Canoeing Rises in Texas While Snyder Sees Enrollment Gains
The SDN Column notes canoeing as the fastest growing Texas recreation per Parks and Wildlife estimates, with Guadalupe River spot popularity and a 500 percent canoe sales surge in Texas. Snyder school figures show March 5 enrollment up to 3870, Lamar Junior High over 500 and East Elementary at 405. A new carbon treatment sewage process promises one quarter cost and 95 percent removal, with a pilot plant handling 100000 gallons per day in a trailer.
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Texas
Parks and Wildlife Dept
Guadalupe River
Ron Jones
Snyder
Lamar Junior High
East Elementary
Wacil McNair
Today in History highlights key events on March 12
On this date in history eight notable events are listed from 1664 New Jersey becomes a British colony to 1947 Truman Doctrine proposing U S aid to Greece and Turkey. Other items include 1938 Germany invades Austria 1912 Girl Scouts organized and first parachute jump by Albert Berry.
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Associated Press
Germany
Austria
New Jersey
Charles II
James
Duke of York
Girl Scouts of America
Savannah
Army
Albert Berry
Jefferson Barracks
Finland
Soviet Union
Harry S. Truman
U. S
Greece
Turkey
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Suharto
Indonesia
Sukarno
New York
Regional Texas Weather Forecast Snapshot
Weather summary across Texas shows temperatures ranging from lows in the 30s to highs in the 90s. Northwest, North Central, Northeast, Southwest, South Central, and Southeast Texas expect mostly clear to partly cloudy skies with a chance of scattered thunderstorms in places tonight through Saturday.
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Northwest
Texas
Southwest
Hodges Named Snyder High Athletic Director and Coach
Mo Hodges of Monahans is offered and accepts the post of athletic director and head football coach at Snyder High School, with a contract through June 30 1973 at 15500 per year. He will begin duties soon after securing release from Monahans and will relocate with his wife and three children.
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Maurice
Mo) Hodges
Monahans
Snyder High School
Hodges
Snyder
Supt
Bill J. Hood
Board of Education
Monahans High School
Tarleton State College
Eastern New Mexico University
Tohoka High School
Doug Ethridge
Hobbs
N. M
Brownwood
Wayne Tyrone
Bombs Rock Northern Ireland in Night of Violence
Bomb bursts and blasts hit Belfast and Dungannon as three soldiers are murdered and a quiet fear grips the region. Police face a wall of silence as IRA links loom over the deadly incident.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Dungannon
Joe McCaig
John
Dugald McCaughey
Irish Republican Army
IRA
London
Army Ad Campaign Triggers Interservice Alarm
US Army launches a 10.6 million prime time advertising drive to recruit volunteers, prompting fears from Marines Navy and Air Force of lost free air time and interservice advertising war. Defense officials halt new paid spots pending a three month evaluation and review.
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Washington
Marines
Navy
Air Force
Army
Marine Corps
Secretary of Defense
Marine
Paul Wollstadt
Demirel Resigns Under Pressure in Turkey
In Ankara Premier Suleiman Demirel resigns after the armed forces threaten a takeover. The memorandum signed by top commanders demanded a nonpartisan government to enact constitutional reforms and halt unrest. The military warned it would seize power if reforms were not rapid.
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Ankara
Turkey
Suleiman Demirel
Cevdet Sunay
Assembly
Senate
Demirel
Air Force
NATO
U.S
Cial
SALT talks falter as envoys head to Vienna
American envoys depart for Vienna amid bleak prospects for a SALT accord. Gerard Smith carries final instructions from Nixon to reject a Soviet proposal on defensive missiles without limits on offensive forces. The Soviets demand nuclear armed American planes. Intelligence notes a new Soviet ICBM while SS9 deployment slows. Nixon seeks more funding for long range weapons and ABMs, promising action only if tied to a SALT agreement.
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Washington
Vienna
U.S
Gerard Smith
Nixon
White House
West Europe
Kremlin
Houston Bank Files Suit Against SE C Stock Fraud Defendants
First Bank of Houston sues in federal court alleging fraud in the SEC stock manipulation case. Named defendants include Frank Sharp Waggoner Carr John Osorio Tom Max Thomas Harold D Thomas Thane Demaris and others plus three firms and a bank. The bank seeks 75000 plus 120000 in damages.
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Dallas
First Bank of Houston
Frank Sharp
Waggoner Carr
Securities and Exchange Commission
Carr
Texas
Sharp
Houston
John Osorio
Tom Max Thomas
Austin
David Hoover
Harold D. Thomas
Angleton
Thane Demaris
Center proposal seeks to reduce state court backlog
Chief Justice Warren E Burger proposed a national center to aid state courts in cutting delays and modernizing procedures. He urged cooperation with the American Bar Association and noted a federal center already exists. He warned of rising court costs and urged settlement emphasis before trial. Also obituary for Ellsworth W. Clark and report on Bernadette Devlin’s U S lecture tour raising funds for Belfast Socialists.
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Associated Press
Williamsburg
Warren E. Burger
Burger
American Bar Association
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Texas Electric Service Company
George Wolf
City of Midland
Top Row
John Thomas
The
Gold Coaters
R. C. Patton
Mel Gilbert
Chamber of Commerce
Preston Wilson
Harry Neuhardt
Kmid — TV
Wain Miller
Midland Reporter-Telegram
Mo Hodges
SHS
Bombs Rock
North Ireland
US Army
Salters
Houston Bank
E. W. Clark
Ellsworth W. Clark
Twenty-eighth Street
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Henderson County
Clark
Bolger Funeral Home
Wallace Kirby
First United Methodist Church
Mr. Clark
Dora Lindsey
Harlan Clark
Tom Lindsey
McCamey
Cecil Lindsey
Charlie Clark
Big Spring
Roy Pool
Bertram
Ennis Floyd
Mell Graham
Devlin
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