Christmas Shopping Bonanza turns stores into free-fare frenzy
Dallas reports two supermarkets will give away $70,000 in Christmas food to 320 shoppers who will cart as much as they can in one hour. Don Carter of Home Interiors and Gifts announces the event, with meat saved for later and each shopper receiving a turkey and a gift bond.
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Edward A. Fulton
Dallas
UPI
Don Carter
Home Interiors and Gifts Inc
Bonanza
Mary Crowley
Bill Hendricks
Illinois lottery winner cries fraud in Aurora case
Efrain Cruz believed he had won 10000 on an instant Illinois lottery ticket after the numbers 21 appeared. Lottery officials later voided the claim, saying a 23 showed on his ticket and that his name was deleted and another used. An investigation pointed to possible lottery staff involvement and criminal charges.
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Aurora, Ill
Cruz
Aurora Manufacturing Company
Blanca
Virginia Black
Ralph Batch
Batch
Lottery
Springfield
Saving Shop Link renamed United Service and community support noted
A booklet honored Flo Drybread for guiding the Saving Shop Link now United Service at First United Methodist Church. Community Action Link praised Saving Shop Link volunteers for calls. A $10.53 donation was approved for Della Lamb Home in Kansas City. Various club and organization activities follow, including Christmas events and officer installations.
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Saving Shop Link
Flo Drybread
First United Methodist Church
Community Action Link
Della Lamb
Kansas City
United Service
Big Creek
UMW
Hyacinths May Absorb Metals in Water Cleanup
Denver report notes NASA field tests on common water hyacinths absorbing metals like lead mercury silver and gold from water. Geologist Manuel Bettencourt-Dias of Gold Hill Mesa Corp says the aim is inexpensive pollutant removal with possible commercial use including recovering gold from mining tailings. NASA foresees silver yields of about a pound per four days per acre with regular harvesting.
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Denver
UPI
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Manuel Bettencourt-Dias
Gold Hill Mesa Corp
NASA
Bettencourt-Dias
Cripple Creek
Murder defendant called troubled youth in Kansas case
Defense lawyers describe Gregory Shaddy as a troubled youth with schizophrenia and loss of emotional control after psychiatrists testified about his mental illness. Two witnesses testified he acted out various characters and mood swings. A tape confession was played in which he allegedly details stabbing his parents.
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Wichita
Kan
UPI
Gregory Shaddy
Toni Reiz
Brady Compton
Shaddy
Robert Stephan
Padilla Downey Weds at St. Joseph Humboldt
Linda Sue Padilla and Ward Allan Downey were married at St. Joseph's Catholic Church Humboldt on November 29. The couple will reside at 2201 Plass Topeka after a trip to the Ozarks. The bride works for Bell Telephone. the groom for the U.S. Postal Service.
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Linda Sue Padilla
Ward Allan Downey
Topeka
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Humboldt
Tom Orosco
Midwest City
Okla
Phil Welch
Eric
Steve Downey
Lo Wah Yim
Gloria Morales
Kansas City
Pete Zaragosa Jr
Tony Goben
Debbie
Doug Downey
Wayne Smithers
Silver Lake
Tony Gobea
Robert Ortiz
Chanute National Guard Armory
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Amy Mae
Mike McGee
N. Washington
Safeways
Ira Riker
Riker
Hendricks
Voice of Democracy
Cecil J. Meeker
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
Arlene Bower
Lisa Hartman
S. Western
Diane Snender
W. Elm
Illinois
San German
P.R
United States
Business and Professional Women's Club
Tioga Hotel
Margaret Cumings
Vashti
Order of the Eastern Star
Vernice Parker
Jesse Jackson
Virginia Brown
Angeline Perrin
Beulah Williams
Recelia Dixon
Frances Jackson
Faith Fellowship
Faith Fellowship of
Otterbein
United Methodist
VFW
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Cleo Barnhart
Post and Auxiliary
Bernice Bergen
Kustom
Colfax
American Baptist Women of
Colfax Baptist Church
George Bareis
James Woods
Charles Wade
Service Guild
Ladies Circle
Zion Lutheran Church
Sunflower Chapter
Robert Geiger
Bryan
Monica Geiger
Ruth Caldwell
Ken Caldwell
Rena Purviance
Mary Etta Taylor
Dave Evans
Nada Dobson
Lois Slater
McClarey Traveling
Mary Jo Geiger
Slater
Geiger
Honor Point
Lila Follmer
Dudley Kelley
Katherine Munger
Ann Hummer
Nina Brock
Mary Hollis
Inez Bray
Marshal
Olive Evans
Ruth van Wickle
Adah
Karlyn Hill
Ruth
Mary Pounds
Esther
Gladys Wiles
Martha
Elinor Whaley
Electa
Clyde Kile
Louis Junod
Sentinel
Cardinal Drug Store
E. Main
White Rock
Jaycees
Bank of Commerce
Humboldt Church
Mrs. Ward Allan Downey
Hans
S. Central
Bill
Richardson
Franklin
Chanute
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