt. a car rear-ended a pickup.
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Victoria
George Blaylock III
Point Comfort
Here
George P. Blaylock Jr
Pasadena
Tex
Weather Snyder: Mild West Texas With Showers
The forecast shows a high of 72 and low of 47 for Monday with a 7 30 a m reading of 53 degrees. Partly cloudy skies prevail in West Texas with widely scattered showers through Wednesday.
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Snyder
West Texas
Phillips resigns from city council after five years
J W Jake Phillips hardware store owner resigns from Snyder city council after more than five years citing business personal and family reasons. He says a smoothly run city government remains and a new man can take over, with Dr Robert H Hargrove elected mayor pro tem and no immediate vacancy filling action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W
Jake) Phillips
Phillips
Pee
Robert H. Hargrove
Damage From Storms Rises To 85 Million
Maj. Gen. Holmes Dager of the Federal Civil Defense Office reports preliminary Texas storm damage at 85 million dollars across 54 counties. The figure may rise as surveys continue and federal aid processes unfold with state offices, Red Cross, and agriculture damage tallies.
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Austin
Holmes Dager
Federal Civil Defense Office
Texas
Dager
Federal Civil Defense Administration
State Office of Civil Defense and
Nesses
Red Cross
Army
Governor’s Office
Federal
Civil Defense Administrations
Denton
Eisenhower
Gas Bill Favored by Administration Hearings Underway
Washington support for the Harris O'Hara natural gas bill with proposed changes to tighten federal price supervision. ODM general counsel Kendall testifies for White House on market value pricing and consumer protections. FPC Chairman Kuykendall endorses core aims for regulation of gas producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leisenhower
Charles H. Kendall
Office of Defense Mobilization
House Commerce Committee
Harris
D-Ark
Kendall
ODM
Budget Bureau
White House
Congress
Eisenhower
Federal Power Commission
Rep. O'Hara
R-Minn
FPC
City Council Takes Action On Bids And Proposals In Snyder
The Snyder City Council accepted a low bid of 1900 for activated carbon for water treatment from T and T Welding Supply of Big Spring. It authorized an atoms for peace exhibit for May 17 and 18, designated a loading zone on Avenue R, and approved curtains for the fire substation. It also authorized travel for the city manager, debated bond refinancing, budgeted uniforms, and trimmed the street paving program. Additionally the council allowed a church parade under police supervision, called for traffic studies, and extended fire zones around downtown and highway streets.
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Big Spring
Chamber of Commerce
Atoms For Peace
Avenue R
White
Fire Department
el Paso
Thirty-fourth Street
Snyder
Roy Dunlap
Texas City Managers Association
Orange
Texas
Carter Johnston
Rouscher, Pierce & Co
Jonhston
Service Department
Avenue D Baptist Church
State Highway Department
Big Spring Highway
State
Oilwell Control Ordinance Passed in Snyder City
The Snyder City Council approved emergency oilwell control with a $250 drill permit fee, slush pit and tank storage rules, and levee requirements. They closed two alleys, approved two annexations for Bum Gibbons Well Service Co. and Winston Brothers, adding blocks 24–28 Colonial Hill and a Twenty-fifth Street parcel for utilities.
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City of
Snyder
Bum Gibbons Well Service Co
Twenty-fifth Street
West Snyder
Colonial Hill Addition
Southwest
Winston Brothers
Thirty-fourth Street
Austin Place
el Paso Avenue
Bell Files Rate Increase Request with City
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co filed a formal rate increase request with the city secretary yesterday afternoon. Council did not meet to discuss it. officials will study the proposal. Proposed rates include higher charges for business and residence lines and pay phones compared to present rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Truman Black
Snyder
R. S. Yorgesen
Deffebach- Yorgesen
W. W. Park
Telehone Company
Oil Field Workers Picket in South Borden County Strike
In south Borden County oil field, picketing continued around four wells near the Good Ranch Vealmoor area. Union Local 672 claims three rigs shut down while a drilling firm representative says all rigs are working. Union seeks five man crews, transport, safety measures, and paid vacations amid fears the action may spread across the Permian Basin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Garrett
Midland
Cactus Drilling Co
Cactus
Denver Drilling Co
Odessa
Henry Black Drilling Co
Permain
E. V. Swygart
Lamesa
Borden County
Sid Reeder
Texas Rangers
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West Berlin
Forest Sears
Harold Bennett
Council
Bennett
Small Business Administration
Agriculture Eee
FCDA
Jerome K. Kuykendall
Adolf Schaerf
Austria
Theodor Koerner
Scarbrough Addition
Chambers Addition
Bell
Garrett
Clark
Permian Basin
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