27 Mar 1973
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Newspaper
Snyder Daily News
Location
Snyder, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1973
Page
1
The column notes the last day to purchase automobile tags without penalty on Friday March 30 and the last day to cast absentee ballots for the City Council election on Tuesday April 3. It also marks the final week to obtain a 1973 auto inspection sticker for those with a 1972 sticker.
The last 32 American prisoners of the Viet Cong were released in Hanoi and flown to Clark Air Base. The group includes 27 military men and five civilians who greeted by Col. Benjamin H. Purcell. Further releases and the final prison counts were discussed as U S troop withdrawals continued amid rain delays.
AP reports U S freedom birds began a three day airlift of the last 5236 American troops withdrawn from Vietnam. The resumption of POW releases accompanied the troop pullout as 11 planes carried 936 troops from Tan Son Nhut Air Base.
On this date Eisenhower declared German western front defeat in 1945. Maryland’s first settlement began in 1634. Peter the Great founded St. Petersburg in 1704. France declared war on Russia in 1894. Japan withdrew from the League in 1933 after Manchuria denouncement. Alaska earthquake killed over 100 in 1964. Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin died in 1968 plane crash. Northern Ireland Protestant strike disrupted transport and power a year ago.
The report covers Snyder temperatures with a high of 65 and low of 37 today and 50 at 7 am. It details cloudy intervals and scattered showers or thunderstorms in the northwest and southwest regions tonight, with cooler conditions Wednesday and varied highs from 65 to 84 across Texas regions. Winds shift from southeasterly to southerly with small craft forecasts along the coast.
The court ruled 9 0 that state income taxes may not block taxes on reservation income but held off-reservation tribal earnings face no shield from state tax collectors. Mescalero Apache challenged Arizona and New Mexico taxes on Sierra Blanca Ski Enterprises. The decision notes federal law exempts trust land yet requires clear guidelines for off-reservation income tax exemptions. Personal property tied to the ski lifts enjoys immunity due to attachment. The ski resort sits on national land with federal financing for lease and equipment.
Snyder City Council approved a seal coat project for about 330 blocks at a bid of 0.18 dollars per square yard from W D Turner Construction Co. The total cost is around 54000 dollars. The council also set March 31 as Dog Vaccination Day with reduced fees and free tags at the central fire station.
William J. Prater, former United Mine Workers organizer, found guilty of three counts of first degree murder in the Yablonski slayings. His attorney says Prater hopes for a new trial and conviction reversal.
Washington AP Tim ber industry spokesmen urged Congress to boost funds for the U S Forest Service rather than restore Phase 2 price controls. George Craig of the Western Timber Association warned that cutting budgets and withholding appropriations harms production and delays replanting for future harvests.
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