Court House Plans Stir Texas County Debate
The Scurry County courthouse is 60 years old, built in 1909 for $70 000 with 30 year bonds paid off long ago. Jaycees push petitions for a new or expanded facility while space remains tight amid aging structure and remodeling. A weather tale and a local columnist note moisture hopes and a Yankee in Ohio origins.
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Scurry County
County Progress
County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas
Jaycees
This March Sixth in History Highlights various world events
On March six 1953 Georgi Malenkov succeeds Stalin as premier. Michelangelo born 1475. Alamo falls 1836 after siege. Dred Scott case 1857. King in Detroit 1896 first auto. Cologne falls 1945. Gold Coast Togoland Ghana 1957. Pioneer Four power losses ten years ago. Greek crown prince 1955. Calumet salt mine rescue one year ago.
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Georgi Malenkov
Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union
Michelangelo
Caprese
Italy
Alamo
San Antonio
Tex
U. S. Supreme Court
Dred Scott
Charles Brady King
Detroit
Cologne
U. S. 1St Army
Gold Coast
Togoland
Ghana
U. S
Constantine
Greece
Paul
Calumet
Weather snapshot for Texas regions shows mild warmth then cooling
The bulletin details temperatures across Texas regions including Northwest, North Central, Northeast, Coast, South Central, Southeast, and Southwest. It notes fair conditions tonight with increasing cloudiness Friday, chance of light rain in Panhandle, and highs ranging from the upper 40s to mid 60s, with variable Lows from the 20s to 40s depending on area.
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Karl Manhorter
Snyder Chamber of Commerce
Ohio
North
Wacil McNair
Snyder
Texas
Panhandle
Casualties Rise as Saigon Shelling Intensifies
AP report from Saigon notes during the first week of a new Viet Cong drive, 453 Americans killed and 2,593 wounded, with 1,051 hospitalized. Saigon says 521 of its troops died. allied commands count 6,752 enemy deaths. U.S. combat deaths in Vietnam reach 32,376 since May talks began.
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Associated Press
Saigon
Uss
U.S
U. S
Vietnam
Paris
Explosive Blast Hits Hebrew University Cafeteria
An explosion at the Hebrew University cafeteria in Jerusalem wounded several people. Police and emergency services responded to the attack on the campus, with injuries reported among students and staff. Authorities did not immediately disclose the extent of the damage or motive.
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Jerusalem
Hebrew University
Ramallah
West Bank
United States
Suez Canal
Egypt
Gaza Strip
Bodies Found In Woodland in Provincetown Mass
The dismembered bodies of two young women and remains of a third were unearthed in woodland near where a teenage girl's body had been found earlier. A Provincetown carpenter, Anton e Costa, 25, was arrested in Boston and charged with murder. Victims were Patricia Walsh and Mary Ann Wysocki, both 23, of Providence Rhode Island, missing six weeks.
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Provincetown
Mass
Edmund Dinis
Antone Costa
Boston
Dinis
Patricia Walsh
Mary Ann Wysocki
Rhode Island College
Providence
R.I
Miss Walsh
Miss Wysocki
Final Action Seen On Major Bills
Austin AP final legislative action was expected on two major bills to aid injured workers and punish campus disruptors. Rep. Joe Shannon hoped a compromise on the campus disruptions bill would reach action today after House rejection of a protest-rights amendment.
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Preston Smith
Shannon
House
Senate
Rescuers Reach Miner After Five Days Trapped in Utah Mine
Utah AP report from Lark says rescue teams drilled 35 feet to reach miner William Buck Jones after nearly five days trapped in a zinc-lead mine. They delivered water and planned to bring food soon, with Jones describing his enclosure as light arrived. Rescue workers note Jones uses a wooden pick handle and drill part to prop up the area and prevent cave-ins.
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Lark, Utah
Utah
Bill Hawes
William “Buck” Jones
John Borden
Jones
US protests at Saigon shelling during peace talks
The United States, led by Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, condemned the indiscriminate shelling of Saigon and warned North Vietnam and the Viet Cong that the consequences are their responsibility. Nixon hinted at an appropriate response as talks adjourned after a four hour session, with next meeting set for Thursday and focus on military questions and the buffer zone.
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Michael Goldsmith
Associated Press
Paris
United States
Saigon
North Vietnamese
National Liberation Front
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nixon
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
Front
Ian
Hanoi
Lodge
North
South
Vietnam
Bollinger Joins Snyder ISD Trustee Race
Rev. John Bollinger joined incumbents Ted Crenwelge and Dillard Teal in the Snyder Independent School District board race. Bollinger, 38, is pastor of Grace Lutheran Church. Filing deadline at the school administration building is today.
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Snyder Independent School District
John Bollinger
Ted Crenwelge
Dillard Teal
Rev. Bollinger
Grace Lutheran Church
Crisis Apparently Past For Eisenhower
Army doctors report former President Dwight D. Eisenhower progressing well and to discontinue daily bulletins on his condition. He has passed the critical postoperative period after major abdominal surgery on February 23 and has recovered from a pneumonia setback.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Schweickart Cleared for Shortened Apollo 9 Space Walk
Apollo 9 commander James A. McDivitt approved a shortened space walk for Russell L. Schweickart after he felt better, planning a 45 minute daylight pass on the LEM front porch with golden slippers foot restraints, possible photos, and a TV show for Earth viewers. Air Force Col. David R. Scott would also open the CMD module hatch to retrieve a thermal patch used to gauge contaminants from hot gases. The planned hand over hand transfer was canceled after Schweickart’s illness, leaving only depressurization and hatch openings for the spacewalk.
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Schweickart
Air Force Cel
David R. Scott
LEM
East German Harassment Closes Autobahn Route
East Germany continued pressure on the main autobahn between West Berlin and West Germany. The Communist authorities closed the highway between Berlin and Helmstedt from 9 a.m. to noon, disrupting traffic after the West German president election in Berlin.
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Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
West Germany
Helmstedt
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Germany
Gustav Heinemann
Left
Defense
Gerhard Schroeder
U.S. Air Force
Navy
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Central Hospital
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
1St Air Cavalry Division
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Air Cavalry
Snyder High School
Front Row
Miss Virginia Grove
Wayla Walton
Top Row
John Short
Gary Terrell
Danny Ellington
Terrell
Industrial Accident Board
Afl-Cio
Texas Manufactures Association
Texas Trial Lawyers Association
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Hawes
Bollinger
Eisenhower
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