Wholesale prices dip again as farm goods lead decline
The Labor Department reported July wholesale prices fell for the second straight month. Raw farm products declined 1.8 percent in July after a 6.8 percent drop in June, while processed foods and feeds fell 2.4 percent. Overall, prices fell 0.1 percent, the first two month drop since 1975, though consumer food prices rose 0.8 percent in June. Queen Elizabeth II urged reconciliation in Northern Ireland during a visit ending with hopes for reduced sectarian conflict.
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Washington
Labor Department
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Elizabeth II
New University of Ulster
Coleraine
Burleson Mahon to Leave Congress End of 1978
The SDN Column notes Omar Burleson will not seek re election in 1978 after 32 years in Congress, joining George Mahon who also plans to retire. Together they will have served 76 years in their posts, about 38 percent of the nation’s age, marking the end of an era once linked to Scurry County.
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Omar Burleson
Burleson
Congress
George Mahon
Scurry County
Mahon
Scurry
Tom Connallys
Sam Rayburns
John Nance Garners
Son of Sam suspect linked to 1970s killings held in NYC
Police book David Berkowitz on second degree murder and weapons charges after a routine parking ticket led to the Yonkers postal worker’s arrest. Ballistics linked his .44 revolver to Stacy Moskowitz’s murder and police seized two shotguns from his seventh floor apartment as officials arraigned him in Brooklyn.
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New York
Sam
David Berkowitz
Yonkers
Berkowitz
Lice
84Th Precinct
Brooklyn
Stacy Moskowitz
Robert Violante
New York State
New York City
Miss Moskowitz
Welfare cuts justified say state official Ezzell
State welfare commissioner Raymond Vowell warned that cuts will hit protection services for abused and neglected children. Representative Marie Ezzell said reductions were planned to boost efficiency, while noting governors and legislators created budget pressure with new taxes.
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State Welfare
Marie Ezzell
Snyder
Associated Press
Austin
Dolph Briscoe
Welfare Department
Raymond Vowell
Ezzell
House Welfare Committee
Tennis Courts Get Architect
A three-agency plan in Snyder advances to bidding with J D Hinton as architect. The project envisions an eight court facility on Snyder Junior High School grounds with office, restrooms, lighting, fencing, bleachers and parking. Site finalization and soil tests pending. completion hoped for early next spring.
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Eldon Perry
Scurry County
Bill J. Hood
Snyder Public Schools
John Fagin
Snyder
J.D. Hinton
Snyder Junior High School
Houston Avenue
AJRA Finals See Records Shatter In National Rodeo
The American Junior Rodeo Association national finals see multiple records fall as contestants excel in tiedown roping steer riding and steer wrestling. Raymond Hollobaugh set a 10.19 second tiedown time, Casey Lambert and Jim Sharp tied 69 point steer rides, and Mack Altizer clocked 4.38 seconds in steer wrestling, among other top marks and no scores for several competitors.
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Tanya Springer
Snyder Wheels
American Junior Rodeo Association
AJRA
Scurry County Coliseum
SDN
Rodeo
Tim Barton
San Antonio
Robert Hodge
San Angelo
Britt Markum
Ray Bates
Clay Cooper
Casey Lambert
Ruidoso
Jim Sharp
Kermit
Todd Watkins
Odessa
Marty Jones
Hobbs
N.M
Richburg
Walt Poyner
Tom Messick
Kelly Overton
Clint Olson
Mack Altizer
del Rio
Altizer
Kenneth Cox
Byron Walker
Palmer
Kris Brown
Bobby Crittenden
Kenneth Dahl
Chuck Lambert
Olin Smith
Guy Miller
Immunization requirements for Snyder Public Schools
Snyder public school officials remind parents of students new to the district that an updated immunization report is required at registration. Texas law lists vaccines for kindergarten to grade 5 and grades 6 through 12, with booster timing and age-based notes. School principals and nurses enforce the regulation at each campus.
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Snyder Public
Texas
Snyder Public Schools
Vance Wraps Up Mission in Middle East Tour
Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance concluded his Middle East mission reporting to Arab leaders on Israel’s refusal to deal with the PLO. He met Sadat who called the stance a very hard Israeli line after brief stops in Jerusalem Amman Damascus and a final flight to an air base near Alexandria Egypt.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Cyrus R. Vance
Middle East
Israel
Palestine Liberation Organization
Anwar Sadat
Vance
Amman
Jordan
Syria
Damascus
Four Women Found Stabbed in California Apartment
Four women were found stabbed to death in an apartment in Seaside California early Thursday police said. Officers were alerted around 6 a m PDT to a report of a suspicious circumstance at the complex.
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Seaside
Calif
Weather Summary for Snyder and West Texas
High Wednesday 95 with a 69 low. at 7 am today 71, no precipitation. 1977 rainfall total 16.92 inches. West Texas sees scattered showers and thunderstorms, more in the Panhandle and South Plains today, then Friday south. Cooler in north today, hotter in south Friday. Highs mid 70s Panhandle to around 105 Big Bend valleys. Lows tonight near 60 Panhandle to mid 70s Big Bend valleys. Friday highs upper 70s Panhandle to near 100 Big Bend valleys.
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Snyder
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Big Bend
Big Bend Valleys
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