U S Officials Push Arms Sales to Middle East
Top administration officials opened a drive to persuade Congress to approve selling warplanes to Saudi Arabia Egypt and Israel saying the sales are vitally important to U S Middle East policy and the peace process. Defense Secretary Brown called the sale essential to U S security interests. Carter plans a Western trip to address voter concerns and highlight local federal announcements in Colorado California Oregon and Washington.
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Washington
Congress
U.S
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Israel
U.S. Middle East
Cyrus R. Vance
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Defense
Harold Brown
Vance
Middle East
Carter
Gerald Ford
White House
Rex Granum
Granum
Colorado
California
Oregon
Army restricts leaks on internal studies in policy leaks
The Army orders new restrictions to seal leaks of internal policy studies but the warning itself leaks within a day. A memo copy was handed to a reporter on Tuesday by an unhappy source. House braces for budget vote with 12 days left. The budget plan totals 501.4 billion and shows a 58.1 billion deficit, about 1.5 billion less than Carter’s estimate.
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Washington
House
Carter
Sun Day praise for sun and wind power potential
The SDN Column extols Sun Day highlighting the sun as a major energy resource and notes wind power has long offered utility from windmills to windchargers. It discusses solar power’s limited practical use yet acknowledges past experiments and solar ideas, closing with a quip about wives and fishermen.
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Netherlands
Great Southwestern
United States
America Marks First Sun Day with dawn attendance
Dawn crowds marked the first Sun Day as America observed the event led by early risers, according to the Associated Press.
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America
Associated Press
Dawn
Rain Grips Scurry County Best Since August
Scurry area records 1.76 inches of rain in 24 hours ending 7 am. The storm boosted the year total to 3.81 inches but remains below seasonal normal. A Kerrville man injured in a traffic crash north of Snyder as high cross winds toppled an empty cattle truck. Rain spread across Scurry County with many gauges reporting over an inch. Sun Day celebrations across the nation featured solar energy advocacy and events from Maine to Washington.
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Kerrville
Allien
Snyder Area
Snyder
Rufus Maxwell
Abilene
Stephen Cofield
Cofield
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Galyean Ambulance Service
Scurry County
Fluvanna
Lake Thomas
Borden County
UN Troops On Red Alert In Lebanon
UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon were put on red alert after a series of ambushes and mortar attacks killed two French paratroopers a Senegalese soldier and a Palestinian. The 4000 strong force was ordered to return fire and prevent guerrilla infiltration toward areas still under Israeli occupation.
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Lebanon
Farouk Nassar
Associated Press
Beirut
U.N
Jean Menegeux
Menegeux
Naqoura
Haifa
Israel
Tyre
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
George Habas
Absentee vote surge seen for county primaries and Snyder liquor poll
More than 500 absentee ballots expected in county Democratic primary as 472 in person plus 20 mailed ballots were returned and 31 mail ballots pending. Republican absentee total 12 with 368 ballots cast this morning. Snyder liquor election ballots due by 5 pm Thursday. Regular polling places open Saturday for the Democratic primary. Five county polling places inside Snyder will run for the liquor election on Monday.
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Snyder
Democratic Party
Weather summary from Snyder Texas reports chilly start
Partly cloudy to cloudy conditions with a cooling trend across West Texas. Highs range from the 40s in the north to the 70s in the extreme southwest today, with lows mid 30s Panhandle. Light rain possible in northern Panhandle morning. precip totals 1.76 inches today and 3.81 inches year to date. Tonight cloudiness persists then partly cloudy Thursday with continued cool temps and a warming trend.
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West Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
Snyder High to Compete at State One Act Contest
Snyder High School drama group heads to Austin for state Class AAA one act contest. The cast performs at 7:30 p.m. in Hogg Auditorium, University of Texas, occupying position five of eight. Other entrants include Friendswood Houston Smith Carrollton Iowa Park Linton Little Cypress Mauriceville New Braunfels Canyon. After competition, cast and supporters will visit the Heaths in Austin, longtime Snyder residents.
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Scott Marlar
Donna Browning
Jeanne McCormick
Snyder High School
Marlar
Miss Downing
Odessa
Miss McCormick
Austin
Hogg Auditorium
University of Texas
Friendswood of
Houston
Smith High
Carrollton
Iowa Park
Linton
Little Cypress-Mauriceville
New Braunfels
Canyon
Snyder
Jim Heath
Heath
Chamber of Commerce
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SDN
Wacil Menair
Bob Clark
Solar Energy Institute
Washington, D.C
Richard L. Ottinger
D-N.y
Cadillac Mountain
Maine
Ottinger
James Jeffords
R-Vt
Bar Harbor
Jeffords
New York
Robert Redford
Solar Action Inc
Lincoln Memorial
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