Snyder Chamber Receives Inquiry on Old Soda Bottle
Fort Worth man Jerry Wilkerson reported finding an antique Snyder Bottling Works bottle with its spring intact. Local historian Brad Boren recalls early bottlers like the Yoders, and Elmo Crowder confirms a matching bottle from 1922 or 1923 era, now a collector's item.
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Snyder Chamber of Commerce
Fort Worth
Jerry Wilkerson
Vermont
Wilkerson
Chamber of Commerce
Snyder Bottling Works
Brad Boren
Scurry County Historical Survey Committee
Yoders
Boren
Elmo Crowder
Elmo
Wacil McNair
Today In History Highlights for August 20, 1969
The Aug 20 1969 entry notes key past events: Lyndon B. Johnson signing an anti poverty bill toward the Great Society in 1964, Vitus Bering’s Alaska discovery in 1741, Washington’s 1776 Brooklyn maneuver, Harrison’s birth in 1833, Brussels occupation in 1914, Dnieper Dam destruction in 1941, riots in 1955, steel strike layoffs a decade earlier, 1965 adviser deaths in Vietnam, and the 1968 Prague invasion in Czechoslovakia.
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Associated Press
Lyndon B. Johnson
Vitus Jonas Bering
Alaska
George Washington
Brooklyn
N.Y
East River
Manhattan
Benjamin Harrison
North Bend
Ohio
Brussels
Dnieper
Ukraine
Morocco
Algeria
U.S
South Vietnam
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Prague
Czech
Weather outlook for Texas regions turns hot and stormy
Snyder area reports 101 high and 73 low with 77 at 7 am. Northwest Texas forecasts hot, clear to partly cloudy with thundershowers possible tonight and Thursday, highs 96 to 104. Northeast Texas also hot with isolated storms and similar temps. Central and south Texas expect thunderstorms Thursday afternoon, highs near 97 to 105. West of the Pecos sees scattered thundershowers and highs 92 to 106 with cooler nights.
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Snyder
Northwest
Texas
North
Pecos
Secretary Rogers Says US Ready To Take Risks For Peace In Vietnam
Secretary William P. Rogers told reporters the United States is prepared to take sensitive risks for peace as it considers further troop withdrawals from Vietnam. He noted a recent lull followed by renewed enemy activity and said the U.S. would respond to communist cutbacks, with a Nixon troop-reduction decision anticipated later this month. He also cited the anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia as a reminder of the difficulty in U.S.-Soviet negotiations.
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John M. Hightower
Washington (Ap
William P. Rogers
U.S
Vietnam
Tle
United States
Rogers
Nixon
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
China
Laos
Paris
South Vietnam
Iar
First Bale Of Year Ginned In Hermleigh
Andrew Rodriguez of Hermleigh produced the first bale of 1969 at the Snyder Co- Op Gin near Hermleigh around 2 p.m. The bale, from a seven acre dry patch, was Western Stormproof quality and judged middling. The gin awarded Rodriguez a $25 bonus. total county yield is projected at 26 000 bales, with 12 to 15 bales from Rodriguez’s tract this year.
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Andrew Rodriguez
Hermleigh
Snyder Co-Op
Davis R. Layman
Rodriguez
Scurry County
David R. Layman
Hernsleigh
Pete Beaver
Nunley Named Snyder Chamber Manager at 30
Mickey Nunley, 30, appointed manager of the Snyder Chamber of Commerce filling the vacancy caused by Karl Man horter’s resignation. He has 12 years with Southwestern Bell in Snyder and is active in local civic groups including the Snyder Jaycees and Scurry County United Fund. He will assume duties on Sept 2.
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Mickey Nunley
Snyder Chamber of Commerce
Karl Manhorter
Nunley
Chamber
Shelby Coker
Chamber Board
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Snyder
Graham
Telephone Company
Snyder Jaycees
Scurry County Boys Club
Jaycees
State Jaycees
Scurry County United Fund
Booster Club
Jo Ann
Rhonda Kay
Rollen Brooks
Coker
Aid Streams To Mississippi Amid New Problems After Camille
Rescue crews struggle along Mississippi Gulf Coast as gas leaks and malaria threaten relief work. Death toll climbs toward 230 with 170 confirmed, while water supplies from New Orleans and Baton Rouge lag behind evacuee needs. Martial law limits movement as aid from federal, state, and private sources pours in and officials warn of waterborne illness and continuing destruction.
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Associated Press
Gulfport
Miss
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Mississippi
Civil Defense
Prentiss Baughman
Jackson
C. P. Wimberly
Gulfport Memorial Hospital
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Frank Wiggul
General Health Services
John Bell Williams
Spiro T. Agnew
George Romney
Housing and Urban
Devel
Williams
Camille
Louisiana
Mobile
Ala
US. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Merchants Invited to Snyder National Bank Master Charge Program
Merchants interested in Master Charge participation are invited to a program at 10 a.m. Friday August 22 in the bank’s community room. The session will outline procedures for honoring Master Charge cards and is urged for all interested merchants to attend.
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Snyder National Bank
Debbie Maintains Intensity Hurricane Debbie Advisory
National Hurricane Center advisory reports Hurricane Debbie maintaining intensity at 125 mph with gales up to 200 miles north and 100 miles south of the center. The storm is near 24.8 N 63.2 W, about 1,000 miles east of Miami and moving west northwest at 15 mph with a forecast gradual slow in forward speed.
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Miami
National Hurricane Center
Debbie
Bermuda
Oil Allowable Cut Set at 52.1 Percent in Texas for September
The Texas Railroad Commission reduced the September oil allowable to 52.1 percent of potential, the third straight monthly decline. The cap allows a maximum 3,237,997 barrels daily, down from 3,284,263 this month. Gulf Oil Corp shifted its September nomination from 300,000 to 230,000 barrels daily, offsetting a shortfall. Major purchasers’ nominations totaled 3,015,138 barrels per day, with mixed requests and a last minute change.
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Austin, Tex
Texas Railroad Commission
Gulf Oil Corp
Gulf
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Texas
Commission
Ben Ramsey
Atlantic Richfield
Cities Service
Continental
Diamond Shamrock
Humble
Mobil
Pan American
Phillips
Shell
Standard of Texas
Sun
Texaco
Union of California
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Thailand
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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Lodge
San Clemente
Calif
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