Memorial Day Rites Honor Sgt Donald Deere
More than 200 people attended the Memorial Day ceremony at Hillside Memorial Gardens for Sgt Donald T Deere who died in Vietnam. The event featured a bronze memorial plaque, a 21 gun salute, Taps, and the Purple Heart presented to Sgt Deere’s father by the local VFW.
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Donald Deere
Hillside Memorial Gardens
Donald T. Deere
Vietnam
Deere
Defense Department
Lac Ninh
Jerry M. Pierce
Hardin Simmons University
Abilene
Bill York
USMRC
Snyder
Pierce
Green Berets
Lubbock
12Th Special Forces Group
Donald
Herman T. Deere
Larry Edwards
New Home
Fort Hood
Brooke Army Medical Center
San Antonio
T. V. Early
VFW
Sgt. Deere
George Washington
U. S
France
VFW and Auxiliary
American Legion
Herman Valladares
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
Don Browning
East Side Church of Christ
Jerry Speer
Green Hill Baptist Church
Samuel Delgado
Temple Bautista Mission
Allan Forbis
Fluvanna Methodist Church
Otis Archie, Jr
New Hope Baptist Church
Bell - Seale Chapel
West Texas State Bank
South Vietnam
da Nang
Dalat
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Roscoe
Ranger Junior College
Army
Okinawa
Charles Deere
U.S. Army
D. ‘Leon Deere
Arlington
Roy D. Sanderford
USMCR
Soviet naval flotilla to pass Bosporus amid Middle East crisis
The report notes a Soviet flotilla sailing toward the eastern Mediterranean as tensions rise in the Middle East. Turkey confirms ships will use the Bosporus and reports a combined force including submarines, destroyers, and support vessels moving toward the region. The United States Sixth Fleet and British ships are stationed nearby.
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Hussein
Jordan
Bosporous
Laan Chadawine
Iraq
Strait
Ceare
Middle East
Istanbul
Mediterranean
VCC Ores
Jou Guner Une Tee Een
Egypt
Amman
Verdusanov
Syria
Baghdad
Palestine
Egyptian Defense Alliance
Israel
Schedl
Turkey
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Call For Restraint At U N Crisis Meeting
Diplomats expect the United Nations Security Council to adopt a resolution prompting restraint in the Middle East crisis. The draft, worked on by Bulgaria Ethiopia India Japan Mali and Nigeria, may be handed after today’s fifth meeting and approved Thursday.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Middle East
Bulgaria
Ethiopia
India
Japan
Mali
Nigeria
Denmark
J. T. F. Iyalla
Iyalla
Weather patterns favor scattered storms across Texas
Snyder reports show high Tuesday near 92 and a morning reading of 57. Central Texas will see partly cloudy skies with little temperature change through Thursday and widely scattered showers and thunderstorms. Northern and eastern regions expect varying cloudiness and highs in the 75 to 90s range with showers tonight and Thursday.
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Snyder
Texas
Pecos
46 Texans Lose Lives in Memorial Day Weekend Toll
The Associated Press notes a Memorial Day weekend toll in Texas reaching 46 deaths by Tuesday midnight. Traffic crashes caused 23 fatalities, three drowned, with other deaths from various causes. Two Wharton youths, Walter E. Miller, 15, and Anthony Mark Wisnieske, 14, died Tuesday night in a motor scooter and automobile collision.
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Texas
Wharton
Walter E. Miller
Anthony Mark Wisnieske
Snyder High approves pay raises and hires Tyrone as athletic director
Snyder high school trustees raise salaries for teachers and staff by 600 dollars annually, secretaries by 35 monthly, and maintenance and cafeteria workers by 25 and 20 monthly respectively. Wayne Tyrone is named athletic director and head football coach on a two year contract ending June 15, 1969, with a 10200 salary.
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Snyder
Wayne Tyrone
Tyrone
Keith Miles
Miles
Snyders
Travis Junior High School
Sny
Rain and Wind Batter North Texas Citywide Flooding
Severe weather drenched North Texas with heavy rain, hail, and lightning. Tornado funnels touched down in scattered areas, swamping crops in the South Plains near Lubbock while cities like Decatur and Slidell reported near record rainfall. Dallas rescuers pulled a woman from floodwaters as highways and roads closed under rising creeks and high water.
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South Plains
Texas
Lubbock
Decatur
Wise County
Slidell
Walt Leaves Viet Command
Lt Gen Lewis W Walt relinquished command of the 75 000 man U S Marine force in South Vietnam. Maj Gen Robert E Cushman Jr succeeded him as commander of the 3rd Marine Amphibious Force after promotion to lieutenant general. Westmoreland pinned the third stars, awarded Walt the Distinguished Service Medal, and praised him as a capable officer of great courage. Walt will serve as personnel director of the Marine Corps in Washington.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
Lewis W. Walt
U.S. Marine Force
South Vietnam
Marine Corps
U.S
Westmoreland
Walt
Washington
Group Beasts Of Blast Detonation Claims Montreal Expo Prank
A militant anti Castro group claimed credit for detonating magnesium capsules near the Cuban pavilion at Expo 67 Montreal. Expo security called it a prank and said no harm occurred. A bag with a clock device was found under the producer pavilion on Notre Dame Island and detonated after being discarded.
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Miami
Fla
Montreal
Expo
Notre Dame Island
Chamber Sny der Sets Two Panel Sessions This Week
The Snyder Chamber of Commerce schedules two committee meetings this week. Merchants Committee Chair Loren Sullivan calls a Thursday session at 9 30 a.m. in City Hall. President Bentley Baize schedules a tourism meeting for Friday at 9 30 a.m.
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Snyder Chamber of Commerce
Loren Sullivan
Merchants Committee
City Hall
Bentley Baize
Chamber
Carrier Based Jets Bomb Haiphong Fuel Dumps
U S Navy jets from the Hancock raided two fuel dumps near Haiphong less than four miles from the city center. The daylight strike followed reports of suspended raids on Hanoi and Haiphong as US forces pressed elsewhere. American and South Vietnamese units reported ongoing fighting and multiple aircraft losses over the past 24 hours.
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George McArthur
Saigon
Hancock
Haiphong
Kua Kam River
Hanoi
Washington
U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
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