Water tasting chalky as charcoal treatment begins at local plant
City officials report charcoal treatment started after a weekend taste issue in lake water. Remedy will take time as the lake settles. Letter from Plainview resident cites Lake Thomas depletion due to daily oil company withdrawals, while lack of rainfall remains the primary cause. A note to the paper arrived with an unsigned dollar, praising repairs to vending machines.
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J.B. Thomas
Lake Thomas
R.L. Stanfield
Plainview
Colorado Municipal Water District
Colorado River
Colorado City
E.V. Spence
Robert Lee
The
Daily News
Wacil McNair
School Faces Tax Suit on SACROC Levy
SACROC owners challenge the 1 156 666 667 valuation used by Snyder ISD after a board of equalization ruling. Chevron Oil official says the group will exhaust appeals before court action and may pay taxes on SACROC figures while seeking an injunction on the rest.
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Sacroc
Snyder Independent
Harold Riebessell
Chevron Oil Co
Board of Tax Equalization
Pritchard
Abbott
Riebessel
Chevron
Rebesell
Board of Equalization
Equalization Board
Wilson Hunt
Pritchard and
Lee Smyth
Leland Herod
J.L. Browning
Riebesell
Tom Clevenger
Mobil Oil Co
Jack Miller
Janie Watson
Travis Junior High
Joyce Elrod
Today in History highlights events across centuries
This August 9 history note surveys key milestones from 1638 Bronx settlement to 1945 Nagasaki when the second atomic bomb fell, plus 1842 Webster Ashburton treaty, 1898 Spain signs peace, 1902 Edward VII coronation, Gandhi internment, and 1970s Cold War and Belfast violence.
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Holland
Jonas Bronck
Bronx
N.Y
United States
New York
Albany
Schenectady
Canada
Webster-Ashburton
Spain
Edward VII
England
Queen Victoria
Mohandas Gandhi
Soviet Union
U.S
South Vietnam
Song Re Valley
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Weather Outlook for Texas Regions This Week
Weather forecast across Texas shows scattered showers and thunderstorms from the south through Thursday. Temperatures range from the mid 60s to mid 90s with highs near 92 to 102 and lows 50s to 80s depending on region. Coastal winds will be southerly 5 to 18 knots with gusts during showers.
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Snyder
Texas
Mid 50S
North Central
South
Shriver Named Democratic VP Nominee In Unity Show
In a primetime unity event the Democratic National Committee nominated Sargent Shriver for vice president. President Nixon and Spiro Agnew drew cheers as McGovern defended Shriver and criticized Nixon. The party announced Shriver with 2,936 votes of 3,016, after Eagleton’s withdrawal.
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Shriver
Washington
Sargent Shriver
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
George McGovern
Democratic National Committee
Spiro Agnew
McGovern
Thomas F. Eagleton
Missouri
Warren Hearnes
Eagleton
Oregon
Maverick
Bomb Target in New York by Imperial Japan Headline
Tamotsu Takahashi, a 22 year old airman in the Imperial Japanese Army, is chosen for a one way mission to bomb New York as Japan struggles near defeat in 1945. Plans call for KI77 bomb carriers to fly 10,200 mile routes and crash after delivering their payload. Takahashi later becomes a Tokyo bank executive.
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Robert Liu
Associated Press
TOKYO
Tamotsu Takahashi
Imperial Japanese Army
United States
New York
Japan
Hiroshima
Nagashi
Taka
Manchuria
Takahashi
Washington
America
Disaster Relief Bill Approved by House Appropriations Panel
The House Appropriations Committee backed a 1.59 billion disaster relief package for Tropical Storm Agnes damage. The plan, larger than Nixon’s request, includes 1.3 billion in SBA low interest loans, 200 million for housing and aid, 40 million for Economic Development Administration help, 16 million for Appalachian stability, 29.5 million for Army Corps flood control, and 1.8 million to speed rural flood loans.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
Nixon
Congress
Small Business Administration
Economic Development Administration
Appalachian Regional Commission
Army Corps of Engineers
Farmers' Home Administration
Senate approves aid for Texas horse vaccination program
The Senate passed a bill to reimburse Texas horse owners for the cost of vaccinating horses against Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis VEE conducted last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Texas
Mrs. Simpson Joins Western Texas College Library Staff
Hattie Simpson is named assistant librarian at Western Texas College by Dean Dr. Ben Brock. She holds a B.S. in elementary education from East Texas State University 1967 and pursues a M.S. in Library Science at North Texas State University while previously working as a library tech at WTC. The Simpsons live in Snyder with husband Sid, an associate professor and athletic director, and two children Mike and Margie.
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Hattie Simpson
Western Texas College
Ben Brock
Simpson
East Texas State University
North Texas State University
Grayson County Junior College
WTC
Hyde Park
Denis
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Stark
Lake Charles
Lamar Junior High
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North
Angela Derrick
Vera Gallegos
Central
Jan Allen
Humble- Smith School
Martha Pin
East Elementary
Donald Witherspoon
Dorris Witherspoon
Kenneth E. Foster
West Elementary
Sue Gressett
Northeast
Jo Nell Smylie
Barbara Gilbreath
Lamar
James Wesson
West
Diana Gary
Stanfield
Vernell Thompson
Sally Ramirez
Alice Borrego
East
Suzanne Ferrell
Lydia Gonzales
Vera Ubando
Sally Tovar
Manuela Rodriguez
Hope Lopez
Maria Zamarripa
Nagasaki
Wayne Morse
Guam
Peace Corps
France
Kennedy
Hashi
Mrs. Simpson
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