Irish Honor St. Pat Parade Festivities Across Nation
Irish-Americans and friends honor St Patrick with parades in Chicago New York Washington and Boston. Chicago pours 25 pounds green dye into the river as Daley officiates. New York expects 100000 marchers with a green center stripe. Washington hosts 3000 in Constitution Avenue and 65000 spectators.
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Associated Press
St. Patrik
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
State Street
Kansas City
Kelly’s
Randal Kelly
New York
Dublin
Aer Lingus
Irish International Airlines
City Hall
Ireland
Fifth Avenue
James Cavanaugh
Hibernia
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Washington
St. Patrick’s Day
Constitution Avenue
Guiness Stout
White House
National Park Service
Art Lamb
John Malloy
United States
Ford
Notre Dame
Boston
This Day In History March Seventeenth Highlights
On March seventeenth many events are recorded across years. British troops evacuated Boston in 1776 during the Revolutionary War. The Republic of Texas adopted a constitution in 1836.
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Associated Press
St. Patrick’s
Boston
Bunker Hill
Republic of Texas
Brazil
Spain
Germany
League of Nations
Barcelona
National Gallery of Art
Washington
Tibet
Dalai Lama
India
My Lai
South Vietnam
Amos Alonzo Stagg
Stockton
Calif
United States
U.N. Security Council
Britain
Rhodesia
Richard Nixon
European Common Market
Europe
Texas Weather Summary Outlook With Coastal Winds
The forecast covers Texas regions from Northwest to Southeast with high temperatures in the 60s and 70s, lows in the 20s to 60s, and mixed clouds, showers, and thunderstorms. Coastal winds shift from southeast to northwest with seas 2 to 4 feet, and a chance of showers ending early Tuesday.
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Snyder
Texas
Panhandle
Port o’Connor
Brownsville
Port Arthur
Two New Doctors Coming to Snyder Open House Hints at Growth
Cogdell Memorial Hospital hosted an open house drawing Snyder and Scurry County residents. Hospital administrator Cy Miller announced two osteopathic doctors will practice in Snyder after internships, Dr. David Wiman and Dr. David Ray. Wiman, a Snyder High School grad, and Ray, from Bridgeport, have ties to Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. The event highlighted new heart monolizing equipment funded by the hospital's Women's Auxiliary, which also supports a medical student scholarship program requiring three-year local practice.
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Snyder and
Scurry County
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Women’s Auxiliary
Cy Miller
Miller
Cogdell Center
David Wiman
David Ray
Wiman
Dallas
Ray
el Paso
Snyder High School
T.D. Wiman
Frances Martin
Snyder High
Hardin- Simmons University
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Fort Worth
Bridgeport
Tax Cut Plan Faces Opposition Over Homebuyers Credit
House Ways and Means Chairman Al Ullman urged deleting a 3 billion homebuyers tax credit from the federal tax cut bill. He warned cuts could fuel inflation or trigger recession and higher unemployment. Senate and House actions on military aid for Cambodia were also expected with reactions divided along party lines.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
al Ullman
D-Ore
Treasury
William E. Simon
Congress
White House
Senate
House Committee
Cambodia
Ullman
Senate Finance Committee
Supreme Court Rules Federal Government Owns Offshore Oil Rights
The Supreme Court unanimously held that the federal government owns offshore oil rights in the Atlantic, rejecting coastal states led by Maine’s claim of chartered dominion. The ruling, citing earlier precedents, upholds federal authority over seabed areas beyond three miles and notes states receive no revenue from oil produced in federal waters.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Atlantic Ocean
Justice Department
Atlantic
Maine
England
U.S
Byron R. White
California
Congress
Ford Argues For US Involvement At Notre Dame
President Ford urges rejection of new isolationism and backs continued U.S. involvement in world affairs with emphasis on foreign aid programs. He attends a Notre Dame convocation, receives a doctor of laws, and greets crowds exceeding 10,000 during a St Patrick’s Day parade.
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South Bend
Ind
Ford
U.S
University of Notre Dame
Cambodia
South Vietnam
O’ford
St. Patrick’s Day
Washington
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Maryland
Virginia
Rockies
Georgia
Florida
Texas
Kansas
Notre Dame
America
Texas Utilities and Soviet Firm Pact on Lignite Gasification
Texas Utilities and Moscow based V O Licensintorg announced a deal to transfer deep lignite gasification technology. Tests in East Texas will evaluate using Soviet built lignite fields and the project aims to recover coal below 150 feet. The program, costing under 2 million, sees lignite gas as a supplemental energy source rather than a primary solution.
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Dallas
Scientific Research Agency
Texas Utilities Services Co
East
Texas
Texas Utilities
V-O Licensintorg
Moscow
Licensintorg
P.G. Brittain
Texas Company
Texas Power & Light Co
Dallas Power and Light Co
Texas Electric Service Co
Brittain
Soviet Union
United States
County Agrees On Deep Creek Flood Control Plan
Scurry County Commissioners indicated support for a Deep Creek Flood Control local sponsor plan pending feasibility. A Snyder city resolution covering 50 percent funding for land rights contracts and legal costs is mirrored, with operation and maintenance added. A planning grant from the State Soil and Water Conservation Board would test feasibility and identify proposed structures, following flood damage of August 13, 1972.
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Scurry County
Snyder
Commissioners Court
George Patterson
State Soil and Water Conservation Board
Erwin Pavlik
Upper
Colorado Soil and Water Conservation District
State Board
The
Soil Conservation Service
Snyder city trims fire insurance rate to 2 percent
Texas Board of Insurance approved a 2 percent fire insurance rate credit for Snyder. City Manager George Patterson reports the 1975 rate remains the same as 1974, marking the sixth straight year with stable or lower rates. Rate reflects the fire department’s role in keeping losses below 24 percent of premiums. Snyder’s five year premiums total $656,960 with losses at $161,784. the key rate hasn’t risen since 1966.
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Texas Board of Insurance
Snyder
George Patterson
Patterson
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Clyde Ferguson
County Hospital
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Cogdell Hospital
Women's Auxiliary
Lawton Taylor
Chrysler Corp
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Pan American World Airways
Herman T. Schneebeli
R-Pa
GOP
White
Deep Creek
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