SDN Column Mixes Travel Nerves and Football Ratings
Snyder Chamber of Commerce manager Mickey Nunley recalls plane hijack fears on a Peru trip as part of a U S State Department program. The column also debates college football ratings with Penn State, Texas, and Arkansas ahead of upcoming bowl showdowns and notes Snyder Jaycees seek more Christmas lighting entries with extended contest time and prize upgrades.
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Mickey Nunley
Snyder Chamber of Commerce
Peru
South America
Cuba
Nunley
Texas Partners
Alliance With Peru
International Development Program
U. S. Department of State
Snyder Jaycees
Wacil McNair
Today in History highlights major events on December 10
On this date in 1898 the Spanish American War ended with treaties ceding the Philippines Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States. Other events include Mississippi statehood in 1817 voting rights for Wyoming women in 1869 Mona Lisa recovered 1913 and more.
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Associated Press
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Guam
United States
Mississippi
Wyoming
Louvre Museum
Paris
United Nations General Assembly
Martin Luther King, Jr
Charles de Gaulle
France
Rome
Italy
Moise Tshombe
Congo
Soviet Union
Weather forecast for Texas regions
Snyder temperatures show highs around 58 degrees and lows near 28. Northwest Texas remains partly cloudy while Panhandle stays cloudy elsewhere through Thursday. Warmer this afternoon and cooler tonight across the Panhandle with lows from 22 to 37. North Central Texas clears tonight to partly cloudy with lows 31 to 40. Northeast Texas stays partly cloudy to clear with cooler nights. South Central Texas stays warm in the afternoon and cool at night with lows 52 to 63. Southeast Texas remains fair with mild afternoons and cool nights, lows 38 to 48.
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Snyder
Texas
Panhandle
Judge declines Kopechne autopsy exhumation request
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania Common Pleas Judge Bernard Brominski refused to order the exhumation of Mary Jo Kopechne for an autopsy. The ruling ends a petition by Massachusetts District Attorney Edmund Dinis seeking an inquest into her death in Senator Edward M Kennedy's car.
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Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
Mary Jo Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
Common Pleas
Bernard C. Brominski
Massachusetts
Brominski
Dist
Edmund Dinis
New Bedford
Mass
Endorsement Expected for Oil Imports Control Plan
The Interstate Oil Compact Commission is poised to back a strong resolution backing mandatory oil import controls and oppose a tariff substitute. The move bypasses standard procedures requiring governor input. a presidential task force is weighing tariff options as the annual meeting nears.
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Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Oil and Gas Conservation Agency
Nixon
Washington
Commission
Energy Resources Committee
Elmer L. Hoehn
Interior Department
Wilson M. Laird
Interior
Office of Oil and Gas
Laird
Conservation Agency
A. L. Porter Jr
Santa Fe
N.M. Porter
Julian Martin
Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association
Ford Rites Here Today
Rites were held at 3 p.m. today for Nonnie Ford 22 killed in a truck train crash Monday near Carlsbad New Mexico. Ford minister for Apostolic Faith Church Lovington New Mexico former Snyder area resident born in Polar he married Glenda Feather May 28 1965 in Snyder. Officiating were Rev Paul Clayton and Louise Sutton burial in Snyder Cemetery Bolger Funeral Home directed pallbearers from Baxter Kansas Bible School.
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Nonnie Ford
Carlsbad
N.M
Ford
Apostolic Faith Church
Lovington
Snyder Area
Glenda Feather
Snyder
Paul Clayton
Apostolic Faith Bible School
Baxter
Kan
Louise Sutton
Snyner
Bolger Funeral Home
Ronnie Martin
Austin Sutton
Benny Phillins
Wayne Widner
Max Clanton
Bible School
Baxter, Kan
Billy Grimmett
Snyder Board Approves Staffing and Shop Use Changes
The Snyder Board of School Trustees accepted six resignations and approved three new hires including Chris D. Hooten and Miss Mary Ann Moffett. It authorized American Magnesium to use the high school shop for a welding course and Morren to audit 1969 70 accounts. Also discussed were a 180 day term plan and tax evaluation expansion.
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Snyder Board of
American Magnesium
Joe H. Morren
Colorado City
Timothy J. Gette
Judy Graves
Central
Ann Bundy
Lamar
Dorothy Clark
Donald Elrod
Vesta Lightfoot
Chris D. Hooten
Jan Cantrell
Mary Ann Moffett
Morren
Bill Hood
Wilson Hunt
Pritchard and Abbott
Hunt
Astronauts End Lunar Isolation Sooner Than Planned
Charles Conrad Jr Alan Bean and Richard Gordon Jr leave the Lunar Receiving Laboratory quarantine after blood tests show no moon microbes The early release also includes scientists technicians and crew who shared the spaceflight isolation Their return time to Earth brings them closer to family in the evening hours.
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Conrad
Bean
Interagency Committee
Lunar Receiving Laboratory
Hornet
Pacific
Draft Loopholes Study Is Ordered
Washington sources say the White House ordered a study of gaps in the new draft lottery system to prevent manipulation by deferments or reentry. Officials note that college deferments and reclassifications could let a man time exposure to the draft or exit the pool, with boards having limited power to block such moves.
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Washington
White House
National Security Council
Defense Department
Selective Service
Bernard T. Franck
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service System
Franck
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