Bus ride yields laughter over lunch embezzlement and praise for driver
Crowded Gateway bus carries a blind rider and her guide dog whose snooping canine found the driver lunch. After delay and a humorous exchange, the rider’s companion offers compensation but the driver declines then is coaxed to accept. Passengers applaud driver Ron Payne already praised by boss Bill Franklin. The piece closes with a toast to local jokesters at a Pedersen housewarming hosted by Westminster friends.
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Gateway
Keith Royer
Roger
Ron Payne
Payne
Lincoln Transportation System
Bill Franklin
Comedian Jerry Lewis Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Rep. Les Aspin nominates Jerry Lewis for the Nobel Peace Prize citing his decades of charity work raising over $95 million for muscular dystrophy via annual telethons. Lewis called it an honor, not a win, while Aspin praised his peaceful, universal appeal.
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Jerry Lewis
Les Aspin
D-Wis
Aspin
Lewis
Restaurateur Wins Over Federal Bureaucracy in Matchbook Case
Houston restaurateur Sanford Criner challenged Secret Service seizure of 15000 matchbooks bearing a dollar image. A federal judge ordered the items returned and Criner dropped damages claims, saying the ruling supports freedom and justice. The case drew publicity but Criner seeks no personal credit.
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Houston
UPI
Sanford Criner
Criner
Secret Service
George’s-on-Washington
Kenneth Wiesman
U.S
John V. Singleton Jr
Untimely death of Sam the Bull shocks Mulino neighbors
In Mulino Oregon a 2000-pound Charolais bull named Sam was shot to death after allegedly roaming and charging residents. Darlene Cochell claims a neighbor conspiracy butchered Sam while Richard Gasser says the animal ran loose. Cochell plans legal action. sheriff investigates.
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Malino
Ore
Sam
Clackamas County
Darlene Cochell
Mulino
Portland
Gasser
Terminal cancer diagnosis for Hubert Humphrey in Minnesota
Hubert Humphrey, 66, is diagnosed with an inoperable malignant tumor in the pelvis after surgery to relieve a blocked intestine. Dr. John Najarian says the cancer is likely terminal, cannot be removed, and could be controlled but not cured by chemotherapy. Humphrey earlier had a cancerous bladder removed and remains in the Senate after a recent reelection.
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Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Minnesota Democrat
John Najarian
University of Minnesota
Senate
Najarian
New York
Sloan-Kettering Institute For Cancer Research
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