Texas Air Board settlement delays plant restart near Snyder
The Texas Air Control Board and American Magnesium reached a settlement delaying the Snyder magnesium plant until pollution controls are met. Tests since last September will continue, with full production hoped by year end if plans succeed. Also notes strong fishing interest in Texas, high license totals, and Texas Highway Department flowers program preserving wild flora to prevent erosion.
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Texas Air Control Board
American Magnesium
Attorney General’s Office
Snyder
Air Control Board
Texas Highway Dept
Highway Department
THD
Texas
Wacil McNair
Today in History May 13 1973 AP summary
Highlights recount events on May 13 across years including Jamestown founded in 1607 Vienna captured in 1809 US war on Mexico in 1846 Civil War action at Palo Pinto in 1865 Lusitania protest in 1915 Dutch royal flight to London in 1940 Nixon limos rocks incident in 1958 MLK Birmingham plea for nonviolence in 1963 Abernathy Resurrection City dedication in 1968 and Haiphong mines linked to Nixon Moscow trip in 1973.
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Associated Press
Jamestown
America
Virginia
Napoleon Bonaparte
Vienna
United States
Mexico
Palo Pinto
Tex
Germany
Wilhelmina
Juliana
Netherlands
London
Caracas
Venezuela
Richard M. Nixon
Martin Luther King Jr
Birmingham
Ala
Ralph David Abernathy
Resurrection City
U.S.A
Washington
U.S
Haiphong
Vietnam
Moscow
Nixon
Weather outlook for Snyder and Texas regions light showers not expected
Snyder forecasts show Friday highs near 95 and Saturday lows around 61. Across Northwest to Southwest Texas expect fair mild conditions Monday and Tuesday, warming Wednesday with north areas near 50 and south near 60. Central Texas stays in 70s to 80s then 90s in the southwest by midweek.
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Snyder
Texas
Skylab 1 Astronauts Cleared to Fly Ahead of Launch
Charles Conrad Jr Paul J Weitz and Dr Joseph P Kerwin were declared ready to fly after extensive medical examinations at Johnson Space Center. They will enter quarantine until launch next week from Cape Kennedy aboard a Saturn V to orbit 270 miles above Earth.
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Charlies
Pete’’ Conrad
Paul J. Weitz
Howard Benedict
Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Royce Hawkins
Center
Conrad
Weitz
Kerwin
Snyder ISD board to adjust farm land values
The Board of Tax Equalization met to equalize farm and ranch land values by production capability. Some values were questioned in recent years. Landowners will be notified of changes and invited to meet with the tax collector to discuss any problems.
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Board of Tax Equalization of
Snyder Independent School District
Brezhnev To US For Summit Meeting
Washington AP Brezhnev will meet Nixon in the United States from June 18 to 26 for a summit. Kissinger called SALT talks progress and said the meeting could set broad directions for subsequent negotiations. He also outlined plans for a Paris talks with Le Duc Tho on reviving the Vietnam cease fire. He stressed restraint for all countries and noted talks in Moscow.
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Washington
Leonid Brezhnev
Nixon
United States
White House
Kissinger
U.S
Geneva
Moscow
Rogers Leaves On Tour To Latin America
Secretary of State William P Rogers begins a 17 day Latin America tour visiting Mexico Nicaragua Venezuela Colombia Peru Brazil Argentina and Jamaica. He plans major policy address in Bogota and to attend Peruons Campora inauguration in Argentina. The trip signals a new era of U S interest and cooperation with its southern neighbors.
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Washington
William P. Rogers
Latin America
United States
Rogers
U.S
Mexico
Nicaragua
Venezuela
Colombia
Peru
Brazil
Argentina
Jamaica
Bogota
Hector Campora
Nixon
Killer thunderstorms flood Texas injure and kill
Severe storms drenched Texas corridors with floods in multiple counties. Two drownings occurred in San Antonio and one in Dallas, with a rain related traffic death in Dallas. A 17 year old passenger died in a car crash and two young San Antonio victims, Carmen Rodriguez 19 and Oscar Ordaz 21, perished in a flooded intersection.
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Associated Press
Texas
San Antonio
Dallas
San Angelo
del Rio
Francisco Vetzel
Miami
Fla
Southern Methodist University
Patricia Judge
Carmen Rodriguez
Oscar Ordaz
Elisberg and Russo vow suit against Nixon after charges dropped
In Los Angeles AP Elisberg and Russo say they will sue President Nixon and others to expose government secrecy after a federal judge dismissed all charges over copying the Pentagon Papers. They cite government misconduct including a White House burglary and wiretaps dating to 1969.
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Los Angeles
Pentagon Papers
Daniel Elisberg
Anthony Russo
Cambodia
Elisberg
Ellsberg
Russo
White House
Nixon
Blind Students Climb Mt Hood for Mountaineering Dream
Six blind students from the Washington School for the Blind plan to reach Mt Hood 14 245 feet high in Oregon. Led by Ed Johann and joined by two climbers per student, they will begin at 6 000 feet with rope support and weather precautions as they train locally in Vancouver.
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Wash
Oregon
State School For the Blind
Mt. Hood
Byron Berhow
Berhow
Viola Cruz
Teresa Clay
Dan Davidson
Bernie Buhl
Les Robbins
Dean Atkinson
Ed Johann
Portland
Mazamas Mountaineering Club
Mountain Rescue Service
Johann
Funeral set for Arthur R. Turner at Northside Baptist
Funeral service for Arthur R. Turner 81 is planned at 2 p m Sunday at Northside Baptist Church with burial in Snyder Cemetery. Turner died Thursday at Hillcrest Lodge. Survived by daughter Leona Allen of Livingston California two sons Howard Snyder Lester Toole Utah three sisters Maud Barkley Snyder Ruby Conner Sacramento Effie Conner San Diego six grandchildren one great grandchild.
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Arthur R. Turner
Turner
Scurry County
Hillcrest Lodge
George White
Snyder Cemetery
Bell-Seale Funeral Home
Leona Allen
Lavingston
Calif
Howard Turner
Snyder
Lester Turner
Toole
Utah
Maud Barkley
Ruby Conner
Sacramento
Effie Conner
San Diego
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