Scurry County crops praised with rain needed in parts
County Agent Billy Roach notes above average agriculture in Scurry County with cotton described as excellent though boll weevils and maize lice reduce yields. He cites need for rain west of Snyder and forecasts strong fair exhibits and a promising fall farm tour to showcase local projects and results.
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Scurry
Billy Roach Roach
Snyder
Hermleigh
Inadale
Roach
Wacil McNair
Today In History highlights and milestones
This 1968 page notes key dates such as the 1918 Pershing organized American field army, the 1857 Atlantic cable break, 1900 Victor Emmanuel of Italy, 1902 Holmes as justice, 1928 Hoover Republican bid, 1945 surrender talks with Japan, 1954 Indochina peace, 1968 Polish protests, 1963 Johnson desegregation push, and 1967 Hanoi bombing.
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Associated Press
France
John J. Pershing
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Oliver Wendell Holmes
U. S. Supreme Court
Herbert Hoover
Palo Alto
Calif
Japan
Indochina
Poland
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Lyndon B. Johnson
Los Angeles
Hanoi
Weather Outlook for Texas Regions This Weekend
Snyder area sees 99 linked to a 70 low with 7 am reading. Northwest Texas fair southeast with scattered storms west and north. Cooler in north this afternoon and tonight. Sunday partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers in west and north. Low 55 to 77, high 83 to 100. Northeast Texas clear to warm through Sunday with scattered storms mainly north. North Central Texas mostly clear with scattered storms in extreme north. Upper Coast winds 5 to 15 knots and widely scattered showers. South Central Texas hot and partly cloudy with lows 72 to 80 and highs 92 to 102. Southwest Texas east of Pecos partly cloudy with scattered storms after noon and evening.
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Snyder
Texas
Pecos
Reds Battle Losses Heavy Across Vietnam Fronts
Allied forces reported 147 enemy killed and 165 Viet Cong suspects captured in a Friday round of cordons and searches across Saigon suburbs and northern provinces. A 25 mile north Saigon village containment yielded 17 Viet Cong killed, 67 captured in tunnels and bunkers, while Tet and supplies were seized. General Abrams praised the operation as a remarkable effort by South Vietnamese forces.
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Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Hue
Quang Tri
George S. Patton III
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
Red Guards Waging Guerrilla War in Canton and Countryside
Travelers from China report Red Guards waging guerrilla warfare against Communist army units in rural Kwangtung Province. Fresh clashes erupt in Canton as rival factions resume nightly fighting after a brief lull. Shots heard nightly in central Canton amid unconfirmed reports.
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Red Guards
Kwangtug Province
Canton
China
Red Guard
Humphrey Launches Spanish flavored Texas Campaign Swing
Vice President Hubert Humphrey began a Spanish flavored tour in San Antonio with Arriba Humphrey clubs in South Texas. He planned a HemisFair visit, a dedication speech, a new recreation area, a manufacturing plant for the unemployed, a youth center stop, and a tardeada with Mexican foods before returning to Washington.
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Associated Press
SAN Antonio
Humphrey
Hubert Humphrey
South Texas
Johnson
HemisFair
Washington
Piedmont Plane Crashes Killing 32 at Charleston Airport
A Piedmont Airlines twin engine plane with 37 aboard crashed on Charleston mountaintop air field. At least 32 died, five survived, all taken to nearby hospitals. The jet-prop aircraft skidded across the plateau, burned and forced airport closure.
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Ken Conway
Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Piedmont Airlines
Louisville
Virginia
Cincinnati
Roanoke
Richmond
Newport News
Norfolk
Air National Guard
Kanawha County
Piedmont
Air National Guardsman
Charles General Hospital
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Ted Ambrecht
National Guard
Ohio
Curfew Enforced as Miami Negro District Violence Eases
Police and National Guard enforce an 8 PM curfew across Liberty City Central Negro District and Coconut Grove as gunfire wanes after two days of rioting. Rain slows activity, shops close, and patrols continue through the night amid lingering tensions.
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Miami
National Guard
Henry Gill
Chicago Daily News
Fla
Liberty City
Coconut Grove
Central District
Cool Front Eases Into Texas Panhandle
A new cool front enters the north edge of the Texas Panhandle this morning, bringing scattered overnight showers. Dalhart reports 1.01 inches of rain and 66 degrees before dawn, Amarillo 0.35 inches, with partial cloud cover elsewhere. Forecasters expect the front to drift south, cooling Panhandle areas and spreading into extreme North Central Texas by Sunday, while summer heat persists elsewhere.
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Texas Panhandle
Dalhart
Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
Tito Backed Czech Drive by Yugoslav Leader in Prague
Yugoslav President Tito told a Prague delegation at Hradcany Castle that Yugoslavia will continue strong support for Czechoslovakia. He joined leader Alexander Dubcek during a Franco era forum as Czechoslovakia loosens party rules to give rank and file more say.
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Tito
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Hradcany Castle
Hradeany Castle
Alexander Dubcek
Joseph Stalin
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Rude Pravo
Charter-Taxi Service At Airport Here
JEET Air Inc launched a day flight charter taxi from Winston Field to any city with an accessible airport. Officers Edward Thomas president John Thomas VP and GM Evelyn Thomas secretary treasurer announced the service aimed at quick business trips and as feeder to airline terminals. First passenger Don Wooten chair Roscoe Snyder and Pacific Railway, newly moved from Abilene to Snyder.
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Jeet Air, Inc
Winston Field
Edward Thomas
John Thomas
Evelyn Thomas
del Rio
Snyder
JEET
St. Petersburg
Fla
West Texas
Don Wooten
Roscoe Snyder and Pacific Railway
Wooten
Abilene
Pre-School Activity Opens at Snyder Junior Highs
Registration for nonattending Snyder district pupils in 7th to 9th grades begins at Travis and Lamar Junior High Schools. Beginning Monday, band classes run two weeks at both sites with schedules for 8th and 9th graders 8 to 10, 7th grade woodwinds 10 to 10:45, and 7th grade brass 11 to 11:45. Conducted by Jerry Roe at Lamar and Ray F Lashaway at Travis.
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Snyder
Travis
Lamar
Jerry Roe
Ray F. Lashaway
Nixon Agnew Head For Johnson Ranch
Nixon and Agnew depart Miami on the opening campaign swing with a plan to visit President Johnson at the LBJ Ranch in Texas. Gov Spiro T. Agnew, Nixon's running mate choice, accompanies him on the trip.
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Associated Press
Miami Beach
Fla
Richard M. Nixon
Miami International Airport
Johnson
Maryland
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Lbj Ranch
Texas
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McCarthy
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D-Tex
Yarborough
John B. Connally
Teyas
Huntington
Beckley
Parkersburg
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