Snyder Jaycees push study of courthouse jail and museum needs
The Snyder Jaycees report petitions gathering signatures for a study of courthouse jail and museum building proposals. Ken Aldridge leads the petition committee with slides showing needs while Mickey Nunney notes the effort seeks steps for costs and facility type before any bond election. The piece notes aging local history exhibits and references rising land values near Houston's Astrodome as examples of development pressure.
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Snow and Sleet Cancel Snyder Area Weekend Activities
Freezing drizzle sleet and snow slowed travel across the Snyder area Friday night into Saturday morning. Many school events including SHS coronation, track trips, baseball and tennis were postponed or canceled amid a Texas wide winter storm with up to six inches in parts and treacherous road conditions from Lubbock to Odessa.
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Today in History Highlights From March 16 1969
On March 16 1969 notable events include Ferdinand Magellan reaching the Philippines in 1521 James Madison born in 1751 West Point established in 1802 Hitler rearming Germany in 1935 American troops arriving in Australia in 1942 bombers attacking the Aleutians in 1943 and Japan’s Iowa Jima resistance ending in 1945.
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Ferdinand Magellan
Philippines
James Madison
Port Conway
Congress
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Australia
Aleutians
Iowa Jima
Weather and snow advisories across Texas regions
Weather overview reports heavy snow warnings in Northwest and Southeast Texas with 3 to 5 inch accumulations and hazardous driving. North Central Texas sees snow and rain showers with 3 to 5 inch NW totals. Northeast and South Central Texas expect clouds, rain, and cooler Sunday highs ranging from mid 40s to mid 70s in the south.
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Soviet China clash widens to border post attacks
Moscow charged Red Chinese troops attacked a Soviet Far East border post on Friday and again today in a new clash near Damansky Island. Tass cited an armed Chinese assault with artillery and mortar fire and said the attackers were expelled. Both sides blamed each other amid renewed border tensions and propaganda attacks.
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Tass
Peking
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J A Woods Rites Monday
James Allen Woods 77 of 1511 Avenue R died 2 a.m. Saturday in Big Spring VA hospital. World War I veteran resident 35 years. Funeral 2 p.m. Monday Bolger Funeral Home Chapel burial Snyder Cemetery. Survived by wife Ida Lee married Feb 24 1919 a son James L Woods three sisters two grandchildren two great grandchildren one son preceded him. World War I veterans pallbearers.
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Avenue R
Veterans Administration
Big Spring
Alabama
Woods
Bolger
James L. Woods
Fort Worth
Birdie Westtrope
Carlisle
Ark
Vera Davis
Gainesville
Claude Linton
California
Mr. Woods
Lightfoot Rites Held for Milton L Lightfoot 76
Funeral service was held here Saturday afternoon for Milton Lee Lightfoot 76 father of Dr A B Lightfoot pastor of the First Baptist Church in Snyder He died Friday at Cog dell Memorial Hospital He had lived here about 12 months coming from Lubbock where he resided 18 years A retired carpenter native of Bell County The Rev Jack Riley officiated Burial followed in Santa Anna Cemetery Survivors include his wife Myrtle Lightfoot a daughter Mrs C E Oden of Garland and a stepdaughter Mrs J H Bentley of Lubbock
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Lubbock
Bell County
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Avenue D Baptist Church
Bell Seale Chapel
W. G. Perdue
Sweetwater
Santa Anna Cemetery
Santa Anna
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C. E. Oden
Garland
J. H. Bentley
Nixon outlines one warning Vietnam policy on TV
President Nixon described a single warning approach to North Vietnam and the Viet Cong. He said no further warnings would be issued and any retaliation would consider U.S. casualties and impact on the Paris peace talks. Senate Majority Leader Mansfield warned the stance risks a Lyndon Johnson style dilemma.
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Nixon
Vietnam
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National Security Council
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Coronation at Snyder High School Delayed to April
Principal Ben Brock said the annual Snyder High School coronation will be rescheduled from Saturday night to an April date due to weather. He noted the postponement creates logistical issues in coordinating community activities and aligns with broader political tensions referenced in the report.
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Snyder High School
Ben Brock
Brock
Davis Rites Set Monday
Mrs. Myrtle Goswick Davis 64 of 2603 Avenue F died Friday night in Cogdell Memorial Hospital. Survived by six daughters, three sons, a sister, three brothers, 43 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Funeral at 10 am Monday Church of the Nazarene with burial in Terrace Cemetery Post under Bell-Seale Funeral Home.
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Avenue F
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Ranger
Davis
Dow Grady Davis
Willard Ervin
Snyder
Harold France
Abilene
L. M. Reep
Anton
Wayne Thomas
Post
FE. O. Crawford
Cartwright
Okla
Charles E. Peters
Bell-Seale
Nazarene Church
Terrace
Bell - Seale Funeral Home
Violence climbs as East Pakistan unrest grows
In East Pakistan protests surge with 91 dead per informants and 62 confirmed in Jamalpur and Manikganj. Mob fires destroy 546 homes as police arrest 48 in Jamalpur. Students vow a March 17 strike. talks suggest a coalition government and electoral reforms.
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Pakistan
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Jamalpur
Manikganj
Dacca
Malpur
Khwaja Shahabuddin
Rawalpindi
Ayub Khan
Completion Near Far Dam Project
The Colorado River Municipal Water District nears completion of a lake above Robert Lee with about 150000 cubic yards left to move from an original 14 million. The gate valves will be finished by month end, sodding of the dam slope is underway, and only minor brush burning remains. A supplemental revenue bond issue will be discussed in Big Spring Monday with consultants and underwriters before final bond sales and the letting of the last 24 miles of pipe.
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Robert Lee
Freeboard
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Big Spring
S. W. Freese
Dick Locke
Eastman, Dillon, Union Securities Co
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