Fugitive Sought In Lubbock Area
A former airman escaped from a Wichita Falls jailer and sparked a manhunt centered near Lubbock Texas. John Garrett 23 of Hendersonville Tennessee and William Whitman 25 of Ripley West Virginia were linked to multiple robberies in Seymour and Henrietta with a stolen 1966 automobile found near Fort Worth.
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Wichita Falls
Lubbock
Skeet Forrester
Forrester
Ralls
John Garrett
Hendersonville
Seymour
Tex
Garrett
Clay County
Thomas Covington
Henrietta
Fort Worth
Bowie
Auto license plates rush as April first deadline nears
More than 5,000 plates remain unsold as the county tax office stays open for six days before month end. By now 5,800 plates have been sold including 4,190 passenger cars, 1,000 commercial, 400 farm, 200 trailer and 100 other vehicles. Prices vary by vehicle size and weight.
Barrage Of Firepower Takes Heavy Cong Toll
AP report from Saigon details heavy Viet Cong losses in 24 hours with 501 killed, plus Korean and Allied casualties. U.S. fighter-bombers hit North Viet Nam's supply routes. Go Dau raid yields four captured tanks. largest toll logged by Korean forces in Fierce Tiger near Qui Nhon.
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Edwin Q. White
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Go Dau
Qui Nhon
Magic Pass
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Air Force
Navy
North Vietnamese
Panhandles
Red River Valley
Hanoi
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Blizzard Death Toll Climbs Across Plains and Midwest
The second February blizzard buried the north central and Plains states with heavy snow and ice. Nebraska led with 11 deaths, Minnesota and Iowa each three, South Dakota and Wyoming two each, and at least 21 deaths overall. Schools and roads shut, travel halted, and economic losses soared as power lines fell and drifted snow blocked towns including Minneapolis St Paul where 14 inches fell. The University of Minnesota closed for the first time in its history.
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North Central
Plains
Nebraska
Minnesota
Iowa
South Dakota
Wyoming
Howells
Greeley
Neb
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Montana
Twin Cities
Norfolk
Postal fee increases set for March 26 across multiple services
Postmaster H D Moreland Snyder announces higher rates for money orders insurance registry certified mail and C O D mail effective Saturday March 26. New brackets raise insurance minimum to 15 and various fees shift to the public to reduce the $60 million annual cost gap by about 36 million based on 1965 data.
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H D. Moreland
Snyder
AVIVA
Las
Federal
Treasury
Baby Survives 50 Foot Fall Into San Francisco Bay
In Sausalito a 15 month old girl named Adair Erhard fell 50 feet from an apartment balcony into shallow bay waters. Her father Werner Erhard rescued her quickly and she remained unharmed.
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Sausalito
Calif
San Francisco Bay
Adair Erhard
Werner
Former Snyder Resident Competes for Junior Miss Title
Anne Collins, daughter of Dwane and wife, a Snyder area native, competes among 50 contestants for America's Junior Miss crown in Mobile Alabama. She won Hawaii's Junior Miss on her 17th birthday and travels from Honolulu where her father works at the University of Hawaii. Final round set to be televised nationally Saturday night.
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Snyder
Mobile
Ala
Anne Collins
Dwane Collins
Honolulu
Hawaii
Collins
Mrs. Taylor Dies Rites Set Friday
Mrs. J. W. Taylor 97 of Abilene and Snyder area died Wednesday night at Hendrick Memorial Hospital Abilene. Funeral services are planned in Abilene and Snyder with burial at Ira Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Mrs. Bantau, son Edgar Taylor, sister Mrs. Chester, four grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Pallbearers are listed.
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J. W. Taylor
Snyder
Hendrick Memorial Hospital
Abilene
Scurry County
Ira
Eliott
Chapel of Memories
Bell-Seale
Eugene Surface
John Gordon
First Presbyterian Church
Bell-Seale Funeral Home
Bantau
Edgar Taylor
L. O. Chester
Artesia
N.M
Morse Bantau Jr
Grady Henderson
Wilson Howell
Sterling Taylor
JT. A. Faver
T. B. Knight
Supreme Court voids Virginia poll tax ruling bars wealth voting tests
The Supreme Court, in a 6 3 decision announced by Justice Douglas, voided Virginia’s poll tax and barred any fee or wealth qualification for voting. Dissenters included Justices Harlan and Black. States Alabama and Texas cited federal challenges. Mississippi and Vermont still use poll taxes.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Virginia
John M. Harlan
William O Douglas
Alabama
Texas
Mississippi
Vermont
Douglas
Groundbreaking Set for Scurry County Coliseum Work
The groundbreaking ceremony to launch construction of the Scurry County Coliseum will be held at 2 p m Monday at the site in east Snyder. County officials say city and school representatives and other guests will attend. Rose Construction Co. of Abilene, the general contractor, has begun preliminary excavation after contracts were awarded March 8 with a 400 calendar day completion target.
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Scurry County Coliseum
East Snyder
County Commissioners Court
Rose Construction Co. of
Abilene
Regional Weather Outlook Texas Warm Then Clouds
Mild to warm conditions across multiple Texas regions with higher highs in the 60s to 70s range and lows mostly in the 30s to 50s. Northwest and Southwest areas see cloudy skies and gradual warmups tonight into Friday while Southeast stays partly cloudy and cool tonight.
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Snyder
Texas
South
North
Commission Reports Low-Yield Blast
A low yield underground nuclear blast was set off at the Nevada test site as part of the Plowshare program to explore peaceful uses for nuclear explosives. The device yielded less than 20 000 tons of TNT and is described as part of ongoing excavation experiments.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada Test Site
Service Set Friday For Mrs Nipp
Mrs. D L Nipp 71 of Route 3 Snyder died 5 55 p m Wednesday at Malone Hogan Hospital Big Spring Born in Arkansas she married D L Nipp May 28 1911 in Morgan s Mill Erath County Texas Lived in Scurry County since 1922 funeral Friday Bell Seale Chapel with Rev Guy A White and Rev Douglas Crow officiating Burial Ira q Cemetery Survived by husband a son Farrell Nipp Snyder five sisters and one brother Pallbearers listed }
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D. L. Nipp
Route 3
Snyder
Malone - Hogan Hospital
Big Spring
Arkansas
Morgan's Mill
Erath County
Tex
Scurry County
Bell- Seale Chapel
Guy A. White
Union Baptist Church
Douglas Crow
Vera
Iraq Cemetery
Bell-Seale Funeral Home
Indonesians Fail To Seat Cabinet Amid Chaos
Indonesia's leaders meet with President Sukarno without agreement on a new anti Communist Cabinet to halt political and economic turmoil. A later meeting was planned as students threaten protests while Jakarta remains calm and curfew shortens. Islamic lawmakers urge Suharto to restore real parliamentary authority.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
Sukarn
House of Representatives
Suharto
Army weighs new air cavalry to replace armored units
Washington reports Pentagon planners study forming new air cavalry regiments and squadrons to replace or supplement tank based armored cavalry. Proposals aim to use helicopters for faster ground coverage, expanding air mobility after the Viet Nam success of the 1st Cavalry Airmobile Division.
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Washington
West Germany
Iron Curtain
Viet Nam
Pentagon
Air Cavalry
Air Cavalry Division
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Orval Faubus
Fara Faubus
Little Rock
Ark
Faubus
Huntsville
Scurry Concert Association
Herbert Feather
J. M. Kayser
Glenn Barron
Russell Rokahr
United Audience Service, Inc
New York City
Rokahr
West Texas State Bank
The
Associated Press
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
Mrs. Taylor
High Court
Hugo L. Black
Justice Potter Stewart
Harlan
County Coliseum
Commission
Nipp
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