SDN COLUMN analyzes top Texas high school hoops districts
The column notes four strong District 3 AAA teams Snyder Lamesa Dunbar and Levelland could reach state finals, while Andrews Mustangs loom strong in District 2 AAA. It highlights Snyder's deep bench and shooting, coach Ned Underwood, and recruiter Allie White moving through the region for TCU. Mildren draws SWC and out-of-state interest.
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Texas
AAA
Andrews Mustangs
Snyder Tigers
Andrews
Snyder
Lamesa
Dunbar
Levelland
Tigers
Ned Underwood
Allie White
Texas Christian University
Sweetwater
Snyder High
White
Mineral Wells
Odessa
TCU
Abilene Cooper
Jack Mildren
Mildren
Oklahoma
Wacil McNair
Today in History highlights dated events for January 18
Highlights note key anniversaries on January 18 across centuries. Early events include English settlement in Australia in 1788 and Lima Peru founded in 1534. other items recall Daniel Webster birth in 1782 and Maximilian buried in 1868.
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Australia
Francisco Pizarro
Lima
Peru
Daniel Webster
John Tyler
Maximilian of Mexico
Vienna
Mediterranean
Malta
Leningrad
China
Poland
U.S
Weather Summary for Snyder and Regions
Weather report shows Snyder with 66 high and 38 low today at 7 am, light drizzle 0.13 inches. Northwest Texas forecasts mostly cloudy tonight, rain southeast through Friday, snow possible in southwest. Northeast Texas clouds with rain and isolated thundershowers, lows 50–55, highs 54–60. Upper Coast expects south to southeast winds 10 to 20 knots shifting northeast Friday.
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Snyder
Texas
Forty seven percent allowable set by Railroad Commission
The Railroad Commission raised February’s state wide allowable to 47 percent of potential production, with a maximum daily output of 3,685,179 barrels. Major purchasers’ nominations totaled 3,138,101 barrels per day, up from January, while the Bureau of Mines forecast 3,170,000 barrels for February. Nine of fourteen major buyers sought more oil. commission chair Jim Langdon cited foreign imports as a drag and a carryover from the Middle East war.
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Jack Keever Austin
Railroad Commission
Texas
Bureau of Mines
Jim Langdon
Atlantic Richfield
Cities Service
Continental
Gulf
Humble
Mobil
Pan American
Phillips
Pure
Shell
Sinclair
Standard
Sun
Texaco
Dutch Crew Battles To Stay Afloat
Sixteen crewmen on a 239 foot Dutch freighter fought to keep the vessel afloat amid a mid Atlantic gale. The captain postponed a second abandon ship attempt as snow squalls reduced visibility. One crewman was seriously injured and two life rafts were lost during an earlier attempt. Two merchant ships and a Coast Guard C130 aided, with the cutter Absecon en route. The Ocean Sprinter last left Summerside Prince Edward Island Canada.
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New York
Coast Guard
Here
Absecon
Ocean Sprinter
Summerside
Prince Edward Islands
Canada
Egypt seeks death for plotters in Nasser coup bid
Cairo state prosecutor asks death sentences for two former Cabinet ministers and 33 army officers accused of leading a plot against President Gamal Abdel Nasser last August. Life imprisonment was asked for 20 other defendants involved in the alleged attempt to seize the armed forces high command and appoint Field Marshal Abdel Haikim Amer as commander in chief.
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Cairo
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Armed Forces High Command
Abdel Haikim Amer
Osaka Passenger Train Crash North of Station Kills Motorman
An AP report from Osaka says a passenger train with about 600 aboard collided head on with an empty train near a station. The crash killed the motorman and injured around 150 passengers, with fifty seriously hurt.
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Osaka
Japan
Ethnos Editor Arrested by Greek Security Police
Athens editor in chief John Kapsis of Ethnos newspaper was detained at the editorial offices by two plain clothes security police shortly after noon. No motive for the detention was provided.
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Athens
Greece
John Kapsis
Ethnos
Terror Attacks Shake Guatemala After U S Officers Slain
Gunmen killed landowner Alfonso Alejos de la Cerda in a Guatemala City suburb the day after U S Army Col John D. Webber Jr. and Lt Cmdr Ernest A. Munro were machine-gunned in retaliation for leftist guerrillas. Police mass arrests and roadblocks followed as U S installations increased security.
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Guatemala
U.S
Alfonso Alejos de la Cerda
Roberto Alejos
Carlos Alejos
Washington
Havana Radio
Alejos
U.S. Army
John D. Webber Jr
Houston
Tex
Ernest A. Munro
Rockland
Maine
U.S. Naval
FAR
Arabs Put Under Curfew in Gaza City
TEL AVIV AP The Israeli army imposed a general curfew on Gaza City’s more than 200000 Arabs as security forces searched house to house for arms amid a wave of sabotage. Hand grenade attacks injure Arabs and a soldier was wounded near the Gaza railway stop. Security forces arrested 40 people suspected of belonging to the Palestine Liberation Organization.
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Tel Aviv
Gaza City
Gaza
Palestine Lberation Organization
US plane shot down over Cuba by ex paratrooper Everett Jackson
Havana reports a two engine Taylorcraft was hit by antiaircraft fire over Rancho Veloz in Las Villas province on December 29. Everett Jackson, 27, of Los Angeles, was captured after attempting to infiltrate Cuban territory with a rifle package aboard his plane. The government offered no update on his condition or fate.
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Fenton Wheeler
Associated Press
Havana
United States
Cuba
Interior Ministry
Everett Jackson
Los Angeles
Rancho Veloz
Falcon’s Key
Las Villas
Jackson
Communist Party
Granma
E! Mundo
Hanna Radio
Massive Cloudburst Drowns Two in San Antonio Flood
A massive cloudburst in San Antonio caused at least two drownings and three missing. Cars were washed away, homes flooded, and traffic gridlocked as police and fire crews mounted emergency rescues across the city. The San Antonio River swelled, and rainfall peaked around 6.5 inches at Ft. Sam Houston with widespread 4 inch totals in other areas.
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San Antonio
Salado Creek
South Plains
Texas
Fire Department
Ft. Sam Houston
Alamo Heights
Johnson's tax plan draws early GOP fire in Congress
President Johnson lands a tax boost package amid criticism from leaders like Ford Proxmire and McCarthy. Critics say he ties policy to politics while offering vague priorities. Johnson faces stiff opposition over Vietnam peace prospects and War on Poverty aims.
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Jack Bell
Associated Press
Washington
Johnson
Vietnam
U.S
House
Gerald R. Ford
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Senate
House Economic Committee
Eugene J. McCarthy
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Local Phone Conversion Set Sunday in Helm leigh Snyder
Southwestern Bell Telephone adds brief service interruptions this weekend as Helm leigh and Snyder convert to all-numeral numbers and establish Extended Area Service with Snyder Hermleigh. Gary Stevens says the outages will be brief and service will be restored promptly after the 12:01 a.m. Sunday January 21 change.
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Helmleigh
Snyder
Gary Stevens
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Hermleigh
Stevens
Nuclear Weapons Treaty Reaches Complete Draft At Geneva
The United States and the Soviet Union finalize a complete draft treaty to halt nuclear weapons spread. The agreement includes a disputed controls article and will be submitted to the 17 nation disarmament conference after a Christmas recess. India remains a key critic over safeguards.
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Geoffrey Atkins
Associated Press
Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
West Germany
Italy
France
U.S
Eral
India
U.N. General Assembly
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