Texas sanitation head touts roads after Knoxville trip
Earl Davis, Snyder sanitation chief, returned from Knoxville with a new Dumpmaster garbage truck saving the city money. He says Texas roads outshine Louisiana and Tennessee and notes partial delivery of Dumpmaster containers while service requests grow at city hall. Scurry County Coliseum hosts record crowds for Snyder High School 1968 Baccalaureate and commencement.
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Earl Davis
Texas
Davis
Knoxville
Tenn
Snyder
Louisiana
Tennessee
May 28 in History Highlights 1968 and Earlier
On May 28 history marks events from 1940 Dunkerque evacuation by British and French forces to 1962 Blue Monday stock market drop. Also notes include 1934 Olivia Dionne quintuplets birth near Callender Ontario, 1937 Chamberlain becomes British PM, 1940 Leopold III surrenders Belgian army, 1798 Congress authorizes 10 000 volunteer army, 1864 Maximilian arrives in Vera Cruz, 1960s Paris protest, 1963 Pope John XXIII tumor news, and 1969 Chichester world voyage ending.
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Dunkerque
France
U. S. Congress
John Adams
Archduke Ferdinand Maxmilian
Austria - Hungary
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Oliva Dionne
Callender
Ontario
Neville Chamberlain
Stanley Baldwin
Leopold III
New York
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Vatican
John XXIII
Sir Francis Chichester
Plymouth
England
Weather outlook across Texas with warm spells
Snyder reports show Monday highs near 78 and 82 to 90 in North Central and Northeast Texas. Northwest Texas expects clear to partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions tonight and Wednesday with lows in the 50s to mid 60s. Southwest and Southeast Texas forecast similar mild to warm trends with isolated thundershowers possible in the west and central regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Texas
Missing Scorpion Submarine Sought By Atlantic Fleet
An armada from both sides of the Atlantic combed the stormy ocean for the missing atomic submarine Scorpion and its 99 crewmen after it failed to report in at the end of a Mediterranean cruise. Navy officials cited routine delays and weather as possible causes while 19 ships and unspecified planes pressed the search near the Eastern seaboard as relatives waited at Norfolk.
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Washington
Atlantic
Navy
Norfolk
Adm
Thomas H. Moorer
Naval Operations
Moorer
Mediterranean
Straits
France's Education Minister resigns amid student strike crisis
Education Minister Alain Perrefitte resigns as France faces a sweeping student strike that drains the economy by over a billion dollars weekly. Premier Pompidou to assume duties while a provisional government discussion surfaces to appoint de Gaulle's successor.
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Paris
Alain Perrefitte
France
Georges Pompidou
Peyrefitte
Charles de Gaulle Pompidou
Snyder High School Class of 1968 Receives Diplomas
Snyder High School graduates 1968 class before a large crowd at Scurry County Coliseum. Molly Walker saluted valedictorian, urging faith in oneself. Tommy Bullard urged independent decisions. Ted Crenwelge awarded diplomas. Wayne Anderson led class song. Top ten percent named with Magna Cum Laude honors and multiple scholarships announced.
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Snyder High School
Scurry County
Molly Walker
Tommy Bullard
Valedic
Ted Crenwelge
Bill J. Hood
Wayne Anderson
Ben Brock
Bullard
Miss Walker
Anita Marie Buchanan
Susan Marie Clark
Steven Bentley Moffett
Karan Ann Sadler
Cynthia Kay Phillips
Loretta Kay Bryce
Christopher Headstream
Brenda Sue Featherston
Sue Ellen Line
Dwaine Allen Boydston
Linda Lorene Stoltz
Royce Edward Starnes
Rebecca Jones
Frankee Dianne Lewallen
Donna
Abilene Added to Sentinel Air Line Service
Sentinel Air Lines of Texas expands its Snyder to Dallas route by adding Abilene as a stop. Vice president Charles Amato states Abilene will serve the Dallas leg, with plans for an extra Abilene to Dallas round trip and morning Snyder flight returning to Abilene before the evening Dallas to Snyder run.
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Sentinel Air Lines of Texas
Air Pak
Abilene
Snyder-to-Dallas
Charles Amato
Amato
Dallas
Sweetwater
Snyder
Sentinel
Absentee Voting Deadline Noted in Democratic Primary
County clerk Beverly Ainsworth reports 122 residents have voted absentee in the second Democratic primary and reminds voters the deadline to cast absentee ballots is today.
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Seond
Beverly Ainsworth
Delegates Prepare For Lengthy Stay In Paris Talks
Top U S negotiators Harriman and Vance plan to move from the Hotel Crillon as talks with North Vietnam drag on. Xuan Thuy and the North Vietnamese delegation shifted to a villa on Paris outskirts, while Thuy edged toward conceding a point on military activity.
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John M. Hightower
Paris
U.S
Southeast Asia
W. Averell Harriman
Cyrus R. Vance
Crillon
Xuan Thuy
Harriman
Vance
Thuy
France
United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Death Penalty Given in Baylor Coed Slaying
A Baylor University freshman Jill Brown, 19, of Crawford, was killed in her car near Lake Waco. Jackie Wayne Grider, 25, was sentenced to death by an all male jury after convicting him of the December 8 knife murder. Texas Ranger Johnny Krum testified Grider admitted the slaying following threats of police disclosure. The defense argued temporary insanity.
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Dallas
Jackie Wayne Grider
Baylor University
William F. Alexander
James Bock
Waco
Grider
Jill Brown
Crawford
Baylor
Texas
Johnny Krum
Lake Waco
April prices rise 0.3 percent on food clothing housing
The Labor Department reports April consumer costs up 0.3 percent with a year over year rise of 4 percent led by food and clothing. Housing medical care and services also climbed while farm prices and wages gained. Average hourly wages rose two cents to 2.79 and weekly earnings reached 104.63.
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Washington
Labor Department
Chase
Ond
Bureau
Park improvements contract awarded to Snyder firm
County Commissioner on Monday awarded Price Construction Company of Snyder the park improvement contract for Towle Park. The apparent low bid was 38000 dollars with W D Caldwell Construction Co of Big Spring submitting about 1000 dollars higher. Work includes curb and gutter, paving and seal coating near the Prairie Dog enclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towle Park
Price Construction Company
Snyder
W. D. Caldwell Construction Co
Big Spring
Jaycees Lead In Storm Victim Aid Near Helmleigh
Jaycees form a special committee to coordinate local aid for tornado victims near Helmleigh. Co chairs Bill Dryden and Rev. John Bollinger will assess family needs and publicize aid through news media. Four homes destroyed. area west of Hermleigh worst damage. total damage around $80,000.
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Snyder Jaycees
Helmleigh
Jaycee Committee
Bill Dryden
John Bollinger
Jaycee Coordinating Committee
Hermleigh
Nachlinger Pest Control
Rites Wednesday For Homer Maule
Funeral service for Homer R. Maule aged 44 will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Methodist Church officiated by Dr John English with assistance from Rev Jerry Speer of Green Hill Baptist Church Maule was a lifelong resident of the Camp Spring community and died Monday in Cogdell Memorial Hospital
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Homer R. Maule
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
John English
First Methodist Church
Jerry Speer
Green Hill Baptist Church
Maule
Camp Spring
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Wacil McNair
THE
Associated Press
Neal Mindel
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American Civil Liberties Union
Mindel
Board of Appeals
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Perrefitte
Rue Gay- Sussax
SHS
Torian
Horrace Bostick
Texas Legislature
Texas Council of Church Related Colleges
North Texas State University
Texas Council
Band Parents Club
Music Department
University of Texas At Austin
Karan Sadler
Layne - Kite Post
Martha Redden
Snyder Classroom Teachers Association
Susan Clark
Lions Club of
Wanda Murphy
Zeta Lambda Chapter
Delta Kappa Gamma
Susie Hendrix
Scurry Charter Chapter
American Business Women's Association
Anita Buchanan
Gibraltar
Thresher
Azores
Arnold Chase
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Arthur M. Okun
Jaycees
Bob Lee
Wynn Lee
T. D
Doc) Leech
Bob Neblett
Richburg
Kitchen
Keith Collier
Homer Maule
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