Cruel hoax alleged in SBA loan policy
Rep. Parren Mitchell accuses the Small Business Administration of granting 300000 to Arcata Management Corp a bankrupt white firm to coach Negroes in business while Negro firms receive far smaller funding. He cites 98,000 to Nellum Associates and argues the agency uses a Madison Avenue image, risking economic crumbs over real power.
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Mobile
Ala
Small Business Administration
Parren Mitchell
D-Md
SBA
Arcata Management Corp
Mitchell
Arcata
Mesbic
Nellum Associates
Baltimore
Madison Avenue
Thomas S. Kleppe
Federal Agency
Commerce Department
Office of
Minority Business Enterprise
Pioneer Reunion barbecue set in Littlefield on Aug 24
Lamb County residents plan the 22nd Pioneer Reunion in Littlefield on August 24 at the Community Center. Activities begin at 2 p.m. with a barbecue at 6 p.m. Bank of Littlefield funds the beef. Attendees over 12 must pay at registration and wear a badge to be served. Prizes go to oldest pioneer man and longest-traveled former resident. others advance if prior winners already honored. County musicians to perform. planning seeks more chairs for anticipated crowd.
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Littlefield
Lamb County
Bank of
Buck Ross
IL. B. “Doe
Holt
Lions Parade to Kick Off Ralls 20th Rodeo
The Ralls Shows Club hosts its 20th annual rodeo next Thursday to Saturday with a 4 p.m. parade featuring riding clubs, bands, floats, and area dignitaries including State Sen. Blanchard and U.S. Rep. Burleson. A 2 p.m. preview parade precedes the 4 p.m. kickoff and an 8 p.m. night rodeo follows, with Red Whatley producing and Tommy Hancock's band providing after-show dances.
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RALLS
Ralls Shows Club
H. J
Doc" Blanchard
Delwin Jones
U.S
Omar Burleson
Bob Levo
Red Whatley
Crosbyton
Tommy Hancock
Jim Boydston
David Prewitt
Lions Club
Lewis Knight
Lubbock Scout Jamboree Group to Return Today
After soggy days at the World Scout Jamboree in Japan, the South Plains Council contingent of 13 boys and one leader are due to land at 12:45 p.m. on a special charter at Lubbock Regional Airport. City Councilman Jack Baker will greet scouts from Lubbock Abernathy Jamesa Levelland Lorenzo Muleshoe and Plainview before they head home.
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Japan
South Plains Council
Lubbock
Lubbock Regional
Jack Baker
Abernathy
Jamesa
Levelland
Lorenzo
Muleshoe
Plainview
Centenarian eats bananas galore with beer in hospital
Catherine Pipp, 101, in Ypsilanti at Beyer Memorial Hospital, reports a daily beer and banana routine. She asked for one beer daily and unlimited bananas, saying her late husband was German and they shared beer. Doctors have not set an exit date as yet.
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Ypsilanti
Mich
Catherine Pipp
Beyer Memorial Hospital
Pipp
Lea Fair Rodeo Kickoff Slated in Lovington
Lea County Fair and Rodeo opens a four day stand with a kickoff parade at 4 p.m. on Wednesday. The RCA approved rodeo runs Aug 19 to 21 in Jake McClure Arena with Gun Smoke stars Glenn Strange Buck Taylor and the Long Branch Trio performing each night. Sir Shane Leslie dies at 85 in Hove England, noted author cousin of Sir Winston Churchill.
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Lovington
Lea County
Jake McClure
Glenn Strange
Carlsbad
N.M
Buck Taylor
Newly O'Brian
Long Branch
Hove
England
Solzhenitsyn Says Secret Police Beaten Friend in Raid
Nobel laureate Solzhenitsyn charged Soviet secret police with raiding his country residence and beating his friend Alexander Gorlov after he surprised the agents. He urged Andropov to identify the attackers, punish them, and investigate the incident.
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Moscow
Nobel Moscow
Alexander Sol Rzhenitsyn
Yuri V. Andropov
Solzhenitsyn
Alexei N. Khosygin
U.S.S.R
Andropov
Alexander Gorlov
Pickup Accident Fatal To Driver In Austin
A freak crash on Interstate 35 killed 48 year old Rudolph Thielepape of Austin Friday night. His pickup truck ran onto a drive in grocery front and wreckage blocked the frontage road as Austin firemen recovered his body.
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Austin
Rudolph Thielepape
Thielepape
Solzhenitsyn
Ivan Denisovich
Birthday Fall Lucky In One Way
Nathan Berkovitz, a 46 year old postal worker, tipped from a Brooklyn subway platform onto the tracks as a train approached. He was narrowly passed by cars, survived with minor injuries, and quipped that it was both Friday the 13th and his birthday as officers praised his luck.
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New York
UPI
Luck
Nathan Berkovitz
Brooklyn
Louis Eppolito
Vito Migliano
Berkovitz
Reading
Eppolito
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Jabor
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Lubbock, Texas
Newton Radio & TV
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Texas
Virgins TV Service Center
Ave. R
Thompson TV
Broadway Plainview
Lea Fair
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Polge
Khrushchev
Niithor
Sol Oezhenitsyn
Whatikita S. Khrushchev
Sol
Izhenitsyn
Zales
N & Cor
Tuftwick Caret, Inc
Gene
Marlin
Haddon- Milliken
Cascade
Milliken
Arundle
Cherokee Amn
Bea
Brownfield Highway
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