Christmas memories and coaching rumors in Snyder
The SDN Column recalls Christmas giving memories of the Roberts family and their English stamps. It notes Truman Black's lunch visit, hints at Baylor coach John Bridgers possibly resigning for an NFL job, and mentions Snyder High basketball games possibly moving to Scurry County Coliseum for better attendance and facilities.
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R. T. Roberts
Snyder Goodfellows
Austin
Snyder
Robertses
London
Jan
Europe
Hawaii
Jamaica
George Patterson
Gene Merrifield
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Truman Black
Lubbock
Black
Central Texas
John Bridgers
Baylor
National Football League
Bridgers
Odessa Permian
Gene Mayfield
Snyder High
Scurry County Coliseum
Wacil McNair
Today in History December 21 highlights across eras
On December 21, 1620 Pilgrims landed at Plymouth. Benjamin Franklin arrived in Paris in 1776 on a U S mission. Stalin born 1879. Radium discovered by Curie 1898. US deported 250 aliens to Russia in 1919. Horse racing banned in 1944 during WWII. Soviet Union rejected disarmament proposals in 1957.
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Plymouth
Mass
Benjamin Franklin
Paris
U. S
Joesph Stalin
Pierre and
Marie Curie
United States
Russia
Soviet Union
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Weather Summary for Northwest and North Central Texas
Weather bulletin notes cold wave warnings in the north of Northwest Texas and Freeze warnings in North Central and Northeast Texas. Temperatures fallToday 36 degrees in the north with lows tonight 10 to 25, Friday highs 28 to 42, Friday night 23 to 47.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Texas
Thieu and Johnson Agree on Peace Proposals
In Canberra the South Vietnamese leader Nguyen Van Thieu and President Lyndon B. Johnson met to night and said Johnson's latest suggestions for peace in Vietnam were fully consistent with Thieu's government's policy. They issued a joint statement after a working dinner to dispel any notion of conflict over formal talks with Viet Cong representatives.
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Associated Press
Canberra
Australia
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Johnson
Vietnam
Thieu
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Front
Washington
NLF
Saigon
Harold E. Holt
Application For Funds Is Rejected In Scurry County
A Scurry County federal aid request to develop community services was rejected. Buford Browning said the decision awaits an area feasibility study in March 1968 conducted by Taylor County office of the Office of Economic Opportunity. The CAP program aims to establish a neighborhood center with services including legal aid and counseling.
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Scurry County
Fred D. Baldwin
Austin
Buford Browning
Community Action Committee
Browning
Taylor County
Office of Economic Opportunity
Four Texans Die In Crash Near Hope Arkansas
An Illinois couple and four Texas family members died when two cars collided in rain on US 67 near Hope Arkansas. Dorothy Ritz 49 of Jacksonville Illinois and Robert Timbrook 39 of Chester Texas drove cars that crashed head on killing both drivers. Also dead were Dr C J Ritz 51 and Carrie Parks Timbrook 35 along with Tim 13 and Billie Jean 5. Two Timbrook children Carrie 6 and Lynn 12 survived with serious injuries.
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Hope
Ark
Illinois
Texas
Robert Neel
Dorothy Ritz
Jacksonville
Ill
Robert Timbrook
Chester
Tex
Nee
Dr. C. J. Ritz
Dorothy
Carrie Parks Timbrook
Tim
Billie Jean
Cold blast hits Texas with tornado near Greenville and Arctic chill
A tornado struck a causeway bridge on Lake Tawakoni near Greenville early this morning. The storm damaged a 20 stall boat house and sunk 10 boats at the marina, while a nearby Cessna 170 vanished. Weather officials warned of tornado threats as a cold front and snow flurries moved across the Panhandle and North Texas, bringing record lows and multiple rain events across the state.
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Lake Tawakoni
Greenville
Texas
Tawakoni
Jim Wynn
Wynn
Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Upper
Heart Transplant Patient Dies in South Africa
Prof. Christian Barnard said the death of Louis Washkansky shows no reason to halt heart transplants. Post mortem cited respiratory failure from bilateral pneumonia. Barnard stressed infection, not rejection, caused the death and he would perform the next transplant when ready.
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Louis Washkansky
Cape Town
South Africa
Washkansky
Associated Press
Cape Town, South Africa
Christian N. Barnard
Barnard
Groote Schuur Hospital
Marthinus C. Botha
Botha
Velva Schrire
R.J.G. Thomson
A. Forder
J. G. Thomson
Thomson
Santa on Strike in Butte Amid Copper Miners Holiday Hardship
In Butte 1967, three Gustavsen brothers sing for pennies to buy gifts for siblings as 3,500 copper miners face a Christmas on strike for higher wages. Families rely on food stamps and coupons. some children wish their fathers would return to work while nearby towns collect toys and clothing for strikers.
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Butte
Mont
Clifford Gustavsen
Fred Chase
Santa Claus
Mike Gustavsen
Clifford
Mike
Kenneth
John
Gustavsen
Montana
New Mexico
Utah
Arizona
Nevada
Prisoners' Yule Gifts Returned by North Vietnam
North Vietnam refused 231 Christmas packages sent to American prisoners, returned via international mail with a curt note from Hanoi postal services. Defense official Daniel Henkin condemned the move as a flagrant violation of the Geneva Convention and noted a similar incident last year.
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Washington
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Pentagon
Daniel Z. Henkin
Defense Department
Prisoner of War Policy Committee
Henkin
Bids Opened on Pipeline in Big Spring
Twelve bids were submitted for 33 miles of 36 inch pipeline for the Colorado River Municipal Water District and opened in Big Spring. Pahnandle Construction Co. of Lubbock led at 2 251 828 while Elm Fork Construction Co. of Dallas was second at 2 293 769. The top bid reached 2 994 447 for the Big Spring to Martin County pump station project.
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Big Spring
Colorado River
Martin County
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Weldon Biddle
Bill Grimmett
Huddle
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Roy Hendricks
Geral Greene
Bill Galloway
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Thayne Mebane
Earl Sneed
James Stehley
D. H. Burney
L, Weems
First Christian Church
B. H. Williams
Sherry Stewart
Borden Gray Jr
Carl Voss Jr
H. W. Rodgers
G. M. Heinzelman
J. E. Sorrells
Carl Gray
Stanley Gray
Randy, Pat and
Kelly Dryden
Anonymous
Associated Presse
Waco
Fort Smith
Dallas
Richardson
Perryton
el Paso
Shamrock
West Texas
Cuero
San Antonio
College Station
Lufkin
Louisiana
Houston
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Tyler
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