Mexia area robs and kidnaping spree spans days
A sprawling Mexia area incident from Saturday to Wednesday involved thefts of several cars, sightings of a wanted man, and a woman who was robbed and confined in a closet. Civilians aided searches with dogs and a helicopter, but most efforts yielded no arrest until late Wednesday.
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Mexia
Iran
Coolidge
Charles Turner
Coffield Tdc
DPS
Waco
Limestone
Navarro, Hill and Freestone Co
Mezia
Plo
DeWegh
Tehuacana Hill
Subject
New Ball
Mexia PD
Limestone Co Sheriffs Dept
Walter van DeWegh
Bear
Wortham
Buford
Louisiana
Palestine
Gage
Jim Ray
Corsicana
Athens
K.C. Winn
Larry Hobson
Highway
Dave Claridge
Groesbeck
Poppa
Momma
Valley Farm
City of
Life-term bid seeks lifetime confinement in Iowa
Fort Madison Iowa Robbie Ferguson asks Governor Ray to grant him a life term so he can remain in the state penitentiary, calling the prison his home. Ray cannot grant such a sentence. Ferguson argues a transfer to a mental health facility is needed for structured care.
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Gordon Hanson
Associated Press
Fort Madison, Iowa
Robbie Ferguson
Robert Ray
Iowa State Penitentiary
Ferguson
Ray
Rockwell City
Woodward State Hospital
Ellyandson
Fort Dodge
Mount Pleasant
Screenwriter Robert Anderson on stage versus screen
Hollywood writer Robert Anderson explains why plays move audiences more than films. He describes theatre control from first draft to final performance, cites Never Sang For My Father ending changes, and notes his novel After sold to Paramount with potential screenplay. He reflects on personal loss and his marriage to Teresa Wright while weighing adapting the novel for cinema.
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Robert Anderson
Anderson
Hollywood
My Father
Hal Holbrook
Teresa Wright
Method Toward Erasing Leukemia From Dairy Herds
Two University of Pennsylvania scientists described a blood test to detect type C bovine leukemia virus on dairy farms in Fort Worth. The test aims to predict leukemia susceptibility in cattle and may offer human cancer research leads. The $15 test could drop in price with higher adoption.
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Fort Worth
Marshak
Ferrer
Timely quotes on crime crisis and war strategy
Kurt Waldheim warns of a global crime crisis urging UN action while George McGovern questions public sentiment and Willard E Chambers criticizes American pacification efforts in Vietnam signaling frustration and possible shift in policy perspectives.
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Kurt Waldheim
United Nations
U.N
Vietnam
Willard E. Chambers
Energy Chief Will Speak At Ag Conference
Washington AP The Nixon administration's new energy chief will speak at the National Agricultural Outlook Conference later this month. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury William E. Simon, named to head a new Federal Energy Administration, will address the opening session December 17.
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Washington
Nixon Administration
National Agricultural Outlook
Secretary of the Treasury
William E. Simon
Federal Energy Administration
Agriculture Department
Clampdown Could Cut Drug Prices for Consumers
The Cost of Living Council considers requiring drug stores to post prescription drug prices to help the public and curb rising health expenditures. A council spokesman notes potential savings if the FDA rejects inadequate competing postings and if the proposal gains approval soon.
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Washington
Cost of Living Council
Council
Price Control Agency
Food and Drug Administration
Health Industry Advisory Committee
Deeds Filed in Lithestone County Week Ending Rec. 1
Record of multiple real estate transactions filed in Lithestone County Clerk office with parties including Groesbeck, Mexia, and Rosse. Transfers involve numerous parcels, surveys such as HLL Thompson and F.K. Clanton, and buyers like Veterans Land Board and First Baptist Church Mexia.
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Lithestone County
Late Star Abstract Company
Tre. Groesbeck
M.L. Ing
Dix
Roy Ballard
Mexia
Richard Willett
John C. Baldwin
HLL. Thompson Survey
F.C. Graves
Veterans Land Board
M.R. Alston
Clarice Pearl Lockridge
Andrew J. McKinney
Ray M. Carter
First Baptist Church
George Nurnberg
W.C. Holloway
Gary Barkouskie
East
Billy Wayne Jones
W.L. Thompson
Groesbeck
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Freestone County
Bobbie
Nolan Ellandson
Iowa
Bureau of Adult Corrections
U.S
Allstate
Brad Harris
SEARS
Trudye Lee
Bonham & Tyler
Karmen
Tony Lama
Nocona Boots
Dick Kleiner
NEA
Dramatists’ Guild
Hal
Paramount
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Pete
George McGovern
Ag’ Conference
Faye
Joe C. Eakin Hs
Ulmer E. Hughes
Tehuacana
T.J. Beck
William Chappell
Southland Heights
Addn
Vernon G. Baugh
A.G. McNeal
Betty Prichard
J.L. Chavert
Clanton Survey
Jerry M. Stewart
Willie Janes Wilder
Fort Barker Development Co
Harold W. Prater
Block A
Northview Heights
P. Varela Survey
Clayton Brooks, Jr
James C. Quint
Calvary Baptist Church
McKinney & Glendale
Texas Almanac
Dallas Morning News
Jimmy Cotton
Challis
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