Critics split over new arms pact and Iran resumes oil exports
Washington conservatives balk at a U S Soviet arms limitation treaty while liberals push for stronger curbs on the arms race. In Tehran Iran resumes oil exports after a three month halt as the revolutionary regime executes seven former Shah officials including four generals and a former MP.
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Teenager kills family at Mississippi birthday party
In Jackson Mississippi a teenager entered a family birthday gathering and killed his father mother and older brother. Lonnie Cruise age 19 was arrested in a bedroom at the house. He was treated at a hospital for an apparent overdose and held without bond.
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Climber Unsoeld Killed On Mount Rainier Avalanche
Willi Unsoeld, one of the first Americans to summit Everest, died in an avalanche on Mount Rainier. The Weather and national mountain-climbing figure becomes the second in his family to die while climbing after his daughter Nanda Devi perished three years earlier on a Himalayan expedition with him. Unsoeld died Sunday.
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Offshore gas rig blasts kills two. six missing
An offshore Gulf of Mexico gas well explosion on a Placid Oil Co. platform aboard a Penrod Drilling Co. rig left two dead and six missing while 27 escapee by a survival capsule. The rig may fuel pollution concerns but no details yet.
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Placid
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Begin Meets Carter In White House On New Peace Plan
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin met President Carter in a surprise White House session. The White House said Israel had responded positively to a new U S plan to break the Mideast deadlock, but noted that difficult issues remain. Carter signaled that the next steps in the peace process are still under discussion.
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Deadline Approaching For City And School Candidacy
With two days remaining for candidates to file on March 7, races for city and school posts show few contenders. Some areas report no contests and not enough avowed candidates to fill all open April 7 seats as tax issues and red tape deter service on nonpaying boards.
Man Killed In Shooting At Rotan Sunday
Celestina Sanchez age 20 of Snyder was shot to death early Sunday in Rotan and 19 year old Larry McDaniel was charged with murder. Sanchez lived in Snyder about six months and the body was found in a car around 12:30 a.m. McDaniel was jailed in Roby. The shooting reportedly stemmed from a money dispute.
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Fisher County
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Weather Snyder and West Texas Fair Forecast
Readings show Snyder with 7 am Sunday 28 degrees and 31 today. Weekend highs around 50 to 55 with no precipitation. West Texas fair trends toward warm days and cold nights through Tuesday with highs mid 50s to mid 70s and mountain 20s at night.
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Ask Us Q and A on school tax and budget impact
A reader asks how a full value tax hike will affect school operation. The response notes operations follow state norms while finances shift more burden to local property owners, explaining the rise tied to oil-field value growth since the late 1940s and referencing the Snyder district as still above the threshold for removal from the foundation program.
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Snyder
City to Discuss New PUC Powers in Meeting
Snyder City Council convenes at 6 30 p m to consider a resolution on a state bill transferring electric and gas rate setting to the Public Utilities Commission. Agenda includes Lone Star Gas rate ordinance, tax equalization board appointments, final hearing date, bids for doors, sanitation containers, and a new city attorney discussion.
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China begins pulling troops from Vietnam
AP reports Beijing announced withdrawal of its invasion force after two weeks of fighting. China says goals achieved and vows self defense if Vietnam provokes again while urging peace talks to settle the border disputes. Vietnam media dismisses the effort as a failure and notes heavy casualties and equipment losses.
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Accountant To Testify Again In Davis Divorce Trial
Fort Worth AP reporting that accountant Stan Winters returns to the stand in the Cullen Davis divorce case. Winters, who testified Friday, described Kendavis Industries International and related entities tied to Davis and Kenneth Davis Jr. Defense seeks to show Davis personal wealth is part of the business empire for property settlement. Davis argues business holdings are not community property. Davis earlier spent seven days on the stand. his wife Pris cilla testified she was unaware of the extent of his wealth at marriage.
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Jack Wilborn
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