Romanian leader tours Lyndon B. Johnson Center in Houston
Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu arrived in Houston on the second leg of his U S visit to seek electronics components and oil drilling gear. He flew in an Air Force jet and was met by U S officials including Mayor Jim McCann while a small protest gathered over Hungarian human rights.
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Houston
Nicolae Ceausescu
Lyndon B. Johnson Manned Spacecraft Center
Ceausescu
Dallas
Air Force
U.S. Marine Color Guard
Jim McCann
Romania
Rhodesian guerrilla leaders agree to all party conference
Rhodesian guerrilla leaders accept to attend an all party conference to negotiate black majority rule. The decision comes after talks with U S secretary of state Cyrus Vance and British foreign secretary David Owen in Dar es Salaam Tanzania.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tanzania
Cyrus R. Vance
David Owen
Nobel laureates Williams Corrigan step down from pacifist group
Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan, winners of the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize, announced they will resign from leadership of the pacifist organization they founded two years earlier in Belfast.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Betty Williams
Mairead Corrigan
SDN Column Sketches Spring Signs and Policy Notes
The SDN Column notes spring arrival with mesquites budding and turkeys seen near 30th Street. It cites a Carter plain English regulation push, a revised FCC form, oil-well curiosity in nonproducing areas, and a clipping about county histories and a Snyder oil boom memory. It closes with the cactus patch philosopher on tax reform.
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Glenna Jones
Deep Creek
30Th Street
JoAnn Nunley
Rhonda
Otha McIntosh
Julia Hardin
McIntosh
Sul Ross State University
Julia
Uvalde
Scurry County
Snyder
Surry County
Harte-Hanks
San Elo Standard-Times
Corpus Christi Ae
Fiie
West Texas
Steady Progress Report From Northern Electric Plant
John Long reports steady progress at Northern Electric with operations manager Jimmy Daniels praising new personnel manager Ron Heath who started two weeks ago after transferring from Mineral Wells. Heath, 34, has already assumed responsibilities as the plant continues its work.
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John Long
Northern Electric
Jimmy Daniels
Daniels
Ron Heath
Mineral Wells
SDN
Snyder Schools Begin Kindergarten Signups Next Week
Snyder Public Schools will register children entering kindergarten or first grade who have not attended kindergarten. Eligibility requires a fifth birthday on or before Sept 1. Registration runs 9 am to 4 pm Monday at North and West, Tuesday at Central and Northeast, and Wednesday at East and Stanfield Elementary Schools. Parents must bring birth certificates and immunization records. Heath, a 1966 North Texas State graduate, discusses Snyder’s friendly community. Northern Electric announces a plant in the former Wickes Building, a Sunbeam subsidiary making electric blankets. Daniels, a longtime company veteran, notes current plans to build blankets locally.
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Snyder
North and West
Central and Northeast
East
Stanfield
Heath
North Texas State University
Northern Electric
Wickes
Chamber of Commerce
City Offici
Maine
Mexico
Daniels
Sales Tax Rebate Here Up Sharply
Snyder city sales tax rebates for the period ending March 30 rose sharply from last year, with a 1 percent tax rebate totaling 29,294 compared to 16,499. Statewide rebates rose 24 percent overall, while Snyder’s gain was about 56 percent. For the year, Snyder's rebates total 148,067 versus 137,079 last year. Area cities show varied increases and some towns did not receive checks this time.
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Snyder
Bob Bullock
Bullock
Big Spring
Sweetwater
Levelland
Brownfield
Monahans
Pecos
Lamesa
Colorado City
Post
Rotan
Roby
Roscoe
Weather Summary for Snyder and West Texas Regions
Partly cloudy conditions across Snyder with a Friday high of 91 and a Friday low of 56. Saturday morning at 7 a.m. shows 61 degrees with no precipitation. 1978 total precipitation stands at 2.00 inches. West Texas turns cooler early in the week with possible Panhandle thundershowers, then a warming trend by Wednesday. Panhandle highs near 60s to 80s, south to upper 80s and mid 90s in the Big Bend, with lows from the 40s north to the 50s south and 30s in the Panhandle. Tuesday.
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Snyder
West Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
Absentee Voting Begins Tuesday In Local Option Race
Absentee voting will start Tuesday in Scurry County for a local option election to decide if the sale of all alcoholic beverages will be legalized within Snyder. This is the 17th liquor-related election in the county, with past votes tracing a long dry history from 1884 through 1952 and beyond.
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Scurry County
Snyder
Justice
Commissioners Court
Scurry
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