07 Sep 1964
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Newspaper
Snyder Daily News
Location
Snyder, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1964
Page
1
Funeral services for Herman Newman age 78 were set for 2 p.m. today at Bell-Seale Chapel. The former Scurry County sheriff died at 5 20 am Friday in Big Spring. Rev Jack Dean and Rev James Tidwell were to officiate with burial in Ira Cemetery under Bell-Seale Funeral Home direction. Grandsons to serve as pallbearers.
Hurricane Dora, a large storm 700 miles east of Cape Kennedy, moves west northwest toward the U S mainland at about 10 miles an hour. Winds near the center reach 130 mph with gale force winds extend 300 miles northeast and 150 miles southwest. Seas rise along the southeast Atlantic coast as Dora threatens the region and Tropical Storm Ethel to the east. The Weather Bureau warns of increasing seas for the next two days with limited land impact due to slow movement.
In Saigon three top Vietnamese generals are slated to go abroad on diplomatic missions as Buddhist protests grow. Buddhist demonstrations draw about 150,000 in Saigon for funeral rites amid heavy air activity and a rally at Buddhist headquarters. U S Ambassador Taylor says the unrest does not hinder the war against Viet Cong, while Vietnamese authorities report a major guerrilla setback in Kien Phong near the Cambodian border.
H E Gilbert, head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, said a survey shows 9 564 workers have left the industry since the arbitration ruling last May 7 and railroads paid 22 million dollars in severance pay.
For the 75th time in 32 months a bomb exploded at a Chicago area business Sunday. Police report an eye-witness. The latest blast shattered Leroy J. Simon associates on the northwest side, an interior decorating firm. Damage near $2,000 with no injuries.
About 300 motorcyclists, many linked to Hell's Angels, have been ordered from Monterey County as police probe an alleged rape involving two girls. Deputies and six city departments escorted them out after Labor Day weekend arrivals began Saturday.
Louisville fire crews combed through the ruins of a two year old woolen mill warehouse to locate the blaze’s origin. The fire forced about 100 people from 23 homes either destroyed or heavily damaged. The AP report notes investigations continue as crews sift debris for a cause.
Across the United States and Ontario disturbances mar Labor Day weekend. In Hampton Beach New Hampshire the National Guard aided police as about 10 000 teenagers clashed, with fires, property damage, injuries to eight officers and a 16 year old boy losing an eye. In Seaside Oregon about 700 youths shattered eight store windows and a wooden fence as 80 were arrested. In Grand Bend Ontario hundreds roamed streets, 50 arrested, no nighttime arrests reported.
At a Moscow exhibition Nikita Khrushchev lost his temper when a young Russian approached claiming seven years of attempts to meet him. Bodyguards swept the man away as Khrushchev, angered, told him to be ashamed of himself after the encounter.
Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson will address the Midwestern governors conference opening in Minneapolis. Minnesota Governor Karl Rolvaag said Stevenson will speak at the state dinner Thursday evening.
New York Herald Tribune reports West German government and business figures may offer Soviet Premier Khrushchev a large credit loan package in exchange for German reunification. The plan, still in drafting, would provide credits and technical know how for up to 30 years, with a fallback option to present a similar package to Red China if Moscow rejects. Khrushchev is slated to visit West Germany this winter.
A Labor Day Hootenanny begins at 7 30 this evening in the Towle Memorial Park pavilion. The Snyder Chamber of Commerce Merchants Committee sponsors this second event with a new lineup from recording artists to gospel singers. Producers Jay Thompson and Joe Williamson invite all residents as guests. Sound tracks will carry music across the park area.
Luci Baines Johnson, 17, campaigned for her father in Louisiana amid cheers and security. She christened a ship, attended a shrimp festival, and met former congressional pages in New Orleans. Governor McKeithen noted Goldwater lead in state support.
The Associated Press counted 30 traffic deaths in Texas over the holiday period, including four from a Sunday two car crash near Whitney and eight injuries. Other fatalities followed across the state from Crandall to Baytown with drownings and boating deaths noted along lakes and rivers. Names, ages, and hometowns are listed for several victims, with no homicide or other violent deaths included in the tally.
Weather notes show varied temperatures across Texas regions with clear to partly cloudy skies. North Central Texas expects highs around 90 to 98 degrees with scattered showers, Northeast Texas mainly warm, Northwest Texas fair, South Central and Southeast Texas partly cloudy and warm, Southwest Texas clear to partly cloudy with highs near 100.
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