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Newspaper
Snyder Daily News
Location
Snyder, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1974
Page
1
Eyewitness Raun Stoltz observed a blaze rising above 1300 feet as explosions rocked the area. Initial fears of toxic gas proved unfounded while firefighting crews worked to control the high flames.
President Nixon wraps up a Middle East swing with promises of continued military and economic aid to Jordan and an invitation for King Hussein to Washington for talks on pursuing peace. A joint Jordanian American statement notes a high level commission will oversee cooperation across economic, military, and cultural fields. Hussein urges Israeli withdrawal from occupied lands and a pathway to Palestinian rights.
Key events include 1815 Waterloo victory over Napoleon, 1778 Philadelphia British withdrawal, 1812 U S declares war, 1940 Cherbourg fall, 1953 Egypt becomes republic, 1958 Adams gifts controversy, 1961 Laos princes coalition, plus past and recent political notes and Supreme Court ruling.
A Texas weather bulletin reports 7 am reading 72 degrees after a 100 degree high and 66 degree low. Northwest to Southwest Texas stay fair with hot afternoons and warm nights through Wednesday. lows 65 to 72, highs 97 to 105 near mountains. North Central to Northeast Texas clear to partly cloudy with highs 93 to 102. South regions mostly warm to hot with lows 68 to 78 and highs 87 to 99. Coastal zones show southeast winds 8 to 18 knots and seas 2 to 4 feet, with showers or thundershowers mainly south portions.
Senate debate over a major tax cut and reform plan intensifies as Senator Mansfield plans a cloture petition to force action on the proposal. Republican Leader Scott warns two thirds may not be reached, risking a possible early July Social Security and paychecks cutoff if debt limit talks fail.
House Speaker Carl Albert labeled the livestock situation an economic debacle and urged Congress to act. He backed a beef import moratorium a guaranteed loan program and federal purchases of excess beef to aid meat producers facing eight months of farm price declines while retail prices stay high.
AP reports former White House aides E Howard Hunt Jr. and David R Young were granted immunity to testify at the Ellsberg psychiatrist office break-in trial. They were named unindicted co conspirators in the 1971 incident and had earlier immunity for Watergate grand jury testimony. Both had threatened to invoke the Fifth Amendment without trial immunity.
Mrs Pearley Tilitha McKay Lock aged 70 resided at Hillcrest Lodge died at Cogdell Memorial Hospital at 4 a m. Funeral arrangements were pending at Bell Seale Funeral Home this morning.
Gerald R. Ford told the Grocery Manufacturers of America in White Sulphur Springs that he is the nation's first instant vice president and hopes to be as pure digestible and appetizing to consumers who did not shop around for other brands of vice president when he was put on the market.
A tornado near Memphis injures a woman living in a travel trailer to escape prior hail damage as North Texas faces a night of violent storms. Thunderstorms with hail sweep from the Texas Panhandle to East Texas along a weakening cool front. Mrs James Montgomery, 28, of Sentinel Oklahoma, living in Memphis, suffers a severe arm injury but doctors hope to save it.
Chairman Jim Langdon warned the United States is far from oil self sufficiency while the Texas Railroad Commission ordered 100 percent July production. Major buyers sought 3,843,362 barrels daily, with Exxon cutting by 49,900 and East Texas and Kelly–Snyder fields limited to 86 percent. Exxon's E A Clark cited foreign sources for the extra volume.
Scurry County Junior College District trustees approved final payment of 11 005 to Area Builders for Phase II on the Western Texas College Campus and noted minor items to be addressed during a year end July inspection. They also accepted resignations of four faculty and staff and approved multiple supply bids and assets related to campus operations and a golf course program.
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