Venezuelan Oil Visitors Tour Snyder Facilities
Fourteen Venezuelan oil workers on a 10 day U S tour visited Standard Oil affiliates in Snyder Texas to learn about North American operations They toured local installations with Douglas Magee district superintendent and production engineer Gus Capello acted as interpreter The group plans to continue to Dallas and Lufkin to observe pumping equipment and methods.
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Snyder Area
Chevron Oil Co
Venezuela
United States
California
Dallas
Lufkin
Snyder
Chev
Row Oil Co. of
Standard Oil Co
Douglas Magee
Standard Oil Company of Texas
Gus Capello
Capello
Colorado School of Mines
Los Angeles
Magee
Texas
Maracaibo
Lake
Gaston la
Barca
Sup- Bravo
R. Prieto
P. Solorzano
Ervisor
A. Gonzales
L. Inciarte
R. Vie
Maracaibora
N. Rios
J. Maldonado
Mrs. Moore Dies Monday at 80
Mrs Darcus Jane Moore age 80 of 2703 Thirty six Street died at noon Monday at Cogdell Memorial Hospital The funeral and burial details are pending with Bell Seale Funeral Home The widow of Walter O Moore she was a Collin County native who lived in Helmleigh and Snyder She leaves a daughter Inez Van Zant of Santa Barbara California and sister Kate Thompson of Snyder
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Darcus Jane Moore
Thirty-sixth Street
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Hermleigh Church of Christ
Pyron Cemetery
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Moore
Collin County
Helmleigh
Snyder
Walter O. Moore
Fulbright Seeks End to U S Wheat Trade Vessel Rule
Sen. J W Fulbright urged dropping a 0 percent U S vessel shipping requirement for wheat sold to Soviet bloc nations. He told the Senate the policy is short sighted and negative and hopes maritime unions will concede so the United States can participate in large sales of wheat to Russia.
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Washington
J W. Fulbright
U.S
Arkansas Democrat
Senate
Russia
Lymon Reese Named Chair in Texas Civil Engineering
Dr. Lymon Reese has been named chair of the Civil Engineering department in Texas, replacing eo Moore.
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Austin
Lymon Reese
Civil Engineer In
Texas
Eo Moore
Furnishings Needed for Snyder Special School
An urgent appeal seeks contributions of furnishings for Snyder Public Schools new special school across Thirty-seventh Street from West Elementary. The Humble Oil district office occupies the site and is willing to arrange item delivery or pickups. contact Mrs. Joe Carroll at HI 3-9768 for details.
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Snyder Public Schools
Thirty-seventh Street
West
I Pee
Humble Oil District
Humble
Snyder
Joe Carroll
Fair Association Wins Lease on County Facilities
Scurry County commissioners approve a lease with the Scurry County Fair Association for use of the county barn pavilion and adjacent park land during the October 7 8 9 fair. Authority prepared by County Attorney George Killam. The arrangement includes use of the National Guard Armory for exhibits.
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Scurry County
Scurry County Fair Association
L. M. Dawson
The
Fair Association
George Killam
Towle Memorial Park
National Guard Armory
Dawson
Commissioners Court
Paul Keaton
County Hospital Board
Gail Road
Snyder
Bus Crash Toll Rises With 12th Fatality In Vinton
Juanita Byess, 35, of Birmingham, died Monday night as the 12th victim of Friday’s collision between a Greyhound bus and a truck near Vinton Louisiana. Two others remain seriously ill in Texas hospitals. Bus driver Jeff Blankenship of Houston shows slight improvement in Beaumont, while Ernest Campbell of Port Arthur stays in serious condition in Orange.
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Vinton
Juanita Byess
Birmingham
Greyhound
Texas
Jeff Blankenship
Houston
Beaumont
Ernest Campbell
Port Arthur
Orange
Weather sketch of Texas regions with showers and temps
The report outlines readings for North Central, Northeast, Northwest, South Central, and Southeast Texas. It notes highs mainly in the mid 80s to low 100s, lows from the 60s to 70s, partial cloudiness, and scattered showers across regions tonight and Wednesday.
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Snyder
Texas
North
Northwest
Marth
96 Workers Buried as Swiss Glacier Collapses at Mattmark
A second avalanche threatened the Mattmark power project near Saas Fee Switzerland as the Allalin Glacier split at dusk. About 1,000 workers were at the site when millions of tons of ice and rock buried buildings and vehicles, with at least 96 reportedly buried and feared dead and roughly 20 injured. Rescue teams evacuated and next actions awaited mortar-assisted loosening of rubble.
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Saas Fee
Switzerland
Swiss Alps
Allalin
Mattmark
Freighter Hits Tug in Sabine Neches Channel Crash
In Port Arthur a seagoing freighter named Zeta rammed the tug Jimmy Ruth causing the smaller craft to sink. All crew aboard reached shore as the freighter’s stern damaged the drawbridge and blocked traffic at the pleasure pier opening.
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Port Arthur
Sabine-Neches
Pleasure Pier
H. E. Honeycutt
Zeta
Honeycutt
Jake Carpenter
Norbert Welch
Jimmy Ruth
Bombers Hit Viet Cong Concentrations In South Vietnam
Strategic Air Command B52s from Guam attacked Quang Tin Province and Zone D near Bien Hoa, marking the 15th and 16th B52 raids. A separate clash in Dak Lac Province left ten Viet Cong dead and two captured, while An Hoa outpost was retaken after being overrun. A helicopter crash near Tan An killed one American and two Vietnamese.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Strategic Air Command
Guam
South
Quang Tin Province
Zone D
Bien Hoa
SAC
Dar Lac
An Hoa
Quang Ngai
Tan An
Independence
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Steel strike delay under pressure to settle contract
President Johnson pressed Democratic congressional leaders for a quick settlement after an eight day postponement of the steel strike deadline. White House aides urged negotiators to keep mills running and bargaining, with congressional leaders stressing the high stakes for the economy and national security as talks continued in Washington.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Bill
Moyers
Capitol
Pittsburgh
Sesques
Feachiel Mn
Sadar
Aye
Dover
AFL
Ed Steelworkers Union
America
Sen
Montana
Abel
John
T ‘Mansfield
M Seel
W. Willard 6Th McCormack
Mans
Wirtz
Cornfield
Bison Community Reunion Slated for Towle Park
The Bison community will hold a daylong reunion Monday September 4 at Towle Park barn. All residents are invited and asked to bring a basket lunch.
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Towle Park Barn
De Gaulle Meets Ball on Vietnam Peace Efforts
Paris AP report says President Charles de Gaulle met with U S Undersecretary George W Ball to be updated on the Viet Nam war and possible French involvement. Officials say no mediation request was made though de Gaulle has proposed neutralization of Southeast Asia.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
U.S
George W. Ball
Viet Nam
Ball
de Gaulle
Southeast Asia
Snyder Public Schools Open 1965 66 With 3611 Pupils
Snyder Public Schools enroll 3 611 pupils on the first day of the 1965 66 term, below last year’s 3 680. The senior high holds 720 students, Lamar Junior High 477, Travis Junior High 441. Elementary totals include East 329, Stanfield 272, North 273, Central 340, Northeast 275, West 386, Lincoln 69. Twenty nine pupils attend the special school.
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Snyder Public Schools
Lamar Junior High
Travis Junior High
East
Stanfield
North
Central
Northeast
West
Lincoln
Dominican Junta Accepts Provisional Regime Plan
Rivera Caminero and the armed forces chiefs were at odds over a revised OAS peace formula. A five man provisional government is expected to take office by midweek as the junta and cabinet resigns.
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Robert Berrelle
Santo Domingo
Domininero
Republic
Rivera Caminero
Antonio Imbert
Barrera
OAS
Junta
Imbert
Wek
Hector Garcia Godoy
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Emment
Francisco J. Rivera
Johnson
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G. Labarco
A Nicholls
R. Viera
H. Menez
J. Ramirez
Art Nicholls
Nicholls
South America
Colombia
Menez
J. Mamirez
Fulbright
Geoffrey Atkins
Channel
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