Billionth barrel celebration, museum birthday and Grand Ole Opry memories
The piece highlights community efforts for the billionth barrel of oil celebration October 7 13 with 700 involved in direct improvement projects. It notes Scurry County Museum growth at Western Texas College, open Tue Thu Sun 2 5 pm, and recalls Nashville Grand Ole Opry Birthday Celebration October 17 20, linking WSM to early Texas radio and Opry history via WACIL McNAIR.
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Snyder
Scurry County Historical Survey Committee
Scurry County Museum
Western Texas College
LRC
Nashville
Tenn
Grand Ole Opry
WSM
Texas
Wacil McNair
Today in History highlights for September 23 1973
Key events on this date include Augustus Caesar birthplace in 63 B C Benedict Arnold captured with papers on West Point surrender in 1770 Lewis and Clark completed in 1806 Spain Britain slave trade treaty in 1817 first British air raid on Dusseldorf in 1914 Tunney defeats Dempsey in 1926 Nixon radio TV denial in 1952 U Thant UN resolution on Vietnam bombing 1965 martial law in the Philippines 1970s decade notes.
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Associated Press
B.C
Augustus Caesar
John Andre
Tarrytown
N.Y
Benedict Arnold
West Point
Lewis and Clark
Mississippi River
Spain
Britain
Dusseldorf
Germany
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Delphia
Richard M. Nixon
U.S. Senate
United States
Soviet Union
U.N
U Thant
North Vietnam
United Nations
Philippines
Ferdinand Marcos
Weather outlook for Texas shows warm trend and scattered showers
Snyder area reports high Friday near 87 with 62 overnight and Saturday morning 64. Northwest and Southwest Texas remain clear to partly cloudy with cooling into the 50s to 70s by Wednesday and highs in the 80s to 90s. South Central and Southeast Texas face a shower chance mainly coastal Tuesday with warm days and mild nights. North Central and Northeast Texas stay partly cloudy and warm with cooler Wednesday and highs 80s to 90s. Low levels chiefly in the 60s to 70s.
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Snyder
Texas
Big Bend
North Central
Dallas Fort Worth Dedicate Airport Opens With Ceremony
Dallas and Fort Worth dedicated their new $700 million airport with a three day weekend of events led by John Connally. Governor Dolph Briscoe praised the project as a bold effort while CAB studied adding 16 European cities to direct flights, and officials noted possible post January open for airline traffic after delays.
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Jim Brigance
Associated Press
Grapevine
Tex
Dallas and
Fort Worth
John Connally
Texas
Dolph Briscoe
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Europe
Dallas-Fort Worth
Airport Board
J. Lee Johnson III
United States
U.S
Dallas and Fort Worth
Miami
National Airlines
Baltimore- Washington
D.C
Boston
Chicago
Detroit
Los Angeles
New York
Philadelphia
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Seattle
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Two Rescued Sailors In Good Condition After Pacific Ordeal
Two men, James Fisher and Robert Timenenko, survived two months and 10 days adrift on sardines, peanut butter, and rainwater after a capsized tri bulled boat. They were rescued aboard the British container ship Renalder and reported in good condition with only slightly erratic pulses.
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San Francisco
Pacific
James Fisher
Central America
Robert Timinenko
Renalder
Coast Guard
Coast Guard Spokesman Said. “They Weren’t Even Sunburned,”’ Said Lt. Cmdr
John Lynker
Nixon vetoes disaster relief additions to Small Business Act
President Nixon vetoed amendments to the Small Business Act citing potential $800 million yearly cost and an administrative nightmare. He warned the bill would subsidize loans and grants for all disaster victims regardless of need, while existing disaster aid programs would continue.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
Congress
Small Business Administration
Gasoline Stations Closings Protests Across Several States
Northern California Oregon Washington and other regions see a weekend wave of gasoline station closures as dealers demonstrate against Phase 4 price controls. In California over 3 000 stations voted to stay closed through Monday and up to 90 percent of stations in parts near San Francisco were shut. National Guardsmen helped supply dignitaries in Gleneden Beach Oregon during the Western Governor's Conference focusing on the energy crisis. Officials in Ohio and Massachusetts noted limited or no coordinated shutdowns, while Utah projected up to eight percent of stations closing.
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Barton Reppert
Associated Press
California
Oregon
Washington State
Maryland
Washington
D.C
National Congress of Petroleum Retailers
Chicago
San Francisco
Gleneden Beach
Ore
Tom McCall
Union Oil Co
Ohio
Ohio Gasoline Retailers Association
Jerry Imes
Robert H. Quinn
Automobile Legal Association
Massachusetts
Utah
CAB To Probe Air Transports
The Civil Aeronautics Board announced a probe that could overhaul trans Atlantic service and link 16 U S cities directly to Europe. The hearings were revealed during the Dallas Fort Worth international airport dedication.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
trans-Atlantic Air Transportation System
Europe
CAB
Robert D. Timm
Dallas- Fort Worth
Tex
Atlantic
Cleveland
Dallas-Fort Worth
Hartford
Oil Tours Planned for Billionth Barrel Celebration
Plans for October oil field tours in Conjunction with the Billionth Barrel of Oil Celebration in Scurry County outline morning and afternoon runs on October 9 and 10. Buses will depart from the courthouse, include SACROC Unit orientation, visits to Water Injection Station 175 Snyder Plant and CO2 Station, and conclude at Station 75 with public attendance encouraged.
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Bob Wilson
General Crude Oil Company
Wilson
Scurry County
Union Community Center
Stan Walker
Ross Griffin
Chevron Oil Company
Maril McFaul
Norris Lofton
Walker
Griffin
Sun Oil Company
Snyder
Chamber of Commerce
Canyon Reef
Pupils in Snyder Public Schools to Take Half-Holiday
Students will have a half-holiday on Wednesday as teachers hold the first in service training session of the year. Morning classes proceed as usual. those eating in cafeterias are dismissed after lunch, with buses running at 12 30 p.m. Others not in cafeteria or bus service end the day at lunch dismissal.
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Snyder Public
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