SBA Official Praised Bankers in Lubbock Visit
SBA administrator Kleppe praised local bankers for cooperation with SBA loan programs and noted 90 percent lender participation in region, with 9 156 Texas jobs created or saved and $33.7 million in investment. He said the agency reduces red tape and fills a bankable niche with guarantees.
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Avalanche Journal
Lee Tillman
Small Business Administration
Lubbock
SBA
Texas
Kleppe
Kleppy
Federal
Hearth Cooking Memories From a Frugal Home
The author recalls using the fireplace to cook meals during bitter cold, balancing cast iron skillets on hot coals surrounded by ashes. Biscuits beans and ham cooked on the hearth, a method praised for flavor and thrift versus modern TV dinners.
Indian reservations span vast U.S. landscape
About 250 reservations exist in the United States varying from a few acres in California to the Navajo reservation exceeding 15 million acres across Arizona New Mexico and Utah.
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United States
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
Languages of Switzerland by ethnic groups
Four national languages in Switzerland reflect distinct ethnic groups. German accounts for 70 percent, French 19 percent, Italian 10 percent, and Romansh 1 percent. English is widely understood and taught as a second language to students.
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Switzerland
Girl Scout Tour Teaches Sign Making and Park Visit
The troop toured the Texas Highway Department guided by Milton Howard learning about sign production and department operations as part of a Community Badge project. Connie Bailey hosted refreshments and Cookie Sale plans were announced for Friday with cookies via Mrs. Jimmy Smith.
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Debbie Reynolds
Toni
Texas Highway Department
Milton Howard
Texas
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Kathy Davis
Jamie Heath
Carrie Miller
Denise Elam
Toni Hassell
Cindy Campsey
Michelle Butler
Elena Frisbie
Della Weaver
Larry Bailey
Jerry Hassell
Clint Crawford
Jimmy Smith
Ave. D
Melissa Christy
Carol Bozeman
Sharice Burrus
Becky Crawford
Glenda Johnson
Jina Jones
Sandra McKee
Sharon Proffitt
Price Improves After Coronary Occlusion at Bethesda
Congressman Bob Price shows steady improvement after a second mild coronary occlusion. He conducts limited office business, discloses two new appointments, and remains under observation at Bethesda Naval Hospital. Price will join the House Republican Policy Committee and a subcommittee of the Armed Services Committee.
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Gerald Ford
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White House
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Armed Services Committee
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Okefenokee Swamp Nature of Georgia’s Big Wetland
Southeastern Georgia’s 660 square mile Okefenokee Swamp is not a true swamp but a vast peat bog filling a saucer shaped low mood once part of the ocean floor. The swamp line above the marsh ranges from 103 to 128 feet elevation.
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Georgia
Okefenokee
Strawberries Rich in Vitamin C and A Content
Encyclopaedia Britannica notes that strawberries provide more vitamin C than lemons by equal weight. A handful of fresh berries meets an adult's daily vitamin C needs and offers more vitamin A than raisins of the same weight.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Napoleon Misjudged Wellington
Ronald C. Hood reviews Sir Arthur Bryant's Wellington biography, noting its detailed apprenticeship in India and the Iberian Peninsula with Waterloo treated in an epilogue. The piece contrasts Bryant's focus with other modern biographies and remarks on Wellington's blend of genius and common sense guiding his conquests.
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England
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Bryant
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Ronald C. Hood
Associated Press
Expos trade Morton for Jarvis in Atlanta deal
Montreal Expos send pitcher Carl Morton to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for right hander Pat Jarvis in a straight player trade. Also noted are retirements and match results in football tennis skating and bowling from AP briefs.
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Atlanta Braves
Pat Jarvis
Toronto
Greg Barton
Toronto Argonauts
Lake Forest
Ill
Arthur Ashe
Richmond
Roscoe Tanner
Lookout Mountain
Tenn
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Chris Evert
Michele Gurdal
Belgium
S&h
Gratislava
Czechslovakia
Karen Magnussen
Canada
Janet Lynn
Rockford
Napoles Retains Title With Seventh Round KO
In Inglewood at the Forum Jose Napoles of Mexico City knocked out challenger Ernie Indian Red in the seventh round to defend his welterweight title. The bout ended after Napoles dropped his opponent nearly a foot, delivering a decisive finish.
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Associated Press Sports
Inglewood
Calif
Jose Napoles
Mexico City
Ernie ‘Indian Red
the Forum
Quick Quiz Facts From History
A rapid Q and A set covers trivia: the letter E is most common in English, seven solar eclipses in a year are possible but not yet observed, Woodrow Wilson is buried in Washington DC, topiary uses box yew and hawthorn, Frances Perkins was the first female U.S. cabinet member, the American aspen has broad North American spread, snake sleep is hard to judge because eyes stay open, Lyndon B. Johnson won Vermont’s electoral votes in 1964.
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Current Best Sellers List Summary
Publishers' Weekly compiles top fiction and nonfiction titles. Notable items include The Odessa File, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Semi-Tough, August 1914, The Persian Boy, The Best and the Brightest, The Revolution, Harry S Truman, and The Joy of Sex.
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