TAP program boosts Texas Agricultural Products symbol
The SDN Column notes visitors highlighted the TAP symbol promoting Texas grown and processed foods. Texas Department of Agriculture officials from Big Spring and Lubbock explained the effort to steer Texans toward home state products, with seasonal emphasis shifts. The piece also highlights Snyder Kiwanis Pancake Supper to aid youth programs, set for 5 30 to 8 00 pm Saturday in the high school cafeteria, with pancakes made by Texans.
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TAP
Texas
Texas Department of Agriculture
Maurice Jones
Mike Fields
Big Spring
Lubbock
Dave
Wacil Menair
Weather summary for Snyder region and Gulf Coast states
The forecast shows regional cooling with clearer skies across Texas. Temperatures range from lows in the 20s to high 70s, with cooler conditions expected tonight and Thursday. Winds shift from southerly to northerly along the coast from Brownsville to Port Arthur.
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Texas
Brownsville
Port Arthur
Viet Cong offensive hits Da Nang as U S troops clash near city
Viet Cong rockets struck Da Nang’s shantytown by a Navy pier as U S and South Vietnamese forces fought heavy battles nearby. A large counteroffensive northwest of Saigon killed 123 North Vietnamese on day one. American losses included one dead and 23 wounded. South of Da Nang, 400 NVA troops shelled a U S Marine camp, leaving 12 Americans dead and 30 wounded after brutal fighting. In Da Nang’s outskirts, two enemy soldiers breached Marine lines but were killed. A rocket attack prepared for Saigon was thwarted by vigilant GIs who guided mortar fire to neutralize a threat near the capital.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
South Vietnam
da Nang
U.S
John T. Wheeler
U.S. Navy
Wheeler
Dien Ban
James Wales
North Olmsted
Ohio
Eugene Griesing
Weatherley
Swinging Candidate For Mayor
A red haired Los Angeles housewife, Eileen Nora Anderson, 32, campaigns to unseat Mayor Sam Yorty in the April primary. She dresses in green stockings and miniskirts, sings at rallies, and advocates tax relief, smog reduction, legalized gambling, and city control, describing her approach as new and qualified.
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Los Angeles
Eileen Nora Anderson
Eileen
Sam Yorty
City Hall
Ships Collide In Fog Off England
In dense fog off England's southeast coast a Liberian freighter named Garden City collided with a Polish vessel. The Garden City, 6,933 tons, was abandoned as it began to sink nose first. Its crew boarded two lifeboats and were rescued by the Polish government ship Zaglebie Dabrowskie, 10,500 tons.
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Deal
England
Coast Guard
Garden City
Monrovia
Atlantic Maritime Co
Zaglebie Dabrowskie
Raids On Arab Positions Reach Third Day In Four
TEL AVIV AP Israeli jets struck Arab guerrilla positions at the foot of the Gilead Mountains for a third time in four days. Four warplanes strafed and bombed as flames rose. An earlier action targeted bases near Amman and Al Manshiyah south of the Sea of Galilee. Jordan said three Israeli soldiers were wounded in a 25 minute clash in the northern Jordan valley after exchange of fire started by Israeli forces.
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Jordan River
Gilead
Never
Sea of Galilee
Jordan
Amman
Peared
Al-Manshiya
Khan Yunis
Mediterranean
Jordan Valley
Noshan
Anguilla Invaded By British Troops
British troops landed on Anguilla at dawn in a quiet operation named Calypso. Paratroopers and marines, numbering about 313, searched for weapons as Acting President Ronald Webster urged submission. The island population reacted with tears and mixed defiance as leaders’ whereabouts remained unclear.
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Eloy
Aguillar Associated Press
Anguilla
Caribbean
Red Devil Regiment
Ronald Webster
Britain
Webster
Anthony Lee
England
Angulla
St. Kitts and
Nevis
St. Kitts
Anguillans
Apollo 1 to orbit Moon 63 hours before landing plan
Apollo 1 will launch May 18 and orbit the Moon for 63 hours with two crewmen attempting a landing within 10 miles of the surface while the third returns to the command module. Apollo 10 missions aim to test lunar orbit and rendezvous ahead of Apollo 11’s July launch. Crew includes Stafford Cernan and Young.
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Dezvous
Earth
Thomas P. Stafford
Stafford
Navy
Eugene Cernan
John Young
Birds Scout Capistrano Swallows Return for Spring
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO California AP For a century swallows return around St Josephs Day March 19 to nest under the old mission church attracting thousands of tourists. Even President Nixon may visit later this week. A few dozen scouts arrived early to survey the land said mission spokesman Bill Smith. The birds winter in Argentina and return north with spring winds. Smith noted their punctuality.
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San Juan Capistrano
Calif
St. Joseph's Day
Bill Smith
Argentina
Smith
Lower voting age debated by Texas House committee
Eighteen witnesses from colleges and universities urged lowering suffrage age to 18 or 19 before the House Constitutional Amendments Committee. Speakers, including David Maddox and Rostam Kavoussi, argued voting rights could channel youth energy from unrest to participation, with testimony from students and civic groups.
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Lee Jones
Associated Press
Austin
House
Harriet Murphy
Huston-Tillotson College
David Maddox
Texas A&m
Rostam Kavoussi
University of Texas
Kavoussi
Charles Munoz
Bexar County
San Antonio
Laird Sees Threat From China and USSR
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird warned Congress that the emerging Communist Chinese nuclear threat will be one of the gravest national security problems of the 1970s. He cited the Soviet challenge, noting more ICBM launchers under construction than the 1,059 U.S. missiles. Laird spoke in a closed Senate session on the Pentagon budget, amid discussions of the Sentinel ABM system with a proposed $800 million for deployment across 12 batteries in the continental U.S. with options for Hawaii and Alaska, plus plans to extend range of the nuclear-tipped Spartan interceptors.
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Melvin R. Laird
Congress
Soviet Union
United States
U.S
Laird
Senate Armed Forces Committee
Pentagon
Capitol Hill
Nixon
ABM
Continental
Hawaii
Alaska
Bell 75 Dies at Home After eight years in city
O H Bell aged 75 of 324 Thirty-first Street died at 6 am today at his residence. Funeral arrangements were pending at Bell Seale Funeral Home. A World War I veteran and Church of Christ member born in Manor Texas. He married Ruth Way July 1 1948 at Clovis New Mexico. Survived by wife two stepsons Carroll Davis Fort Worth and Lewis Davis Coalinga California three sisters Nellie Heard Lynwood Eva Burns Winters Lucille Mapes Amarillo and a brother L D Bell Waco.
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O. H. Bell
Thirty - First Street
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Mr. Bell
Manor
Tex
Church of Christ
Clovis
N. M
Ruth Way
Carroll Davis
Fort Worth
Lewis Davis
Coalinga
Calif
Nellie Heard
Lynwood
Eva Burns
Winters
Lucille Mapes
Amarillo
L. D. Bell
Waco
Bargain Park Avenue Parcel Sells for $925
New York AP reports a five inch by 8 foot parcel on Park Avenue sold for 925 dollars. The buyer was the owner of an adjacent building. The narrow strip sits between two apartment blocks and covers 34 square feet. The auction drew interest as a curious real estate bargain.
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New York
Park Avenue
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