Lost Pines and politics blur in Snyder column
The SDN Column muses on the Lost Pines of Texas and their spread across five counties near Bastrop. It ties forest seed dispersal to dry regions, cites Ronald Reagan campaign anecdotes, and questions voter turnout trends post poll tax and 18 year old voting changes. The piece closes with Wacil McNair’s signature reflections.
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Austin
Houston
Bastrop
Texas
Lost Pines
East Texas
Snyder
Supreme Court of the United States
Wacil McNair
On This Date August Twenty Sixth Through History
A concise history digest notes key events on August 26 across years. Highlights include the 1920 19th Amendment taking effect granting women voting rights, the 1316 first artillery use at Crecy, and various 18th 19th 20th century political and military milestones.
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Associated Press
U.S
Crecy
France
Massachusetts
Thomas Hutchinson
Adolf Hitler
Saar
Germany
Japan
Vichy
Senate
South
Vietnam
Nguyen Khanh
Canada
Juliana
Netherlands
Indonesia
House of Orange
Portugal
United Nations
Timor
Weather snapshot for Snyder and North Texas hills
Snyder area reports high temperatures around w degrees and a 61 degree low at 7 am. West Texas sees partly cloudy skies with scattered afternoon storms and highs 90 to 100, easing to mid 80s in the mountains. North Texas forecast shows more fair conditions with scattered thundershowers and highs of 92 to 99, lows near 65 to 73.
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Snyder
West Texas
Mid 50S
North Texas
July Trade Gap Deepens as Oil Imports Surge
The Commerce Department reported an $827 million July trade deficit as oil imports rose faster than exports. The data suggested the year would not end with a surplus, undermining earlier administration hopes.
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R. Gregory Nokes
Associated Press
Washington
U.S
Commerce Department
July trade deficit rises as oil imports surge
The Commerce Department reports a July trade deficit of 827 million dollars, the largest since 1974, amid a 20 percent rise in petroleum imports bringing oil imports to 3.1 billion and total exports and imports surpassing 10 billion dollars each.
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U.S
United States
Addi
Commerce Department
Committee Votes To Hike Gas Tax
The Senate Finance Committee backed a half cent per gallon gas tax increase to 4.5 cents to finance energy conservation tax credits for home insulation and heat pumps, solar or geothermal heating. Provisions would move to a separate conference for consideration, potentially delaying enactment this year.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate House Conference
Senate
Senate House
Hostage situation on 36th floor of Terminal Tower
A man with a rifle seized eight people on the 36th floor of Terminal Tower near Public Square Cleveland. Police reported possible gunfire but could not confirm shots. A hostage, calling from Chessie Building, said she was instructed to contact the media as officers blocked entrances and restricted occupants to offices.
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Cleveland
Terminal Tower
Public Square
Carl Miller
Huntington
W.va
Chessie
Miller
Chessie System, Inc
FEC Says League Debates Legal Under Campaign Rules
The Federal Election Commission chief counsel says sponsorship by the League of Women Voters does not count as contributions or expenditures under federal law. But funding from corporate or labor treasuries could violate election rules, potentially blocking private underwriting of the debates. Ford and Carter aides prepare for first negotiation talks with the league as discussions center on a $150000 budget.
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Tom Raum
Associated Press
Washington
League of Women Voters
Federal Election Commission
John Murphy
League
Murphy
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Treasuries
Other
Election Commission
League of the Debates
Carter
Peggy Lampi
Daniel Swillinger
Com
Dean Burch
William Rackelshaus
James Baker III
Iowa State Fair
U.S
Des Moines Register
Kansas City
America
Ford proclaims Women’s Equality Day and ERA appeal
President Ford declares today Women’s Equality Day and urges states without ERA ratification to consider it. He notes 34 states have ratified the amendment, four short of the necessary total, with four states needing approval by 1979 to amend the Constitution.
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Vail
Colo
Ford
Ford Gains 13 Points In Poll Amid Campaign Shuffle
Ford cuts Carter lead to 10 points in a Gallup poll of 1,016 registered voters, with Carter at 49 percent and Ford at 39. Carter campaigns from Plains, Ford rests in Vail as party unity talks begin. Debates funding and campaign roles are debated amid a shifting GOP strategy led by Baker and Morton.
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Associated Press
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Toy
Plains
Midwest
Vail
Colo
Sen
Robert Dole
Nelson A. Rockefeller
John Connally
Rockefeller
Connally
Rogers C.B. Morton
Fatal Levels Of Nickel Linked To Legionnaires Disease
University of Connecticut researchers report nickel traces five to eight times higher in the tissues of three Legionnaires disease victims. The study supports a possible nickel carbonyl gas role, as officials note the illness has killed 26 at a Philadelphia convention and cases rise to 176. Cadre experts analyze samples for confirmation with CDC involvement in Atlanta.
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Farmington, Conn
F. William Sunderman Jr
University of Connecticut
Sunderman
American Legion
Philadelphia
Lewis Polk
J. Bruce Rogers
Moorestown
N.J
Rogers
Morton D. Rosen
Pennsylvania
Federal Center For Disease Control
CDC
Atlanta
Whitaker Rites Friday for Ira Native
Billy Bat Whitaker 50 of Ira died today at Methodist Hospital Lubbock. Funeral 10 a.m. Friday Bell Seale Snyder with Rev Jim Mosley. Graveside 2 p.m. Saturday Mexia. Survived by wife Betty Joyce Bolton two sons Danny Midland Wayne Odessa and mother Mrs Tommy Whitaker Kermit. World War II Navy veteran was a pumper for Union Oil Co. of Calif. Married Aug 6 1945 Groesbeck.
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Billy Bat Whitaker
Ira
Methodist
Lubbock
Bell- Seale Chapel
Snyder
Jim Mosley
Mexia
Whitaker
Union Oil Co
Calif
U.S. Navy
Groesbeck
Betty Joyce Bolton
Danny Whitaker
Midland
Wayne Whitaker
Odessa
Tommy Whitaker
Kermit
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Richard Schweiker
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B. B. Whitaker
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