Ira Telephone Outage Follows City Council Hearing
Ira residents endured a brief phone service disruption Wednesday just days after a Snyder City Council hearing on a proposed rate increase. Aileen Inc. opened Snyder plant operations smoothly its first day with 8:05 a.m. work starts and staff reporting despite cold. Audubon Society receives carved warbler artworks by Carlsbad artist Jack Drake highlighting regional craft.
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Ira
Snyder
Jake Amato
Roy Sallee
Snyder Daily News
Aileen, Inc
Jim Wills
Aileen
Abilene
Larry Foster
National Audubon Society
Jack Drake
Carlsbad
N.M. Drake
Church of God
Wacil McNair
Today in History January sixth highlights and events
On January 6, 1972 the Associated Press notes key historical moments. Joan of Arc’s birth in 1412, Martha Washington’s 1759 marriage, Morse’s 1838 telegraph demo, Carl Sandburg’s birth in 1878, New Mexico statehood in 1912, Roosevelt’s 1919 death, FDR’s Four Freedoms in 1941, and past plans to curb illiteracy and a 1967 Manila bus crash with 83 deaths.
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Associated Press
Joan of Arc
Martha Dandridge Custis
George Washington
Samuel F.B. Morse
Morristown
N.J
Carl Sandburg
Galesburg
New Mexico
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
N.Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Kennedy
Congress
Manilla
Philippines
Weather forecast for Texas regions details temperatures and wind
Readings show temperatures from the 20s to 60s across Northwest Central Northeast and Southwest Texas with fair skies. Storms unlikely as warming trend continues into Friday. Winds shift from north to southwest then southeast at 6 to 12 knots along the coast.
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Snyder
Texas
Southwest
Pecos
Nixon to seek reelection and West Africa trip details
Mrs. Nixon announced her husband President Nixon plans to run again, with a likely formal decision before Jan 14. She described his reelection chances as very good and noted planned aid programs in Ghana while on a three nation West Africa tour. She also covered U.S. aid funding, Ghanaian diplomacy, and Nkrumah exile context.
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Accra
Ghana
Nixon
New Hampshire
Liberia
U.S
William Tolbert
Kofia Busia
Kwame Nkrumah
Guinea
Congress
US Warns Vietnam at Resumed Peace Talks
The United States warned North Vietnam and the Viet Cong against military adventur es in South Vietnam as peace talks resumed after a four week recess. Porter urged restraint noting such moves jeopardize lives while Hanoi and the Viet Cong demanded US withdrawal and release of prisoners.
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Paris
United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S
William J. Porter
Indochina
Porter
Xuan Thuy
Nguyen van Tien
Nixon
Saigon
Tien
Hanoi
Viet Cong
Vietnam
Adams Seeks Re-Election As Scurry County Tax Official
Don Adams announced his bid for re-election as Scurry County Tax Assessor Collector subject to the Democratic Primary. He is a Snyder native, WWII veteran, married to Jaquetta Sheridan, with one son, Joe Mark, a Snyder High School senior. Adams cites expanded duties including collecting Western Texas College taxes and establishing voter registration, promising efficiency and service if reelected.
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Don Adams
Scurry County
Adams
Jaquetta
Jackie) Sheridan
Joe Mark
Snyder High School
Snyder
Italy
Western Texas College
Panel To Probe Leaks And Secrecy Practices
The House Armed Services Committee plans an inquiry into overuse of secrecy stamps and the open season on government secrets. Chairman Edward Hebert said the probe will target unnecessary classification and public disclosure of sensitive information after Congress returns January 18. The report noted a secret cable from Ambassador Kenneth B. Keating challenging Nixon administration statements on India and Pakistan.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Edward Hebert
Jack Anderson
Pentagon
Louisiana Democrat
Anderson
Kenneth B. Keating
U.S
India
Pakistan
Herbert
Congress
Pay Board Rejects Guideline On Aerospace Wage Rise
The Pay Board voted 12 to 0 to table a guideline for a 12 percent aerospace wage increase, leaving unions free to renegotiate. Chairman George H Boldt abstained as labor members faced critique from auto workers and Machinists unions after the veto of a 5.5 to 6 percent raise under wage price rules.
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Washington
George H. Boldt
Auto Workers and Machinists
Boldt
Nixon and Sato Prepare for Trade Talks at Western White House
President Nixon and Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato begin formal negotiations in California after informal pre-summit contacts. Treasury head Connally met Mizuta in Newport Beach, signaling trade issues to be central in forthcoming sessions with Stans and Tanaka.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Japan
Eisaku Sato
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
Sato
California
White House
Connally
Miko Mizuta
Treasury
Nellie
Gerald L. Warren
Mizuta
Commerce
Maurice Stans
Kakuei Tanaka
International Trade and Industry
Court urged to preserve multi district system in Dallas
William H. Clark III told a federal court that Dallas County voters may elect more black and Mexican-American state representatives this year under the current multi member urban house districts than under single member districts. He noted three black and one Mexican American candidates are favored by the DCRG slate.
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Austin, Tex
Dallas County
William H. Clark III
Clark
Democratic Committee For Responsible Government
Dallas
Dallas House
DCRG
Earl Luna
Luna
Muskie Opens NH Primary Courting New England Votes
Sen. Edmund S. Muskie entered the New Hampshire primary pledging to court New England voters over the next two months. He filed petitions with Secretary of State Robert L. Stark, paid a $500 fee, and stated he would bet on himself rather than the sweep. Muskie, noting his campaign could not survive a defeat in the March 7 primary, flew into Concord and waited as a campaign film crew prepared state television footage.
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Concord
N.H
Edmund S. Muskie
New Hampshire
New
Muskie
New York
Dowdy seeks acquittal and new trial in bribery case
U S District Court heard a motion for acquittal and a request for a new trial from Rep John Dowdy the East Texas Democrat convicted December 30 of a 25000 bribery conspiracy to block a federal probe of a Maryland businessman by a jury of nine women and three men
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Baltimore
John Dowdy
U.S. District Court Today
East Texas
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Army
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Thomas H. Moorer
Air Force
John D. Ryan
Robert E. Cushman Jr
George Esper
Demilitarized Zone
Son Tay
Laos
Peepurations
Cambodia
Newport Beach
Star Gazer
Eee
Rome
Dowdy
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