Postmaster Bailar eyeing higher business stamps
Postmaster General Bailar asks the Postal Service board to raise business first class rates by three cents while keeping individual letters at 13 cents. A citizen rate for cheaper letters could gain support for a five day mail week, but new rates could not take effect before next spring due to law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Benjamin F. Bailar
Postal Service Board of Governors
Bailar
Carter
Bailor
Board of Governors
Postal Rate Commission
Fourth of July fireworks rules and local limits in Snyder
The SDN Column notes the July 4th firework scene in Snyder with a ban on selling or shooting fireworks inside the city. Public displays are allowed but the main explosives are restricted. Traffic was light on I-20 during the weekend while many residents traveled to celebrate elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Dallas
Points
Interstate 20
Fort Worth
Texas to Meet in Special Session Over Public School Financing
Comptroller Bob Bullock projects the state will have 959.8 million dollars to spend in a special session starting Monday to address public school financing. The two year projected income totals 16.465 billion with 15.5 billion already allocated. pay as you go limits spending to projected revenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Bob Bullock
Texas
Bullock
Dolph Briscoe
E. E. Palo Wins Snyder Merchants Sizzler Contest
E E Palo Route 3 Snyder wins last week's Snyder Merchants Sizzler Contest. He receives 50 merchant money. Contest runs weekly for adults 18 plus with Saturday close, winner announced Monday and in Wednesday Snyder Daily News unless four fifths lawmakers vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.E. Palo
Route 3
Snyder
Snyder Merchants
Snyder Daily News
County Tax Hearing Set For Thursday
Scurry County commissioners gather as a board of tax equalization at 9 a.m. Thursday in the courthouse. They reviewed the 1978 budget, heard from Billy Gunter regarding a pickup truck for the extension agent, approved raising the trapper’s salary to 450, and bought a lawn mower for the coliseum at 823.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scurry County
Board of Tax Equalization
Billy Gunter
Lubbock
Coliseum
Pakistan's Gen Ziaul Haq vows October elections
Pakistan's new military ruler Gen Muhammad Ziaul Haq says he has no personal political ambitions and will hold elections in October. He does not indicate when ex Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto or other top politicians will be released after the bloodless coup Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Islamabad
Pakistan
Muhammed Ziaul Haq
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Ziaul
Snyder City Council approves two zone changes
Tuesday night the Snyder City Council approved two zoning changes and sent one back to the Planning and Zoning Commission for revision. Mil ton Ham was named mayor pro tem and a 120 day tabling of the Texas Electric Service Co rate increase was approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Planning and Zoning Commission
Milton Ham
Snyder
Texas Electric Service Co
Public Utilities Commission
Henry Clark
TESCO
Power Company
23Rd Street
37Th Street
Rogers and
Rogers Investments
Robert D. Sims
Rodney M. Smith
Sunrise Addition
Adams Addition
Mobil Homes
WTC Budget Proposal Similar to Last Year Amid Revenue Shift
Scurry County Junior College District trustees tentatively approved a 1977-78 budget of 2,597,695 with last year’s 2,580,500 total. State funds rise to 1,154,680 from 972,897 while local revenues fall about seven percent, and college aims to sustain instruction without program cuts. President Dr. Robert Clinton notes state support and enrollment growth justify higher state funding toward 50 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scurry County
Western Texas College
Scurry County Junior College District Board of Trustees
WTC
Robert Clinton
Clinton
George Patterson
Bob Hargrove
Sunny Weather Outlook for Texas With Warm Temps
Reading at 7 am shows 69 degrees with no precipitation. West Texas may see widely scattered thunderstorms in the extreme southwest and northwestern Panhandle tonight. Otherwise expect mostly fair skies and continuing heat through Thursday with highs in the 90s and lows in the 60s to 70s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
Budget Proposal For City Down Budget Proposal For City Down
City Manager George Patterson presented Snyder's next year budget totaling 2,676,803, down from 3,091,346. Key changes include police and fire increases, reduced street and sanitation funds, and a water sewer fund of 983,500. Revenue sources rely on ad valorem taxes, city sales tax, and sanitation services. Public hearing set for Aug. 1 at 7 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Snyder
George Patterson
Fire Department
Sanitation Department
Patterson
Norrie City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cairo
Giza Pyramids
Sheik Mohamed Zahabi
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Brezhnev
SDN
Cactus Patch
Wacil McNair
E. E. Palo
Treasury
Ness
Ziaul Planning
Smith
36Th Place
Avenue D
Planning and Zoning Committee
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!