Burnett inquiry ends with news of his father’s death
Dr. Jack M. Burnett of Pleasant Valley Arizona reports his father J H Burnett once Snyder school superintendent died March 6 1962 in McAllen aged 92. He learned he has a half sister in Tulsa and thanks readers across Tennessee Alabama Missouri and Texas for clues in his decades old search.
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Jack M. Burnett
Pleasant Valley
Ariz
J.H. Burnett
Snyder
Bill J. Hood
Bobby McCormick
Julius Drachenberg
Fluvanna
Hood
Dr. Burnett
McAllen
Burnett
Tulsa
Tennessee
Alabama
Missouri
Texas
Today In History March 29 1972 Highlights
Commodities include treaty splits in 1682 between France and England over America. Notable events include John Tyler birth in 1790 Vera Cruz occupation 1847 Dominion of Canada creation 1876 meat rationing 1943 Ruhr cut off 1945 DC voting rights via 23rd Amendment 1961 Guido in Argentina 1971 nuclear submarine launch 1972 Calley guilty in My Lai case 1969.
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Associated Press
America
St. Germain
U.S
John Tyler
Charles City County
Winfield Scott
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Dominion of
Canada
United States
Germany
Ruhr
District of Columbia
Argentina
Senate
Jose Maria Guido
France
William L. Calley
My Lai
Weather snapshot across Texas with varied cool and clear to partly cloudy conditions
The region reports cool mornings and mild afternoons with clear to partly cloudy skies. Northwest and North Central Texas see cooler days with chances of thundershowers in some areas. Southeast and Southwest regions note windy conditions and a trend toward increasing cloudiness Thursday.
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Snyder
Northwest
Texas
Pecos
Aileen Building Pact Signed for Snyder Plant
Aileen Inc signed a contract with Wadleigh Construction Co of Snyder to build a 30 000 square foot facility on 8.5 acres at Coleman Avenue near U S 84. The $209 000 project should take 120 work days with 250 plus workers once open.
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Aileen
Bill Lillard
Edinburg
Aileen, Inc
Snyder
Jim Wadleigh
Wadleigh Construction Co
Gene Best
Scurry County Industrial Foundation
Lanny Wadleigh
Coleman Avenue
Chamber of Commerce
Fourteenth and
Sixteenth Streets
U.S. 84
Edinburg, Va
J. L. Wadleigh
Scurry County Industrial
Tornadoes Sweep 2 Texas Villages Near Lufkin
Violent spring weather tore through Fuller Springs Homer Huntington Odell and Harmony Hill in East Texas injuring at least 15 people. The twister destroyed 14 houses seven mobile homes and two churches with damage to more than two dozen dwellings. Lufkin civil defense director reported the toll as of nightfall.
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Associated Press
Texas
Lufkin
Civil Defense
Bryant Rites Set Thursday
Bryant 57 of Ira died Tuesday in Hall Bennett Hospital Big Spring. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday Bell Seale Chapel with Rev C L Gober officiating. Burial Ira Cemetery. Survived by wife two stepdaughters Jan Davis Glinda Perry a stepson Roger Beard two sisters Mae Webb Erma Lee Thomas a brother Elmer Bryant six step grandchildren.
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Robert Odell Bryant
Ira
Hall-Bennett
Big Spring
Bryant
Scurry County
Bell- Seale Chapel
C. L. Gober
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Mr. Bryant
Jan Davis
Glinda Perry
Forsan
Roger Beard
Mae Webb
Erma Lee Thomas
Snyder
Elmer Bryant
Passover Beginnings With Seder Tonight
Passover starts at sundown with the ceremonial seders. The youngest son asks Why is this night different from all others as the family recalls Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt during the first two evenings of the festival.
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Associated Press
Insurance Showdown Postponed by Texas Insurance Board
A planned public showdown among Texas insurance board members over boosting house insurance rates was indefinitely postponed. Chairman Larry Teaver pushed for a yearlong suspension of an inflation factor used in rate setting, but he was outvoted 2-1 earlier this month. Teaver argues the inflation factor raises premiums. opponents say rate adjustments are needed to address complex issues.
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Austin
Tex
State Insurance Board
Larry Teaver
Teaver
Durwood Manford
Ned Price
Nixon
County Tax Office Extends Hours For 1972 Vehicle Licenses
Scurry County tax assessor Don Adams says the office stays open until 8 PM Friday to help residents buy 1972 vehicle license plates. 1971 tags are valid until midnight Saturday. no Saturday hours. Bring title and license receipt if renewal notice is missing. No penalty before April 1 if you did not drive. sign affidavit. Driving without valid tags after April 1 incurs a 20 percent penalty.
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Scurry County
Don Adams
Austin
Smith calls lawmakers to back bills on billboard control and primaries
Gov. Preston Smith urged legislators in Austin to pass emergency bills funding May primary elections and regulating billboards. He warned Texas faces a 23.9 million dollar annual penalty under the federal beautification act unless compliant. Lt. Gov. Barnes predicted quick Senate passage and a possible late Thursday adjournment ahead of Easter.
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Jack Keever
Associated Press
Austin, Tex
Preston Smith
Smith
Ben Barnes
Barnes
Senate
Texas
Highway Department
Congress
Mrs Harless Dies At 75 In Snyder Texas
Mrs Ola Harless 75 of the Lloyd Mountain Community died at 6 20 a m in Cogdell Memorial Hospital She was born January 30 1897 in Coydell County Funeral services are set for 2 pm Friday at First United Methodist Church with Rev Wallace Kirby officiating Burial will follow at Hillside Memorial Gardens Funeral arrangements are by Bell Seale Funeral Home Survivors include her husband Ben Harless three daughters Mrs Roy Allen Baze of New Canaan Connecticut Mrs Melvin Newton Jr of Big Spring and Mrs Herbert Reed of Snyder two sons Jack and Don Harless of Snyder ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren a brother Bill Perry of Wichita Falls and a sister Mrs Lee Spencer of Perryton Memorials to Cancer Fund.
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Ben
Ola) Harless
Lloyd Mountain
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Coydell County
First United Methodist Church
Wallace Kirby
Hillside Memorial Gardens
Bell-Seale Funeral Home
Ben Harless
Roy Allen Baze
New Canaan
Wall Opens to Thousands in Berlin Heartened Border Opening
Berlin authorities report the wall’s opening to tens of thousands of West Berliners, marking the first permitted visit to East Berlin in six years and entry to East German countryside in 20. Crossing points opened at 6 a.m. amid festive scenes as families reunite and gifts pass through despite limits.
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Berlin
Berlin Wall
West
West Berlin
Klaus Schuetz
Wall
Texas vagrancy laws struck as unconstitutional
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that core vagrancy provisions criminalizing unemployment or poverty are invalid. Judge Wendell Odom’s unanimous opinion reversed a county jail sentence for Daniel Dean Baker after a August 1969 arrest for vagrancy and a switch blade. The decision frames mere poverty as an unacceptable basis for criminal sanction and warns of unchecked police discretion.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
State Court of Criminal Appeals
Wendell Odom
Daniel Dean Baker
Lubbock
Baker
Odom
W R Burns Dies Here In Scurry County at 81
William Raymond Burns 81 of 2606 Avenue W died on arrival at Cogdell Memorial Hospital around 9 to 10 am after illness. A retired grocer, he lived in Scurry County 20 years, native of Louisiana. Funeral arrangements pending. Survived by wife, daughter Jewell Clyatt of Port Hueneme CA, son Alton B. Burns of Odessa, two sisters, four grandchildren, six great grandchildren. Member of Green Hill Baptist Church.
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William Raymond Burns
Avenue W
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Burns
Scurry County
Louisiana
Bell-Seale Funeral Home
Jewell Clyatt
Port Hueneme
Calif
Alton B. Burns
Odessa
Lizzie Echols
Phoenix
Ariz
Rethal Hicks
Naples
Green Hill
Muskie downplays birthday at aides party
Oregon Wis AP Sen Edmund S Muskie says he is not bragging about his birth day at a birthday party hosted by his aides. He quips that at 58, turning a year older is nothing to cheer about.
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Oregon
Wis
Edmund Sr. Muskie
Muskie
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