City to tighten enforcement as illegal fireworks discussed
The SDN column notes past July 4 complaints about illegal park fireworks in Towle Memorial Park and reports the council’s quick action on a Chamber of Commerce request for a city allowed Independence Day display. It details stricter enforcement, a Houston style possession ban, and cautions against cross‑city purchases. It also mentions a May 26 longhorn auction at Albany and a Fort Griffin herd sale by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to prevent overgrazing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towle Memorial Park
Chamber of Commerce
Houston
Snyder
Arizona
Albany
Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept
Texas Cattle Breeder's Association
Fort Griffin State Park
Wacil McNair
May 9 in History 1973 Highlights and Notable Events
On this date Christopher Columbus began his last voyage from Cadiz in 1502. Benjamin Franklin published Americas first newspaper cartoon in 1754. Byrd and Bennett flew over the North Pole in 1926. Nazi book burnings began in Berlin in 1933. Sevastopol fell to Soviet forces in 1944. Zakir Husain became India’s first Muslim president in 1967. Miners rescued after a week in Kellogg Idaho. 91 dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Columbus
Cadiz
Spain
New World
America
Benjamin Franklin
Pennsylvania
U.S. Navy
Richard E. Byrd
Floyd Bennett
North Pole
Berlin
Black Sea
Sevastopol
Zakir Husain
India
Birmingham
Ala
U.S
Paris
Vietnam
Sunshine
Kellogg
Idaho
Weather snapshot across Texas and New Mexico
Snyder area reports a high of 88 and a low of 58 with 7 am reading at 58. Texas regions show partly cloudy, cooler conditions with showers in Panhandle and South Plains fading Thursday. Lows 40s to 60s, highs 70s to 90s. varied wind and seas along Gulf coast. New Mexico stays warm with isolated afternoon showers and highs 60s to 85.
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Snyder
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Big Bend
North Central
South Central
Brownsville
Port O'Connor
Port O’connor
Port Arthur
New Mexico
Snyder School Board elects Teal as president and McSpadden is Place 1
Teal and Eiland were chosen as president and vice president of the Snyder School Board after runoffs. Vera McSpadden won Place 1 with 344 votes over Ricardo Corrales who had 214. The board approved teacher evaluation guidelines, a commodity program vote, and funding for girls summer recreation and Scurry County Boys' Club programs. Special meetings set to discuss bids and a mandatory 1976 special education program. A 1964 station wagon was approved for sale to the Scurry County Work Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillard Teal
Snyder School Board
Bill Eiland
Vera McSpadden
Ricardo Corrales
McSpadden
Harold Lacik
Teal
Max von Roeder
von Roeder
Texas Education Agency
Bill Dryden
School Food Service
Bill Schiebel
Filand
Dan Cotton
Ted Crenwelge
Lee Smyth
Leland Herod
Bert Sellars
Girls Summer Recreation
Scurry County
Lamar
Scurry County Work Center
Martha Huddleston
Work Center
Lacy Turner
Western Texas College
Ted Martinez
Texas House Moves Toward Restoring Death Penalty
The Texas House tentatively approved restoring the death penalty in a 102 to 33 vote after debate over which crimes qualify. The measure would be mandatory for eight offenses including murder for hire and killings during kidnapping or rape. The bill awaits another House vote before advancing to the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin, Tex
Texas House
Tyler
Billy Williamson
House
Senate
Kissinger Says Talks With Soviets Reportedly Cordial
Henry Kissinger said talks with Soviet leaders were cordial and satisfactory but more exchanges are needed before announcing Leonid Brezhnev's visit to the United States. He spoke as he left for London and did not set a date for the visit.
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Moscow
Henry Kissinger
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
United States
Nixon
London
Brezhnev
Kissinger
US Team To Visit GI Graves In Hanoi Friday
US spokesmen said a four party Joint Military Team will fly from Saigon to Hanoi to visit graves of 23 Americans who North Vietnam says died in captivity. North Vietnam agreed to let talks with Hanoi officials to arrange remains return. The cease fire pact team seeks missing personnel and repatriation of remains. Viet Cong and North Vietnam accused of 104 cease fire violations near Saigon and a bomb in a Da Nang market town killed two. Viet Cong doctors say 80 percent of released prisoners have skin and eye diseases from chemicals and 30 to 40 percent are mental patients due to torture.
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Saigon
U.S
Hanoi
North Vietnam
United States
Vietnam
North
South Vietnam
Indochina
da Nang
Funeral set for Mrs Irla Morgan 94 Snyder native
Funeral services are planned for 10 a.m. Thursday at Bell Seale Chapel for Mrs. Irla Morgan 94 who died Tuesday in a Lubbock rest home She was a longtime Snyder resident and a 1901 Simmons College graduate She taught in Snyder and married J P Morgan in 1908 Burial will be in Snyder Cemetery The family suggests memorials to favorite charities Surviving are son Preston Morgan of Lovington New Mexico and a granddaughter.
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Bell- Seale Chapel
Irla Morgan
Lubbock
Morgan
Snyder
Raleigh
N.C
Texas
Pete Scoggin
Simmons College
Hardin- Simmons University
Fort Worth
J.P. Morgan
Ken Andress
First Baptist Church
Snyder Cemetery
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Krogh Accepts Blame and Resigns as Undersecretary
Egil Bud Krogh Jr. resigns as undersecretary of transportation taking full responsibility for directing the burglary of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist. He seeks to aid in full disclosure to allow fair judgment and healing as the Watergate era unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence L. Knutson
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Egil
Bud"’ Krogh Jr
Daniel Ellsberg
John D. Ehrlichman
Nixon
Krogh
White House
Pentagon
Elliot L. Richardson
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
American Bar Association
American College of Trial Lawyers
Bringar
Elisberg
Transportation Department
Eusberg
Explosions Hit Beirut Banks and Restaurant Amid Fighting
Four Beirut districts were struck as explosions damaged the Development Bank on Hamra Street the G Trad Bank on the Damascus Highway and the Lebanese Commerce Bank in Shiyah, a restaurant near St George and Phoenicia hotels also blew up. The army reported 13 soldiers killed 65 wounded and six missing with guerrilla rockets and mortars hitting army positions and homes as cease fire violations continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
Development Bank
Hamra Street
Fifth Avenue
G. Trad Bank
Damascus Highway
Lebanese Commerce Bank
Shiyah
St. George and
Phoenica
British Bank of the Middle East
Snyder High crowns Mr and Mrs SHS in morning ceremony
Billy Jack Hill and Hollye Crenshaw were named Mr and Mrs Snyder High School in a morning ceremony in the school auditorium. Both seniors and 18 years old, they were crowned by principal Horrace Bostick.
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Snyder High
Hollye Crenshaw
Howard Crenshaw
Sunset
Billy Jack Hill
Eugene Glasscock
Clairemont
Snyder High School
Horrace Bostick
Hollye
Billy Jack
Clairmont
Future Farmers of America
Jim Shelburne
Sheryl Scott
Eddie Bane
Yau Wan
Benny Ellington
Joe Keller
Janice Holcomb
Doug Sims
Terri McCormick
Jackie Hartsfield
Donna Orsburn
Tim Holder
Sue Jane Sullivan
John Miller
Cydney McDonald
Welton Cobb
SHS
Rocky Mountain High
Kristi Neill
Toby Hinshaw
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Leo
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Hesiore
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