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Newspaper
Snyder Daily News
Location
Snyder, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1973
Page
1
Orlin Brewer of the Vernon Daily Record notes renter costs 65 to 80 dollars monthly vanish and building a home under 20 000 dollars becomes hard. Officials expect more new and used mobile homes to roll into town as a practical option for lower income families and young couples.
Sweetwater Reporter covers a golf duel where a women team carded 70 with a 29 stroke handicap while the men finished 88. The piece hints at cross sport challenges echoing Bobby Riggs and muses on possible matchups including Cassius Clay versus Angela Davis.
On June 8 various historical notes include the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632, Tennessee's secession in 1861, penny post cards in 1872, Roosevelt mediating in the Russo Japanese War in 1905, Sydney shelling in 1942, DC restaurants barred from refusing Negroes in 1953, and U.S. troops in Vietnam allowed offensive ops in 1965.
The forecast covers Snyder and Northwest to East Texas with warm highs in the upper 80s to low 100s and lows mainly 40s to 70s. Expect partly cloudy skies in the north and south portions, scattered showers or thundershowers along the coast, and isolated thunderstorms in western Oklahoma. Winds are generally east-southeast 5 to 12 knots.
Two American energy firms with Soviet support sign a letter of intent to import more than 10 billion dollars of natural gas from the USSR over 25 years. Occidental Petroleum and Fl Paso Natural Gas foresee up to two billion cubic feet daily, funded by hard currency loans and possible Japanese participation.
Skylab astronauts led by Charles Conrad Jr and Joseph P Kerwin, with Paul J. Weitz, report a successful space walk freeing a jammed solar wing after a power boost. Lights, water warmth, and hotter food improve life aboard as they push toward a 28 day mission and set a duration record.
Major B Coxson and his family were attacked at their Cherry Hill mansion. Coxson slain in bedroom. wife Lois and daughter Lita wounded, son Toro grazed. Four armed black men fled in a Cadillac after tying and gagging the family. Funeral set for Mrs. Frances Fields in Snyder.
New York buyers drove stock prices higher as investors anticipated a strong action by the Nixon administration to curb inflation. The Dow Jones industrial average stood at 920.76 at noon, up 11.14 points, with cautious trading signaling many investors on a wait-and-see stance.
Mrs. Willie Breland 73 of 2341 Sunset Avenue died at 8 05 am in Cogdell Memorial Hospital after moving from Amarillo a year and a half ago Funeral services set for 10 am Monday at the Thirty seventh Street Church of Christ with Pat Abbananto officiating Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery Memphis Texas Surviving are three sisters Mrs J H Martin Snyder Mrs Maggie Christopher O Donnell and Mrs Minnie Mercier Anaheim Calif two brothers Robert L Garrett Salinas Calif and Lewis J Garrett Vista Calif
Three suspects were in custody about two hours after an $8,500 burglary at Rogers Inc on the downtown square. Geneva Hemphill Nance Henderson and Donnell Hooker, all of Lubbock, were remanded to county jail on $5,000 bond each after a teletype alert led Sheriff J A Hollman Deputy Steve Otto to nab them in Post at 6:30 a.m. The suspects are charged with breaking in through a broken door glass and stealing 69 men’s suits. Local officers Wilkerson Hinson and Lee investigated and recovered clothing from the suspects trunk.
Gen Francisco Franco named Adm Luis Carrero Blanco as president of government while keeping ultimate authority. The 80 year old leader relinquished the premiership and leadership of the Movement, signaling a step toward retirement and potential succession by Prince Juan Carlos. Carrero Blanco, 70, to be sworn in Saturday morning.
A federal judge postponed ruling on whether to blackout news coverage of key testimony at the Senate Watergate hearings. Meanwhile a second judge allowed former Commerce Secretary Maurice H. Stans to testify before the committee. Judge Sirica would rule Tuesday on special prosecutor Cox’s request for secret testimony from witnesses facing indictment. the committee objected. Stans faces New York related indictments and cited pretrial publicity limits.
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