Long-Sought Permian Basin College Faces Intercity Rivalry
State legislature backs an upper level college for the Permian Basin offering 700 acres between Midland and Odessa at no cost. Odessa factions push to site the campus locally, but the coordinating board worries elevating junior colleges risks losing their vocational focus. John Phillips, Snyder tennis standout, ranks No. 2 on Texas Junior Davis Cup Team after defeating the Class 4A state champion last weekend.
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College Coordinating Board
Permain Basin
Midland
Odessa
John Phillips
Snyder
Texas
Wacil McNair
Today in History Highlights for June 26, 1969
On this date in history several events are noted. The United Nations Charter was signed in San Francisco by delegates from 50 nations in 1945. Other items include the Pied Piper legend from 1284, Pizarro’s death in 1541, John Tyler’s secret 1844 wedding, Walter Reed’s yellow fever work in 1900, Edward VII’s coronation delay in 1902, Finland at war in 1941, Klaus Fuchs citizenship in East Germany ten years ago, Aldo More and cabinet resignation five years ago, and Lyndon B. Johnson nominating Abe Fortas for Chief Justice a year ago.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Hameline
Germany
Francisco Pizarro
Lima
Peru
John Tyler
Julia Gardiner
New York
Walter Reed
U. S Army
Britain
Edward VII
Finland
Soviet Union
Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs
East Germany
Italy
Alde More
Lyndon B. Johnson
Abe Fortas
Earl Warren
Weather brief for Texas regions amid heat wave
Snyder area reports 101 high and 74 low with 7 am temperature 79. Northwest Texas sees clear to partly cloudy skies with hot temperatures and possible thunder in east and north tonight. Temperatures for Friday reach 90 to 102 with varied overnight lows across regions.
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Snyder
Texas
The
Pecos
Administration proposes nationwide voting rights package
The Nixon administration called for a national ban on voter literacy tests and state residency requirements for presidential elections. It seeks new enforcement powers for federal voting examiners and observers nationwide, expanding the 1965 Voting Rights Act beyond the seven Southern states previously affected.
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Washington
Nixon
Gener
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Indian Rights Plan Bids to End Canadian Status as Wards
Ottawa proposed policy would repeal the Indian Act, abolish the federal Indians Affairs branch within five years, grant registered Indians Canada wide services and land ownership of six million acres, with provincial control only as for other citizens. The plan, welcomed cautiously by leaders, aims to remove legal discrimination and boost development funding.
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Ottawa
Canada
Jean Chretien
Walter Dieter
National Indian Brotherhood
Chretien
Indian Affairs
Max Gros-Louis
Association of Quebec Indians
Quebec
Chretian
Ontario
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Viet Cong Denounces Nixon Vietnam Policy in Paris
In Paris AP report the Viet Cong and North Vietnam condemn Nixon's Vietnam policy as deceitful and say he aims to preserve the Saigon regime while shifting combat duties to South Vietnamese forces. They describe his moves as a dead-end road and outline a provisional revolutionary government.
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Paris
North Vietnam
Nixon
Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
Ence
Republic of Vietnam
Lodge
Thieu
Funeral service set for Earl Sealy of Gail
Earl T. Sealy, 80, a longtime Gail resident, dies at the Big Spring VA Hospital after ranching life. Service 2 pm Friday at Gail Baptist Church. burial in Gail Cemetery. Survived by wife Gay, two sons, four sisters, a brother, and two grandchildren.
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Gail Baptist Church
Earl T. Sealy
Mr. Sealy
Borden County
Veterans Administration Hospital
Big Spring
Masonic Lodge
Gail
Lamesa
Baptist Church
Roy Haynes
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Gay Livingston
Brownwood
Bill Sealy
Odessa
Joe Sealy
Andrews
Lee Wooten
Slaton
Elbert Hicks
Meadow
Jess York
Cora Sealy
Albuquerque
N.M
N. J. Sealy
Snyder
Vivian Clark
Larry Smith
Aubrey Rogers
0. D. Jackson
Hubert Walker
Joe Gilmore
Roland Hamilton
Ray Freeman
House to Vote Monday on Nixon Surtax Extension
The House plans a Monday vote on extending the Nixon surtax, with an emergency move to push withholding rates through July 31. Republican support appears strong after Nixon urged backing, but Senate action remains and midnight June 30 deadline looms. Rep Burton blocks quick action to link with aid to dependent children program.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Senate
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Ford
Phillip Burton
D-Calif
Miss Wool of America Finals Televised In Texas
Miss Wool of America finalists gathered in San Angelo to be judged by Gisele MacKenzie Al Traina and Elinor Simmons as Art Linkletter hosted a nationwide telecast on a 140 station network. The winner receives a 2000 scholarship, wool wardrobe and car. Mary Smiley of Colorado crowned after a river parade along the Concho River.
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Goodfellow Air Force Base
Snyder
Towle Memorial Park
Goodfellow Afb
Robert P. Gongloff
Consolidated Base Personnel Office
Goodfellow
Pakistan
Harry E. Noel
San Angelo
Tex
Gisele MacKenzie
al Traina
Harper's Bazaar Magazine
Elinor Simmons
Malcolm Starr
Joan Fontaine
Mary Smiley
Colorado
Concho River
Miss Smiley
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SDN
Coordinating Board
Mitchell
House Judiciary
Lee
Mike Collins
Earl Sealy
Traina
Miss Simmons
Art Linkletter
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