Oilers consider Astrodome move amid Houston sports tensions
The SDN COLUMN notes Bud Adams may relocate AFL Oilers to the Astrodome after lease tensions with Judge Roy Hofheinz. It contrasts Oilers' 1967 crowds with the Astros and suggests improvements needed for sustained interest. The piece also recalls Bud Wilkinson’s praise for the forward pass and quarterback impact on upsets.
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Houston
Astrodome
Houston Oilers
American Football League
Bud Adams
Oilers
Rice Stadium
Domed Stadium
Roy Hofheinz
Houston Sports Association
Hofheinz
Adams
Dome
NFL
Bud Wilkinson
Wilkinson
News Syndicate
Bud
All-America Timber
Wacil McNair
Explorer 1 Launch and Key Civil War Figures Mark Jan 31
On January 31, 1958 the first U S Explorer 1 satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral Florida. Also on this date in 1606 Guy Fawkes was executed and in 1965 General Robert E Lee was named commander in chief of the Confederate armies.
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U. S
Cape Canaveral
Fla
England
Guy Fawkes
Robert E. Lee
Weather roundup for Snyder and North Central Texas
Weather reports show Snyder with a high near 57 and a low around 42 today, a 7 am reading of 56 and trace precipitation. Northwest Texas expects clear to partly cloudy skies with isolated thundershowers ending tonight and cooler conditions tonight and Thursday. North Central Texas faces cloudy to partly sunny conditions with scattered thundershowers tonight and Thursday morning and warmer temperatures. Northeast Texas remains mostly cloudy and warm with scattered thundershowers late tonight and Thursday.
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Snyder
Texas
Saigon Attacked As Tet Offensive Rages Across Vietnam
Viet Cong units faced heavy gunfire at the U S Embassy in Saigon where five Americans and 19 guerrillas died as martial law was proclaimed by President Thieu. Westmoreland said the assaults aimed to distract from the northern offensive.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
West
Embassy
Itary
Thieu
Ellsworth Bunker Haw
1St Corps
Death Trail Is Retraced
Investigators pursued fresh details to map the sequence from the Colorado heir Michael Robineau’s departure from San Antonio to his body’s discovery in a farmer’s field two and a half days later. Suspect Miguel Ybarra, 21, a soldier back from Korea, is held without bond on a murder charge in Robineau’s death as officers recount steps along the route.
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San Angelo
Colorado
San Antonio
Korea
Miguel Ybarra
Michael Robineau
Denver
Edmondson
Ybarra
Robineau
Texas
Fredericksburg
Ft. Sam Houston
M. H. Robineau
Odessa
Frontier Refining Co
Michael
Big Lake
Texas Ranger
A. Y. Allee Jr
Gary Gerngrass
Allee
Snow Storm Paralyzes Northwest and Idaho Teen Dies
A severe Northwest snowstorm with winds and rain closes schools and highways and leads to the death of an Idaho boy from exposure. The storm dumps 9 inches in Reno and hinders a search for the companion, with widespread rain along the coast and snow in the mountains.
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Northwest
Idaho
Plains
Middle Atlantic States
Oregon
Sierra Nevadas
Reno
Nev
Boise
McCall
California
Washington
Rockies
Biafran Secessionists Fight With Back To Wall
Port Harcourt reports describe Biafra’s eastern leadership under Lt. Col. C Odugu Ojukwu vowing to resist federal troops. blockade cuts off supplies, while militia mobilizes for guerrilla war. Salt scarcity and night deliveries mark daily life amid ongoing conflict. Four wounded and a doctor killed when MIGs bomb Itu hospital.
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Michael Goldsmith
Associated Press
Port Harcourt
Biafra
Nigeria
C. Odumegwu Ojukwu
Lagos
Ojukwu
Cameroon
Lisbon
Itu
Cross River
Murray Philip
South Korea Demands Focus on Assassination Plot Over Pueblo Crisis
South Korea's Foreign Minister Choi Kyu-hah urged that attention center on the North Korean plots to kill President Park rather than the Pueblo seizure. He warned against direct talks with Pyongyang and against exchanges of Pueblo crewmen for infiltrators. The crisis prompted bipartisan support in Seoul, with the National Assembly expected to back decisive action and the White House pressing for a diplomatic resolution. A guerrilla raid on Seoul Jan 21 led to 26 insurgents killed and one captured as South Korea and US forces pursue the infiltrators.
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K.C. Hwang
Associated Press
SEOUL
South Korea
Chung Hee Park
North Korea
U.S
Choi Kyu-hah
Choi
United States
Pueblo
Republic of Korea
Democratic Republican Party
Shinmin Party
Park
National Assembly
Washington
White House
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
Sion Johnson
United Nations
Security Council
Council
Voter Registration Surges in Scurry County Near Midday
Scurry County approaches 7 000 registered voters as the noon total hits 6 875 with over 400 more than Tuesday. The tax assessor's office at the courthouse works steady though without long lines. mail registrations postmarked today are accepted, no fee charged. Kosygin ends India visit and heads to Kabul for talks en route to Moscow.
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Scurry County
Don Adams
New Delhi
Alexei Kosygin
India
Kabul
Moscow
Mrs. Sue Simmons Dies at 80 in Cogdell Hospital
Sue Simmons 80 died at 5 30 a m in Cogdell Memorial Hospital. A native of Ellis County she had lived here since 1964 at 2101 Forty third Street. Survived by son J W Massey Jr Snyder brother Jake Davidson Vinson Okla sister Mary Davis Mangum Okla and a grandchild. Funeral 3 30 p m Thursday Bell Scale Chapel with Dr A B Lightfoot officiating. Burial Hillside Memorial Gardens Bell Seale directing.
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Sue Simmons
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
A. B. Lightfoot
Hillside Memorial Gardens
Bell - Seale
Gold Reserves Decline to 30-Year Low in 1967
The Federal Reserve Board reports December’s gold drop of 900 million, the largest monthly fall ever, pushing 1967 total losses to 1.17 billion. The decline leaves U.S. gold stock at its lowest in 30 years, amid Middle East tensions and post devaluation buying. Domestic sales totaled 160.4 million, leaving a net loss just over 1 billion. U.S. share of London gold sales remains 59 percent among seven nations.
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Joseph R. Coyne
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Britain
Middle East
United States
International Monetary Fund
Treasury
U.S
London
United Kingdom
West Germany
Belgium
Italy
Netherlands
Switzerland
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