Gowdy slips on Texas Stadium tax claim during Cowboys Jets telecast
The SDN Column notes Curt Gowdy corrected his remark that Irving taxpayers funded Texas Stadium, revealing it was financed by revenue bonds. The piece highlights Clint Murchison's control of construction and concession interests, and mentions related Texas Farm Bureau leaders DeVaney and Hammond.
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Curt Gowdy
Wyoming
Dallas Cowboys
New York Jets
Irving
Texas Stadium
Gowdy
Clint Murchison
Cowboys
Houston
Murchison
Roy Hofheinz
Today in History highlights from December 9, 1971
On this day 1941 Japanese troops invaded the Philippines marking the start of the Pacific war. Other events include Milton’s birth in 1608 and Webster’s newspaper founding in 1793, among brief notes on Tennyson, Italian-Ethiopian clashes, and postwar shifts in Tanganyika and Vietnam policy.
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Associated Press
Philippines
John Milton
London
Noah Webster
New York
Alfred Lord Tennyson
England
Ethiopia
North Africa
Aachen
Germany
Tanganyika
Africa
Britain
National Council of Churches
U.S
Vietnam
U.N
Weather Outlook Across Texas Regions
The Snyder area reports a high of 37 degrees and a low of 32 with a 7 am reading of 34 and trace precipitation as NW Texas trends to decreasing clouds. North Central Texas expects occasional rain and thundershowers mainly east and south ending this afternoon with highs in the 50s and cooler nights. Northeast Texas shows rain and scattered thundershowers ending tonight, with Friday cloudy and cooler and highs in the 50s to 60s. Southwest Texas areas face cloudy cold conditions with light rain or snow at higher elevations and a shift to freezing rain or drizzle inland tonight, and easing temperatures Friday.
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Snyder
Texas
Pecos
Deadlock blocks foreign aid revival in Congress
House passes 3 billion foreign aid bill with 400 million for Israel as Senate stalls on reauthorization. Law expires tonight, with leaders seeking a six month extension amid Vietnam troop withdrawal plans and Nixon era diplomacy.
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Israel
India
Pakistan
Ecuador
Senate
House
Nixon
Vietnam
Peking
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
NATO Ministers Open Winter Meeting in Brussels
NATO foreign ministers opened their annual winter talks in Brussels with plans for a security conference with the Soviet Union at the top of the agenda. Moscow’s stance on Berlin and German reunification complicates any early talks, while parallel economic talks focus on a $2.4 billion U.S. aid package to West Germany to cover two years of troop costs and weapons purchases.
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Brussels
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
Moscow
Berlin
West Germany
Soviet Union
NATO
Germany
Manlio Brosio
Italy
U.S
William Rogers
Nathaniel Samuels
Axel Herbst
Foreign Ministry
Yule Choirs Set All-School Christmas Program Tonight
Snyder Public Schools presents its annual All-School Christmas program at 7 30 p m in the Snyder High School Auditorium. Participants include combined sixth grade, junior high, and senior high choirs. The event, long held in SHS, returns there after earlier years at the county Coliseum.
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Snyder Public Schools
Snyder High School
County
SHS
House Approves Food Bank Bill
The House voted 182 to 170 to create a $1.5 billion national food bank of wheat and feed grains with 300 million bushels of wheat and 25 million tons of feed grains. It would raise price supports by 25 percent for two years and boost minimum loan rates, costing the government about $281 million next year. Critics warn of high cost and potential misuse while Democrats in the Senate are expected to welcome the measure.
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Washington
House
Senate
National Food Bank of Wheat
Food Bank
Agriculture Committee
W. R. Poage
D-Tex
Dacca Orphanage Bombed Kills Dozens in Night Attack
AP reports high alt Indian bombers struck a Dacca orphanage housing 400 children and 100 staff. Four bombs created 20 foot craters. 17 bodies recovered with many boys missing. Girls escaped. founder Rahman described chaos and destroyed registers.
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Dacca
Mohammed Ralmann
Indira Gandhi
Calcutta
India and Pakistan Claim Advances Near Dacca Front
India says its troops pressed within 25 miles of Dacca and advanced to the Meghna River. Pakistani eastern command reports fierce fighting as thousands of troops attempt a river crossing to Dacca and Chittagong. An Indian army communique notes rapid advances isolating Pakistani forces as Comilla and Sylhet are reported captured. A 3.3 magnitude quake hits Denver with no damage. The Indian government orders two day pauses to evacuate foreigners from Dacca and Karachi.
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Associated Press
India
Dacca
Ganges
Meghna
Jagjit Singh Aurora
Calcutta
Chittagong
Aurora
Comilla
Sylhet
Pakistan
Jessore
Voter Registration Grows as Deputized Help Expanded
Voter registration in the first year of permanent registration reaches 2190 at Scurry County Tax Office in Hugh Boren and Son building. Don Adams, tax assessor collector, reports deputies can assist with applications under Senate Bill 51 amended Article 5.20a. Applications available at the tax office. mailed forms allowed. Deadline Feb 1 1972 to avoid 30 day wait.
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Scurry County Tax Office
Hugh Boren and Son
College Avenue
Don Adams
Adams
Tax Assessor-Collectors
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SDN
C.H. DeVaney
Coahoma
Texas Farm Bureau
TFB
Amarillo
DeVaney
Washington, D.C
Spiro T. Agnew
NASA
David R. Scott
Alfred M. Worden
James B. Irwin
Irwin
Carl Albert
Gerald R. Ford
Indochina
America
United Nations
UMN
Peace Corps
Inter-American Development Bank
Poage
Denver
Harvey Nicholson
Northglenn
Karachi
ARIES
Taurus
Star Gazer
Libra
Scorpio
Sagittarius
Pisces
Mar
Gemini
I “R
Cancer
Leo
VIRGO
Ey Ava
Jan Ree
Aquarius
Cameron
Allies
Ders
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