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Newspaper
Snyder Daily News
Location
Snyder, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1978
Page
1
Five men were found dead in the basement rear room of the Blackfriars Restaurant on Summer Street in Boston. Police said the deaths appeared to be gunshot wounds with no immediate identifications. Washington and Matamoros items follow in brief.
Thai military sources report 60,000 Vietnamese troops in eastern Cambodia while Washington sources say a major new offensive has begun in the Indochina border clash.
The SDN column notes Prince Khaled bin Sultan, nephew of the Saudi king, will attend Fort Leavenworth's Command and General Staff College for ten months. He bought a $140,000 house near Leavenworth needing $160,000 in repairs, as locals remark on oil wealth and interstate travel while saluting hospitality and local sports ties in Hutchinson and Snyder.
The Supreme Court rules California Medical School at Davis illegally rejected Allan Bakke due to race but allows race to be considered in future admissions. In a 5 4 decision the court says affirmative action programs to benefit minority applicants can be a factor in admissions. Bakke, a civil engineer from Los Altos, challenged the 1973 74 admissions plan that reserved 16 of 100 spots for disadvantaged students.
The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision in the Bakke case drew praise from the plaintiff's attorney and criticism from some black leaders and academics. It held the Davis medical school unlawfully discriminated against Bakke as a white applicant while preserving the option to consider race in future admissions.
The FTC plans yellow and black energy cost labels on televisions, washers and 10 other appliances to show annual operating costs beside price. Andrew Wolf notes large price gaps can exist in annual energy costs, and labels will use national average rates while allowing variant calculations for local rates and climate.
The Snyder Daily News cites syndicated comic strips with varying availability by market and notes only a select few can be run. Publisher Roy McQueen explains space constraints and the abundance of options.
Sen Henry M Jackson says the Senate 49 to 39 vote to block federal funds for Carter's import fee program may not become law but damages the administration's prestige abroad. He warns the move could undermine the president at the upcoming economic summit in West Germany. Powell echoes that the vote erodes global confidence in U S action on energy policy.
The Snyder area shows a high of 95 with a 72 low and 73 at 7 am. No precipitation to date in 1978 totals 12.07. West Texas cloudy to partly cloudy through Thursday with scattered storms in the southwest, hot in Big Bend valleys and cooler in mountains.
July 4 events in Towle Park kick off with a carnival setup, spanning four days and ending in a dusk fireworks display Tuesday. The lineup includes a tennis tournament with 191 entries, an arts and crafts fair, a fiddlers contest, a micro mini tractor pull, a rock concert, a bicycle parade, and a patriotic speech amid sunny, dry weather. A Miss Tractor Pull will be crowned by ticket sales and trophies.
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