Helicopter Pursuit Tracks Robbery Suspects in Central Texas
The Bandera burglary led to a high speed chase ending with a DPS helicopter locating six suspects. The air crew warned them to stop as shots were fired over the heads, and ground units closed in, with the suspects captured shortly afterward. The story emphasizes the helicopter’s role in locating and surrounding the fugitives.
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Snyner Police Department
Texas
Bandera
Austin
Department of Public Safety
Wacil McNair
Today in History highlights milestones across 1930s to 1950s
On March 27, 1969, a history column notes events including Japan leaving the League of Nations in 1933 after Manchuria, the Calvert brothers buying land to found Maryland in 1634, Peter the Great founding St Petersburg in 1703, Roentgen’s x ray discovery birth in 1845, Hitler’s 1939 Danzig demand, Yugoslavia government oust in 1941, Khrushchev replacing Bulganin in 1958, and Dalai Lama fleeing Lhasa after 1959 protests.
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Associated Press
Japan
League of Nations
Manchuria
Leonard
George Calvert
St. Charles River
Maryland
Peter the Great
St. Petersburg
Germany
Wilhelm Roentgen
Adolph Hitler
Poland
Danzig
Prince Paul
Yugoslavia
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
Dalai Lama
Lhasa
Weather roundup for Snyder and Texas regions
Snyder reports a 7 am reading of 38 degrees with a high of 56 and low 33 for Wednesday. Northwest Texas forecasts fair tonight, warmer in the south, with Friday's high 45 to 75, while central and north turn much colder. Southwest Texas expects fair, warmer tonight and Friday, lows 38 to 48, highs 70 to 80. Southeast Texas stays fair and cool tonight, partly cloudy and warmer Friday, highs 65 to 75. North Central Texas remains fair and warmer tonight and Friday, then colder in extreme north late Friday, lows 46 to 54, highs in the 70s.
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Snyder
Texas
Senate OKs 1970 71 spending bill with water bonds
In about five minutes of debate the Texas Senate approved a 31 to 0 vote on a 5.77 billion spending plan from all funds and, just before, backed a House-approved move to let the Texas Water Development Board issue 3.5 billion in water bonds. The measure shifts a date for voter consideration and expands funds for higher education, Medicaid, mental health and UT system units while outlining a 9 billion water plan to redistribute scarce resources. The House must approve the date change before the bill reaches the governor.
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Aikin
Texas
East Texas
Mississippi River
House
Senate
Houston
Lubbock
San Antonio
Legislative Budget Board
General Revenue
Smith
Mills
University of Texas System
Eisenhower Condition Reported Weaker by Doctors
Washington AP says former President Dwight D. Eisenhower continues to weaken. A Walter Reed medical bulletin notes he is sleeping longer while awake and lucid enough to converse with immediate family members. The doctors reported his condition as of late Wednesday.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Wilson visits Nigeria amid civil war stance
Prime Minister Harold Wilson arrived in Lagos on a fact finding mission to observe the Nigeria Biafra conflict and to visit Enugu Port Harcourt and Calabar. Officials say he is not mediating but assessing the war as bombing halt talks potential. The report notes Eisenhower health concerns and Mamie at his bedside.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Harold Wilson
Britain
Biafra
Wilson
Enugu
Port Harcourt
Calabar
London
Flames damage home of child actor Darby Hinton
Child actor Darby Hinton age 11 and his brother Warren age 14 along with a neighborhood girl escaped a Bel-Air fire that heavily charred the interior of a rambling one story house. Firemen estimated the damage at 100000 dollars and suspected an electrical short as the possible cause.
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Hollywood
Darby Hinton
Daniel Boone
Bel-Air
Darby
Warren
Pentagon Defends Sheltering Sheridan Tank In Vietnam
The Pentagon backs the Sheridan light tank amid criticism from Rep. Stratton who calls the program a billion dollar boo boo. Army officials cite a six week Vietnam combat record of 268 enemy killed and 11 captured, while acknowledging early problems and ongoing missile tests. eton Lt. Gen. Betts notes two years may be needed to judge Shillelagh missile results.
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Washington
Pentagon
Vietnam
Samuel S. Stratton
D-N.y
Stratton
Army
Sheridan
Austin Betts
Betts
Viet Cong Denounces Saigon Peace Talks Offer
In Paris the Viet Cong National Liberation Front rejects Saigon's private peace talks as a U S maneuver to hide war expansion in South Vietnam. Tran Buu Kiem says negotiations must be direct with the NLF and accuses Washington of hypocrisy while Lodge cites North Vietnamese presence in combat forces.
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Paris
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Saigon
South Vietnam
NLF
United State
Front
Kiem
Nguyen van Thieu
United States
Washington
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Hanoi
Lodge
Water Rights Ruled On in Valley Suit
CORPUS CHRISTI AP The 13th Court of Civil Appeals affirmed a revised water rights case from the Lower Rio Grande Valley. It orders new irrigation priorities and upholds allocations of 2.5 acre feet per acre annually, plus 60,000 acre feet reserved for domestic and municipal use from Falcon Dam and Reservoir.
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Corpus Christi
13Th Court of Civil Appeals
Rio Grande Valley
Falcom Dam
Bizarre Mishap Fatal in Kansas City Car Crash
In Kansas City Kansas a car driven by Wilbur Hadley Jr. skidded on wet pavement, sheared a utility pole, and overturned, bursting into flames. James Curley, 63, who helped rescue Hadley, was electrocuted by downed wires as he moved Hadley to safety, and both men were exposed to water in the puddle.
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Kansas City
Kan
Wilbur Hadley Jr
Johnson County
James Curley
Hadley
Calm Restored in Pakistan After Martial Law Imposed
Pakistan, calm returns after President Ayub Khan resigns and Gen. A M Yahya Khan takes control. Schools reopen after four months, strikes ease as mills near full production. 15,000 pistols and rifles handed in in Karachi amid security sweep. Military guards vital sites. opposition silent. Martial law allows death penalties for certain crimes and up to 14 years for strikes. critics face up to 10 years.
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Granville J. Watts
Associated Press
Karachi
Pakistan
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Karchi
A. M. Yahya Khan
Ayub Khan
Ayub
Rawalpindi
Service Set Friday for Otis V. Permenter 79
Otis V. Permenter 79 died at noon Wednesday in Cogdell Memorial Hospital. He was a Vernon native married July 20 1920 in Dickens to Velma Peek. Survived by wife, 3 daughters, 6 sons, 30 grandchildren, 1 great grandchild, 2 sisters, 4 brothers and many relatives. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday at Bethel Baptist Church with Revs. Mott and Skiles officiating. Burial Snyder Cemetery. Bell Seale Funeral Home in charge.
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Otis V. Permenter
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Permenter
Vernon
Velma Peek
Dickens
Tex
Velma Lou Pinkerton
Snyder
Pearl Chappell
Garland
Wanda Green
Big Spring
Donald
R. H
Jerry Permenter
Amarillo
Vernon Permenter
Bethel Baptist Church
R. Virgil Mott
J. H. Skiles
Snyder Cemetery
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Pigeon birth control used by Swiss sparks Dover seagull fear
Geneva authorities spread a grain impregnated with a substance to curb ovulation in female pigeons amid a rising population of 30,000 birds. Britons complain seagulls now plague the white cliffs of Dover as officials consider placing birth control pills in nests to curb births without extermination.
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London
Dover
Geneva
Council
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Brussels
Eisenhower
Frederic J. Hughes Jr
Mamie Eisenhower
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