Wealthy parents refuse custody of Rhode Island ward
A 15 year old girl in Rhode Island remains under state wardship with no living father and a wealthy mother. Court records show the teen, moved among guardians after a 1959 divorce, has lived in Connecticut Texas Florida and the Midwest. She is housed in the Rhode Island Training School for Girls at a daily cost to the state of 59 dollars while awaiting possible placement in a residential treatment center.
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Providence
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Training School For
Connecticut
Texas
Florida
Midwest
Dollar Prices Hit New Low As Fed Hikes Discount Rate
The Federal Reserve raised its discount rate to 5.4 percent, signaling tighter money to align with short term rates. The move follows an earlier 5 percent increase on January 12 as markets reacted to dollar weakness and a looming European currency float discussion.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Flirt the woman who can say more in a look than a book
A playful line highlights a woman’s expressive look surpassing verbal storytelling. The quip suggests social wit and perceptive charm in daily interaction.
Muleshoe Restaurant Vandalism Tops Local Record
Gary Miller of Muleshoe reports more than 10000 dollars in damage to his XIT Steakhouse after vandals smashed furniture, destroyed carpets and set water to flood the interior on February 16. A $500 reward is offered. few tips have come in. Local authorities call it the worst vandalism in the area in recent memory.
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Sam Auleseyleshoe
Avalanche-Journal
Ulane Ui We UT. Miller
XIT
NAACP Selects Lubbock for 73 Convention Site
NAACP names Lubbock as the site for its 73rd statewide convention in late September or early October. S.L. Deckard reports plans to host about 200 delegates with sessions on labor education revenue sharing and poverty programs.
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NAACP
Lubbock
Nancy Arthur
Avalanche-Journal
National Association Forly the Advancement of Colored In ‘People
S.L. Deckard
Lubhishock
Pry F. J. Lovings
Eatur
Adulterated Foods May Be On Market
GAO report cites breakdown between Agriculture Department and FDA over adulterated foods in cans and frozen produce. It says Marketing Service inspections cover only a fraction of processors and that miscommunications may allow filth and pests to reach consumers while two agencies fail to share findings.
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Washington
API
Congress
General Accounting Office
GAO
Agriculture Department
Agricultural Marketing Service
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Lubbock Forecast Shows Warmer Weekend with Cloudy Skies
Weather map notes variable high cloudiness today through Sunday in Lubbock and vicinity. Night and Sunday not very cold with highs mid 50s today and low 60s Sunday. Northwest winds 8 to 18 mph. Temperature readings include a 42 high and 17 low, with humidity rising to 98% at midnight. Local city readings list Abilene and Amarillo among others with light precipitation.
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Lubbock
Pa City
Cyrus Abilene
Fire Chief's Animals Escape Blast at Welding Plant
Halfway residents heard a major blast at the Dunwood Lynch Welding and Manufacturing Plant when an acetylene room gas buildup triggered a large explosion. A steel safety door saved eight of ten workers from injury. Lynch, the volunteer fire chief, said the blast shattered nearby property and rattled a home a mile and a half away. A pet monkey, several exotic sheep, angora goats, and some horses survived the blast uninjured despite debris scattering across the lot.
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Luron Brown
Dunwood Lynch Welding and Manufacturing
Lynch
David Dean
Prayer Request for Courage to Honor Commandments
A reader signs off with a plea for divine help to live by God’s commandments. The note emphasizes shunning evil and praying in Jesus' name.
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Jesus
Pilot error blamed in Libyan airliner shootdown
AP reports flight recorder from the Libyan Boeing 727 shot down over the Sinai Desert indicates pilots misread the situation, thinking Israeli planes were Egyptians. About 100 bodies were moved to Cairo. tapes show cockpit and ground contact.
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Tel Aviv
Israelit
Egypt
Suez Canal
Cairo
Sinai Desert
Premier Requests U S Aid Amid Laos Cease Fire Strains
Laotian government forces retreat toward the Mekong as North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao offensive pressure grows. U S B52 bombers resume limited strikes in Laos after a cease fire, urged by Souvanna Phouma and supported by Washington.
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Vientiane
Laos
Mekong River
U.S. Pacific Command
Honolulu
U.S
Southeast Asia
Washington
United States
Souvanna Phouma
Nixon
Souvanna
North Vietnam
Pathet Lao
Sisouk Na Champassak
Mekonz
Paksenz
POWs Return to Speak Cautiously on Life in Captivity
American prisoners of war held news conferences to discuss recent freedom while avoiding details that could endanger others still held. Officers at Maxwell and other hospitals urged restraint, while a former Viet Cong prisoner described harsh conditions and chained confinement.
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Associated Press
Air Force
Cal. Carlyle S. Harris
Maxwell Air Force Base
Alabama
Navy
Jeremiah A Denton
Philippines
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Virginia
Army Set
Ken Wallingford
Austin
Tex
Brooke Army Medical Center
San Antonio
Wallingford
Loc Ninh
Maxwell
Harris
Preston
Richard Po Keirn
Akron
Ohio
Herschel S. Morgan
Asheville
N.C
Morgan
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Anthony Barber
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Italy
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Marietta, Ga
Paler Berrier
Miller
Deckard
Hafez Ismail
White House
Ismail
Anwar Sadat
Sec. of
William Rogers
Middle East
Suez
Iran
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Tampa
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Sumter
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