McAlister Calls Amendment Debate, Defends Ethics Plan
Rep. R B McAlister of Lubbock criticizes press framing of Amendment No 1 on the May 18 ballot. He argues the Ethics Commission would be judiciary-appointed, salaries stay flat or rise only via the panel, and cites a balanced representation model used elsewhere. He contends voters mistake calls for reform as anti-official sentiment and warns against blaming all officials.
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R. B. McAlister
Lubbock
Austin
Texas State Technical Institute
Sweetwater
Snyder
Western Texas College
Rep. McAlister
Ethics
Judiciary
Ethics Commission
Today in History highlights from May 4, 1971
Key events on this date include Peter Minuit’s 1626 Manhattan land purchase, Napoleon’s 1814 Elba arrival, Chancellorsville in 1863, the 1886 Haymarket bomb, the 1942 Coral Sea start, 1945 Denmark surrender, and Civil Rights era milestones such as the first Freedom Ride in 1961 and Kent State shootings in 1970.
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Associated Press
Peter Minuit
Manhattan Island
Minuit
Napoleon Bonaparte
Elba
Chancellorsville
Haymarket
Chicago
Gulf of Mexico
U. S
Kent University
Ohio
Weather snapshot for Texas regions with scattered storms
The report notes high 89 with a 58 low and 68 at 7 am in Snyder. It forecasts partly cloudy skies and widely scattered thunderstorms across Northwest, North Central, Northeast, Southwest, South Central and Southeast Texas with cooler conditions midweek.
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Snyder
Texas
Southwest
Champion Play Is On Tonight at Snyder High School
The SHS one act play Maria Stuart opens tonight at 8 in the Snyder High School Auditorium. Kathie Martin leads the cast with best actress honors, joined by Mike Dennis as best actor and Pam Hartsfield and Randy Carmichael on the state all star cast. Admission is $1 for adults and 50 cents for students.
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Kathie Martin
Albert Ray Martin
Thirty-seventh Street
Snyder High School
Maria Stuart
SHS
Jerry Worsham
Austin
Samuel French
Mike Dennis
Pam Hartsfield
Randy Carmichael
Allana Patterson
Mark Brock
Bill Tate
Delores Lewallen
Weldon Sears
Danny Martin
Greg Carter
Robert MecCommon
Jenny Mullins
Snyder Chamber Seeks New Members Drive
The Snyder Chamber of Commerce launches a membership drive led by the Gold Coaters. At 10 a.m. Wednesday they will meet at city hall and form two man teams to visit prospective members. Mel Z Gilbert, the president, hopes to add many new members after years without an intensive drive. The chamber funds its program solely from dues and has played a growing role in community development and industrial negotiations.
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Snyder Chamber Commerce
Gold Coaters
Chamber
City Hall
Mel Z. Gilbert
Chamber of Commerce
Snyder Chamber of Commerce
Scurry County
Federal Troops Withdraw From Washington Amid Protests
Washington braces as 4 000 federal troops pull back from streets and bridges. Police report more arrests as disorder ends. organizers pledge further demonstrations, while traffic returns to normal and cleanup crews sweep nails from targeted bridges.
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Washington
Pentagon
Justice Department
Everthing
Potomac River
Rogers in Egypt on hard line peace mission
Secretary of State William P. Rogers arrives in Cairo to pursue Middle East peace, the most crucial leg of a five country tour. He aims to narrow the Egyptian Israeli gap on the Suez Canal and move stalled talks while meeting Sadat and Riad.
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Lewis Gulick
Associated Press
Cairo
William P. Rogers
Egypt
Middle East
Rogers
Beirut
Lebanon
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Saeb Salam
Khalil Abu Hamad
U.S
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
Mahmoud Riad
EgyptIsrael
Suez Canal
Dollar Flooding Europe Triggers Exchange Ramp Up
Speculators rushed to exchange dollars for West German marks Dutch guilders and Swiss francs as five West German institutes urged a mark revaluation to free markets. The dollar fell to Frankfurt and Zurich floors while gold rose amid fears of rising inflation in Europe. Bank of England support kept the rate from hitting intervention. Central banks absorbed large dollar inflows as markets moved.
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London
U.S
Europe
Frankfurt
Zurich
Bank of England
Willy Brandt
Frankfort
West Germany
House Delays Tax Action on Senate Bill
House leaders backed away from an early decision on taxes and said a vote on the Senate's 684 million tax bill would likely come later in the week. Speaker Gus Mutscher stated they were studying the measure and would poll the House before naming conferees.
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Mutscher
House
Senate
Snyder City Council Approves Street Seal Coating and Animal Rules
The Snyder City Council authorized about 100 blocks of street seal coating at 11.4 cents per sq yd totaling 15048 and awarded several vehicle bids. They tabled an animal control ordinance, elect W A Vestal mayor pro tem, and reappointed Rex Fields and Lyle Def febach to the CRMWD board. A planning conference followed with Southwest Planning Associates.
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Snyder
W. A. Vestal
Bill Seale
Bobby McCormick
W. D. Turner Construction Co
John Blum
CRMWD
Southwest Planning Associates
North Viet Nam Rejects POW Transfer Proposal
Paris report says North Viet Nam rejected a U S plan to intern POWs in a neutral country. Sweden offered to accept prisoners, and President Nixon endorsed the idea. A Vietnamese spokesman tied any release to a U S withdrawal deadline from South Vietnam.
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Paris
North Vietnam
U.S
Sweden
Nixon
Vietnam
United States
South Vietnam
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