Texas to Test Drunken Driving With Breath Analysis
State Police believe a new breath test will cut traffic deaths. Col. Wilson Speir testifies at a state hearing on an 11.4 percent auto insurance rate rise. He notes implied consent laws, 90 machines now, 173 more planned, and 600 staff trained. He proposes extra written exams with licenses and tightening probation for suspensions. He argues license suspension is a strong DWI deterrent.
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Austin
Texas
Wilson E. Speir
State Department of Public Safety
Speir
DPS
Today In History August 1 1969 highlights
On this date in history events include 1914 Germany declares war on Russia, 1502 Columbus lands in Honduras, 1790 first U S census, 1794 Whiskey Rebellion suppression, 1876 Colorado statehood, 1907 Air Force roots, 1946 Atomic Energy Commission creation, Nixon broadcast in Soviet Union, Ranger moon surface photos, and a 1969 note on steel price controls.
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Associated Press
Germany
Russia
Christopher Columbus
Honduras
U.S
Pennsylvania
George Washington
Colorado
U.S. Army Signal Corps
U. S. Air Force
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Richard M. Nixon
Soviet Union
The
Space Agency
Ranger
Moon
U. S
Weather outlook across Texas with warm weekend forecast
Snyder temperatures reach 99 high and 72 low with 7 am reading of 72. Northwest Texas stays clear to partly cloudy with highs 94 to 102 and lows 68 to 76. Northeast Texas remains partly cloudy and warm with highs 92 to 98. Southwest regions see thundershowers mainly mountains, highs 94 to 106, lows 60 to 78. Southeast remains partly cloudy with thundershowers, highs 85 to 97. Winds from Brownsville to Port O Connor 6 to 12 knots, rising to 8 to 16 knots Saturday with scattered thundershowers.
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Snyder
Northwest
Texas
Southwest
Pecos
Brownsville
Port O'Connor
Nixon arrives in Pakistan for talks with Yahya Khan
President Nixon and wife arrived in Lahore to begin discussions with President Yahya Khan aimed at strengthening U S Pakistan ties. Talks covered Asian security Vietnam withdrawal arms aid and regional cooperation including RCD like minded peers. Nixon praised mutual respect and urged self sufficiency in Asian development.
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Lahore
Pakistan
Nixon
A. M. Yahya Khan
United States
India
Governor’s House
Yahya
Governor's House
America
Vietnam
U.S
Asia
John Foster
Dulles
China
Iran
Turkey
Regional Cooperation For Development Organization
Texas Senators Move Rapid Budget Substitute in Austin
In Austin the Senate quickly substituted its two year budget for the House plan, promising a 10 member conference committee to draft the final bill. The 14 minute session followed a House weekend recess as a $5.8 billion Senate spending measure seeks $327 million in new taxes, $41 million more than the House version. Tax meetings in the governor’s office aim to justify a tax bill, with discussions led by Smith’s budget director Jim Oliver and invited district leaders.
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Ben Barnes
Barnes
Smith
Jim Oliver
Preston Smith
House
W.S. Heatly
Paducah
Appropriations Committee
Surtax Measure Stymied In House
Washington AP House leaders fail to rush a six month surtax extension as Senate passes it. Debate spans four hours with four weeks of cloakroom talks. Rep Graves condemns the spending bill as dictatorial amid racial tensions.
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Washington
House
Senate
White House
Nixon
Democratic Policy Committee
Everett M. Dirksen
County to Receive Aid for Flood Damage in May
Scurry County is among five Texas counties chosen for Department of Agriculture flood aid totaling 200000 with ASC administration. Congressman Mahon says the Department will direct the local ASC on allocations and handling. Parts of Scurry County suffered terrace washouts and related damage from heavy rainfall.
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Scurry County
Texas
Department of Agriculture
Snyder Daily News
George Mahon
ASC
Desolation on Mars Seen in Mariner 6 Pictures
Mars images reveal a bleak, cratered landscape with no signs of life. Scientists caution that life, if any, would be microscopic and that Mariner 7 will provide a further close-up view.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mars
Red Planet
Leighton
Mariner 7
Mariner 6
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth
Oscar V Condron Dies at 73 Rites Pending
Funeral services are pending at Bell Seale Funeral Home for Oscar V Condron 73 of Clairemont who died about 8 p m Thursday at the home of his brother Harold 25 miles from Snyder on the Clairemont highway He was born June 11 1897 in Williamson County Texas and had lived in Throckmorton Kent County and Clairemont He was a World War II veteran and a Presbyterian He is survived by four sisters Mrs J H Jackson of Lubbock Mrs A T Bradley Riverside Calif Mrs Levi Couser Tucson Ariz and Mrs H B Allen Wayne Mich and three brothers Frank Lamesa W E Breckenridge and Harold Clairemont
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Bell
J. H. Jackson
Lubbock
A. T. Bradley
Riverside
Calif
Levi Couser
Tuscon, Ariz
H. B. Allen
Wayne
Michigan
Frank
Lamesa
W. E
Breckenridge
Harold
Clairemont
AFS Dutch Treat Breakfast Maps Folke With Arrival
The local American Field Service chapter hosts a dutch treat breakfast at 8 a.m. at Carlos Little Mexico Cafe to plan for Folke With a new foreign exchange student from Norway arriving mid August. He will stay with the Marlin Terrell family. Public invited by Mrs. Ruby Anderson. The chapter sponsors a foreign exchange student each year.
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Carlos Little Mexico
Snyder
Folke With
Norway
Marlin Terrell
Ruby Anderson
AFS
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Japan
Armin H. Meyer
Tokyo
Meyer
Randolph W. Thrower
Internal Revenue Service
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Thrower
Curtis Graves
Houston
Heatly
Graves
Mariner
Desolation
Robert Leighton
Mare Cimmerium
NASA
QO. V. Condron
AES Breakfast
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