Environmental cost of engine tuning sparks EPA debate
Walter Buckel of the Lamesa Press-Reporter notes the EPA spent 4.2 million on discovering that poorly tuned car engines pollute more than well tuned ones. The column then veers into a local lost story by Kim Pease about Red Thornton recalling a 1922 plow point incident and a family farm whipping in East Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Buckel
Lamesa
Environmental Protection Agency
Buckel
Kim Pease
Rotan Advance
Ruby Star Record
Red Thornton
Pease
David Thornton
Charles Thornton
Texas
David
Red
On This Date in History August 27
Highlights of historic events include American troops landing in Japan in 1945, Caesar in Britain in 55 B C, the first US oil well in 1859, Garibaldi’s Rome-bound movement in 1862, the Kellogg Briand pact in 1928, and Haile Selassie’s death in 1975.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Japan
Julius Caesar
Britain
United States
Titusville
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Rome
Paris
Nazi Germany
Danzig
Lake Erie
Huron
Ohio
Nile Valley
Upper
Egypt
Charles de Gaulle
Ethiopia
Somaliland
Chad
Haile Selassie
Weather overview for Snyder Texas and surrounding areas
The forecast covers Snyder and West Texas through Saturday with highs around 92 in Snyder and upper 70s to near 100 elsewhere. Tonight brings partly cloudy skies, scattered thunderstorms in some regions, with cooler readings in Panhandle and near 50s mountains. North Texas sees clear to partly cloudy skies and a few storms, while South Texas stays warm with coastal plains readings in the mid 80s to high 90s. Winds 10 to 15 knots and seas under 3 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
West Texas
Panhandle
Rio Grande
Middle
North Texas
Texas
South
Queen Juliana Backs Government Over Bernhard Scandal
The Netherlands' Queen Juliana endorses Premier Den Uyl's choice to retire Prince Bernhard amid a Lockheed probe. A three-man commission found imprudent and unwise conduct by the prince though no hard evidence of money in his hands. The queen's stance preserves the constitutional monarchy despite calls for abdication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gale
Associated Press
the Hague
the Netherlands
Juliana
Prince Bernhard
Joop den Uyl
Bernhard
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Royal House
Hold
Lockheed
KLM
Vfw-Fokker
Beatrix
Holmes Rites Here Today
Walter G. Holmes, 91, longtime resident, died Thursday at Cogdell Memorial Hospital. Funeral 4:30 p.m. at Northside Baptist Church with Rev. George White and Rev. Ken Andress officiating. Burial Snyder Cemetery. Survived by three daughters, four sons, a brother, 22 grandchildren, 37 great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren. He married Martha Courtney in 1902 in Emory. she died 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter G. Holmes
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Northside Baptist Church
Holmes
George White
Northside Baptist
Ken Andress
First Baptist Church
Snyder Cemetery
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Wood County
Emory
Martha Courtney
Bill Grimmett
Ralph Neal
Snyder
Hubert Henley
Lubbock
Horace Holmes
Luther
Boots) Holmes
Howard
Skinny ) Holmes
Fort Worth
Iris Estelle Atkinson
Hendrick Memorial Hospital
Abilene
Bee County
Galloway and Sons, Inc
Beeville
Elvin Finley Atkinson
Wayne Atkinson
Katy
Lynn Atkinson
Austin
T.H. Chandler
Snyder School Trustees Approve 1976 77 Budget
Snyder School Trustees formally approve a 1976 77 budget at a special meeting at Central Elementary School. The maintenance and operation allocation is 5 523 879 dollars and 479 000 dollars goes to indebtedness. The budget totals 6 020 879 dollars after annexation of the Fluvanna District. The tax rate is set at 8 4 cents per 100 valuation, four cents below July projections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Central Elementary School
Fluvanna
Central
Economy Still Grows as Leading Indicators Rise
The Commerce Department reports the leading indicators index rose five tenths in July to 109.5, its 17th straight monthly gain. Strength came from permits, orders for plant and equipment, stock prices, money supply, and net business formations, while work week, delivery times, liquid assets, and new orders for goods showed weakness.
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Washington
Commerce Department
John W. Kendrick
Kendrick
Busic
Backhoe Fire Critically Burns Snyder Worker
A 44 year old Snyder man, Bobby Frank Roemisch, was in critical condition at Parkland Hospital Dallas after a backhoe struck a gas line and ignited a flash fire about 25 miles southwest of Snyder. He suffered second and third degree burns covering about half his body.
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Snyder
Dallas
Bobby Frank Roemisch
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Parkland Hospital
Holder Construction Co
Roemisch
Cogdell Hospital
McCullough Rites Here
John James McCullough died on arrival at Cogdell Memorial Hospital 4:45 p.m. Thursday. Funeral set for 10 a.m. Saturday at Bell Seale Chapel with Rev. Ken Andress officiating. Burial in Hillside Memorial Gardens under Bell Seale Funeral Home. Survived by wife, three daughters Judy Brown Snyder Sharon Sue Mitchley and Jo Beth Hodge, sister Martha McCullough, brother Thomas McCullough Jr., and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John James McCullough
Twenty-eighth Street
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Bell- Seale Chapel
Ken Andress
First Baptist Church
Hillside Memorial Gardens
Bell Seale Funeral Home
McCullough
Judy Brown
Snyder
Sharon Sue Mitchley
San Diego
Calif
Jo Beth Hodge
Napa
Martha McCullough
Coolidge, Ariz
Thomas McCullough Jr
Seattle mobilizes after Legionnaires outbreak
Seattle health officials and police operate around the clock with 25 000 Legion delegates in town. Labs test air water and ice as 28 deaths and 150 hospitalizations spark 24 hour emergency analysis and an early warning system. Authorities note possible sabotage and heightened security for Carter and Dole appearances while Philadelphia deaths are under review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Philadelphia
Secret Service
Jimmy Carter
Bob Dole
Elmer W. Moore
Senate Extends Education Grants in $35.3 Billion Bill
The Senate approved a six year extension of federal higher and vocational education programs totaling 35.3 billion dollars. It raises the maximum federal grant for poor students to 1800 dollars annually and extends government guaranteed student loan eligibility to families earning up to 25000 dollars. The vote was 78 to 5 with Republicans Fannin Goldwater Helms Laxalt and Scott opposing. The measure moves to a House-Senate conference as separate House bills advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Paul Fannin
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Jesse Helms
North Carolina
Paul Laxalt
Nevada
William L. Scott
Virginia
R-Ariz
American Legio
Ford Administration
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Ted Stevens
Alaska
Senate Appropriations Committee
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the Post Dispatch
Big Spring
The
Daily Herald
the Herald
Wacil McNair
Seney National Wildlife Preserve
Seney
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Mrs. Atkinson
R. Gregory Nokes
Morris Light
Scurry County Producers Association
Pennsylvania
Lewis Polk
Polk
American Legion
Bellevue-Stratford
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