Fireworks funds Drive Aims For Six Thousand Ticket Sales
The SDN Column notes the July 4th celebration ticket drive led by Tommy LaRoux to fund the fireworks show and event costs. If 6,000 tickets are sold, Mickey Nunley of the Chamber will accept a special haircut designed by Bill Gilliland, with the payoff possibly becoming a major park attraction. Also in the issue, Mrs. Mozelle Johnson recalls a historic first sandstorm near Snyder and a 1902 flood on the Colorado River described by the Borden Citizen, highlighting early West Texas weather and commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy LaRoux
Chamber of Commerce
Mickey Nunley
LaRoux
Bill Gilliland
Borden Citizen
Borden County Historical Committee
Mozelle Johnson
Union
Snyder
Coleman
Johnson
West
Texas
Borden
John Johnson
Colorado
Watkins
Wadil McNair
Nixon tours Middle East as arms aid pledged to Saudi Arabia
Nixon promised increased arms aid to Saudi Arabia and then visited Syria in a tense trip marked by a Syrian jet escort near his plane. He met King Faisal in Jidda and said the U S would raise regional security, while Syria and the United States eyed reestablishing diplomatic ties broken since 1967. The heat peaked at 93 degrees in Damascus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth J. Freed
Associated Press
Damascus
Syria
Nixon
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
Ralph D. Albertazzio
White House
Albertazzie
Jidda
Red Sea
Faisal
Faisal’s
United States
Hafez Assad
U.S
Soviet Union
Fiery Train Crash Blocks Highway 34 Near Snyder
A Santa Fe freight derailment 10 miles northwest of Snyder caused 18 cars to burn after cyclohexane shipments exploded. No injuries were reported as traffic was detoured along Polar Road and U S 84 while firefighters battled the blaze through Saturday noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
Bill Elland
J.T. Sallengers
Raun
Texas Highway
Gary Brewer
Snyder
Brewer
U.S. Highway 84
U.S
Polar Road
Jack Berry
Texas Highway Department
Galyean Ambulance Service
Alfred Kohl
This Day in History June 16 1974 Highlights
Highlights include Valentina Tereshkova becoming the first woman in orbit in 1963, Harrodsburg Kentucky founded in 1774, Lincoln on a house divided in 1858, Alaska gold rush news in 1897, League of Nations first public meeting in 1920, Maginot Line abandonment in 1940, Eisenhower canceling Japan visit in 1960, Laos charges in 1970, Powell not seated ruling 1969, Brezhnev US visit in 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Valentina Tereshkova
Soviet Union
Kentucky
Harrodsburg
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Ill
Alaska
Bonanza Creek
League of Nations
St. James’s Palace
London
Dwight Eisenhower
Japan
Souvanna Phouma
Laos
U.S. Supreme Court
Congress
U.S
Adam Clayton Powell
Leonid Brezhnev
United States
Weather Outlook for Texas This Week
Snyder reports warm temperatures with highs reaching mid 90s to 100s across the Panhandle and southern regions. From Monday to Wednesday, skies vary from clear to partly cloudy with a cooling trend by midweek and cooler nights in the 50s to 70s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Texas
Panhandle
High Court To Consider Co-Conspirator Question
The Supreme Court agreed to hear whether a federal grand jury exceeded its powers in naming President Nixon as a Watergate co-conspirator. Oral arguments are set for July 8, with the record largely sealed except a single disclosed passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Court
Washington
Supreme Court
Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
High
Leon Jaworski
James D. St. Clair
St. Clair
Grand Jury
William H. Rehnquist
Sirica
White House
Atty
John N. Mitchell
H. R. Haldeman
John R. Ehrlichman
Gordon C. Strachan
Robert C. Marcian
Kenneth W. Parkinson
WTC Work-Study Grant Approved for Western Texas College
Congressman Omar Burleson announces approval of a 32150 work study grant for Western Texas College to support an estimated 66 students. Federal funds cover 80 percent of payroll with a 20 percent college match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omar Burleson
Western Texas College
Cowboy Artists Gather for TCA Show and Awards in Scurry County
The Texas Cowboy Artists Association meets at Scurry County Coliseum for its annual awards banquet and art show and sale. Best of Show receives an engraved Remington revolver prize. New officers include Jim Thomas as president and Jim Ward as vice president. The exhibit runs Sunday 2 to 5 p.m. with free admission, and the Diamond M Foundation of Snyder opens its art museum concurrently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Cowboy Artists’ Association
Scurry County Coliseum
Jim Thomas
Amarillo
TCA
Kenneth Wyatt
Tulsa
Jim Ward
Canyon
Wyatt
Coliseum
C.T. McLaughlin
Diamond M Foundation of
Snyder
Museum of Art
Also Mentioned on This Page
SDN
Paul Gilbert
Watergate
John J. Sirica
WTC
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