Cotton Brokers Charged In Vernon Bank Swindle
Former state bank examiner Don Gardner testified in Fort Worth that Vernon cotton brokers R. E. Huntley and G. F. Hemphill allegedly swindled First State Bank of Vernon of over a million dollars in 1973. Gardner said the case involved a network dubbed a kite linking multiple banks through checks and fake warehouse receipts causing irregularities and losses.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Vernon
First State Bank of
Don Gardner
Byron Matthews
Gardner
Cleveland
R. E. Huntley
G. F. Hemphill
Huntley Cotton Co
Texas
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Huntley
Earl Sprusell
Vernon Bank
Darvon Under Tight Controls Proposed by FDA
Federal regulators seek strict limits on Darvon prescriptions after studies linked propoxyphene to overdoses. FDA would cap refills to five in six months, with druggists and suppliers required to tighten inventories. Eli Lilly declined immediate comment on the recommendation.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
U.S
The
Drug Enforcement Administration
DEA
Darvon
Alexander M. Schmidt
Eli Lilly & Co
Indianapolis
Riots in Africa raise toll to 252 dead in three days
Police report 19 more blacks killed in three days of rioting near Port Elizabeth and in Johannesburg Pretoria Cape Town. Violence spreads to industrial plants as unions blame apartheid. Business leaders press for broader reforms to housing wages and political rights. Also. card of thanks and help-wanted ads appear in the issue.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Port Elizabeth
Cape Town
Pretoria
Africa
Transvaal Chamber of Industries
John Vorster
Police Chief Bruton to Testify at Son's Murder Trial
MEDIA Pennsylvania The town's police chief Thomas Bruton plans to testify in the murder trial of his eldest son Thomas Bruton Jr charged with killing Frank Sawyer 35 whose body was found in a plastic bag along a Delaware County highway Sawyer allegedly killed over an affair with Bruton Jr’s wife The elder Bruton says he will prosecute if guilty and notes the case is emotionally close while Pennsylvania State Police lead the investigation
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Media
Thomas Bruton
Bruton
Thomas Bruton Jr
Frank Sawyer
Drexel Hill
Delaware
Sawyer
Sarah Ann
Alphonse Pritchard
Pennsylvania
William
Tom
Philly
Plane Crash Kills Four near Ebony Texas
Four people died in a small plane crash near Ebony in Mills County West Central Texas just before midnight. Victims include Carroll C. Smith 48 of Smithville his wife Janis 45 and two young girls likely their children. The crash happened near FM road 574 about 18 miles southeast of Brownwood.
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Ebony, Tex
Mills County
Texas
Department of Public Safety
DPS
Ronnie Rush
Carroll C. Smith
Smithville
Janis
Rush
FM Road
Brownwood
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