06 Apr 1972
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Newspaper
Snyder Daily News
Location
Snyder, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1972
Page
1
The U S Department of Transportation rates Texas average in its traffic safety report card noting deficiencies in driver education four year re examinations traffic courts pedestrian safety and ambulance standards. A May 4 ministers golf tourney and Texas Pistachio plant preservation efforts are also mentioned with local interest.
On April 6 1917 President Woodrow Wilson signed a declaration of war with Germany. The same date marks events from 1830 when the first Mormon church was organized to 1909 Peary reaching the North Pole and 1955 Eden succeeding Churchill as British prime minister.
Snyder reports indicate temperatures vary across Texas with highs in the 80s and 90s and lows ranging from the mid 40s to the 70s. Cloudiness dominates northeast and southeast regions while northwest areas trend cooler Friday and in the north.
U S pounded North Vietnam with its heaviest air attack since 1968, targeting antiaircraft batteries radar stations long range artillery and storage areas. Three carriers and five destroyers supported 400 planes launched from carriers and bases in South Vietnam and Thailand as fresh ground fighting raged near a district town 75 miles north of Saigon.
The Harrisburg jury found Philip Berrigan and a nun guilty on seven counts involving prison letters but could not reach a verdict on the key conspiracy to kidnap Kissinger and to blow up heating tunnels and vandalize draft offices. Bail for other defendants remains. prosecutors vow to decide on a new trial.
Washington reports Cairo announced after a Cabinet meeting that breaking off diplomatic relations with Jordan has become a necessity of the battle. No further details were provided. Jordan's King Hussein was in Washington last week and later vacationed in Florida.
President Nixon warned private schools face a crisis and pledged to seek legislative relief while ensuring any plan is workable and constitutional. He outlined potential costs of collapse and noted forthcoming recommendations after reviewing school financing, urging Catholic educators to back reform efforts.
An explosion at the Triangle Refinery in Doraville Georgia killed Eugene Smith about 30 and injured twelve. Eight firefighters were hospitalized after heat and smoke exposure as crews battled burning tanks and evacuated several hundred residents. Damage topped four million dollars and a state of emergency was declared.
Scurry County had 810 farms in 1969 up from 749 in 1964 according to the Census of Agriculture. Texas totals rose from 205,115 to 213,550. The county's average farm size reached 722.1 acres with an average value per farm of 83,989 dollars. Cattle numbers and sales rose significantly while cotton and grain sorghum harvests also increased.
President and Mrs. Nixon will visit Iran on May 30 and 31 after an eight day stay in the Soviet Union. They are to arrive in the Soviet Union May 22 and depart May 29 or 30, according to the White House statement.
C H Callis 96 died at Cogdell Memorial Hospital at 11 p m Wednesday. He was born September 23 1875 in Collin County a retired oil distributor and Methodist. Services set 3 p m Friday at First United Methodist Church with burial at Helmleigh Cemetery under Bell Seale Funeral Home.
Washington AP reports cattle prices at six major markets strengthened in late March with steers averaging 34.28 dollars per hundredweight for the week ending April 1, up from 34.15 the prior week and 31.26 a year earlier, per the Agriculture Department.
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