Snyder City Leader Recovers From Yellowjacket Attack
City Manager George Patterson and his son Roger were stung about 20 times while horseback riding near Lake Texoma. Patterson returned to work Monday as residents debate mosquito spraying and a cement egg joke circulates. Tax collections in Snyder ISD reached 100.19 percent, with delinquent accounts rising under attorney Tom Gordon.
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George Patterson
Roger
Lake Texoma
George
Sherman
Snyder City
Snyder Independent School District
Ray Peveler
Tom Gordon
Snyder
Wacil McNair
Today in History highlights from August 14
Highlights include Truman announcing Japan's surrender ending World War II in 1945, Kodiak Island's first Russian Alaska colony founded in 1784, Oregon Territory organized in 1848, and other notable events such as the Boxer Rebellion ending in 1900 and the Atlantic Charter signing in 1941.
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Associated Press
Harry Truman
Japan
Alaska
Kodiak Island
Oregon Territory
China
U.S
Peking
Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
United States
Italy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York
Duluth
Vatican
Yugoslavia
Holy See
Greece
Geneva
Cyprus
Weather report outlines heat hot across Texas regions
Snyder area shows high 92 with a low of 69 and 0.58 inch precipitation. Northwest and Southwest Texas expect partly cloudy skies through Friday with scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly in the north tonight. Highs reach 80s to near 100 in the south, while North Central and Northeast Texas stay hot with west thunderstorms. Port Arthur to Port O Connor sees light southeast winds 8 to 14 knots and seas 2 to 3 feet. Port O Connor to Brownsville winds 15 to 20 knots with seas 3 to 5 feet fading at night.
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Snyder
Texas
South Central
Port Arthur
Port O’connor
Brownsville
Colorado City
City Water Plant
Hermleigh
J.B. Thomas
Colorado River
Racial Violence Flares Up North
Racial clashes across Boston and Elyria escalate with multiple injuries and arrests. In Elyria 16 hurt as 27 arrested, most for inciting to riot. Lorain County deputies assist, hospital says injuries are minor. In Boston sections of Roxbury and South Boston see stones and missiles. eight officers injured. mayor appeals for calm.
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Associated Press
Boston
Ohio
Elyria
Lorain County
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Roxbury
South Boston
Carson Beach
Kevin H. White
Ex-Gangster Says Hoffa Fell Into A Fatal Trap
Detroit AP reports three weeks into the Hoffa disappearance investigators see no trace of Jimmy Hoffa. Ex gangster Mickey Cohen says Hoffa is dead, fell into a trap and will not be seen again. FBI probe widens with grand jury prep and surveillance of Tony Giacalone, Tony Pro Provenzano, and Leonard Schultz as theories persist.
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Hoffa
Detroit
Jimmy Hoffa
Teamsters
Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Boston
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
O’brien
Fitzsimmons
Cohen
Underworld
Jim
Harold Gibbons
Gibbons
St. Louis
FBI
Anthony
Tony Jack"’ Giacalone
Giacalone
New Jersey
Tony Pro” Provenzano
Leonard Schultz
Provenzano
Schultz
Kissinger Charges Soviet Pact Violation Over Portugal
Secretary of State Kissinger said Soviet support for Portugal's Communist minority violates the Helsinki pact on European security and pledged US opposition. He noted intelligence reports of Moscow's up to 10 million dollars monthly in Portuguese party support and urged unity to counter foreign interference. He stressed the US as a global leader for stability and liberty.
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Kenneth J. Freed
Associated Press
Birmingham, Ala
Henry A. Kissinger
Portugal
Kissinger
Soviet Union
U.S
Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
America
United States
Witness Says Rioters Fired First Kent Shot
Civilian surveyor John A. Bambeck testified at a federal trial that after student demonstrators shouted kill them the Ohio National Guard opened fire at Kent State University in 1970. He said the first shot came from a small caliber weapon and noted a youth with an automatic rifle nearby.
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Clint Swift
Associated Press
Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio National
Bambeck
WTC Work-Study Grant Approved
Congressman Omar Burleson announced a supplemental college work-study grant to Western Texas College totaling 13 430 dollars. The federal funds cover 80 percent of payroll for 28 students employed through June 30 1976.
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Omar Burleson
Western Texas College
Six Named To Parole Commission in Texas
Gov Dolph Briscoe appoints Edward Ochis Johnson of Austin and Gilberto de Leon Jr of Uvalde as parole commissioners. Helen Copitka Don R Stiles Paul F Cromwell Jr and Paul J Mansmann named by court officials to join the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Senate
Dolph Briscoe
Edward Ochis Johnson
Gilberto de Leon Jr
Uvalde
Texas Supreme Court
Joe R. Greenhill
Helen Copitka
Houston
Don R. Stiles
Grapevine
John F. Onion
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Paul F. Cromwell Jr
Greenhill
Don Stiles
Cromwell
Western District
Texas
Harris County
Mansmann
Tarrant
Parker
Palo Pinto
Tarrant County
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SDN
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
TAES
Lynn Robinson
Snyder High School
John Short
Cleveland
Southwest Side
Charles “Chuckie’ O’brien
Fitz
Fitzsimmon
O’ Brien
West
Kent
WTC
Parole Commission
Stile
The
Texas Correction Association
Dallas
State Department of Public Welfare
Grayson County
Simcha Dinitz
Joseph Sisce
State Department
Washington
U. S
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