Fight Over GOP Rules Heads to Convention Showdown
The 1976 Republican battle over delegate allocation intensifies as smaller conservative states push a plan favoring them while larger states demand a broader bonus system. National Chairman Dole seeks compromise, Nixon allies wary of a party fight impacting re election.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Republican Party
GOP
National Party
Robert Dole
Convention Rules Committee
Republican National Committee
Great Lakes
Nixon
Dole
National Committee
Today in History August 21 highlights through the years
A compilation of notable events on August 21 across history including the 1951 U S order to build the first atomic submarine the 1680 Pueblo uprising in Santa Fe the 1958 Lincoln Douglas debates the 1918 Somme battle onset and other significant milestones from 1940 1943 1959 and recent years.
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United States
Santa Fe
N.M
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
Somme
France
Leon Trotsky
Mexico City
Japan
Aleutian
Kiska
Hawaii
Soviet Union
Berlin
Berlin Wall
U.S
South Vietnam
Red China
North Vietnam
la Paz
Juan Jose Torres Gonzales
Weather outlook for Texas shows warm, unsettled patterns
The forecast covers Northwest Southwest Texas North Central Northeast Texas and the coast with clear to partly cloudy skies and scattered thunderstorms. Temperatures range from mid 60s to highs near 100 across regions with cooler nights in the mountains and variable coastal winds.
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Snyder
Texas
Mid 50S
North Central
Copernicus Space Telescope Launch Sets New Records
A 4900 pound, 81.6 million dollar NASA observatory named Copernicus launched from Cape Kennedy aboard an Atlas Centaur rocket. The six telescopes include a 32 inch main instrument from Princeton University and five smaller scopes from University College London. It aims to study ultraviolet light from young stars and X ray sources such as quasars pulsars and radio galaxies.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
United States
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Princeton University
Britain’s
University College
London
Open House Showcases New WTC Dorms and Museum Room
Visitors toured Western Texas College during an open house to view the new dormitory complex and a temporary air structure building serving as a physical education space. The dorms will house 192 students with move‑in at 2 p.m. August 27, while the museum room traces Scurry County history with exhibits such as a historical map by R J Walker and a restored early kitchen. Work on a dedicated museum building is slated to start within a month.
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WTC
Mary Hood
Snyder
Western Texas College
Scurry County Museum Association
WTC Learning Resource Center
Snyder Area
Learning Resource Center
WIC
R.J. Walker
Wharry Rites Wednesday for Milo S Wharry 63
Funeral service set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Bell Scale Chapel for Milo Sherman Wharry 63 who died Sunday in Brownwood. Burial in Hillside Memorial Gardens. Survived by wife two daughters two sons a sister and three brothers. He was a United Methodist Church member.
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Milo Sherman Wharry
Brownwood
Gray Horse
Okla
Snyder
Hillside Memorial Gardens
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Wharry
United Methodist Church
Richard D. Martin
Dallas
Curtis Romero
White Court
Alberta
Canada
Milo S. Wharry Jr
Deer Park
John D. Wharry
Mesquite
Cora Holt
Denver
Colo
Clarence Wharry
Mulvane
Kan
Basil Wharry
Excelsior
Gar Wharry
Baha, Mex
Snyder City Council to discuss mobile home zones tonight
The Snyder City Council will hold a 7:30 p.m. public hearing on permitting mobile homes in all existing R-2 and R-3 zones. Planning and zoning hearings have increased as requests for changes rise. Flood damage to city facilities, including the Thirtieth Street bridge over Deep Creek, will also be discussed.
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Snyder
Planning and Zoning Commission
Thirtieth Street
Deep Creek
Teachers In Orientation Session Here
Snyder Public Schools opened orientation for teachers as students prepare to register. Kindergarten and elementary pupils register Tuesday, high school seniors Tuesday afternoon, juniors Tuesday morning, sophomores already registered. Principal Bostick stressed adherence to the dress code. Preschool for younger pupils is scheduled Friday from 8 30 to 10 30 a m.
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Snyder
Horrace Bostick
South Korea Inland Flood Death Toll Rises
Seoul reports 368 dead in the heaviest rains in 47 years with 66 missing. Landslides triggered by more than 17 inches of rainfall in the central north underscore fears of surpassing the 1925 July record of 647 deaths as the storm lingers into Friday and Saturday.
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Seoul
South Korea
Nixon Nomination Underway At Republican Convention
The Republican National Convention proceeds with Nixon set for nomination on Tuesday night and Agnew to be chosen Wednesday. Delegates hear keynote speeches praising Nixon's first term while a potential floor fight over 1976 delegation rules looms. Protests outside the Fontainebleau Hotel add to the orderly schedule.
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Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Margaret Heckler
Massachusetts
Fontainebleau Hotel
Protesters and Police Dialog Amid GOP Gala Disruption
Protesters and police encountered each other as 350 SDS members protested near the Fontainebleau Hotel on the eve of the Republican National Convention. Demonstrators burned a flag and clashed with 200 troopers while guests arrived for the $500 plate gala.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Flamingo Park
National Guard
America
Amerika
Nazi Party
Students For A Democratic Society
Fontainebleau
Nixon
Nixon to Florida Tuesday after Camp David stay
President Nixon planned to conclude his eight day Camp David stay with an acceptance speech draft and dinner with Henry Kissinger. He would return to Washington briefly before flying to Miami Beach for the Republican National Convention to secure a second term as Vietnam remains central to his agenda.
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Thurmont
Nixon
Camp David
Aspin Lodge
Henry Kissinger
Washington
Florida
Republican National Comvention
Miami Beach
Catoctin Mountain
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