Muskie hecklers trigger brief TV moment in campaign column
The SDN Column notes Sen Edmund Muskie offered hecklers 10 minutes to speak if he could have 10 minutes without interruption. A bearded spokesman proclaimed they are anti-election, revealing campaign immaturity and the limits of free speech in a noisy scene. A separate exchange involves Gail Bor den and Gail, a miscommunication about a location in Borden County.
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Sen
Edmund S. Muskie
Sen. Muskie
Muskie
This Day in History Highlights 1964 Warren Commission Report
On this date in 1964 the Warren Commission released its report on JFK's assassination, concluding Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. Other notes recall John Adams’s 1779 peace talks, the Arctic disaster in 1854, polygamy amnesty in 1894, and later events in 1938, 1950, 1960s era shifts.
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Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
John Adams
Britain
Arctic
Grover Cleveland
Fifth Avenue
New York
Glasgow
Scotland
Joe Louis
Ezzard Charles
Yankee Stadium
Little Rock
Ark
Charles de Gaulle
France
United States
Canada
U.S
North Vietnam
Weather overview for Texas regions near Snyder
The forecast shows fair to warm conditions across Northwest Texas with a few thunder showers late Saturday afternoon. Northwest lows around 51 to 58 and highs 82 to 88. North Central Texas stays fair and mild with highs near 83 to 90. Coast sees 5 to 15 knot winds. Southeast and Southwest Texas stay fair with varied lows 45 to 68 and highs 78 to 90. West of the Pecos remains fair with cooler nights and highs near 75 to 88.
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Snyder
Northwest
Texas
South
Southeast
Southwest
West of the Pecos
UN Favors Big Four Summit To Ease East West Tensions
United Nations members show backing for Secretary General Thant’s proposal to hold a ministerial meeting of the Big Four to set stage for top level talks. He urged a halt to unilateral actions, criticized Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia and U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic, and linked peace to limits on nuclear threats and Vietnam conflict resolution.
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Associated Press
United Nations
N.Y
United Nations Today
U Thant
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Thant
U.N. General Assembly
Assembly
U.S
Dean Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
Michael Stewart
Michel Debre
Czechoslovakia
North Vietnam
Vietnam
End of Vietnamese Front Battles Mark Severe Losses
Vietnamese and American forces clash along the Cambodian border with large enemy casualties reported. In Tay Ninh and adjacent provinces and at Katum, U.S. air power and ground forces repelled repeated assaults, with hundreds of enemy killed and significant equipment losses. Four Green Berets wounded and multiple U.S. aircraft losses accompany the heavy fighting.
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Thien Ngon
Phuoc Tan
Ty Ninh
Katum
Tay Ninh
Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
U.S. Americal Division
Quang Tin
Lubbock Radio Worker W J Holder Found Dead
The body of W. J. Holder, 58, KFYO employee in Lubbock, was found about 3 pm yesterday twenty miles west of Fluvanna in Borden County. He had been missing since Tuesday. Justice of the Peace Roy Haynes ruled death from carbon monoxide asphyxiation after an autopsy in Lubbock.
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W. J. Holder
KFYO
Lubbock
Fluvanna
Borden County
Jess Koonsman
Holder
Odis Glasscock
Snyder Ambulance Service
Sanders Funeral Home
Justice of the Peace
Roy Haynes
Gail
Miller Rites Held Today
Funeral service for Miss La Vern Miller age 55 was held at 3:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church with Dr A B Lightfoot officiating. She died Wednesday evening at Cogdell Memorial Hospital. Burial followed at Hillside Memorial Gardens with Bell Seale Funeral Home in charge. She is survived by her parents Mr and Mrs Fred Miller and several aunts and uncles. Cousins served as pallbearers.
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First Baptist Church
LaVern Miller
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Miss Miller
Fred Miller
A. B. Lightfoot
Hillside Memorial Gardens
Bell - Seale Funeral Home
Duelings in Middle East Escalate With Mines and Shelling
The Associated Press reports deadly mine blasts on both sides of the border. In the Negev Desert three Israeli soldiers die and two are wounded when a command car hits an anti-vehicle mine. A Jordanian official says a farmer is killed and 14 are injured by a mine near Kara me b village close to the Allenby Bridge. Jordanian forces fire back after Israeli shelling of Kuwaymen Village. Abba Eban dismisses a Russian peace plan proposal in Paris.
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Jordan
Israel
Negev
Amman
Karameh
Allenby Bridge
Jordan Valley
el Fatah
West Bank
Kuwaymen
East Bank
Umm Sidra
Suf
Paris
Abba Eban
Middle East
United Nations
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
Fortas Confirmation Faces New Obstacle in Senate
Senate GOP Leader Everett Dirksen refused to back cloture and indicated he might oppose Fortas confirmation. Majority Leader Mansfield warned a cloture petition could complicate ending debate as the fight over Abe Fortas’ nomination to chief justice intensifies. Dirksen, an Illinois Republican, said the committee vote did not bind senators and declined to sign the cloture petition.
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Washington
Abe Fortas
Senate Gop
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Fortas
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Mansfield
Illinois
CRMWD Budget Projects Small Revenue Gain in Big Spring
Colorado River Municipal Water District directors approve a budget showing a 1.5 percent net revenue rise and under 2 percent operating expense growth. The $2,850,265 revenue estimate includes a $35,684 municipal shortfall offset by $144,944 from three new industrial customers, plus $72,831 from Humble IAB repressure, and $8,714 from American Magnesium near Snyder.
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Big Spring
Colorado River Municipal Water District
Humble Iab
American Magnesium
Snyder
Tropical Storm Born and Frances Strain Florida Weather
A wet tropical low sent heavy rain across southern Florida as Tropical Storm Frances formed between Cape Kennedy and Bermuda. Seven inches drenched Miami Shores. three high school games were canceled and floods clogged Miami area streets. The system moved northeast at 10 mph with gusts to 35 mph. small craft advisories extended from Cape Kennedy to Key West as it moves off the east coast.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Frances
Cape Kennedy
Bermuda
Key West
Water District Plans and Projects in Big Spring Area
The CRMWD water rate committee contacts San Angelo with a proposal for a supplemental water source. The board extends American Magnesium contract effective date to June 1, 1969. Projects include gauging costs to TWDB at 12595 dollars, five oil well mounds near Robert Lee basin, six elevation points to study lake sedimentation, Ivie dam 83 percent complete with November closure, oil well mounds finishing by December, final tests on a 33 mile 36 inch line to Martin County, 65 percent diversion basin progress above Colorado City, Moss Creek to Sun Oil pipeline work, and new pump station above Robert Lee.
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Big Spring
Colorado River
Price Construction Company
Snyder
Robert Lee Basin
Price
Ivie
Panhane Dle Construction Co
Martin County
Lyles & Lyles
Colorado City
Moss Creek Lake
Sun Oil
Mitchell County
Robert Lee
Violence erupts after Columbia campus rally
Police arrested four demonstrators after a night of clashes following a Students for a Democratic Society rally. A marcher was seized for a red flag as protests moved toward the nearby Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
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New York
Columbia University
Radical
Students For A Democratic Society
Patrice Lumumba
Congo
St. John the Divine
North America
Chrysler Cuts Back Price Increases
DETROIT AP reports Chrysler Corp reduced its 1969 model price hikes to average $52 per car, aligning more closely with Ford and General Motors after White House criticism of the previous $84 rise. Ford averages $47 and GM $49 per vehicle.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Ford Motor Co
General Motors
Chrysler
White House
Ford
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Sparkle
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United Nations General Assembly
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Johnson
Earl Warren
Angelo
Columbia
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