Ray Charles on Joey Bishop show highlights opportunity over adversity
SDN Column notes Ray Charles appeared on the Joey Bishop show and spoke about his life. He described being blinded at seven, orphaned at 15, and building five corporations while owning the transport plane for his team. He emphasized that the country owes him only opportunities and recalled his persistent drive. Sunday events in Snyder include an art show, Knapp Post Office dedication, and Robert Lee Dam open house.
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Charles
This Day in History March 29 Events Through Time
Highlights note events on March 29 across history including the 1632 division of American claims by the Treaty of St Germain, the birth of John Tyler in 1790, Scott's occupation of Vera Cruz in 1847, Foch named in 1918, meat rationing begun in 1943, Jack Benny radio debut in 1932, Khrushchev’s rise a decade later, the Sherry Biltmore fire in Boston, a 5 year earlier event, and a CIA order in the most recent year.
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America
St. Germain
John Tyler
Winfield Scott
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Ferdinand Foch
France
United States
Jack Benny
Ed Sullivan
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikolai S. Bulganin
Sherry Biltmore
Boston
U. S. Central Intelligence Agency
Weather snapshot for Texas regions and cool to warm weekend
The report outlines temperatures across Texas with highs from 72 to 88 and lows from 40 to 68. Winds along the coast stay southeast 8 to 18 knots with gusts in the afternoons while skies range from partly cloudy to cloudy across regions through Saturday.
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Snyder
Texas
North Central
The
Pecos
New Battles Erupt Along The Jordan River Front
Israeli jets bombed artillery nests along the Jordan River as Jordan reported shooting down four Israeli aircraft and destroying tanks and artillery. Both sides reported limited casualties and tensions rose after an April arms accord linking Jordan and the United States.
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The
Jordan
ED Blanche
Tel Aviv
Jordan River
Galilee
Jericho
Dead Sea
Stanley Bennett
U.s.-Jordan
Hussein
288 Paintings In Snyder Show At Scurry Coliseum
288 paintings by 163 West Texas artists compete in Snyder Diamond M Foundation art show at Scurry County Coliseum. Entries limited to two per artist, judging by Ronald Thomason with top prizes for oils watercolors and other media plus a $300 purchase prize.
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West Texas
Scurry County Coliseum
Snyder
Diamond M Foundation
Rosalie McGlain
Ronald Thomason
Colonial Hill Baptists to Dedicate New Auditorium
Colonial Hill Baptist Church will open a new 600 seat auditorium this Sunday at 11 a.m. during worship and a revival led by Dr. T. A. Patterson of Dallas. Construction began June 15 with about 160000 spent on building and furnishings.
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Colonial Hill Baptist Church
T. A. Patterson
Patterson
Dallas
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Colonial Hill Church
Stanley Noah
Gordon and Wortham
Lubbock
J. D. Hinton
Snyder
Thirty - Fifth Street
Jimmie Nelson
First Baptist Church
Deer Park
Miller Robinson
Nelson
Crisis Eases After Panama Riots With Two Dead
In Panama City normal life returns after Thursday night unrest that left two dead and at least 16 injured. Shops reopened and traffic resumed as guards patrol the business district. The violence followed a 2000-woman protest amid a power struggle between two presidential claimants and a looming Supreme Court session.
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Panama
Bolivar Vallarino
National Guard
Supreme Court
Reds claim new FISA shot down
North Vietnam said its armed forces shot down the U S F111A during combat over Ha Tinh Province near the DMZ. The U S government had earlier reported the plane overdue after a mission with a two man crew unconfirmed. A U S spokesman declined to comment on the claim.
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Reds
FISA
Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Tokyo
Ha Tinh
Demilitarized Zone
Laos
L. C. Dunn Dies At 87
Luther Clay Dunn 87 died at 11 55 p m Thursday in Cog dell Memorial Hospital He lived on Route 2 Merkel 21 years Funeral set for 2 p m Saturday at Starbuck Chapel Merkel burial in Rose Hill Cemetery Local arrangements by Bell-Seale Funeral home Surviving are his wife two daughters Mrs E W Bible of Leesville La and Mrs L T Carpenter of Snyder a son A L Dunn of Abilene three sisters a brother seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren
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Luther Clay Dunn
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Marshall
Dunn
Merkel
Starbuck Chapel
Rose Hill
Bell - Seale Funeral Home
Mr. Dunn
E. W. Bible
Leesville
L. T. Carpenter
Snyder
A L. Dunn
Abilene
Open House Set At Dam Site West Of Robert Lee
Public invited to tour the Colorado River Municipal Water District dam project Sunday afternoon from 1 30 to 5 30. Visitors will see the rock rip rap faced dam spillway core trench and large excavation machines. Project valued at 8 713 000 with completion expected by 1970.
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Snyder
Diamond M. Foundation
Scurry County Coliseum
Scurry County
Robert Lee
Colorado River Municipal Water District
Clement Bros
Terry Bros
Sterling City
Colorado City
Coke County
O. H. Ivie
CRMWD
British Airlines To Buy Lockheed Jets
New York AP report says Eastern Air Lines Trans World Airlines and Airholdings Ltd Britain agreed to buy 144 Lockheed L1011 trijets for 2.16 billion dollars. The aircraft will be powered by Rolls Royce engines.
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New York
Eastern Air Lines
Trans World Airlines and
Airholdings, Ltd
Britain
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
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