Popcorn pioneer and Bicentennial chatter in the SDN column
The SDN Column recalls Orville Redenbacher’s long labor to perfect gourmet popcorn yielding 44 times its size, notes a Centennnial anniversary link, and cites Lloyd Bentsen on 1876 Exposition crowds. It also predicts a large Independence Day celebration and warns fires often rise in downturns, often arson linked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Redenbacher
Lloyd Bentsen
Philadelphia
Fairmont Park
Chamber of Commerce
April Wholesale Prices Rise Driven by Farm Costs
Wholesale prices advanced 1.5 percent in April reversing a four month dip, with farm prices up 6.7 percent led by livestock and fresh produce increases. Industrial prices edged up 0.1 percent as lumber fuels and power rose, while metals and machinery fell. The index stood at 172.1, meaning $172.10 to buy $100 of 1967-base goods.
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Washington
Labor Department
Ford Administration
Today In History Highlights May 8, 1975 edition events
This history roundup notes Truman announcing Europe victory 1945, de Soto’s Mississippi discovery near Memphis 1541, Palo Alto battle 1846, Truman birth 1884, Spain leaving League 1939, Coral Sea Allied victory 1942, Nixon protest in Lima 1958, Kashmir riots 1957, Nixon Cambodia incursion 1970, Trudeau government toppled 1974, and related anniversaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Harry Truman
Europe
Hernando de Soto
Memphis
Tenn
Palo Alto
Tex
Lamar
Spain
League of Nations
New Delhi
India
Nixon
Cambodia
U.S
Elliott Trudeau
Canada
Weather forecast for Texas regions and coast
Snyder area reports 83 high 50 low with 50 at 7 am. Northwest and Southwest Texas expect partly cloudy to fair and scattered thunderstorms mainly southeast. North Central to Northeast Texas clear to partly cloudy with possible storms southeast tonight and Friday. Central and Southeast Texas cloudy early with scattered storms through Friday. Coast sees southeast winds 6 to 16 mph with showers and thundershowers and seas 2 to 4 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Texas
Big Bend
Europe marks 30th anniversary of VE Day across nations
Leaders from the Soviet Union to West Germany held ceremonies and issued statements as VE Day commemorations spread. Brezhnev lauded improving East West ties, while Czechoslovak and French figures attended events. NATO and allied casualties noted with solemn remembrance.
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Winston Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Europe
Associated Press
Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Neues Deutschland
West Germany
Walter Scheel
Christian Democrats
Scheel
Bonn
France
U S Junior College Team Wins Governor s Cup in Brazil
The United States team, formed from eight Western Texas College Westerners and four All-Stars, won the Governor s Cup in Sao Paulo with a 3-1 round robin record. Harris led scoring in two games, while Minor and Bradley starred. the squad plans exhibitions in Rio and Buenos Aires before returning to the U.S. Harris declined a Brazil Olympic offer, and the trophy will join the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
United States
Western Texas College Westerners
U.S
Mike Mitchell
Westerners
Argentina
Bob Miller
Puerto Rico
Brian Minor
Alonzo Bradley
Utica
Miss
Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Aires
Eugene Harris
Mitchell
Springfield
Mass
Harris
Hattiesburg
Miller
Seaford
N.Y
Hutchinson
Kansas
South Korea Sees North Attack if U S Leaves Forces
South Korean officials told President Ford they expect North Korea to attack within six months if U S troops withdraw. Ford assured continued U S security commitments and promised to speed up modernization of South Korea’s military equipment.
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Washington
Ford
North Korea
United States
South Korea
Chong Il-Kwon
National Assembly
Hahm _ Pyong- Choon
White House
Chong
Phnom Penh Dead City Amid Evacuations After Fall
The last 550 foreigners flee Phnom Penh crossing into Thailand as the city is described as a dead place with decomposing bodies and abandoned goods. Evacuees report mixed tales of killings and kindness under Khmer Rouge rule. AP reporters describe Saigon quiet after fall and scenes of postwar life and turbulence in Vietnam.
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Associated Press
Phnom Penh
Thailand
Bangkok
U.S
United States
Banquet for Teachers Set Tonight in Scurry Coliseum
About 450 local and area teachers attend the annual awards banquet of the Texas State Teachers Association and Classroom Teachers Association at 7 p.m. in Scurry Coliseum. Don Eiring leads the Snyder stage band. Georgene Gatoway hosts. Awards are presented by county and Snyder school officials. Western theme with wagon displays. Ned Underwood and Charles Ketchum participate on program and catering.
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Texas State Teachers Association
Classroom Teachers Association
Scurry Coliseum
Snyder Stage Band
Don Eiring
Georgene Gatoway
Scurry County
Bill Eiland
Snyder School Board
Pat Falls
Snyder
Ned Underwood
Charles Ketchum
Also Mentioned on This Page
SDN
National Fire Protection Association
Wacil McNair
Churchill
George C. Marshall
America
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Communist Party Central Committee
Prague Castle
Gustav Husak
Prague
East Germany
Brezhnev
Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Tass
Soviet Communist Party
Vietnam
Indochina
United States of America
U. S
Korea
George Esper
Peter Arnett
Matt Franjola
Saigon
Esper
Independence Palace
Tan Son Nhut
My Tho
Mekong
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