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Newspaper
Snyder Daily News
Location
Snyder, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1978
Page
1
A 24 year old Soviet man attacked three foreign tourists with an ax outside the Intourist Hotel on Gorky Street in central Moscow. Two foreigners, a man and a woman, were killed and a male survivor was seriously injured. Officials believe all victims were Swedish. The assailant was tall and about 220 pounds.
Militiamen backing pro Soviet leader Abdul Fattah Ismail seized control of Aden in Yemen after routing rebels of slain President Salem Robaye Ali. Arab diplomats report lingering shelling but say fighting ended by morning as Ismail consolidates control of the Red Sea port. In Moscow, two American reporters were summoned to appear in a city court on case No 3 11378 with no stated charges.
The SDN Column discusses radio broadcasts of Texas Rangers games versus the California Angels, criticizing partisan announcers and fragmented statistics that inflate small sample performances. It notes fans’ preference for radio during summer doldrums and mocks overreaching stat lines while reflecting on national fitness concerns in the period.
The Senate reversed itself and ratified a tax treaty with Great Britain after nullifying language critics said would curb states taxing foreign corporations. The 82-5 vote followed earlier rejection of a Church reservation. The treaty, negotiated in the Ford era, aims to prevent double taxation and evasion, with a major concession giving a refund to U.S. corporate shareholders of the advanced corporation tax.
Police with machine guns patrolled downtown Matamoros after a riot by students protesting a jail death. 35 injured, two reported dead. City Hall, police HQ, and jail burned. five banks damaged. U.S. Consul Arenz cited escaped U.S. citizens and a possible body in a state judge’s office. Mayor Cavazos Garza fled the plaza.
Temperature readings show a high near 99 degrees in Snyder with a 73 degree low and no precipitation today. West Texas blends clear to partly cloudy skies through Wednesday with scattered late day and night storms in the southwest and north, highs from the mid 90s to 107 in lower elevations, and lows mostly in the 70s, near 60 in higher mountains.
Washington AP President Carter cannot push his tax cut plan as Ways and Means members split over his capital gains proposal. Carter seeks to end favored rates, while backers push for lower capital gains taxes, complicating legislative chances. A Monday news conference saw sharp criticism of Rep. Steiger’s 25 percent cap on gains.
The Upper Colorado Soil and Water Conservation Service hosted a hearing with agency members and farmers to evaluate local conservation needs for the future. Officials pushed for more grass roots input, faster federal project implementation, less paperwork, and more funding to advance the Deep Creek watershed and related programs.
City water bills go out on postcards to save about $4,000 yearly in postage. Water department staff say at least half of customers now pay in person at city hall, many via the drive in window. Other utility bills come from private providers, not the city.
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