Nixon Leads In Four National Polls And California
The Associated Press reports four national polls and a California state poll show Richard Nixon ahead of Hubert Humphrey in the presidential race. Time Newsweek Gallup and the Times projects Nixon winning if the election were held today with Wallace as the third party factor.
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Associated Press
California
Richard M Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Time
Newsweek
Gallup
New York Times
Nixon
the Times
Humphrey
George C. Wallace
District of Columbia
Wallace
Los Angeles Times
Lawrence O’brien
O’brien
NBC
Meet the Press
Today in History highlights of September 16 events
Notable events on September 16 include 1940 signing of the Selective Service Training Act by Franklin D Roosevelt establishing peacetime draft in U S history and 1810 Mexico beginning its fight for independence. Other anniversaries include 1630 Boston name change 1638 birth of Louis XIV and 1919 incorporation of the American Legion.
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Franklin D Roosevelt
United States
Shawman
Mass
Boston
England
Louis XIV
France
Mexico
Antietam
Maryland
American Legion
Act of Congress
Hong Kong
U. S
William Rogers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Arkansas
Virginia
Malaysia
Federation of Malaya
Singapore
Sarawak
North Borneo
Hurrican Doria
Weather synopsis for multiple Texas regions
The report details temperature ranges and sky conditions across Northwest, Northeast, North Central, Southeast, and South Central Texas. It notes highs from the 60s to near 100 degrees, nights cooling into the 40s to 80s, with clear to partly cloudy skies, scattered thunderstorms, and increasing cloudiness.
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Snyder
Texas
Texas Board Approves New Colleges Across State
The Coordinating Board of Texas higher education approves new colleges at Odessa Midland Corpus Christi San Antonio and two in Houston plus a Laredo site under Texas A&I Kingsville. Enrollment limits are for planning and may be revised. Public hearing in Austin Oct 11 to discuss Dallas Fort Worth area senior college plans.
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Dallas
Coordinating Board of the
Texas Higher Education System
Board of the
Texas College and University System
Odessa-Midland
Cor
Pus Christi
San Antonio
Houston
Laredo
Texas A&i University
Kingsville
Tom Sealy
Midland
Dallas-Fort Worth
University of Texas
North Texas
Austin
Texas A&i University of Kingsville
Tyler
Inga Austin
Texas
Monorail crash at HemisFair leaves one dead
Eleven minimonorail cars derailed after a train struck another near the HemisFair infirmary. One woman, Emilee Schmidt, 65, died. 49 others were injured, with 13 hospitalized as investigators probe the cause. Witnesses described a terrifying scene as bystanders helped the injured and two cars toppled into a lagoon.
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Richard Beene
Associated Press
San Antonio, Tex
HemisFair
Fair
Chris Tig
Akron
Ohio
Emilee Schmidt
Ellisville
Ella Schmidt
Glencoe
Rail Crash In Newark Injures About One Hundred
A Penn Central passenger train traveling about 80 mph struck a derailed freight train near Newark New Jersey. About 100 people were hurt six hospitalized. The collision occurred as the New York to Philadelphia service hit the derailed freight cars just after leaving a yard on an adjacent track. The locomotive slid onto its side along the embankment with one empty passenger car. five other cars remained precariously balanced.
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Newark
Penn Central
New York
Philadelphia
Battle-Torn Vietnam Seizes 107mm Rocket Launcher
U S Army unveils a captured 107mm multiple rocket launcher found 10 miles south of Saigon after a joint U S and South Vietnamese sweep. Gen Abrams hails capture. Lt Col Tran Van Huyen explains use against Saigon. Reports detail casualties on both sides across multiple fronts and stockpiles seized nearby.
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Vietnam
Saigon
South Vietnam
South
46Th Regiment
25Th Division
U.S
Creighton W. Abrams Jr
Pacific
John S. McCain
Abrams
Tran van Huyen
da Nang
Cambodian
U.S. Air Force
Weekend Showers Nourish Late Summer Vegetation
Weekend showers revived vegetation in the Snyder area with mostly light rain and drizzle. Official gauges at the city water plant measured .44 inch, while some readings reported more than half an inch.
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Snyder
City
Nixon's People Decline Debates Amid Campaign Skirmishes
Humphrey presses Nixon for national TV debates and a face to face clash while Nixon aides say he will not engage in a running argument. Muskie says Americans drift toward crime control over poverty, and Agnew blames dissent for crime rise.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Humphrey
Sen
Edmund S
Muskie
Robert Ellsworth
Ellsworth
Santa Barbara
California
ABC
Spiro T. Agnew
Newly Called Units To Be Deactivated By Navy
The Pentagon said the six naval reserve air squadrons called up after North Korea seized the USS Pueblo will be deactivated and returned to civilian life by November. The units include personnel from Fort Worth and Dallas and were activated January 25 to bolster aviation strength and meet potential contingencies.
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Washington
Dallas
North Korea
Pentagon
Fort Worth
Futur
Pueblo
Navy
Askins Riles Set This Afternoon
Funeral service for W. H. Billy Askins 84 is planned for 3 p.m. at Bell Seale Chapel in Snyder with Elder Carl Watson officiating and Dr A B Lightfoot assisting. Burial in Gail Cemetery. Survivors include wife Alice Hood Askins, two daughters, two sons, a sister, two brothers, 13 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren, and three great great grandchildren.
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Bell-Seale
W. H
Billy) Askins
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Askins
Twenty-first Street
Carl Watson
Abilene
A. B. Lightfoot
First Baptist Church
Snyder
Gail Cemetery
Bell Seale
Leon County
Comanche County
Borden County
Borden-Scurry
Alice Hood
Bill(Nettle) Kelly
Jack
Phadene) Harless
Elmer Askins
Big Spring
Emmett. Askins
John Mosley
Dublin
Dee Askins
Safford, Ariz
Sid Askins
Burkburnett
Cold Front Moves Across Panhandle
A new cold front moved across the Texas Panhandle lowering temperatures to the low 60s. Central Texas saw heavy weekend rains up to nine inches with a Lake Jackson tornado causing downtown damage including the Post Office roof, shattered windows, and uprooted trees. Winds up to 55 mph felled trees in Beaumont and knocked out power lines as a 14 inch rainfall accompanied the storm.
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Texas Panhandle
East Texas
Texas
Lake Jackson
Houston
Beaumont
KLVI
McAllen
Dallas
Panhandle
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