Nice Little Lady Takes Town For Cool Million
Sylvia Ritter Millhouse ran the Marshall Loan Co in Marshall Wisconsin for 30 years. Investigators say at least 851000 was missing and could exceed 1 million from 20 investors. Millhouse died prompting audits by state consumer credit officials.
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Marshall, WI
UPI
Sylvia Ritter Millhouse
Marshall Loan Co
Thomas E. Raleigh
Ilinois Department of Financial Institutions
Raleigh
Terre Haute
Ind
Chicago
Joan Company
Lady Page
Nixon outlines health insurance plan to strengthen system
President Nixon said his national health insurance proposal would improve the current system and avoid federal control over the entire health care system. He previewed the plan in a speech to the American Hospital Association and will send proposals to Congress in a special message.
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Washington
Nixon
American Hospital Association
Congress
Flu Absenteeism Stirs Lubbock Schools and Doctors
Attendance in Lubbock area schools runs about six percent below normal on Tuesday with many juniors and seniors missing more than younger students. Some campuses face sizable absences while pediatrics report heavy patient load from a flu like infection. Evans Junior High and Coronado High show notable shortages as overall district attendance rests around 88.6 percent.
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Lubbock
Evans
Evans Junior High
Monterey High School
Coronado High
Mackenzie Junior High
Ed Irons
E.C. Leslie
Docor
Great Plains Purchase Ends Legal Limbo in Lubbock
Amarillo real estate firm Gaut and Gant Real Estate Investments bought the Great Plains Building to avoid a two year legal limbo ahead of a sheriff s sale. C Rufus Gant and Kenneth Gant paid 114700 in delinquent taxes plus court costs and possibly 50000 more to Realty Equities. The building was to be auctioned at 2 PM Tuesday but Realty Equities had already purchased it, potentially blocking redemption rights and speeding planned redevelopment as an office building.
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Amarillo Real Estate Investment Corporation
Great Plains
Gaut and Gant Real Estate Investments
Realty Equities Corp
New York
Lubbock County Clerk's Office
C. Rufus Gant
Kenneth Gant
Realty Equities
Buddy Adams
Gants
City of
Lubbock
Lubbock Independent School
Trucker Strike Escalates Amid Violence and Price Freeze Clash
Negotiators for striking independent truckers rejected President Nixon’s diesel price freeze as plan to let costs pass through stalled. Violence rose with a driver shot near Harrington Delaware while police hunted a couple in a late model car. Federal officials warned of fuel shortages as layoffs surge, with 75,000 furloughed and meat and produce at risk. National guardsmen protected highways in several states as Senate action moved to allow cost pass through.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harrington
Del
Nixon
Leonard Fleet
Council of Independent Truckers
Fleet
Congress
Delaware
U.S
New England
Federal Energy
William T. Simon
Simon
Wiliam B. Saxbe
Justice Department
Ohio
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
West Virginia
Arch A. Moore Jr
Senate Commerce Committee
Jury Acquits Doctor In Mercy Death
Dr Vincent A Montemarano a 34 year old surgeon was found innocent of killing terminally ill cancer patient Eugene Bauer by injecting potassium chloride The jury of eight men and four women reached a unanimous acquittal after a one hour deliberation The verdict sparked wild cheering in the courtroom and Montemarano remained seated after the announcement
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Mineola
N.Y
UPI
Vincent A. Montemarano
Eugene Bauer
Montemarano
Seo
Front Brings New Cold Siege Into Texas
The passage of a Pacific cold front followed by Arctic air is expected to return winter to northern Texas. The National Weather Service in Lubbock said the front would plunge through the region today, bringing a sharp drop in temperatures and renewed wintry conditions.
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Ad News
Texas
National Weather Service
NWS
Lubbock
Cold Texas Panhandle wave brings cold temps and light snow
A cold wave warning is issued for the Texas Panhandle with temperatures in the 20s and possible light snow. Hub City may reach the mid 40s today after a high of 71 on Tuesday, with 15 to 25 mph northerly winds and a low near 20 tonight. Winds gust to 40 mph across parts of north and west Texas as skies vary from fair to partly cloudy statewide.
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Texas Panhandle
Upper Panhandle
Texas
Middle Gulf Coast
Red River Valley
Sea Front
Grandma Coaches Basketball Not Bad Cheerleader Either
Clark Equipment’s 3-3 team under coach Jane Erwin, 44, in Thompson Junior High gym, moves to an undefeated Travelers Insurance squad as she directs, motivates, and referees with a bright blue pant suit and a self-made cheering section.
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Grandma
Celeste Loucks
Avalanche-Journal
Clark
Jane Erwin
Travelers Insurance
Thompson
Erwin
Clark Equipment League
Tulsa
Okla
Texas Instruments
Hearst's Daughter Seized in Commando Style Kidnapping
Randolph Hearst pleaded for the safe return of his 19 year old daughter Patricia, abducted from her Berkeley apartment by two armed men in a raid. Witnesses saw shots fired as the car vanished. police fear SLA involvement. Miss Hearst's fiancé Steven Weed was assaulted during the abduction.
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Robert Strand
Berkeley
Calif
UPD
Randolph A. Hearst
Hearst
Hillsborough
Patricia Hearst
University of California
Symbionese Liberation Army
SLA
Oakland
Miss Hearst
Steven A. Weed
Seo Hearst
Daily Prayer Note on Forgiveness as Healing and Restoration
A reader’s prayer extols God's forgiveness as deep and healing not shallow. The message emphasizes mercy that restores rather than merely absolves.
Mindszenty Dismissed by Pope Paul VI in Hungary
Vatican City AP reports Cardinal Mindszenty, longtime anti communism symbol and Hungary’s primate and Esztergom archbishop, was dismissed by Pope Paul VI. Bishop Laszlo Lekal named temporary administrator of Esztergom as Mindszenty resided in Vienna.
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Vatican City
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Paul VI
Hungary
Esztergom
Vatican
Luazslo Lekal
Budapest
Mindszenty
Vienna
Weather in Lubbock and Vicinity Forecast
Mostly cloudy and much colder today and tonight with northerly winds 15 to 25 mph. Highs in the mid 40s today, near 50 on Thursday. Lows around 20 tonight. Partly cloudy Thursday with no precipitation expected.
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Lubbock
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