Senate OKs 85 Million Highway Beautification Bill
The Senate approved an 85 million dollar measure to fund highway beautification and billboard control for the current year. It budgets 5 million for billboard control 10 million for roadside junkyard control and 70 million for open land beautification with state guided sign spacing rules in industrial zones. Some senators urged delaying the expenditure while transportation chief Alan Boyd urged higher airport charges to reduce congestion.
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Washington
Senate
Jennings Randolph
Dw.va
Randolph
Clashes Outside London Legation Injure Police and Chinese
In London a Red China diplomatic mission clash left several police and Chinese wounded after trains of mobs fought near the legation. A second exchange followed a black car’s arrival as officers used night sticks and sticks while Chinese wielded bats. Foreign Office officials denied claims of police brutality amid wider tensions from a Hong Kong sedition case and presses prosecutions.
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London
Red China
Legation
Foreign Office
Shen Ping
Arthur de la Mare
Shen
Peking
de la Mare
Hong Kong
Colony
Auto industry offers best contract proposals to UAW
The Big Three propose a three year deal worth 33 to 51 cents per hour rise plus a 13 cent upfront hike and 2.8 percent annually for two years. They seek changes to the cost of living escalator and raise unemployment benefits to 62 to 80 percent. UAW leaders call for parity for Canadian workers and a guaranteed annual income, with no monetary value placed on their own package.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Big Three
UAW
Walter P Reuther
Louis G. Seaton
General Motors
Malcolm Denise
Ford
Chrysler
Seaton
Dallas man Jack F. Smith dies of cancer in Las Vegas
Jack F. Smith aged 44 from Dallas is dying of terminal cancer at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. Police said he had recently threatened to blow up five strip motels unless he received $90,000. The statement was made by his lawyer on Monday.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Jack F. Smith
Dallas
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Pre School Start Times and Dismissals in Snyder Schools
Preschool will run 8 30 to 10 00 a m on Wednesday. First day of formal classes is Thursday. Students arrive 8 00 to 8 30 a m. 8 30 a m tardy. Grades 1 2 dismiss 2 40 p m, except Central 2 30 p m. Other elementary 3 40 p m, Central 3 30 p m, junior and senior high also 3 30 p m. Students should leave campus after dismissal.
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Snyder
Central
Labor Day Observance Likely in Snyder
The Snyder Chamber of Commerce reports that a majority of local firms plan to close for Labor Day Monday September 4. All government offices including federal, state, county and city will be closed and local banks will suspend operations for the holiday.
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Snyder
Snyder Chamber of Commerce
Franks Rites Set for C. D. Franks in Snyder Church
Funeral for C. D. Franks will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Thirty-seventh Street Church of Christ. Born December 24, 1880 in Wills Point, he was married to Nora Bratton in 1908. Survivors include his wife. The family moved from Pecan Gap to Scurry County in 1925, later living in Ira and Snyder since 1962. Burial in Snyder Cemetery under Bolger Funeral Home direction.
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C. D. Franks
Thirty-seventh Street Church of Christ
Mr. Franks
Wills Point
Nora Bratton
Shamrock
Scurry County
Pecan Gap
Delta County
Ira
Snyder
Pat Abbananto
Snyder Cemetery
Bolger
Weather snapshot for Snyder and accompanying regions
Reading at 7 a.m. shows 63 degrees with a high of 91 and a low of 62 in Snyder. North Central and Northeast Texas expect fair warm conditions tonight and Wednesday with highs near 90 to 96 and lows around 60s. Northwest Texas remains clear to partly cloudy with a few thunderstorms in the panhandle late today into Wednesday and cooler nights, while the coast has southeast winds 8 to 18 knots and partly cloudy to cloudy skies across Southeast Texas with highs 84 to 95 and lows around 40s to 70s.
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Snyder
Texas
Panhandle
US suffers heaviest air losses in seven days in Vietnam war
AP reports 116 U S planes lost between Aug 21 and Aug 27 marking the peak seven day period. A Marine Intruder was listed lost for unknown reasons with security delay. Twenty four sailors and airmen were reported missing in the period, three rescued.
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Saigon
United States
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Marine AG
Command
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Farsighted benefits expected from new Eyes for farming
New remote sensing tech using radar infrared photography aims to tell crop productivity disease spread soil moisture and chemical levels from airplanes or satellites. Researchers say it could map crop types gauge field progress detect disease earlier and assess fertilizer byproduct accumulations across large areas.
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Alton Blakeslee
Associated Press
College Station
Tex
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Texas A&m University
Richard K. Moore
David S Simonett
The
Univer‘sity of
Kansas
Gates
Robert B. Colwell
University of California At Berkeley
Jordan Tense but Looks Ahead After War
Jordan remains tense yet cautiously hopeful after the Middle East conflict. Officials warn of massive refugee needs, loss of territory, and a weakened army while aiming to keep the West Bank quiet to avoid provoking more violence and uncontrollable refugee flows.
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Aman
Jordan
Israel
Jordan River
Hussein
West Bank
Middle East
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Highway Beauty Funds
Wright Patman
Dtex
House Banking Committee
House Post Office Committee
Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act
Doug Fowler
Public Works
L. A. Patterson, Jr
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Mekong
Can Tho
My Tho
Mekong Delta
da Nang
Hanoi
du Pont
New
Soil Conservation Service
State of
David M. Gates
Missouri Botanical Garden
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