Tennessee man pursued for ten cent debt by state
Kenny Gladson received a demand from the State Unemployment Commission for 10 cents from a job six years earlier. He offered to mail a dime but cash is not accepted, so he bought a 50 cent money order and hand delivered it to the local office, narrowly avoiding a late fee. Gladson had previously ignored the bill.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Tennessee
Kenny Gladson
State Unemployment Commission
Nashville
Gladson
Commission
Odessa mother regarded as schoolchildren’s caregiver
Ruby Niblett, 67, longtime Johnson Chapel AME member nicknamed Sister Everything, was thrilled to receive a Mother’s Day card. She taught for 29 years and says she called all her students her children, some now nearly 50, while remaining active as church secretary and Sunday school superintendent.
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Ruby Niblett
Niblett
Johnson Chapel
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Sister Niblett
J.T. Garnett Jr
Garnett
Ashauna Bell
Odessa water test shows higher minerals than store water
Odessa American reports five blind samples tested by Martin Water Laboratories. Odessa tap water proved harder with more calcium and magnesium and higher total solids than store-bought water or Monahans tap water, affecting taste and perceived quality.
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Odessa
Odessa American
Martin Water Laboratories
Monahans
French Alps
DEB Simpson
Mystery of Bottled Water Fascination Splits America
The article surveys a nation divided over water choices with a shrinking majority using tap water at pennies per gallon and a growing segment preferring bottled water at premium prices. It questions why bottled water usage has surged tenfold in a generation while tap water remains abundant and safe. The piece hints at marketing factors and directs readers to see more on Page 4A.
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America
Choosing between tap water and bottled water
Guidance on selecting drinking water asks readers to request local water works test results and contact the EPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-532-4440 for help interpreting findings. A page reference to CHOOSING on Page 2A is provided.
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EPA
Safe Drinking Water
Teen Girl Says Parents Sold Her Twice in Culture Rite
In Tucson a 14 year old panhandler told police her Gypsy family sold her twice to other families for about 11 000 dollars under cultural tradition. She was released five days later to her mother in Fresno California. Arizona AG says such transfers are not illegal if not for sex slavery or servitude. Charges dropped.
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Tucson
Ariz
Fresno
Calif
Arizona
Arizona Attorney General's Office
Mother and son reunited after 67 years apart
SIOUX CITY IOWA AP Gladys Nordyke met her son Donald Pieper at her home after six decades of searching. They connected after 67 years since his birth in January 1931, discovering they had lived within five miles of each other for years. The moment closed a long, emotional journey and fulfilled a lifelong question for both.
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Gladys Nordyke
Don Pieper
Sioux City
Iowa
Sioux City, Iowa
Donald Pieper
Don
Gladys
Mother
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