Community Notes on Food Stamp Program and Local History
Shelby Coker recalled a welfare board incident noting Scurry County has never participated in food stamps. The Borden Citizen issue highlights Puerto NM settlers linked to Borden County. The Texas Folklife Festival will run Sept 6 to 9, 1973 in San Antonio with 42 artists led by Miss Karen Sears and Albany’s Fort Griffin Fandangle performers under Watt Matthews.
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Shelby Coker
Snyder
Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Coker
Welfare Board
Scurry County
Borden Citizen
Borden County Historical Survey Committee
New Mexico
Borden County
Puerto
N.M
Tucumcari
Institute of Texan Cultures
San Antonio
Karen Sears
Miss Sears
Albany
Fort Griffin
Watt Matthews
Wacil McNair
On This Date in History August 23 1973 Highlights
A timeline of events on August 23 across history. Notable items include George III declaring open rebellion in America in 1775 Columbus arrested in 1500 over mistreatment in Haiti, Mary Baker Eddy church charter in 1869, Japan and Germany war in 1914 and 1944 Marseille capture, 1962 Telstar live TV link, and 196? foreign aid vote.
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George III
England
Christopher Columbus
Haiti
Spain
Mary Baker Eddy
Lynn
Mass
Church of Christ, Scientist
Japan
Germany
Rudolph Valentino
France
Marseille
Telstar
America
Europe
House of Representatives
John F. Kennedy
Czechoslovakia
Miami Beach
Fla
Richard M. Nixon
Weather Summary for Texas Regions
Snyder temperatures show a 98 degree high and 66 degree low today with 66 at 7 am. Panhandle may see isolated late storms while Panhandle north and east stay hot through Friday. Coastal winds shift from northwest to southeast 5 to 18 knots with warm to very hot highs.
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Snyder
Texas
Panhandle
North Central
South
Snyder Public Schools First Day Enrollment Drops Noted
First day enrollment at Snyder Public Schools falls by 112 from last year amid a larger kindergarten turnout than expected. Administrators predicted 148 but 195 kindergarten students enrolled, prompting anticipated shifts in attendance zones to ease excess and late-year enrollment patterns.
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Snyder Public
North Elementary
Central
East
Larmar Junior High
Travis Junior High
West
Northeast
Stanfield
Another Price Surge Seen After Septem ber 12
The Cost of Living Council proposes Phase 4 food price controls set to take effect on September 12. Officials say prices may rise at the consumer level but should be softened by expected cost absorption by wholesalers and retailers.
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Ro Gregory Nokes
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Cost of
Council
John T. Dunlop
Dunlop
Agriculture
Earl Butz
Cost of Living Council
Butz
Fires Set By Storm Threaten Western Fire Progress
An overnight lightning storm hit Idaho and western Montana triggering as many as 300 new fires, with six new blazes reported in Idaho and three in western Montana. The forest fire center at Boise noted uncertain extent as crews gauge the damage.
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Associated Press
Idaho
Montana
Boise
Kissinger Ascends to Secretary of State Shape Foreign Policy
Henry Kissinger moves from national security adviser to secretary of state in Nixon's plan to boost foreign policy. Officials say his dual role will give more authority, close Senate contact, and lift State Department morale after Watergate pressure. Diplomats foresee stronger U S stance and greater credibility abroad.
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Nixon
White House
William P. Rogers
Henry A. Kissinger
Watergate
Maryland
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Washington
Kissinger
U.S
State Department
Congress
Congressional
Senate
House
Rogers
Capitol Hill
Four New Indictments in Slayings Case Against Henley Brooks
A Harris County grand jury handed four more indictments to youths Elmer Wayne Henley and David Owen Brooks in the sex torture slayings case, bringing each to four counts for a total of eight indictments. Arraignments are postponed until next month as lawyers plan pleas of innocence.
Hopkins Named New Director of Public Service Programs at WTC
Rex Hopkins will become director of public service programs at Western Texas College. A West Texas State University graduate, he has served as WTC business manager since 1970 and previously held posts at Howard County Junior College and Odessa College. He is a Korean War veteran and lives with his wife Mary at 2900 Thirty-fourth with son John and daughter-in-law Judy Morris Starnes.
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Associated Press
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Senate
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
Joseph Montoya
D-N.m
Congress
George Bush
John Tower
R-Tex
Rex Hopkins
Western Texas College
WTC
Robert Clinton
West Texas State University
Hopkins
Howard County Junior College
Odessa College
Permian High School
Odessa
Missouri
Gallup High School
Gallup
N.M
United States Air Force
Mary
John
Lamar
Neal Starnes
Judy Morris
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