One-Legged Reporter Delbert Willis Tales of Fort Worth Press
Delbert Willis, a Fort Worth Press veteran and one leg after WWII injuries, recalls a 40 year old city desk triumph when he persuaded a sobered mother to let him publish a photo from her son’s death scene. He later rose to editor and earned national awards before the paper closed in 1975.
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Richard H. Growald
UPI
Fort Worth
Texas
Delbert Willis
Eagle Mountain Lake
Moses M Taggert
Willis
Fort Worth Press
Harvard University
Scripps-Howard News
Chanel
Delbert
Fauntleroy
America
Williamsons
Mary Crutcher
Williams
Central High School
West Point
Morotai
Washington
Walter Reed Hospital
Collier’s Magazine
Star
Point Of Purchase Promotions Bigger Bang For The Buck
United Press International reports high media advertising rates spurred a surge in point of purchase promotions. Englewood expert Charles Visich cites growth from five to twenty five billion dollars between 1970 and 1976, boosting tied promotions with brands like Gillette Converse Paper Mate and Seagram's Ocean Spray.
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LeRoy Pope
United Press International
New York
Englewood, N.J
Charles F Visich
Action Marketing, Ltd
Advertising Age
The
Bible of
Madison Avenue
Pend Oreille Printers, Inc
Church Street
Sandpoint
Idaho
United States
P.O
Gillette Razors
Converse
Seagram’s
Distillers
Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice
Nabisco
Dow Chemical
General Foods
Brown,and Williamson Tobacco
Gillette Razor
Gillette
Action Marketing
Mate
Visich
West Valley plutonium plant cleanup could cost billions
Washington debate over the privately run West Valley New York plutonium and uranium reprocessing plant highlights a looming public safety and cleanup bill. Government agencies face who pays as 600000 gallons of high level waste remain. costs could reach $600 million with decades of unresolved disposal tech.
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Cheryl Arvidson
United Press International
Washington
Congress
United States
West Valley
N.Y
New York
Nuclear Fuel Services
General Accounting Office
Richard
Lester
RTS Kay Eg Erda
West
Valley
ERDA
Richard Werthamer
New York State“Energy: Research ‘Arid Development Authority
NFS
State of New York
New York Energy Authority
Jerome
Ambro
D -Ny
Atomic Energy Commission
George Brown
Dcalif
Good Harvest Seen Shielding Prices From Drought Blues
United Press International reports U S farm officials now forecast a good harvest lowering grain prices. The Agriculture Department notes rains improved conditions for wheat and soybeans in Kansas and eastern states, with corn prospects potentially reaching a record 65 billion bushels if weather holds.
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Bernard Brenner
United Press International
Washington
Agriculture Department
Kansas
Alabama
Arkansas
Kentucky
Carolinas
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Missouri
Georgia
South
Atlantic
North Carolina
Great Plains
East Central States
Soviet Union
China
U.S
Sound Off on Special Budget Comments Clarified
Editor clarifies June 7 Special Budget remarks on Bonner County education funding. Speaker argues 15 percent admin increase vs 9.5 percent instructional rise, urging more tax dollars toward instructional programs and tighter administration costs. He cites reassessment effects and unions’ cost living links, and notes adding admin staff raises totals. Aimed to gather signatures supporting a revised 77 78 budget and equitable education funding.
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The
Daily Bee
Idaho
Bonner County
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Gallup
Kettering Institute
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Richard Growald
Sandpoint Daily
Pete Thompson
Ken Firoved
Herb Offermann
the News
Graeme. Saunders
Pack River
Graham Hospital
AU Sandpoint
War Relief Fund
Bonner County Historical Society
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