Garza County Census Drops Sparking Redistricting Plan
Garza County voters faced population declines since 1970 prompting a special census to rebalance precinct lines. 1970 figures show 5,254 residents, now 4,424. Post records 3,854 in 1970 and 3,191 this year. Local officials note continued rural losses while housing demand grows with a Farmers Home Administration rental expansion from 10 to 14 units.
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Post
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Austin
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Today in History for August 29 1975
On this date significant events include the 1782 Portsmouth drownings after an English warship sank during repairs. 1533 Atahualpa’s execution. 1817 the Philanthropist, US first abolitionist paper, began. 1918 Carry Nation attack. 1935 Queen Astrid’s death. 1943 Danish ships scuttled. 1945 MacArthur in Manila. 1965 space landing. 1970s hashish seizure. 1989 US East Germany relations announced.
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Japan
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L. Gordon Cooper
Charles Conrad
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Earth
Crete
Middle East
United States
East Germany
Weather Summary for Snyder Texas Thursday to Saturday
Highs around 80 in the panhandle and 80s elsewhere with 90s in the northwest. Showers and thunderstorms spreading from tropical storm Caroline along the coast into interior counties. Coastal seas rise with stronger east winds 8 to 20 knots and caution for small craft.
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Snyder
Texas
Caroline
Interior
Port Arthur
Port O’connor
Safe Harbor
Brownsville
Congress presses Ford to extend oil price controls
Democratic leaders in Congress urge President Ford to veto a bill ending six month price controls on domestic oil. Mansfield and Albert meet Ford at the White House while FEA warns of winter gas shortages and governors discuss conservation and restoring FPC authority for 180 day exemptions.
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Congress
Ford
Senate
Mike Mansfield
House
Carl Albert
White House
Mansfield
Federal Energy Administration
Ron Nessen
Nessen
FEA
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Hurricane Caroline Heads Toward Texas Coast Warns Campers and Fishermen
The hurricane moved westward in the southwest Gulf of Mexico toward the Mexican coast, 275 miles east-southeast of Brownsville. Warnings issued for the Coastal Bend and Lower Texas coast. officials urged beachgoers to seek paved routes, avoid small craft, and monitor advisories as forecasters expected strengthening but not a rapid intensification.
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Texas
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Tampico
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Fla
Aransas Pass
National Weather Service
Gulf
Middle
Neil Frank
Frank
Padre Island
Corpus Christi
Panhandle
Louisiana
De Valera Dies at 92 in Dublin Nursing Home
Eamon de Valera, towering Irish Republican leader and statesman, dies at 92 after years in declining health. He led Ireland as prime minister and president, forged independence from Britain, and will lie in state at Dublin Castle before burial at Glasnevin Cemetery.
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Arate
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Kissinger Delays U N Speech to Close Pact With Egypt
Secretary of State Kissinger plans to wrap up the Israeli Egypt pact before leaving to Alexandria. He has postponed addressing the United Nations General Assembly to Wednesday September 3 as talks with Israel and Egypt near completion with Sadat.
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Associated Press
Jerusalem
Henry A. Kissinger
United Nations
Kissinger
U.N. General Assembly
Middle East
U.N
Alexandria
Anwar Sadat
Market In Broad Gain On Hopes For Slower Fed Policy
New York stocks rose broadly as investors expected easing pressure on rates. The Dow Jones average climbed 3.52 to 832.99 as market breadth favored gainers about four to one on the NYSE. The American Stock Exchange index rose .57 to 86.39 and the NYSE composite added .19 to 46.18.
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New York Stock Exchange
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Federal Reserve
American Stock Exchange
NYSE
Travis Budget and Property Proposal for Local Schools Approved
Snyder Independent School District trustees approved a $6.16 million budget at a special session and revised a plan to transfer Travis Junior High property to the county. The offer swaps property for a $2,500 annual credit on coliseum rentals for 15 years, with county action set for the next commissioners court meeting.
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Commissioners Court
Secret Service probes death threat against Ford and Rockefeller
Dallas agents say they are investigating a reported plot to kill President Ford and Vice President Rockefeller during their appearance at the National GOP Woman's convention. An anonymous call tied the plan to a Nigeria student death at Bishop College and a 20 to 25 person group, with Denis Echi of the Nigerian Embassy in Dallas discussing the case.
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Secret Service
Ford
Nelson Rockefeller
J. Walter Coughlin
Associated Press
Rockefeller
Bishop College
Nigeria
Coughlin
Washington
Emmanuel Olajide Olatunji
Olatunji
Ado-Ekti
Denis Echi
Snyder City Eyes Water Rate Hike and Utility Talks
Snyder city officials warned Thursday that water rates from the Colorado River Municipal Water District may rise next January. City Manager Patterson said CRMWD indicated a four to seven cent rise per thousand gallons while sanitary service charges may be adjusted. The session approved a city delegation to meet UF Water Authority reps over a service request on UF lines west of Snyder.
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Colorado River
Union- Fluvanna Water Authority
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