McMillan Named Mets Manager. Longhorn Leaguers Remember
The SDN Column recalls Roy McMillan being named to succeed Yogi Berra as New York Mets manager. It notes his 1947 pro debut in Big Spring, links Ballinger and Cincinnati Reds, and mentions Longhorn League alumni moving to the majors. Also recaps postal service quirks on a Snyder wedding invitation and gasoline price observations from Dr. Joe Reaves.
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Roy McMillan
Yogi Berra
New York Mets
McMillan
Big Spring
Ballinger
Buddy Hancken
Longhorn
Tommy Hart
Big Spring Daily Herald
Hart
Cincinnati Reds
Bonham
Howard Green
Fort Worth
Tarrant County
Cincinnati
Washington
Big Spring Broncs
Leamon Bostick
Horrace Bostick
Snyder
Jesse Lindsey
Lindseys
Morton
Muleshoe
Brand Accepts Blame for Gas Leak on Reentry
Apollo astronaut Vance D. Brand said he was to blame for not flipping two switches that would have prevented poisonous gas fumes from entering the U S spaceship on return from the Soyuz docking. Commander Thomas P. Stafford urged shared responsibility among all three crew members to follow the checklist.
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Howard Benedict
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Apollo
Vance D. Brand
Earth
Russia
Soyuz
Stafford
Brand
Donald K. Slayton
Washington
Honolulu
Hawaii
Arnauld Nicogossian
Ford Vows To Stay On Political Middle Ground
President Ford says the United States will stay in the political middle and rejects pressure from conservatives. He declines to discuss Betty Ford’s health as a campaign issue, notes her improvement, and outlines plans to counter inflation without endorsing oil price controls. He defends his Nixon pardon and rejects abandoning the middle ground despite GOP pressures.
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Ford
Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Washington
Betty
House
Oval Office
South Vietnam
Saigon
Khmer Rouge
Cambodia
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
California
Ronald Reagan
Breakthrough hoped in Rhodesia South Africa talks
In Pretoria the leaders of Rhodesia and South Africa issued a joint statement after talks on the southern African situation. They said discussions were fruitful and proposals exist that could lead to a constitutional settlement, with further announcements promised soon.
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Pretoria
South Africa
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
John Vorster
Smith
Vorster
Watercolors on display in Scurry County Museum exhibit
Twenty five paintings from the 1975 Museum Circuit of the Texas Watercolor Society are shown at Scurry County Museum on Western Texas College campus. Exhibit runs 2 to 5 p.m. today and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays through August 25. Some works for sale. Included artists include Betty Winton Fay Dixon Bennett Michael Frary Emilio Caballero Diana Fleming Hal Sims and others from Fort Worth Houston San Antonio Amarillo Graham Burleson Norman and more. The circuit has toured Oklahoma and Louisiana venues and will move to Monroe Shreveport and El Paso after Scurry.
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Joe Reaves
Western Texas College
Texas
Reaves
Miami
California
Tennessee
Arkansas
Alabama
Snyder
Arizona
Louisiana
Dallas
Wacil McNair
Nelda Bills
Ruth Sentell
Scurry County
Texas Watercolor Society
Oklahoma Museum of Art
Oklahoma City
Charles B. Goddard Center
Ardmore
Okla
University of Oklahoma Museum of Art
Norman
Museum of the Southwest
Midland
Scurry County Museum
Masur Museum of Art
Monroe
Barnwell Memorial Garden & Art Center
Shreveport
el Paso Museum of Art
FE Paso
Betty Winton Fay
Fort Worth
Dixon Bennett
Houston
Blue Angel and Friends
Michael Frary
Austin
Espada
Paul Walker
San Antonio
Calle Andaluz
Emilio Caballero
Amarillo
China Town
Diana Fleming
Graham
Helen van Buren
Quiet Inlet
Hal Sims
Hart Oaks
Larry Harris
Burleson
This Day in History August 10 Highlights
Today in history highlights events from 1945 surrender talks to keep the throne to 1821 Missouri becoming a state and 1845 naval academy's establishment. Other notes include 1846 Smithsonian creation, 1914 France declaring war, 1921 FDR polio, 1967 Gibraltar vote, and recent reference to voting rights, nerve gas disposal, and Angola independence plans.
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Associated Press
Missouri
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Congress
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
France
Austria-Hungary
Franklin Roosevelt
Campobello Island
Canada
Gibraltar
Britain
U.S. Army
Kentucky
Alabama
North Carolina
Atlantic
Portugal
Angola
Snyder Temperature Outlook and Panhandle Weather
Readings show 7 am temperature at 65 in Snyder with Friday reaching 90 and a low of 64. Northwest and Southwest Texas expect clear to partly cloudy skies Monday through Wednesday with near normal highs and widely scattered storms in the northern Panhandle.
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Snyder
Texas
Panhandle
Catholic Nuns Seek Equality in Church Leadership
The National Assembly of Women Religious with 3,500 members in the United States seeks equal partnership in church governance, including potential ordination of women and a woman pope. They press for more control over their lives, support ERA, and promote careers building a globally just society.
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Linda Kramer
Associated Press
SAN Francisco
National Assembly of Women
Catherine Pinkerton
Episcopal Church
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