Plants in Public Schools and a Law Day Message
Public school 6th graders in Borden and Scurry Counties receive a comic booklet on plants titled Plants How They Improve Our Environment funded by the Upper Colorado Soil and Water Conservation District. J Edgar Hoover issued his final Law Day message May 1 as he neared death, urging adherence to law amid political violence and civil rights debates. State gasoline tax changes show Virginia New Hampshire Connecticut rising by two cents, with Missouri possibly increasing to seven cents. Texas keeps five cents per gallon and may shift.
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Scurry Counties
Upper
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U.S.A
Hoover
Alabama
George Wallace
Texas Good Roads Association
Virginia
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Vermont
Maine
Texas
Missouri
May 17 in History Highlights on 1972
May 17 1972 marks the 138th day with notable events including 1954 Supreme Court ruling on school desegregation, NYSE founding in 1792, first patent for a reaper in 1803, 1875 Kentucky Derby, 1940 Nazi occupation of Brussels, 1957 Suez barrier on Israeli ships, Castro prisoner exchange offer in 1961, a 1963 note on Thailand-Laos, 1972 rail strike impact, and Hungary defection in 1965.
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Associated Press
U.S. Supreme Court
New York Stock Exchange
Richard French
John Hawkins
New Jersey
Louisville
Kentucky
Brussels
Belgium
Egypt
Suez Canal
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Bay of Pigs
U.S
Thailand
Laos
Hungary
Washington
Janos Radvanyi
United States
Weather Outlook for Texas Across Regions
A weather briefing for Texas notes Tuesday high near 88 and 58 tonight with 7 am reading at 58. Northwest and Southwest Texas expect partly cloudy skies through Thursday with scattered thunderstorms mainly west. high 82 to 92 and low 52 to 65. Southeast Texas remains partly cloudy mild with a slight chance of thundershowers. high 80s and low 60s to 74. South Central Texas is partly cloudy and mild with a slight chance of thundershowers. high around 82 to 92 and low 60 to 72. Coast winds northeast to southeast 8 to 16 knots with a slight chance of scattered thundershowers mainly tonight.
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Snyder
Texas
Compromise Delays Court Busing 18 Months in Education Bill
Conferees reach a compromise delaying court desegregation orders for 18 months while finalizing a 200 billion higher education measure. The agreement softens antibusing provisions, sets a January 1 1974 expiry, and seeks Supreme Court clarifications with a Denver case pending. It preserves limits by age and travel distance and bars busing to inferior schools.
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House
Senate
Tional Institute of Education
Supreme Court
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Nixon
Congress
Wallace scores big wins in Michigan and Maryland primaries
George Wallace captured 51 percent in Michigan and 40 percent in Maryland boosting his push to deadlock the Democratic National Convention. McGovern and Humphrey trailed in both states while Nixon won easily on the Republican side.
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George C. Wallace
Michigan
Maryland
Hubert H. Humphrey
Wallace
George McGovern
McGovern
Humphrey
South Dakota
Nixon
Washington
Baltimore
White House
Wallace Shows Improvement After Shooting Campaign
Wallace, elated by wins in Michigan and Maryland, shows improvement from gunshot wounds at Silver Spring hospital. A medical bulletin says he is alert, reading, and improving though leg paralysis remains. exact spinal injury details await surgery. Camp disputes Post report of complete paralysis or severed spinal cord.
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Silver Spring
George C. Wallace
Michigan
Maryland
Alabama
Joseph F. Schanno
Wallace
Washington Post
Billy Joe Camp
Post
Laurel
Senators Oppose Cease Fire Clause On Vietnam War Cutoff
In Washington key senators backing an end the war measure say they will vote against it because a White House backed provision requires a cease fire before all U S troops withdraw from Vietnam. The 47 43 Senate vote Tuesday added the cease fire clause to the Case Church amendment to cut off funds for U S fighting four months after prisoners are released. The added language would allow a cutoff only if an internationally supervised cease fire is in effect.
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Washington
White House
Snyder High coach Maurice Hodges resigns amid program clash
Snyder High School athletic director and head coach Maurice Hodges submitted a letter of resignation to school board president Max von Roeder with no immediate action noted. He cited unmet terms for junior high athletic periods and anticipated delays until junior highs merge, potentially taking years to affect the high school program. Hodges, formerly at Monahans, led a 6-4 season and district title race bid.
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Maurice Hodges
Snyder High School
Snyder Daily News
Hodges
Max von Roeder
Bill J. Hood
Pat Falls
Horrace Bostick
Supt. Hood
von Roeder
Snyder
Monahans
Lubbock Estacado
N Vietnam shells hit U S transport. Pleiku ammo dump blown
North Vietnamese shells struck a U S Air Force C130 at Kontum airfield killing seven Americans and wounding two. They also blew up Pleiku’s main ammunition dump and hit the Da Nang Hue highway. U S B 52s bombed targets near Kontum as fighting raged around Hue.
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Saigon
Kontum
Field
U.S
Pleiku
Skies Clear Across Texas After Weekend Showers
Skies were mostly clear in Texas with only scattered showers near Beaumont and Port Arthur, and flash flood warnings briefly issued in Hays Blanco and Gillespie counties after over an inch of rain. A brief tornado sighting near Hallettsville did not reach ground. Temperatures ranged from 54 to 72 degrees across the state.
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Associated Press
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Louisiana
Texas
Hays County
Blanco
Gillespie Counties
Hallettsville
Amarillo
Dalhart
San Angelo
Galveston
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
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