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Chief Auto Parts was a United States–based auto parts store chain that had stores located in the states of Tennessee, Texas, Nevada, Arizona, Arkansas and California. Chief was founded in 1955 in Norwalk, California, by Vern Johnson and Lorin Tuthill. The company grew to 119 stores when it was sold to Southland in 1979.
He also owned the San Diego State Bank, and the famous Dobie Ranch, including the Parr's Los Horcones Ranch. He was also a partner and silent partner of dozens of businesses in South Texas. He was convicted of tax evasion in 1932, and eventually served nine months in Federal Correctional Institution, El Reno after violating his parole.
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Austin City Council will consider Thursday the possible renaming of a northwest Austin roadway in honor of native Austinite and fallen San Marcos Police Officer Justin Putnam, who was killed in ...
Belle Benchley (1882–1973), director of the San Diego Zoo from 1927–1953; Dan Broderick, attorney, and his wife Linda, murdered by his ex-wife, Betty Broderick, in 1989; Victor Buono (1938–1982), character actor (He is entombed with his mother, Myrtle, but his name is not inscribed on the crypt. [2]) George Burnham (1868–1939), banker ...
One holiday friendship has captured hearts across America: the unique bond between “Thanksgiving Grandma” Wanda Dench and her stranger-turned-friend Jamal Hinton.. But this year, it is Dench ...
Quite often the prewritten obituary's subject outlives its author. One example is The New York Times' obituary of Taylor, written by the newspaper's theater critic Mel Gussow, who died in 2005. [7] The 2023 obituary of Henry Kissinger featured reporting by Michael T. Kaufman, who died almost 14 years earlier in 2010. [8]
Average mortgage rates edge higher for 30-year and 15-year terms as of Wednesday, December 18, 2024, as the Federal Reserve is set to conclude its final policy session of the year.