Old Wives Tales and Leif Erikson Day Mention Note
The piece highlights enduring old wives tales cited by the Health Insurance Institute and cautions against false health beliefs. It notes Leif Erikson Day with a 30th Infantry Division reunion in Dallas and references Texas veterans from World Wars I and II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Insurance Institute
Institute
30Th Infantry Division Association
Hilton Inn
Dallas
30Th Division
Wacil McNair
Cambodian Gunboat Seek Asylum In Thailand Amid Laos Turmoil
Cambodian sailors who fled to Thailand aboard a 175 foot gunboat claim their vessel helped capture the Mayaguez last week. In Savannakhet Laos, Pathet Lao troops seized the city as Americans and others faced loose arrest amid protests against U.S. aid and rightist control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Thailand
Mayaguez
Bangkok
Washington
Pathet Lao
Laos
Savannakhet
Pakse
Mekong
Agency For International Development
U.S
Homestead Act Signed by Lincoln Opens West Lands
Today marks the 113th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln signing the Homestead Act granting free land to settlers in the American West. The date also recalls Columbus death in 1506 and other historical moments across 1861 to 1975.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Abraham Lincoln
American West
Christopher Columbus
Spain
North Carolina
Marquis de Lafayette
Charles Lindbergh
Paris
U.S
Britain
China
House of Commons
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
House
John McCormack
Congress
John Sirica
White House
Nixon
Weather outlook for Texas regions with storms risk
The report notes temperatures from eight degrees high to 59 low with a fart reading of 7 am at 61 and .24 precipitation. It forecasts fair to partly cloudy skies across Northwest and Southwest Texas with highs 85 to 98 and widespread cloudiness through Wednesday. Thunderstorms are expected tonight through Tuesday afternoon from west to east, ending by Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Texas
Upper 40S
Coeet
Snyder High honors 1974 75 top seniors and scholars
Dozens of Snyder High School students were honored at an awards assembly. Valedictorian Pamela Underwood and salutatorian Billy Murray led a list of top scholastic students across the senior class. Other top 10 members include Dee Roach and Melanie Parsons among seniors, with juniors and a tie for sophomores. Charles Anderson Jr. received a science award plaque and a 400 dollar scholarship is to be awarded at commencement. See Awards Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SHS
Pam Underwood
Ned Underwood
Billy Murray
Bill Murray
Snyder High School
Pamela Ann Underwood
Austin
Billy Keith Murray
Bill J. Murray
Thirtythird Street
Horrace Bostick
Joe Williamson
Snyder Chamber of Commerce
Dee Alan Roach
Kellye Crenshaw
Melanie Elaine Parsons
Donna Kay Cornett
Cydney Gayle McDonald
Sidney Wes Perry
Ruth Ann Fagin
David Ray Watlington
William Lo
Royce Wiman
Julia Dawn Glass
Stanley Walker
Society of Petroleum Enginers
Charles G. Anderson Jr
Phil Fortune
Texas lawmakers reject arts funding cuts in budget battle
In Austin, representatives debated an 11.9 billion two year state budget and rejected attempts to cut arts and humanities funds and a rural development loan program. Rep. Von Dohlen urged shifting 200000 from the arts agency while Rep. Caldwell urged restoring neglected arts funding and urged fair treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas
Tim von Dohlen
D-Goliad
Texas Commission On the Arts and Humanities
von Dohlen
Arts
Neil Caldwell
Angleton
Appropriations Committee
Guam
Portugal Shuts Down Socialist Republica Newspaper
Portugal's government closed the Socialist party newspaper Republica pending a court ruling on seizure by Communist workers. Paratroopers moved to clear the building as Soares warned the seizure was illegal. An army tribunal and 12 member jury were created to try those tied to the failed counter coup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Portugal
Socialist Party
Republica
Information Ministry
Mario Soares
Soares
Typographical Union
Raul Rego
Rego
Armed Forces Movement
AFM
Ford vetoes 5 strip mining bill over job and cost fears
President Ford vetoed a coal strip mining bill saying it would cost up to 36,000 jobs and raise consumer fuel and electric bills. He warned of greater foreign oil dependence and reduced coal production while urging Congress to craft an acceptable energy program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ford
Tl Am
Congress
America
Erratic Rainfall and Tornado Warnings Across Texas
Storms with 80 mph gusts moved across Texas causing flood watches across North Central and Northeast Texas. Tornado funnels touched down near Sabinal Bandera Seguin and northwest of Austin, with hail up to baseball size and roofs torn near Fort Stockton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Scurry County
Fluvanna
Snyder
Lake Thomas
City
Ira
Helmleigh
Lake Patrol
Colorado
Panhandle Plains
National Weather Service
San Angelo
San Marcos
Sabinal
Bandera
Seguin
Austin
Angus Valley
Oklahoma
Fort Stockton
Texas Panhandle
Childress
Wichita Falls
del Rio
San Antonio
Fredericksburg
Corpus Christi
Kingsville
Cotulla
Laredo
Kissinger and Gromyko End Talks on Arms and Mideast
Secretary of State Kissinger and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko wrap two days of talks in Vienna on SALT pace and the Middle East. A communique is planned for later. no details released. They plan further meetings, with Bonn and Vienna as scheduled posts for Kissinger and Gromyko.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth J. Freed
Associated Press
Vienna
Austria
Henry A. Kissinger
Andrei Gromyko
Middle East
Kissinger
U.S
Geneva
Gromyko
Bonn
West Germany
Indochina
Flash Flood Watches Expanded Across North Central and Northeast Texas
The National Weather Service issued flash flood watches for 88 counties in North Central and Northeast Texas as increasing thunderstorm activity continued. The watch covers both regions through tonight, including counties in North Central Texas such as Dallas and Tarrant and in Northeast Texas including Nacogdoches, Harrison, and Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Associated Press
National Weather Service
North Central
Archer
Baylor
Bell
Bosque
Brown
Callahan
Clay
Coleman
Collin
Comanche
Concho
Cooke
Coryell
Dallas
Denton
Eastland
Ellis
Erath
Fannin
Falls
Foard
Freestone
Grayson
Hamilton
Hardeman
Has
Cherokee
Delta
Franklin
Gregg
Harrison
Henderson
Hopkins
Houston
Lamar
Leon
Marion
Morris
Nacogdoches
Panola
Rains
Red River
Rusk
Sabine
San Augustine
Shelby
Smith
Titus
Trinity
Upshur
van Zandt
Wood
Also Mentioned on This Page
SDN
Los Angeles
Norwegian Society of Texas
Leif Erikson
Leif the Lucky
Sattahip
Gulf of Thailand
Mayaguez Mayaguez
Charles T Miller
Randal Gressett
Connie Diane Miller
Kerry Lynn Musick
Jeri Ann Barousett
Karen Sue Jones
Gregory Arthur Kane
Terri Kay Eaton
Deborah Ann Inman
DeLena Cage Vickers
Bobby Dwayne Hanks
Lee Allen Jarrell
Trussha Renee Farquahr
Patricia Diane Stewart
Debbie Lynn Smithee
Kay Lynn Ellington
Steve
RED
Alexandria
Vietnam
Cambodia
St. Louis
Moscow
Ford Administration
Europe
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