Woman runs one of the nation’s largest black owned insurance firms
Ernesta Bowman Procope of Brooklyn heads a major agency with annual premiums surpassing 6.5 million. From modest beginnings and a tough market, she built a firm serving large clients like TIT, Continental Baking, Mays, PepsiCo, and General Foods. She also won a pivotal contract to administer insurance and benefits for New York City welfare agencies.
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Leroy Pope
UPI
Wester New York
Concord Baptist
Churel
Brooklyn
Bedford- Stuyvesant
Ernesta Bowman Procope
Counry
Procape
United Press International
Procope
C. Bowman
Amsterdam News
New York
TIT
Continental Baking
Krafeo
Mays Department Stores
General Fools
Pepsico
Ing
Wilson Sporting Goods
Ernesta
Nore
New York City Council Against
Know your public library update and new books
Librarian reports a major interior reorganization and new carpeting funded by the Blanche Kersenblock Memorial Fund. The library seeks donations to its Foundation as community support grows. New titles include Two Little Rich Girls by Mignon G. Eberhart, The Defense Never Rests by F. Lee Bailey, and The Wandering Prince by Jean Plaidy with vivid summaries of each work.
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Win
Jacobsen
Blanche Kersenblock
Mignon G. Eberhart
Mignon Eberhart
East Side
Manhattan
Emmy van Seidem
Diana Ward
Don
Diana
Gil Langford
F. Lee Bailey
Clarence Darrow
Beir
Bailey
Pwn
Prince
Jean Plaidy
Charles Stuart
Europe
Charles II
England
Charles
Lucy Water
Minette
Health tips from NSMA Fabter’s note on ear care and traffic near schools
Health tips urge simple ear hygiene and caution with ear wax removal to protect hearing. Do not insert objects into the ear canal. See a physician for hearing loss. Parents warned about traffic hazards around schools urging avoidance of unnecessary car trips, careful parking, and heightened visibility in rain and snow.
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Fabter
Nebraska State Medical Association
Frontier Airlines names Keeley vice president of operations
Omaha UPI reports Omnahan Leste Keeley named vice president of operations at Frontier Airlines. Keeley previously served as vice president for engineering and maintenance at North Central Airlines. A Omaha Tech graduate, he joined North Central in 1900 and is son of Mrs Mary Kesley of Omaha.
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Frontier Airlines
Omaha Tech
Keeley
North Central
Braniff Airlines
Mary Kesley
Omaha
Nebraskan Killed in Plane Crash in Scotland
UPI reports two U.S. Air Force officers died when an F-111 fighter crashed into a hillside near Dundee Scotland during a radar controlled approach. The fallen are Lt. Cal. Kennet Blank of Franklin Med and Lt. Col. Floyd B. Sweet Jr. of Laurinburg NC, both with the 20th Tactical Fighter Wing at RAF Upper Heyford.
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South Rusip
England
UPI
U.S. Air Force
Dundee
Scotland
Cal
Kennet ‘. Blank
Franklin, Med
Floyd B. Sweet
Laurinburg
N.C
Blank
Merle
Patricia
Brian
Sweet
Marilyn
Kathryn
Christy
20Th Tactical Fighter Wing
Royal Air Force
Upper Heyford
Letchars Raf
Scottsbluff School District Receives $20,000 Reading Grant
The Office of Education announced a $20,000 grant to the Scottsbluff Nebraska School District for its Right to Read program. The funds support a redirection site showing willingness to shift from ineffective reading programs to more effective ones.
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Washington
UPI
Office of Education
Scottsbluff, Neh
Lynn Redgrave Embraces Being the Other Redgrave
Hollywood interview with Lynn Redgrave, daughter of Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, discussing her role in Every Little Crook and Nanny, her family acting lineage, and comparisons with sister Vanessa. She notes no political interest, reflects on her children Benjamin and Kelly, and recalls WWI era offers from Lunt and Fontanne.
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Dick Kleiner
Hollywood
NEA
Redgrave
Lynn Redgrave
Nanny
Vanessa
Lynn
Knight
Sir Michael Redgrave
Rachel Kempson
Redgraves
Colin
Andy Lynn
John Clark
Benjamin
Kelly
Ceoak
Cy Howard
Victor Mature
Dari DeLisse
John Astin
Maggie Blye
Lynn Fontanne
Lunt Fontanne
Alfred Lunt
Senor Redgraves
Corin
America
Wanessa
England
Lyne
Alfred
Toronto police human beings first in a series
Toronto reporter Tom Tiede profiles Constable Harry McClenaghan a Toronto officer known for a humane approach. The night shift on the Waterfront sees him deter a drunk driver without arrests, choosing dialogue and patience over jail. McClenaghan compares conditions with Newark and reflects on policing philosophy amid a quiet precinct.
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Tom Tiede
Toronto
NEA
Harry McClenaghan
McClenaghan
Metapolis
Chicao
Atlanta
New York City
Ant
Marty McCheaghan
Ayas Nore Gation
Ipssager
Palley
Constable McClenaghan
Chupk
McGlenaghan
Dublin
Ireland
Canada
The Garr Telegram Publication Details and Rates
The Garr Telegram announces a published schedule with Sundays off and two days. It lists subscription rates by mail for several counties and states changes require notifying the postmaster and Columbus Telegram of address changes.
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Getombuby
Nebrares
Caceler
Columbus
Mall
Platte
Boone, Buller
Colfax
Jaecrick
Nance
Paix Comat
Enall Elar
Nettaia
SIRO
Keeal
Colucbus
Gtd
School Newspaper at Medical College of Georgia
The United Press International report notes that the campus paper is titled The Cadaver. The item highlights the publication tied to the Medical College of Georgia and its controversial name.
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United Press International
Medical College of Georgla
the Cadaver
NASA official vows to erase discrimination in agency
Ruth Bates Harris leads NASA Equal Employment Opportunity Division aiming to remove bias against women, blacks, Indians, Orientals and Mexicans across NASA. She cites ongoing federal hiring gaps and notes training and policy familiarity as steps in reducing prejudice in office work and space programs.
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Wasiington
UPI
Ruth Bates Harris
Equal Employment Opportunity Division
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Harris
Florida A&m Univsity
New “Ye University
D.C
Mi Relations Commission
Hartis
Spectacular Mars photo released by Jet Propulsion Lab
In Pasadena, JPL released a striking Mariner 9 image showing a vast chasm and branching canyons in a Martian landscape. The single photograph, captured Jan 12 from 1,225 miles, depicts Tithostlug Lacus about 300 miles south of the Martian equator, covering 235 by 300 miles.
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Pasadena
Calls
Mars
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
Hoto
Bvok
Mariner 9
JPE
Leahy promises Omaha bus service after April 1
Mayor Eu mene Leahy told a news conference that Omaha will retain bus service past April 1 despite threats from the Omaha Transit Co. He outlined several options under study including city takeover, contracting with another firm, or letting the Metropolitan Utilities District run the line.
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Omaha
UPI
Eumene Leahy
Omaha Transit Co
Leahy
Metropolitan Utilities District
Almanac Highlights From January 20, 1972
Almanac notes for January 20, 1972 mark astrology signs for Aquarius born, recent births include skater Caral Heiss born 1940, and historical items such as the 1892 YMCA basketball event, 1986 death of King George V, and 1969 Nixon inauguration. The piece also recalls U S China talks in 1970 and a quip from British poet Bailey.
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United Press International
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
Mars
Saturn
Aquarius
Caral Heiss
Ringfield
Mass
YMCA
King George V of
Britain
Richard Nixon
United States
Red China
Warsaw
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