Learn to swim and seek water safety, Texas talks
The SDN Column notes executive director James A. Cross of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept. warns that over half of U S drowning victims cannot swim 20 feet. A Texas Tech geoscientist urges ongoing drilling for energy reserves. Texas adds four national champion trees with new leaders in Kerrville and Freestone County, and Texas now lists 41 champion trees in the American Forestry Association register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Cross
Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept
U.S
Texas Tech
Frank B. Conselman
National Materials Policy Commission Forum
University of Texas At Austin
Conselman
Texas
Texas Forest Service
American Forestry Association
Kerrville
Denver City
Yoakum County
Freestone County
Fairfield
Newton County
Washington, D.C
Wacil McNair
Today in History Highlights 1972
On May 23 1915 Germany declared war on Italy. 1455 the Battle of Saint Albans occurred in England. 1701 Captain Kidd hanged for piracy and murder. 1788 South Carolina became the eighth state. 1853 Argentine Republic constitution took effect. 1937 Supreme Court upheld Social Security Act. 1960 Eichmann captured in Argentina for trial in Israel. Ten years ago Gen Salan jailed in Paris. Five years ago Egypt block Gulf of Aqaba. One year ago Turkey earthquake death toll around 1000 in Bingel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint Albans
England
William Kidd
London
South Carolina
U.S. Supreme Court
Israel
Adolf Eichmann
Argentina
Paris
Raul Salan
Egypt
Gulf of Aqaba
Bingel
Turkey
Weather Summary for Texas Regions
Weather report for Snyder and regions across Texas shows high temperatures from 74 to 94 with lows from 40 to 74. Partly cloudy to fair conditions north and west, with scattered thunderstorms in extreme west and over areas tonight and Wednesday. Coastal winds 8 to 18 knots with a few showers and thundershowers along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Texas
North Central
Nixon Brezhnev Agree on Health and Environment Plans
At the Moscow summit Nixon and Brezhnev reach their first formal accords on joint health research focusing on cancer and heart disease and on cooperation to improve the global environment. Rogers Kissinger and Petrovsky sign the pollution accord as Podgorny and Kosygin observe. The talks unfold in an unusually frank atmosphere amid broader international tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Nixon
Vietnam
Leonid M. Zamyatin
Brezhnev
Zamyatin
Nikolai V. Podgorny
William P. Rogers
Boris V. Petrovsky
Catherine Hall
Grand Kremlin Palace
Henry A. Kissinger
Nikolai Podgorny
Alexei N. Kosygin
Pentagon signals expansion of bombing targets in North Vietnam
The Pentagon announced a broader U S bombing campaign in North Vietnam targeting industrial facilities and power plants that support the war effort. Spokesman Jerry Friedheim said attacks will extend to other key economic and military-support sites including transformers and transportation hubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pentagon
North Vietnam
U.S
Nixon
South Vietnam
Jerry W. Friedheim
Hanoi
Friedheim
Irish Women Marshal Protest as IRA Rift Deepens
In Londonderry two hundred Catholic women marched on an IRA headquarters in Bogside protesting the execution of 19 year old William Best by IRA factions. They demanded British troops intervene and threatened to open barricaded areas to force action while denouncing all gunmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Irish Republican Army
The
IRA
Londonderry
Bogside
Northern Ireland
William Best
Germany
Provisional
Provos
Free Derry
Creggan
NASA Explodes Mortar On Moon In Seismic Experiment
Engineers at the Manned Spacecraft Center fired three rocket grenades from a mortar left by Apollo 16 on the moon to send seismic shocks into the lunar crust. A fourth grenade was withheld after attitude readings suggested the launcher pitched up. Scientists will analyze geophone data to study subsurface structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Recer
Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
Manned Spacecraft Center
Moon
Lunar
Mission Control
Apollo 16
Snyderites Win Top District VFW Offices in Colorado City
Snyderites sweep District 8 VFW and Auxiliary posts in Colorado City over the weekend. Jackson P. Ellis is District Commander Bonnie Timora leads the Auxiliary as president. District 8 spans 14 counties with entries from Abilene Sweetwater Brownwood and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Snyder
Colorado City
Jackson P. Ellis
Bonnie Timora
VFW
Dorothy Simpson
Alfreda Moss
Nell Fowler
Jewell Ellis
Shirley Minyard
Earlene’ Brooks
Dessie Dupuy
Floy Matthews
Sarah Early
Maude Beard
Herbert Fulbright
Anson
Jack Lea
Breckenridge
District 8
Nixon
Abilene
Sweetwater
Brownwood
Eastland
Rotan
Merkel
Hamlin
Breckenridge, Snyder, Comanche
Clyde
Stamford
Senate Debates Education Bill With Antibusing Riders
The Senate opens debate on an 18.5 billion higher education bill with antibusing riders that could affect desegregation. Sponsors expect quick passage to the House, while the House plans to delay until after Memorial Day recess amid strong support for student aid provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Today
Senate
House
Mike Mansfield
Mrs Drake Dies at 70 in Snyder Nursing Home
Winnie D. Drake aged 70 died at 11 p.m. Monday in Snyder Nursing Home. Funeral services are pending at Stephens Funeral Home in Coleman with local arrangements by Bell Seale. She leaves a daughter Mary Ann Dozier of Snyder and was a United Methodist Church member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Myers
Ave. M
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Amity
Ark
Santa Fe Railway
The
Baptist Church
Bell Seale
Virgil Mott
Bethel Baptist Church
Snyder Cemetery
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Faye Gladson
Snyder
Dora Flournoy
Midland
Pearl Long
DeQueen
Ethel Vaughan
Martha Echols
Linwood
Lee Myers
Levelland
Winnie D. Drake
Snyder Nursing Home
Stephens Funeral Home
Coleman
Mary Ann Dozier
United Methodist Church
Training Urged In Citizenship By ABA Leader
Houston AP The president of the American Bar Association urged an improved program of citizenship training in elementary and high schools. Leon Jaworski warned of a breakdown in teaching the root principles of law and the balance of civil rights with civic responsibility. He blamed schools homes churches and communities for the neglect and cited broken homes and working mothers as factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
American Bar Association
Leon Jaworski
President's Commission On Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice
Jaworski
Credit Congress
National Association of Credit Management
Absentee Voting Open for State Senate Vacancy
Absentee voting for the State Senate seat to replace David Ratliff began at the county clerk’s office and runs through Friday June 2. Bill Tippen of Abilene is the sole candidate. The election is scheduled for Tuesday June 6. Absentee voting for the Democratic runoff starts tomorrow and ends Tuesday May 30 with the vote on Saturday June 3. Area voters were reminded that Monday is a legal holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Ratliff
Bill Tippen
Abilene
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