Stanfield students drive can drive with pollution essays
Environmental projects at Stanfield Elementary drew wide interest, with a trailer of over 76,000 aluminum cans collected. Principal Joel Griffin commended fourth grader Joey Withers for steady effort, while students from first to sixth grade wrote about pollution, conservation, and litter, urging action and responsibility.
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Stanfield Elementary School
Joel Griffin
Griffin
Joey Withers
Joey
Cindy Clayton
Lorna Campbell
Vicki Glasscock
Laurie Donelson
Carrie Leib
Amy Pinkerton
Wacil McNair
Ford press says Albert seeks delay on oil tax
House Speaker Carl Albert told reporters he asked President Ford to delay a new 1 per barrel oil tariff but got no commitments. The House postponed action on a substitute to Ford energy plans until after Memorial Day recess. Ford might act without congressional approval if no substitute passes.
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Washington
House
Carl Albert
Ford
Congress
Albert
Frank Zarb
CBS-TV_ ‘Morning News
Zarb
Americans Freed By Laos Students
Eighteen Americans detained in Savannakhet for nine days were flown to Thailand aboard a U S Air Force plane. The evacuation of Americans and other foreign nationals began as Laos considers pulling out AID, while Kissinger notes a substantial reduction of U S personnel in Laos.
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Peter O’loughlin
Associated Press
Vientiane
Laos
Savannakhet
Thailand
U.S. Air Force
U.S
Royal Air Lao
U.S. Agency For International Development
Washington
Ouday Savannavong
Ankara
Turkey
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Central Treaty Organization
Luang Prabang
Pathet Lao
Ouday
May 22 in History Highlights Across 1975
On May 22 historic events include the S S Savannah setting out from Savannah for Liverpool in 1819, Martha Washington’s death in 1802, Burr’s treason trial in 1807, Wagner’s 1813 birth in Leipzig, and the 1945 Truman Doctrine funding Greece and Turkey with 400 million dollars.
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Associated Press
S.S. Savannah
Savannah
Liverpool
England
Martha Washington
Aaron Burr
Richmond
Richard Wagner
Leipzig
United States
Seymour
Ind
Paris
Congress
Greece
Turkey
Rome
Hiroshima
Pedro Arrupe
Leonard Woodcock
Walter On
United Auto Workers On
Richard Nixon
House Judiciary Committee
White House
Watergate
Weather forecast for Snyder Texas midweek to Friday
High Wednesday 94 degrees and 59 degrees low with 7 am reading at 72 degrees. Northwest and Southwest Texas expect clear to partly cloudy conditions through Friday with scattered thunderstorms tonight and Friday in the north and southeast. Cooler tonight and Friday with lows from mid 50s north to near 70 southeast. Highs Friday near 80 in the north to low 90s in the Big Bend region.
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Snyder
Texas
Big Bend
US to Reinforce NATO Forces in Central Europe
Defense Secretary Schlesinger said the United States will reinforce NATO in the central region with two extra combat brigades and stronger air power. He cited pressures to cut defense spending but urged resisting them to maintain deterrence and bargaining strength with the Warsaw Pact.
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Brussels
Belgium
James R. Schlesinger
United States
Europe
Schlesinger
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Ford Administration
Showers Move Through Snyder Area This Morning
Showers entered the Snyder region before noon as heavy clouds crossed West Texas. Rain amounts varied with areas from Luther to Gail and west of Snyder reporting half an inch or more, while Lake J.B. Thomas logged only a sprinkle by 11:30 a.m. The Weather Service warned of possible severe storms and forecast additional showers through the day.
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Snyder
West Texas
Borden County
Lake J.B. Thomas
Luther
Howard County
Gail
Weather Service
Senate OKs Ford highway funding bill to spur construction jobs
The Senate sent to President Ford a highway funding bill to boost construction jobs. It would allow up to 100 percent federal funding on new federal aid highway projects started between Feb 12 and June 30 and let states transfer funds among four major categories with repayment by Jan 1, 1977.
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John Chadwick
Associated Press
Washington
The
Senate
Ford
Senate Public Works Committee
Congress
Executive Branch
Texas House Okays Compromise Voter Registration Bill
Texas House approved a compromise voter registration bill amid party rules clash. The vote moved from 79 63 to concur with conference to 131 3 to enact immediately pending Senate approval. Debates cited party parity and national Democratic rules affecting Lloyd Bentsen’s 1976 nomination prospects.
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Garth Jones
Associated Press
Austin, Tex
Texas House
House
Conference Committee
Senate
Joe Pentony
D-Houston
Conference
Pike Powers
D-Beaumont
Pentony
Jim Mattox
Dallas
National Democratic Party
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Mattox
Gore Service Set Friday
Funeral service for H.C. Gore 84 is planned for 10 a.m. Friday at Bell Seale Chapel with Rev. L.W. Hatfield officiating. Burial will be at Hillside Memorial Gardens. Gore, a Baptist minister, lived in Snyder since 1929 and died at Cogdell Memorial Hospital. Survivors include wife, a daughter Mildred Clark of Snyder, a son Lewis Gore of Fort Worth, a stepson J.W. Shaw of San Angelo, two sisters, three grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Bell- Seale Chapel
H.C
Doc) Gore
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
L.W. Hatfield
Hillside Memorial Gardens
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Deaf Smith County
Gore
Snyder
Mildred Clark
Lewis Gore
Fort Worth
J.W. Shaw
San Angelo
T.D. Lewis
Plainview
Karl Moore
Altus
Okla
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Ron Nessen
Nessen
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Carol
Barbara Searing
Chicago
Homewood
Barbara
Mekong River
New York
Canada
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