Cotton Bowl memories and Snyder High honors noted
The column recalls early Cotton Bowl matchups featuring Marquette Texas Christian and St. Mary's and wartime power shifts. It then highlights Snyder High School football with Wayne Tyrone praising 1969 Tiger players Randy Levens and Willis Harrison for all-state recognition and a Fort Worth Star-Telegram super team selection.
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Marquette University
Texas Christian University
Marquette
Texas Tech
St. Mary's
Texas
Randolph
Oklahoma A&m
TCU
Little Southwestern
Southwestern
Uncle Sam
Southland
Arkansas A&m Boll Weevils
Snyder
Wayne Tyrone
Tiger
Randy Levens
Fort Worth Star- Telegram
Levens
Willis Harrison
Snyder High
Today in History highlights key world events
On December 31 1969 the Associated Press recalls past eras with events from 1946 the end of World War II proclaimed by President Truman. 1776 Rhode Island wage and price ceilings. 1862 Lincoln signs West Virginia statehood. 1890 Ellis Island opens. 1940 Hitler forecasts great victory. 1945 Bermuda ends car ban. 1962 California surpasses New York in population. 1969 note on Nixon mediation. 1970 Sukarno threat over UN seat. 197? UN Security Council rebuke of Israel raid.
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Associated Press
Harry S. Truman
Rhode Island
Abraham Lincoln
West Virginia
Ellis Island
New York Harbor
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Bermuda
California
Edmund G. Brown
New York
Richard M. Nixon
U. S
Sukarno
Indonesia
United Nations
Malaysia
Security Council
U. N. Security Council
Israel
Beirut Lebanon
Weather details for Snyder and Texas regions
The forecast shows Snyder temperatures 35 high 19 low with 7 am reading 22. Panhandle expects continued cold with snow flurries and lows 10 to 25 and highs 35 to 42. North Central Texas stays cold with lows 16 to 30 and highs 38 to 48. Northeast Texas remains partly cloudy and cold with highs 42 to 50. South Central Texas has variable clouds and milder Thursday with lows 30 to 48 and highs 54 to 64. Southeast Texas staying partly cloudy to cloudy with frigid nights and warmer highs 48 to 98.
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Snyder
Northwest
Texas
FHA VA loan rates boosted to a record high
The maximum FHA and VA mortgage rate will rise to 8 1/2 percent, a second hike in a year, as George Romney authorizes the increase to curb shrinking mortgage funds. Lenders are charging higher discount points, raising overall costs for buyers amid inflation concerns.
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Robert K. Walker
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
George Romney
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
Romney
Mortgage Bankers Association of America
National Association of Home Builders
Robert H. Pease
Louis R. Barba
Home Builders Group
Congress
Barba
Federal Reserve Board
Pease
Indiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Ohio
South Dakota
Virginia
District of Columbia
More Ice Is Disappearing In Snyder Area
Ice melt reduced pressure on power lines and tree limbs after a weekend storm. City crews faced icy streets delaying cleanup of fallen branches and planned extra trucks for branch removal after New Year. Bright sun and thawing expected but temperatures remain cold with a high of 35 and a low of 19.
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Snyder
One Month To Register For Voter Certificates
Don Adams Scurry County tax assessor collector reminds eligible voters that January 31 is the deadline to apply for a voter registration certificate. Forms available at post offices Jack White's Service Station Union Community Store China Grove banks and the tax office. Apply by mail or in person to avoid delays. Today also is the last day to pay county taxes with the discount. starting January 1 taxes are due without a discount.
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Don Adams
Scurry County
Jack White
Union
China Grove
War Operations Halted 24 Hours For New Year Truce
AP reports a 24 hour halt in combat as Viet Cong declared a three day cease fire to begin Tuesday with allied forces suspending offensive actions. In the same period casualties rose as B52 raids continued on North Vietnamese supply routes in Laos and across eastern regions near the Laotian border.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Laos
U.S
Perot Halts Flight for Moscow Gift Mission Snag
In Copenhagen AP reports billionaire H. Ross Perot faces a fresh obstacle as he seeks U.S. approval for a private mercy flight to Moscow carrying 9,000 gift parcels for U.S. POWs in North Vietnam. Soviet officials require a U.S. objection guarantee before allowing the jetliner to fly.
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Copenhagen
Texas
H. Ross Perot
Moscow
U.S
North Vietnam
Perot
Dallas
Globe
Laos
Hanoi
Firms Here Will Observe Holiday
Most Snyder business firms and offices will be closed tomorrow as they observe the New Year holiday. The first day of the year is one of the general holidays observed in the city each year.
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Snyder
Southeast Flood Waters Swell Prompting Mass Evacuations
Torrents of rain melt snow and burst banks across Virginia West Virginia Tennessee and Kentucky forcing hundreds from homes. Three deaths reported in Tennessee as National Guardsmen assist evacuations and dike building amid rising Clinch River levels and widespread road closures.
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Associated Press
Virginia
West Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Lee
Wise
Cumberland River
Lee County
Pennington Gap
National
Civil Defense
Virginia Mountains
Clinch River
Clinchport
Sergeant Mitchell Ordered Court Martial at Fort Hood
S. Sgt. David Mitchell faces court martial on charges of assault with intent to commit murder over the My Lai group shooting in Vietnam on or about 16 March 1968. Maj. Gen. John K. Boles Jr. ordered the proceedings. date to be set. Mitchell, 29, remains free and continues duties as a company NCO.
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FT. Hood
Tex
David Mitchell
My Lai
Vietnam
Mitchell
Pentagon
William L. Calley Jr
John K. Boles Jr
1St Armored
Texas
St. Francisville
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Binh Dinh
London
Drive
British Automobile Association
Marcus Jacobson
Aries Mar
Taurus
Gemini
VIRGO
R Gazer
Lay R. Pollan
Ubra
Scorpio
Sagittarius
Capricorn
Aquarius
FES
Imar
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