Highway 180 and 260 Associations plan merged U S highway
Snyder hosts the U S Highway 180 Association annual convention with registration at the Snyder Gasoline Plant. A merger discussion with the U S Highway 260 Association aims to create a single scenic route from Fort Worth to the Grand Canyon. Jack Vincent leads the 180 group with Bill Lee and Pat Ryan as officers.
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Fort Worth
el Paso
Snyder
Deming
N. M
Sivler City
Springerville
Holbrook, Ariz
U.S
Grand Canyon
Carlsbad Caverns
Snyder Gasoline Plant
Hollis Fields
Bob Taylor
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Cotten
Jack Vincent
Bill Lee
Pat Ryan
Lamesa
Association
Lee
Norman Spencer
Chamber
Cotten
Forth Worth Chamber
Trade Extension Department
Snyder Spotlight highlights weather and civic notes
Rain last Monday raised Lake J. B. Thomas to a record level while farming land saw minimal damage. A rare ground tornado touched 13 miles northeast of Snyder as a freak event. Visitors from Roby Hermleigh and Ira toured the Daily News plant. A visiting postcard from T Sailor Edgar R Foster and wife of Waco praised Snyder as a city with a soul and thanked locals Johnny Nobles McClain Oil Service and Bill Lee. An extra DPS examiner arrives in Snyder for five days to ease driver license testing ahead of the next schedule, located at the county courthouse third floor.
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Lake
J. B. Thomas
Snyder
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
T-Sgt
Edgar R. Foster
Waco
Fosters
Johnny Nobles
McClain Oil Service
Bill Lee
Texas Department of Public Safety
Maj
Wilson Speir
DPS
Midland
Flags To Fly At Half Staff For Unknown War Dead
President Eisenhower ordered flags flown at half staff May 28 to 30 in honor of unknown American dead from World War II and the Korean conflict to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day. The two unknown bodies arrive May 28 and the order covers government buildings and naval vessels.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Arlington National Cemetery
Senate Desire For Tougher Bill Seen
Washington Secretary of Defense McElroy said some senators will push for a stronger defense reorganization bill than the House draft. He noted President Eisenhower wants closer alignment with his objectives as the measure advances to floor debates in the House and then the Senate. The bill, approved 32 to 0 by the House Armed Services Committee, trims unified command while preserving Congress final say on transfers and opposed provision for single administration of all services.
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Washington
McElroy
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Ure
House Armed Services Committee
House Committee
Defense
Congress
Defense Department
Nixon Trip May Shift U S Policy
Vice President Nixon’s tour of Latin America exposed sharp anti U S sentiment and Communist pressure. Washington likely to shift policy toward dictatorships with a handshake for democrats, bolster diplomacy with students professors and labor leaders, and pursue stronger economic cooperation in the region.
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Stanford Bradshaw
Washington
Nixon
U.S
South America
United States
Latin America
U. S
Convict Shot Dead on Missouri Pacific Train During Escape
Texarkana Arkansas May 17 Deputy Sheriff Donald E Ellsworth of Los Angeles shot and killed James Calvin Jones 31 while Jones escaped from custody on a Missouri Pacific passenger train Jones had been being transferred from the Nashville Tennessee state prison for trial on robbery charges The deputy freed by Jones from handcuffs in a restroom scene shot Jones at close range after the convict produced a pistol which proved to be a wooden mockery Coroner ruled justifiable homicide and the two officers returned to Los Angeles
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Texarkana
Ark
Donald E. Ellsworth
Los Angeles
James Calvin Jones
Nashville, Tenn
Missouri Pacific
Ellsworth
Max Tackett
Arkansas
Jones
C. L. Winchester
Raymond P. Miner
Miner
Tennessee State Prison
Palmdale
Pflimlin Vows Efforts To Prevent Overthrow
Paris embattled Premier Pierre Pflimlin vowed to use emergency powers to crush plots from both right and left aiming at a violent overthrow of the Republic. He urged unity and law, announced a new armed forces chief, and noted generals were confined to quarters amid political turmoil. Soustelle fled to Algeria amid calls for national unity.
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Godfrey Anderson
Paris
Pierre Pflimlin
The
Nation
Paul Ely
de Gaulle
Ely
Air Force
Charles de Gaulle
Marcel Diebold
Haute-Marne
Pilimlin
Pflimlin
France
Algiers
St. Etienne
Soustelle
Algeria
Mediterranean
Rival Sisters to Lead Opposing Sides in Robbery Trial
In Raymondville Texas two sisters face off in the 138th District Court as Edna Cisneros prosecutes two men for a Bell Loan Co. holdup while Diana Klefisch defends. Both are UT graduates and locals, meeting in court for the first time.
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Raymondville
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
Edna Cisneros
Bell Loan Co
Diana Klefisch
Miss Cisneros
Willacy County
Klefisch
Martin de Leon
Domingo Ramirez
Dist
Atty. Cisneros
University of Texas
Snyder Area Receives Light Showers and Muddy Ground
A shower hit the Snyder area yesterday leaving muddy ground with light rainfall. The heaviest fall was in the Lake Thomas area at about a quarter of an inch. Skies stayed cloudy late, with more showers expected, while Texas saw scattered rain and a brief tornado cloud west of Brownsville. Brownsville recorded .71 inch from noon to 2 pm, totaling 90 inches since Friday midnight.
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Snyder
Lake Thomas
Associated Press
Texas
Weather Bureau
Brownsville
Galveston
Midland
Houston
el Paso
Laredo
Weather Outlook for Texas With Variable Clouds
Friday highs near 85 with 58 low and 7:30 am reading. Saturday cool 66 in North Central and West Texas with scattered thunderstorms. Sunday and Monday expect considerable clouds with showers and thundershowers. East and South Central Texas remain steady with no major temperature change.
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Snyder
Texas
Gaza resident sentenced to death by military court
A Gaza City resident, Saadi al Shawa, age 56, was sentenced to death by a Gaza military court on Saturday for alleged work with Jordan to overthrow the Egyptian administration in the Gaza Strip. He was accused of collaborating with King Hussein of Jordan.
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Gaza
Jordan
Gaza Strip
Saadi al-Shawa
Hussein
Globemaster Fleet Moves to Germany For Middle East Aid
The United States ships 18 C124 Globemaster transports to Germany for possible use in Lebanon and the Middle East. The State Department says new aid, including tanks and equipment, has been approved, with secrecy on evac plan and security guarantees for 3,000 to 4,000 Americans in Lebanon.
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Washington
United States
Lebanon
Germany
Middle East
State Department
U.S
Donaldson Air Force Base
S. C
Air Force
U. S
Europe
Frank Everest
Beirut
Camille Chamoun
Bookmobile bid approved with heater cut to save cost
County commissioners and library board accepted Wilson Motors bid of 10 618 80 for a 1958 Ford bookmobile, trimming heating and air conditioning to save to 8 868 80. Heating cut sparked 3 1 vote with Pat Moore in favor of full specs. The unit will serve rural areas in a 120 day delivery. library to open June 2 with limited hours.
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County Commissioners Court
County Library Board
Wilson Motors
Snyder Truck & Tractor Co
Cullen Toombs
Doyle Palmer
T. B. Knight
Pat Moore
Jorden Brunken
Commissioners Court
Mercury
Wilson
Canyon Buick-Pontiac, Inc
Eiland Motor Co
Subandrio Presses U S to Halt Foreign Interference
Indonesian Foreign Minister Subandrio urged U S Ambassador Howard Jones to stop alleged foreign intervention in East Indonesia’s rebellion. He warned the country cannot wait much longer as the struggle moves into a critical stage amid reports Chinese Nationalists are aiding rebels in North Celebes.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Subandrio
U.S
Howard Jones
United States
Jones
Celebes
Superskyway Next Step In Air Safety
The Civil Aeronautics Board outlined a coast to coast Superskyway 40 miles wide and 15 000 feet deep as a test for safer air travel. The plan would restrict entry to a 20 000 to 35 000 foot airspace with radar equipped aircraft only, to test traffic control capabilities.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Congress
CAB
Sputnik III completes 29th Earth orbit
London report states Sputnik II I completed its 29th orbit of the earth at 10 a m EST on Saturday. The satellite's instruments are functioning normally and sending data to surface recording stations as broadcast by Radio Moscow.
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London
Sputnik Iit
Radio Moscow
Trujillo To Get Mexican Divorce
Lt Gen Rafael Trujillo Jr will divorce his wife Octavia Ricart in a Mexican civil suit filed in April in Chihuahua. The elder Trujillo said the divorce has no connection to his son’s Hollywood romance with Zsa Zsa Gabor and Kim Novak.
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Dominican Republic
Rafael Trujillo Jr
Rafael Trujillo
Bravos
Chihuahua
Mexico
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Kim Novak
Juarez
Trujillo
U.S. Army General Staff College
Ft. Leavenworth
Kaw
Hollywood
United States
Wayne Hays
Dohio
Young Trujillo
U.S
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Wacil McNair
Daily News
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Hermleigh
Ira
Ase
By Gardner L. Bridge
Jacques Soustelle
Switzerland
Defense Ministry
Andre Challe
Jacques Martin
Globemaster
Warren Rogers JR
Sputnik III
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