Snyder School Trustees Expand Policies and Personnel Changes
Snyder High School board added policy on athletic director duties and coaching personnel procedures, granted a one year leave to Jack Longbotham and named W V Shearburn as high school counselor. Discussions covered ICT coordination changes and projected shifts to vocational agriculture, with further study planned. Deliberations on forgiving Doak estate taxes were rejected and cafeteria deficit was noted at 8873.67.
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Snyder
Jack Longbotham
Longbotham
W. V. Shearburn
Shearburn
Central Elementary
Robert Clinton
Clinton
NDEA
Texas A&m University
Snyder High School
Ben Brock
J. C. Jackson
el Paso
Brock
Jon Bruce
Doak
Charles Hart
C-C Board hears reports on July 4 celebration and tours
The Chamber of Commerce directors met Tuesday evening and heard Bill Dryden report on the July 4 celebration. They were reminded of the Producers Club industrial tour set for next Monday with Southwestern Bell Telephone as hosts. Plans for a full membership campaign were discussed, to be set by the membership committee.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bill Dryden
Producers Club
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Texas Supreme Court Rejects Midland County Redistrict Plan
The Texas Supreme Court ruled Midland County 1964 precinct redistricting arbitrary with no rational basis as 95 percent of the population were represented by one commissioner. The court says the appellate and trial courts lacked power to redraw and remanded for further action. It notes county government differs from state legislatures and stresses rural areas’ interests in county affairs.
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Austin
Texas Supreme Court
Midland County
High Court
Trial Court
Commissioners Court
Supreme Court
Federal
Congress
Texas
Marchers Seek Support of AFLCIO
Roy Evans of the Texas AFL-CIO says striking Valley farm workers will seek state labor movement backing for a 400 mile march to the Capitol. Eugene Nelson and Franklin Garcia will plead to the Latin American Affairs and Civil Rights Committees for full support and possible actions by the State Executive Board.
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Munoz
Texas
FYF Sets Program for Fluvanna Residents
The Fluvanna Young Farmers co sponsor a Thursday night program at 8 at the Fluvanna community center. Reagan Brown of Austin head of a statewide community improvement program will speak. Brown, a representative of the Agricultural Extension Service Texas A and M University, aims to broaden the rural view of local development trends.
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Fluvanna
Reagan Brown
Austin
Brown
Agricultural Extension Service of
Texas A&m University
Gruen executive predicts 24 hour time system for US
Irving A. Rathman vice president of Gruen Watch Co says the United States will switch to the 24 hour clock within five years. He cites Europe as a model and notes the move is spurred by America’s space program influence.
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Chicago
United States
Watch Company
Irving A. Rathman
Gruen Watch Co
America
Europe
Heat Wave Grips Two Thirds of Nation With No Relief Seen
The nation endures days of 100 plus temperatures as heat and humidity persist. In St Louis area 28 deaths linked to heat, with 20 in the city and six in nearby counties. Power shortages and rolling outages affect hundreds of thousands as storms bring damage and flooding in Ohio Michigan Georgia and Florida.
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Weather Bureau
St. Louis
Mercury
St. Clair County
Union Electric Co
Nebraska
Sandusky
Ohio
Ohio National Guard
Lake Erie
Lima
van Wert
Detroit
Ann Arbor
Pontiac
Flint
Gainesville
Savannah Beach
Savanna Beach
Jets Meet Obsolete MIGs in Haiphong Air Clash
U S Navy bombers hit an oil depot northwest of Haiphong and for the first time in the Vietnam War encountered old-model MIG15s near Hanoi. MIG15s did not engage. The report notes two Army helicopters were shot down in South Viet Nam, bringing losses to 181.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
Haiphong
Hanoi
U.S
North Viet Nam
President outlines four point policy to ease Asian tensions
President Johnson pledges a four point policy combining U S anti aggression with efforts to improve ties to Red China. He says lasting peace in Asia rests on trade free movement of people and ideas and a broad international community. He stresses that a peaceful mainland China is central to a peaceful Asia and urges cooperation over hostility. Secretary Rusk notes no end in sight to Viet Nam war as Hanoi and Peking persist.
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Lewis Gulick Washington
Johnson
Asia
U. S
Red China
Viet Nam
China
Peking
United States
Pacific
America
Dean Rusk
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Historical Marker Is Dedicated at Scurry County Library
A crowd gathered under a bright sun today at the Scurry County Library for the dedication of Synder s Witness Tree marker on the northeast library corner facing the preserved stump. The event featured remarks by Rev. William Parkey and contributions from Mrs. Wayne Boren Bill Seale and Sterling Taylor.
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Snyder
Bill Seale
Chamber of Commerce
Hugh Taylor
Scurry County
William Parkey
First Christian Church
Parkey
Wayne Boren
Weather Overview For Texas Regions Dense Showers And WarmTemps
Weather summary notes highs in the 90s across multiple regions. Coast winds 8 to 18 knots with widely scattered showers and some thunderstorms. Central and West Texas see warm conditions with afternoon and evening thundershowers and varying night lows from 62 to 80. Northwest Texas expects clear to partly cloudy skies with late thunderstorms and highs near 92 to 102.
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Snyder
Texas
Pecos
Northwest
Airlift At Webb AFB Coordinate Strike Relief
Military personnel on leave or en route to Southeast Asia who may be stranded by the airline strike should contact Webb Air Force Base in Big Spring for airlift information. President Johnson ordered use of military aircraft to move affected personnel. Call AM4-2511 exchange 401 or 702 for assistance.
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Southeast Asia
Webb Air Force Base
Big Spring
Johnson
Air Force
Army
Marines
Navy
Coast Guard
Webb Afb
Talks In Air Strike Reach New Stage In Washington
Union and airline negotiators resumed talks in Washington to settle a five airline strike. Assistant Labor Secretary James Reynolds announced a settlement over Northwest Airlines demand on Tokyo base employees and rent in advance for company housing. Reynolds praised cooperation from Northwest and the IAM along with other struck carriers Eastern National Trans World and United.
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Vern Haugland
Northwest
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
Reynolds
IAM
Eastern
National
Trans World
United
Melee Staged By Chicago Gangs
Bands of Negro youths roamed a near Southwest Side neighborhood looting stores and throwing rocks and bombs after police shut off a fire hydrant. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and community leaders helped police quiet the disturbance as 24 Negroes were arrested and several injured amid 88 degree heat.
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Chicago
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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