Man sheds 417 pounds in 31 months in Michigan
PORT HURON Mich AP Big Bill Leverton a 57 year old Michigan Highway Department inspector weighed 640 pounds on April 3 1972 and shed 417 pounds in 31 months to 223 pounds. He aims for 200 pounds and credits a strict diet joined in November 1972 with three meals a day and precise portions. His record surpasses Florence Jaffee's former 335 pound loss.
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Port Huron, Mich
Leverton
William Leverton
Michigan Highway Department
Florence Jaffee
New York
Two Brothers Held After A&P Kidnapping Plot
Fuquay Varina North Carolina AP two brothers were arrested after an A and P supermarket manager and his 14 year old son were released unharmed by apparent kidnappers The Wake County sheriff said H F Thompson and his son were pressured to open the store safe but he said there was no money in it The suspects Leon Black Jr and Douglas Earl Black are jailed on kidnapping and armed robbery charges with no bond set as police detail the nighttime abduction and release sequence.
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Fuquay-Varina
WN. C
Wake County Sheriff's Department
H.F. Thompson
Thompson
Fuquay - Varinoa
Mack Norris
Leon .Black Jr
Douglas Earl Black
A&p
Stevens Wins 65 Percent In UNC Straw Poll
A UNC straw poll Friday showed 65.2 percent support for Republican senatorial candidate William Stevens, according to Stevens headquarters. Police reported a robbery where $955 from NASCAR Motor Speedway tickets were not recovered and a gun used in the incident. Authorities said both suspects were arrested after being spotted by Norris.
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Chapel . Hill
University of North Carolina
William Stevens
Stevens
North Carolina Motor Speedway
Norris
Plane Crashes Injures Three Near Kenly North Carolina
A Johnston County farmer and his two daughters were injured when their light plane stalled near a road two miles southeast of Kenly. William Richardson, 45, was hospitalized in Wilson with a broken arm and cuts. Elaine, 14, and Betty Lou, 10, received minor injuries and were treated and released. The Cesna 150 nose-dived after hitting a power line and a tree during landing. Richardson plus daughters were described as very lucky.
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Kenly
N.C
Johnston County
Allen Williams
William Richardson
Wilson
Elaine
Betty Lou
Williams
Richardson
Swiss voters reject plan to expel foreigners by 540000
In Bern the referendum failed decisively with 1.69 million to 878 thousand votes, about 70 percent against a constitutional amendment proposed by National Action Against Over-Foreignerization. It would have capped foreigners at 500000 by 1978, targeting 540000 non-Swiss including farmhands and low wage workers.
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Bern
Switzerland
National Action Against
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