Texas Highway Department history in the 1968-69 almanac
The Dallas Morning News edition highlights a history of the Texas Highway Department as it marks its 50th anniversary. It contrasts the past road conditions with modern highways, noting shifts from gravel and mud to paved interstates and farm to market routes, reflecting decades of progress.
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Encyclopedia of Texas
Dallas Morning News
Texas
Texas Highway Department
Scurry County
Wacil McNair
Drake's circumnavigation begins on Drake voyage start day
On December 13 1577 Sir Francis Drake set sail from Plymouth to begin his historic circumnavigation. The date also marks a 1781 day of prayer and thanksgiving after the Revolutionary War and a 1862 Civil War Civil War setback at Marye's Heights near Fredericksburg Virginia.
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Francis Drake
Plymouth
England
United States
Marye’s Heights
Fredericksburg
Weather Report for Snyder and Panhandle Regions
Report shows Snyder area highs near 68 and 33 lows with 7 am reading at 34 degrees. Northwest Panhandle warned of snow or freezing drizzle creating hazardous driving tonight and Thursday with possible local freezing drizzle and light rain. Cold with lows 18 to 29 and Thursday highs in the 30s. North Central Texas cloudy with possible freezing rain or drizzle tonight, colder with lows 28 to 42 and Thursday highs 34 to 44.
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Snyder
Northwest
Texas
Panhandle
Pioneer 8 Blasts Off To Study Solar Radiation Storms
Pioneer 8 launched from Cape Kennedy aboard a Delta rocket to orbit the sun and relay data on solar radiation storms. The mission aims to predict flares and protect astronauts while supporting NASA’s Apollo tracking network and coordinating with Pioneer 6 and 7 in space.
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Jim Strothman
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Fla (Ap
Earth
Pioneer 8
Mars
America
TTS
Panhandle Roads Slowed By Freezing Drizzle and Snow
Freezing drizzle and light snow spread from Colorado and New Mexico into the Texas Panhandle. Icy roads prompted warnings for Oldham Hartley Dalhart Moore Sherman Hansford and Ochiltree counties as more snow was expected and temperatures hovered near 24 to 27 degrees.
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Colorado
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Highway Department
Oldham
Hartley
Dalam
Moore
Sherman
Hansford
Ochiltree
Panhandle
Amarillo
Perryton
Panhandle Plains
Dalhart
Dumas
Pampa
Plainview
Lubbock
Local Goodfellows Donations Update
The day’s donors include Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Taylor, Mrs. Ed Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Knollenberg, and Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Conner contributing amounts listed. Cumulative totals show previous 748.13, new total 770.13.
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Hugh Taylor
Ed Murphy
Kenneth Knollenberg
A. B. Conner
US Commitment Tops Korean War as Airlift Expands
U S troop strength in South Vietnam rises to about 475000, surpassing Korea War peak. The 101st Airborne Division adds two brigades, with 7,000 flown since Nov 17 and 3,000 more due by Dec 29. Command confirms combat-ready presence amid ongoing air and ground operations.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
United States
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
Screaming Eagles
Bastogne
Pacific
101St Airborne Division
Vietnam
Westmoreland
101St Division
Greece Faces Civil War as King Calls for Support
In Athens King Constantine urged eight million Greeks to oust the military regime and restore democracy. Troops and tanks surrounded key sites while the junta leader’s offices were ringed by soldiers and armored units. Air force jets roared overhead as the crisis deepened.
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Athens
Greece
Constantine
Salonika
3Rd Armored Corps
Ple
Junta
George Papadopoulos
Choral Festival Set In Coliseum
The Scurry County Coliseum hosts a Christmas Choral Festival on Thursday evening featuring elementary to high school choirs from Snyder schools. The event, first in the coliseum, aims to showcase better acoustics and a larger audience.
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Scurry County Coliseum
J. D. Smith
Snyder
Jobless Rate Drops Sharply in November
Washington reports the national unemployment rate fell four points to 3.9 percent in November, the largest decline in over six years. The seasonally adjusted unemployed total reached 2.9 million, ending a rising trend from September and October. The rate a year earlier stood at 3.5 percent.
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Washington
Labor Department
GIs Return For Christmas At Home
In Saigon the U S Command announced four thousand servicemen have been brought home ahead of schedule this month to be with families before Christmas. More leave is expected by December 20 and some units rotate as late as January 3. Normally about forty three thousand rotate home each month.
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Saigon
United States
U.S. Command
U.S
Big Spring Bank Robber Accepts 12000 After Hold Up
In Big Spring Texas a gunman posing as an oilman robbed State National Bank president Robert Currie of 12000 after bargaining from 60000 to 12000. Currie was pistol whipped and forced to drive the robber 25 blocks before the escape.
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Big Spring
Tex
State National Bank
Robert Currie
Currie
Snyder School Board Approves Three Proposals In Brief Session
In a short meeting the Snyder School Board approved two auditor recommended proposals and a health and hardship leave policy for auxiliary staff. Funds dormant for 19 years will be used to fund a masonry base for a high school display sign. A standardized pupil progress reporting system was also announced.
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Snyder School Board of Trustees
Bill J Hood
Supt. Hood
Snyder High School
Snyder
Supt
Hood
North Elementary School
Lyle Alexander
Dean Floyd
Alta Lynch
Elizabeth Odom
J. D. Smith
Jimmy Moseley
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101St
Clinto M. Barsanti
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William C. Westmoreland
Ft. Campbell
Southeas Asia
25Th Infantry Division
U.S. Air Force
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Highlands
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Peo
Royal
National Telecommunications Center
Coliseum
Mary Lou Scott
Margaret Dell Pilcher
Virginia Whitson
Monette O’day
Dorothy Kayser
Donna Smith
Lamar and
Travis
Mary Beth Vestal
Patsy Elliott
Jana Bullard
Smith
Susie Hendrix
Barbara Carter
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