Isotope heater aids Apollo 11 moon test unit
The SDN Column highlights an isotope heater by Mound Laboratories for the Apollo 11 testing station, keeping lunar equipment above dangerous lows. Monsanto Research Corp. built it. the piece also notes First National City Bank’s inflation briefing and comments on monetary policy and bank lending.
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Mound Laboratories
Atomic Energy Commission
Monsanto Research Corp
Monsanto
Scurry County
Today in History Highlights From August 28
Highlights of past events dated August 28 span 1604 Hudson discovers Delaware Bay 1828 Tolstoy born 1833 British Empire bans slavery 1916 Germany declares war on Romania 1943 Japanese resistance ends New Georgia 1945 Wainwright freed reaching Chungking 1962 Albany arrests in protest 1952 Eisenhower visits Balmoral 1964 past five years referenced unrest and 1968 Chicago DNC clashes.
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Associated Press
Henry Hudson
Delaware Bay
Leo Tolstoy
Tula
Britain
British Empire
Germany
Romania
New Georgia
Solomons
U.S
Jonathan Wainwright
Chungking
China
Manchuria
Albany Ga
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Queen Elizabeth
Balmoral Castle
Scotland
Philadelphia
Chicago
Weather Across Texas shows warm trend with scattered storms
Snyder temperatures hit 83 high and 69 low with 70 at 7 am. Northwest Texas sees partly cloudy skies with late thundershowers and warmer afternoons. North Central Texas warm with widely scattered storms west and south. Northeast Texas warm with a few evening thundershowers. South Central to West of the Pecos report cloudiness and showers. highs reach mid to upper 90s.
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Snyder
Texas
Southwest
The
Pecos
Tax Bill Clears House Panel Floor Debate Is Due Today
A $325.1 million tax bill cleared the House Revenue and Taxation Committee and moves to the floor for debate. The package raises the sales tax to 3.5 percent, expands the tax to repairs and auto parking, hikes cigarette tax, imposes an entertainment levy, and includes vending machine and franchise tax increases. Opponents call it a dead horse and warn it risks another failed session.
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House
Austin
Senate
House-Senate
Hour
Will Smith
Beaumont
Joe Salem
Corpus Christi
Marc Abraham
Jim Nugent
Kerrville
Smith
Ben Atwell
Dallas
Senate Finance Committee
Finance Committee
Israel Urges Global Aid to Save Jews in Arab Lands
Israel's Knesset called for urgent international action to protect Jews in Iraq Syria and Egypt and to allow them to emigrate before it is too late. Prime Minister Meir criticized the U S Human Rights Commission and urged UN bodies to intervene as hostages faces increased danger. King Hussein warned of inevitable war with Israel. Israeli commandos struck in the Nile Valley amid rising tensions.
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Israel
Iraq
Syria
Egypt
United Nations
Knesset
Baghdad
Golda Meir
U.S. Human Rights Commission
Beirut
Lebanon
Hussein
Jordan
al Jarida
Middle East
Nile Valley
G. F. Bryant Dies Today
George Franklin Bryant 69 died at 7:40 am in Cogdell Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements pending at Bell Seale Funeral Home. A native of Dallas County he married Grace Carlile on Sept 17, 1933 in Dunn. Survived by wife, three daughters, four sons, sisters, brothers, and many grandchildren.
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George Franklin Bryant
Star Route Ira
Bryant
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Dallas County
Dunn
Grace Carlile
Arthur Karcher
Kerrville
Leon Huddleston
Snyder
Ronnie Hudgins
Odessa
New Storm Near Windward Islands Tracked For Intensification
A tropical disturbance moving toward the Windward Islands threatened heavy showers and gusty winds. Hurricane hunter aircraft were ordered to check for signs of intensification. The disturbance formed as tropical storm Eve weakened to a low pressure area southwest of Bermuda.
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Miami
Eve
Bermuda
Poke Oilers Game to Air on Channel 2 Tonight
The Dallas Cowboys versus Houston Oilers game will be televised in the area via West Texas Microwave Co and Snyder Antenna TV on Channel 2. SCAT vice president Mel Gilbert announced earlier the game would not be picture available locally but this morning said microwaving to Snyder is planned. The sell out game starts at 8 p.m. at the Astrodome in Houston.
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Dallas Cowboys
Houston Oilers
West Texas Microwave Co
Snyder
Antenna Television
Mel Gilbert
SCAT
Gilbert
Astrodome
Houston
Infiltration Pace Disputed Between Pentagon and State Dept
Washington AP says the Pentagon reports about 100000 North Vietnamese troops infiltrated into South Vietnam in the first half of 1969, enough to offset combat losses. Defense officials insist there is no real disagreement with the State Department, noting lower infiltration this year but warning against easy comparisons with 1968 due to offensive preparations, halt of U S. bombing, and weather factors.
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Washington
Pentagon
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Defense Department
State Department
Sig
Defense
Jerry Friedheim
Friedheim
U.S
Laos
Rains Shift To Coastal Areas Across Texas
Wet conditions eased in far West Texas and along the Mexican border as showers migrated to coastal and south central regions. Eagle Pass and Del Rio saw lingering activity while Galveston logged 3.88 inches in 24 hours and other areas reported scattered rainfall and mild dawn temperatures statewide.
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Texas
Mexican
Eagle Pass
del Rio
Crystal City
Panhandle
Childress
Shamrock
Amarillo
Dalhart
Galveston
McAllen
Texarkana
Big Spring
Mutual Withdrawal Vital in Vietnamese War Talks
The United States said it reduced violence including curtailing B52 raids in South Vietnam but North Vietnam did not respond. Ambassador Lodge told the 32nd session that over 130 North Vietnamese battalions fight South Vietnam, making a negotiated settlement impossible without mutual withdrawal. North Vietnamese Xuan Thuy rejected any mutual pullout, calling it an attempt to prolong occupation and defend the puppet regime.
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Bob Horton
Wrnter
Paris
United States
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Nixon
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Democratic Republic of
North
Thuy
Truck Driver Dies In Road Collision Near Edinburg
Alvin Davis of Houston, 43, died when his tractor trailer collided with a car three miles north of Edinburg, Texas, on Wednesday night according to AP reports.
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Edinburg, Tex
Alvin Davis
Houston
Edinburg
Denture Bandit Sought After Missing Dentures
CADILLAC Michigan police pursue a denture bandit after Rick Anderson reports his dentures vanished from the dresser while he went to make a late night phone call. Authorities urge any witnesses to come forward.
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Cadillac, Mich
Rick Anderson
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