City Tax Rate Unchanged After Busy City Council Session
Snyder city council held a three hour meeting approving the 1966-67 budget setting the tax rate at $1.65 per $100 of value for the tenth consecutive year. A zoning change for Towle Park Road property west of the park entrance was denied unanimously following planning commission guidance. McCrary sought the change to clear the way for a nursing home. area property owners Hargrove Johnson and Miller opposed the proposal.
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Snyder
J. R. McCrary
Towle Park Road
Planning and Zoning Commission
McCrary
Robert Hargrove
Weldon Johnson
C. C. Miller
Bassridge Addition
Dence
Lone Star Gas Company
Snyder Community Antenna Television
SCAT
Mel Zane Gilbert
George Patterson
Wilson Motors
Ford
Wilson
Thomas Chrysler-Plymouth
Snyder National Bank
West Texas State Bank
Big Spring
Stanley Odstreil
Mrs Brown Dies Rites Set Thursday In Abilene
Mrs H P Brown Sr 82 of 2812 Twenty eight Street Abilene died at 2 am today. Native of Collin County she had lived in Scurry County since 1900. Survived by son Harold P Brown Jr Snyder daughter Mrs Ed Grissom Abilene five sisters a brother three grandchildren and three great grandchildren Funeral 2 pm Thursday at First Methodist Church with Dr John English officiating burial in Snyder Cemetery under Bolger Funeral Home. Pallbearers listed.
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First Methodist Church
Brown
John English
Snyder Cemetery
Bolger
Garvin Cathey
Lubbock
Fickas Bell
James Patterson
Sterling Parker
Billy Greenfield
Max West
Herman Doak
Borden Gray
W D Day Dies In Fort Worth
W D Day died at 11 a.m. today in Fort Worth. Funeral arrangements were pending at Bolger Funeral Home. Survived by sister Mrs T D Graham of Colorado City and brothers Hubert D Day of Fort Worth and Kim Ek Day of Clarendon.
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W. D. (Dooly) Day
Fort Worth
Bolger Funeral Home
T. D. Graham
Colorado City
Hubert D. Day
Kim Ek. Day
Clarendon
Riots In Atlanta Negro District After Car Theft Suspect Shot
Police patrolled a predominantly Black area near Atlanta's stadium as rioters clashed after a suspect wanted for car theft was shot. At least 63 arrests and 15 injuries followed tear gas, with Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. attempting to restore order amid shouted demands of black power.
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Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta
New Sports Stadium
Harold Louis Prather
Prather
Ivan Allen Jr
Allen
Black Power
Mike Davis
The
Atlanta Constitution
WSB
Andy Still
Davis
Bill Conover
WQXI
Thunderchiefs Chop Red Supply Lines
American Air Force Thunderchiefs bombed the Hanoi to China rail corridors in two targeted strikes 102 and 55 miles from Hanoi. Aircraft hit fuel dumps, depots, bridges, and barges while pilots reported destroying several rail cars and three major lines. Navy pilots also disrupted a surface to air missile site near Vinh and a carrier F8 was shot down with the pilot missing. Viet Cong attacks amid election-week violence continued across several regions.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
China
U.S
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Marine
North Viet Nam
Red River
Thunderchief
Intrepid
Vinh
U.S. Command
Heavy Texas Rain and Hail Reported by AP
The Associated Press reports nearly five inches of rain in parts of Texas with hail up to half an inch in the Upper Texas Panhandle. Dalhart saw hail, while Camp Wood and Cotulla recorded several inches of rainfall, and Uvalde area experienced strong winds and flooding in low-lying areas.
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Texas
Weather Bureau
Dalhart
Texas Panhandle
Uvalde
Camp Wood
Catarina
Bracketville
Cotulla
Knippa
Utopia
Portland
Corpus Christi
Juarez
el Paso
Rio Grande
College Station
Rio Grande Valley
North Central
Michigan teachers threaten to cancel classes state wide
Nearly 21 000 Michigan students faced potential loss of classes amid teacher contract disputes as many educators stayed away from work in Detroit Dearborn Traverse City Riverview and other districts The Detroit Hamtramck and Riverview contracts were ratified easing tensions and raising starting pay for teachers with bachelor master degrees
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Detroit
Michigan
Henry Ford Community College
Dearborn
Traverse City
Charles Brown
Ceive
Henry Ford College
Board of Education
Riverview
Hamtramck
Detroit Federation of Teachers
Area Road Projects in Snyder Area Awarded Near 650000
The Texas Highway Department awarded two contracts near Snyder totaling about 649900 dollars. Allan Construction Co. will resurface 19.716 miles of the old U S 84 across Scurry Mitchell and Nolan counties in 125 working days. Henry L Stafford of Lubbock won a 6.912 mile project on U S 380 in Kent County including grading bases and a two course asphalt layer at 390589 82 dollars and 225 working days. Homer Ray Snyder Resident Engineer will oversee both projects.
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Texas Highway Department
Snyder
Allan Construction Co., Inc
San Antonio
Scurry
Mitchell
Nolan
J. C. Roberts
Abilene
Henry L. Stafford
Lubbock
Kent County
Homer Ray
Adm. Wallace Dies
Paris AP report Thomas Gordon Wallace retired U S Rear Admiral died at Orly Airport at age 64 from a heart attack.
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Paris
U.S
Thomas Gordon Wallace
Orly
Adult Classes To Be Started At Snyder High School
Adult education sessions set in Room 124 Snyder High School at 6 30 p m on Thursday Sept 8. If enrollment grows classes may cover audio lingual Spanish woodworking and metal shop with possible typing shorthand or bookkeeping. Tuition 20 dollars for 15 or more students. Classes meet twice weekly Tuesdays and Thursdays 7 9 p m. For information call HI 3 6301.
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Snyder High School
Civil rights bill faces grim odds in Senate clash
In Washington allies of Republicans and Southern Democrats oppose the civil rights bill as Sen. Mansfield admits dim prospects for passage. Senate GOP leader Dirksen doubts a two thirds vote for cloture and vows a prolonged filibuster while the House bill targets housing discrimination and jury selection protections.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
GOP
Illinois
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Albert C. Cargile Rites Set In Snyder
Funeral services for Albert C. Abb Cargile 75 will be Thursday at 2 p.m. in Bell Seale Chapel with Don Browning officiating. He died Tuesday night in Lubbock’s Methodist Hospital. A retired rancher, he served 26 years as Kent County Commissioner retiring in 1958. Masonic graveside rites will follow at Snyder Cemetery. Survivors include Vera, his widow, a foster son W D Sanders, three grandchildren, two great grandchildren, a sister and two brothers.
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Albert C
Abb
Snyder
Charlie
Lee
Lubbock
Weather by region Snyder Texas Tuesday to Thursday
Regional forecast shows highs from mid 80s to upper 90s across North Central, Northeast, Northwest, South Central, Southeast and Southwest Texas. Expect increasing clouds and scattered thundershowers mainly in the southwest and west, with little temperature change and varying overnight lows. winds become southeasterly near showers.
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Snyder
Texas
Pecos
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Martin Luther King Jr
Thunderchiefs
Associated Press
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Wallace
Alliance of Gop
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