Busy Saturday primary pushes steady turnout statewide
The SDN column notes qualified voters in Scurry County about 7 000 with primary day Saturday as a warm up for summer conventions. Traffic deaths rise three percent overall with higher increases in small communities and Farm to Market roads show fewer accidents but more fatalities. Lane Technical High School tiddlywinks record falls to Cornwall England team after 144 hours two minutes marathon play.
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Lane Technical High School
Chicago
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England
Today in History May 5 highlights and events
May 5 marks 126th day of 1972 with notable events including Alan Shepard’s 1961 spaceflight from Cape Canaveral, Napoleon’s death in 1821, and Addis Ababa’s 1936 fall to Italy. Also notes 1955 West Germany sovereignty and other historical milestones.
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Associated Press
Alan Shepard Jr
Cape Canaveral
Fla
U.S
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St. Helena
Rangoon
Burma
Fredericksburg
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
West Germany
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Venezuela
New York
World Journal Tribune
Manhattan
Washington D.C
Weather outlook across Texas with warm, unsettled days
Region wide expects partly to mostly cloudy skies with warm temperatures through Saturday. Thunderstorms are possible in many areas today and tonight, with cooler highs 72 to 84 in the northwest and 80s elsewhere. Overnight lows range from the 50s to the 70s depending on location.
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Texas
Northwest
South
Pecos
Wallace wins Tennessee primary with decisive edge
George C. Wallace captures 68 percent of the Tennessee vote and secures 49 Democratic delegates in his first non Deep South primary victory. Voter turnout is low with only about a quarter of eligible voters participating. A separate referendum to ban busing passes 80 percent, but it lags the presidential vote by about 70,000 ballots.
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Nashville, Tenn
George C. Wallace
Tennessee
Alabama
Deep South
Wallace
Slains City Policeman Tom Romero Dies of Wounds
Snyder native Tom Romero 29 of the Colorado City Police Force died in Hall Bennett Hospital Big Spring after being shot during a bar fight in Big Spring around 11 p m He had told Detective Jim McCain he tried to break up the fight Murder charges were filed against Calvin Lee Camp 50 of Surviving wife Stella a daughter Regina two sons and four brothers Funeral rites at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church were to be conducted with Bell Seale Funeral Home handling arrangements
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Colorado City
Big Spring
Jim McCain
Romero
Hall-Bennett Hospital
Calvin Lee Camp
Stella
Regina Romero
Tommy
Romero Romero
Adam
George
Eddie
Jimmy Romero
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church
Francisco Lopez
Bell-Seale Funeral Home
Fantasticks Opens on WTC Stage Tonight in Snyder
The Sentell Memorial Stage at Western Texas College presents The Fantasticks directed by Charles Holland with Snyder students starring Pam Hartsfield as Louisa and Joe Wilson as El Gallo. Other cast members include Larry Leonard, Bill Martin, Gregg Nelson, and Jan Lee Fantasticks. The opening follows a detailed biography of local performers and ends noting Texas primary elections in Scurry County.
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Charles Holland
Snyder
Louisa
Pam Hartsfield
Snyder High School
SHS
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Pygmalion
Penelope
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Alice
Mrs. Keller
UIL
Miss Hartsfield
University of Texas Workshop
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Lan Morris College
June Brodie
Miss Brodie
WIC
Joe Wilson
el Gallo
Ann Frank
Col. Pickering
Sir Thomas Moore
International Thespian Society
Austin
Texas Tech
20Th Century America
Larry Leonard
California
Matt
Delta Psi Omega
Gregg Nelson
Herry
Humble Smith
Texas
Scurry County
Democratic Party
West
Wayland G. Holt
Sterling Williams
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Scurry
Borden
Don Adams
Ted McMillan
Keith Collier
Lloyd Merritt
Musical Concert To Close Festival
A 2:30 p.m. Sunday concert at the Fine Arts Theatre closes the Western Texas College Fine Arts Festival. Free to the public, the program features Vena Beth Genuchi and Ronald Clinton with Snyder's Invitatonals, performing works by Poulenc, Williams, Gershwin, and Ravel among others.
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Western Texas College
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Vena Beth Genuchi
Ronald Clinton
Snyder
Marvin Genuchi
Poulenc
Gloria
R. Vaughn Williams
Gershwins
Genuchi
Patricia Medley
Medley
Rudolph Barta
Redeau
Texas Tech University
Redcay
Robert Clinton
Ronald
Wayne Bethel
See
Woman dies after self inflicted gunshot in Texas home
Mrs. Peggy Jean Moffett, 34, of 3400 Irving Street, was taken to Cogdell Memorial Hospital then to Abilene for a critical bullet wound. Investigators say she shot herself after an argument with her husband, who gave a statement. A .22 pistol was recovered.
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Peggy Jean Moffett
Irving Street
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Snyder Ambulance Service
Abilene
Leland Moffett
Wholesale Food Prices Decline Report Shows Meat Drift
The government reports the April drop in wholesale food prices the largest in eight months driven by a 2.9 percent fall in meats poultry and fish. Employment figures show 400000 more jobs to 80.6 million and unemployment at 4.7 million, with earnings up 2 cents hourly and 1.10 weekly to 3.59 and 132.83 respectively.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Financier O L Nelms Dies In Dallas Age 66
O L Nelms a Dallas real estate financier and former drug distributor died Thursday afternoon at Cogdell Memorial Hospital from a heart seizure. He vowed of a self made wealth between 15 and 25 million and staged famous dead man parties planned with a 25000 dollar silver casket. He leaves a daughter Mrs Paul Fahrenbruch of Alexandria Louisiana a sister Mrs Paterson and a brother B B Nelms of Dallas.
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O.L. Nelms
Big City
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Nelms
Palestine
Dallas
Nelm
Paul Fahrenbruch
Alexandria
At Patterson
B. B. Nelms
Jaycees Host Political Rally at Towle Park Pavilion
About 300 people gathered at Towle Park Pavilion for a Snyder Jaycees political rally. Local office seekers attended and spoke briefly while John Boren acted as master of ceremonies and members staffed refreshments and music.
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