Valentine banker jailed for eight years embezzlement
Richard Davenport, 45, formerly head of Nebraska’s Nebraska State Bank of Valentine, pled guilty to two counts of embezzlement and was sentenced to 5 to 10 years and 3 to 5 years, to run consecutively, for a minimum of eight years. He claimed losses up to 3 million tied to gambling, with hard labor to be determined. Davenport’s actions were uncovered last October, leading to FDIC payouts and a sale of the failed bank’s assets. The town of 3,000 watched as the case moved swiftly through court.
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Valentine
Nek
Nebraska
Husky Richard Davenport
Davenport
John H. Newton
Newton
Nebraska Penal Complex
Lincoln
Cherry County
Richard L. Sittler
State Banking Department
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Nebraska State Bank of Valentine
Community Organization Meeting Schedule Dense Week
A dense listing shows Wednesday and Thursday evenings with numerous local clubs and civic groups meeting at varied times and venues. Notable groups include VFW Post 6495, Spring Hill PTO, FOP Lodge 36, Al-Anon and Alcoholics Anonymous in multiple locations, Lions and Kiwanis clubs, Soroptimist and Toastmasters, Knights of Pythias, Eastern Lanes, and several volunteer and civic associations across Manchester, Madison Township, and surrounding areas.
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Hunter - Clark Vfw
Young Spring Hill
FOP Lodge
al - Anon Family Group
Trenton Lions Club
Soroptimist Club
Manchester Alpha Council
326 Jr. Ouam
N. Broad Knights of Pythias Lafayette Lodge
Castle Hall
Toastmasters Club
Franklin Foe Auxiliary
Gardena Gunman Wounded 29 in Poker Parlors Rampage
Louis Koullapis, 79, opened fire on three Gardena poker parlors, wounding 29. He was wrestled down by officers. none of the victims died. Investigators found notes suggesting a doomed plan to force closures, but motives remained unclear.
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Koullapis
Gardena
Arthur Archibald
Burbank
Los Angeles
Urbana Crash Kills Two Men Near US 68
Two Fayette County men died in a crash north of Urbana Ohio when their pickup collided with a semi truck on US 68. The victims were identified as Joan Holmes Baird of Robinson Road Washington Court House and Vernon Mur Jones of Route 6 Washington Court House.
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Urbana
Ohio
Fayette County
U. S. 68
Here
Joan Holmes Baird
Robinson Road
Washington Court House
Vernon Mur Jones
Hotels Available For Inauguration
The Washington Board of Trade told out-of-town visitors there are more than 26 500 hotel rooms in the Washington metropolitan area for President Johnsons inauguration next week despite rumors. A Nile catfish species is noted for its habit of swimming or floating upside down.
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Washington
Washington Board of Trade
Johnson
The
Nile
Goldwater ends GOP control as Bliss to lead
Barry Goldwater ends his conservative command of the Republican Party six months after it began, naming Ray C Bliss of Ohio to chair the Republican National Committee. Dean Burch will step down April 1, aiming to avert a confidence vote in Chicago. Nixon and Eisenhower back the shift as a move toward party unity for 1966.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Ray C Bliss
Ohio
Republican National Committee
Dean Burch
Burch
Goldwater
Chicago
Bliss
Phoenix
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Eisenhower
National Committee
Republican Party
Ray Bliss
Dorcas Kelly
Oklahoma
Sen. Goldwater
Mr. Burch
Denver
Idaho
Robert Smylie
Republican Governors Association
Taft
Senate
John Ashbrook
17Th Congressional District
Ashbrook
Bliss Good Choice Taft Says COLUMBUS Ohio
Ohio Republicans including Taft Jr and Gov James Rhodes react to Ray Bliss selection as national GOP chairman Bliss, state chairman for 16 years, praised for steadiness and party leadership Ashbrook hedges, preferring Bliss but hoping Burch delays resignation. Ray Bliss expected to bring Ohio governance to national stage.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ray C. Bliss
Bliss
Robert Taft Jr
James A. Rhodes
Greek Peasant Migration Surges to Cities Over a Decade
Athens report from the Agricultural Bank of Greece notes that one in twelve farmers moved to urban areas over the past ten years, highlighting a significant rural-to-urban shift in Greece.
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Athens
Greece
Agricultural Bank
Also Mentioned on This Page
Richard Davenport
Alcoholics Anonymous
Lions Club
Manchester
Kiwanis Club
Blue Ball
Mayfield Pto
Communication Workers of America
Central
North Madison Township
P.m
Middletown
Dial Torgerson
Gardena, Calif
Louis Koullapis
Kouilapis
Margaret Demogenes
America
Urbana Crash
Decker
White Villa
Ny Luce Ce al
Pearl
Bartlett White
Imbler
Dolly
By Walter Re, Mears
GOP
Close Goldwater
Charles Lichtenstein
William Middendorf
Robert Smalley
Miller
Lee FE. Edwards
Goldwate
John E. Grenier
Alabama
Cincinnati
U. S
Union Sanitary
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