The SDN Column On Texas towns and local projects
Orlin Brewer notes cities lack growth due to complacent leaders while Dan Eddy urges care and community. Fisher County readies a $1.5 million county hospital vote in April after a 650 plus signature push.
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Orlin Brewer
Vernon Record
Dan Eddy
Salvation Army
Texas
Eddy
Snyder
United Fund
Fisher County
Rotan Advance
Ruby Star Record
Fisher County Commissioners Court
Wayne Harris
Harris
Viet Cong Frees 32 More Prisoners at Clark Base
At Clark Air Base the Viet Cong released 32 additional American POWs. Col Theodore W. Guy of Tucson praised Nixon for bombing Hanoi and Haiphong, saying the actions hastened the war’s end. The group joined 108 POWs freed earlier, with 142 prisoners freed this week headed home soon.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
Nixon
Hanoi
Haiphong
Air Force
Theodore W. Guy
Tucson
Ariz
North Vietnam
Guy
Laos
United States
China
Today in History March 16 1973 highlights
Key events on this date include Magellan reaching the Philippines in 1521, Rhode Island settlements attacked in 1676, James Madison born in 1751, West Point founded in 1802, Iwo Jima battle end in 1945, oleo taxes debated in 1950, Mother Seton beatified in Vatican ceremony, Robert F Kennedy's 1968 run pledge, and Nixon’s 1972 moratorium on busing.
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Associated Press
Ferdinand Magellan
Philippines
Rhode Island
Warwick
Providence
James Madison
Port Conway
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Iwo Jima
Congress
Vatican
Mother Seton
Robert F. Kennedy
Vietnam
Nixon
Weather summary for Texas and adjoining states
The forecast shows fair to partly cloudy conditions across Northwest Southwest and North Central Northeast Texas with mild to warm Saturday highs 59 to 86 degrees. Overnight lows range from 30s to mid 40s with cooler nights near Mt areas and a small craft advisory along the coast. Louisiana faces possible heavy rainfall ending tonight with cooler conditions Saturday.
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Northwest
Texas
North Central
South Central
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Suspect Indicted in Dunn Farmhouse Murder Case
A Scurry County grand jury indicted 20 year old James Robert Hurd for murder in the death of 16 year old Elizabeth Goodlett at a farm home south of town. The bond was raised from 25 000 to 75 000 after the indictment. Autopsy in Lubbock cited stab wounds to neck and chest. Investigating agencies included Highway Patrol Texas Rangers and an Austin lab team.
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Jimmy Billingsley
Wayland Holt
132Nd District Court
Lubbock
Texas Rangers
Austin
14 Nations Agree On Dollar Plan
Paris reports that the United States and 13 trading nations reached a plan to stabilize exchange rates and ease currency flows. George P. Shultz pledged review of measures to attract capital and discussed returning Eurodollars as market conditions permit. Ministers warned against unlimited dollar outflows and noted convergence of views on phased dollar liberalization by end of 1974.
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Paris
United States
George P. Shultz
The
Treasury
U.S
Valery Giscard D’estaing
France
Waterman faces robbery and shooting in Houston
Frank O Waterman a Snyder oil plant foreman said he will never forget the faces of the two men who robbed him and his wife Eunice 54 who was shot in the head while seeking cancer treatment in Houston. Police hunt two suspects as Waterman describes the attack and the granddaughter 13 sheltered in a bathroom during the incident.
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Houston
Snyder
Frank O. Waterman
Sun Oil Co
Eunice
Waterman
Scali Defends U S At U N Security Council Session
U S Ambassador John Scali dismissed Cuban accusations during the special U N Security Council meeting in Panama. Cuban Foreign Minister Raul Roa charged the United States seeks Green Beret bases in the canal zone and controls regional influence. Torrijos praised Panamanian sovereignty as he criticized U S colonialism and called for world moral support in the canal dispute.
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Panama
U.S
John Scali
United States
U.N. Security Council
Raul Roa
Cuba
Council
Panama Canal Zone
Seali
Nixon
U.N
Seahi
Omar Torrijos
Latin America
Torrijos
Browning Elected President of Scurry County Foundation
J L Browning, local realtor and developer, named president of the Scurry County Industrial Foundation after Thursday night stockholders meeting. He succeeds Gene Best whose term expired. Newly elected directors include H F Clark Rex Robinson and H W Cargile with Bill Sikes and Marven K Stevenson. Holdovers include Rayburn Burgess Joe Carroll Arel Faver Clyde Hall Billy McCormick Cloyce Talbot.
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J.L. Browning
Scurry County
Bill Sikes
Marven K. Stevenson
Browning and Robinson
Rayburn Burgess
Joe Carroll
Arel Faver
Clyde Hall
Billy McCormick
Cloyce Talbot
Best
Herbert Heather
Mel Gilbert
Dale Stuard
Countercharges Fly Over Vietnam War Material Shipments
Viet Cong accuse the United States of shipping armaments into South Vietnam without cease-fire inspection. The U S delegation plans a reply. Tra charges U S armament moves violate the agreement, jeopardizing Paris talks. Truc says Japan advised munitions flow to Da Nang with more tonnage expected.
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South Vietnam
United States
Pham Duong Hien
Saigon
Paris
Tra
Woodward
Provisional Revolutionary Government
Tru
Socialist Party
Japan
U.S
da Nang
Odessa former deputy sheriff dies in two car crash
Julius Scroggins 37 of Odessa a former Ector County deputy sheriff was killed Thursday in a two car collision near Midland airport.
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Odessa, Tex
Julius Scroggins
Odessa
Ector County
Midland
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