College drama open house draws packed crowds at WTC
Western Texas College drama department staged multiple open house performances drawing packed houses in the fine arts building. The event showcased student work while officials said the theatre serves teaching needs, with larger audiences planned for an open-air courtyard later in the season.
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Western Texas College Drama Department
Lions Club
Jack Hightower
WTC Fine Arts
Little Theatre
WTC
Figures Put Defendants’ Net Worth Near Four Hundred Thousand
A Dallas stockbroker testified in the bribery trial of Speaker Gus Mutscher that the three defendants estimated their combined 1969 net worth at nearly 400000. He noted Mutscher valued his income at 30000 and net worth at 200000, Shannon at 15000 and 100000, and McGinty at 15000 and 90000. Stocks in National Bankers Life and Master Control Inc were bought or sold after introductions by Frank Sharp, with stock delivered to Joseph Novotny.
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Abilene
Tommy Shannon
Fort Worth
Mutscher
Rush McGinty
Lehrmann
Shannon
National Bankers Life Insurance Co
Ling & Co
Houston
Frank Sharp
Joseph Novotny
Sharp's Bank
Ling Records
Mutscher and McGinty
Master Control Inc
National Bankers Life
Briscoe Urges Meaningful Change At Snyder Rally
In Snyder Texas Dolph Briscoe spoke to about 1500 supporters at Towle Memorial Park urging a meaningful change in state government. He criticized top officials influence and pledged a two budget system with public hearings on all bills and veto power against non hearing bills. Briscoe toured the crowd and campaign caravan plans visits to Roscoe Sweetwater and Abilene.
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Dolph Briscoe
Towle Memorial Park
Snyder
Briscoe
Texas
Deep East
Panhandle
Amarillo
Roscoe
Sweetwater
Abilene
E.W. Schrader
Snyder National Bank
Scurry County
Harrie Winston
John Boren
Today in History March 8 1972 highlights events
Highlights include the 1917 riots in St Petersburg marking the Russian Revolution start, the 1765 Stamp Act passage in Britain, the birth of Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1848, and Rangoon’s 1942 capture by Japan. Other items note the Patrick Henry submarine voyage, Kennedy’s goodwill trip, Irish farmers clashes, and a 1971 Supreme Court ruling on draft exemptions.
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Associated Press
St. Petersburg
House of Lords
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Boston
New York
Rangoon
Burma
U.S
Patrick Henry
Scotland
John F. Kennedy
India
Pakistan
Dublin
U.S. Supreme Court
Weather outlook across Texas shows cooler days ahead
Snyder and Northwest Texas report fair, cool to warm with highs from 62 to 89 and lows from 34 to 60. North Central Texas expects decreasing clouds and mild temperatures, Northeast Texas forecasts showers then fair skies, South Central and Southeast Texas trend mostly cloudy to fair with cooler conditions and slight rain chances.
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Snyder
Texas
Snyder High to Seek Bids for Field House and Gym
Snyder School trustees approved plans for a new field house and gymnasium at Snyder High School and authorized Architect J D Hinton to seek construction bids with a tentative bid date of March 31 and possibly April 7. The projects aim to ease PE space shortages and may be funded from current budget savings and next year’s capital outlay.
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Snyder
Snyder High School
J.D. Hinton
University Interscholastic League
Hinton
Morris Fanning
18 Year Olds Not Eligible as Jurors in Texas
The Court of Criminal Appeals ruled 18 year olds have no right to sit on juries. The decision upheld the burglary conviction of Joe Shelby aged 18 from Lubbock, who drew a five year prison term. A 1971 Texas law using voter rolls for jury wheels prompted the ruling.
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Austin
Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals
Joe Shelby
Lubbock
Shelby
Texas
Bomb Blast Hits Unempty TWA Jet in Las Vegas
A bomb exploded inside an unoccupied TWA Boeing 707 at McCarran Airport after arriving from New York. Police and TWA officials link the blast to a global extortion threat seeking 2 million dollars. Checkpoints and guard planes paused as investigators probed the security lapse.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Trans World Airlines
TWA
New York
McCarran International
Los Angeles
Charles Wyre
Muskie and McGovern Face Tight Delegation Fight in N H
In Manchester Maine Senator Edmund Muskie led Democrats with 48 percent as George McGovern followed with 37 percent in New Hampshire. Delegates remained undecided a final tally awaited. Nixon swept the Republican preference and all 14 GOP delegates.
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Manchester
N.H
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
New Hampshire
George S. McGovern
Muskie
McGovern
Lyndon B. Johnson
Eugene J. McCarthy
McCarthy
GOP
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