Willard Hotel Closes After More Than a Century
Washington AP reports the Willard Hotel, a landmark near the White House where presidents slept and The Battle Hymn of the Republic was born, has closed after 100 plus years. The 14th Street building faced 20th century economics and urban renewal pressures ending its tenure.
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Washington
Willard Hotel
Franklin Pierce
Warren G. Harding
14Th and
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
The
Willard
Willard Brothers
New England
Willard's Hotel
Willard’s
Walt Whitman
Mark Twain
Victor Herbert
John Philip Sousa
Carl Sandberg
Julia Ward Howe
Bull Run
John Brown
Today in History July 16 1968 1945 atomic bomb
July 16 marks several past events including the 1945 detonation of the first atomic bomb near Alamogordo New Mexico. Other entries note the 1965 landing of 12 horses in Quebec the 1790 creation of the District of Columbia abdication of Leopold II in 1951 and Goldwater’s 1964 nomination. Ten and five year remembrances mention Beirut airport Marines and Vinson’s long service with a deadly prison camp fire in Florida.
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Almogordo Air Force Base
New Mexico
Quebec
France
District of Columbia
U.S
Leopold II of
Belgium
Jay
Fla
Weather forecast for Texas regions a warm Wednesday
The forecast covers Snyder and Northwest Texas through to Southeast and Southwest Texas. Temperatures range from lows in the 60s and 70s to highs in the 90s, with partly cloudy skies and widely scattered thunderstorms expected in Panhandle and coastal areas tonight through Wednesday.
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Snyder
Texas
Panhandle
Southwest
Viet Cong Still Planned Saigon Attack As 9th Division Fights
Ground combat north and south of Saigon intensified with 192 Viet Cong reported killed and large enemy units moving westward from Saigon. A senior US officer warned the next major Viet Cong offensive against Saigon may not come before late July or August, while Da Nang and Hue were seen as possible northern targets. In the Mekong Delta battle near Phu Vinh, U S and South Vietnamese forces trapped enemy units, with 117 enemy killed and 7 Americans killed or wounded. A large arms cache was seized including ammunition, mortars rounds, recoilless rifle shells, bazooka rockets, grenades and mines.
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Saigon
da Nang
Hue
Coun
U.S
Mekong Delta
U.S. 9Th Division
Phu Vinh
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Vinh Long Province
U.S. 1St Army
Lai Khe
Manhunt Focuses In Scurry County Area
Authorities search Scurry County as deputies from Hale County and neighboring counties join the manhunt for a convict who wounded a deputy and escaped in Dermott. Air support aids the chase while E. L. Hatfield is treated at Cogdell Memorial Hospital for knife wounds to the abdomen and chest.
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Hale County
Dermott
Ing
Scurry County
Snyder
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Snyder Ambulance Service
E. L. Hatfield
Hatfield
Plainview
Smith
Ben Cardenas
Southland
Cardenas
Post
Slaton
Scurry
New Interstate Bronc Riding Event At Scurry County Rodeo
The 32nd annual Scurry County Rodeo adds an amateur bronc riding event pitting four top riders from South Dakota against four from Texas. The four night event runs July 17 to 20 with eight broncs per evening and a winner takes all purse around 1000 dollars. Sloan Williams handles livestock for the rodeo featuring traditional events and acts plus evening dances with Hoyle Nix and his West Texas Cowboys.
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Scurry County
South Dakota
Texas
Sloan Williams
Hungerford
Hoyle Nix
West Texas Cowboys
Ray Price at Coliseum charity show raises MS funds
Ray Price, renowned country and western star, headlines a benefit at Scurry County Coliseum for the Heart of Texas Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Advance tickets are $2 for adults and $1 for children, with gate prices $2.50 and $1.50.
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Ray Price
Scurry County
Heart of Texas
National
Multiple Sclerosis Society
Price
Seigniorage profits rise as copper nickel coins replace silver
The U S government posts large seigniorage profits from coinage after replacing silver with copper and nickel. Seigniorage, the gap between coin face value and metal cost, topped near 834 million dollars the prior year and is projected above 200 million this year.
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Joseph R. Coyne
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Treasury Department
Treasury
Soviet Led Bloc Demands In Prague Reform Reversal
A meeting of Soviet led Communist leaders in Poland drafts a strong letter to Czechoslovakia seen as an ultimatum. They criticize Prague's liberal reforms and warn that Western imperialist influences threaten Communist unity. Brezhnev signals possible pressure to restore hardline control.
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Europe
Poland
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Big Brother
Prague
Mlada Fronta
Leonid J. Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Ray Appears In Court In King Murder Case
James Earl Ray appeared briefly at Bow Street Magistrate's Court and was returned to Wandsworth Jail for eight more days. A further court date was set for July 24 with an appeal against extradition to the United States tentatively scheduled for July 29.
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London
James Earl Ray
Bow Street
Wandsworth
Ray
Frank Milton
United States
Martin Luther King Jr
Violence Flares in York Negro Areas
Sporadic violence erupted in York Pennsylvania in two predominantly Negro sections. Police surrounded one troubled area and quelled the clashes. Fire bombing and rock throwing marked the incidents, already the fifth day of disturbances.
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York, Pa
York
John ©. Mueller
Snyder City Council Approves First Reading Budget Plan
The Snyder City Council approved on first reading the 1968 69 budget and set August 5 for a public hearing. The plan totals about 50 000 more than last year with capital items added including street work, traffic signs, mercury lamps, new police cars, fire gear, and a new tax billing system. Water and sewer minimum rate increases were approved to offset most of the rise. The ad valorem tax rate remains unchanged.
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Snyder
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