What in a name Warren Burger and the protest era
The column blends name analysis of Warren Earl Burger with advice to 1969 graduates on campus protest. It urges students to think before joining groups, weighing why and what behind protests and noting the USA has made notable progress on social issues while urging unbiased analysis and thoughtful responses.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Judge Burger
Nixon
Warren Earl Burger
Warren
Earl Warren
USA
Wacil McNair
On This Date in History May 27 Highlights
May 27 marked notable events from 1941 sinking of the battleship Bismarck with 2300 lives lost to Garibaldi's Sicily invasion in 1860. Other items include 1905 Japanese destruction of a Russian fleet, 1933 Century of Progress opening, 1937 Golden Gate Bridge opening, 1940 refugee convoy disruption, 1954 Benson explosion casualties, and Dulles funeral in 1959.
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Bismarck
Britain
Hood
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Sicily
Palermo
Chicago
Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco Bay
Low Countries
France
Europe
U. S
Bennington
Rhode Island
Geneva
Washington
John Foster Dulles
Jawaharlal Nehru
New Delhi
Scorpion
Atlantic
Weather outlook across Texas with warm to hot days
Snyder sees highs near 87 Monday and 89 to 92 by Wednesday. Northwest Texas expects clear to partly cloudy skies with a few evening storms and low 58 to 66 tonight. North Central and Northeast Texas stay warm with persistent cloudiness and highs around 88 to 93, while South Central to West Texas remain partly cloudy and hot with scattered showers and highs from 82 to 108.
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Snyder
Texas
Southwest
The
Pecos
Nixon Proposes Post Office Reform to Cabinet Cut
President Nixon asked Congress to convert the Post Office Department into a government owned self sustaining service and remove it from the Cabinet. The plan creates an independent postal service with a nine member board of directors and includes collective bargaining rights for workers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Congress
Post Office Department
Frederick R. Kappel
Lyndon B. Johnson
Commission On Postal Organization
Tennessee Valley Authority
Winton M. Blount
White House
Blount
Senate
Education Commissioner says punitive laws won’t curb campus riots
James F. Allen, Nixon’s education commissioner, argues for curriculum reforms over punitive measures to address campus disruption. He opposes cutting funds and urges using available laws only for violators while improving curricula and supporting legitimate student protests and requests for change. He notes federal education funds should target elevating lagging students.
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Washington
Nixon
James F. Allen
Allen
Jaycees to Install Officers with State President Speaker
Eddie Byer, Garland state president of the Jaycees, will speak at Snyder Jaycees installation banquet at 8 p.m. Thursday at Snyder Country Club. He travels from Austin after meeting Gov. Preston Smith. Rick Clayton of Abilene will install, and local Jaycee-ettes attend as awards are presented.
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Eddie Byer
Garland
Jaycees
Snyder Jaycees
Snyder Country Club
Dyer
Austin
Preston Smith
Mickey Nunley
Jaycee
Rick Clayton
Abilene
Jaycee Club
Senate OKs four new state colleges in Texas
Senate approval fast tracked four new state colleges with a preemptive move to prevent filibusters. UT San Antonio and UT Permian Basin projects moved to the governor, while Texarkana and Corpus Christi branches await House votes. Opponents argued against expansion despite support from sponsor W E Snelson.
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Grover
Ben Barnes
Barnes
University of Texas of
Permian Basin
Odessa College
University of Texas At
San Antonio
University of South Texas
Corpus Christi
Texarkana State University
Texarkana
W.E. Snelson
Midland
Bill Moore
Bryan
Odessa
House
Ace Pickens
R B Richter Dies Rites Set Wednesday
Rudolph B. Richter 71 of Knapp community in Southwest Scurry County died at Cogdell Memorial Hospital. A farmer and rancher native of Lockhart he is survived by his mother sister and brother. Funeral service 3 p m Wednesday Bell Seale Chapel with Rev D W Copeland and Rev Lee Jones officiating burial Ira Cemetery Bell Seale Funeral Home directs pallbearers named.
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Rudolph B. Richter
Knapp
Scurry County
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Lockhart
Ella Richter
Melba Ohlendorf
Gilbert Richter
Snyder
Bell-Seale Chapel
D. W. Copeland
Gatesville
Knapp Baptist Church
Lee Jones
Union Baptist Church
Ira
Bell-Seale Funeral Home
Edgar von Roeder
Don Vineyard
G. F. Hembree
Durwood Shaw
Odessa
Joe James
Marvin Key
Clyde Key
J. N. Sterling
Chamber Drive Set Tomorrow in Snyder
The Snyder Chamber of Commerce urges all members to join a one day membership drive on Wednesday from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Snyder National Bank community room. President Shelby Coker says about 100 new members are hoped for to boost finances and manpower. Bud England chairs the event.
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Snyder Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Shelby Coker
Snyder National Bank
The
Chamber of Commerce
Bud England
Graduation Rites Tonight In Coliseum
Snyder High School's graduating class of 1969 holds commencement at Scurry County Coliseum at 8 p.m. Anitta Norris is valedictorian and Anne Alexander salutatorian. Diplomas presented by Dan Cotton with Ben Brock presiding. Scholarships by Horrace Bostick. Invocation by Bill Minick and benediction by Rev. Jack Riley.
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Snyder High School
Scurry County
Anitta Norris
Anne Alexander
Dan Cotton
Snyder School Board
Ben Brock
SHS
Bill J. Hood
Superintendent of Schools
Horrace Bostick
Bill Minick
East Side
What the Snyder Chamber of Commerce Does
Editor notes before a membership drive outline the chamber’s routine functions and services for the community. It explains the chamber’s role in boosting economic life, attracting businesses, improving the city for residents and shoppers, and acting as a central information hub for industrial data.
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Snyder Chamber of Commerce
Karl Manhorter
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
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