Gasoline shortage and a small horse case in court
In Tucson Arizona Thelma Ruin notes a thief abandoned her car after 75 feet of gas. In Barnsley England constables stop a tiny economy car containing a pregnant pony presented as a horse. Joyce Sides testifies the animal is a pony about 34 inches high. Court chairman Arthur Raynor fines Mrs Sides and her daughter 12 five dollars each.
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Thelma Ruin
Tucson
Ariz
John Seaman
Michael Stonach
Barnsley
England
Joyce Sides
Arthur Raynor
Pistol packing legislator rides to Texas Capitol by horse
State Rep. Ben Z. Grant of Marshall plans a 286 mile horseback trek to the Texas Capitol to dramatize the 1876 constitution. He will carry a pistol and Bible while facing challenges like fuel gaps and potential blacksmith shortages as he travels about 7 to 8 miles per hour with four Tennessee Walking Horses.
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Marshall, Tex
UPI
Ben Z. Grant
Marshall
State Capitol
Grant
East Texas
Miss Liberty
Constitutional Revision Commission
Tennessee
Brothers reunite for adoption in Visalia ceremony
Five brothers of Mrs. Merle Smith Burt were to finalize a Christmas adoption in Visalia aided by a cooperative ship’s captain and a Manila flight. Dale Smith and Pat Smith, 20 and 18, Navy men aboard Hancock, traveled from Manila to San Francisco then Fresno with the Burts funding the last leg.
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Visalia
Manila
Merle Smith Burt
Merlee
Burt
Dale
Smth
Pat Smith
Hancock
Alameda
Middle East
United States
San Francisco
Burts
Fresno
Fragmentary OCR note on a 19th century event page
A damaged OCR fragment references a theatre or social page with garbled names and phrases. It mentions Winchantey Ney and bhatters, with unclear actions or dates. The readable portions offer little context or complete facts for a fuller summary.
California birth rate drops to 36-year low in 1973
State Health and Welfare Secretary Earl Brian reports births about 300,000 in 1978, a 2.4 percent decline from 1972 levels. Marriages fell by about 4,000 to 172,000, while divorces rose to 111,000, up about 5,000. Death rate near 8.3 per 1,000, total deaths 173,000, with life expectancy improving amid shifting social conditions.
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Sacramento
UPI
Brian
California
Mormon Church Names New Leader Spencer W Kimball
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints selects Spencer W. Kimball to succeed Harold B. Lee who died on Wednesday. The Daily Review earlier misidentified Kimball in reporting Lee's death.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mormon
Kimball
Harold B. Lee
The
Daily Review
Lee
Big Irish Sweepstakes winners in Bay Area
Bonnie Martin of Vallejo won 120000 on Comedy of Errors in Leopardstown with her husband saying they will do something sensible for their family and not see a big life change. Hal B. Gray of Martinez won 48000 on the second place finisher and John Ferreira earned 24000 on Captain Christy.
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Vallejoap
Bonnie Martin
Hal B. Gray
Martinez
John Ferreira
Americans given death then life in Turkish drug case
Three Americans identified as Jeanne Marie McDaniel Catherine Zenz and Robert Hubbard were condemned to death in Antakya for hashish smuggling but the sentences were commuted to life imprisonment. The case highlights Turkey's stern stance on narcotics trafficking involving foreigners.
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Antakya
Turkey
UPI
Cilvegoz
Jeanne Marie McDaniel
Coos Bay
Ore
Catherine Zenz
Lancaster
Wisc
Robert Hubbard
U S. State Department
United States
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Denly Review
Flord Sparks
William Chicote
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Sedo
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Idle, Co
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Contra County County Hospital
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