Paraplegic rider crosses US for National Paraplegia Foundation
Paralyzed motorcyclist Bob Gill travels 8 000 miles across the United States on a Kawasaki 900 to raise funds for the National Paraplegia Foundation. He uses hand controls and aims to reach one million dollars. his trek began in St. Petersburg, Florida and ends in Los Angeles. Gill has already raised over half a million and continues to seek donations through the foundation at 333 North Michigan Ave, Chicago.
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Bob Gill
National Paraplegic Foundation
Gill
Lubbock
St. Petersburg
Fla
Los Angeles
Holly Inn
Rancho Los Amigos Rehabilitation Center
Los Angeles County
Calif
Fort Worth
Albuquerque
Miles Gill
National Paraplegia Foundation
North Michigan Ave
Chicago
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Wildcat coal walkout spreads to six states
Half the nation's coal miners were off the job as a wildcat strike spread from Appalachia to the Midwest. UMW President Arnold Miller reported unions in Indiana Virginia Kentucky Pennsylvania Ohio and Colorado joined the stoppage. He urged an end to the walkout.
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Appalachian
Middle West
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
Charleston
W. Va
Los Angeles International Paces
Federal Aviation Administration
Washington
San Francisco
New York
LaGuardia
United Rubber Workers
United Auto Workers
General Motors
California
Miller
UMW
Indiana
Virginia
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Lubbock Area Weather Forecast Today
Lubbock and vicinity expect a high in the low 90s and a low around 60s. A 20 percent chance of precipitation is shown for tonight.
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Lubbock
Ford to poll GOP delegates on veep choice in Mississippi
President Ford told uncommitted Mississippi GOP delegates he will mail letters seeking advice on his vice presidential pick. He outlined desired traits including fiscal conservatism and middle of the road social views, and plans to consult Congress members and party leaders beyond delegates.
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Jackson, Miss
UPI
Ford
Mississippi
Ron Nelsen
Ronald Reagan
Gil Carmichael
Reagan
Richard Schweiker
Congress
Schweiker
Clarke Reed
White House
R. Nessen
Jimmy Carter
Minnesota
Walter Mondale
Gov. Carter
Sen. Mondale
Sam Alford
McComb
Charles Pickering
GOP
Boston Church Offers Free Beer and X Film Sparks Arrests
In Back Bay Boston, Freedom Expression Church ran a nonprofit operation offering free beer and showed the X rated Deep Throat film to donors. Police arrested pastor Shirley Bourgeois, three others including a bartender, charging illegal alcohol keeping and obscene matter. All pleaded innocent. cases continued to next month.
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Boston
Freedom Expression Church
Back Bay
Charles River
Roger Saunders
Back Bay Association
Massachusetts
Shirley Bourgeois
Cambridge
Pastor Bourgeois
Mark McNeil
Rose Greenway
Kevin Bolger
Judge rejects food stamp cutbacks enforcement
Federal Judge John Lewis Smith Jr. refused to dissolve a June injunction blocking new food stamp rules that would cut benefits for up to 8.6 million people. The ruling keeps the case in court as opponents and advocacy groups plan further appeals and a potential trial.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
John Lewis Smith Jr
Smith
Justice Department
Congress
Ronald Pollack
Food Research and Action Center of
New York
Supreme Court
Nathan Norton
County Hospital budget bid faces commissioners hurdle
The Lubbock County Hospital District seeks a 1977 budget exceeding 3.2 million dollars as county commissioners weigh a plan tied to supporting a 4 million dollar annual deficit. The district hopes for 2.2 million in tax receipts next year, up from 1976, while a proposed 3.04 million reserve worries officials who fear cuts to the tax base could collapse the hospital district.
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County Hospital
Marylin Robbins
Lubbock County Hospital
Health Sciences Center Hospital
Lubboth
J. P. Ellington
Ellington
Lchd Board
LCHD
Marshall Pennington
Oerts
Lubson
Roy Bass
Recon Health Prograa
Thousands View Olton Pageant Crowds At Pioneer History Show
Crowds estimated in the thousands gathered six miles north of Olton for a pasture amphitheater event. The pageant showcased Olton history and pioneer life, including a focus on a determined pioneer woman. Attendees enjoyed chuck wagon cooking and a fence row art show while the premiere of Giants of the Great Plateau was staged amid the community's celebration.
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Olton
Here
Great Plateau
Halange
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