Last Chance Life Story From Colorado Plains
In Last Chance Colorado a 78 year old resident recounts the town's name origin and daily life. The postcard front misleads about Indians and fires while locals recall 1926 founding by Harbert and Chapman, family stores, wartime rations, and a small roadside community centered on the Red Spur restaurant and the Last Chance store.
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Last Chance
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Colorado Plains
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Isa Harbert
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Brush
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Carroll O'Connor
Packard
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Rocky Mountains
Kansas
Wayne
Charles
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Red Spur
Latest sketches of Son of Sam unveiled in New York
New York police released fresh sketches of Son of Sam, depicting a clean shaven, athletic man with almond eyes and a steely glare. The composite drawings, tied to the so-called 4 Caliber Killer, circulated Tuesday as the gunman has killed six and wounded seven since July 1976.
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Son of Sam
New York City
Syéwitnesses
Stacy Moskowitz
Robert Violente
Violante
John Keenan
Keenan
Sam
IWY delegates convene here in Nebraska meeting Aug 6
Delegates and alternates of the Nebraska IWY group met in Columbus on August 6 to discuss updates for the National IWY Conference in Houston and to elect Naomi Braummond of Rosalie as temporary coordinating chairman. No state or national resolutions or information had been received, hindering review, and a spokeswoman said requests for details had yielded no response.
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Houston
Naomi Braummond
Rosalie
Horoscope snippets mix of signs and vague advice
A fragmented horoscope page presents brief, non linked tips for Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Pisces Aries and Taurus. It warns of attraction trouble reputation concerns difficult mood and social missteps while urging sincerity kindness and thoughtful action.
Howells High School break in and vehicle wreck in Schuyler
Schuyler and Colfax County deputies investigated a break in at Howells High School with windows broken in the ag shop and extinguishers sprayed in the gym and other areas before being stolen. A 1977 Chevrolet pickup driven by Marlen H Mason of Schuyler rolled into a north ditch three miles west and one mile south of town. both Mason and passenger Donald Waak were uninjured and the vehicle declared a total loss.
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Howells High School
Ag Shop
Colfax County
Mason
Donald Waak
CIA chief plans 600 operatives cut abroad to slim agency
CIA Director Stansfield Turner announced a 26 month reduction in the Directorate of Operations. He said the 600 operatives would trim excessive overhead and create a lean overseas team as part of post Vietnam force downs. Turner spoke to Central Intelligence Personnel and described the cuts as reducing overhead accrued over the years.
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Former Omaha officer charged with shooting man at bar
James Chaney a former Omaha police officer of nine months in 198% has been charged with shooting Bruce McCurry 30 in a Saturday night bar quarrel. McCurry listed in good condition at an Omaha hospital with leg and chest wounds after turning himself in Monday Chaney faces charges of shooting with intent to kill wound or maim
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UPI
James Chaney
Chaney
Bruce McCurry
Welch returns after duty in Mediterranean
Navy Hull Maintenance Technician Third Class Richard Welch, son of Mrs. Helen Welch of Schuyler, has returned from an extended Mediterranean deployment aboard the USS Kalamazoo homeported in Mayport, Florida. He served with the Sixth Fleet, trained with allied units, and visited Spain Italy Tunisia Turkey and Mallorca. He joined the Navy in August 1974 after graduating Schuyler Central High School.
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