Travel trails eyed to boost Texas tourism with HemisFair near
Gov John Connally promotes a network of ten travel trails at the Governor's Travel Development Conference in Austin. Snyder area nomination was considered but not selected. Trails aim to pull tourists off highways to scenic Texas spots ahead of HemisFair in San Antonio opening next April. Operation Sparkle boosts Snyder's profile as delegations tour local projects.
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Texas Tourist Development Agency
John Connally
Texas
Austin
Snyder
San Antonio
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Wacil McNair
This Day in History December 14 Highlights
On this date Washington died at Mount Vernon aged 67 in 1799. Alabama joined the Union as the 22nd state in 1819. King George VI was born in 1895. Ronald Amundsen reached the South Pole in 1911. Japan set up a puppet government in 1937. Marines battled on Wake Island in 1941. UN HQ approved for New York in 1946. Eisenhower arrived in Paris for NATO talks ten years ago. Mariner 2 flew by Venus five years ago.
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George Washington
Mount Vernon
Alabama
Union
Britain
George VI
Ronald Amundsen
South Pole
Japan
Peking
U. S
Wake Island
U. N. General Assembly
U. N
New York City
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Mariner 2
Venus
Weather outlook for Texas shows cold, wintry mix through Friday
The forecast covers Northwest and Northeast Texas from Snyder to the Pecos region. Expect cloudy skies with occasional light freezing rain or drizzle central and southern portions. Highs reach 30s to 40s, lows from 20s to 50s, with colder readings in the north and east through Friday.
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Snyder
Texas
Pecos
Weather Bureau
Midland
Week's Losses Highest Ever
Allied forces in South Vietnam report last week as one of the costliest of the year with 595 military deaths 380 South Vietnamese 194 Americans 21 Koreans and Australians. Civilian toll reaches 232 including 114 Montagnard villagers in the Dak Son massacre.
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George McArthur
Associated Press
Saigon
South Vietnam
Dak Son
U.S
King Constantine's Royalists Crushed in Greece Coup
Greece's military regime crushed a royalist countercoup led by King Constantine, who fled with his family to Rome. Col. George Papadopoulos announced a regent was appointed and the monarchy would be preserved, as arrests of right wing politicians followed and banks and markets were closed to prevent panic.
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Associated Press
Athens
Greece
Constantine
Rome
Col
George Papadopoulos
George Zoitakis
National Defense
Papadopoulos
Athens Radio
Constantine Kollias
Elefsis
Junta
Stock Exchange
Yale Choral Festival Set For Christmas Program
Choral music pupils from local schools perform the Christmas Choral Festival at Scurry County Coliseum this evening starting at 7 30 p m There is no admission charge It opens a week of public school presentations including The Diary of Anne Frank by Snyder High School Speech Department Friday and Saturday nights in the high school auditorium
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Scurry County
Snyders High School
Anne Frank
Goodfellows Donations and New Total Report
A list of contributors including Goodfellows donors with varied amounts from $1 to $33 plus group names. The page notes a Today's total of 191.00 and a New Total of 961.13 after adding the recent contributions to the previous 770.13.
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Donie Anderson
James Rosser
Harrie Winston
Walter Holmes
Jayceeeltes
C. E. McCormick Jr
Renal Rosson
G. C. Chorn
Bill
Senate passes Social Security bill amid tempers flare
The Senate unexpectedly approved the Social Security bill then, after a heated clash, agreed to recon sider action and set a 11 a.m. Friday vote on passage. Senator Long maneuvered to passage while Mansfield protested and urged reconsideration of the measure.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Mike Mansfield
Long
Mansfield
Sleet and Snow Chill Texas Front Brings Ice and Warnings
The Associated Press reports treacherous ice coated West Texas roadways and light to steady rain elsewhere as a weakening cold front moves south from Texarkana to Lufkin. Freezing temperatures dip to the teens in Dalhart and Perryton, with readings in Lubbock and Abilene near or below freezing. Weather bureaus issue travel advisories across the South Plains, Panhandle, and Northwest Texas as freezing drizzle and snow threaten motorists.
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West Texas
New Mexico Line
Texarkana
Lufkin
Alice
McAllen
Morton
Cochran County
Lubbock
New Mexico
Arizona
Texas
Weather Bureau
South Plains
Plainview
Panhandle
Wichita Falls
Abilene
Guadalupe Pass
el Paso
Dalhart
Perryton
Upper
Amarillo
Childress
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
NATO Ministers Seek German Reunification and East West Arms Talks
NATO foreign ministers pledged to accelerate efforts for German reunification within a safer Europe and ordered a study of the southeastern flank amid a Soviet naval buildup. They debated Greek crisis implications in corridors while aiming to advance practical arms control measures in Europe.
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Arthur L. Gavshon
Associated Press
Brussels
Europe
Russia
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Mediterranean
NATO Council
NATO
Amintore Fanfani
Joseph Luns
U.S
Dean Rusk
Fanfani
Storm Closes Schools In New Mexico
A bitter winter storm blankets New Mexico with up to 16 inches of snow and high winds. Schools shut in Questa Cuba Wagon Mound Mora and other districts while highways become treacherous and travel is discouraged on several routes.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Weather Bureau
Los Alamos Wenesay
Grants
Red River
New Mexico
Questa
Cuba
Wagon Mound
Mora
Los Alamos
Santa Fe
Police Department announces promotions and new officer
Chief Stephen Clark said Patrolman Jim McKenzie of the Snyder Police Department will be promoted to Patrol Sergeant effective January 2027. McKenzie, from Abilene, has six years in policing and is a married father of three. Also, James Eggleston, 23, from Big Spring, will join as Patrolman on January 1 1967 after duties in Big Spring. He is a 1959 Amarillo High graduate and attended a 144 hour police academy. Eggleston and his wife Amparo move with their 2 year old son Rudy to Snyder. In San Antonio a two car crash killed Mamie Vanaman, 64 of Floresville. C B Grizzard, 45 of San Antonio, survived.
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Snyder Police Department
Stephen Clark
Jim McKenzie
McKenzie
Abilene
Sunset
Clark
James Eggleston
Big Spring
Eggleston
Amarillo High School
Howard County Junior College
Amparo
Rudy
Snyder
San Antonio
Mamie Vanaman
Floresville
C. B. Grizzard
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Sparkle
Vietnam
Kentucky
Demilitarized Zone
Crete
George Peridis
New Lexington
Ohio
Ron Shoup
Newark, Ohio
Advocate
Yale Choral Festival
THE
Pecos River
Denmark
Hans Tabor
George Brown
Manlio Brosio
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