Getting the Most from City Streets report insights
The Highway Research Board sponsored study with Automotive Safety Foundation and others probes traffic flow and safety on city streets. It notes one way streets can boost efficiency and sometimes aid business parking, reviews scramble pedestrian crossings, and highlights urban versus small town traffic challenges. A Social Security Administration district office hours note follows.
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The
Highway Research Board
Automotive Safety Foundation
Automobile Manufacturer's Association
American Petroleum Institute
Social Security Administration
Big Spring
Wacil McNair
This Day In History Highlights From September 20, 1968
Key events noted include Truman’s request for Wallace’s resignation in 1946, the 1797 Constitution launch at Boston Navy Yard, 1850 DC slave trade ban vote, 1873 NYSE panic, 1881 Arthur oath, 1938 devastating Long Island hurricane, 1962 James Meredith admission blockade, a 1958 stabbing of Martin Luther King, and Kennedy’s 1963 UN address proposing a moon expedition.
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Harry Truman
Commerce
Henry Wallace
Wallace
U. S
Soviet Union
Boston Navy Yard
Congress
District of Columbia
New York Stock Exchange
Chester A. Arthur
James Garfield
Long Island
New Jersey
New England
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Ross Barnett
Martin Luther King
New York
John F. Kennedy
U. N. General Assembly
Moon
Weather snapshot for Snyder and Texas regions
Snyder dear weather brief shows highs near 95 in Snyder with 60 to 68 overnight readings and morning 7 am 68. Northern Panhandle shows partly cloudy to clear with scattered thundershowers mainly in the east ending this afternoon. Northeast and North Central Texas expect cloudiness, warmth, and highs in the mid 80s to upper 90s with varied overnight lows. Upper Coast and South Central Texas present southeasterly winds, scattered showers, warm days, and overnight lows in the 70s.
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Snyder
Texas
Panhandle
North Central
Upper Coast
South
Sabah Sabah Sabah clashes fire up in Malaysia protest
Malaysia suspends diplomatic ties with the Philippines over Sabah claims and asks Philippine officials to withdraw. in Kota Kinabalu youths burn an effigy of Philippine President Marcos, as Sabah declares a holiday and calls for demonstrations amid rising tensions and a Philippine claim on Sabah.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
North Borneo
Sabah
Romeo T. Cristobal
Foreign Ministry
Kota Kinabalu
Ferdinand FE. Marcos
Khoo Siak Chiew
Philippines
Marcos
Manila
British North Borneo
Southeast Asia
Sultan of
Sulu
Fair Concessions Arrangements at Scurry County Fair
Concession stands at the Scurry County Fair will be operated by clubs and organizations. Contact L M Dawson, President, Scurry County Fair Association, by phone at 573 9797. Officials urge any new groups to arrange promptly as past interested parties are already in touch.
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Scurry County Fair
L. M. Dawson
Too Absent Minded To Be Good Thieves
In Dallas two armed robbers forced clerks and customers to the floor at D. T. Grocery, gathered a sack of cash, then fled. The thieves forgot the bag of money, which remained on scene when police arrived.
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Dallas
D. T
Senate May Fatten Foreign Aid Bill
The House sent a lean 1.619 billion foreign aid bill to the Senate, after a swift passage with a 173 to 139 vote. Deep cuts in Johnson’s requested funding hit development loans and South American aid, while direct military assistance was trimmed to 375 million. The Senate is expected to expand the measure, especially for development loans, according to insiders.
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Washington
House
Senate
Johnson
Appropriations Committee
South America
US generals say enemy lost ability for big offensives
Washington AP reports top U.S. military leaders privately claim North Vietnamese and Viet Cong have lost the capacity for large scale offensives since last winter. They describe a shift to sustained low level attacks to wear down American and South Vietnamese forces, noting Tet casualties and improved allied intelligence as factors.
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Washington
U.S
Air Force
Saigon
Jaycees Pay Off Note For Helmleigh Tornado Relief
Snyder Jaycees have paid the note and reached a $9,000 goal in money and materials to aid Helmleigh tornado victims. Contributions surged after a radio fundraiser, including $1,500 from victims, funding four houses moved from Muriel Drive to Helmleigh and the cost of foundations and moving. The May 24 tornado leveled several homes and damaged others, with responders praising the community effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Boren
Snyder National Bank
Bill Dryden
Snyder Jaycees
Jaycees
Helmleigh
Jayce
Murie! Drive
Bob Lee
Wynn Lee
T. D
Doc) Leech
Bob Neblett
Wall Street Mob Surges for 21 Year Old IBM Worker
New York AP reports Fran cin e Gottfried 21 drew massive crowds as she walked to work at the Chemical Bank by a subway exit. About 5,000 brokers bankers and clerks mobbed the route autographs were sought amid a police escort to her office. The Williamsburg Brooklyn resident carries 43 23 37 measurements and faced a surreal afternoon spectacle in lower Manhattan.
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New York
Wall Street
Financial
Lower Manhattan
Francine Gottfried
IBM
Gottfried
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
Allies Blunt Attacks By North Viets Near Saigon
Allied forces repelled two major assaults by about 600 North Vietnamese northwest of Saigon, killing 67 enemy. nine South Vietnamese militiamen died and 31 were wounded. Other battles south of Da Nang and in the Mekong Delta caused higher allied losses, while pilots downed a MIG jet for the first time in seven weeks and a Thunderchief was shot down. a U.S. pilot is missing. Northwest of Saigon, a 300-strong Viet Minh assault near Tay Ninh City caused only three U.S. casualties despite heavy enemy fire.
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Saigon
da Nang
Mekong Delta
North Vietnam
U.S
Cambodia
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Tay Ninh
Eastern Jetliner Hijacked To Cuba
An Eastern Air Lines Boeing 720 with 53 aboard was hijacked from San Juan toward Miami and diverted to Havana. Flight EAL 950 landed at Jose Marti Airport at 9 45 a m. Pilot and first officer named but hijacker details unavailable. Eastern seeks return of passengers via State Department.
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Miami, Fla
Eastern Air Lines
Havana
San Juan
Miami
Nassau
Bahamas
Cuba
Paul Boatman
Federal Aviation Administration
Jose Marti
Boatman
Eastern
Wooten
W. T. Babbitt
W. J. Richardson
State Department
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SDN
Ferdinand Marcos
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Herman Richburg
Bill Wooten
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