SDN Column highlights weight gain push and local notes
A lightweight topic mix covers publicity efforts for weight gain products and industry claims about underweight harm. The piece notes an executive’s misfitting remark on hiring attractive secretaries, Oscar Fowler’s local visit, the Fowlers’ ties to Snyder, and a Colorado River Municipal Water District dues hike to the Snyder Chamber of Commerce by about 200 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
Associated Press
H. F. Clark
Snyder Chamber of Commerce
Colorado River Municipal Water District
CRMWD
Wacil McNair
Today in History March 24 highlights notable events
On March 24 milestones include 1603 James VI of Scotland crowned James I of England uniting crowns. 1683 Rhode Island purchased. 1783 Spain recognizes US independence. 1882 Koch isolates tuberculosis bacillus. 1934 Roosevelt signs Philippines independence bill. 1945 Rhine crossing. 1965 Montgomery march links 250000 protesters to state capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Scotland
James the Sixth
James the First
Rhode Island
Spain
United States
Robert Koch
Franklin Roosevelt
Philippines
Alabama
Montgomery
Selma
Weather Outlook Across Texas Regions
Snyder temperatures rise to 50 Friday with 30 early morning low and 30 Saturday. Northwest Texas fair and warmer tonight with 65 to 73 Sunday highs. North Central Texas fair and warmer tonight with 64 to 70 Sunday highs. Coast winds 5 to 15 knots shifting south Sunday. Southwest Texas cloudy tonight then partly sunny Sunday with 62 to 74 highs.
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Snyder
Texas
Judge Named For Art Show In Snyder
Ronald Thomason, famed Southwest realist, will judge the Snyder Art Show opening March 31 at the Scurry County Coliseum under Diamond M Foundation sponsorship. Entries due March 28. show spans three divisions with $600 in prizes and $2 entry fee per painting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Thomason
Southwest
Snyder
Scurry County Coliseum
Diamond M Foundation
Thomason
Wyeth
Oklahoma
Texas
Fort Worth Art Center
John Chumley
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
John McCoy
Weatherford
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
National Academy of Design
Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts
Everhart Museum of Natural Sciences and Art
Woodmere Art Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Navy Raiders Target Haiphong Chemical Plant in Vietnam Raid
U S Navy pilots hit the Haiphong area chemical and fertilizer facility for the war’s first strike on such a site amid heavy bombardment at Khe Sanh. Air Force missions near Lang Giai yard and Mu Gia Pass supported by 87 Friday flights despite monsoon weather. Westmoreland to become Army chief of staff in July as Abrams vies to succeed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Tuckman
Associated Press
Saigon
Khe Sanh
U.S
Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Washington
Army
Pentagon
Haiphuong
Haiphong
Navy
Air Force
Red China
Lang Giai
China
Hanoi
Mu Gia
North
South Vietnam
Westmoreland
Johnson
West Point
Tow Service Set Monday Funeral for Leroy Tow
Funeral service is set for 3 p.m. Monday at Bell Seale Chapel for Leroy J. Tow 85 who died Friday in Cogdell Memorial Hospital. He lived at 2103 Peyton Street and had been a Scurry County resident most of his life. He was a Llano County native married in 1915 to Clara Harrison. Burial will be in Ira Cemetery with Bell Seale directing. Grandsons will be pallbearers. He leaves six daughters a son two sisters two brothers 20 grandchildren 29 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
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Bell-Seale Chapel
Leroy J. Tow
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Tow
Peyton Street
Scurry County
Llano County
Clara Harrison
Snyder
Jack Riley
Charlie Berryhill
Ira
Bell Seale
Mae Tranthem
Lake Wood
Calif
Tommy McMillan
Andrews
Ruby Gibbs
Riverton
Wyo
Earlene Payne
Ann Chaney
Pauline Tow
John H. Tow
Houston
Ethel Key
Lovington
N. M
Bertha Fryer
Roswell
N.M
Leonard Tow
Cecil Tow
Silver City
Powell Returns to Harlem After Exile in Bahamas
Adam Clayton Powell arrives in New York landing amid cheering supporters and a joyous crowd at the Abyssinian Baptist Church area as he faces legal contempt questions linked to his 1966- era resignation and a bid to reclaim his seat in the 18th district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harlem
Adam Clayton Powell
House
Bimini
Bahamas
Big Daddy
Powell
Newark
N.J
Manhattan
State Supreme Court
Arthur Markewich
18Th
Renaissance Ballroom
Snow Strangles Southeast States With Record 16 Inch Spill
A record spring snowstorm dumped 16.1 inches in Memphis area and up to 16 inches across central Tennessee, Kentucky and Mississippi causing deaths from slick roads, roof collapses and business closures as 15 states faced disruption. Wreckers aided stranded motorists while temperatures plunged. travel warnings spread into northern Alabama.
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Memphis, Tenn
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Tennessee
U.S. Weather Bureau
Middle
Kentucky
Mississippi
Louisiana
Michigan
St. Patrick’s Day
Louisville
Clarksdale
Oxford
Miss
Dyers
Burg
Jackson
Veracruz Hit By 120 Mile Wind Gusts
High winds in Veracruz uprooted trees unroofed houses and cut communications. One man died when a one ton iron door toppled onto him as gusts reached 120 miles per hour.
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Veracruz
Mexico
History Week Observances Set In Scurry County
Scurry County Historical Survey Committee joins with schools churches archaeological society barbed wire collectors and art groups for History Appreciation Week. Markers displays and daily events are planned at courthouse library and schools with ceremonies including dedication of multiple markers and the unveiling of Pete Snyder portrait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scurry County Historical Survey Committee
Historical Committee
Archaeological Society
J. Wright
Canyon Reef
MacKenzie
Pete Snyder
Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway
Camp Springs
Snyder
Fluvanna
Helmleigh
Ira
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
FFA
FTA
Scurry County Library
Diamond M
Scurry County Coliseum
Robbery Pair Charged After Snyder Bank Hold-Up
Police identify the suspects as Peggy Davis Clinkinbeard 208 Chestnut Snyder and Jerry Eugene Gokden 717 Willis Snyder after a Texas Bank and Trust Co. robbery in Wichita Falls. A gunman masked with putty demanded $12 000 and fled. a chase with 16 minutes of pursuit ended when the man surrendered and the woman fled from a car during the stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Snyder
Texas Bank and Trust Co
Mike Hickman
Hickman
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Evelyn
Seminole
Oscar
Fort Worth
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Gen
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Gen. Abrams
M. L. Broman
Center
Catherine Dodson
Keith Pitner
American Cancer Society
Adam Powell
S’east
Memphis
Knoxville
Tenn
Birmingham
Georgia
Buchanan
Ernest Sears
John Connally
Sterling Taylor
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