Locals Discuss Multi-County Junior College Plan
A large Scurry County delegation attended a Sweetwater meeting on forming a four county junior college district with dual campuses. Dr. David Hunt and Bill Wilson urged support for Scurry County’s lone petition while Nolan County residents showed interest in a multi county campus proposal.
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Scurry County
Sweetwater
Nolan
Fisher
Mitchell
College Coordinating Committee
Austin
David Hunt
Bill Wilson
Wilson
Nolan County
Quiet after Alcorn A and M civil rights tensions
At Alcorn A and M College in Lorman Mississippi the three day protest subsided to calm. Approximately 370 students filed by President J D Boyd s house after a nighttime snake dance. Boyd blamed Charles Evers for the disturbance and said Evers flooded campus with children to provoke trouble.
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Lorman
Alcorn A&m College
Highway Patrol
Alcorn
J. D. Boyd
Boyd
Charles Evers
Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Hunting Survey Yields Unclear West Texas Results
Texas Parks and Wildlife mailed a hunting season postcard to an El Paso man. He replied from Viet Nam noting game limited to upland species there and joking about an abundance of Viet Nam with a generous bag limit.
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Austin
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
el Paso
Pecos River
Viet Nam
Britain seeks UN vote on force to stop Rhodesia oil
Britain asked the United Nations Security Council for authority to use force if necessary to stop tankers delivering oil to Rhodesia via Portuguese Mozambique. The request was made at 4 p.m. EST today in New York.
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United Nations, N.Y
Britain
U.N. Securiy Council
Rhodesia
Mozambique
Plymouth
Beira
United Nations Security Council
Ian Smith
Portugal
Salisbury
Midland Council and CRMWD Reach 60 Year Water Contract
The City of Midland and the Colorado River Municipal Water District agree to a 60 year water supply contract split into two 30 year periods. Initial delivery starts near 9.08 million gallons daily rising to 17.94 million by 2029 with Midland able to take up to 13.54 million daily in 1999 and 15 million daily in the next period, plus a 500000 daily cushion for losses. Ratification by Midland voters is required.
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City of
Midland
The
Colorado River Municipal Water District
CRMWD
Colorado River
Robert Lee
Odessa
Officials Claim Tide Had Turned
Viet Nam crisis erupts as senior American generals sense battlefield momentum. U S officials warn the political crisis could derail military gains while defectors surge and Viet Cong strength remains contested. The piece notes bouts of optimism tempered by doubts about the regime’s resilience and the impact on allied efforts.
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John T. Wheeler
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
U.S
Ihela Drang Valley
Rioters Punctuate Buddhist Demands In Saigon Streets
About 1,000 demonstrators rioted in Saigon burning a U S military police jeep and attacking an American motorcyclist amid Buddhist leaders demanding Ky pledge to step aside for a civilian government in five to six months. Paratroopers and police used tear gas and gunfire as violence surged in the capital.
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Peter Arnett
Saigon
U.S
Nguyen Cao Ky
Buddhist Institute
USS
Larry Dewitt
Van
van Dua
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Ho Bo
Launch Reset For Tonight At Cape Kennedy
NASA resumes attempt to launch an Atlas Centaur rocket for the first test firing of a first double ignition hydrogen engine in space. The 8 p.m. EST liftoff was postponed due to dangerous winds at altitude and a power plug issue after countdown reached two seconds.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape Kennedy
Easter Holidays Begin For Snyder Public Schools
Snyder Public Schools begin the annual Easter holidays at the end of classes today. Pupils and staff resume routine on Tuesday, April 12.
Mental Health Out Patient Center Proposed in Snyder
A demonstration project to expand out patient services of the Big Spring State Hospital was outlined for about 75 people in the county courthouse. Four centers would serve Snyder Colorado City Lamesa and Big Spring to reduce hospital load and shorten stays.
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Snyder
Big Spring State Hospital
Ralph Seigleman
Texas Western College
Desmond
Seigleman
Colorado City
Lamesa
Big Spring
Bomb recovered after Palomares crash off Spain
An American 20 megaton H bomb missing since the January 17 B52 collision at Palomares Beach was recovered by a U S naval task force in 2 500 feet of water about five miles offshore off Spain's southeast coast. The Petrel rescued the device, found near a Spaniards sighting, intact and undamaged.
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Madrid
U.S
Mediterranean
Spain
Palo‘mares Beach
Francisco Simo
Petrel
Pasadena
Calif
Palomares Beach
Naval
William S. Guest
Rome
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
United States
Weather snapshot for Snyder and Texas regions
Weather report for Snyder and surrounds notes highs from 64 to 94 and lows from 37 to 64 across North Central to Southeast Texas. Forecasts call for clear to partly cloudy skies, warmer conditions, and light showers in extreme south Texas with south winds of 8 to 18 knots along the coast.
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Snyder
Texas
Southwest
Congress Begins Easter Holiday
Congress ends a busy week before an Easter recess with House approval of a 2.9 percent federal pay raise for 1.8 million workers and eight point three billion dollars in two money bills for Treasury Post Office and Interior. Senate plans debate on transferring the Community Relations Service to Justice as lawmakers prepare for recess and campaigning. Some senators and representatives plan an expense paid trip to Australia for the Interparliamentary Union meeting.
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Washington
Conpublican
Everett M. Gress
Dirksen
Supreme Court
House
Treasury, Post Office
Interior Departments
Viet Nam
Australia
Honolulu
New Zealand
Tahiti
U.S
Canberra
Senate
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Big H
Congress
Johnson
Community Relations Service
Commerce
Justice Rn Ance Heed
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