Shoplifters and Nixon Visit Color Our SDN Column
A Snyder resident reports a blouse lifted while trying on clothes. The column notes Soviet westernization glimpsed during Nixon's Moscow visit and the Brezhnev Cadillac gift. It also highlights the approaching Palo Duro Canyon State Park Texas stage run beginning June 22 for its 12th season through August 26.
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Snyder
Soviet Union
Russia
Nixon
Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Communist Party
Texas
Palo Duro Canyon
Wacil McNair
May 31 1972 Today In History highlights
On May 31, 1972 Associated Press notes mark anniversaries from 1910 Union of South Africa founded to 1943 French naval alliance in Alexandria and 1951 Radio Moscow claim on television invention. It recalls Eichmann execution, Nigeria crisis, Audie Murphy death, and other dated events.
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Associated Press
Union of South Africa
Johnstown
Jutland
Denmark
Alexandria
Egypt
Radio Moscow
Boris Rosing
United States
Adolf Eichmann
Israel
Argentina
Nigeria
Biafra
America
Audie Murphy
Roanoke
Weather update for Texas regions with variable showers and warm highs
Snyder area shows 7 am reading at 52 degrees with today reaching 75. Northwest and Southwest Texas report scattered showers and thundershowers with a warmer Thursday, highs in the 80s. North Central and Northeast Texas stay fair and mild, highs 77 to 87. South Central and Southeast Texas expect cloudy skies and widely scattered showers, highs 82 to 94, winds mainly northeast.
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Snyder
Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
North Central
South Central
Brownsville
Port O'Connor
Port O’connor
Port Arthur
Local Teachers Named for West Texas Petroleum Institute Fellowships
Four Snyder Public Schools teachers are among 12 West Texas educators selected for fellowships to attend the 15th annual Petroleum Institute for Educators at the University of Houston June 5 23. Fellowships recognize science math and social studies teachers with lectures by oil industry experts and three hours of graduate credit upon completion.
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Snyder Public
Petroleum Institute For Educators
University of Houston
Oil Information Committee
The
Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
Bill Hartsfield
Hartsfield
Tommy Gilbreath
Gilbreath
West Texas
Petroleum Institute For
Malcolm Gish
Phillips Petroleum Co
West Texas Area Institute
Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association
Snyder
Snyder High School
SHS
Lamar
Stanfield
OIC
Jack W. Black
Big Lake
Joel C. Edmondson
Mary J. Johnson
Harvey L. Hennigan
Odessa
Doxey J. Hill
Virginia Elizabeth Vernon
Midland
Alene Hurst
Rankin
Patricia Baxter Seay
Big Spring
Petroleum Institute
Silas
American Petrofina Co. of Texas
Byron Jackson, Inc
Cap Rock Electric Cooperative, Inc
Cosden Oil & Chemical Co
Consolidated Tool & Supply, Inc
Chevron Oil Co
Cities Service Oil Co
Da&s Oil Well Servicing, Inc
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Engine Service & Supply Co
Ralph Flowers Production Fishing Co
Forest Oil Corp
Grimmett Bros
Carl S. Ham, Inc
Halliburton Services
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Kem-Kill, Inc
Mick Construction Co
Ram Guns, Inc
Southern Electric, Inc
Snyder Well Servicing, Inc
R.E. Smith
Shell Oil Co
Tretolite
Div. Petrolite Corp
Universal Oilwell Service, Inc
the Western Co
Wells Machine Corp
Meir Condemns Airport Massacre In Israel Blast
Premier Golda Meir denounces Cairo and Beirut for rejoicing after a Tokyo dispatched attack at Israel's international airport. At least 22 dead and 70 wounded as three Japanese terrorists hired by a Palestine group opened fire and blew up planes. One assailant killed, another shot by allies, third captured after failed bomb attempt. France condemns attack linked to the Paris Rome Tel Aviv flight.
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Tel Aviv
Golda Meir
Cairo
Beirut
Israel
Palestine
Bank President Kidnapped in San Antonio Bank Heist
A flamboyant gunman abducted Valley-Hi National Bank president B R Bentley and seized about twenty two thousand dollars in twenty dollar bills. Bentley was forced to collect cash from tellers before being released at his Castle Hills home. His wife Opal was held hostage during the crime as authorities pursue suspects. The FBI State Police and others are investigating.
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San Antonio
Tex
Valley-Hi National Bank
B.R. Bentley
Bentley
FBI
Castle Hills
Opal
Johnson Rites Planned for Mrs Gladys B Johnson
Funeral service scheduled for 4 p.m. today at Bell Seale Funeral Home Chapel for 74 year old Gladys B Johnson who died Tuesday at Cogdell Memorial Hospital. The Thirty seventh Street Church of Christ minister Pat Abbananto and Mike Ezell to officiate with burial in Snyder Cemetery under Bell Seale Funeral Home direction.
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Bell-Seale Funeral Home
Gladys B. Johnson
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Pat Abbananto
Thirty-seventh Street
Nixon Arrives in Warsaw for talks with Gierek
President Nixon lands in Warsaw to discuss trade and economic aid with Poland's Edward Gierek during a two day visit following a Tehran trip. A consular pact to protect U.S. citizens in Poland was signed as security around Wilanow Palace was tightened amid earlier bombings.
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Warsaw
Nixon
Poland
Communist Party
Edward Gierek
Soviet Bloc
Tehran
Iran
White House
Nixons
Washington
Gierek
Parliament Building
U.S
William P. Rogers
Stefan Olszowski
Piotr Jaroziewicz
Wilanow
Ronald L. Ziegler
Shah
Baghdad
Reza Shah
Harold L. Price
U.S. Information Service
Pepsi-Cola
Iminco
Niavaran Palace
Imperial
Nixon to address Congress after Moscow trip
President Nixon will address a joint session in the House chamber at 9 30 p.m. EDT Thursday after returning from Moscow. Senate Leader Mansfield urged Nixon to report to Congress, and the speech will be carried nationwide on radio and television.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Moscow
House
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Graduation Set Tonight at Snyder High School
Snyder High School holds a single graduation for 249 seniors at 8 p.m. in Scurry County Coliseum with Rev. Otis J. Archie delivering the address. Class participants include Jacque Ann Stehley valedictorian and Lynda Rae Burgess leading processional music.
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Snyder High School
Scurry County
Otis J. Archie
New Hope Baptist Church
Lynda Rae Burgess
Brenda Denise Crosby
Roy Carter
David Wayne Cotton
Vena Beth Genuchi
Jacque Ann Stehley
James Wesson
SHS
Max von Roeder
Board of Education
Supt
Bill J. Hood
Snyder High
Joe Bullard
Janice Gay Shelburne
Petitions Seek Local Off Premises Alcohol Sale in Snyder
A local option election petition was filed with the county clerk seeking the sale of all alcoholic beverages for off premises consumption in Snyder. Sponsors must gather about 500 signatures by June 30, with 25 percent of governor race voters needed, pending county commissioners call.
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Snyder
Beverly Ainsworth
Manuel Espinosa
NATO Ministers End Spring Session Signaling East West Talks
The 15 NATO foreign ministers endorsed talks on mutual and balanced force reductions in Europe with the Soviet Union and backed separate discussions on arms limits. They stressed defense and detente are inseparable and praised Nixon's Moscow accords and West Germany's treaties with the USSR and Poland.
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BOM
United States
North Atlantic
Europe
Nixon
NATO
William P. Rogers
Moscow
France
Germany
West Germany
Soviet Union
Poland
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