SDN Column Details West Texas Tourist Show Plans
Jack Nixon of the West Texas Chamber outlines the Feb 18 WTCC Tourist Development Conference and West Texas Art Show in Snyder. The event could draw 400 visitors with an evening preview Feb 17 and top paintings touring West Texas cities. local viewing limited to 10 11:36 am for art students.
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Register To Vote Weather Brief Across Texas Regions
A weather update covers Snyder and Northwest through Southeast Texas. It lists temperatures from 26 to 98 degrees, with varying conditions from clear and cooler to partly cloudy and mild through Thursday.
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Nixon's Cabinet sworn in with Hickel missing oath
President Nixon's 11 Cabinet heads were sworn in by Chief Justice Earl Warren at the White House East Room in an 8 am ceremony. Budget Director Mayo and UN Ambassador Yost joined in. Gov. Walter Hickel of Alaska did not take part as interior secretary nominee amid conservation questions. Warren also swore in 81 Nixon aides. tension between Nixon and Warren noted.
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Hopeful omen for peace talks as Hanoi signals openness
North Vietnam moves toward substantive Paris talks with a Saturday session expected. U S officials caution that despite cautious Hanoi and NLF willingness, hard bargaining lies ahead and demands may not be reduced. The Hanoi editorial in Nhan Dan urged acceptance of four point program and five NLF demands as a basis for negotiations.
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Red Base Taken By American Air Cavalry Near Saigon
American air cavalrymen uncovered a major Viet Cong supply base north of Saigon and seized the second largest munitions stockpile of the war without firing a shot. The operation yielded 30 tons of rockets mortars and shells from 30 bunkers.
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Pound Sterling Rises to New High on London Exchange
The pound sterling jumped to its highest level since last November’s crisis on the London exchange closing at $2.3886 after opening at $2.3898 and rising to $2.391. Dealers cite renewed confidence in Britain as a factor. Meanwhile about 2,000 Thai troops head to Saigon to join 6,000 others already engaged in South Vietnam.
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Floods Cling to California as Emergency Declared
Drenching rain floods wide areas from Los Angeles to the Sacramento Valley, prompting Gov. Reagan to declare a state of emergency and seek federal aid. Ten people trapped near Sespe Creek are urged to be rescued as six boys and four men remain isolated in Los Padres National Forest.
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Skippers Testimony Reveals White House Contact During Pueblo Standoff
Cmdr Lloyd Bucher told a Navy court of inquiry that he used direct communications to the White House and to Navy leaders in Japan as North Korean boats surrounded the Pueblo. A shell salvo wounded Bucher and three crewmen as a boarding attempt began. he avoided ordering manned gunfire to spare his crew.
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OSO5 To Study Sun During Peak Solar Activity
NASA launches OSO-5 the fifth orbiting solar observatory aboard a Delta rocket to 350 miles altitude. The 641 pound satellite carries eight experiments to study solar radiation and its effects on Earth weather and communications, with potential early warning of solar flares for astronauts.
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AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Fla
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Holt Service Set For Thursday In Scurry County
Mrs. J. J. Holt 6 died Tuesday in Cogdell Memorial Hospital after a 65 year residence in Scurry County. Services 2 p.m. Thursday at East Side Church of Christ with Biull Minick officiating. Burial Townsend Cemetery under Bolger Funeral Home. Survived by daughters Mrs. Jonnie Smith Ira and Mrs. Jack Davis San Angelo, sister Mrs. Nellie Williamson Snyder, grandchild Mrs. Bud Holdridge, great grandchild Doyle Holdridge Rankin. Pallbearers listed.
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Ollie D.) Holt
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Lampasas
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Ab Williamson
Clarence Williamson
Dawson Moreland
Wayne York
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