City weighs renewed Deep Creek flood plan after funding snags
Officials contemplate another try at a Deep Creek flood control project with Soil Conservation Service review. Local sponsors faced skepticism from a state board during a public hearing while a Dickens County project depended on bond approval. Snyder studies water and sewer upgrades but federal funding realities changed, delaying the Centennial Edition and shifting press date to May 16.
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Deep Creek
Soil Conservation Service
State Soil and Water Conservation Board
Dickens County
Snyder
Scurry County
Wacil McNair
Today In History May 6 1976 Highlights
On May 6 many historical events are noted including Corregidor surrender in 1942 after 150 days of resistance. Karl Marx born in 1818. Arkansas seceded in 1861. Eiffel Tower opened in 1889. Edward VII died in 1910. Stalin became Soviet Premier in 1941. Willy Brandt resignation in 1974. Ribicoff recall claim in 1976. Vietnam war demos in 1967. Mindszenty died in 1979. House of Burgesses adjourned in 1776.
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Associated Press
Phillippine
Corregidor
Karl Marx
Prussia
Arkansas
Union
Eiffel Tower
Paris
Britain
Edward VII
Joseph Stalin
V.M. Molotov
Willy Brandt
West Germany
Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticut
Washington, D.C
Hungary
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Vienna
Williamsburg
House of Burgesses
America
Weather report for Snyder and Texas regions
Snyder temperatures show 7 am reading 62 with a .88 inch precipitation. West Texas expects increasing clouds tonight with scattered showers and a few thundershowers and a high near 80 in the Big Bend region. North and South Texas forecast partly cloudy to cloudy with variable lows and highs, coastal winds 15 knots and seas 3 to 5 feet.
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West Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
North Texas
South Texas
Farm prices push wholesale index higher signaling inflation
The government reported an 0.8 percent April rise in the wholesale price index, the largest in six months, driven by a 4.2 percent jump in farm prices and a 1.9 percent gain in processed foods. Industrial prices rose 0.3 percent.
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Washington
Labor Department
Kissinger Proposes Economic Reforms at UN Conference
Secretary of State Kissinger outlined proposals to aid the Third World and improve quality of life. He suggested negotiating stockpiling of raw materials to stabilize prices and urged measures less radical than full market controls after addressing the Nairobi conference.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Henry A. Kissinger
U.N
Kissinger
Paris
Valery Giscard d
International Resources Bank
U.S
United States
Resources Bank
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Soviet Union
China
Moscow
Peking
Ford Faces Uphill Path to Nomination in 1976 Convention
Ford aides grow pessimistic about first ballot victory as Reagan gains momentum with 360 pledged delegates. Dole predicts Reagan leads in Nebraska, Wyoming and Oklahoma while Michigan's vote looms large. Kissinger proposals spark cautious, favorable reaction amid global price stabilization plans. National Steel raises sheet prices by 6 percent, effective June 14, affecting about 75 percent of shipments.
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Donald M. Rothberg
Associated Press
Washington
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Reagan
Kansas City
Texas
Indiana
Georgia
Alabama
Dole
GOP
Nebraska
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Michigan
Kissinger
United States
Pittsburgh
National Steel Corp
U.S. Steel Corp
Armie Steel Corp
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp
Jones & Laughin Steel Corp
Republic Steel and Inland Steel Corp
National
Texas Electric cuts ties with West Texas Utilities over intrastate rule
Texas Electric severed interconnections with West Texas Utilities after WTU linked Oklahoma’s Public Service Company system to its intrastate Texas network in violation of an agreement to keep connections within Texas. A Dallas judge refused a restraining order to restore the ties.
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Texas Electric Service Company
West Texas Utilities Company
WTU
Public Service Company of Oklahoma
Texas
Texas Electric
State Line
WTA
W.G. Marquardt
Marquardt
Dallas Power and Light
Texas Power and Light
Texas Utilities Company System
Texas Interconnected System
IMF to Auction 25 Million Ounces of Gold Over Four Years
IMF announces a plan to auction 25 million ounces of gold over four years starting June 2 to aid poor nations. The first sale will offer 780000 ounces in minimum 2000 ounce lots at near market price about 130 per ounce.
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Washington
International Monetary Fund
H. Johannes Witteveen
Witteveen
IMF
Nunley Resigns To Lead RS and P Railroad
Mickey Nunley 36 resigns after 64 years as Snyder Chamber of Commerce manager and consultant to Scurry County Board of Development to become vice president of Roscoe Snyder and Pacific Railroad. Appointed by RS&P president Roger B. Mize, effective June 1. plans two weeks notice and vacation before starting. Nunley, a Graham native, led Snyder chamber since Sept. 1, 1969, after Southwestern Bell tenure. family remains in Snyder with two children in local schools.
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Mickey Nunley
Snyder Chamber of Commerce
Scurry County Board of Development
Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railroad
Roger B. Mize
Rs&p
Nunley
Chamber
County Board of Development
As&p
Jimmie Joe Key
Chamber of Commerce
Gene Best
Board of County
Key
Best
BCD
Mize
Rs&p Railroad
Railroad
Bill Bailey
Mickey
Snyder
Snyder Public
Rhonda
Rollen
Snyder Junior High
Graham
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
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Ford Administration
White House
Beverly Hills
George Wallace
Senate
Robert F. Griffin
Ron Nelsen
TESCO
New Rs&p
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