House stalls on corporation income and natural gas tax bills
In Austin, the House failed to take immediate action on a corporation income tax and a natural gas tax bill. The Senate advanced a $314 million catchall tax measure including a 2 percent sales and use levy, with debate possible today. The corporation tax bill was postponed by voice vote, and the natural gas tax measure was delayed to Monday at 11 am.
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Austin
House
Senate
Sen. Wardlow
Lane
Charles Wilson
Higher nominations for Texas crude in June
The State Railroad Commission reports higher nominations and market demand, with Texas buyers indicating they will purchase 16,547 extra barrels daily in June, totaling 2,479,545 barrels per day.
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Austin
Texas
State Railroad Commission
Coup Leaders In Korea Defy U S Authorities
South Korea’s armed forces seized power in a bloodless coup and dissolved the National Assembly and local bodies. U N Command and U S authorities urged restoration of constitutional government as tanks and paratroops moved into Seoul and martial law was declared.
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Seoul
South Korea
United States
National Assembly
John M. Chang
Chang
National
Kim Soong-Joo
Democratic Party
U.N. Command
Carter B Magruder
U.N
Korea
S. Charge
Marshal Green
Magruder
Syngman Rhee
Eou
Republic
Noel Rites Set Today
Funeral services are set for 3 p.m. in Fluvanna Baptist Church for Mrs. Piety Henrietta Noel 85 who died Monday at Cogdell Memorial Hospital in Fluvanna born in Davidson Alabama she moved to Scurry County in 1905 and is survived by husband George William Noel a daughter Ila Mae Wills six sisters two brothers three grandchildren and three great grandchildren assisted by Rev T L Nipp and Rev B C Finch with burial in Fluvanna Cemetery under Bolger Funeral Home direction
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Fluvanna
Piety
Henrietta Noel
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Opal Noel
Bow
Jewel Dorsey
Robstown
Myrtle Cavingatty
Portales
N. M
Ruby DeVore
Lora Holder
South Gate
Calif
Oscar Sneed
Snyder
Claude Sneed
Burglars Hit Three Places In Scurry County
Burglars struck Hermleigh Post Office Pattersons Used Car Lot and Snyder Iron and Metal Co on the Old Post Road. Small sums were stolen, about $3 or $4, with the incidents under investigation by the Scurry County Sheriff. No major losses reported at Snyder Iron and Metal Co this morning.
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Scurry County
Snyder Iron and Metal Co
Old Post Road
Weather snapshot for Texas regions today and Wednesday
Temperatures range from 8 to 76 degrees with high winds in places. Panhandle expects lows near 3 to 4 degrees and highs around the 70s while Northwest and Southwest Texas see partly cloudy skies and scattered showers along the coast.
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Snyder
Texas
Panhantle
High Plains
Panhandle
South High
Johnson in Bangkok pledges U S support to Thai leaders
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson arrives in Thailand promising continued U S backing as Bangkok seeks more military and economic aid. Talks planned on SEATO force presence and stronger defenses to deter Communist advances in Laos and the region.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Lyndon B. Johnson
U S
Laos
Johnson
Kennedy
Land of the Free
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Khrushchev Replies To Kennedy Message
Soviet Premier Khrushchev sent a reply to President Kennedy’s February note. Soviet Ambassador Menshikov delivered it at the White House and declined to reveal contents. White House said the message was a reply to Kennedy, with no plans for an informal Khrushchev meeting at this time.
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Travis L. Steele
Snyder
J.D. Frith
Steele
Roy Dunlap
Dunlap
Washington
Nikita S Khrushchev
Kennedy
Moscow
White House
Mikhail Menshikov
Llewellyn Thompson
Russia
Khrushchev
Menshikov
Western Powers Meet in Geneva on Laos Armament Ban
The Laos peace conference opens in Geneva with the West seeking an arms shipments ban to reinforce a fragile truce. Major powers plan to present a united front while the royal government in Vientiane boycotts, and talks focus on a political union among rival Lao factions. US Britain Soviet and France back a broad settlement and observers will include all three Lao groups. George Kennedys administration signals readiness to table talks despite boycott, with Rusk due to speak midweek.
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Geneva
Laos
Ent
Vientiane
Pathet Lao
Kennedy
United States
Leuam Insisiengmay
Souvanna Phouma
Britain
Russia
Cochairmen
Andrei Gromyko
Lord Home US
Dean Rusk
Mrs Shook Dies Monday in Texas Church Burial
Mrs Amanda Ola Shook 78 died at 6 10 p m Monday in Cogheld Memorial Hospital. A native of Minden Arkansas she lived in Scurry County 40 years. Funeral at Ira Baptist Church Thursday 2 p m with Rev R F Bratton and Rev J Roy Haynes officiating. Burial in Ira Cemetery directed by Bolger Funeral Home. Pallbearers listed. Survived by two daughters, five sons, one sister, one brother and eleven grandchildren.
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Amanda Ola Shook
Cogheld Memorial Hospital
Minden
Ark
Mra Shook
Scurry County
Ira Baptist Church
Shook
R F Bratton
J. Roy Haynes
Ira Baptist
Ira
Bolger Funeral Home
Rinehart
George Lee
Hoyle Carey
Wright Huddleston
Jennny Lankford
Truman Davis
Mattie Shook
Abilene
Salle Holland
San Antonio
Oscar Shook
Coos Bay
Ore
Ray Shook
Winnsboro
Ernest Shook
Odessa
Willie Shook
Alfred Shook
Snyder
George Lindsey
McCamey
M. W. Grant
Killeen
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Snyder Chamber of Commerce
Joe Cargile
Harold Lacik
Chamber of Commerce
Lanette Miller
Margaret Miller
Judy Wallace
Rozanne McCloskey
Dick Martin
David Wiman
Lynn Brooks
Mike Reed
Charles Bennett
Candice Wegel
Frances Martin
Lynnda Bradley
Jan Vesta
Jean Young
David Kee
John Best
Bob Smith
Bill Weaver
John Pickering
Deborah, Short
Dana Lee Falls
Julia Kay Richardson
Terry K. Alexander
Deanna Lee Hill
Martha Ann Schmidt
Bockrow
Stuart Long
Carl Ray Bailey
Thomas David Shelburne
Tr Omes
Gene Shelburne
Jackson
U. S
Corsicana
Big Spring
Noel
Defense Organization
Krush
Pierre Salinger
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