Snyder FFA wins big trophy after scoring error
Snyder High School Future Farmers of America topped judges at Sweetwater meet, correcting a miscount that left them initially unawarded. Nine missing points gave Snyder 29, enough to beat the second place team by one. The trophy was later delivered to SHS by local officials.
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Snyder High School
Future Farmers of America
Sweetwater
Snyder
Billy Bob McMullan
SHS
Snyder Ffa
McMullan
Moments in History for March 27
On this date in 1933 Japan withdrew from the League of Nations after denouncing aggression in Manchuria. In 1703 Peter the Great founded St. Petersburg. In 1939 Hitler demanded Poland accept Danzig annexation. In 1941 Yugoslavia ousted Prince Paul. In 1946 the Soviet walkout at the UN Security Council followed Iran charges. In 1945 Eisenhower declared Western Front German forces defeated. In 1964 Alaska earthquake killed over 100 and caused $750 million damage. Ten years ago Khrushchev replaced Bulganin as Soviet premier.
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Japan
League of Nations
Manchuria
Peter the Great
St. Petersburg
Adolph Hitler
Poland
Danzig
Prince Paul
Yugoslavia
U. N. Security Council
Iran
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Alaska
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
Soviet Union
Weather summary for Texas regions skies and temps
Snyder area reports a 75 high and 48 low with 58 at 7 am. Northwest Texas fair and cooler tonight with lows 35 to 48 and Thursday highs 62 to 72. Northeast Texas partly cloudy mild with 51 to 58 lows and Thursday highs in the 70s, possible thunderstorms Thursday morning. Coast winds 8 to 30 knots with light showers, south central warm with scattered showers, Southeast warm with showers, North Central partly cloudy with a few thunderstorms and cooler highs in the 70s.
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Snyder
Texas
Vietnam Battle Rages Around Ap Long Muc Hamlet
In northwest of Saigon American infantry with tanks artillery and planes fight the Viet Cong for control of Ap Long Muc, the fourth day of heavy clashes in Trang Bang area. U S and South Vietnamese forces report 396 enemy killed since Sunday, eight enemy dead in the latest actions, and light Allied casualties as AP photographer Al Chang is lightly wounded.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Ap Long Muc
Trang Bang
U.S
al Chang
Ap Long Mac
Abrams and LBJ discuss secret Vietnam plan
Washington sources note Gen. Creighton Abrams arrived unannounced after a White House lunch with President Johnson. Abrams is seen as likely to succeed Gen. Westmoreland by July and was reportedly in Washington to report on strengthening and modernizing the South Vietnamese army. The Quyet Thang operation around Saigon piles up U.S. and allied casualties and enemy losses as 50,000 troops press a major offensive with 1,842 enemy killed and 293 prisoners reported.
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Washington
Creighton W. Abrams
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Abrams
Pentagon
Defense Department
White House
Johnson
Westmoreland
Clark M. Clifford
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Iion
U.S
Trang Bang
Saigon
Quyet Thang
Absentee Voting Deadlines for City and School Elections
Deadlines approach for city and Snyder Independent School District elections. School trustees absentee voting ends April 3 with ballots cast at Ray Peveler’s office. Snyder City election is April 2 with a March 29 deadline for absentee ballots at the city hall.
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Snyder Independent
Ray Peveler
Snyder City
Indonesians Reappoint General Suharto
Congress in Jakarta named Gen. Suharto to a five year term as president after a 24 hour session delayed by Moslem factions seeking influence. He has been acting president since March 11, 1967 following Sukarno's ouster after the October 1965 attempted coup. Army pressure kept the vote intact.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Congress
Suharto
Sukarno
Camp Springs Marker Dedicated Recalls Early Camp Springs
Historic marker dedication at the Camp Springs site drew about 50 people as Rev. William N. Parkey and Mrs. W. C. Farguson led memories of the first settlers, dugout homes, and local petrified trees. Scurry County Historical Survey Committee hosted the event with remarks by Hugh Boren Jr and other council members.
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Camp Springs
Maggie Boone
Sam Etheredge
Martin Reep
Hugh Taylor
Boone
Etheredge
Reep
Taylor
Scurry County
Wayne Boren
E. E. Brock
Clyde Brown
W. C. Fargason
William N. Parkey
First Christian Church
Old Town
R. B. Marcy
California
Robert E. Lee
Green Springs
Sterling Taylor
George Killiam
Pauline Clark
Borden County Historical Survey Committee
Marvin Rogers
Hugh Boren, Jr
Historical Survey Committee
Ernest Sears
Dwelling Damaged In Blaze On Twenty Sixth Street
Fire swept the roof of the Billy Jones residence at 912 Twenty sixth Street early this morning with a stiff breeze. City firefighters prevented spread as the roof collapsed inside. Owner John Voss listed. the Jones family was not home.
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Billy Jones
Twenty - Sixth Street
Snyder Art Show Entries Due Tomorrow
Artists from West Texas must deliver works to the Scurry County Coliseum for a one week Snyder show sponsored by the Diamond M Foundation. Entries limited to two per artist within 125 miles, $2 per painting, judged by Ronald Thomason, with $300 purchase prize and division awards of $100, $50, and $25.
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West Texas
Snyder
Scurry County Coliseum
Coliseum
Diamond M Foundation
Ronald Thomason
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Wichita Falls
Snyder Chamber of Commerce
Gene Merrifield
Texas Electric Service Co
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New York State
John P. Lomenzo
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