Oyster harvest in Texas waters okayed by agencies
Texas officials state certified oyster sources are safe amid recent contamination concerns. Lavaca Bay limits remain, but most areas permit harvesting as health and wildlife agencies monitor cleansing and compliance. A separate note mentions a push to create Big Thicket National Park in East Texas pending Congress action.
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Texas
Texas State Department of Health
Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept
Lavaca Bay
Today in History highlights 1865 to 1970s events
Notes mark key moments from 1865 Davis names Lee commander to 1970s Vietnam troop withdrawals. Highlights include 1917 Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare, 1943 Stalingrad victory, 1950 hydrogen bomb order, 1958 Explorer I launch, Ham the chimp in space, 1965 Bowie Md barn fire, and 1970 Marines withdrawal phase.
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Associated Press
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Germany
Calvin Coolidge
Rupert Hughes
George Washington
White House
Coolidge
Russia
Stalin
Stalingrad
Harry S. Truman
U. S
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Ham
Bowie
Vietnam
Weather across Texas: warm, mild with varied skies
Snyder highs in 60s to 70s with 70 Friday. Lows 30s to 40s. Northwest Texas expects clear to partly cloudy warm conditions Monday to Wednesday with highs in 60s and lows in 30s to 40s. North Central to Northeast Texas remains partly cloudy and warm with upper 60s to 70s, cooler midweek. Southwest Texas stays fair and mild with 60s to 70s highs and 30s to 50s lows. South Central and Southeast Texas see warm days, mild nights with 60s to mid 80s highs and 40s to 60s lows.
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Snyder
Northwest
Texas
North Central
Southwest
South Central
Apollo 14 countdown continues to go for moon launch
The crew relaxes as Saturn 5 prep continues for Apollo 14 lifting off from Cape Kennedy. Alan Shepard Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa prepare for launch at 3 23 pm EST after module checks while isolation limits contact and families travel to watch.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Alan B
Roosa
Apollo 14 mission details and crew briefing
Facts and figures of the Apollo 14 mission with crew Alan Shepard Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa. Launch scheduled at 3 23 p m EST on Sunday. Objectives include a Fra Mauro moon landing scientific station deployment and rock samples dating back 4.6 billion years.
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Alan B. Shepard
Edgar D. Mitchell
Fra Mauro
Shepard
Mitchell
Craig Kavares
Grumman Aerospace Corporation
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Navy
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Air Force
Stuart A. Roosa
Antares
Traffic Delays On Autobahns Amid Berlin Tensions
East German border guards slowed traffic from West Germany to Berlin for a fourth day of disruption. Willy Brandt planned an election rally in West Berlin as protesters, including East German Communists, objected to Brandt and Heinemann and to a meeting of Free Democratic party parliamentarians. Arrival times stretched to about ten hours with sparse traffic on southern routes.
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Berlin
West Germany
Willy Brandt
West Berlin
Brandt
Gustav Heinemann
Free Democratic Party
Hamburg
Bavaria
East Germany
Two Banks and Executive Freed in Fraud Suit
In Dallas two banks and former City Bank & Trust leader Joseph P. Novotny were granted permanent injunctions and dismissed as defendants in an SEC fraud suit seeking to halt securities violations. City Bank & Trust control was sold to Jake Jacobsen and Joseph R. Long, announced by Ted R. Bristol.
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Dallas
City Bank & Trust Co
Jake Jacob
Sen
Lyndon B. Johnson
Austin
Joseph R. Long
Securities and Exchange Commission
City Bank & Trust
Dallas Bank & Trust Co
U. S. Dist
Sarah T. Hughes
Joseph P. Novotny
SEC
Novotny
Jacobson
Long
Ted R. Bristol
Bank
Truman G. Holladay
National Bankers Life Insurance Co
Your Daily A According fi r Monday to numbers
A brief item notes Monday dates and numeric references in the daily page. It highlights how figures guide the day's listings and emphasizes the role of numbers in scheduling and prompts.
Planes Pressuring North Vietnamese Buildups Near Khe Sanh
Up to 400 U S B 52s and smaller planes pressed bombardment on suspected North Vietnamese supply buildups in the Panhandle area near Khe Sanh. Three Stratofortresses struck in South Vietnam while U S carriers stood by in the Gulf of Tonkin. Saigon canceled regular C130 flights from Tan Son Nhut as transports shifted to troop and supply duties.
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Saigon
Panhandle
Laos
South Vietnam
Khe Sanh
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Gulf of Tonkin
North Vietnam
Gulf
Demilitarized Zone
Air Force
Tan Son Nhut
Cyclone Felice Hit Mozambique Floods Kill Many
Rescue workers in Mozambique report 500 to 1,000 dead after Cyclone Felice. Flood waters up to 20 feet trap residents. aid planes and boats distribute food and medicine as communications fail. The cyclone shifts toward Madagascar with crops in Zambezi region wiped out.
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Lourenco Marques
Mozambique
Felice
Zambezi
Malagasy
Mozambique Channel
Texas population tops 11.3 million in 1970 census
Census Bureau final 1970 Texas figures show 11,298,878 residents, up 17 percent from 1960. Large counties include Harris 1,741,912. Dallas 1,327,321. Bexar 830,460. Tarrant 716,317. Smaller counties listed: Snyder Area 888. Fisher 6,344. Garza 5,289. Howard 37,796. Kent 1,434. Mitchell 9,073. Nolan 16,200. Scurry 15,760.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Texas
Snyder
Borden
Fisher
Garza
Howard
Kent
Mitchell
Nolan
Scurry
Harris
Houston
Dallas
Bexar
San Antonio
Tarrant
Fort Worth
Arab Nations on Alert as Cease-Fire Expires Threat Looms
Arab states Egypt Syria Jordan and Iraq stand on high alert while Lebanon reports efforts to extend the cease-fire through U N mediators. Beirut says Rogers asked for an indefinite extension to aid Jarr ing peace talks as Israeli shelling and Lebanese raids raise tensions.
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Associated Press
Israel
Beirut
Lebanon
William P. Rogers
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Iraq
Cairo
Suez Canal
al Nahar
Rogers
Mahmoud Riad
Jarring
Washington
Upper Galilee
Metulla
Maraliyot
Drug Information Day to Be Held in Snyder
Snyder area residents plan a Drug Information Day DID tomorrow to kick off a new month with a 7 30 p m open meeting at Scurry County Coliseum. A panel of experts including Dr Doyle I Carson and Dr John T Gossett will present facts on drugs abuse and rehabilitation. The event offers free transportation and targets adults and public school pupils from seventh grade up.
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Acc
Sagittarius
NOY
Spo
Ncessary
Aquarius
Snyder Area
Scurry County Coliseum
Snyder Jaycees
Coliseum
Snyder High
Texas
Doyle I. Carson
John T. Gossett
Timberlawn Psychiatric Center
Dallas
William N. Parkey
Ben William Warton
Bill Merkel
Texas Education Agency
Region IV Media Center
George Jones
State Narcotics Bureau
Midland
Wilton N. Jones
John Short
Snyder High School
R. B. Pierce
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Ralph Yarborough
Lloyd Bentsen
John Tower
Institute of Life Insurance
Wacil McNair
Crew
Louise Shepard
America
Louise Mitchell
Joan Roosa
Henry Gonzalez
Dtex
House Banking and Currency Committee
Currency
William Camp
Libra
Rity
Iseer
Arly
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