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Newspaper
Snyder Daily News
Location
Snyder, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1967
Page
1
In Fort Lauderdale a flood of vacationing collegians and visitors faced city court for drunkenness and unlawful assembly after a riot on the beach. Police used paddy wagons, with one truck pressed into service to haul 33 in a single load amid escalating disorder and looting.
Thousands of pilgrims filled Jerusalem for Holy Saturday as Bishop Jacob Beltritti lit the Easter fire in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Across the United States, Easter observances focused on themes of war and social justice, with protests in Chicago and Washington linking Good Friday fasting and poverty to the Vietnam conflict. Mrs. Lyndon Johnson and Lynda Bird returned to Washington for the Easter weekend. Weather forecasters predicted warm, cloudy conditions with scattered showers nationwide.
Report from Hong Kong says a bomb intended to assassinate a Red Chinese army general exploded during a Mao rally in Canton. About 70 killed or wounded this week as the general survived. Crowd panic and trampling reportedly caused additional casualties among bystanders including children.
FBI bulldozed a suspected Cosa Nostra cemetery in Jackson Township New Jersey as part of a two year probe. Two bodies found include Kenneth Later, a New York Stockbroker, and Angelo Sonessa, identified tentatively, with owners Joseph Celso and Rose Celso arraigned as material witnesses.
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In San Antonio a head on crash Friday killed 10 people including two Baptist ministers and seven family members. Geneva Villarrreal 28, the other driver, was found to have a large amount of beer in his stomach and was blamed for driving under the influence. Chemical tests would confirm the alcohol level, with results due early next week.
Drizzle and light showers disrupted Easter weekend travel across North Texas. Farmers welcomed any rain as Lubbock reported light hail and .70 inch of moisture before dawn, while other areas saw less. Strong southerly winds kept a low overcast state wide with scattered coastal showers.
Communist forces in the northern sector of South Vietnam attacked and shot up a 121 truck convoy near Da Nang. In the fighting 24 U S Marines were killed and 140 wounded while 57 trucks were wrecked. The clash centered around Con Thien Mountain as ground action spread in Quang Tri Province between Marines and North Vietnamese troops.
Readings show Friday highs around 72 and Saturday low near 57 with 7 am 70 in Snyder. Forecasts vary by region with cloudy to partly cloudy skies, showers possible, and cooler highs from 55 to the upper 60s or mid 70s across North Central, Northeast, Northwest, South Central, Southeast, and Southwest Texas.
The Jaycees and Ministerial Alliance prepare a traditional Easter sunrise service at Snyder High School Football Stadium with a 6:30 a.m. start. If rain moves the event to the high school auditorium. Dr. John English of First Methodist Church will give the message. Jim Casey will direct music for the service.
Leonid M. Kuschenko master of a seized Soviet trawler was brought ashore at Kodiak to be flown to Anchorage for arraignment on a charge of violating U.S. fishing waters. A small gathering watched as Kuschenko came ashore from the Coast Guard cutter Storis.
Washington AP FAA reports over 300 pilots killed in light-plane crashes in four years had alcohol in their blood. Post mortems show about two thirds had more than two ounces of liquor or two beers. From 1963 to 1966, 4,000+ people died in 2,084 small-plane crashes. tox tests were done in about 900 incidents with alcohol found in roughly one third.
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