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olicies i Imay cost 1 1 ore yet Nurse tells of nightmare pressure ofniusl! in arctic LuSTIN (AP) — Insurance com- anies are expected to ask the State surance board Oct. 1 for another | crea se in wliat they can charge .vans for automobile {wlicies. Oct. 1 was tentatively set by the rd as the date for its annual au- [mobile insurance hearing. I haven’t seen any figures yet, but I am pretty sure we are probably looking at some kind of increase. I have been told informally that the ir es indicate some improvement jeria'in'a in"accident frequency but none in estab. 4 calves d from * federal 1 bas not iologi S | s ith tb e with an hng has rs, it has ic. The datively Walter j. rizedby i he was 7 of the t about d be re aper ha- at trans- ie main- ictive. If cessful, to take >g- led pros- ■xpect !S, SUPAI VILLAGE, Ariz. (AP) If you had told me one day that I would survive for three weeks here, I would have said, No way, ’ ” says a woman lost for 20 days in the Grand Canyon. Linda Forney of Pittsburgh was found Wednesday by searchers. She was taken to a Flagstaff, Ariz., hospital, where doctors said she was in good condition. A nightmare of blazing hot days and bone-chilling nights for the 25-year-old nurse began Aug. 1, when she started hiking down to this remote Indian village at the bottom of the canyon. “I never got to the village,” she said. I left my pack with food along the trail. It just started getting very dark. I laid down to go to sleep, but I was too scared to sleep.” Ranger Dick McClaren said Miss Porney made a wrong turn and went south instead of going into the village. She was found about 15 miles away in a side canyon. The only thing I had to eat were buds of cactus plants,” she said. “They were pretty good.” Her water supply consisted of a trickle from a crack in the rocks. Miss Forney, dressed only in blue jeans, a halter top and crepe- soled shoes, said she became very cold at night, when temperatures dipped to the 50s. She said she had to seek shade during the day, when the temperatures topped 100 de grees. Relatives reported her missing Monday and told the Coconino County sheriffs office her parents had received a postcard from her dated July 31 saying she was going to hike into the canyon. Park officials found her car parked at the canyon rim. Hardy Jones, a Supai Indian, and several other searchers located the woman after Jones said he found tracks in an area “where nobody should be. ” [average loss cost, which continues to u<> up,” said David Irons of Dal las. spokesman for the Texas Au tomobile Insurance Service Office. Last year, the board raised auto [surance rates an average of 8.8 per Lit, effective Jan. 16. This was less [an half what the insurance indus- i had said was justified by its los- 5. Clint Dare, Texas spokesman tor e Insurance Information Insti tute, said Wednesday that loss Tatistics have not been completely isembled but the hearing “proba- v will involve a request for some ind of increase.” Physical damage collision and mprehensive coverage look par- Jcularly bad. It’s another case of in flation as much as anything else,” ■are said. I The tentative setting of the hear Stagecoach races through Manhattan theater district 1 guides, at trails- • pound. ren from , applied )f the 10 eld were nday. id '9 NEW YORK (AP) — The scene was one that folks in these parts aren’t used to. But night-time strol lers proved pretty adept at hot footing it out of the way of a horse man chasing a wildly careening stagecoach through the manmade canyons of Manhattan’s theater dis trict. After the stagecoach sideswiped two cars on West 45th Street Tues day night, mounted police officer Leexerne Wilson galloped after it. Surprised and bewildered Gift check pedestrians in the after-theater crowd jumped aside as Wilson ch ased the coach, pulled by two teams of horses down 45th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. He finally stopped the coach at Broadway and 45th, in the heart of Times Square, and arrested the driver, Bernard Szymanski. We don’t know whether a stagecoach is a vehicle under the law,” Wilson said. “We re looking that up now. While they were checking, police charged Szymanski with public intoxication and reck less endangerment. A spokesman for the steakhouse which uses the stagecoach for adver- tising said that Szmanski was employed by the stables where the coach is kept. The stage carries the restaurant’s patrons to the theatre and on tours of the area, but there were no riders in it during the ch- I The tentative setting of the hear- A mm a m ^ ilg date gives the board the UljfS tf ^ rit/ilorro vif if fVi** ^ Loan refusal rate higher among blacks ivilege of a postponement if the idustry cannot get all its statistical ata in on time. Rates are based on actuarial in- rpretations of past losses and pro- cted trends in accident costs. The hearing and the board deci- ons afterward will pose another lallenge to board chairman Joe hristie, whose stance on all insur- nce matters has been to seek ways holding down costs to consumers. Christie received a new six-year rm this year, but many think he 11 run for statewide elective office fore he completes that term. e waste-1 ergy ac-J st,” saiil msultaiilj nearbl , Arizona j the leal energy! intereslj cation. d, mighj n oil and! gas pro id, "Ml -, so solar e. ome oil r energ l drive FORT WORTH, Tex. (AP) —An unexpected donation check for $92,000 was deposited in Fort Worth this week. City Secretary Roy Bateman said the money is earmarked for a new fire truck. The check, written by Mrs. R. L. Slaughter, was an unexpected bonus as fire officials dedicated a new $191,623 fire station. It all happened when Mrs. Slaughter, who was attending the dedication ceremony, noticed that there were only two fire trucks in the three-bay station. Mrs. Slaughter asked, “Do they need another truck?” “Sure thing,” was the reply. When she found out how much a truck would cost, Mrs. Slaughter signed the check and let a city offi cial fill in the amount — $92,000. WASHINGTON (AP) — Blacks are refused home loans more than twice as often as whites and their applications are rejected at a higher rate than those of any other racial or ethnic group, according to a new federal study. The Federal Home Loan Bank Board, which regulates savings and loan institutions that lend most of the nation’s mortgage money, studied lending practices in five cities in its survey, released Mon day. The board included all types of home-loan institutions and covered 53,705 loan applications in Buffalo, N.Y.; Chicago; San Antonio, Tex.; San Diego; and Washington. Over-all, 84 per cent of the appli cations were approved and 9 per cent turned down. The rest were either withdrawn or not acted upon. Of all the! applicants^ whites had the highest acceptance rate, 85 per cent, and the lowest rejection rate, 8 per cent. For Asians, the propor tions were 83 percent accepted and I per cent rejected. For American Indians, the proportions were 83 per cent and 13 per cent. For Spanish-speaking applicants, 81 per cent and 12 per cent. But blacks were accepted in only 77 per cent of the cases and rejected in 18 per cent. The survey also showed that the acceptance rate for male applicants of all races was 84 per cent, while that for women was 81 per cent. The rejection rates were 9 per cent and II per cent, respectively. The study was the last of three conducted by the federal agencies that regulate commercial and sav ings banks. They were made as a prelude to drafting forms to be used in enforcing federal restrictions on bias. Vanished oldtimer located PIKE, Tex. (AP) — Puffing and panting through August heat, coated with thorns and cockle burrs, sherifTs deputies found oldtimer Charles L. Fry early last week. Fry, 82, was dozing beneath a sa pling near this North Texas com munity. “He was in better shape than anybody out there,” said Sheriff Jerry Burton. “I don’t know how he did it.” Highway patrolmen and Collin County deputies mounted a horse, helicopter, bloodhound and jeep search Monday afternoon when Fry vanished. He had been herding cat tle with his son when he wandered away from near a creek bank. Some 200 officers searched all night long and throughout the day Tuesday with no results. Fry was found six miles from where he was last seen. Hungry, tired, and sleepy de puties said Fry’s only complaint was of a sunburned leg. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1975 RANDY’S PACKAGE STORE SPECIALS 1/5 LIQUOR Bacardi Rum (so proof) $4.25 Seagram Seven ... (so proof) $4.29 Old Charter <86 proof) $5.39 Seagram V.O (se proof) $5.69 BEER SPECIALS 6-pack Schlitz $1.49 6-pack Budweiser $1.49 6-pack Michelob $1.69 6-pack Milwaukee’s Best $1.29 Good Thors.-Sat. Aug. 28-30 846 1351 U 524 E. University CUSTOM JERSEYS TO FIT YOUR NEEDS BE PROUD OF YOUR CLASS OR ORGANIZATION! LOUPOT’S BOOKS & BRITCHES North Gate Across from the Post Office Embrey’s Jewelry WELCOMES THE AGGIES m jfM »m%k dgjjj :■ s-T c^URE/U/^ ■ ■//v/fam’ nfM to I® "X Dick, Betty, Sharon, Donna, Ted Embrey’s Jewelry Proudly Presents Their Well-Trained Staff. 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