SDN Column Touts Constitution Reform and Cowboys News
The piece surveys a proposed Texas constitution overhaul with nine amendments and notes the old charter’s age and patchwork history. It also covers the Dallas Cowboys roster stability, Lilly and Green consecutive games, and a Miami Dolphins televised clash.
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Dallas Cowboys
Bob Lilly
Cornell Greene
Lilly
Green
Cowboys
Miami Dolphins
Pat Toomay
Vanderbilt University
Texas Rejects EPA's Clean Air Proposals
Texas officials condemned four federal plans to curb air pollution as defective and impractical after EPA hearings. Roger Wallis of the Texas Air Control Board argued data is urban-biased and bases on one year is inadequate, urging nationwide standards and broader pollution controls.
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Texas
EPA
Godfrey Anderson
Associated Press
Dallas
Environmental Protection Agency
Roger Wallis
Texas Air Control Board
Wallis
Congress
Snyder council approves budget amid drive in film protests
The Snyder City Council adopted a fiscal year budget with a tax rate of 1.85 per 100 value. Most of the session focused on movies at the Tiger Drive In Theater amid residents concerns over nude scenes visible from homes and Towle Memorial Park. Theater managers discussed efforts to avoid objectionable films while enforcing age checks at indoor venues. Citizens named included Mrs. James Wesson and Rev. Ken Andress as the debate continued with plans to review film selections.
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Snyder
Tiger Drive In
Towle Memorial Park
Ron Reid
Noret Theaters
Harper
James Wesson
Bob Watlington
Bill Hartsfield
Sam Kitching
Ken Andress
Ned Underwood
Franklin Pruitt
Today in History items for September five
On this date in 1774 the Continental Congress met at Carpenter's Hall Philadelphia. Other notes include Penn’s arrest in 1670 for a Quaker meeting, Circle City beefsteak at $48 a pound in 1896, the 1905 Portsmouth treaty ending the Russo-Japanese War, Wake Island flag raising in 1945, and the Munich Olympics tragedy ten years ago.
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Associated Press
Continental Congress
Carpenter's Hall
Philadelphia
William Penn
London
Jake Gumper
Fort Wayne
Ind
Klondike
Circle City
Alaska
Portsmouth
N.H
United States
Wake Island
Birmingham
Ala
George C. Wallace
Defense
Clark Clifford
Olympic Village
Munich
Weather sections outline Texas highs and storm advisory
The report lists high temperatures from 80s to near 100 across Texas with lows from the 50s to 70s. It notes widespread cloudiness, showers and thunderstorms in several regions, and a tropical storm Delia prompting gale warnings from Palacios to Port Arthur with winds up to 50 knots in squalls and advised small craft in port.
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Texas
Port Arthur
Port O’connor
Palacios
Delia
Ehrlichman Indicted in Los Angeles Break-In Case
Former presidential adviser John D. Ehrlichman and three ex White House aides Egil Krogh Jr. David Young and G Gordon Liddy were indicted on burglary conspiracy and perjury charges related to the 1971 break-in at the Beverly Hills psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg The four await surrender to face public indictment and arraignment in Los Angeles authorities said Liddy is already in prison and may be transported for arraignment
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Los Angeles
John D. Ehrlichman
White House
Egil Krogh Jr
David Young
G. Gordon Liddy
Daniel Ellsberg
Ehrlichman
Beverly Hills
Fice
Ellsberg
Dist
Joseph Busch
Liddy
Tornado Hits Big Spring and Delia Rages Along Texas Coast
Tropical Storm Delia moved along the Texas coast bringing five inch rains and high tides while gusts reached 68 mph at Galveston and 50 mph inland. A separate tornado near Big Spring killed two children and injured about twenty, with estimated property losses near a million dollars.
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Associated Press
Texas
Palacios
Port Lavaca
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Delia
Anahuac
Houston
Danny K. Lester
Cedar Park
Timothy O’connor
Lafayette
Big Spring
Wendi Stevens
Lisa Andrews
Hoagy Stevens
Gulf of Mexico
Thunderstorm and cool front hit Snyder with minor damage
A passing thunderstorm and cool front brought gusty winds and light showers to Snyder Tuesday evening. No major damage was reported, but some television antennas were bent or blown down. Rain totaled 0.25 inch at the city water plant, 1.23 inches for the week, with temperatures dropping from a high of 92 to a low around 61 degrees.
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Snyder
City
Judge orders end to speeches by Watergate figures
Federal Judge John Sirica halted James W. McCord Jr. and Jeb Magruder from public speaking amid protests they profit from wrongdoing. McCord had earned 2000 for a Illinois university talk. Magruder faced financial pressures and planned a political science style tour. The ruling also blocks reduced radius or religious-only lectures and ties to ongoing Watergate proceedings. The White House and Archibald Cox plan appeals over tapes and legal standards.
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Washington
James W. McCord Jr
Jeb Stuart Magruder
McCord
Ilinois
Magruder
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Sirica
Bernard Fensterwald
Fensterwald
White House
Archibald Cox
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Busch
Los Angeles Times
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