Will Rogers Center gains new management leadership shift
Doug McGlaun, former Snyder figure and first manager of Scurry County Coliseum, now runs 17 Will Rogers Center facilities in Fort Worth. B Don Magness moves from director to City Director of Public Events overseeing multiple venues. Fort Worth officials say the changes aim to better coordinate activities across centers. Snyder crowd heights at SHS Odessa Ector game peak 1,900 to 2,250, filling a large portion of the Texan dome. Glancing toward next season Western Texas College and region V Junior College Courtament spark rising junior college interest in athletics. The piece closes with a wry quote about marriage equality.
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Our Town
Scurry County Coliseum
Will Rogers Center
Fort Worth
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Snyder
Big Fort Worth
B. Don Magness
Magness
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Fort Worth Art Center
William Edrington Scott
Levelland
Shs-Odessa
Texan Dome
Glenn Barron
Lubbock
Western Texas College
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Today in History March 2 1972 highlights
A compact digest of notable events tied to March 2 across years. From Texas declaring independence in 1836 to a 1949 Fort Worth Air Force bomber flight, with other milestones in Rhode Island, the Bahamas, Mt. Rainier, the Rhine, and Vietnam era actions.
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Associated Press
Texas
Mexico
Providence
R.I
Bahamas
Dakota
U.S
Congress
Mt. Rainier National Park
North Vietnam
Claude Fly
Montevideo
Uruguay
Weather report outlines Texas regional temperatures and wind
The bulletin lists forecast highs in the 50s to 80s across Texas regions from Northwest to South Central and the Coast. Lows range from the low 20s to the upper 40s with frost in some areas. Winds weaken tonight with small craft warnings on the coast.
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Snyder
Texas
Pecos
Kleindienst Denies ITT Antitrust Settlement Ties
Acting Atty Gen Richard G Kleindienst testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that at the time ITT antitrust suits were settled he had no knowledge a subsidiary offered to fund next August's Republican National Convention He said he never spoke with Mitchell about the case and was staked by Felix Rohatyn ITT director during the hearing in Washington D C
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Associated Press
Washington
Richard G. Kleindienst
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Kleindienst
John N. Mitchell
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
It&t
Mitchell
Richard W. McLaren
Chicago
Justice Department
Antitrust Division
Rohatyn
ITT
McLaren
County School Races Set in April Election
Thirteen candidates compete for four county school board seats with three vacancies. Incumbents Cecil Boren and Blake Walker seek re-election. Charlie Bley not running, Ray Fulford seeks his spot. Holdovers listed. separate races follow for Fluvanna and Helmleigh districts, with multiple candidates and holdovers. A federal antitrust hearing features ITT figures and Judge McLaren, including claims about GOP convention funding.
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Cecil Boren
Blake Walker
Charlie Bley
Boren
Walker
Bley
Ray Fulford
Perry Echols
Marvin Hanson
James Beaver
Bill Stansell
Fluvanna Independent School District Board
Beaver
Stansell
Ramon M. Fuentes
Royce Summers
K.D. Ball
W.S. Bruner
Clinton Gregory
Jeff Martin
Gilbert Merritt
Jimmy Beck
W.H. Coonrod
Helmleigh Independent School District Board
Terry J. Nachlinger
Jim Bridges
T.C. Herrera
Jack D. Nachlinger
Donald Tate
Jimmy Roemisch
Doyle Wemken
Ira Independent School District Board
J.J. Hall
Buford Sterling
Billy Calley
Hall
Calley
Leon Sterling
Weldon Wiggins
Donnie Dunn
Jake Autry
Tommy Clements
Manley Burrow
Harold Hester
Texas Supreme Court to hear Bullock election funding suit
The Texas Supreme Court agreed to hear Secretary of State Bullock's bid to allow spending state funds on primary election expenses without a specific legislative appropriation. A Monday 2 pm hearing could avert a special session before the May 6 primaries.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Supreme Court
Bob Bullock
Robert S. Calvert
High Court
Preston Smith
Bullock
Atty
Crawford Martin
Texas
Martin
Calvert
Smith
Secretary of State
Clint Small Jr
Charles Herring
MIG Downed In Laos Border Air Battle Report
AP reports a probable North Vietnamese MIG21 kill after a radar confirmed explosion. U S pilots Kittinger and Hodgdon said their missiles hit a MIG. another MIG fled. The action included a radar site strike near Dong Hoi and 10 B52 missions around Firebase 5 with ongoing central highlands fighting and Cambodian clashes.
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USS. Command
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Highlands
Air Force
Joseph W. Kittinger
Orlando
Fla
Leigh A. Hodgdon
Reading
U.S
Laos
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Hodgdon
Dong Hoi
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Demilitarized Zone
Cambodia
Angkor
Gilly Sentenced to Electric Chair in Yablonski Slayings
Paul E. Gilly was condemned to the electric chair by the same seven men and five women jury that found him guilty of first degree murder in the Yablonski killings. Jurors began deliberating on the penalty on Wednesday and recessed at 10:45 p.m.
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Washington Pa
Paul E. Gilly
Yablonski
Front Chills Texas as Winter Returns Across State
A cold front swept south through Texas bringing a sharp chill after a period of warmth. Rain totaled up to 1.58 inches at Beaumont Port Arthur airport with gusty showers and storms fading into Louisiana. Temperatures plummeted from the 80s to the teens in parts of the Panhandle, with Perryton at 13 degrees.
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Associated Press
Texas
Beaumont-Port Arthur
Louisiana
Texas Panhandle
Mutscher Case Opens as Witnesses Expected in Bribery Trial
State opens case against Speaker Gus Mutscher with indication that F C Sonny Schulte, an aide, will be first witness. Schulte profited $17 750 on National Bankers Life stock using a $22 500 Sharpstown Bank loan. Jury of eight women and four men chosen to hear the bribery conspiracy case against Mutscher, Rep Tommy Shannon, and Rush McGinty.
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Robert Heard
Associated Press
Abilene, Tex
Gus Mutscher
F.C
Sonny’’ Schulte
Mutscher
Schulte
National Bankers Life Insurance Co
Sharpstown State Bank
Houston
Frank Sharp
Travis
Austin
Tommy Shannon
Fort Worth
Rush McGinty
Sharp
George B. Burgoon
Ray Orsborn
Darrell Haynes
W.H. Blackburn Jr
Beverly A. Farnsworth
Eddie L. Cowley
Lillie A. Jones
Frances A. Twilla
Philip W. Seymore
Merkel
Tex
Larry E. Yerger
McMurry College
Chester W. Childees
Tye, Tex
Elizabeth A. Nedela
Harbour Elected President of Colorado River MWD
Codie Harbour of Odessa was elected president of the Colorado River Municipal Water District succeeding Charles B. Perry who died Feb 12. Harbour has served as a director since the district’s creation in 1949 and has chaired the recreation committee while holding multiple bank and civic roles in Odessa.
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Big Spring
P.C
Codie
Harbour
Odessa
Breckenridge
Odessa Real Estate Board
Odessa Country Club
Pioneer 10 launch delayed again by high winds
CAPE KENNEDY Florida AP. The Pioneer 10 launch to explore Jupiter was postponed for the fourth time this week due to strong winds up to 70 mph at 43,000 feet. The liftoff was rescheduled for 8:25 p.m. EST as weather officials warned of marginal conditions from the jet stream.
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Bennett Spring Branch
Missouri
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Agency
Jupiter
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