Inheritance promise fades into painful experience
A Texas and Arkansas tale of Jack Burns, a Baptist song leader who rose from a $110 weekly salary to supposed multimillions after a landmark oil rights ruling, only to see dream swirl into debt and public scrutiny. Burns recounts a life shaped by sudden wealth and swift loss, bankruptcy fears, and an ongoing legal claim over island oil rights that could still yield riches for his family.
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Ark
UPI
Jack Burns
Burns
Louisiana
Harmony Missionary Baptist Church
Prattsville
New York
London
Australia
Harmony Baptist Singers
Ouachita Baptist University
Buras
Jackie Holt
The
Harmony Baptist Church
Jack
Grant County
Mazel Pitts
W.R. ‘Witt
Arkansas
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Shreveport
Baker
Dallas
Baker School of Music
Denham Street Baptist Church
Baton Rouge
Mississippi
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
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Baker City
Paul Thompson
Thompson
Black marketing focus misses large black audience says executive
Eugene D. Jackson of National Black Network argues national advertisers neglect Black America by aiming at suburban middle class families. He notes a $80 billion market and projects $100.7 billion in black personal income in 1978, urging tailored, segment-based campaigns rather than using celebrities for mass appeal.
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UPI
America
Eugene D. Jackson
National Black Network
Black Enterprise
Andrew F. Brimmer
Jackson
Bill Cosby
Sammy Davis, Jr
U.S
Madison
Park Avenues
Onassis Bride Christina Kauzov Snubs Newsmen in Moscow
Christina Kauzov also known as Christina Onassis and her husband Sergei hide in their Moscow hotel suite to avoid reporters after a private wedding attended by 11 guests. The pair plan a 17 day rail trip to Siberia stopping at Lake Baikal and Magadan before returning to Moscow. They aim to establish a temporary home with Sergei’s mother.
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Moscow
UPI
Christina Kauzov
Christina Onassis
Miss Onassis
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Intourist
Siberia
Lake Baikal
Magadan
How to Study In College at Joliet Junior College
Joliet Junior College and Joliet Area YMCA sponsor a short course How to Study In College meeting Mondays through Aug 10 from 7 00 to 9 30 p m in room D 2001 at JJC High school graduates headed for college will learn listening taking notes time management and exam strategies The course 3 covers study theories and practical methods developed at Purdue and has been offered nationwide since 1963 Information available from Joliet YMCA program director or JJC dean of community services extension 346.
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Joliet Junior College
Joliet Area
YMCA
Robert F. Schwarz
Purdue University
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Usab
Schwarz
Purdue
H.D. Murdock
United State
Chef Seibold
Joliet
Record trading at Chicago CBT hits July records
Trading volume at the Chicago Board of Trade surged in July with 1,973,751 contracts, lifting year to date activity to 15,479,349, up 14 percent from 1977. Soybeans led with 532,323 contracts, corn reached 499,010, and soybean oil rose 11.2 percent from July 1977.
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