Justice Minton to retire from Supreme Court in October
Justice Sherman Minton said he will retire October 15 due to impaired health. He will be 66 on October 20 and will receive full pay of 35 000 dollars a year. Minton notified President Eisenhower and plans to return to New Albany Indiana.
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Sherman Minton
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Harry Truman
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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New Albany
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India's Problem Outlined Misunderstanding Hinders U S India Ties
Mrs. Ravi Randhawa, San Angelo native and wife of an Indian pilot, spoke to Rotary Club members about why Indo American relations falter. She argued Americans must understand Indian thinking and recounted India's history under British rule, Gandhi's nonviolent revolution, and post independence challenges.
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Calcutta
India
Rotary Club
Hicks Allen
Rotary
Lee Watson
U. S
San Angelo
East
Genghis Khan
Alexander the Great
America
Nehru
Student Pilot Dies In Trainer Jet Crash
Capt. Charles Walker, 30, a student pilot from Bentonville Arkansas, stationed at Perrin AFB, was killed when his T33 trainer jet crashed during a night training mission about 20 miles west of Gainesville. His widow and five children survive in Sherman.
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Charles Walker
Bentonville
Ark
Perrin Air Force Base
Walker
Sherman
Mixed marriage in Texas vows prompt DA to urge couple to leave
District Attorney Hubert Green told Ollie Brown Jr and Mary Zichterman Brown that their marriage is illegal in Texas and advised they depart after a grand jury did not act on charges. The couple married in Mexico in August 1955 and face 2 to 5 years’ penalties if they live together in state.
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Tex.s
Texas
Hubert Green
Ollie Brown Jr
Mary Zichterman
Brown
Lackland Air Force Base
Green
Grand Jury
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
Ollie
Weather Update for Snyder and West Texas Panhandle
Yesterday's high 83 and low 58. At 7 30 a m today the reading was 60. West Texas expects partly cloudy and warmer conditions today and tonight across the Panhandle and south Plains.
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West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Negro Attorney Seeks Depositions in Mansfield School Case
Fort Worth attorney Clifford Davis filed a notice in federal court setting September 17 for three Mansfield School District officials to testify in oral depositions. The officials named were Superintendent R L Huffman, trustee president C C Rawdon, and principal Willie Brown regarding students' enrollment at Mansfield High School.
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Mansfield
Clifford Davis
J. Aubrey Gooch
R. L. Huffman
C. C. Rawdon
Mansfield District Trustees
Willie Brown
Two Lawyers Deny Influence Charges
Two Western lawyers Neff of Lexington Nebraska and Patman of Austin Texas pleaded innocent to federal charges that they conspired to violate lobbying laws and unlawfully offered money to Sen. Francis Case to influence the gas bill vote. Superior Oil Co. of California, a codefendant, also pleaded innocent. The trial is set for November 19 in U.S. District Court.
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Sen. Francis Case
R-Sd
John M. Neff
Lexington
Neff
Patman
Superior Oil
Case
Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
Tents Go Up For Circus Performance
Snyder welcomes the Clyde Beatty Circus on the Lubbock Highway as tents rise for a two show day. Frank McClosky, owner and GM, says business mirrors national conditions with about 700 employed and 150 performers from six countries. The 14th year of the circus opens with 3 pm and 8 pm performances.
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Lubbock
Clyde Beatty Circus
Snyder Junior Chamber of Commerce
Frank McClosky
Assurances On Snyder Armory Construction Given
The Texas Armory Board confirms plans for a Snyder National Guard armory will proceed. Dallas J. Matthews writes Roy Dunlap that bids will be advertised once basic plans and specifications are approved. Charles Neuhardt of Midland prepared the plot plan and site data sent to Washington on August 20 1956.
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Dallas J. Matthews
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Texas Armory Board
Roy Dunlap
Matthews
Charles Neuhardt
Midland
Washington
State Board of Control
Tornado Damages Buildings in Zapata Texas
A small tornado southeast of Zapata in Webb County damaged two building roofs and toppled power lines with no injuries reported. The event followed a day of heavy rains and hail in parts of South Texas, while statewide temperatures dipped into the 60s and 70s.
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South Texas
Zapata
Webb County
Gulf Coast
Brownsville
Lufkin
Dallas
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Waco
Houston
Laredo
Fort Worth
Midland
Wink
Amarillo
Nexarkana
el Paso
Dalhart
Bell Seeks Hearing With City Council
Representatives of Western Bell Telephone Co ask for audience with the city council at tonight’s meeting to press their claim for phone rate increases. Company officials have met the council several times before on the matter as it remains a long agenda item.
Smith Resigns as City Engineer Here
Horace Smith resigns after two years as city engineer and will become sanitary engineer for Denver. City Manager Dunlap notes replacement efforts have failed so far.
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Por Dunlap
Denver
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Dunlap
Court Denies Batchelor Plea in POW Case
The Court of Military Appeals upheld Claude Batchelor of Kermit Texas on two counts of informing against fellow prisoners and aiding communist propaganda after Korea. The unanimous decision rejects his claim POWs may inform for better conditions. Batchelor, among 23 Allied soldiers who refused repatriation, later sought return.
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USS. Court of Military Appeals
Claude Batchelor
Kermit, Tex
Korea
Homer Ferguson
Robert E. Quinn
Latimer
Congress
Batchelor
Cpl
Edward S. Dickenson
Cracker’s Neck
Dickenson
Dallas Building Permits Dip to 44 Month Low
Dallas building inspector C. A. Farrell said August permits fell to the lowest level in 44 months with a total value of 7 393 453 dollars.
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Dallas
C. A. Farrell
Howard County Hereford Breeders Tour Spots West Texas Ranches
About 100 people on the annual fall tour of the Howard County Hereford Breeders Association visited two Scurry County herds and paused for a luncheon in Snyder. Speakers discussed cattle preparation for shows and Texas Hereford markets, including prospects in Mexico and potential full-time field staff to aid market access.
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Howard County Hereford Breeders Association
Bert Reyes
Texas Hereford Association
Texas
Mexico
Reyes
Texas Cattle
American Hereford Association
United States
West Texas
New Merxico
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Bell
Howard Group
Winston Bros
R. H. Odom Jr
Howard
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Wade Winston
Howard County
Hereford Association
Robert Johnson
Wins Johnson
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