Trees and poles blamed for road hazards in Post Dispatch note
The SDN Column notes drivers face fixed objects like trees and utility poles encroaching on rights of way, with regional differences such as higher risks in Louisiana compared to West Texas. The column also jests about a vegetarian who eats chicken and cites The Echo reporting a May parole rate of 47.9 percent amid Briscoe's death penalty bill signing.
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Charles Didway
Post Dispatch
Texas
Louisiana
Tommy Hart
The
Big Spring Herald
Echo
Texas Department of Corrections
Dolph Briscoe
Remembering the 1965 East Coast blackout
The Lamesa Press-Reporter recalls the November 9 1965 blackout that darkened the East Coast at about 5 p.m. The editorial laments the warning went unheeded and regrets the energy crisis catchphrase as a lesson for those who remember eight years prior.
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Lamesa Press
United States
Wacil McNair
Today in History July 20 highlights and events
On July 20 events span 1969 moon landing by Armstrong and Aldrin to 1810 Colombia's independence. Other notes include 1654 Portugal under English control, 1871 British Columbia joins Canada, 1917 WWI lottery numbers drawn, 1944 Hitler bomb plot claim, 1945 Berlin flag raised as troops enter postwar occupation, and recent shifts in China Soviet talks, Philippines Malaysia dispute, and McGovern naming O'Brien as campaign chair.
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Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin Aldrin Jr
Portugal
Colombia
Spain
British Columbia
Dominion of Canada
Radio Berlin
Adolf Hitler
U.S
Berlin
China
Soviet Union
Philippines
Malaysia
George S. McGovern
Lawrence F. O’brien
Weather snapshot for Texas and Oklahoma regions
Snyder temperatures rise to 96 with 70 degree low and 0.19 inch rain. Northwest and Southwest Texas see partly cloudy skies with late storms, cooler north, warm south, highs 80s to 90s. North Central and Northeast Texas mostly clear to partly cloudy with scattered storms. South Central and Southeast Texas warm with highs 88 to 98. Coast sees southeast winds 8 to 15 knots and light showers possible. Oklahoma fair to warm with scattered storms tonight. highs in 90s.
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Snyder
Texas
North Central
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Referendum On County Projects Set Saturday
Voters in Scurry County go to the polls Saturday to decide on two proposed projects the agricultural and livestock building complex at the county coliseum and a new county jail. Both would be funded by federal revenue sharing with no new taxes or bonds. Polling hours are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at 20 locations countywide.
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Scurry County
Scurry County Coliseum
Coliseum
Vurn
Edwin Chapman
Avondale
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
First Christian Church
Otto Schaufele
F.E. Wallace
Hillside Memorial Gardens
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Chapman
Isabelle
Okla
National Supply Co
Armco
Sapulpa
Emily Harris
Joe V. Chapman
Plano
Clara Smith
Corona
Calif
Hearings Open on $1 Billion Wheat Sale to Soviet Union
The Senate Permanent Investigations subcommittee began public hearings on last year’s $1 billion U.S. wheat sale to the Soviet Union. Clarence Palmby, now Continental Grain Co. official, testified that he led the U.S. negotiators' team. He denied involvement in Continental’s negotiations and any prior Soviet purchase plans. Palmerby faced questions on whether the Agriculture Department withheld information from farmers. The inquiry probes the sale approved last July to ease drought shortages and its impact on food prices.
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Washington
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
U.S
Soviet Union
Clarence Palmby
Continental Grain Co
Sen
Henry M. Jackson
Dwash
Says Palmby
Palmby
House Agriculture
Mittee
Continental Grain
Moscow
Agriculture Department
Jackson
Nixon
Nas
Nixon Vows to Work Until End, Rejects Resignation
President Nixon told White House staff he will work to finish his term after departing Bethesda Naval Medical Center. He dismissed calls to resign as "just plain poppycock" and urged others to focus on their duties while Watergate dominates headlines.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Rose Garden
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
Watergate
Showers Dapple Snyder as 38th Scurry Rodeo Sees Rain Threat
Unpredictable showers spread across Snyder area skimming the rodeo grounds for the 38th Scurry County Rodeo. official gauge recorded 0.19 inch with town readings from 0.10 to over 0.25 inch. Heavier downpours clustered south and east of Snyder toward Dunn while west-Snyder saw lighter rain.
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Snyder
Dunn
City
Rodeo
Scurry County
Nixon Asked to Move Tapes From FBI to White House
Former assistant attorney general Robert C. Marcian testified before the Senate Watergate committee that President Nixon personally ordered tapes of White House bugging moved away from the FBI into the White House. He described a June 23 24 meeting and linked it to approvals and denials surrounding the $250 000 wiretapping plan led by G Gordon Liddy and aides including Mitchell Magruder LaRue and Ellsberg associated figures.
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Michael Putzel
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
White House
FBI
Robert C. Marchan
Senate
Watergate Committee
J. Edgar Hoover
National Security Council
John D. Ehrlichman
Marcian
Mitchell
Mardian
Jeb Stuart Magrud
Mr. Mitchell
Talmadge
June cost of living up seven tenths with price freeze ahead
Higher grocery prices led June CPI to rise seven tenths, with fruits and vegetables up 4.9 percent. Gasoline and fuel oil surged, while prices for used cars, housing, household services and alcoholic beverages climbed. The report reflects pre freeze data before Nixon Phase 3 changes took effect.
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Washington
Nixon
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Calf-Dressing Highlight Lights Snyder Rodeo History
The Snyder rodeo featured a first ever calf dressing exhibition by disc jockeys Carol Brush, Bob Clifton and Glen Polk who dressed an Angus steer in men's shorts and won a race. Scores from bareback riding to bull riding shaped all around standings as rain spared the event and Johnny Erwin suffered a serious chest injury and was hospitalized.
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Snyder’s
Snyder Jaycees
Carol Brush
Bob Clifton
Glen Polk
Angus
Snyder Rodeo
Abilene
Susan Stricklan
Snyder
Steve Friar
Joe Scott
Big Spring
Bill Bonner
Beeville
Johnny Erwin
Cogdell Hospital
Jim Miller
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