Storms injure dozens across several states and more in Europe
Tornadoes hit Kentucky Mississippi Missouri Illinois Alabama Texas Indiana and Arkansas causing injuries and property damage with no fatalities. In Italy, Red Brigades torched a Honeywell warehouse near Milan causing 1.1 million dollars in damage and a showroom blast at Alfa Romeo. In Reunion Island, President Ali Sailih of the Comoro Islands was ousted in a coup amid a security alert.
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Saint-Denis
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Comoro Islands
Indian Ocean
Africa
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Deep Creek flood control seen starting by 1981
The Snyder Deep Creek flood control project faces an eight to nine year timeline from a 1973 planning start, with delays from the State Soil and Water Conservation Board. Local officials note recent floods and approve a hearing on discharging treated wastewater into the creek, while joking about protecting rare aquatic life.
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Rome
Snyder
State Soil and Water Conservation Board
Deep Creek
Lubbock
Western Texas College
Texas Department of Water Resources
John Fagin
Tennessee
Carter pressses Senate on Middle East arms sale test
President Carter made a final appeal to senators to approve a Middle East arms package to Israel Egypt and Saudi Arabia warning that rejection would damage US prestige and harm peace efforts. He described the vote as a stark choice between supporting moderation or aiding radicalism and said a rejection would be a heavy blow to Sadat and could impair the peace process.
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Israel
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Senate
White House
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
United States
Soviet Union
Mrs. Raymond Lloyd Honored as Mother of the Year
Leta Lloyd, a 65-year-old Snyder resident with nine children and 28 grandchildren, receives the Scurry County Mother of the Year Award from The Snyder Daily News for her philosophy of loving, teaching church values, and enduring family challenges. She credits faith and family discipline, recalls managing a busy household, and notes her five-decade married life with Raymond since 1928 after moving from Borden County to Scurry County in 1936.
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Raymond Lloyd
Snyder Daily News
Daily News
Roy McQueen
John Long
Leta Lloyd
Scurry County
Lloyd
Raymond
Borden County
Helmleigh
Pat Cornett
Jimmy Don Lloyd
Dorothy Patrick
Snyder
Unemployment Rates Drop Across Six Texas Counties
Scurry County reports a 2.0 percent unemployment, among the lowest in the sixcounty area served by the Texas Employment Commission Sweetwater office. Kent County is at 1.0 percent and Stonewall 2.2 percent, with Nolan 2.5, Mitchell 3.0, and Fisher 3.3 percent. The region benefits from low state and national rates, steady job referrals, and a strong economy.
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Scurry County
Texas
Anna K. Carman
Texas Employment Commission
Sweetwater
Kent County
Stonewall County
Nolan County
Mitchell County
Fisher County
Carman
Traffic Signals Upgraded on Snyder Highways
The State Department of Highways and Public Transportation will upgrade traffic signals at major Snyder intersections to meet state standards. Bids due Wednesday May 17 for the East Highway intersections with Avenue E Q R and College Avenue, and College Avenue at 37th 30th 27th and 26th Streets. Ed Vernon of Snyder heads the Abilene District Office.
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Snyder
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Highwayee
Avenue E
Avenue Q
Avenue R
College Avenue
37Th Street
30Th Street
27Th Street
26Th Street
Ed Vernon
Ace Works
Ton
Weather outlook for Snyder and West Texas
Partly cloudy to fair through Tuesday with scattered thunderstorms in eastern areas. Temperatures rise from 50s to upper 80s and 90s, near 100 along the Rio Grande. Readings show 7 am Saturday at 51 with highs Friday around 3 degrees above 50, no precipitation except 3.83 inches for 1978 year-to-date.
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Snyder
West Texas
Rio Grande
Wet-Dry Local Option Votes Restricted to Cities or Counties
A reader asks about a precinct voting wet or dry after a liquor election. Officials answer that local option elections apply only to incorporated cities or towns, justice precincts, or county-wide votes, not to individual pre cincts.
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Dizzy Dean
Justice
Hermleigh Friday Puts New Equipment To Use
Hermleigh on Friday May 12 marked a last day celebration as children played on the playground while teachers watched from the shade. A teacher's aide Phyllis Johnston organized gifts from Snyder merchants and Hermleigh teachers and citizens to enhance the festivities.
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Hermleigh
John Dunnam Hermleigh
Snyder
Phyllis Johnston
Hermleigh School
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