Florida executes John Spenkelink in electric chair
In Starke Florida convict John A Spenkelink was executed by electric chair at 10 18 am the first U S execution since Gary Gilmore in 1977 and the end of a 1967 moratorium the 30 year old man clenched his left fist as 2250 volts passed through his body marking the states first post moratorium death.
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Starke
Fla
John A. Spenkelink
Florida
Spenkelink
United States
Gary Mark Gilmore
Utah
Mansion Damaged After Move Out in Fort Worth
Fort Worth millionaire Cullen Davis claims Priscilla Davis left $500000 in damage when she moved out of the $6 million mansion. Priscilla finished moving at about 3:30 am after a judge set a midnight deadline in the divorce ruling. Cullen and his new wife Karen Master wed at 12:50 am and inspected the mansion within eight hours, outraged at its condition. In Houston, Earl Stevens leads a new independent truckers group vowing to shut down all diesel fuel nationwide to protest rising prices.
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Fort Worth
Priscilla Davis
Cullen Davis
Priscilla
Cullen
Karen Master
Houston
Earl “Blackjack” Stevens
Dandelion Greens Recipe From Maine and Tornado Talk
The SDN Column shares a Maine recipe for dandelion greens with salt pork and potatoes, detailing steps from pork prep to boiling greens and serving. It also covers Vernon storms on April 10 with varied theories about a single or multiple tornadoes and notes rising road-map sales in New Hampshire for 1980.
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Walter Buckel
Lamesa
Maine
Orlin Brewer
Vernon
A S Brewer
US Way 70
Gasoline Spike Leads April U.S. Price Rise
The Labor Department reports April consumer prices rose 1.1 percent led by a surge in gasoline and oil products, with transportation and housing up 2.0 percent and 1.1 percent respectively. Food costs rose 0.9 percent as pork fell and fresh vegetables eased, while overall CPI reached 211.5 for April.
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Washington
Law Department
Carter
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Patrick Jackman
Barry Bosworth
Snyder Trustees Discuss School Cafeteria Contract Change
Snyder school trustees reviewed re organizing the cafeteria system as a belt tightening move and consider private food service bids. Superintendent Hood and E D Flynn said two central and two satellite cafeterias could be created with existing resources. Resignations of principal Bostick and bus driver Hugh Lowry were accepted and Roy Carter received a reassignment from athletic director to classroom teaching.
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Snyder
Hood
Flynn
Bostick
Lowry
Carter
Snyder Man Fatally Injured In Mishap
K W Wortham, 48, dies after his 1977 Chevrolet pickup leaves Highway 350 near Ira and overturns. He died at Cogdell Memorial Hospital after being transported by Galyean Amnee Service. Wortham, a Korean War veteran and Chevron pumper, lived in Snyder since 1962 and leaves wife Sue Neves and three sons Kenneth Dale Bruce Wayne and Byron plus siblings. Funeral set for Bell Seale Chapel.
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K.W. Wortham
Wortham
39Th St
Bell-Seale
Chevron
Snyder
Sue Neves
Lovington
N.M
Kenneth Dale
Odessa
Bruce Wayne
Byron
Chester Mann
Colorado
County Contribution to Snyder Fire Budget Revealed
Scurry County participates in the current Snyder fire department budget with 40000 dollars, about 16 percent of the total. The last fiscal year report records 180 calls answered outside city limits and 162 inside Snyder limits.
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Snyder
Scurry County
Snyder Fire Department
Leity
Memorial Day Observance Set Monday in Snyder
Memorial Day will close most offices and many firms in Snyder while government agencies and financial houses close. Snyder Schools remain in session and many local stores plan to open. The Snyder Daily News publishes Monday with an earlier press time per holiday schedule.
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Snyder
Snyder Daily News
Panel Agrees On Tax Relief Bill
AUSTIN AP panel negotiators announced agreement on HB1060 with final conference report to be signed this afternoon. If approved by House and Senate, Gov. Clements will receive a measure tied to 1978 Tax Relief Amendment ensuring every school district gets at least 192 million dollars annually in state reimbursement, regardless of passage.
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Austin
House
Senate
Bill Clements
Permit Delay For Stacy Dam Continues With 45 Day Stay
The Texas Water Commission granted a rehearing on the Stacy Dam permit for the Colorado River Municipal Water District delaying the process about 45 days. The move requires the district to file an operations manual, a step intended to address a Court of Civil Appeals ruling and possibly avert later challenges. Protestants react with surprise while officials warn the delay could stretch the overall timetable and increase the chance of appeals.
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Colorado River
TWC
Felix McDonald
Fred Werkenthin
Lower
Colorado River Authority
WTC
Booth
Weather snapshot for Snyder and West Texas
High Thursday 74 and a low 56 with 57 at 7 am. No precipitation today and 5.68 inches for 1979 to date. West Texas forecasts cloudy skies into Saturday with occasional showers and thunderstorms in the extreme southwest, panhandle storms tonight, warmer highs inland, lows 55 to 62 with mountain valleys in the 40s, Saturday highs 80 to near 90s in the south.
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Snyder
Texas
Panhandle
Middle 40S
Plan To Battle Gail Class Told At Borden High
GAIL-Dub Bowlus urged Borden High seniors to fight for life’s goals and choose their path after graduation. Valedictorian McLeroy urged embracing change and solving problems like the energy crisis, stressing hard decisions. The 1979 class includes Canon Eldridge Underwood Jones Westbrook and others.
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Gail
Gail-Dub Bowlus
Borden High School
Ie McLeroy
Valedic Sa
Borden School
Uck Canon
John Eldridge
Ray Don Underwood
Pennye Peon
Vickie Jones
A McLeroy
Rhesa Smith
Sid Westbrook
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Berden Scheels
Ralph Miller
Stacy Dam
Joe Carroll
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C.H. Ivie
CRMWD
Geeral
Dallas
Joe Remos
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