Drive Launched Here To Bring In Factory
A public meeting in Snyder called by the Scurry County Industrial Development Corporation gathered 800 residents to hear plans for a new garment factory. The plant would require 40,000 square feet on five acres, cost about 300,000 dollars, and employ 400 to 800 workers with a minimum payroll near two million annually. Local banks and firms pledged funds, land, or commitments, while rent scales would adjust with payroll. no town solicitations would be made.
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Snyder
Scurry County
Dun and Bradstreet
New York Stock Exchange
Snyder Savings and Loan
Texas Electric Service
Scat
Snyder Theatres
KSNY
Lyle Dellebach
Insurance Men of
Clyde Hall
Claude McCormick
Ella Booth
Bill Wilson
Scurry County Industrial Development Corporation
Bill Brown
H. F. Clark
Texas Electric Service Co
Ranger 9 Live Moon View Shows Impact Dive
Ranger 9 televised a sequence of more than 200 close ups as it plunged toward Alphonsus crater. The 5 minute live shots, relayed by networks, showed Craters Albategnius Alphonsus Ptolemaeus and the Alphonsus floor, including a 3,000 foot peak and a rill, ahead of the 6:08 am impact four miles from target.
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Ralph Dighton
Pasadena
Calif
Ranger 9
Lunar
Alphonsus
Ranger
Crater
Albategnius
Ptolemaeus
Rangers
Broad Plains
Cape Kennedy
Fla
United States
Weather Summary for Texas Regions
Multiple zones report cloudy cool conditions with light rain or drizzle. Temperatures range from the mid teens to low 50s across Southeast West North Central and Northwest Texas with higher 40s to mid 50s expected Thursday. Winds vary, with cool tonight and more showers possible Thursday.
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Texas
Aritzgie
Trwredey
Snyder urged push to land garment factory deal
Citizens face a clear challenge to back a Scurry County Industrial Development Corp plan. A $300,000 site and building investment could bring a factory with 400 jobs and at least $2 million in annual payroll, forming a non profit effort to attract and expand local industry. No pledges guarantee success. participation equals neighborly responsibility.
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Snyder
Scurry County Industrial Development Corp
Gemini Pair Feeling Fine After Space Flight
Virgil Grissom and John Young awoke refreshed aboard the USS Intrepid after their 81,000 mile three orbit mission. NASA reported no adverse blood effects from space radiation and no further tests needed.
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Intrepid
Virgil J. Grissom
John W. Young
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Harold Minners
Bama Marchers Reach Final Leg Of 50 Mile Vote March
Civil rights marchers resume from Selma to Montgomery early aiming to cover 14 miles to reach Montgomery city limits. Led by Rev. Andrew Young and James Orange, the group travels under Guard supervision with contingents along four lane sections. The march began Sunday on U.S. 80 and includes a stop six miles from the Alabama Capitol in a Roman Catholic school yard.
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Lowndesboro
Ala
Selma
Montgomery
National Guard
Alabama
Andrew Young
Atlanta
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
James Orange
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Jim Leather
Saginaw
Mich
U.S. 80
Frank M Johnson Jr
Black Belt
Martin Luther King Jr
Cleveland
Cae
Front Brings Snow Flurries To Texas
Snow flurries and record cold struck the Panhandle as icy winds pushed temperatures to 17 degrees in Dalhart and near 23 in Lubbock. A warm-up was seen in Brownsville, while Abilene and San Antonio observed light drizzle. Forecasters expected mainly light rain statewide with lingering chill into mid next week.
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Texas Panhandle
Brownsville
Texas
Lufkin
San Antonio
del Rio
Dalhart
Amarillo
Lubbock
Nacogdoches Fire Destroys Feed Mill Complex
An early morning blaze at 4:55 am caused an estimated $20,000 damage to a feed mill and warehouse of the Nacogdoches Cattle Co. in Nacogdoches Texas. One fireman suffered a cut to the head from falling debris while fighting the flames.
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Nacogdoches, Tex
Nacogdoches Cattle Co
Texas Senate Okays Student Loan Bond Plan
Texas senators approved a constitutional amendment to authorize up to 75 million dollars in bonds to fund loans for junior and senior college students at private or state institutions. The measure, sponsored by Sen Grady Hazlewood, moves to the House where a 100 million bond issue was earlier approved. The vote was 29 to 0 with no debate on the church-state issue.
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Ernest Stromberger
Austin
Texas
Senate
Grady Halewood
Amarillo
House
Dorsey Hardeman
San Angelo
Hazlewood
Space Walk No Health Effects On Return
Soviet doctors reported the first spacewalker returned to Earth without noticeable physical changes. Data from the flight showed cosmonaut Alexei Leonego suffered no muscle strain during his 10 minute tumble in space.
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Moscow
Earth
Alexei Leonego
Seven Children Die in Belchertown House Fire
BELCHERTOWN Mass AP seven children oldest nine died Tuesday night when fire swept second floor bedrooms. Parents Arthur and Mrs Berthiaume escaped with their eldest daughter Limba and were hospitalized with burns and shock in fair condition. Children named Alice Barbara Mary Jane Dorma Susan Arthur and Michael were aged 9 8 7 4 2 1 and seven months respectively. Cause undetermined as state fire marshal investigates.
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Belchertown
Mass
Arthur Berthiaume
Limba
Berthiaume
Massachusetts
Alice
Barbara
Mary Jane
Dorma
Susan
Arthur
Michael
Viet Raids Secre lore Successes
Viet Namese spokesman reports eight South Vietnamese fighters destroyed a North Vietnamese radar station at Dong Hoi and sank four Communist ships off Quang Khe. Skyraiders pressed anti aircraft while aiding reconnaissance missions. One plane returned with engine trouble. Communist agencies claimed losses.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Dong Hoi
Quang Khe
Hanoi
South Chine Sea
New China
Tass
Vinh Linh
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Industrial Development Corporation
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