Western Texas College enrollment and fall expectations
SDN Column notes registrar Dr. Duane Hood predicts a younger average age at Western Texas College this fall due to many new freshmen and a first sophomore class, with adults remaining a major but smaller fraction. Artists Wayne Baize and Jodie Boren sold 35 pieces at a Diamond M Museum show, drawing regional collectors, while a special legislative session opens amid party conventions and debates on objectivity and partisan influence.
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Duane Hood
Western Texas College
WTC
Diamond M Museum
Wayne Baize
Jodie Boren
School Bond Vote Ordered for Oct. 7 by Snyder Trustees
Snyder School trustees move to a $2.9 million bond election for October 7 to fund construction and $1 million for air conditioning. The plan would finance high school ninth graders moving into the campus, consolidate seventh and eighth grades, and extend facilities at the senior high and Lamar Junior High. Board members discuss one vs two issues, approve a seven year pay-out, and note potential cost savings if work comes in under budget.
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Snyder
J.D. Hinton
Lamar Junior High
Dan Cotton
Bill Schiebel
Dillard Teal
Cotton
Schiebel
Bill Eiland
Harold Lacik
Ted Crenwelge
Max von Roeder
Joe Smith
First Southwest Co
Smith
Eiland
Lamar
Travis
Today in History September 13 highlights through the years
A compact history list marking events on September 13 across years: 1788 constitutional convention authorized the first national election. 1750 British victory at Plains of Abraham. 1814 Key detained aboard Ft. McHenry ship. 1943 Chiang Kai-shek becomes China president. 1954 Maine elects first Democratic governor Muskie. 1955 West Germany and USSR establish relations. 1960 Nixon endorses Kennedy Catholic faith. Kennedy denounces church burnings near Albany. five-year and one-year-prior events include Suez fighting and Attica Prison crisis.
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United States
Plains of Abraham
Quebec
Francis Scott Key
Ft. McHenry
Baltimore
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Maine
Edmund S. Muskie
West Germany
Soviet Union
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Albany
Suez Canal
New York State
Attica
Weather Preview for Snyder: Warm, Showers Likely
High Tuesday 87F, low 67F with 7 am reading at 68F. Partly cloudy and warm tonight and Wednesday with scattered showers and thundershowers, more coastal. Humid. Low tonight 68F, interior 82F on Thursday, highs 88 to 98F.
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Snyder
Mexico Money Ties Nixon Campaign Gifts to Watergate
A confidential House staff report links $700000 in Mexican related Nixon campaign gifts to Watergate. It notes $100000 from Mexico and possible foreign source funds, with raised questions about donor disclosure rules and banking law violations. Syrian claim of shooting down an Israeli jet is disputed by Israel.
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H. L. Schwartz
Associated Press Writers
Washington
Mexico
U.S
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Jack Anderson
Associated Press
Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
Damascus
Golan Heights
Tel Aviv
Kissinger Stays In Moscow For Secret Talks
Henry Kissinger remained in Moscow for an extra day of confidential talks with Kremlin leaders before heading to London and Paris. The U S ambassadorial note gave no reason for the delay and did not reveal details of discussions possibly touching Vietnam, European, and Soviet American issues.
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Moscow
Henry A. Kissinger
Kremlin
London
Paris
U.S
Leningrad
Kissinger
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Vietnam
Saigon
le Duc Tho
Edward Heath
Georges Pompidou
Sone
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Clerks To Meet Here Tomorrow
The South Plains and Permian Basin County and District Clerk's Association will hold a meeting at the Scurry County Coliseum Thursday. Registration starts at 9 30 a.m. Speakers include Mary Kate Wall of Austin and State Senator Max Sherman of Amarillo.
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South Plains
Permian Basin
Scurry County Coliseum
Beverly Ainsworth
Scurry County
Zada Drum Chapman
Doris Rudd
Borden County
Mary Kate Wall
Austin
Texas Legislative Council
Max
J.R. Dever
Lubbock
Snyder Gold Ceaters
Funeral service for Spencer Coleman set at New Hope Baptist Church
Funeral service to honor Spencer Coleman 64 will be held at 4 p.m. Friday at New Hope Baptist Church with Rev. O J Archie officiating. Burial follows in Snyder Cemetery under Bell Seale Funeral Home direction. Surviving are wife Catherine Coleman daughter Jerry Jaleee stepson Bob Perkins six grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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New Hope Baptist Church
Spencer Coleman
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
O.J. Archie
Snyder Cemetery
Bell-Seale Funeral Home
Tiue
Catherine Coleman
Jerry Jaleee
Dallas
Bob Perkins
el Paso
SACROC Sues Snyder ISD Over School Tax Valuations
Chevron Oil Co and fellow SACROC owners Mobil Oil Co and Sun Oil Co filed suit in 132nd District Court against Snyder Independent School District protesting farm and SACROC property valuations on the school tax roll. The suit alleges the true value of SACROC properties is 925 million while the district cites 1.1567 billion. it also targets underassessed farm land and seeks a 1972 tax bill reduction from 2 463 700 to 1 970 250.
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Sacroc
132Nd
Snyder Independent School District
Board of Tax Equalization
Pritchard and
Abbott
Board of Equalization
Chevron Oil Co., Et al
Chevron
Mobil Oil Co
Sun Oil Co
Max von Roeder
Dillard Teal
William J. Schiebel
Dan Cotton
Bill Eiland
Harold Lacik
Ted Crenwelge
Leland Herod
Lee Smyth
J.L. Browning
Ray Peveler
Senate Approves 33.6 Billion Revenue Sharing Bill
The Senate passed a 33.6 billion revenue sharing measure 63 to 20 after a 12 hour session and sent it to conference with the House. If agreed, first payments to 39 000 eligible states cities counties and townships could go out in October.
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Washington
Senate
House
Russell B. Long
D-La
Federal Treasury
First Snyder Daily News Football Contest winner and tied runners-up
Nicky Neves won first prize after missing six selections in the Snyder Daily News Football Contest. Six runners up tied for second with seven misses: Penny Jones Jerry Bob Lee Steve Grimmett Bill Boles Deanna Boles and Helen Hood. The second prize carries over due to the tie. A new contest starts today with games listed in sponsors' ads on the football contest page.
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Snyder Daily News
Nicky Neves
Penny Jones
Jerry Bob Lee
Steve Grimmett
Houston
Bill Boles
Deanna Boles
Helen Hood
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Sloan
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Crenwelge
Lacik
Teal
Watergate
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Fluvanna
Hermleigh
Dunn
Ira
Patterson
Bill Seale
Senate Finance Committee
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Gemini
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VIRGO
R. Pollan
LIBRA
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