Snyder Traffic Woes Prompt Off Street Parking Push
Amid December congestion the 2500 block of Avenue is heavy and the 800 block of Twenty-fifth slows. An officer at Avenue S and Twenty-sixth directs traffic, aiding flow around the square. The Chamber urges off street parking. lots nearby offer free access to ease shoppers.
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Snyder
Avenue
Twenty-fifth
Snyder Police Department
Avenue S
Twenty-sixth
Chamber of Commerce
Mickey Nunley
Chamber
Thalidomide Trial Ends Without Verdict in Aachen Case
An Aachen state court ended the two year long thalidomide trial without a verdict but found a definite link between the drug’s West German 1957 to 1961 marketing and the numerous malformed infants. The ruling also cites nerve damage to some adult users. Five Chemie Gruenenthal employees faced charges. A compensation fund totaling over 27 million dollars was set for affected families.
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Alsdorf
Germany
Aachen
Toda
Benno Dietz
West Germany
Chemie Gruenenthal
This Day in History December 18 1970
On December 18, 1970, events include the 13th Amendment adoption in 1865, Washington’s Valley Forge winter, New Jersey ratifying the Constitution, Washington buried at Mount Vernon, and other notable milestones. Also notes 1963 Moscow student riot, 1959 Laos political shift, and recent space splashdown by Borman and Lovell.
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Associated Press
U. S
George Washington
Valley Forge
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Mount Vernon
United States
Soviet Union
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Moscow
Red Square
Laos
Prince Bourn Oam
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
Weather sketch for Texas regions including snow chances
Snyder and Texas regions report temperatures from 35 to 75 with mixed cloudiness. Northern areas see possible light snow tonight and Saturday, while southern regions stay partly cloudy and mild with highs in the 60s to 80s and lows in the 20s to 60s. Coast winds 12 to 22 knots.
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Texas
The
Pecos
Bombers to press raids while truces hold in Vietnam
American and South Vietnamese forces will observe 24 hour ceasefires for Christmas and New Year in Vietnam, but bombers will continue heavy raids on North Vietnamese supply routes in Laos and Cambodia. Tet cease-fire not announced. Cambodian stance unclear. U.S. losses rise as two planes and three helicopters go down, seven crew dead or missing.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Creighton W Abrams
U.S
Abrams
New Road With Broad Support Near Snyder
A Lamar Junior High Auditorium hearing on Farm Road 2763 drew broad community support for a new road south of Snyder. The project aims to connect Texas 350 to Texas 208 and serve Western Texas College, with officials predicting eventual four lane expansion and increased college traffic.
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Snyder
Lamar Junior High
Western Texas College
Texas 350
Big Spring Highway
Texas 208
Colorado City Highway
Homer Ray
Texas Highway Department
J. C. Roberts
Abilene
Restrictions Set On NTA By Government Agencies
Federal pollution officials will announce sanctions today against a detergent component linked to birth defects in animals. The action, to be announced by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and the Environmental Protection Agency, targets a chemical abbreviated NTA.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Environmental Protection Agency
NTA
Public Health Service
High Govern
Rentzel Indicted by Dallas County Grand Jury
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Lance Rentzel was indicted on a charge of indecent exposure to a juvenile by the Dallas County grand jury. The 27 year old player could face up to 15 years in prison. a February trial is likely. Rentzel has been with the Cowboys since 1967 and was placed on the inactive list after the charge. He previously pled guilty in 1966 to related disturbances in St Paul Minnesota.
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Dallas
Dallas County
Lance Rentzel
Dallas Cowboys Today
Dist
Henry Wade
Rentzel
University Park
Cowboys
Texas
The
Joey Heatherton
New York
St. Paul
Minn
Highland Park
Riots Roil Szczecin and Gdansk Amid Curfews
Rioting and arson flare in Szczecin as mobs burn the Communist party HQ and trigger a dusk till dawn curfew. In Gdansk tanks line main streets while life remains largely normal per Warsaw radio. Train service to Gdansk resumes as plane and phone links stay disrupted.
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Warsaw
Szczecin
Gdansk
Poland
Communist Party
Warsaw Radio
Stettin
Anders Tunberg
Swedish Broadcasting Corp
Gdynia
Sopot
Bay of Danzig
Army Denies Spying Charge In Illinois Politicians Probe
The Army says a preliminary inquiry found no truth to spying on Sen Adlai Stevenson III Rep Abner Mikva or former Gov Otto Kerner. Secretary Resor stated none have been or ever were subjects of military intelligence activities related to political actions. The probe into the former agent’s broader spying claim continues.
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Washington
U.S
Illinois
Sen. Stevenson
Rep
Mikva
Kerner
Secretary of the Army
Stanley R. Resor
Resor
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Army
Adlai Stevenson III
Otto Kerner
Abner Mikva
Reser
Ervin
Southeast Asia
White House
Nixon and Heath Meet at Camp David in Snowy Retreat
President Nixon and British Prime Minister Edward Heath traveled to Camp David for four hours of discussions. They met at Laurel Lodge and Aspen Lodge with top advisers to cover Vietnam and other international issues.
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Nixon
Edward Heath
Camp David
Heath
Laurel Lodge
Aspen Lodge
Washington
Nixon Lodge
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Ronald L. Ziegler
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Air Force
Navy
Sen. Ervin
Robert C. Moot
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Pentagon
Clay R. Pollan
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