Forged Prescriptions Bring Drug Purchases Across Hub City
Police hunted three men and one woman who tried to buy controlled substances with forged prescriptions at several drug stores Wednesday and Thursday. A white woman about 6 feet 7, 159 pounds, aged 50s, and two men were described. A man in his late 20s bought codeine cough syrup. another man around 50 attempted the same. Vending machines at two Lubbock businesses were burglarized. losses included cash, cigarettes, a juke box, and a Deltex Candy Co. break-in reported with nine watches, six fighters, two knives and $160 window damage.
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Tas
Lubbock
Hale F. Eubanks
East 37Th Street
Walnut Avenue
Deltex Candy Co
Viva Mth
Five Charged In Dope-Linked Slayings in Fort Worth
Police charged five suspects in a brutal slaying case tied to a disputed heroin batch. The targets were Daniel Ramirez Sr and his two sons, plus a four year old, found in a parked car. The leader Michael Joseph Paprskar Jr and associates were arrested after dawn raids on a motorcycle shop.
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Fort Worth
Asst. Dist. Atty
John Brady
Brady
Michael Joseph Paprskar Jr
Ramirez
Daniel Ramirez
Stewart
Fire damages kitchen at A R B Young residence
Firefighters extinguished a kitchen blaze at 2105 S Third St and noted heavy kitchen damage and minor carpet damage in an adjoining room. The fire started from a cigarette darkened trash can near cleaning fluid. Owner AQ Hellboot Chocada. other calls and details listed with damaged rooms and a separate incident at 82 Magnolia Ave.
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A. RB. Young
S3rd St
Fremen
Magnolia Ave
Electra Gastems, Inc
Dind Street
Gary Averup
Wayne Mann
Nervous Vietnam Vet Excused From Jury in Scamardo Case
A Vietnam veteran told Dist. Judge J Ro Alamia he would be too nervous to serve, leading to his dismissal as a prospective juror in the Peter Thomas Scamardo murder-for-hire trial. Scamardo, 52, of Hearne, is charged with offering $2000 to Houston’s Charles Votorrelson to kill Hearne resident Sam Gebena Jr.
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Edinburg Jap
Peter Thomas Scamardo
Herberto Chapa
Pharr
Dist
J. Ro Alamia
Percy Foreman
Chapa
Vietnam
Foreman
Oscar McInnis
McInnis
Scamardo
Hearne
Charles Vo Torrelson
Houston
Sam Degeba Jr
Lathers' Strike Ends Amid Contract Switch at Hospital
A three week old lathers' strike appears over as Area Builders, Inc. takes over the St Marys Hospital project portion. Contractor Ralph Wortman says no agreement with the striking union. Latners Local 427 business manager Glenn McCandress declines comment. Wage hike and six cent welfare fund were key union demands.
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Ralph Wortman
St. Marys Hospital Con Struction
Area Builders, Inc
Glenn McCandress
Latners Local 427
Freedom Day protest planned across 13 states observed in Shreveport
Dr Mitchell Young president of Freedom Inc said National Freedom Day will be observed Saturday in 13 states including Texas and Louisiana with observances coordinated through his office. He urged peaceful protest within the law against government intervention in schools and noted proclamations from Georgia and Louisiana governors.
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Texarikana
UPI
Mitchell Young
Shreveport
Lester Mattox
Georgia
Young
Freedom, Inc
John Keithen
Louisiana
McKeithen
Dr. Young
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
Michigan
Mississippi
Tennessee
Florida
North
South Carolina
Maryland
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AMS
Roger McMurray
Plainview
Lubbock Area
The
Administrative Management Society
Orile L. Watterson
Red Raider Inn
Barry Anderson
Laubbock
Paprskar
Bonnie Fay Paprskar
Limpy
Harold
Daniel
Edward Glenn Miller
Harrell Anderson
Donny Ray Anderson
Daniel Ramirez Sr
Samuel Ramirez
Daniel Ramirez Jr
Tective F
R. Stewart
Bobby Adams
Paprikar
FAA
F.D.I.C
American State Bank
10Th & University
American Foods
Broadway
Pussy Cat
Goldie
Tery
Idinnere Theater
Pussycat
Taco Treat
Authenist
Deluxi
OLD Mexico
50Th
Canton Ave
Tome Ee
LNB
Iste
Grice
Benson
Tar A Univ
Ronen Goldsten
Burke
Lynley
Hyer
James Fagas
Prank Tarloef
Rormran Athov
Henat
Patricu Highsmith
Frere
Porlat Goldstemd
Sorlit Span
Perfect
Warner Bros
Seven Ants
Han Stockwel
ED Besleylloo
McDonald’s Restaurant
McDonald's
McDonalds
Lubbock Municipal Auditorium
Oliver
Downtows
Varsity Book Store
University Ave
Mon
FBI
SAT
SUN
William Faulkner
Steve McQueen
Boon
the Reivers
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