SDN Column recalls Snyder ties to Texas Highway Commission visit
The article recalls a Snyder connection to a Texas Highway Commission meeting in Austin with R T Roberts noting nine years away from Snyder. It highlights typographical errors in a National Music Week proclamation and profiles Roy R Jones 83 who has driven 54 years without a ticket, married 63 years with eight children at 1227 Avenue F.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Highway Commission
Austin
R.T
Dick) Roberts
Roberts
Snyder
Colorado
THC
William A. Vestal
Mrs. Vestal
Roy R. Jones
Jones
Mabel May Gibson
Avenue F
Wacil McNair
On This Date May 6 Through History In 1942 Corregidor Surrender
On May 6 1942 the exhausted American and Philippine garrison at Corregidor surrendered to the Japanese after a 150 day resistance. Other noted events include Karl Marx born in 1818 and the Eiffel Tower opening in 1889.
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Associated Press
Corregidor
Karl Marx
Prussia
Arkansas
Union
Eiffel Tower
Paris
Rudolph Valentino
Italy
Britain
Edward VIII
Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union
V.M. Molotov
Organization of American States
Dominican Republic
South Vietnam
U.S
Cambodia
Willy Brandt
West Germany
Weather Outlook Across Texas And New Mexico
The forecast covers Snyder area today with 7 am reading 59 degrees and highs near 89. Northwest and Southwest Texas expect clear to partly cloudy and windy through Wednesday with cooler nights. southeast Texas sees warm, with scattered storms east tonight and Wednesday. Seas 2 to 4 feet from Port Arthur to Brownsville. New Mexico turns unseasonably cold tonight with highs in the 50s to 70s Wednesday.
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Snyder
Texas
Big Bend
Port Arthur
Port O’connor
Brownsville
New Mexico
Ford angered by refugee opposition in Congress swirl
President Ford voiced fury at opposition to resettling Vietnamese refugees in the United States. Senate leaders and administration aides sought a $507 million program for up to 150 000 refugees as lawmakers introduced a humanitarian aid bill. The White House said refugees would be settled thinly across the nation despite concerns of economic impact.
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Washington
Ford
United States
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
White House
L. Dean Brown
Congress
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Claiborne Pell
D-R.i
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Pell
Javits
Congressional
Scott
Hamilton Fish Jr
Brown
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Pope Paul VI
Associated Press
Thailand
Bangkok
State Department
America
Pentagon
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Chatichai
Defense
James R. Schlesinger
Vietnam
Deep Creek Project Planning Approved
State Board approval for a Deep Creek flood control planning grant moves toward feasibility studies and final plans. The project, supported by Snyder City and County, could begin engineering work by early summer with easements and maintenance by local sponsors. The council also approved Lone Star Gas pass through charges and a preliminary Wadleigh Addition plat with a waived alley and cul de sac extension.
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Deep Creek
State Soil and Water Conservation Board
Snyder
George Patterson
Patterson
State Conservation Office
Temple
Lone Star Gas Co
LoVaca Gathering Co
Texas Railroad Commission
Lone Star
Railroad Commission
Darwin Melton
Dallas
LoVaca
Melton
Wadleigh Addition
North Snyder
Lanny Wadleigh
Planning and Zoning Commission
Salary Hikes Approved by County Grievance Panel
A scurry County panel approved raising Justice of the Peace Precinct No 1 salary to 10500 per year and an office allowance for Precinct No 2 of 15 monthly. The panel also discussed hospital insurance for Precinct 2 with no action. Local JP Precinct 1 is Bobby Goodwin and Precinct 2 is Lanette Patterson.
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Scurry County
Elton Beck
Beverly Ainsworth
Justice of Peace
Billy Wayne Thompson
Justice of the Peace
Bobby Goodwin
Lanette Patterson
Fluvanna
Tommy Riley
Emmitt Askins
George R. Killam, Jr
Keith Collier
Don Adams
Bonnie Brooks
Jerry McDowell
Dallas
Mindszenty Dies in Vienna at 83 After Surgery
Cardinal Mindszenty, a central Cold War figure and former primate of Hungary, died in Vienna after surgery at Brothers of Mercy Hospital. He spent decades in prison or as a refugee, with a brief relief during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution before later moving to Rome and Vienna. He had visited the United States last May.
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Vienna
Austria
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
U.S
Budapest
Hungary
Catholic Press Service
Mindszenty
Brothers of Mercy
Rome
United States
Paul VI
Esztergom
Military Weapons Bill Advances With Pentagon Cuts
The House Armed Services Committee approved a 32 billion military weapons bill by a 32 to 6 vote, cutting 185.8 million from flying command posts and 260.2 million from early warning aircraft while adding 115 million for 24 A7D jets for the National Guard. An amendment to admit women to academies and combat roles was tabled 24 to 12 after debate on sex standards and potential lawsuits.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Ford
Pentagon
Samuel S. Stratton
D-N.y
Stratton
Richard H. Ichord
D-Ma
Ichord
United States
Mao Tsetung
Lucein N. Nedzi
D-Mich
Nedzi
House Rejects Jefferson Plan in Texas redistricting clash
The Texas House rejected Rep. Ben Reyes’s amendment to give Jefferson County blacks one state representative. The defeat preserves three white members’ control in Jefferson County while the plan splits black residents across three districts. The broader reapportionment covers Nueces, Tarrant, El Paso, McLennan, Travis, Hidalgo, Lubbock and Galveston.
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Austin
Texas House
Jefferson County
Ben T. Reyes
Houston
House
White House
Jefferson
Beaumont- Port Arthur
Reyes
Roy Blake
D-Nacogdoches
Sen
Ate
Texas
Nueces
Tarrant
el Paso
McLennan
Travis
Hidalgo
Lubbock
Galveston
W. T. Moore
D-Bryan
Moore
Ron Clower
Garland
Clower
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Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Bell-Seale Chapel
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Thirtyseventh Street Church of Christ
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