Snyder's sales hold vs peers as May payment totals rise
The second report from Texas State Comptroller Bob Bullock shows Snyder's retail sales performing well relative to similar cities with a May 2 net payment of 31335.36 dollars. Nearby cities Sweetwater Levelland Lamesa and Brownfield posted lesser payments as the community notes a shift in local commerce and culture with Bob Wills attention and a university graduation scene.
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Snyder
Bob Bullock
Sweetwater
Levelland
Lamesa
Brownfield
Mayaguez Captain Recalls Rescue At Sea
Mayaguez Captain Charles T. Miller says he and 39 crew were gassed and hit by shrapnel as U S warplanes shielded them from Cambodians while the ship was taken toward Kompong Som. He credits air and marine forces with freeing the crew after three days of captivity.
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Arnold Zeitlin
Associated Press
Singapore
Mayaguez
U.S
Marine
Air Force
Pentagon
Washington
Charles T. Miller
Mountain View
Calif
Cambodian
Kompong Som
Sembawang
McEvoy
Bangkok
Hong Kong
Miller
Kas Trang
John Cameron Named New Supt of SACROC Unit
John T. Cameron was named superintendent of the SACROC Unit in Snyder by Chevron Oil Co. official E.O. Price. Cameron succeeds Frank Robin, who moved to New Orleans. He holds dual BS degrees in petroleum and geological engineering and has 20 years with Chevron in Texas and Colorado. He comes from San Francisco where he advised top management as an economics analyst. He will reside in Snyder with his wife and daughter.
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John T. Cameron
Sacroc
Snyder
E.O. Price
Chevron Oil Co
Midland
Cameron
Frank Robin
New Orleans
Texas
Chevron
Colorado
San Francisco
Today in History May 18 1975 highlights world events
Notable events on May 18 include Napoleon being proclaimed Emperor in 1804, Lincoln’s 1860 Republican nomination, Vicksburg siege beginning in 1863, the Hague peace conference in 1899, TVA creation in 1933, Ethiopian surrender in 1941, UN HQ move in 1951, and recent nuclear milestones and regional conflicts.
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Associated Press
Napoleon Bonaparte
France
Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
Vicksburg
Miss
Hague
Netherlands
Tennessee Valley Authority
Ethiopia
United Nations
Lake Success
N.Y
Manhattan
U.N
Dominican Republic
Security Council
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
India
Weather Snapshot for Texas and Big Bend Regions
Snyder temperatures show a Friday high of 81 and 54 at night with 7 am reading of 55. Northwest Southwest Texas expect clear to partly cloudy with highs in the 80s and some 90s in Big Bend, cooler lows 40s mountains. North Central Northeast Texas stay warm with highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s. South Central Southeast Texas see late night clouds and warm afternoons with 80s and some 90s. lows 60s northwest to 70s south.
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Snyder
Texas
Big Bend
40S
WTC Announces Summer Term Registration Details
Western Texas College lists registration from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 28 for the first summer session. Classes run 8 a.m. May 29 through July 8, with a second term July 9 to August 15. Fees are 38 dollars for one three hour course or 71 dollars for two three hour courses plus lab fees.
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Western Texas College
Duane Hood
WTC
Steading
First Lady Climber Scales Mt Everest
A Japanese housewife Junko Tabei became the first woman to reach Everest's summit joining a 15 member expedition. The Nepalese Foreign Ministry reported four more Himalayan deaths and noted two Japanese climbers on Dhaulagiri-4 were lost. Fourteen climbers died this spring. nine expeditions were Japanese.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Mt. Everest
Himalayas
Junko Tabei
Edmund Hillary
Sherpa Tenzing Norgay
Everest
Tabei
Ang Tenzing
Annapurna III
Dhaulagiri-4
Shiro Kawaji
Etsuro Yasuda
Foreign Ministry
Nuptse Peak
Maj. L.W. Fleming
Dhaulagiri
Ford to Sign $405 Million Refugee Re settlement Bill
President Ford plans to sign a $405 million bill to resettle about 130 000 South Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees. Congress completed action and sent the measure to the White House with a weekend signature unlikely. The program will fund contracts with nine volunteer agencies to move refugees from bases in California Arkansas and Florida to new homes nationwide.
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Howard Benedict
Associated Press
Washington
Ford
Senate
White House
Congress
California
Arkasas
Florida
United States
House
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SDN
Lorrin Kennamer
College of Education
University of Texas At Austin
Western Texas College Central
Bob White
Morningside Baptist Church
Grandma
Dr. Kennamer
Bob Wills
Fort Worth
Hall County
Wills
Turkey
Wacil McNair
Liz
Elizabeth Taylor
Leahy
Leningrad
Miss Taylor
Soviet
The
Henry Wynberg
Los Angeles
Soviet Union
Tass
John Cameron
Thailand
Chatichai Choonhavan
Edward E. Masters
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Henry A. Kissinger
Southeast Asia
Chatichai
South Vietnam
Boston
Boston Common
D.A.J. Brister
Pasang Tamang
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