Scurry County Museum Directors and Local Praise Mentioned
The column notes Sharon Sutton as the third museum director after T D Cramer and Mickey Schmidt. It recalls the museum’s early rooms, the Cramer family’s role, and Drew Bullard. Snyder praise from out of town follows letters about a girls softball invitational and the American Junior Rodeo Association Finals. A visitor from Eunice NM commends Snyder hospitality and the rodeo committee. A staffer laments telephone only photo submissions and hopeful Bell telephone advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon Sutton
Scurry County
Katherine Redwine
Ms. Sutton
T.D. Cramer
Mickey Schmidt
Diamond M
Western Texas College
T.D. Cramers
California
Drew Bullard
Snyder
Chamber of Commerce
Midland
American Junior Rodeo Association
Wilma Berry
Eunice
N.M
Reagan Seeks Voice in Policy After Defeat
Former president candidate Ronald Reagan says he intends to influence national policy even if he does not rule out another presidential bid. He plans to resume columns and radio work while campaigning for Ford as time allows, aiming to keep conservative influence intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
Robert Dole
Russell
Kaw
Ford
Dole
Los Angeles
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
California
Kansas City
Jimmy Carter
Michigan
White House
John B. Connally
Today In History highlights for August twenty second
The date marks 1941 Nazi advances near Leningrad, 1654 Jacob Barsimson arrives at New Amsterdam, 1762 Ann Franklin begins Newport Mercury editorship, 1846 Santa Fe announces New Mexico annexation, 1910 Japan annexes Korea, 1956 Nixon Nixon renomination at San Francisco, 1972 Nixon takes blame for Watergate, 1980s auto industry worker talks rebuffed, 2000 Bolivian coup consolidation, 2005 Argentine frigate bombing near Buenos Aires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Leningrad
America
Jacob Barsimson
New Amsterdam
Ann Franklin
Newport Mercury
Rhode Island
New Mexico
U.S
Santa Fe
Japan
Korea
San Francisco
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Nixon
William Rogers
Henry Kissinger
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
United Auto Workers Union
Bolivia
Buenos Aires
Weather synopsis for Snyder and Texas regions
Snyder temperatures reach 90 Friday and 66 overnight with 7 am 67 Saturday. West Texas stays near normal Monday to Wednesday with highs near 90s to 100 along the Rio Grande and mountains in 80s, lows 50s to 70s. Scattered showers or storms southwest Monday and Tuesday. North Texas mostly warm with 90s highs and 65 to 75 lows. South Texas sees afternoon showers southwest and coast highs upper 80s to mid 90s, lows around 70 to mid 70s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
West Texas
Rio Grande
North Texas
South Texas
Ford Carter map plans with reduced campaign funds
Gerald Ford told GOP delegates at the convention that they would not concede a single state or vote yet the strategy reflects a leaner race post Watergate. The piece notes a shift from nationwide campaigning to focused efforts as Ford and Carter map campaigns with tightened funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald M. Rothberg
Kansas City, Mo
Gerald Ford
Ford
Middle America
Carter
Topeka
Kan
Jimmy Carter
Kansas Avenue
US Boosts Strength In Korea
The United States escalates pressure in Korea with a naval task force and air and ground forces near Panmunjom. Allied forces guarded a work party felling a 40 foot poplar as North Korea denounced the action while a carrier task force heads toward Korean waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. C. Hwang
Associated Press
Seoul
South Korea
United States
Navy
Guam
U.S
Panmunjom
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Koreas
North Korea
7Th Fleet
Midway
Henry A. Kissinger
Washington
Colombo
Sri Lanka
Korea
National Security Council
Korean Peninsula
Western Texas College adds Cosmetology program this fall
A new cosmetology course will join Western Texas College offerings this fall with a dedicated building under construction. Instructor Vallene Turney and Dean Dr. Gene McClurg oversee preparations while curriculum awaits approval from the Texas Education Agency and Texas Cosmetology Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vallene Turney
D. Gene McClurg
WTC
Ms. Turney
Western Texas College
Gene McClurg
McClurg
Texas Education Agency
Texas Cosmetology Commission
Turney
Snyder
Big Spring
Occupational-Technical Office
Snyder Public Schools Maps Routes For Buses
For 1976 77 term classes start Monday in Snyder Public Schools with bus routes for northeast and east town students and Fluvanna riders. Fluvanna service uses Bus No 17 with a complex loop via FM 612 FM 1269 and local residences to connect to the regular route. Intra city runs list buses 28 18 11 16 26 10 19 29 2 with stops at Northeast and East elementary schools along Seventeenth Street Avenue T I J F Thirty-second and more. Contact Bill Sealy at 573 1778 for more information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Fluvanna
Dermott
Bilano
Buddy
Twenty-fourth
Avenue I
Avenue N
Twenty-eighth
Avenue J
Seventeenth
Avenue T
Avenue F
Avenue M
East Elementary
Avenue D
Avenue B
Thirty-second
Vietnam seeks UN admission amid stalled MIA talks
Vietnam has applied for United Nations membership with Hanoi as capital and Premier Pham Van Dong signing the request. Washington signals a likely U.S. veto over entry while unresolved MIA cases and ongoing tensions complicate normalizing relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N.Y
Vietnam
U.S. State Department
Department
Washington
Ford
United States
North
South Vietnam
South Korea
Hanoi
U.S
Pham van Dong
Colombo
Sri Lanka
U.N
Dinh Ba Thi
Security Council
Angola
Africa
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SDN
Bell
Wacil McNair
Richard M. Nixon
George McGovern
New York
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Atlanta
Plains
Detroit
Warm Springs
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Upper Midwest
Carter Campaign
Stuart Spencer
Spencer
Vail
Colo
Kansas
Snyder Public Schools
Northeast Elementary School
Seventeenth Street
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