Hightower visits Western Texas College campus
State Senator Jack Hightower toured Western Texas College buildings on Friday and addressed history and government classes. He praised the program and urged local residents to contact him directly with concerns. He referenced the Vernon Regional Junior College opening this fall and discussed potential special legislative sessions and daylight saving time issues.
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Vernon Regional Junior College
Vernon
Sen. Hightower
Scurry County
Scurry
Today in History highlights key events on March 19
On this date in 1920 the Senate rejected the Versailles Treaty forming a League of Nations. Other items note Massachusettes colony founded in 1928 by English settlers, Bryan's 1860 birth, the Oregon voyage beginning in 1898, the Adamson Act upheld in 1917, the St. Lawrence Seaway treaty in 1941, the Dalai Lama's 1959 flight, a Bolivian revolt in 1960, and Indonesia seizing four foreign oil companies in 1965.
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League of Nations
Massachusettes
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Salem
Ill
U.S
Oregon
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U.S. Supreme Court
Adamson
United States
Canada
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India
China
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Indonesia
Weather outlook for Snyder and Texas regions
Snyder shows 7 am reading 54 degrees with highs near 82 and a low 52 Friday. Northwest Texas turns cooler with mid 60s to mid 80s highs and 30s to 40s nights by Wednesday. North Central to Northeast Texas stay warm Monday with showers, then cooler Tuesday and Wednesday in the 60s to 70s. Southwest Texas remains warm with 75 to 90 highs and 44 to 60 lows.
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Texas
ABA panel urges shift to medical treatment for heroin addicts
A special study committee of the American Bar Association urged replacing punishment with medical care for heroin addicts in city crime policy. It recommends placing arrestees in clinics for withdrawal and methadone, with a cautious pilot using heroin as a last resort, and expanding federally funded treatment centers in urban areas.
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American Bar Association
Washington
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Bar Association
San Francisco
Damage Heavy In Prison Outburst At Walpole
About 150 inmates at Walpole State Prison rioted after a stabbing of a black inmate burning the library and smashing property. Police said racial overtones were likely. Ronald Stokes 22 of Boston was stabbed and taken to Massachusetts General Hospital in fair condition.
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Associated Press
Walpole
Mass
Walpole State Prison
Foxboro State
Correction
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Ronald Stokes
Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital
Stokes
Boone
Rally in Belfast fuels mass Protestant demonstration
Hundreds of buses bring Protestants from across Northern Ireland to Belfast for a massive Ulster Vanguard rally predicted at 50 000 in the province's largest demonstration in decades. Troops and police guard against Catholic counterprotests as violence flares with a 7 year old shot and a soldier wounded in separate incidents.
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Northern Ireland
Ulster Vanguard Movement
Britain
Andersonstown
Londonderry
Tiger's Tale Wins Award at ILPC Conference
Snyder High School's Tiger's Tale won an ILPC recognition at the 45th annual league conference in Austin. UT Austin ILPC director Dr. Max R. Haddick presented the honor during a Saturday banquet at Villa Capri Motor Hotel. About 3,600 students and teachers attended. editor Cindy Morris and sponsor Empress Mc Farland are noted.
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Snyder High School
Tiger’s Tale
Univeristy of Texas
Max R. Haddick
UT Austin
ILPC
Villa Capri Motor Hotel
Cindy Morris
Snyder
Empress McFarland
Straw Polls New To Texas
Texas adopts straw polls at local Democratic conventions May 6 to gauge candidate strength for the national nominating process. Delegates to county and state conventions will be allocated by county results with a 20 percent threshold. coalitions may reap share allocations. GOP delegates remain chosen by majority groups, not bound to a single candidate.
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Texas
Edmund Muskie
San Diego
GOP
Texas Gop
Daily Zodiac Message for Taurus and Horoscope Fragments
A torn page shows a daily activity guide linked to zodiac signs with scattered words and numbers. It hints at names like Associa and Officials and contains partial date markers and stray digits, suggesting an incomplete horoscope column.
Last Of Septuplets Succumbs
In Santa Clara California doctors lost their battle to save any of seven babies born to a young woman using fertility drugs for almost four years. The three infant girls who survived longest died, two at Stanford and one at Kaiser. the septuplets were born 23 weeks prematurn. The four girls and three boys were born two and a half months early. a boy and a girl were stillborn, and two boys died about five hours later.
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Santa Clara
Calif
Stanford University Medical Center
Palo Alto
Kaiser Foundation
Wallace Seeks Texas Support At Democratic convention push
George Wallace former American Party presidential candidate toured Texas seeking delegates and support for the Democratic National Convention He flew into Austin held a press conference in the state House and urged Texas Wallace supporters to flood May 6 precinct conventions. about 200 cheered. Governor Preston Smith promoted rural development and Briscoe called for term limits and disclosure reforms in state race coverage.
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George Wallace
Preston Smith
Shamrock
Wheeler County
Texas
Dolph Briscoe
Smith
Liberty
House of Representatives
Uvalde
Ryan Art Show Ends Here Today at Scurry Coliseum
Tom Ryan's paintings, a major western artist exhibit at Scurry County Coliseum, closes today with viewing from 2 to 5 pm. About 200 people attended a Friday preview and barbecue hosted by the Fandangle cast, with Dean Krakel and Ryan signing copies of a related book.
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Scurry County Coliseum
Ryan
Coliseum
Fort Griffin
Texas Art Gallery of Dallas
Diamond Museum
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