Lake storage grows as water use hits new highs
The SDN Column notes CRMWD reports show lake reserves like Lake J B Thomas and Lake E V Spence at about 20 000 acre feet each. Demand spiked to 60 million gallons daily in 1969, while Austin budget wrangling and sacred cows echo political challenges. City campaign targets junk automobiles with 18 cars turned in and a larger stock of as many as 600 car bodies awaiting cleanup.
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Colorado River
Colorado River Municipal Water District
Water District
J. B. Thomas
Lake Thomas
E. V. Spence
CRMWD
Robert Lee
Austin
Wacil McNair
Today In History Highlights for Sunday August Thirty First
On August 31 1914 Germans defeated Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg. Edward I exiled all Jews from England in 1200. Port Arthur bombardment occurred in 1894. A Packard car crossed the U S in 1903. In 1940 British air raid on Berlin. Hurricane Carol hit New England and NYC area in 1954. Nehru rejected China retaliation ten years ago. Mississippi school integration began five years ago. Iran earthquake deaths reported one year ago.
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Tannenbert
England
Edward I
Port Arthur
Manchuria
United States
San Francisco
New York
Berlin
New England
New Jersey
Jawaharlal Nehuru
China
Mississippi
Biloxi
Iran
Weather Summary for Texas Regions
Weather observations show high Friday near 85 in Snyder with cooler conditions Sunday. Northeast and North Central Texas see warm, partly cloudy days with scattered thunderstorms mainly afternoons. Southeast and Southwest Texas expect warm spells with showers or thundershowers near coast, lows 62 to 78 and highs 78 to 98.
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Snyder
Texas
Gas From Truck Menaces Munday
A tractor tank carrying anhydrous ammonia broke free and released gas over Munday Texas forcing many residents to evacuate from about 10 blocks by five. Police dispatcher Mrs. Boyd L. Baker said the leak was stopped and evacuees were told to ventilate homes. driver Gary Bradberry was hospitalized with injuries after the cab overturned.
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Munday
Tex
Texas
Boyd L. Baker
Gary Bradberry
U S Troops Launch Counter Offensive Near Da Nang
U S Marines and South Vietnamese infantry launched a counter offensive against the North in the Hiep Duc Valley 31 miles southwest of Da Nang. Initial contact was light. casualties included five Americans wounded and several Marines or enemy dead reported.
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Saigon
da Nang
South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Associated Press
Richard Pyle
Hiep Duc
Hijacking Near-Disaster Aboard TWA Flight in Damascus
A Trans World Airlines Boeing 707 with 113 aboard barely avoided catastrophe as fuel ran low near Damascus. Passengers jumped as an explosion ripped the cockpit after two Arab hijackers, linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, claimed the attack en route to Athens and Tel Aviv.
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Damascus
Syria
Trans World Airlines
Dean Carter
Athens
Tel Aviv
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Petitions To Create Junior College District Collected
Bob Harlin of Snyder Jaycees leads a drive to collect signatures for a junior college district. Volunteers will submit petitions to Buford Browning for verification and tabulation, with over 9 500 expected valid signatures. The State College Coordinating Board will hear the matter September 20 followed by a decision about a tax supported junior college.
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Bob Harlin
Snyder Jaycee
Jaycees
Buford Browning
Browning
Harlin
Jaycee
State College Coordinating Board
Brennan orders swift school integration plans in Denver and Oklahoma City
Justice Brennan rejects further delay and mandates that both school systems adopt desegregation and busing plans this fall. He overturns a Denver Circuit Court ruling that blocked federal orders to proceed, forcing timely action in Denver and Oklahoma City.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William J. Brennan Jr
Denver
Oklahoma City
Brennan
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal District Court
Bribes Alleged In Senate Influence Probe
Federal grand jury in Baltimore probes possible bribery by Sen. Russell Long and former Sen. Daniel Brewster over extra costs for Rayburn Office Building underground garages. The Post reports influence aimed at the Capitol architect to approve change orders and shared profits from the contractor Balt imore Contractors Inc.
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Washington
Baltimore
Washington Post
Russell B. Long
D-La
Daniel B. Brewster
Maryland
Brewster
Long
Baton Rouge
Grand Jury
the Post
Ireland
Rayburn House
Office of the
Capitol Architect
Baltimore Contractors, Inc
Victor J. Frenkil
Democratic Party
Post
Frenkil
Long and Brewster
Stop Gap Bill Signed By Smith to Avert Texas Crisis
Gov. Preston Smith signed a 60 day appropriations bill to avert a fiscal crisis in Texas while vetoing several provisions. The measure keeps state operations funded past midnight Sunday though critics call it patchwork finance.
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Smith
Ross Riley Dies At 59 In Snyder
A. Ross Riley 59, lifelong Scurry County resident, died 11 am Saturday at Cogdell Memorial Hospital. Funeral plans are with Bolger Funeral Home. He leaves wife, four daughters, one son, a sister, four brothers, and twelve grandchildren. He was a Methodist.
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A. Ross Riley
Scurry County
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Bolger Funeral Home
Riley
Route 2
Snyder
Ronnie Riley
Chicago
Norma Horne
Jefferson
Dorothy Aktaffer
Winnsboro
Eulene Cronk
Lubbock
Bobbie Riley
Marguerette Gee
Sweetwater
Bill Riley
T.T. Riley
Clovis
N.M
P.R. Riley
Dallas
Prentice Riley
Fort Worth
Mr. Riley
The
Methodist Church
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Fatima
Tehran
M. Khatami
Shah
Knox City
Baker
U. S
Deo Ram
Avery M. Jackson
Detroit Police
Ryle
Senate
State Affairs Committee
Sen
A. R. Schwarz
Galveston
Ross Riley
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