Navy jets collide over cemetery killing pilot in Minnesota
Memorial Day service at Sunset Memorial Cemetery turns tragic as two Navy Panther jets collide. Cmdr Newell Olson, 38, dies. one other pilot parachutes to safety. Fire damages homes. a nearby family witnesses the crash and the wreckage, including a loaded machine gun fragment, reaches a residence.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Newell Olson
Herman Trost
Cmdr
Wold-Chamberlain Naval Air Station
Trost
Sunset Memorial Cemetery
J. G. John Forsmark
Olson
Tank Battery Fire Near Snyder No Damages Reported
Lightning sparked a vent pipe on an oil tank battery seven miles north of Snyder on a Standard of Texas lease. Fire chief D A Porter said no damage occurred after Kenneth Woods alerted volunteers and firemen. Earlier, grease in Ballard's Cafe kitchen on East Highway was scalded out by staff with no damage.
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D. A. Porter
Snyder
Texas
Kenneth Woods
Ballard
East Highway
Briton held in dugout prison case at Bow Street
In London Bow Street Court John Raymond Bridal, 26, faces preliminary charges of unlawfully imprisoning Miss Marjorie Jordan, 28, from January 8 to April 21 in a cave-like dugout sealed with a manhole cover. He allegedly assaulted her and kept her as an unpaid helper for his experiments.
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London
Bow Street Court
Marjorie Jordan
John Raymond Bridal
Miss Jordan
Bridal
Maxwell Turner
Bri
Dal
Turner
Snyder Guard Commander John T. Lynch Jr Promoted to Captain
John T. Lynch Jr., commander of the Snyder National Guard unit Co. D 112th Armored Cavalry, is promoted to captain effective January 3. At 33, he has led the unit since April 20, 1956 and will command 115 men at the Fort Hood summer encampment starting June 16.
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John T. Lynch
Snyder National Guard
Lynch
112Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Fort Hood
Snyder
Snyder Tailoring Co
Bakery Strike Rocks Denver Firms Rally Behind Rainbo Bread
A citywide bakery strike grips Denver as seven major bread firms back Rainbo Bread Co. with drivers walking off. About twelve hundred workers participate in the dispute over a five day work week.
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Denver
Rainbo Bread Co
Heavy Rains Lash Texas Counties and Snyder Area
Torrential rain swept across Southwest Texas and Scurry County Texas, with Snyder and nearby towns recording up to 3.8 inches in Dunn, 1.81 inches in Snyder, and substantial flooding threats. National Guardsmen watched Deep Creek as water covered roads near Ira and Union, while Monahans faced 98 mph winds and significant property damage.
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Snyder
Scurry County
David Strayhorn
Dunn
National
Deep Creek
Roy Dunlap
Civil Defense
Ira
Union
Lake J. B. Thomas
Big Spring-Odessa
Lake Thomas
Hermleigh
Helmleigh
Fluvanna
Lloyd Mountain
Midway
Borden County
Gail
Associated Press
Texas
Brackettville
San Antonio
Monahans
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Robertson Ranch
Uvalde
LaPryor
Lyles Ranch
Ashcraft
Ward County Oil and Ranching
McCullough Tool Co
White Auto Store
Hawkins Motor Co
Western Lumber Co
KVKM
Ted Herring
Kerrville
Guadalupe River
Department of Public Safety
Boerne
Walter Fellers
Comal County
West Fork
Trinity
Flooded Areas Are Checked By Solons
Three congressmen flew over Texas flood basins in a 500 mile tour inspecting inundated land along the Trinity and Brazos. Rep Edmondson urged basin wide flood control and faster project authorization while Rep Wright led a Fort Worth hearing with Army Engineers and Civil Defense officials. Rep Byrne studied measures to cut future losses via more dams and reservoirs.
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Fort Worth
Texoma
Texas
House Public Works
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Kansas
Edmondson
D-Okla
Trinity and
Brazos
Southwest
Washington
Rep. Wright
D-Tex
Army
Civil Defense
Rep. Byrne
Red Cross reports Texas disaster impact in April May
The Red Cross announced 36 224 Texans were directly affected by tornadoes or floods in April and May with 9 056 families touched and 8 080 people receiving emergency aid. Across 51 counties 745 homes and 284 farm buildings were destroyed and further major damage hit 1 636 homes 334 farm buildings and 270 other structures.
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Austin
Red Cross
Senate panel calls for tighter lobbying and campaign finance laws
A Special Senate committee urged broader disclosure for lobbying and campaign spending. The eight member panel backed a lobbying bill with criminal penalties for false filings and missing reports. It split 4 4 on extending reform to primaries and did not finalize a federal elections bill. Senator McClellan plans to push the lobbying measure this session.
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Washington
Senate
Sunlight
Brandeis
Congress
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
House
McClellan
Australia Builds Giant Fence to Repel Wild Dogs
A 3 500 mile wire mesh barrier climbs from six inches underground to 6 feet 3 inches in Queensland to keep dingoes from attacking livestock. The fence aims to protect 18 million sheep and 640 000 cattle, reducing losses estimated at nearly 500 000 sheep yearly. Other states may follow with similar borders.
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Sydney
Australia
Queensland
Tasmania
New South Wales
South Australian
Car Overturns West of Snyder. Driver Unlocated
A car overturned about two miles west of Snyder on a farm road near Thirty-seventh Street and Cottonstalk Road. Sheriff Earl Abercrombie responded around 9:20 p.m. and found the vehicle on its side, with the driver missing this morning. It is believed the driver went to a storm cellar after the crash.
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Snyder
Thirty - Seventh Street
Cottonstalk
Earl Abercrombie
Khrushchev Reveals Giant Bomb Claim At Kremlin Meeting
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev reportedly told Polish journalists the USSR possessed a colossal H-bomb too large to test even in Arctic or polar zones. API quoted him claiming such a device could melt icecaps and flood major cities if detonated, with worldwide consequences including Scandi nations and Britain or France. The U S authorities offered no immediate comment.
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Warsaw
Soviet Union
Poland
API
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Arctic
North Pole
Khrushchev
London
New York
Scandlenavia
Britain
France
Annual Buddy Poppy Sale Scheduled Here
The annual Buddy Poppy sale will be held in Snyder tomorrow under the auspices of the VFW Auxiliary. Members of the auxiliary will have poppies on sale throughout the city during the day in observance of Memorial Day.
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Snyder
VFW Auxhli i
Auxiliary
Weather update for Snyder and West Texas region
Forecast shows Thursday highs near 92 degrees with a low around 50. At 7:30 am readings are 60 with 1.81 inches precipitation. Partly cloudy skies with possible icy thunderstorms and strong winds this afternoon and tonight, affecting east South Plains and east of Recos. Cooler by Saturday across Panhandle and Plains.
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Snyder
West Texas
East South Plains
Recos
Panhandle
Plains
Armory Construction Ordered for Snyder National Guard
The Snyder National Guard unit received a federal work order for a new armory here. Jay Tate of Snyder was named low bidder by the Texas Armory Board and may begin work soon. The facility will exceed 14,000 square feet with four offices, two classrooms, a utility room, kitchen, showers, locker room, supply room, and a large drill floor.
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Snyder National Guard
Jay Tate
Snyder
Texas Armory Board
Tate
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