Feisty two train line lands hard on the West
The San Diego & Arizona Eastern, a 70 year old Southern Pacific feeder, chugs along despite rockslides and washouts. It handled $3.6 million in freight last year with No 45 and No 452 carrying turbines, beer bottles, and furniture. Passenger service ended in 1951, and the line faces embargoes and Conrail changes but remains profitable for its 150 employees.
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Gruzen deemed competent for trial in child slaying case
Conway Ark AP circuit Judge Russell C Roberts ruled John Elliott Gruzen mentally competent to stand trial for capital murder in the April 13 death of Dana Diane Mize, 12, of Vilonia. Trial set for February 9. defense may seek move or delay, while psychiatrists testified Gruzen's condition has worsened since July assessments.
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Russell C. Roberts
John Elliott Gruzen
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Vilonia
Roberts
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Little Rock
Dense fog blankets four states and nearby regions
Dense fog shrouded northern Alabama, northern Mississippi, and southeast Tennessee with another area across eastern lower Michigan. Rain fell along the southeastern U.S. as a frontal system moved off the Atlantic, with rain extending to eastern North Carolina and southeast Virginia.
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Diet Gift Ideas For Dieters From The Diet Workshop
New York suggestions offer practical gifts to aid dieting including nonfat pans spice sets steamers and toasters with low calorie foods. Budget ideas include kitchen helpers scales blenders and measuring tools plus a diet gift of the month plan with seasonal treats and promissory notes for monthly specials.
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New York
Diet Workshop
New Guinea Declared World’s Second Largest Island
The article states New Guinea is the world’s second largest island after Greenland, underscoring its vast size and geographic significance as a landmass.
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Retired Sen Sam Ervin Testifies in Memphis Extortion Trial
Former North Carolina senator and Watergate committee chair Sam Ervin testified before a federal jury in Memphis in a case accusing a lawyer of using his name to extort $150,000 to fix a stock fraud conspiracy. Ervin, 80, said he does some lecturing and law practice but has lost part of his work after a recent settlement.
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Senate Watergate Committee
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U.S
Marsha Lyons
Billy Gray
New Parkinson drug shows promise in trials in Boston
Doctors report successful testing of a new drug that alleviates crippling Parkinson disease symptoms even when L-dopa fails. A patient reportedly regains talking, eating, and sitting up. The drug bromocaptine may offer a new therapeutic approach though widespread use is years away.
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Boston
Abraham Lieberman
Parole Board weighs Hunt case in private session
The U S Parole Commission reviewed E Howard Hunt serving at Eglin Florida for potential Christmas release while also weighing David Fine whose seven year WI bombing sentence is under review The panel prepared to announce decisions before reporters learned the outcomes.
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Eglin Air Force Base
Florida
Watergate
Victoria Cross Britain's highest military honor quiz
The World Almanac asks which war started the Victoria Cross and who first won a Nobel Prize in the United States. It also quizzed on the richest horse race option among All American Futurity Kentucky Derby and Hamiltonian.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Alexis Carrell
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