Port to Plains Highway hearing boosts Texas route plans
The Port To Plains highway proposal gains momentum as the Texas Highway Commission backs the idea after a May 1 hearing. Support spans Houston to Abilene and other hubs, with cross‑city cooperation emphasized to advance a federal route from Lubbock through Snyder, Sweetwater, Abilene, Brownwood, Austin to Houston and Galveston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Highway Commission
Port-To-Plains
Lubbock
Snyder, Sweetwater
Abilene
Brownwood
Austin
Houston
Galveston
Post
Snyder Sweetwater
This Day in History Highlights May 25, 1975
AP overview of events on May 25 across history. Notable items include 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, 1803 Emerson’s birth, 1836 Adams opposition to Texas annexation, 1844 telegraph dispatch debut, 1862 Winchester Battle, 1944 Anzio linkage, 1961 Kennedy moon goal, Johnson highway billboard plan, 1970s hijack to Cuba, and Nixon Watergate stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Boston
John Quincy Adams
Texas
Mexico
Washington
Baltimore
Stonewall Jackson
Winchester
Anzio
Italy
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Congress
Cuba
Richard Nixon
Weather Summary for Snyder and Texas Regions
Partly cloudy with warmer conditions across Northwest and Southwest Texas including Big Bend. Scattered thunderstorm potential north of the state. Lows range from 53 to 77 degrees, highs from 76 to 97, with Texas readings reporting light rain in some areas and clearing from the west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Texas
Big Bend
Little Britches Riders Cheer at Scurry County Rodeo Night One
Muddy turf slowed top times but about 1000 spectators cheered the young cowhands in the first night of the Little Britches event at Scurry County Rodeo Arena. Sunset Sundowners Riding Club sponsors the rodeo with The Westerners providing music. complete first night results list winners in pole bending, ribbon roping, steer dabbing, barrel racing and flag racing across PeeWee, Junior, and Senior divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tisa Lovett
Rotan
Little Britches
Scurry County
Sundowners Riding Club
Westerners
Gary Don Sharp
Lamesa
Natalie Walker
Levelland
Keil Williams
Gail
Rooster Rainbolt
Spur
Kerry Gardner
Snyder
Kyrena Hall
Big Spring
Clinton Smith
Coahoma
Mike Edwards
Girard
Robin Parker
Lubbock
PeeWee Barrel Racing
Shawn Moser
Tammy Stuart
Roby
Terri Mires
Ford signs 405 million aid bill for Indochinese refugees
President Ford signed a 405 million aid package for relocation and settlement of Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees. Sixty-five words omitted for brevity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ford
State Department
Vietnam
Cambodia
Cyprus Dispute Unsettled Amid Greek Turkish Tensions
Washington reported that a senior American official warned a Cyprus settlement remains unsettled as Kissinger failed to win concessions. He briefed President Ford after European talks with Gromyko while Greece and Turkey face mounting military postures and domestic pressure strains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Cyprus
Kissinger
Ford
Vienna
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
Greece
Turkey
United States
America
Europe
Bulent Ecevit
Ecevit
Suleyman Demirel
Brussels
Demirel
Constantine Caramanlis
Ford to Europe to solidify ties with allies in NATO era
President Ford announced a European trip next week to strengthen economic diplomatic and military links with NATO partners. He said the aim is a cohesive relationship and discussed a future nuclear treaty with Russia while outlining U S policy on the Middle East after meetings with Sadat and Rabin. He warned against oil boycott intervention and highlighted the Mayaguez rescue as proof of U S resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ford
Europe
America
White House
Russia
United States
Middle East
U.S
Anwar Sadat
Salzburg
Austria
Yitzhak Rabin
Defense
James R. Schlesinger
Mayaguez
Cambodia
NATO
Brussels
United
Pathet Lao
State Department
Laos
Robert Funseth
Kientiane
Evacuations Continue as Lao Workers Strike American Firm
Laotian workers walk off at Trans-Air Protection Service over severance pay while U S evacuations proceed from Vientiane to Bangkok. Demonstrators surround the U S Embassy burning documents as officials discuss aid problems and security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter O’loughlin
Associated Press
Vientiane, Las
Royal Air Lao
U.S
John Quinn
Foreign Ministry
Laos
Pathet Lao
Souvanna Phouma
Thunderstorms Return Saturday In Snyder Area
Storm activity surged across Central Texas with lightning and light rainfall in Snyder area. A Snyder water plant gauge recorded .09 inch by 7 am as showers lingered. the three day total reached 1.59 inches despite mostly light rainfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Lake Thomas
South Texas
New Braunfels
Austin
Monahans
Texas
Memorial Day Observed in Snyder with Closures
Snyder area residents will have a holiday Monday as the nation observes Memorial Day. Many stores offices and banks will close. Veterans of Foreign Wars and Ladies Auxiliary hold ceremonies at 9 30 a m at Hillside Memorial Gardens with public invited and Gold Star Mothers to be recognized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ladies Auxiliary
Hillside Memorial Gardens
Soviets Put Men In Space On Soyuz 18 Mission
Tass reports a manned Soyuz 18 spacecraft in orbit with pilots Piotr Klimuk and Vitali Sevastyanov aboard for experiments aboard the Salyut 4 orbital station. An earlier April 6 abort with the same mission and a 30 day Soviet orbital record are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Tass
Piotr Klimuk
Vitali Sevastyanov
Salyut 4
Siberia
U.S
Beggs Died. Funeral at First United Methodist Church
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Beggs 88 of 3103 Avenue W died at 12 10 a m Saturday in Snyder Nursing Home Funeral service set for 2 p m today at the First United Methodist Church with the Rev Wallace Kirby officiating Burial will be in Hillside Memorial Gardens under Bell Seale Funeral Home direction A Gonzales County native she lived in Scurry County 49 years married to William D Beggs in 1908 he preceded her in death March 3 1955 Surviving a daughter Mrs Dorette Beggs Stell Snyder and three great grandchildren In Dallas Theodore L Gunderson 46 FBI Memphis named agent in charge Dallas office replacing J Gordon Shanklin who retires June 27 Shanklin pleased with selection
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Mary Elizabeth Beggs
Avenue W
Snyder Nursing Home
First United Methodist Church
Beggs
Wallace Kirby
Hillside Memorial Gardens
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Gonzales County
William D. Beggs
Dorette Beggs Stell
Snyder
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SDN
Fort Boonesborough
West Ervine
Richmond
Tom Kelly
New York
Columbia University
Kelly
Wacil McNair
Sharon Mahaffey
Sweetwater
PeeWee
Tisa Levett
LaTeshia Kiker
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Ford Administration
Indochin
South Vietnam
U.S. Treasury
Portugal
Las Vegas
Nev
U.S. Agency For International Development
WTC
Western Texas College
Sul Ross State University
FBI
Dallas
Theodore L. Gunderson
Memphis
Tenn
J. Gordon Shanklin
Shanklin
Gunderson
University of Nebraska
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