Barrier Broken By Bus Riders In C of C Drive
Snyder Chamber of Commerce reports 90 new members signed as a rapid drive launches after a breakfast meeting. Sixty workers began outreach, with 30 completing and 40 still contacting prospects. First signups include Gene L. Dulaney and Bobby McCormick, Rev. Harry Vanderpool brings in new member, Sis Jones leads yearly effort.
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Snyder Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Gene L. Dulaney
Allen Bros. Automotive Service
Bobby McCormick
Harry Vanderpool
Chamber of Commerce
Sis Jones
Birdie Barron
Racially integrated riders head for New Orleans under guard
In Montgomery Alabama National Guardsmen and police sealed the Trailways bus station as white and Negro riders boarded for New Orleans under martial law. A convoy of guardsmen and highway patrols shielded the route through Selma and Meridian while King Jr. joined at the station and a Pa resident theologian Paul Dietrich rode with them.
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Montgomery
Ala
New Orleans
Trailways
Mississippi State Line
Mississippi
W. P. Wilson
Meridian
Ross Barnett
Mississippi Highway Patrol
National Guardsmen
Selma
Demopolis
Jackson
Miss
W. E. Evans
Highway Patrol
Maxwell Air Force Base
Paul Dietrich
Arlington
University of Virginia
Harrisburg
Greyhound
Martin Luther King Jr
National Guard
Adj
Henry V. Graham
Graham
John Patterson
Tax Writers In Deadlock Over Revenue Bill
Texas tax writers met in Austin amid reports of deadlock in both houses as they seek a compromise on a revenue bill. House and Senate leaders press for a deal to fund state needs.
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Austin
Texas
Menton Murray
Harlingen
Senate
House
Senate Gets Driver Bill
The bill to tighten licensing and curb habitual unsafe drivers moves to the Senate with Gov. Price Daniel backing it. Negotiations continue over sales tax features and House Senate differences while a conference committee inches toward a compromise on a broad traffic safety package.
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Austin
Senate
Price Daniel
Bob Johnson
Dallas
Pete Snelson
Midland
Department of Public Safety
House
Daniel
Charles Ballman
Lane
Pennsylvania
Scandal Grows in College Basketball Probe
New York district attorney Frank Hogan said the investigation now involves 23 players from 15 colleges with 14 more players and 10 more colleges tied to the case. Joseph Hacken of New York was indicted on conspiracy and bribery to fix games, naming players from St John’s University of Brooklyn and New York University.
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NEW York &P
New York
Frank S. Hogan
Hogan
Joseph Hacken
St. John's University of Brooklyn
New York University
Memorial Day Observance in Snyder on General Holiday List
Memorial Day will be a general holiday in Snyder next Tuesday, following a schedule approved by the chamber merchants committee. The day honors the dead of all wars and appears on the general holiday calendar with New Year’s Day Independence Day Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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Snyder
Chamber of Commerce Merchants Committee
Plane Crash Kills 18 at McChord AFB Washington
A C124 Globemaster aboard 22 servicemen and equipment crashed five miles from takeoff near McChord Base. Eighteen service members were killed and four injured critically. 15 Army men and seven crew were aboard en route from Exercise Lava Plains to Ft Sill Oklahoma. Rescue crews evacuated the wounded to Madigan General Hospital.
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MC Chord Air Force Base
Wash
Maneuvers
McChord
Ft Sill
Okla
Air Force
Madigan General Hospital
Ft. Lewis
Mad
Yakima
Ft. Lewis Military Reservation
Tacoma
Seattle
26Th Field Artillery
4Th Army
Ft. Sill
LBJ Returns From Asia Trip Describes It As Challenging
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson landed at the White House after a 28,000 mile Asia mission described as the most challenging trip of his life. He told reporters the situation in Southeast Asia remains grave with communists seeking to overwhelm the region through subversion and intimidation. Johnson praised the backbone and resolve of local peoples and promised an interim report to President Kennedy with a fuller formal briefing later. A news conference and public report were scheduled for 2:30 p.m. to broadcast details of the mission.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Asia
Kennedy
White House
Johnson
Bermuda
Southeast Asia
U S backs Thai plan to widen Laos talks
The United States endorsed Thailand’s proposal to include Indonesia and Malaya in the East West conference on Laos, aiming to pressure for a neutral, de militarized Southeast Asia. The move would require consultation with current ICC members and may affect the existing Laos peace process.
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Geneva
United States
Indonesia
Malaya
Laos
Thailand
Burma
Cambodia
U.S
International Control Commission
India
Canada
Poland
U. S
ICC
Truce Commission
Andrei Gromyko
Soviet Union
Malcolm MacDonald
Britain
Control Commission
France
Algeria
Conference Nations
Weather snapshot across Texas with variable warmth
Weather summary shows cloudy and warmer conditions across Texas through Thursday with scattered thundershowers. Northern regions report highs around mid 60s to mid 70s, lows near 60s, and coastal areas expect rain in places. Northeast and Southeast forecast higher winds and showers along coasts.
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Texas
South
South High
North
Southwest
North Wrn
Eouth
Oklahoma House kills bill to legalize horse race betting
A bill to legalize betting on horse races died in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Rep John Batson urged the measure, saying it would net about $6 million in taxes, while Rep Frank Ogden opposed it asking where the expansion would end, questioning roulette wheels and dice tables.
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Oklahoma City
House of Representatives
John Batson
Frank Ogden
Light Rains Continue Across Snyder and South Texas
Light showers linger across the Snyder area with 21 of an inch recorded this morning and forecasts call for more rains through Thursday. In South Texas a farm worker, Melquidez Morales, died from lightning near Victoria, while a tornado near Ganado damaged a garage and a home with estimated $1500 in damages and no injuries. Central Texas saw lingering showers with hail and crop damage but overall benefit to crops noted. Major rainfall totals included Houston .42, Junction .52, Midland .97, San Angelo .47 and Waco. Winds reached 37 mph in Austin as rain spread from New Mexico into the region.
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Snyder
Victoria
Melquidez Morales
Texas
Ganado
Jackson County
South Texas
New Mexico
Larbbock
Ranado
Houston
Austin
Temple
Fredericksburg
Pleasanton
San Antonio
Junction
Midland
San Angelo
Waco
FBI reports upsurge in Texas rapes and national crime jump
FBI data show Texas rape totals rising from 62 in early 1960 to 88 in the first quarter of 1961 across 12 cities including Houston Amarillo Lubbock Waco and Wichita Falls while national murders and non negligent homicides rise 3 percent in January through March 1961 Hoover warns of an ominous trend though overall Texas crimes do not follow a national pattern of increase.
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Washington
Texas
FBI
J Edgar Hoover
Igi Hoover
Lubbock
Waco
Wichita Falls
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Formosa
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Greece
Jean Chauvel
Prince Boun Oum
Pathet Lao
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Ence
U S
Vientiane
Xieng Khouang
Prince Souvanna
Souphanouvong
Samarendra Sen
Leo Meyrand
Albert Morski
Ban Namone
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Ban Bamone
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