OSHA course aids local firms via Chamber program
The Snyder Chamber of Commerce through Western Texas College ran a short OSHA course with local volunteers qualifying as first aid instructors. A longer OSHA program is planned. inquiries have come from other towns. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept notes Mississippi kites spotted at Abilene State Park, with a spring return pattern and state protection.
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Chamber of Commerce
Western Texas College
Red Cross
OSHA
Snyder
Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept
Abilene State Park
Forida
Texas
Oklahoma
Abilene Park
Parks and Wildlife Dept
This Day In History May 19 1972 Associated Press
Highlights include Anne Boleyn's 1536 beheading in London, the 1588 Spanish Armada setting sail, Johns Hopkins born near Annapolis in 1795, Philadelphia centennial exposition opening in 1876, Churchill's 1943 wartime pledge to the U S, 1945 Tokyo bombings, 1964 spy microphones at Moscow embassy, Khrushchev’s 1964 Bulgaria remark, 5 years ago Hanoi bombing, Trudeau Kosygin North-Soviet talks in Moscow, and a 1971 note of U S Soviet high level contacts.
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Associated Press
England
Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn
London
Lisbon
Portugal
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins
Annapolis
Philadelphia
Winston Churchill
U.S
America
Japan
Tokyo
U.S. State Department
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Bulgaria
John
Weather summary for Texas regions this week
Reading at 7 am 63 degrees. Northwest and Southwest Texas see variable clouds and scattered thunderstorms today through Saturday, highs 82 to 92, lows 55 to 65. Southeast and South Central Texas stay partly cloudy with highs 84 to 92 and 82 to 92, lows 60 to 72. North Central and Northeast Texas warm and partly cloudy, highs 82 to 92, lows 58 to 68. Coastal winds east to southeast 8 to 16 knots Brownsville to Port O Connor.
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Snyder
Texas
North Central
Brownsville
Port O’connor
Port Arthur
Western Texas College Honors Its First Graduating Class
Western Texas College celebrated its first graduating class with an informal banquet at Snyder Country Club and a reception in the Learning Resource Center. Eight graduates received AA degrees and four earned Certificates of Technology, with diplomas handed by department heads and instructors amid remarks by college leaders. About 250 guests attended the event.
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WTC
Western Texas College
Rebecca Mebane
Emma Jean Thompson
Deanna Boles
Sara Fincher
Larry Williams
Neva Huddleston
Karen Pevehouse
Mitzy Gray
Ted Donaldson
Joe Wilson
Roxy Small
Jerald Smith
Snyder Country Club
Duane Hood
Edward Barkowsky
Ben Brock
Leslie Albin
Jim Palmer
Marvin Genuchi
Mary Hood
Mickey Baird
Toni Turk
Jearld Smith
Ted Martinez
Francis Clegg
Gene Robertson
Gerald Corkran
Rita Colley
Bill Halbert
Robert Clinton
Bill Wilson
Hood
Nixon holds secret talks toward arms pact before Moscow visit
White House reports a strategic arms control accord is near ready for announcement during Nixon's eight day Soviet trip. A secret Camp David session with Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin preceded meetings with congressional leaders and Spiro Agnew. Talks in Helsinki push toward a two part deal including ABM limits and ceilings on land and submarine missiles.
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Washington
Nixon
Moscow
United States
Spiro T. Agnew
Far East
Vietnam
Henry Kissinger
Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
Camp David
Dobrynin
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Kissinger
Ziegler
Salzburg
Austria
Iran
Poland
U.S
Helsinki
Soviet Union
Agnew Reports Vietnam Progress After Talks With Nixon
Vice President Spiro Agnew, back from Vietnam, said the North Vietnamese offensive may end sooner than expected due to US air strikes and harbor mining. He met with President Nixon and with South Vietnam’s Nguyen Van Thieu and General Creighton Abrams, noting Thieu was relaxed and in command. He projected the offensive could last about four months, with only a couple more months of activity remaining.
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Washington
Agnew
Congress Allocates $650000 for 1973 Inauguration Ceremony
Washington AP reports Congress appropriated 650000 dollars for the 1973 presidential inauguration. The funding aims to cover ceremonial costs and official proceedings surrounding the event.
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Washington
Congress
Food Prices Drop In April Lower CPI and Costs
The April consumer price index rose two tenths of one percent led by higher clothing and used car costs, while grocery prices fell two tenths with declines in meats fruits and vegetables. Housing and transportation edged up, wages rose modestly, and real weekly earnings increased about six tenths of one percent after inflation.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Enemy Is Driven Back Near Kontum In Five Wave Assault
About 2,000 North Vietnamese backed by seven medium tanks attacked Kontum’s outer defenses in the central highlands in five waves Thursday night. South Vietnamese forces and American air power repelled the probe, with 92 attackers killed. Three Saigon troops died and seven were wounded. One T54 tank was knocked out by a U.S. gunship.
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Saigon
Kontum
U.S
Resignation Withdrawn by Snyder High AD Coach
Snyder High School athletic director and head football coach Maurice Hodges withdrew a resignation letter after a three hour school board session. The dispute over introducing an athletic period in junior high sparked scheduling issues, mainly for grades seven and eight, with a plan to start in ninth grade in 1972-73. The board endorsed the athletic program and ordered a detailed study by junior high principals to determine the best implementation timeline. Hodges thanked the board for support and said he would pursue athletic excellence and continue directing the program.
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Maurice Hodges
Snyder High School
Max von Roeder
Hodges
von Roeder
Snyder
Jack Gorman
Fred
Pentagon Blast Fallout Shocks Washington Officials Say
A bomb exploded in a Pentagon restroom causing major damage to the E ring facilities. An antiwar group claimed responsibility as police and FBI swept the building with explosive-sniffing dogs. Few workers were nearby, no injuries reported, search continues.
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Washington
Pentagon
Daniel James
James
FBI
Defense Department
Air Force
Robert C. Seamans Jr
Jack Pickrell
Air Force Message Center
Nixon Visits Wallace in Hospital Bedside Talk
President Nixon visited Alabama Governor George C. Wallace at Holy Cross Hospital and said the wounded governor looks alert. He noted Wallace has not been low in spirits as they discussed Nixon's planned trip to Russia and the governor's health.
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Washington
Nixon
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Holy Cross Hospital
Russia
Wallace
Laurel
Silver Spring
Walter Reed Hospital
Funeral set for 4 year old James Rincones in Lubbock
Funeral services are scheduled for 2:30 PM Saturday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church for James Rincones aged 4 who died early today in a Lubbock hospital after a playground injury. Burial will be in Snyder Cemetery under Bell Seale Funeral Home. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Carlos Rincones of Booker two sisters Cindy Kay and Lisa Hope Rincones and two brothers Kenneth Lee and Steve Rincones, grandparents Amelia Rincones Garden City Kansas and Pablo Mantos Snyder, with whom he lived.
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Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church
James Rincones
Lubbock
Francisco Lopez
Snyder Cemetery
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Carlos Rincones
Booker
Amelia Rincones
Garden City
Kan
Pablo Mantos
Snyder
Cindy Kay
Lisa Hope Rincones
Kenneth Lee
Steve Rincones
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Texas Star Magazine
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Star Gazer
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Taurus Jane
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Aquarius
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