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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1971
Page
1
The one acre Podemnk Center in Iowa was sold to John J. Garr for $10,000. The hamlet includes an old gas station, grocery, cafe under one roof and a four unit motel. Garr plans to restore the town to its original condition. The Weeks family had owned it and asked $7,000 when they listed it two years ago.
January edition excerpt reflects a local photo feature and brief notes from press telegraph style, listing names and activities. The item hints at community events and a calendar of small happenings with names, places, and dates, offering a snapshot of local life.
In Phoenix a mobile home repossession turned deadly when deputies Warren Larue and another deputy were shot by Hector Garcia, an unemployed cook, who also died. Garcia, 42, fired during the raid on the home to satisfy an $843 debt.
Army psychiatrists at Fort Benning will examine Lt. William Calley Jr to judge his sanity on My Lai day. Defense testimony claimed a compulsion to obey duty, while a sanity board will assess his ability to adhere to the right at Walter Reed. Calley, 27, objected to the test and urged the trial to resume.
IRS to verify whether Paul Powell the late Illinois secretary of state listed six dependent children on returns. Bio volumes from 1941 to 1950 name Burt Gertrude Tom Ira Jones Hartwell Paul as his children, though Powell and relatives deny. Investigations seek source of over 800 dollars cash found among Powell’s effects after his death.
A Kentucky Central Life Insurance Co. sues Mrs. Darlene Lamb Porterville guardian of Dessi Thornton seeking return of 25000 paid on the life policy of Gary Thornton. Thornton was reported killed in Vietnam 1967 and later revealed to be a prisoner of war. The company claims the payment was made in error.
During a House debate on granting full adulthood at 18 Rep Henry Cox Billings asked if adults have as much fun in adultery as infants in infancy. Laughter followed. Rep John Hall Great Falls urged the Billings member to speak only for himself.
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