Rodeo results highlight hefty purses and near misses
Cowboys battled broncs and bulls as scores ranged widely and prize money topped $6,000. Notables included Johnny Gass scoring 47 on Ree Stone and 55 on Night Train, Gene Maynard failing to post on Apache Kid in round two, and Joe Rollins winning stockholders roping for a saddle. Debbie Ferguson led barrel racing with $94.53 winnings.
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Heard
Sidney Johnson
Snyder
Sidney
Texas
Larry Brown
Yoakum
Mack
Mike Newman
Fort Worth
Joe Rollins
Joe Beavers
Fluvanna
Freddie Fields
Robert F. Lee
Bud Day
Dupree
South Dakota
Charles Thompson
Lubbock
Terry Riddle
Wichita Falls
Joe Templeton
Abilene
Debbie Ferguson
Petersburg
Jess Fverett
Susan Martin
Aspermont
Lloyd Coots
Kinney Hart
Hospital Notes Chaplain and Admit List
Hospital notes list Chaplain Rev. Allen Forbis. Admissions include Frankie Jaco, Richard Lewis at 204 Thirty-sixth, 412 Twenty-ninth Richard Lewis, Michael Soto Hermleigh. Dismissals include Mrs Loyd Pinkerton and baby girl Norma Calloway, David Watlington, Alma Forrest, Billy Ray Allen, Mary Fambro, Mrs Lewis Barrera and baby boy, Idell Clay, Mrs Robert Bathelemy and baby girl, Mrs Larry Denson and baby boy, Betty Blam, Rosa Torres, Henry Booth, Loretta Prince, Ralph Amador, Effie Robinson.
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Richard Lewis
Michael Soto
Hermleigh
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Norma Calloway
David Watlington
Alma Forrest
Billy Ray Allen
Mary Fambro
Lewis Barrera
Idell Clay
Robert Bathelemy
Larry Denson
Betty Blam
Rosa Torres
Henry Booth
Loretta Prince
Ralph Amador
Effie Robinson
The Snyder Daily News Publication Details
The Snyder Daily News is published Sunday morning and evening daily except Saturday by Feather Printing and Publishing Co. Snyder Texas. Subscription rates list local weekly and monthly prices and state rates. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and retains republication rights for dispatches.
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The
Feather Printing and Publishing Ce. Ine
Snyder, Feaas
Bronze Star Awarded To Snyderite
Major Norman D. Grimmett of Snyder Texas received the Bronze Star Medal on June 10 near Pleiku Vietnam for meritorious service in ground operations. He previously served as chief of logistics operations for the 4th Infantry Division and came to Vietnam last July after earning a BBA from Hardin Simmons University and an ROTC commission. He is married to Shirley Roland of Snyder and has three children.
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AHTNC
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Bill E. Grimmett
Snyder
Tex
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4Th Infantry Division
Washington
Washington, D. C
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Hardin Simmons University
Abilene
Snyder High School
Shirley Roland
Airman Marries After Hijacked Flight Detour
Airman David Allison, 19, wed Patricia moments after a Cuban detour from a National Airlines flight hijacked with 55 passengers last Wednesday. His five day Florida pass to marry was extended 24 hours, and the couple now plan to join him in San Antonio in two weeks.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
David Allison
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Allison
National Air Lines
Cuba
Florida
Havana
Patricia
Market Report Fort Worth Livestock Values
Fort Worth cattle steady to mixed with calves 25.00 to 28.50 for good and choice, cows 14.90 to 19.90, feeders 26.00 to 28.50, hogs steady with 2 4 195 to 260 pound at 20.80 to 21.00, sows unchanged, sheep and lambs mostly lower with spring lambs 23.00 to 25.00 and ewe prices 7.00.
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Fort Worth
Choice
Homing Pigeon Keeps Guests Waiting in Wichita Falls
A pigeon perched on a Wichita Falls hotel door for about an hour before staff captured it and read a note tied to its leg asking to keep the bird home. The odd message highlights how the homing instinct isn’t universal.
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Wichita Falls
Moe Norman Wins Saskatchewan Open in Sudden Death
Moe Norman of Toronto won the $5,000 Saskatchewan Open Golf Championship in Regina after a three hole sudden death playoff with Len Harvey. The 54 hole event ended tied at 208.
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Regina
McCormick Rites Sunday for Luther E. McCormick
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in Roby for Luther E. McCormick 84 of Roby born 1883 in Alabama and longtime Fisher County resident. He was a retired farmer and father to Oneal and W C Claude McCormick of Snyder plus four daughters, one son Luther E Jr, and siblings Joe McCormick and Anna Fuller. He leaves 23 grandchildren 37 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
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Luther E. McCormick
Oneal
W. C
Claude) McCormick
Snyder
Alabama
Fisher County
Irene Martin
Roperville
Larue Reeves
Alene Reeves
Abilene
Ada Mae Dunn
Anson
Luther E. Jr
Los Gatos
Calif
Joe McCormick
Anna Fuller
Alexandria City
Ala
Researchers Ponder X-Ray Production in Fort Worth
NASA has asked a Texas Christian University research group to continue X-ray studies. Scientists Dr. Lee Baggerly and Dr. C A Quarles lead the work at the TCU Research Foundation with NASA support and fellowships for two graduate students.
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Fort Worth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Texas Christian University
Lee Baggerly
C. A. Quarles
TCU Research Foundation
NASA
NROTC Open To Graduates
The Regular Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps program invites high school graduates and trains career officers for the Navy and Marine Corps. It covers tuition fees books and uniforms and provides a 50 dollar monthly subsistence allowance for four years. Information is available via the 1969 Regular NROTC Bulletin from the U S Navy Recruiting Station Sweetwater Texas.
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Naval Reserve Officers Training Corp
NROTC
Marine Corps
U. S. Navy
Sweetwater
Policemen Wonder Who Is Responsible
Wichita Falls police face a jurisdiction puzzle after a 14 year old rides a motor bike on a sidewalk. The officer issued four traffic citations but Corporation Court Judge Lyle Cherry dismissed them, stating no jurisdiction.
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Wichita Falls
Corporation Court
Lyle Cherry
David Edward Casey
Akron Faces Fifth Night Of Bombings In City
Akron reports five straight nights of scattered fire bombings with at least nine incidents mostly minor. Wilson Lumber Co suffered major damage valued at $18,650 in a storage area. Mayor Ballard reimposed an 8 p.m. curfew as 850 National Guard troops patrol. Poor People's Campaign leaders plan talks with City Council on housing education welfare and police relations ahead of a July 30 march.
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Akron
Ohio
Wilson Lumber Co
North Street
Ohio National Guard
Husband Of Area Woman In Libya Arrives At Wheelus AFB
Technical Sergeant Coy K. Martin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Coy K. Martin of Pennington Gap Virginia, arrived for duty at Wheelus AFB Libya. His wife Bonita is the daughter of Juanita Moore of Roby Texas. Martin serves as a radio maintenance technician in an Air Force Communications Service unit and previously served at Richards-Gebaur AFB Missouri.
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Joslyn Ave
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Juanita Moore
Roby
Tex
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Air Force Communications Service
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Land Bought For Wildlife Management
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department purchased 15 200 acres in La Salle and Dimmit counties for a wildlife management area. Deputy Director Bob Mauermann said the land is largely native brush country. The seller was George Light III of San Antonio. The 1967 Legislature appropriated 2 million dollars to acquire wildlife land.
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Austin
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
la Salle
Dimmit
Bob Mauermann
George Light III
San Antonio
No Injuries In Two Vehicle Mishap at City Intersection
No injuries were reported in a two car mishap at 9 53 a m on Seventeenth Street and Avenue E. Estimated damage to a saae is 125 dollars.
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Seventeenth Street
Avenue E
Saae
Czechoslovak Leaders Defy Soviet Demand for Meeting
In Moscow the Soviet Communist party rejects Prague leaders defense of liberal reforms and again calls for a show down meeting in the Soviet Union. Prague officials prefer talks on their own soil.
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Purchase Record for Slave from 1858 Unearthed in Texas
An 1858 slave purchase receipt signed by J. M Tucker and detailing a man named Seth for life, 35 years old, valued at $1,200, was found by Stephens County Commissioner Mrs. Atkins Wright. The document, dated in Fannin County, was recovered from a Bible in her family papers.
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Breckenridge
Tex
Atkins Wright
Stephens County
J. M Tucker
Fannin County
Fire department reports smoke at residence on Forty-first Street
Firemen were called to 2212 Forty-first Street about 11 30 a.m. today. No flames were seen but smoke filled the house. Crews found a burned out air conditioner pump and damage to wiring at a wall outlet.
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Forty - First Street
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