SDN Column highlights July rains slow Snyder projects
Murry Bowden reports apartment work south of Cogdell Center slowed by record July rainfall cutting delivery of beams and labor recruitment. He hopes for occupancy by fall but now delays may push to November. The piece notes strong housing demand, farming weed battles, and a lighthearted Lloyd Bentsen anecdote about seat belt rules and a car that wouldn’t start without a belt.
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Murry Bowden
Cogdell Center
Bowden
Sen
Lloyd Bentsen
Sen. Bentsen
Washington
Wacil McNair
Cannery Workers UK Three Year Contract Ends Strike
California canneries resume operations after union ratifies a three year contract by a 22 to 1 margin with 60 000 members. The deal raises wages by about 54 cents first two years and 52 cents third year plus health welfare improvements and an extra holiday.
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Associated Press
California
Freddy F. Sanchez
Teamsters California Council & Food Processing Unions
Oakland
Calif
Sanchez
Mercy Mission Canceled By Red Cross In Beirut
The International Red Cross canceled a planned mercy convoy to evacuate wounded Palestinians from Tal Zaatar camp as Christian militia leaders imposed new conditions. The stop left 40 to 50 of over 1,000 wounded still underground and raised fears of exposure to gunfire if evacuations resume.
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Farouk Nassar
Associated Press
Beirut
Lebanon
International Red Cross
Tal Zaatar
Red Cross
Jean Hoefliger
Hoefliger
Camille Chamoun
Tiger
Chamoun
Nabaa
This Day in History August First Highlights a Century
On August 1, notable events include 1914 Germany declares war on Russia starting World War I. 1502 Columbus lands in Honduras, 1790 US census begins, 1794 Whiskey Rebellion in Pennsylvania, 1876 Colorado enters Union, 1907 Army aeronautical division established, 1963 Malta gains independence, 1976 UT Tower shooting in Austin leaves 14 dead, 2015 US combat units pullout from Vietnam, 2022 Helsinki summit nations endorse peace charter.
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Associated Press
Germany
Russia
Christopher Columbus
Honduras
U.S
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Union
U.S. Air Force
Army
Aeronautical
Britain
Mediterranean
Malta
University of Texas
Austin
South Vietnam
Helsinki
Finland
Europe
Weather Outlook for Snyder and Region
The forecast shows Snyder with a Friday high near 92 and a Friday low around 69, 7 am Saturday reading near 70. West Texas expects partly cloudy skies with scattered showers and storms, highs 82 to 102, lows 50s to 72 in mountains.
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Snyder
West Texas
Panhandle
South Texas
North Texas
New Mexico
Antiquities Thefts Rise in Egypt Amid Crackdown
Egypt faces a surge in antiquities theft with a pipeline from tomb robbers to foreign buyers. Parliament moves to impose 500 dollar fines and six year jail terms, backed by a 2,500-strong police force. Kadry warns billions may be stolen. Abu Sir raids expose a 40-robber gang looting 90 tombs.
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Lisette Balouny
Associated Press
Cairo (Ap
Egypt
Antiquities Department
Cairo Museum
Ahmed Kadry
Abu Sir
Cairo
Kadry
Soviet Withdraws Threat to Pull Out of Montreal Games
The Soviet Union will remain in the Montreal Olympics after IOC officials urged against extreme measures in the Nemtsanov dispute. A spokesman said the decision followed an 8 am meeting with IOC representatives. The incident began when 17 year old diver Sergei Nemtsanov left the Olympic Village prompting accusations of political kidnapping.
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Montreal
Soviet Union
International Olympic Committee
IOC
Canada
Sergei Nemtsanov
Nemtsanov
Mars Might Be Younger Mars Study Links to Mojave Meteorite Crater
Viking 1 analysis of the first Martian soil samples shows iron calcium silicon titanium and aluminum traces similar to material from Amboy Crater Mojave Desert. Scientists suggest Mars may be geologically younger than Earth and explain the rusty surface as iron oxide coating or patches. Funeral notice for Allen Hoskins 46 of Hermleigh details service burial family survivors.
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Pasadena
Calif
Viking 1
California
Mojave
Viking
Mars
Earth
Priestly Toulmin
Toulmin
Benton Clark
Amboy Crater
Mojave Desert
Evacuees Seek Shelter Amid Seveso Poison Cloud
Italy's Seveso disaster evacuees total 600 in a 400 shelter plan after a toxic cloud from the Semesa plant. Doctors run daily tests, pregnant women warned, and homes remain inaccessible as officials seek hotel space for displaced residents.
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Seveso
Italy
Graziella Parravicini
Milan
Semesa
Birthplace Battle roils GOP as Crawfordsville challenges Ripon
Crawfordsville Iowa GOP officials push to prove the town as the birthplace of the Republican Party. They cite a February 23 1854 gathering and plan a rally to press the issue before the national convention. Ripon and Jackson Michigan contend historic firsts in party genesis.
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Associated Press
Crawfordsville, Iowa
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
Crawfordsville
Iowa
Ripon
Wis
Stoner
Kansas City
Robert Fleming
Des Moines
Middle West
United Seceders Church
GOP
Free Soilers
Republican Party
Jackson
Mich
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Arnold Miller
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Kentucky
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U.S. Civil Service Commission
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UAW
Irving Bluestone
Tripoli
Arab League
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No-Man’s-Land
Hoskins
Allen Hoskins
Hermleigh
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Clarence Minton
Loren Gardner
St. Luke’s United Methodist Church
Colorado City
Snyder Cemetery
Bell Seale Funeral Home
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