Safeguards urged as spring repair crews roam cities
The SDN Column warns readers about itinerant home repair and pest control crews targeting elderly homeowners. It notes scams where operators double-bill by selling and then buying back contracts, and urges written agreements or dealing with trusted firms. VA burial benefits ads also cautionary, with resources at VA offices. The piece also mentions the Supreme Court's rejection of a school dress code appeal as a potential turning point in rights debates.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Today in History roundup for March 28, 1972
Key events noted include 1939 Madrid falling to Franco ending the Spanish Civil War, Raphael born 1483, George I born 1660, 1797 washing machine patent, 1942 St Nazaire raid, 1945 U S invasion of Cebu, 1952 uprising in East Pakistan, 1962 U Thant Vietnam truce proposal, 1967 US stance, 1971 Dhaka crackdown.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Raphael
Urbino
George I
England
Nathaniel Briggs
New Hampshire
Verona
St. Nazaire
United States
Cebu
Philippines
Secret Army
Algeria
U. N
U Thant
Vietnam
Weather snapshot for Texas regions and freeze warnings
Snyder area reports a 7 am reading of 49 degrees with a freezing warning in the Panhandle. Across North Central and Northeast Texas expect clouds, showers or thunderstorms, cooler days, and cooler nights with unsettled but gradually clearing Wednesday.
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Snyder
Texas
Panhandle
Pecos
Texas House Opens Special Session Over Speaker Vote
Texas legislators meet in special session amid election year tensions led by a speakership vote. Rep. Hannah claims lobbyists push open ballots. Rep. Cavness cites constituents wanting vote disclosure. Gov. Smith to address after the House speaker is chosen. Senate to hear highway board control and primary election funding bills Wednesday.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
John Hannah
Lufkin
Don Cavness
Preston Smith
Senate
February Trade Deficit Signals Mixed Economic Upswing
The Commerce Department reported February merchandise imports exceeded exports by 597.6 million dollars, the second largest deficit on record after October. Leading economic indicators rose for an eighth straight month by 0.5 percent, signaling a cautious but steady upswing amid a turbulent balance of payments and a year-to-date deficit of 916.4 million.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
U.S
United States
Visitation Day at Western Texas College Planned
Western Texas College schedules a College Visitation Day on Friday to allow students flexible arrival for tours, discussions on vocational paths transfer programs financial aid and housing. The event, hosted by registrar Dr Duane Hood, occurs in the administration building with individual conferences and course planning.
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Western Texas College
Duane Hood
WTC
Dan Coomer Dies at 80 in Snyder Funeral Planned
Dan Coomer, 80, died 7 10 p m Monday at Cogdell Memorial Hospital. The Rev John Gordon and Rev J R Reedy will officiate at the funeral. Burial in Snyder Cemetery under Bell Seale Funeral Home direction. Survived by wife Opal Beck two stepsons Jimmy Beck Elton Beck six grandchildren one great grandchild and cousins. He had lived in Scurry County since 1945 and worked for Bell Seale Funeral Home. He was a Baptist Church member. His first wife Zoe Haley died in 1969.
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James Alonzo Fowler
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Northside Baptist Church
Dayton McCarter
Hillside Memorial Gardens
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Lula Belle Whit
Bertha Williamson
Snyder
Dick Fowler
Floyd Fowler
Big Spring
Travis Fowler
Presidio
J. B. Hall
Rio Vista
C. B. Fowler
Roscoe Fowler
Wichita Falls
First Baptist Church
Dan Coomer
Coomer
John Gordon
J. R. Reedy
Snyder Cemetery
Bell-Seale Funeral Home
Scurry County
The
Baptist Church
Dallas
Zoe Haley
Opal Beck
Jimmy Beck
Elton Beck
Laird cites Soviet arms buildup amid Bergstrom theft and club robbery
Secretary Melvin Laird says the Soviet strategic weapons program shows no pause and may test a new ICBM. In Texas at Fort Hood he warns against reading a silo pause as slowdown while a Bergstrom base missile report is investigated and a gunman robs the Non-Commissioned Officers Club of about $1,000.
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FT. Hood
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Austin
Nixon Hosts Hussein in Private White House Talks
Jordan King Hussein met with President Nixon at the White House to press for a semiautonomous Palestinian state on the West Bank and to seek $40 million in new U.S. military aid. The king planned lunch with Secretary of State Rogers and a dinner with Nixon, with further consultations through Wednesday.
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Washington
Jordan
Hussein
White House
Nixon
West Bank
Oval Office
U.S
William P. Rogers
Israel
Soviet Union
United States
Congress
Commissioners Approve Preschool Playground Equipment Purchase
The county board approved buying playground gear for Towle Park north of the National Guard Armory. The set includes an Old Woman in a Shoe slide and spring horses. Jamison Company of Iowa will supply the equipment for about $1000.
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Towle Park
National Guard Armory
Jamison Company of
Iowa
Three British Technicians Kidnapped in Turkey
In MNYE Turkey, authorities search rugged terrain and cities for three abducted British technicians by guerrillas linked to the Turkish People’s Liberation Army. Turkish commandos fear a gunfight as they pursue the captors who demand release of comrades facing death sentences.
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Mnye
Turkey
Black Sea
Turkish Peoples Liberation Army
Cihat Alptekin
Ephraim Elrom
Snow falls across Panhandle amid cold snap forecast
The Upper Panhandle saw snow and subfreezing temperatures with a freeze warning for counties north and northwest of Childress. Temperatures in the upper 20s with light snow were expected overnight, and a partly cloudy but warmer Wednesday was forecast for the area including Amarillo and Pampa.
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Associated Press
Panhandle
Texas
Houston
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Guymon
Okla
Perryton
Amarillo
National Weather Service
Childress
Pampa
Ambulance Fee Study Set By City County Panel
City and county leaders meet at City Hall to address inability to collect fees for emergency out-of-town ambulance runs. A committee including the mayor City Manager county judge and one commissioner will study the problem amid concerns over delays Life and death stakes and reimbursement losses from transfers are discussed with Snyder Ambulance Service operator David McIntosh present.
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David McIntosh
Snyder
Cy Miller
Bobby McCormick
George Patterson
Patterson
Snyder Ambulance Service
Wilton Jones
Jones
McIntosh
Robert Pierce
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Fred Agnich
Sid Bowers
Bill Heatly
Paducah
House Appropriations Committee
Heatly
Mike Mansfield
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J. A. Fowler
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