Snyder column reports campus fountain ban and local bottle history
The University of Texas System adopts a rule banning unauthorized entry to campus fountains after vandalism at UT Austin's East Mall fountain. The SDN column also recalls Snyder Bottling Works labels, Grayum Drug Store items, and civic moves as L. M. Cawon and the Dawson family engage in local education and fair activities. Snyder Public Schools gains new faculty members.
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Board of Regents
University of Texas System
University System
East Mall
Ut-Austin
Austin
Texas
Ernest Craig
Elmo Crowder
Fort Worth
Craig
Snyder Bottling Works
Snyder Public Schools
Grayum Drug Store
Snyder
F. J. Grayum
L. M. Cawon
Scurry County
Dawson
Fluvanna
Westbrook
Fair Association
Billy Roach
Mitchell County
Herman Parsons
Westbrook Schools
Today In History August 27 1969 Highlights
On this date significant events span eras from 55 B C Julius Caesar invading Britain to 1945 American landings in Japan. Included are 1776 Battle of Long Island, 1859 Titusville oil well, 1908 Lyndon B Johnson birth, 1928 Kellogg Briand pact, and 1939 Germany demands Danzig and Polish Corridor.
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Associated Press
Japan
B. C
Julius Caesar
Britain
Long Island
United States
Titusville
Lyndon B. Johnson
Stonewall
Texas
Paris
Nazi Germany
Danzig
Weather overview Snyder to West of Pecos region forecast
National weather summaries show Snyder with high 83 and low 69 today, readings at 7 am. Forecasts across Texas detail cloudiness, showers and thundershowers tonight and Thursday with varying high temperatures from 80s to mid 90s and lows ranging 55 to 80. Coastal winds expected east to southeast at 8 to 18 knots through Thursday.
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Snyder
Texas
Pecos
Amarillo
Big Spring
Childress
Wichita Falls
Quanah
Vernon
Mineral Wells
Abilene
Brownwood
Killeen
College Station
Tyler
Jacksboro
Kilgore
Marshall
Palacios
Houston
Beaumont
Sabine
Panhandle
Dalhart
Laredo
McAllen
del Rio
Meteors Put On A Show Across West States
A meteor swarm lit California Nevada and Arizona skies for about five minutes starting 8 50 p m PDT with glowing cherry red trails. Observers described sparks and a burning plane appearance while a Minuteman II ICBM vapor trail from Vandenberg lingered nearby. Palomar Observatory noted meteor showers run in cycles.
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Los Angeles
California
Nevada
Arizona
Federal Aviation Administration
Phoenix
Western
Pacific
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Palomar Observatory
Storm Eve winds ease as tropical storm weakens
A cooling atmosphere reduced Eve's maximum winds to about 40 mph, down 20 mph in 12 hours as the storm drifts northeast off North Carolina. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami say conditions do not favor significant intensification.
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Miami
Fla
Eve
Middle Atlantic
North Carolina
Neil Frank
National Hurricane Center
Tired Solons Assemble For Another Tax Battle
Texas lawmakers return to a new special session amid a brewing tax deadlock over beer and liquor despite near agreements. Governor Preston Smith faces a fiscal crisis as a 30 day session looms with a stopgap bill rejected by the Senate and House leaders clashing over sales tax on alcohol and beer.
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Austin
Preston Smith
Senate
Smith
House
Barnes
Mutscher
Homer Leonard
Rain Falls Help Area as Thunderstorms Persist
Heavy showers disrupted traffic and caused several injuries across Texas with at least three deaths. The Hermleigh area saw the heaviest rainfall while Lake J. B. Thomas remained near steady. Rain extended across Central and Northwest Texas and the Panhandle with highs near 100 in Laredo and 98 in McAllen.
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Snyder
Hermleigh
Scurry-Borden
J. B. Thomas
18 Marines Charged Over Camp Lejeune Riot
CAMP LEJEUNE N C AP The Marine Corps charged 17 Marines and a Navy hospitalman with rioting in a fatal racial fight at Camp Lejeune on July 20. Nine more Marines were restricted to the base pending investigation and two others were released without charges after returning for questioning.
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Camp Lejeune
N.C
Marine Corps
Navy
Mediterranean
Enrollment Up On First Day In Snyder Schools
Snyder Schools opened the 1969-70 term with 3479 pupils counted on the first day, up from 3442 last year. The senior high reported 826 students, Lamar Junior High 506, Travis 387, West Elementary 321, Stanfield 281, North 247, Northeast 260, East 353, Central 248 and Humble-Smith Special School 90 as enrollment is expected to rise after Labor Day.
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Snyder Schools
Lamar Junior High
Travis Junior High
West Elementary
Stanfield
North
Northeast
East
Central
Humble - Smith
300 More Fly To Hawaii Ends Vietnam Withdrawal
Three hundred more men of the U S 9th Infantry Division flew to Hawaii as the Nixon withdrawal plan neared completion. The last unit, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 334, will transfer to Japan Thursday. Redeployment began Tuesday, with 22 700 moved out already. Overall, 25 000 troops were slated to leave Vietnam by August end.
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Saigon
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Vietnam
Hawaii
U.S
Nixon
Marine Corps
Japan
United States
Bus Crash Near Wortham Injures 13 In Wet Conditions
A Continental Trailways bus traveling from Houston to Dallas collided with a car on Texas 14 two miles north of Wortham in heavy rain. Thirteen people were hurt. three remained in Mexia hospital. Bus driver William Chappel ear of Irving escaped injury. car driver James Lewis Gooden of Corsicana was treated and dismissed.
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Texas
Haskell
John B. Tabor
Stamford
Harold Portnoy Belk
Stillwater
Okla
Big Spring
Wichita Falls
June Guymes
Seymour
Continental Trailways
Wortham
Mexia
Texas Panhandle
Gulf Coast
Abilene
Tex
Texas 14
Houston
Dallas
Dolores Torres
Phyllis Dillard
Austin
Virgie Stanley
Winfield
William Chappelear
Irving
James Lewis Gooden
Corsicana
Plane crash in Moscow kills about 15 and injures many
Witnesses at Vnukovo Airport say a Soviet airliner crash landed on its belly and skidded to a halt with about 15 dead and as many injured. Fire engines battled flames but reports differ whether the craft burned on impact.
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Moscow
Vnukovo
Met Opera Postpones Season Debut Amid Union Talks
The Metropolitan Opera postpones its September 15 season opener as contract negotiations with 11 unions continue. Officials announced the delay Tuesday while discussions proceed with singers musicians dancers and other staff.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera
Met
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