State Democrats split as coalition leads to divided Texas convention
A preview of the 1972 Texas State Democratic convention in San Antonio shows four factions vying for influence. Conservative liberals seek an uncommitted delegation, Wallace supporters hold about 28 percent, McGovern about 21 percent, Humphrey roughly 13 percent, with new rules replacing winner take all and the Smith County rump delegation threatening party loyalty debates. Republicans report orderly conventions praising Nixon and urging unity.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Miami
Alabama
George Wallace
George McGovern
Hubert Humphrey
Texas
Smith County
Nixon
Wallace Backers Lead Scurry County Delegates at Convention
Three fourths of Scurry County eight delegates back George Wallace for president at the county Democratic Convention. The meeting also endorsed Nixon's Vietnam War stance and elected officers. Delegates and alternates faced new rules requiring presidential preference declarations.
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Scurry County
Alabama
George Wallace
Nixon
Kk. W. Schrader
Jack Darby
Today in History May 15 milestones across centuries
On May 15 significant events include the 1940 Netherlands surrender to Germany, 1571 Moscow burned by Tartars, 1602 Gosnold aboard Cape Cod discovery, 1862 Agriculture Department formation, 1918 first air mail link New York Philadelphia Washington. JFK boosts Thailand troops in 1962, 1967 Geneva tariff talks progress, 1971 Sadat consolidates power in Cairo.
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Associated Press
Netherlands
Germany
Moscow
Bartholomew Gosnold
Cape Cod
U.S. Department of Agriculture
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Israel
Lebanon
Trans-Jordan
John F. Kennedy
Thailand
Laos
Geneva
Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Weather snapshot Snyder to Texas forecast by region
Weather report summarizes Snyder temperatures and forecasts across Texas regions. It notes highs from the 70s to mid 90s, lows from the 40s to 70s, with mentions of clear, partly cloudy, and chance of showers or thundershowers mainly today and Tuesday. Regional details cover Northwest, North Central, Northeast, South Central, Southeast, and Southwest Texas.
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Snyder
Texas
Pecos
Market Gains Lift Stocks as Moscow Summit Hopes Boost Mood
New York stocks rose broadly led by nonblue chip issues while the Dow edged up 0.15 to 941.98 at noon. The market strength reflected speculative buying in select issues and optimism over the Moscow summit and a Viet Nam defense repulse.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Kontum
South Vietnam
Supreme Court rules Amish exempt from high school education
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that state laws requiring compulsory education beyond the eighth grade infringe the Amish free exercise of religion. The Wisconsin case said further schooling endangers their religious beliefs, as Amish communities prioritize religious schooling over secular high school.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Wisconsin
Warren E. Burger
South Vietnamese recapture Bastogne base after fierce fight
South Vietnamese forces retook Fire Base Bastogne, 12 miles west of Hue, after 36 hours of heavy combat and B52 strikes. The base fell to North Vietnam on April 28. The drive was part of a broader effort to widen Hue defenses, with 2,000 infantry supported by helicopters, artillery, and air power.
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Saigon
Bastogne
Hue
Demilitarized Zone
Quang Tri City
Associated Press
Peter Arnett
Kontum City
Saigon-Phnom Penh
Trang Bang
An Loc
Worker accused in Osaka cabaret fire that killed 117
Police accuse 36 year old Keiji Kawashima of extreme professional negligence for dropping a lit cigarette near a synthetic textiles display, triggering a seventh floor blaze that trapped about 170 people. The fire killed 96 hostesses and customers by asphyxia and 20 others by falls, with 28 injured.
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Osaka
Japan
Keiji Kawashima
Kawashima
Play Town
Mrs. Luella M. Morgan Dies At 48 In Lubbock
Luella M. Morgan 48 died at 12 15 a.m. today at Methodist Hospital Lubbock She lived at 3807 Noble Drive was an employee of Sun Pipe Line Co A Cooper Delta County native she had lived in Scurry County 20 years Funeral 4 p.m. Wednesday Bell Seale Funeral Home Chapel Rev Wallace Kirby to officiate Burial Hillside Memorial Gardens Survived by husband Dick Morgan son Brad Morgan of El Paso parents Walter and Mrs Gayler Colorado City sister Mrs Billie Hemmrick Fort Dodge Iowa brother Larry Gayler Lubbock Memorial gifts to Cancer Fund suggested
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Snyder
Methodist
Lubbock
Mr. Gray
Borden County
Scurry County
Helmleigh
Registered Hereford Assn
Scurry County Livestock Assn
Co-Op Gin Assn
China Grove
Farm Bureau
Colonial Hill Baptist Church
Hillside Memorial Gardens
Bell- Seale Funeral Home
Alan Cartrite
Miller Robinson
Gray
Nell
Raymond Lloyd
Lorena Brown
Big Spring
Ora Gray
Bruce Plummer
Hereford
Will
Andy Gray
Lovington
N.M
Borden County Historical Survey Committee
Gail
Dora Roberts
Luella M. Morgan
Methodist Hospital
Bell-Seale Funeral Home
Congressman's education grants for Western Texas College
Congressman Omar Burleson announced Office of Education approval of a $50,916 college work study grant for Western Texas College to support about 112 student awards. He also announced a $2,408 educational opportunity grant for four student awards.
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Omar Burleson
Office of Education
Western Texas College
Truce Line Formed as Belfast Violence Eases
British paratroopers pushed through crossfire to establish a truce line between Protestant and Catholic areas in Belfast. Nine killed over the weekend, including a 13 year old, marking Northern Ireland’s deadliest period in three and a half months with 327 fatalities in nearly three years of sectarian conflict.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Londonderry
Ballymurphy
Springmartin
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