Year of Catastrophes Hits Insurance in 1967
The 1967 catastrophe year brought 37 major insured losses costing over a million dollars each. Fires, winds, earthquakes, sinkings, and civil disorders damaged property and led insurers to dip into their reserves while debating government aid and tighter regulation.
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New York
Torrey Canyon
England
McCormick Place
Chicago
Louisiana
Insurance Information Institute
Newark
N.J
Detroit
Washington
Alice
Sam
Wallace Qualifies For California Ballot
Washington AP reports George Wallace of Alabama seeks to qualify for California's 1968 presidential ballot. His drive to qualify the American Independent party on the state ballot faces a legal and procedural contest as organizers push to meet required signatures and deadlines.
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Washington
George Wallace
Aleece
California
American Independent Party
J. P. Stevens Workers Invited Back After Cutoffs
CHARLOTTE AP The J. P. Stevens textile mills invite 71 dislocated workers to return next week with one missing and one presumed dead. Back pay may total over 1 million dollars. Returning workers not required to resume work to receive back pay. The effort comes as state election officials consider a deadline near January 2.
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H. P. Sullivan
Secur State
Sullivan
Warden Talks Prisoners Into Surrender After Knife Standoff
Warden Murray Henderson walked into a Tennessee State Prison cellblock Tuesday night and persuaded two prisoners, Donald Hancock and William Arthur, to surrender their knife and cease fighting. The incident began at a Christmas concert, left three guards injured, and ended with Hancock serving 55 years for trooper slaying and Arthur facing a 100 to 103 year sentence for armed robbery and murder.
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Nashville
Hancock
Shelbyville
Tenn
Arthur
Chattanooga
Three Lassiter Brothers Die in Pond Car Crash
In Gatesville North Carolina a station wagon plunged from a bridge into a mill pond killing Thomas Lassiter III 18 Dennis Lassiter 16 and William Lassiter 15 all sons of Thomas Lassiter Jr of Stratford Connecticut Officers said the crash was found after the father searched with a boat and tools divers from Nansemond Suffolk Virginia helped recover the car which was lifted out later that afternoon Their 14 year old brother chose not to join them on the trip to visit relatives.
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Gatesville
N. C
Thomas Lassiter III
Dennis Lassiter
William Lassiter
Thomas Lassiter Jr
Stratford, Conn
Hertford County
Green’s Mill E
U.S. 158
Parker
Lassiter
Nansemond-Suffolk
Miami man seeks owners of 300 dentures washed ashore
Matthew Comito, a dental tech instructor, keeps a jug of 300 denture plates found on Miami Beach. He hopes to return them to their owners but has found no matches yet. He notes the teeth may have drifted from the Keys or northern shores and urges finders to identify the owners.
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Frank Murray
Associated Press
Miami
Fila
Matthew Comito
Comito
Miami Beach
Lindsey Hopkins Public Adult Education Center
America
Florida Keys
Fort Lauore
Palm Beach
Frugal Shopper Cited as Ideal Customer Type
A brief note praises cautious shoppers who seek value and savings, describing a wife and others as attentive buyers who appreciate money saving advice during purchases. The message frames such shoppers as desirable customers for a retailer.
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Business Mirror
Wallace
Calif
J. P. Stevens
Enterprise
N. Mein
Nelson Brumfield
Mgr
Warden
Harry Avery
Aubrey Hollingsworth
William A. Fields
Herschel L. Currie
Columbia, Tenn
Hollingsworth
Currie
Fields
Maine
Owen C.L.U
Eres
Cofield
E. P. Parker
Nash Loves
Cash
Nash Jewelry
McLarty Drug CO
Church
Hunter Coal and Oil CO
Presbyterian Home and
THE
United Fund
Ward ST
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