School Vote Set Saturday Across Scurry County
Voters in Scurry County face trustee elections this Saturday with three county posts up and multiple districts naming candidates. Snyder ISD voters select two from five including incumbent Browning. Ira ISD fields seven with Holladay seeking re election. Helmleigh has two posts with two incumbents not seeking reelection. Hermleigh and Fluvanna districts list several candidates for two posts. county at large and precinct posts also on the ballot. Polls run 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at three Snyder sites East Elementary City Hall and West Elementary.
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Scurry County
Snyder Independent
Snyder
J. L. Browning
Ted Crenwelge
Dillard Teal
James D. Simpson
Albert Ray Martin
Browning
Buster Anderson
East
City
West
Ira Independent School District
Fra
Harold Lee Holladay
W. C. Sterling Jr
Horace Fowler
Louie Z. Ashley Jr
Travis Stokes
Buford Sterling
L. V. Rasco
Holladay
Marvin Sorrells
Howard Sterling
Helmleigh Independent
Cecil Hall
Hollis Ward
Jimmy Beck
Hermleigh
Fluvanna
Bill Stansell
James E. Beaver
M A. Greghorn
W. S. Bruner
Dene Beaver
J. D. Patterson
Hugh Taylor
Blake Walker
Charlie Bley
Silent Antiwar Protest Outside Suffolk County Jail
About 60 demonstrators including seven ministers and their wives stood in silent protest outside the Suffolk County Jail in Boston as nine others began 20 day sentences for loitering and blocking traffic after a melee at the South Boston District Courthouse. The group planned daily actions for the jail term with no incidents reported.
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Boston
South Boston
Suffolk County
Five Indictments Return in Scurry County Grand Jury
A Scurry County grand jury returned six indictments against five persons on Thursday. Patricio R. Martinez Harold Gene Pitts and Arthur James Isbell face two counts of driving while intoxicated. Isbell is linked to a crash that killed Nathan Wade. Additional indictments cover removal of mortgaged property for Charles Broom and Charles Hendrix. Garland Ray Fox and Jimmy Gardner were not killed. I L Melton’s case was passed over due to nonappearance of the witness.
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Scurry County
Patricio R. Martinez
Harold Gene Pitts
Arthur James Isbell
Isbell
Memphis
Tex
Nathan Wade
Charles Broom
Charles Hendrix
Garland Ray Fox
Jimmy Gardner
I. L. Melton
Strike Paralyses Argentine Railroads
A 24 hour strike by employees of state owned railroads halted all trains in Argentina. Workers demand a 32 percent pay raise while the railroads offer a 15 percent hike plus fringe benefits. Long lines formed for buses as commuters faced delays in Buenos Aires.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Rail Fight Heads To Higher Court
The railroad firemen union head appeals to a higher court to lift an injunction against the strike on eight major lines. Rolling effects hit auto plants, with General Motors shutting six Michigan plants and idling 13,000 workers. About 46,000 more GM workers in Detroit, Flint, and Pontiac sent home early. Ford and Chrysler workers on short shifts. Kansas City area parts shipments disrupted. Commuters face delays and mail moves are adjusted.
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W. Willard Wirtz
General Motors Corp
Michigan
Detroit
Flint
Pontiac
Mich
Ohio
Texas
Ford
Chrysler
Kansas City
I Tunnell Sees More Wildcatting
Texas Railroad Commissioner Byron Tunnell urged North Texas oil leaders to back political life of Texas and push incentives to increase crude oil production. He called for removing regulatory obstacles to develop more oil and highlighted conservation laws and reserves shaping Texas energy.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas
Byron Tunnell
Tunnell
North Texas Oil & Gas Association
North Texas
Society of Petroleum Engineers of
AIME
Commission
NTCGA
Carr To See FBI Report On Texas Voter Registration
Attorney General Waggoner Carr said the Justice Department will provide copies of the FBI report on Texas 15 day voter registration. He had planned to ask a federal judge to compel release and a hearing was cancelled. A hearing remains set for 10 am Tuesday on DOJ requests for extra registration periods April 8–19 and August 22–October.
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Texas
Justice Department
AFS Breakfast Set Saturday At Sallies Cafe T
Snyder Chapter of the American Field Service will hold a breakfast meeting at 7 a.m. Saturday at Sallies Cafe. The AFS unit sponsors the foreign exchange student program here. Anyone interested in AFS work is invited to attend.
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Snyder Chapter
The
American Field Service
Sallie's
AFS
Viet Cong Bomb Hits Saigon Billet Killing Americans
At dawn in Saigon a gray Citroen panel truck bombed a U S billet on Tran Hung Dao Street near Cholon. The blast killed three Americans and wounded many others including Vietnamese, with extensive hotel damage and a large water tank used to flood exits. Police captured two suspects after a motorbike chase.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Henry
Ot Lodge
Victoria Hotel
Tran Hung Do
Cholon
Metropole
Concert Association to Close Its Membership Drive
The Scurry Concert Association will end its 1966-67 membership drive this Saturday at 5 p.m. No new memberships or single admissions will be sold after. only members may attend the three or more planned concerts. Officers and board were elected for the season. The Varel and Bailley Singers of Paris are eyed as a future attraction.
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Bud England
Scurry Concert Association
H. W. Cargile
West Texas State Bank
Herbert Feather
Varel and Bailley
Paris
Robert Clinton
James Casey
J. M. Kayser
Jack Patchell
Presi
Kidnaper Seizes 18 Year Old In Miami Beach
A middle aged gunman abducted Daniel Goldman from his Surfside home early Monday and demanded 25 000 dollars in ransom, with the amount to double the next night. The car was found later that morning and no trace of either suspect or victim remained. Police and FBI agents offered no comment on the case.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Daniel Goldman
Goldmans
Daniel
FBI
Snyder High Students Begin Defense In LIL Contests
Snyder High School students start defense of the district title at the University Interscholastic League literary contests in Levelland. Thirteen perform in one act tonight with twenty-nine others in other events traveling Saturday. six faculty sponsors accompany them. Last year Snyder won the district crown with 148 points while Sweetwater was second with 107.
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Snyder High School
Levelland
Snyder High
Snyder
Sweetwater
Turkey bars use of bases amid U2 spy flight probe
Ankara restricts U.S. access to bases and seeks a review of bilateral security pacts as Washington weighs possible adjustments. The moves come amid Turkish political friction over U.S. intelligence flights and past incidents linked to Incirlik Air Base.
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Ankara
Turkey
U.S
Washington
Defense Department
Suleyman Demirel
Francis Gary Powers
Russia
Incirlik
Black Sea
Demirel
America
State Water Plan Price Tag Told
Gov. Connally outlined the Texas water plan’s cost at 1.25 billion for reservoir construction. He warned of funds needed, population growth to 21 million by 2000, and the use of surface water to expand supply across Central South and West Texas. He noted possible future imports and a November vote as an early step.
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Mount Vernon
Tex
Texas Water Plan
John Connally
Northeast Texas Water Development Conference
Connally
Texas
High Plains
Texas Water Development Board
Eastern Meat Fund
Prestate
Weather snapshot for Texas regions and coast
Snyder reports show temperatures around 66 high Thursday and 57 today with a 4 degree reading at 7 am. Small craft warnings cover south to southeast winds up to 18 knots, shifting to north 12 to 18 on the coast today and tonight. Winds ease by Saturday with fair to cooler conditions across South Central Southeast Texas and North and Northwest Texas. Low tonight 40s to 50s. highs Saturday ranging from 6 to 7 tens in some zones and 70s in others. overall cooler nights, clear to partly cloudy skies.
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Snyder
Texas
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