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Newspaper
Snyder Daily News
Location
Snyder, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1978
Page
7
In midday dealings on the New York Cotton Exchange, No 2 cotton futures fell. The ten leading markets show a 58.00 cent per pound level for strict low middling 1 16 inch spot cotton, with July at 58.70 cents and December at 63.02 cents.
Chicago market notes list Wheat No 2 hard red winter at 3.16 and No 2 soft red winter at 3.17 on Tuesday. Corn No 2 yellow at 2.52 and 2.48 in hopper and box. Soybeans No 1 yellow at 6.91 on and No 2 yellow corn Monday quotes 2.52 in hopper and 2.48 in box.
West Central Texas Council of Governments representatives met Scurry County Commissioners to present a report covering January through June 1978. It states 14 jobs found for applicants under the manpower act and 18 enrollees in vocational training. Also approved was an independent 1977 budget audit by Monte West.
Roy Dale Morris was found guilty by an eight to four jury and sentenced to two years in jail in 132nd District Court after an March 8 incident in which he allegedly struck Police Sgt. J L Cullar. Morris plans to appeal. Firefighters were dispatched to a car fire at Bailey's Truck Stop at 1 21 a.m. inside a 1967 Chevrolet owned by Herman Slaughter.
Mrs. Annie Maydelle Mc Gee, 59, of 2805 36th St., died Monday night at Cogdell Memorial Hospital. Services pending in Lubbock. Bell Seale Funeral Home in charge. She was born Sept 12, 1918 and was a Methodist. survived by husband Bobby Joe, daughter Jan Hogenmiller, son Harvey Dale Chance, brother Ellison Hitt, and three grandchildren. Funeral for Michael Raymond Becerra set for 10 am Wednesday at Our Lady of Guadalupe with burial at Hillside Memorial Gardens. parents Marion and Mrs. Becerra, sister Monica, and brothers Mark and Paul survive. Becerra, 18, drowned at Colorado City Lake Sunday. service details by Bell Seale Funeral Home. Honeybee losses cited as 10 percent of hives nationwide with 30 percent damaged.
Two 18 year old men were arrested Monday by police in a Snyder Texas burglary tied to a weekend break in at The Snyder Daily News. A money bag containing about 365 dollars was recovered with 272 dollars 35 cents found nearby under rocks near the American Magnesium plant. Fingerprints from the filing cabinet and tips led to the arrests. A juvenile was questioned about the Tommy Hood house burglary, with two guns reportedly taken.
Texas expects 53 traffic deaths during the July 4 holiday period spanning 102 hours from 6 p.m. June 30 to midnight July 4. DPS Director Col. Wilson E Speir urged daylight low beam use and full trooper deployment to curb drunken driving and hazards. The report notes previous-year deaths and minor traffic incidents with no injuries.
Texas remains the nation’s largest producer of minerals and energy resources for 43 years. In 1977 Texas mined raw minerals valued at $20 billion with fuels accounting for 95 percent of the total. Oil output fell slightly in 1977 while natural gas and coal production rose. Texas led the nation in sulfur, magnesium, and graphite. The mining sector employed about 150,000 workers and paid roughly $2.5 billion in wages. Pittsburgh?
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