Senators Seek Quick End to Tax Relief Session
Senators W T Moore of Bryan and Peyton McKnight of Tyler introduced a resolution to adjourn Friday, issuing a push toward end of a 30 day session. The Senate suspended rules to confirm without hearing nominees John Poerner, Reagan Brown, and Warren Harding for rail road commissioner, agriculture commissioner and state treasurer. A resolution honored retiring Sen A M Aikin as dean emeritus. Both chambers met after a four day weekend.
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Judge Ends Strike in Louisville Firefighters Ruling
A judge struck down an order requiring Louisville's 600 union firefighters to end a strike that closed most fire stations. The city joins seven others facing municipal labor disputes, with Philadelphia, New York, Memphis, and Cleveland amid contract and work order tensions while Sedalia ends a one day sickout and New Bern shores up police staffing with outside help.
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Bus Crash on Nile Bridge Kills 56 in Cairo
A city bus swerved to avoid a car on a Nile bridge and plunged over the guard rail, sinking in about 25 feet of water. At least 56 passengers died and 11 were injured as the driver jumped to escape. Police blamed deep water and entrapment for the high fatalities.
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Shrimp Season Opens in Calcasieu Ship Channel
New Orleans reports a restricted five day shrimp season begins today in the southern end of Calcasieu Ship Channel. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says shrimping is allowed only on ebb tides and only south of the northern point of St. Johns Island.
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Microfilm Ledger Entry From Dallas Market Scene
Fragmentary OCR notes show a Dallas Texas area entry reading Microfile Ceneer and price reference £20 with LOX 4436. The readable snippet provides no clear event date or full context beyond pricing and location.
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Season's Hottest Spell Continues In Snyder
A heat wave kept Snyder in its grip with 104 degrees Saturday and 102 on Sunday, matching the hottest week of the year. The forecast from the National Weather Service predicted continued heat, while Dallas-Fort Worth reported 13 deaths from the heat.
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Heat record and temps forecast for Snyder and West Texas
Weather summary shows Snyder highs near 104 Saturday then 102 Sunday with lows around 71 to 75, 7 am readings 76. no precipitation and year to date 12.10 inches. West Texas remains sunny and hot through Tuesday with highs near 100 in Panhandle and up to 110 in Big Bend. tonight fair with lows near 60 to mid 70s in mountainous to extreme northwest and Big Bend.
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Summit Plan Is Attained By Major Non Communist Nations
In Bonn Carter and seven other leaders agreed on a concrete action program to tackle global economic problems. The draft communique targets growth, employment, and inflation for seven nations, with West Germany promising about a one point GDP gain beyond its outlook. Biden? No. Carter and Schmidt spoke of terrorism and anti hijack measures while markets watched currency moves as talks focused on trade barriers between industrialized and developing countries.
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Scurry County Approves Senior Center Policies
Scurry County Commissioners approved general operation policies for the new Scurry County Senior Center to be opened soon on the former Travis Junior High School site. They also authorized a $1,500 grant as matching funds for a Title V federal grant, with total Title V funds of $7,500 and a $2,500 local match. city matching funds of $1,000 had been contributed but later returned, and RSVP funds of $2,000 were returned to the county to cover the $1,500. Bids for furnishings have been tabulated for presentation to the Scurry County Junior College Trustees tonight, as will the operating policies for college approval. WTC remains the local sponsor of the Senior Citizen program.
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Readers share tips to aid local news gathering
The paper welcomes reader tips and ideas. It emphasizes that community input helps cover local news, as reporters have resources and training to verify and pursue leads.
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Bids on WTC Board Agenda
Scurry County Junior College District trustees will consider bids on several items at 5:45 p.m. in the Western Texas College Administration board room. Items include a college brochure storage building materials furniture for the senior center and the college and air conditioning for the top floor of the Scurry County Museum.
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Scurry County Museum
SIB Staff Suggests 3.2% Hike In Car Insurance
Insurance rates for private passenger cars should rise an average of 3.2 percent as the State Insurance Board's staff presents evidence at a Mitchell County session. The piece cites historic rate changes, industry requests for higher increases, and county-level premium shifts for typical drivers amid inflation.
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LEE Jones Associated Press
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Sales Tax Total Reaches 268000 in Texas cities
State Comptroller Bob Bullock announced Snyder's city sales tax rebate for the period ending June 22 totalled 19197, lifting the year to date to 268000. The latest period is down from last year, but the annual total rose from 244753. Other area towns show varied year to date rebates including Levelland 19306, Sweetwater 210228, Brownfield 154621, Lamesa 172503, Pecos 165628, Monahans 153956, Colorado City 72445, Rotan 21560, Roby 5512, Roscoe 9441.
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