Wilson Protests Budget Cut at Senate Hearing
Secretary of Defense Wilson told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee that a proposed 2.587 billion dollar cut to the Defense Department would gamble with national security. He cited ongoing disarmament moves and warned cuts based on hope risk international safety, supported by Joint Chiefs chairman Admiral Radford who urged against large reductions.
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Washington
Wilson
Harold Stassen
House
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Sen
Chavez
Senate
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
L. V. Prince Dies Today in Hermleigh
Luther V. Prince 78 of Route Two died at 3 45 a m in Young Medical Center Sweetwater He was a Columbia Tenn native who lived in Scurry County 50 years Survived by wife two daughters Mrs B W Gunter Odessa and Mrs Sam Kearney Lubbock one son Lowell Snyder two sisters Mrs D W Craig Jacksonville and Mrs Clyde Jones Snyder three brothers Ira R A Prince Snyder and W E Prince Wichita Falls Six grandchildren Funeral services for Friday at 1 p m Hermleigh Church of Christ Byron Taylor minister assisted by Rev Bob Creswell burial Hermleigh Cemetery Bell Funeral Home in charge
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Luther V. Price
Route Two
Young Medical Center
Sweetwater
Prince
Columbia, Tenn
Scurry County
B. W. Gunter
Odessa
Sam Kearney
Lubbock
Lowell Prince
Snyder
D. W. Craig
Jacksonville
Clyde Jones
Prince of Ira
R. A. Prince of
W. E. Prince
Wichita Falls
Hermleigh Church of Christ
Byron Taylor
Bob Creswell
Hermleigh
Hermleigh Cemetery
Bell Funeral Home
Insurance Plan Is Okayed By Solons
The Texas Legislature began graduation day by approving a plan to reorganize the scandal-tainted Insurance Commission. The House backed the compromise 111 to 20 as the Senate considered the measure. Gov. Price Daniel would gain power to fire current commissioners and appoint a new three‑member board. The board would earn 15 000 dollars for a year, then up to 50 dollars per day, not to exceed 15 000 dollars yearly, and Sen. Carlos Ashley was named president pro tempore during the interim.
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Austin
House
Insurance Commission
Representatives
Senate
Daniel
Carlos Ashley
Llano
Chrisman Will Be Hermleigh Speaker
The Rev. Edward Chrisman of Snyder will be main speaker at Hermleigh High School commencement tomorrow night at 8 in the high school auditorium. Valedictorian is Sandra Leech and salutatorian is T. J. Hillis. The senior class will travel on a trip to San Antonio Galveston New Orleans and Shreveport with chaperones including O. B. Paty.
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Hermleigh
Spl
Edward Chrisman
St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church
Snyder
Hermleigh High School
Rev
Chrisman
Doc Leech
T. J. Hillis
San Antonio
Galveston
New Orleans
Shreveport
O. B. Paty
Barbara Spykes
Ethel Hundsnarcher
Patsy Waytt
Patsy Johnson
Tommy Wimmer
Tom Etheredge
Viola Roemisch
Robby Robinson
Doris Chitsey
Jane Kuss
Violet Davis
Morris Light
Eddie McHaney
Billy Mac Davidson
Clyde Wilcox
Clovis Shipley
Kenneth Lofton
Jerry Cannaway
Jimmy Young
Gus Tolleson
Snyder High School
Towle Memorial Park
Presbyterians Seek Segregation Plans
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA approved a policy stating that racial segregation takes precedence over other social issues in American life today. The assembly also backed a merger with the United Presbyterian Church pending that church's approval.
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Omaha
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the
U.S.A
General Assembly
United Presbyterian Church
Weather Snapshot Snyder Texas and Panhandle Thunderstorms
The Snyder area reports a high of 89 and a low of 57 with 7 30 a m readings at 57. A .05 inch precipitation is noted at 7 30 a m West Texas sees scattered thunderstorms with strong winds and heavy rain in the Panhandle. South Plains and Pecos Valley through Friday show partly cloudy skies with widely scattered storms west of Pecos and little temperature change.
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Snyder
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
Pecos
Youth Kills Mother And His Sister In Rye
Fourteen year old Andrew Casey killed his mother Dorothy Casey 48 and sister Sheila Casey 18 during a homework dispute in Rye New York. The boy was confined to a mental institution after the incident and had previously contemplated harming the family. His father Eugene Casey 50 suffered a heart attack and was in serious condition. Dist Atty Joseph Gagliardi cited the boy’s statement about a prior impulse to commit the act.
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Rye
N.Y.P
Andrew Casey
Eugene R. Casey
Boston Globe
Dorothy Casey
Sheila Casey
Rye National Bank
Dist. Atty
Joseph F. Gagliardi
Bills Signed by Gov Daniel This Day
Gov Daniel signed multiple bills including requirements for commissioners courts to provide suitable jails. A Metropolitan Sanitary Sewer District of South Jefferson County was created. Provisions address leasing by A&M for oil gas and sulfur at public auction. Salaries of state justices judges and court commissioners were increased. Elm Creek Water shed Authority was established in North Central Texas.
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Austin
Daniel
Jefferson County
A&m
Elm Creek
Texas
Three Rs Not Enough Warns Doctor On Human Relations
Dr. Ashley Montagu of Princeton University told the closing session of a national education congress that the traditional three Rs are insufficient. He urged education to foster the fourth R human relations to realize people’s potential as warm loving beings.
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Cincinnati
Ashley Montagu
Princeton University
Natonal Congress of Parents and Teachers
Girl Disarms Man in Texas Family Terror Bid
In San Antonio an enraged suitor armed with a shotgun terrorized a family for 45 minutes. An 11 year old girl disarmed him after he forced the Bakers and Miss Bobby Stewart to sit at gunpoint. Pogue fled and later killed himself after a pistol threat.
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San Antonio
Virgil Baker
Bobby Stewart
Bakers
Jimmy Pogue
Pogue
Carol
Stewart
Texas towns reel as tornadoes, rain lash West-Central region
Early morning showers drenched Snyder and West Texas, with amounts from .2 to 2 inches in places. A tornado near Malone injured several and damaged homes. widespread thunderstorms hit Fort Worth Dallas Abilene and Sulphur Springs, causing injuries, power outages, and flooded streets. Weather bureau warned of continued showers and flash floods through Friday.
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Fluvanna
Ira
Gail
Weather Bureau
West Texas
Associated Press
Malone
Texas
Winters
Fennell Farm
Bobby Clark
Ballinger
Fort Worth-Dallas
Abilene
Sulphur Springs
Highway Department
Ennis
Dallas
Fort Worth
Arlington
Paris
Mt. Pleasant
Mineral Wells
Wichita Falls
San Angelo
Lubbock
Dime for His Trouble Cited in Bank Cash Return
Deputy District Clerk Jerry Mazziola stopped an elderly woman who left a sack of money in a bank. He retrieved the funds and she rewarded him with a dime for his trouble. She counted aloud, saying the money was all there.
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San Antonio
Jerry Mazziola
Mazziola
Major Policy Meeting Highlights U S Disarmament Debates
At a National Security Council session President Eisenhower and Adm. Arthur Radford along with Harold Stassen discussed U S disarmament policy. Radford questioned international agreements while Stassen favored halting the arms race with Russia. The two hour session yielded no public comment from Hagerty or Stassen.
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Washington
Arthur W. Radford
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
National Security Council
U.S
Radford-Stassen
Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Soviet Union
Stassen
United States
Russia
Houston Desegregation Plan Prompts Fears of Chaos
In Houston a school official warned that immediate desegregation would force integration and uproar. Glenn Fletcher testified in a suit by two Negro girls barred from white schools that completion of the current building program in two years could allow liberal transfers, but desegregation now could place more than 123,000 students in mixed schools and cause chaotic confusion.
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Houston
Glenn Fletcher
W. E. Moreland
Schrols
Fletcher
Report On Traffic Accidents Released
DPS reported 176 deaths in Texas traffic accidents during April, down from 218 in April 1956. The April toll brings 1987 deaths to 726, compared with 808 the year before. Property damage reached 18,964,150 dollars and 8,341 persons were injured in April.
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Austin
Department of Public Safety
Texas
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Tually
Lee Watson
L. V. Prince
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Price Daniel
Edward Chrisman Hermleigh
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Herbert Sonneberg
George Worley
Sonnebergs
Earl Powers
Hillsboro
Sonneberg
Leon
Hill One
Earnest Brooks
Hubbard
Prairie Hill
Limestone County
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Vernon
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Riley
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