Snyder High opens season as cold wind swirls over games
The SDN Column notes Snyder High Tigers and Big Spring Steers canceled Mondays baseball game due to cold wind. It recalls weather quirks in local early seasons and traces Texas League history from distant Fort Worth to Midland. Midland mayor Mark S Martin praises Snyder coliseum and local hospitality in a letter to Snyder officials.
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Ark
Mark S. Martin
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Abilene High
Bill Vestal
Scurry County
Lee-Abilene
Jaycees
Mi Green
Wacil McNair
Court Reverses Lo-Vaca Gas Contract Ruling
Texas Supreme Court rules 8 0 the Railroad Commission lacks power to set aside Lo-Vaca gas contracts with Texas Utilities Fuel Co and others. Decision limits commission to consider statewide shortages but not retroactive title, directing contracts, or land title. Austin San Antonio and LCRA sued to force cancellation of contracts. several cities backed the commission.
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Iran To Buy US Nuclear Plants In Major Trade Pact
Iran will purchase eight nuclear power plants and related materials from the United States under a $15 billion agreement described as the largest of its kind. The pact aims to develop Iran’s energy capacity while Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi seeks to use petrodollars for modernization.
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Iran
United States
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Hushang Ansary
Today In History March 5 1975 highlights
On March 5, 1770 British troops fired on a jeering crowd in Boston killing five in the Boston Massacre. Other notes include 1766 New Orleans taken by Spain, 1798 Bern occupied by France, 1849 Zachary Taylor inaugurated, 1868 impeachment court for Johnson, 1877 Hayes inaugurated, 1953 Stalin dies, and recent anniversary observations.
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Switzerland
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Rutherford Hayes
Josef Stalin
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Soviet Union
Washington
Sol Hurok
New York
Weather Update for Texas Regions Tuesday Outlook
Snyder reports a high of 63 and a low of 32 Tuesday with a 7 am reading of 36. Expect clear to partly cloudy skies in northwest and extreme west Texas, with calmer conditions across most of the state tonight into Thursday and warmer highs Thursday in the 70s to 80s.
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Texas
Big Bend
North Central
Kuwait Moves to Take Over All Foreign Oil Firms
Kuwait will acquire 100 percent ownership of foreign oil companies operating its fields, with negotiations to begin next week. Oil minister Abdulmotaleb Kazimi said Kuwait now owns 40 percent, returning control to Kuwaitis as OPEC leaders meet to draft a principles declaration.
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Michael Goldsmith
Associated Press
Algiers
Abdelmoutaleb Kazimi
Kazimi
Waiti
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OPEC
British Petroleum
Gulf Oil Co
Lorenz Describes Six Day Kidnap Ordeal In Berlin
Berlin politician Peter Lorenz said his six day kidnapping involved injections in the arm and leg by captors who treated him “correctly under the circumstances” after authorities met their demands. Police conducted a massive West Berlin manhunt as the gang released five jailed anarchists to South Yemen.
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Peter Lorenz
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Lorenz
Brooks Gets Life In Houston Mass Murder Case
A jury sentenced David Owen Brooks to life in prison for his role in the Houston mass murder of a 15 year old. The eight woman and four man jury deliberated 62 minutes after closing arguments before reading the verdict and sentence.
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David Owen Brooks
Brooks
William Ray Lawrence
Snyder API chapter elects officers for coming year
Neely T. Wright of Union Oil Co. of California is chairman with Bert English of Halliburton Co. as vice chairman and Don Wafer of General Crude Oil Co. as secretary treasurer. A membership drive targets all Snyder area oil industry personnel. Co chairs are Lester Christian, Larry Bills, and Howard Ellis. The next meeting is 6:30 p.m. March 25 at the American Restaurant with Forrest Smith from the Dallas API office as guest speaker.
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Neely T. Wright
Union Oil Co
California
Bert English
Halliburton Co
Don Wafer
General Crude Oil Co
Lester Christian
Larry Bills
Watson Packers
Howard Ellis
Western Co
Forrest Smith
API
Dallas
US Forces Put On Standby Amid Cambodian Crisis
A carrier near the Gulf of Thailand houses a Marines contingent under 800 men with other Marines on Okinawa while contingency plans exist to evacuate Americans from Phnom Penh. No evacuation order is given and any move would start with commercial jets or C130 transports. Congress debates Ford's 222 million emergency aid for Cambodia as two-step spending rules loom.
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Phnom Penh
Okinawa
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Cambodia
House
Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee
House Set Vote on Overriding Ford Oil Tariff Veto
In Washington the House schedules a Tuesday vote to override President Ford's veto delaying oil tariffs. Republicans claim veto-sustaining votes while Democrats push delay to work on a compromise with the Ways and Means Committee. Treasury Secretary Simon argues the House tax cut favors higher income families and urges a targeted plan.
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Associated Press
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D-Mass
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