Donut shop raffles to handover Daylight Donuts in Jackson
In Jackson Wyoming the Daylight Donuts family offers a raffle to sell their 190000 business after 24 years of demanding hours. Tickets cost 100 dollars each or 500 for six. If 1900 tickets sell they will draw a winner and train them. If not refunded. The family opened in Casper in 1972 and still bake daily led by 73 year old Robert Arthur with 50000 dollars in equipment and loyal customers including a New York order.
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Jackson
Wyo
Wyoming
Lori Beck
Robert
Vera Arthur
Casper
Robert Arthur
New York
Federal Express
Park Ranger Killed in North Carolina Overlook Shooting
National Park Service ranger Joe Kolodski, 36, of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, was shot and killed at the Big Witch Overlook near Cherokee North Carolina after responding to a report of a man with a rifle threatening visitors. A suspect was taken into custody about four hours later.
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Cherokee
N.C
National Park Service
Joe Kolodski
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Big Witch Overlook
Knoxville
Tenn
Violence risk in Odessa youths seen as unpredictable
Local child psychiatrist Dr Roddy Strobel says violence by troubled Odessa children is not predictable and stresses the need for psychiatric evaluation. She notes behavioral issues from ADD to depression and urges watching for sudden mood changes and risk taking as possible warning signs. See VIOLENT on Page 2A.
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Roddy Strobel
Strobel
Jonesboro
Ark
Paducah
Heat triples Texans as summer heat claims two lives
The heat wave worsens in Texas with two deaths linked to extreme temperatures. Hillsboro Police Chief Richard White reported a toddler left in a car for over an hour died of heat related causes, while Arlington resident Jason Stogsdill died from overheating on a June 1 bike ride. Officials urge vigilance for children and pets in enclosed spaces as temperatures reach over 100 statewide and approach 110 in parts of West Texas.
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Texas
North
Sheena K. Dunbar
Sheena
Hillsboro
Richard White
White
Childress
Dallas-Fort Worth International
Rio Grande
Jason Bradley Stogsdill
Arlington
Joe Pool Reservoir
Dad Hopes Son's Death Is Not In Vain
James Byrd Sr. spoke at All Saints Episcopal Church on Father's Day, praying that his son James Byrd Jr., dragged to death behind a pickup in Texas, would not die in vain. He thanked God for his remaining six daughters and one son as congregations raised funds for his children.
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Pasadena
Calif
James Byrd Sr
Texas
Byrd
All Saints Episcopal Church
Praises of Zion Baptist Church
Los Angeles
New York
Jasper
James Byrd Jr
Texas home computer growth outpaces use of Internet
A Scripps Howard Texas Poll finds about half of Texans own home computers, up from 41 percent three years ago, with use yet limited. Computer ownership rises 24.4 percent overall while Hispanics trail with only 30 percent compared with 59 percent Anglos and 40 percent blacks, due to income and demographics. See COMPUTERS on Page 2A.
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Austin
Texans
Scripps-Howard Texas
Texas
Carol Baroudi
Reagan remembered in Lincoln era in Illinois hometown exhibit
In Dixon Illinois a museum project seeks to Lincolnize Ronald Reagan as a Great Communicator. An Eureka College exhibit highlights his film career and Cold War meetings while hometown lore cites his boyhood lifeguard days and humble beginnings.
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DIXON
Ill
Abraham Lincoln
America
Ronald Reagan
Reagan's College
Eureka
Bonzo
Gorbachev
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