Weed growth and flood talk spice Snyder SDN column
The SDN Column mocks new Snyder Chamber manager Bill Henry for letting weed-filled property resemble a green image while hinting at a bid for fair entries. It notes talks with the State Soil and Water Conservation Board on reviving Deep Creek flood controls and mentions the TCU pre season poll with Jim Garner distributing ballots and cautioning about Houston’s inclusion.
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Bill Henry
Snyder Chamber of Commerce
Mrs. Henry
Lockhart
Chamber of Commerce
Twenty-third
Avenue R
San Antonio
Snyder
Henry
State Soil and Water Conservation Board
Deep Creek
Jim Garner
Texas Christian University
TCU
Garner
Texas A&m
Texas
Arkansas
Houston
Wacil McNair
State researchers doubt mystery disease is swine flu
Harrisburg officials report 23 deaths and 138 hospitalizations linked to a Philadelphia Legion convention outbreak. Officials caution the illness may never be solved while federal investigators examine environmental factors and possible virus, fungal, or toxin causes.
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Harrisburg
Milton Shapp
Shapp
Leonard Bachman
Philadelphia
Bachman
American Legion
Jay Satz
New Jersey
New York
Legion
Federal Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Congress
David J. Sencer
Center For Disease Control
City Hall
Ford
Washington
Kissinger and Callaghan Discuss Africa Crisis in London
In London Kissinger and Callaghan spent nearly two hours at breakfast weighing prospects for peaceful solutions to racial tensions in southern Africa. They focused on policy toward South Africa and Rhodesia amid mounting black majority pressure, with no discussion of a meeting with Vorster.
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London
Henry A. Kissinger
James Callaghan
Africa
South Africa
Rhodesia
Kissinger
Iran
Afghanistan
Pakistan
France
Holland
Callaghan
Soweto
Johannesburg
John Vorster
Ian Smith
William E. Schaufele Jr
Vorster
West Germany
Namibia
Today in History highlights notable events on August 5
On this date in 1963 the US Britain and the Soviet Union signed a treaty banning atmospheric underwater and space nuclear tests. Other events include completion of the first trans Atlantic cable in 1858 the 1861 income tax levy the Statue of Liberty cornerstone in 1884 and more.
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Associated Press
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
U.S
New York Harbor
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Ecuador
Marilyn Monroe
Los Angeles
Fermi
Alfred Worden
Massachusetts
Alger Hiss
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Weather highlights for Texas regions with scattered storms
Snyder reports highs near 94 degrees with 71 degree lows and a 7am reading of 72. Panhandle faces fair weather then storms tonight and Friday with cooler nights in the mountains. Rio Grande area may reach 105 while North Texas stays warm under 92 to 99 Friday. Coastal zones show light SE winds and scattered thundershowers through Friday.
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Snyder
Texas
Panhandle
Rio Grande
South Texas
Upper
Lower
Soweto Protests Reignite as Police Fire in Soweto
In Soweto police fired into the air to break up a student march of about 5 000 amid days of unrest. Three black protesters were killed earlier in the week and 18 injured, with clashes also reported in Katlehong and Tembisa.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Soweto
Jabaru
Katlehong
Tembisa
New Canada Railway
Reagan’s Preconvention Tour Gets Cool Start
Ronald Reagan and running mate Richard Schweiker begin a campaign swing facing cooler reception in Mississippi. Delegates express mixed support as Ford and Reagan vie for uncommitted delegates, while Schweiker defends liberal credentials and Reagan touts unity to mend regional rifts.
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Doug Willis
Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Ronald Reagan
Richard Schweiker
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Reagan
Schweiker
New York
New Jersey
Ford
California
W.D
Billy” Mounger
Swan
Alabama
Northeast
City budget approved with first reading and tax rate set
The Snyder city council approved a 1976 77 budget of 2 299 700 on first reading with a $1 85 per 100 evaluation ad valorem tax kept from the current year An exception was filed contesting a Texas Railroad Commission Lone Star Gas rate examiner report The council heard a water line feasibility study for West Thirty seventh Street and tabled tie on requests Two new bids were approved for equipment and vehicles An audit firm was appointed for the current year planning commission members were named and traffic light repairs were requested
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Texas Railroad Commission
Lone Star Gas Co
West Thirteen Street
Seda Fort
Snyder
George Patterson
Colorado Water District
Patterson
Ernie Armstrong
Armstrong
Jim Dower
City of Snyder
Treanor Equipment Co
Abilene
Wilson Motor Co
West Thirty-seventh Street
Key Mobile Home Park
Mobile Home Park
Jimmie Cornett
Union-Fluvanna
G.L. Snyder
Twentythird Street
Anderson and Anderson
Postcard Registration Plan Faces House Vote
In Washington the House debates a mail registration plan urged by Jimmy Carter and opposed by Republicans. The measure would make federal registration mandatory with state options for local elections, using Postal Service delivery to all residences and incentives for adoption.
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Washington
House
Jimmy Carter
Congress
Ford
House Republican Policy Committee
Walter F. Mondale
Minnesota
School Grant Is Approved In Scurry County
Washington DC Congressman Omar Burleson announces a 153,309.24 dollar Office of Education grant for Scurry County for fiscal year 1977 under Title I. Funds aid low income area children and neglected delinquent institutions, with distribution by the State Department of Education ensuring each district receives at least 85 percent of its 1976 allocation.
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Washington, D.C
Omar Burleson
Office of Education
Scurry County
State Department of Education
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Rep
Jerry Litton
U.S. Senate
Litton
Kansas City
Yerger
Hunter
Sam Joyce
Planning and Zoning Commission
Texas Highway Department
East Highway
Avenue M
Rules Committee
Carter
Carl Albert
Albert
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