02 Dec 1969
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Newspaper
Snyder Daily News
Location
Snyder, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1969
Page
1
The SDN Column notes teams face fatigue in extended seasons as Snyder hosts two playoff games this weekend in Tiger Stadium. Bronte Sundown and Sonora Clarendon meet Friday and Saturday, with a Texas Arkansas TV interlude, reflecting Snyder’s strong playoff ties and public relations value.
Highlights of this date include James Monroe outlining the Monroe Doctrine to curb European expansion in the Western Hemisphere. Other events span 1804 Napoleon crowned emperor, 1805 Austerlitz victory, 1863 railway work on the Union Pacific, 1927 Ford Model A debut, 1956 Castro's Cuba landing, 1964 Argentine exile return to Madrid, and a 1969 fatal Alaska airliner crash.
Snyder reports mild afternoons and cool nights across Texas regions through Wednesday. Temperatures vary by area with highs from 62 to 76 and lows from 25 to 52, while early morning readings range near 33 degrees in Snyder.
President Georges Pompidou unveiled a six point plan to reinforce the European Common Market and voiced support for admitting new members. He resisted setting a firm negotiation date with Britain Ireland Denmark and Norway while suggesting a timetable could be established by the council before year end.
Crowds fill Snyder for a downtown Yuletide kickoff with colorful lights Santa Land and a nativity scene. Santa spoke with children. two electronic organs provided music as stores stayed open late to welcome shoppers. Chamber official Shelby Coker praised turnout and planned more appearances through Christmas.
A three story wooden home for the aged on Lake Temiscouata burned at dawn. About 55 residents unaccounted for, with 69 confirmed elderly patients and 17 crippled. Thirteen staff were on site. Firefighters fought the blaze as volunteers aided evacuations. Some escapes were treated at a hospital while others sought refuge nearby.
A meeting is set for 8 p.m. tonight in the Snyder Savings and Loan Association Community room to organize a local Parents Without Partners chapter. The Abilene Chapter will present an informative program inviting widowed or divorced parents to attend.
Atheist Madalyn Murray O Hair's lawsuit to ban astronauts from praying and reading the Bible aloud in space was dismissed in federal court. Judge Jack Roberts granted the government's motion, saying she failed to show a valid cause of action.
Eleven people including seven scientists and four contractor workers are ordered into quarantine at the Space Center in Houston after a rubber glove rupture exposed them to moon dust during preliminary lunar rock examinations. Quarantine may delay the Apollo 12 rock analysis, with end date set for December 10.
The Snyder City Council discussed a proposed Lone Star Gas rate increase of about 25 percent, with an average customer bill rise of 1.70. They considered the merits but deferred final action to a December 18 meeting as bids for police radios, vehicles, and other equipment came in. Local bids by Les Francis Chevrolet and Wilson Motors were reviewed. An ambulance lease, water service permit, and home occupation regulations were also addressed.
LA police announce arrests of Charles Watson and Patricia Kernwinkel in connection with the Sharon Tate murders and six others. Linda Kasabian is being sought while indictments for seven killings are expected from the county grand jury.
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