Voter Registration Rules and Postal Delays Highlight Snyder Column
The Snyder Daily News details a mandatory voter registration process for all residents with certificates, to be filed at the county courthouse, and outlines a mail registration option via form published by John L. Hill. It also laments worsening mail service and postage rate effects on delivery times.
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Snyder Daily News
John L. Hill
Secretary of State
New York City
Snyder Post Office
Wacil McNair
On This Date In History January 10 1968 Highlights
Historical milestones include the UN General Assembly convening in London in 1946 Ethan Allen is born in 1737 Common Sense published by Thomas Paine in 1776 Florida secedes in 1861 Standard Oil formed by John D Rockefeller in 1870 Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies in 1942 Flying Enterprise sinks off England in 1952 Marcos Perez Jimenez forms a new government in 1968 after a failed revolt Ven tures NASA shifts Venus plans to Mars in 1963
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General Assembly of the United Nations
London
Ethan Allen
Thomas Paine
Florida
Union
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Dutch East Indies
Flying Enterprise
England
Cap
Henrik K. Cerlsen
Marcos Perez Jiminez
U. S. Space Agency
Venus
Mars
Weather outlook for Texas regions
Snyder area reports a Tuesday high near 30 and 23 low with 7 am reading of 28 and trace precipitation. Northwest Texas sees mostly cloudy skies with warmer spells this afternoon and tonight, while North Central and Northeast Texas anticipate continued cloudiness and a mild warmup Thursday. Southeast Texas remains cool with scattered drizzle and upper 40s to lower 50s Thursday.
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Snyder
Texas
Reds Stage Hit Run Inducts 33 Into Honor Society
Nine seniors and 24 juniors were inducted into the National Honor Society at Snyder High School this morning. Cheryl Arnold and Chris Headstream led the event with remarks, music, and a reading of the society’s purpose toward world understanding and peace.
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Reds
Honor
Snyder High School
Linda Greenway
Royce Starnes
Karan Sadler
Steve Moffett
Max Moreland
Ben Brock
Susie Hendrix
Tommy Bullard
Chris Headstream
Bullard
Molly Walker
Cheryl Arnold
Penny Blythe
Dwaine Boydston
Sharon Carter
Cathey Ellington
Bill Galloway
Shirley Kruger
Patsy Miller
Caroline Stansell
Anne Alexander
Pamela Black
Ellen Carroll
Mina Emerson
Marneice Hardy
Jerry January
Roy Lee
Dorthy Lloyd
Larry Lofton
David McGinnis
Sheri McGlain
Nancy Miller
Ralphene Neal
Laverne Nix
Anitta Norris
Renee Patterson
Chere Reneau
Randy Rushing
Patty Smyth
Jamie Stehley
Dana Thompson
Beth Vestal
Marilyn Walton
Jan Williamson
Loretta Kay Bryce
Anita Buchanan
Susan Clark
O. L. Cooper
Brenda Featherston
Gary Foster
Rebecca Jones
Sue Ellen Line
Betty Mapes
Debbie Ann McCants
Steven Moffett
Kent Jay Noble
Cynthia Phillips
Karan Ann Sadler
National Honor Society
Rio heat kills three children in Rio de Janeiro hospitals
Three children died from dehydration in Rio hospitals as temperatures hit 92 degrees. The deaths came as 134 children were treated for dehydration and 30 hospitalized with moderate to severe symptoms.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Rio
Heavy City vote sales tax rejected in freezing weather
In Snyder 1,307 voters at City Hall rejected a 1 percent sales tax with 728 against and 570 for. Loraine and Stanton approved the tax later, while several towns had already adopted it. The result stemmed from several improperly marked ballots. Mayor M. L. Broman said finances must be reassessed before proceeding with city improvements.
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Snyder
City Hall
Texas
Loraine
Stanton
Sweetwater
Big Spring
Colorado City
Lamesa
Lubbock
Abilene
Hamlin
Tommy Deffebach
George Patterson
Fifth Heart Transplant Patient Dies
Louis Block, the world’s fifth heart transplant recipient, died at 4:35 a.m. ten hours after a smaller woman’s heart was implanted at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn. The 57-year-old retired fireman had been on the critical list since 12:40 a.m. when doctors struggled to maintain his blood pressure.
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New York
Louis Block
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn
Block
Snyder School Trustees Extend Hood Contract and Schedule Election
Snyder School Trustees last night approved extending Supt. Bill J. Hood’s contract to June 30, 1970 after he became superintendent last summer. The board also set April 6 for the trustee election to fill three seats currently held by Kenneth Wilson Bill Schiebel and Dan Cotton.
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East
West Elementary
Mal Andress
R. C. Lunsford
Mary Ann Lambert
Attacks Grow as Truce Ends in Vietnam War
Communist forces renewed hit and run strikes eight days after a truce expired. North Vietnamese raiders attacked Kontum airfield, destroying helicopters and killing seven U.S. soldiers with 25 wounded. A separate assault left 76 attackers slain for five hours of fighting, with five Americans killed and 28 wounded.
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Robert D. Ohman
Saigon
Kontum Airfield
U.S
57Th Army Aviation Company
Kontum
Highlands
Mekong
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Associated Press
George Esper
Cu Chi
Que Son Valley
Dan Nang
Rates Set and Bids Opened by CRMWD for 1968 Projects
CRMWD directors awarded a contract to Roland L. Scherer for 17 oil well mounds in Humble IAB field Coke County at about 465 058 dollars. Next letting due March 1 for diversion work and side storage of mineralized water on the Colorado River in northwest Mitchell County. Snyder's 1968 rate set at 4 700 68 monthly field charge plus 6 cents per 1000 gallons. estimated 800 million gallons yields 13 15 cents per 1000. Rates broadly rise or fall with city consumption and pumping distance.
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Big Spring
CRMWD
Roland L. Scherer
Weatherford
Humble
Iab
Coke County
Gilven - Terrill
Amarillo
Colorado River
Mitchell County
Snyder
Major Replacement Cycle Drives High Draft Calls
Pentagon planners say the 39,000 man draft announced for March signals a spring and summer surge with about 40,000 monthly calls likely in April May and June. The cycle replaces thousands drafted during the Southeast Asia buildup as August through November 1966 orders prove, with August replacements rising and inductions needing five months for training.
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Bob Horton
Washington
Pentagon
Southeast Asia
U.S
Employment Still Rising in December 1967
The December 1967 employment data show a record high 74.4 million Americans at work and an unemployment rate of 3.7 percent. The year ends with a 3.8 percent average jobless rate, matching last year’s 13 year low. Federal pay raises and a higher minimum wage from 1.40 to 1.60 an hour, effective February 1, signal continued strength into 1968.
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Washington
Asst
Harold Goldstein
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Goldstein
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SDN
Sparkle
Hood
Bettie Boren Riggs
Martha Floyd
Central Elementary
Mary Jim Floyd
West
Charlotte Culwell
Humble - Smith School
Jim Erwin
Pat Ainsworth
Charles McCaleb
Bernice Parker
Bill Atwood
Jimmie Lynch
Ronald Foy
John English
First Methodist Church
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