Ed Taylor Dies Rites Set Thursday
Funeral services for Ed Taylor 76 are scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the First Methodist Church in Snyder. He died Tuesday night at Cogdel Memorial Hospital. Burial will be in Snyder Cemetery with Bell-Seale Funeral Home in charge. Survived by wife Maude, daughter Bobbie Taylor of Lamesa, son Orville Taylor of Snyder, six sisters and two grandchildren plus three great grandchildren.
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Faye Taylor
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Russell Braggs
Vickersville
Walter Nash
Denton
Walt Bevins
Fort Worth
Hearing on Electoral Vote Abolition Debated in Senate
A Senate Judiciary subcommittee will begin Feb 7 hearings on a constitutional amendment to abolish the electoral college. The plan would count each state's electoral votes for the winner of the popular vote with no electors free to vote their own choice. Senator Birch Bayh chairs the hearings and opposes broader overhaul proposals.
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Weather snapshot for Texas regions with mixed precipitation
Snyder reports a 7 am reading of 32 degrees with high Tuesday near 33 and low 21, including .30 precipitation. Northeast Texas and Northwest Texas expect rain snow sleet and freezing conditions with varying highs from the mid 20s to mid 40s and temperatures dropping to near freezing tonight.
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Snow blankets Texas as Panhandle bears heaviest storm
A heavy snowstorm blankets Northwest Texas with up to eight inches in the Panhandle. One traffic death is blamed on the weather near Lubbock. Schools close in Scurry County while Hermleigh and others reopen after weather holidays.
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Johnson asks extra funds for Viet Nam war
President Johnson formally asked Congress for 12.761 billion dollars in supplemental defense spending to finance the Vietnam war. The package would increase the armed forces to 3,093,600 and add civilian personnel, with most troops going to the Army and Marines.
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Pleads For Restored Excise Taxes
Secretary of the Treasury Henry H. Fowler testifies on Capitol Hill as Congress considers restoring excise tax cuts on new cars to 7 percent and telephone service to 10 percent. The move, part of President Johnsons Viet Nam War financing plan, also proposes graduated withholding to shift tax payments toward higher earners while keeping overall income taxes unchanged.
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Ford to Build 278000 Sq Ft Parts Depot in Carrollton
Ford Motor Co plans a 278000 square foot master parts depot in Carrollton, the eighth depot for the Ford Division. Dallas parts depot manager R G Murphy says the facility will replace a smaller Dallas unit and add over 250000 dollars annually to the Dallas area's economy.
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Woods to hold 9 am news conference on Texas race
Stanley C Woods president of Woods Exploration & Producing Co Houston will hold a 9 am news conference Thursday to discuss a statewide political race. Speculation ties him to a gubernatorial or railroad commissioner bid possibly backed by the Texas AFL-CIO. He has spoken against major oil firms at Railroad Commission proration hearings and opposed the last legislature's oil and gas lease pooling bill.
Draft Board Meeting Weighs College Deferments Policy
Midwest and Eastern draft directors with National Selective Service officials meet to discuss manpower sources for 1-A inductions and the possible reinstatement of college deferments and testing. The Kennedys 1962 system could return, affecting freshmen to juniors based on class rank. Lt. Gen. Hershey and 10 Southern state directors attended in Florida Stewart Georgia.
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