Affinity scams target churchgoers warned in 2009 advisory
An advisory warns that churchgoers are prime targets for scams including affinity church schemes. It notes con artists exploit shared beliefs and trusted church networks to solicit bogus investments or donations, sometimes via hijacked emails or red flag fund transfers. The piece cites gold bullion frauds, sob stories, and cults like Jonestown as cautionary examples.
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Arizona
Fort Knox
Waco
West Texas
James Warren Jones
Jim Jones
People’s Temple
United States
Jonestown
Bruce Alger the lone 1950s Republican from Dallas
In a 1964 open letter Alger blamed a national magazine for his failed bid to win a sixth House term. A former Dallas mayor and WWII bomber pilot, he rose as a sharply conservative figure opposing federal programs and promoting tax cuts. His 1964 defeat followed a decade of staunch anti communism and a district shift that ended Democratic dominance in Texas politics.
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Bruce Alger
U.S
House of Representatives
Ine
Lone Star
Harry M. Wurzbach
Texas
Dwight Eisenhower
Bruce Reynolds Alger
Dallas County
Big D
Wallace Savage
Savage
Alger
Ike
Newt Gingrich
Dallasite
Dallas
Moscow
Walter Reuther
John Birch Society
Washington
Henry Wade
Barefoot Sanders
Joe Pool
Wichita Falls
Republican Party
John Tower
Senate
Goldwater
Earle Cabell
David
Goliath
Saloons and settlers mark Burlington Milam County tale
The piece recalls Burlington with eight saloons in its heyday and a diverse settler base of Irish German and Czech descent. It notes early names Irish Settlement Waterford and Burlington, church buildings from 1882 onward, a 1907 population around 500, a railroad in 1862, stockyards shipping to St. Louis Chicago and Kansas City, and its decline toward ghost town status per Juliana Olbrich’s Matchless Milam research.
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Emerald Isles
John Jones
Michael Jones
John Nolan
John
Pat Dillon
Burlington
Waterford
Timothy Gleason
Ben Arnold Lutheran Church
Kansas City
Fort Worth
Burlington Railroad
St. Louis
Chicago
Milam County
Texas
Across 1 Self confident Lady of1 house 12 Pacific archipelag 16 Fiddle
Crossword style clues plot a theme on a playful page. Names and terms mix with puns, including famous figures and places. The grid hints at a quip about a notorious line from the era and a compact list of varied terms leading to a final gag about toothpaste.
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House
Pacific Archipelé
Eden
Little Fox
Jannings Gilels
Pequod
Whippet Wolf
Raptor
Salon
Emilio
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Ted Hubert
Milam County Triad
West Texans
Ed Foreman
Odessa
D.C
Outlaws & Lawmen
Revolution & Republic
S&h
Bartee Haile
P.O
Friendswood
Twitch.com
Obisre
S. Houston N. Tues
Web
Beverly Angels
Mercantilebistro.com
Cameron First United Methodist Church
Milam
Juliana Olbrich
Joy Graham
Agatha
NASA
Narcs' Org
Pianist Voose
Billy — Williams
Lhasa
NBC
Damon
Dhabi
Historic Org
Pollei
Christian
Vicente
Brazil
Jonas
Mitty
Harrison
Shiba
Moreuickly
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Baudelaire
Lennon
Canterbury
Tee
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