Snyder High School hosts tenth AFS student this summer
The SDN Column reports Chere Reneau will study in Germany as an AFS student this summer and Edna Venegas Francas of Sao Paulo will be Snyder High School's tenth foreign student under AFS sponsorship. The program began in 1959 with Stiga Fernstrom of Finland and has included students from Chile Finland Germany Sweden Italy South Africa.
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Edna Venegas Francas
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Snyder High School
AFS
Chile
Finland
Germany
Sweden
Italy
South Africa
Miss Francas
Snyder
New York
On This Day in History June 6 1968 Highlights
June 6 1968 marks D-Day anniversary events and past milestones. Notable moments include the 1944 Normandy landings, births of Na than Hale and Alexander Pushkin, 1871 Alsace annexation, Belleau Wood action, Yorktown sinking, Brazil war declaration, and recent political scandals.
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Associated Press
Normandy
France
Alsace
Germany
U. S
Belleau Wood
Yorktown
Midway
Brazil
Japan
Colombia
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Britain
John Profumo
Christine Keeler
Egypt
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Weather Summary for Texas Regions
The report covers temperatures and sky conditions across Texas. Snyder shows today 7 am reading 68 degrees with highs 85 and lows 58, while other sections predict partly cloudy to clear skies, scattered thunderstorms, and high temperatures ranging from 85 to 106 across North Central, Northeast, Southeast, South Central, Southwest, West of the Pecos, and Lower Coast regions through Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Texas
The
Pecos
Kennedy Died After Assassination. Buried in Arlington
Associated Press reports Senator Robert Kennedy died after a fatal gunshot wound in Los Angeles. His family planned to take his body to New York and bury him Saturday in Arlington National Cemetery beside his brother John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated earlier.
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Joseph E. Mohbat
Associated Press Writers
LOS Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
John F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
White House
Ethel
Ambassador Hotel
Pierre Salinger
St. Patrick's Cathedral
New York City
Salinger
Arlington
Potomac River
Washington
John Kennedy
Good Samaritan Hospital
Johnson
Ronald Reagan
California
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Sirhan
Mass
Firearms bill eyed for passage in Kennedy push
Washington AP report. the House, amid Kennedy era appeals, moved toward approving a bill to ban interstate mail order pistol sales. Rep William F. Willaims (typo) stated Kennedy would want the bill enacted as measures advance.
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Washington
House
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
Sen. Kennedy
Willam T
Trade Day Plans Set For Saturday In Town
Chamber of Commerce spokesmen say town will host a Saturday Trade Day with items swapped on the square and at Highland Shopping Center. Streets will be roped off and merchants plan expanded merchandising efforts for the event. The article also notes political debate over gun control bills and NRA reaction following the Kennedy shooting.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Merchants’ Committee
Highland
Snyder Student Is Going To Germany
Chere Reneau, a 16 year old Snyder High School senior to be, has been chosen for a six week German study exchange with the American Field Service. The recipient will learn her hosting city and family location soon and was among March finalists. George Killam, local program coordinator, also received notification.
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Chere Reneau
Germany
AFS
Reneau
Snyder High
American Field Service
George Killam
R. R. Reneau
Thirty-third Street
Chere
The
Tigers
President names commission to seek cause of violence
President Johnson announced a 10 member blue ribbon commission to study the roots of violence and assassination after the Kennedy shooting. The panel will include Dr. Milton Eisenhower and Terence Cooke and will seek help from medical and social scientists to prevent future attacks and better protect public figures. Johnson urged an end to violence and noted no single “sick” nation but stressed the need for action.
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Johnson
Milton §. Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins University
Dwight D. Eisen
Hower
Terence J. Cooke
New York
Congress
Presiden
Kennedy
Sirhan Note Describes Plan to Kill Kennedy
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan a Jordanian citizen who fired at Sen Robert Kennedy reportedly wrote in a notebook about the need to assassinate Kennedy before June 5 1968. He was held at Los Angeles County Jail with six counts of assault with intent to commit murder and to appear for a preliminary hearing.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Los Angeles
Calif
U. S
Abraham Lincoln
James A. Garfield
John F. Kennedy
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Sen
Robert Kennedy
Samuel W. Yorty
Sirhan
Sen. Kennedy
Los Angeles County Central Jail
Joan Klein
Kennedy
Father of Sirhan Crying in Village Home
Bishara Sirhan, father of the man accused in the Kennedy shooting, cried from a Jericho area window saying he was sorry for what happened and that he raised his children to be good and to fear God. Journalists gathered in the quiet 2,500 foot high village as he spoke.
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Taiyeba
Jordan
Robert F. Kennedy
Jericho
Bishara Sirhan
Mopup In Cholon Almost Completed
Saigon reports continued fighting as rangers say Cholon, the Chinese quarter, is nearly cleared of Viet Cong. A building near a church is blasted by 90MM tanks while Viet Cong slip through the area. U S forces announce 438 Americans killed in action and 3,870 wounded in the past week.
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Saigon
Cholon
Gia Dinh
Horst Faas
Rangers
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SDN
Stiga Fernstrom
Dick Martin
Philippines
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
Nathan Hale
Alexander Pushkin
Trans World Airlines
LaGuardia
Cincinnati
Arlington Cemetery
Cahill
R-N.j
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate House Conference Committee
National Rifle Association
Franklin Orth
NRA
Orth
Robert
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