Open House marks Dan Gibson Memorial Boys Club building
The Dan Gibson Memorial Building home to Snyder Boys Club will host an open house from 2 to 5 PM after a fire destroyed the old site on December 28 1965. The $70 000 steel structure by J L Wadleigh Construction Co houses rooms for gym arts crafts and more with board officers and Dora Cunningham Trust Fund gifts aiding construction and equipment.
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Dan Gibson
Snyder Boys Club
Dan’ Gibson
J. L. Wadleigh Construction Co
Bulding
Robert L. Kissire
Herb Barnett
Walter Hales
M. L.broman
Charles Freeman
Buster Anderson
Lake Thomas
Kissire
Dora Cunningham Trust Fund
Thieves Strip Police Car in Murphy North Carolina
Police car in Murphy North Carolina was found disabled and parked beside a building when thieves removed its siren and revolving dome light. No arrests were reported and investigators sought clues about the incident.
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Murphy
N.C
Massachusetts House approves Canada Centennial Day holiday
The Massachusetts House passes a bill making July 1 a state holiday to honor Canada Centennial Day. The measure is published in both English and French to reflect Canada's two official languages.
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Boston
Massachusetts House
Canada
Hoffa Arrives in Chattanooga for Fourth Jury Tampering Hearing
James R. Hoffa arrives in Chattanooga in handcuffs wearing a prison blue suit to await a hearing on his fourth motion for a new jury tampering trial. U.S. marshals escort him from Lewisburg prison, with Marshal Frank W. Cottner stating the trip was uneventful.
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Chattanooga
Eclipse of Sun to Occur Next Tuesday
New York reports an eclipse of the sun will be visible over nearly all North America weather permitting. Dr. Thomas D. Nicholson of the Hayden Planetarium says the event begins at 9 21 am EDT May 9 with maximum coverage at 9 49 am and ends at 10 19 am.
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New York
North America
Thomas D. Nicholson
Hayden Planetarium
Raids Shock South Vietnam as Red Units Hit Hanoi Area
Communist forces launched a wave of raids four miles southwest of Hanoi after U S air strikes on Ha Dong and Yen Vien yards. Marines on Hill 881 North faced a mortar barrage. one Marine was killed and six wounded. Aerial losses were reported on both sides with pilots lost and civilians hurt in the Mekong delta actions.
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George Esper Lout
Thailand
Saigon
Long Army
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Yen Vien
Ha Dong
U.S
Texas
Gordon Albert Lar
Anger
Minnesota
South
Hughes
Ham Tan
Nel
Larsol
Binh Tuy
Shively
Mekong River
Tass
Ing Hughes
J.g
Tornadoes Hit Texas Panhandle and Abilene Storm Wrecks City
Pockets of weather turbulence tore through East Texas while West Texas faced severe storms. Eight tornadoes swept the Panhandle with $4 million in hail damage near Abilene, now a catastrophe area as insurers set up claims offices. In Upshur County a family tragedy occurred when a car plunged into Gum Creek, killing six of seven occupants.
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Texas
West Texas
Panhandle
Wichita Falls
Red River
Weather Bureau
Dallas- Fort Worth
Texas Panhandle
Abilene
American Insurance Association
Gum Creek
Gilmer
Lorenzo Turner
Upshur
Doyle Johnson
Turner
Fluvanna To Be Judged In District Improvement Contest
District 2 Community Improvement Contest judges arrive at 9 a.m. Tuesday in Fluvanna to assess local improvements. The event is sponsored by the Texas Agriculture Extension Service and Electric Utility Companies of Texas. Members of the Snyder Chamber Agriculture Committee and Producers Club join a goodwill tour. Awards are districtly presented. Community leaders urge delegations to assemble at 8:30 a.m.
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Fluvanna
Snyder Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee
Producers Club
Texas Agriculture Extension Service
Electric Utility Companies of Texas
Favanna
Lindy Clark
Joe Sentell
Producers
Goldcoaters
Rotary Club Posts Filled at Snyder Meeting
The Snyder Rotary Club filled two offices at a Friday board meeting. Frank Miller was elected director to replace Cecil Fowler who has moved from the city. Harold Lacik was named vice president for the coming year. Ernest Sears was re-elected secretary.
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Snyder Rotary Club
Frank Miller
Cecil Fowler
City
Harold Lacik
Thelub
Ernest Sears
Hugh Taylor Honored as Outstanding Chairman in Texas History Panels
Hugh Boren Jr presents a plaque to former head of Texas State Historical Survey Committee Hugh Taylor naming him outstanding chairman of all 253 state historical survey committees. The Scurry County group is lauded as a top 20 committee under Taylor's leadership. The meeting of Region 17 in Snyder includes talks on tourism and county organization with officials from the Texas Tourist Development Agency and the State Historical Survey Committee. The group tours S D Hays Ranch and sees the white buffalo hide of J Wright Mooar. State officials anticipate 1968 to be a strong tourism year and discuss a new statewide roadways plan.
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Hugh Taylor
Texas
Charles R. Woodburn
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
Hugh Boren, Jr
Scurry County Historical Survey Committee
Taylor
Scurry Group
Scurry
Borden
Cochran
Crosby
Dawson
Dickens
Garza
Hockley
Kent
King
Lynn
Lubbock
Stonewall
Terry
Yoakum
Snyder Country Club
S. D. Hays Ranch
J. Wright Mooar
Phil Davis
Texas Tourist Development Agency
Truett Latimer
Robert L. Watson
Orbiter 4 Remains On Course for Moon Orbit
Lunar Orbiter 4 and its camera package, more than halfway to the moon on a mapping mission, is in standard cruising condition. A Jet Propulsion Laboratory spokesman in Pasadena said a second midcourse maneuver is not planned and no major developments are expected until orbit Monday.
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Pasadena
Calif
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Clean Up Campaign Aims To Beautify Snyder This May
Mayor M. L. Broman proclaims May as Clean up paint up fix up month in Snyder. Jaycees lead Operation Sparkle to improve homes and public spaces to attract visitors for HemisFair Lions Convention and Olympics. The group begins by renovating Walter Hales Lumber Co. on East Highway.
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M. L. Broman
Jaycees
Snyder
Walter Hales Lumber Co
East Highway
Texas
Mexico City
Scurry County
Mickey Nunley
Tommy LaRue
Weather snapshot for Texas regions with variable conditions
The report outlines warm to hot conditions in most regions with highs from 60s to mid 90s. Trace to scattered showers are possible, especially in Wudely north and Southeast Texas. Night lows range from the upper 40s in the Northwest Pecos area to the upper 70s elsewhere, with Sunday generally cooler in several zones.
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Snyder
Texas
Pecos
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Gibson Memorial
Belgrade
Red China
Peking
Pravda
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
China
Tanjug
Julian M. Consley
Stanley D. Decker
Kenneth Gibson
Mrs
Hoffa
James Lindbergh Hughes
Iowa
James Richard Shively
U.S. Army
U.S. Air Force
Room State
THE
Associated Press
Rotary Club
Jaycees Here
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