Charlie Kropp’s Lottery Win Comes Too Late
Charlie Kropp 81 remarried last winter and bought a Massachusetts lottery ticket nine days before the wedding. The ticket won 1 million dollars but he died July 26, leaving the prize to his estate and 50 000 a year for 20 years to survivors. The Massachusetts Lottery Commission will pay the ticket. Kropp was a regular Connecticut lottery buyer and a refined man noted by shop owner Frank Owsianko. He died before enjoying the fortune.
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Bristol, Conn
UPI
Charlie Kropp
Kropp
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Frank
Dame Fortune
Rose Paquette
Southwick
Mass
Massachusetts Lottery Commission
Dave Ellis
Car Bomb Near Caroline Kennedy Misses Target
In London a suspected IRA bomb exploded under a Jaguar car owned by MP Hugh Fraser. Caroline Kennedy, 17, escaped injury as she was not yet in the vehicle intended to take her to an art class at Sotheby Parke. The blast injured a passerby noted as a coast resident.
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London
Ypi
Caroline Kennedy
Miss Kennedy
Hugh Fraser
Fraser
John F. Kennedy
Sotheby Parke
Caroline
Frasers
Miss Kennnedy
Lady Maclean
Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis
Campden Hill Square
Tessia Oandason
Fraser House
Ritz
Detroit Auto Sales Jump Amid Model Year Push
Detroit automakers reported a 37 percent jump in mid October new car sales to 234,670 for Oct 11 to 20, led by GM and Ford with gains of 43 and 28 percent respectively. Factories planned layoffs affecting over 10,000 workers to curb inventories while AMC, Chrysler and GM highlighted strong model year reception and plans to trim output.
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Detroit
UPS
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
U.S
Bennett E. Bidwell
AMC
UN Forces Stay In Sinai Under UNEB Mandate
The United Nations Security Council extended the U N peacekeeping force in Sinai for another year by a 13 to 0 vote. The mandate runs to Oct 24 1976 with an estimated cost of 107 million dollars and a staffing increase near a thousand personnel plus air and sea support. China and Iraq abstained from the vote.
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United Nations
UPI
Security Council
U.N
Sinai
China
Iraq
Kurt Waldheim
Council
Henry Kissinger
Solar Power Warning on Crooked Solar Promoters
The U S Office of Consumer Affairs urged caution over solar home heating promoters. Officials warn reporters and buyers to verify claims with engineers before investing. Some firms exaggerate performance while complete systems for average homes are rare. federal action may follow for fraud.
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Washington
UPI
S. Office of Consumer Affairs
Solar
Joe Dawson
Virginia Knauer
Dawson
North Las Vegas woman wins 1976 Ford truck camper prize
Kitty Burnett of North Las Vegas won the Silver Nugget’s His and Hers prize, a custom 1976 Ford truck camper, awarded Sunday night amid a fall jamboree crowd. She told of her disbelief and thanked the Silver Nugget staff for the surprise.
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Kitty Burnett
Las Vegas
Kitty
Charles
Chick) Burnett
Mrs. Burnett
Valley Times
North Las Vegas
American Business Women’s Association
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UNEF
Western Sahara
Waldheim
Olav Rydbeck
Sweden
lSnation
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Crooks
National Citizens Band
Stardust Hotel
National Association of Retarded Citizens
Sahara Hotel
Fred Krause
President's Committee On
National Order of Trench Rats
Funl
Disabled American Veterans
Rotary
Nevada
The
Air Force Association
Cesar
Jose) Martinez
USAF
North
Martinez
U.S. Air Force
Nellis Air Force Base
Tactical Fighter Weapons Center
Aurora
Jose
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
Robert
Bob) Brown
Grayson
North Las
Bill
Dot Ward
Helen Palmer
Helen
Hawaii
Marina Hotel
Order of the Sons of Italy
Charleston Plaza
Daughters of the Nile
Shriners Crippled Children’s Hospital
United Methodist Women of Wesley United Methodist Church of North
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