Housing Costs Boom Pushes Homeownership Out Of Reach
The AP reports rapidly rising single family home prices across the U S with new houses under 12000 vanishing and costs climbing due to easier credit and higher labor taxes and lumber costs Mortgage terms have lengthened while down payments drop, squeezing moderate income buyers and fueling nationwide price gains.
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Washington
America
Levittown
Pennsylvania
Long Island
Ford
Peter Taylor
Levitt and Sons
Levitt
Taylor
National Association of Home Builders
Savings and Loans
Mand
Boston
Portland Market Sells 3600 Pounds Horse Meat in One Day
Ed Carroll of J and H Market in Portland reports a six hour sale of 3600 pounds of horse meat to about 100 price conscious customers. He plans to reopen Wednesday as demand booms amid high beef prices with horsemeat steak selling for 9 cents a pound. Carroll cites supply limits and warns of potential shortages if exports continue. Neighborhood shoppers like Joyce Becker say they prefer horsemeat for price and family needs.
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Portland
Ore
Ed Carroll
Carroll
Joyce Becker
L'2
J&h
Portland News
The
Oregonian
Horsemeat Packers, Inc
Hubbard, Ore
Ed Fair 73 Exhibit to Feature Public School Projects
In Columbia the State Department of Education will sponsor an Ed Fair exhibiting 14 model public school projects adaptable statewide. Cyril Busbee, state superintendent, says the exhibit previews district plans and invites school superintendents to send reps for on site inspection of up to four projects from April 30 to May 4. Nine programs run in districts, five under education department supervision.
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State Department of Education
Cyril Busbee
Education Department
Orangutan Pair Arrive at Riverdale Zoo for 1974 Offspring
Mias, an orangutan, arrives to mate with Abigail, the Toronto female seeking a companion for nine years. Officials expect the pair to become parents when Metro's new zoo opens in 1974.
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Abigail
Toronto
Mias
Riverdale Zoo
Metro
New Zoo
Morris: New Liquor Law Provides Better Controls
A spokesman for the Foundation for Modern Liquor Regulations and Controls called minibottle amendments a vehicle for meaningful controls on alcohol in South Carolina. Ben R. Morris urged Senate passage of the controls planned after voters approved the measure last November. He highlighted enforcement ease over brown bagging and noted a citizen committee will monitor post ratification developments.
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Morris
Columbia
Foundation For Modern Liquor Regulations
Ben R. Morris
Foundation
Senate
South Carolina
South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Association
Accountability Study Advisory Committee
South Carolina Commission On Alcoholism
Stolen Goods Recovered in FBI Raids Across SC and GA
FBI raids linked to Aubrey Allen Jr and others recover over $5,000 in stolen items. Seizures target Cooley's Wholesale Fabrics in Spartanburg and several residences and outlets in Gaffney Greer and Greenville. Items include apparel footwear guns and cloth. Charges allege conspiracy to transport and receive stolen interstate property.
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Columbia
FBI
Georgia
DeWitt Allen Jr
Ann Allen
Aubrey Joe Allen
Commerce
Atlanta
U.S. District Court
J. Robert Sparks
Miami
Allens
Social Security Office Travel Schedule Across Towns
Social Security personnel announce weekly outreach times in Al lendale at the health department each Wednesday 9 30 to noon Barn well each Monday 9 30 to noon Edgefield each Thursday 9 30 to noon Williston at the post office every third Friday 9 30 to noon and Wagner at the firehouse every fourth Tuesday 9 30 to 11 30.
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Allendale
Health Department
Barnwell
Edgefield
Williston
Wagener
Chinese Use Exotic Remedies Seeks Relief for Ailments
In Shanghai a medical expert reports on Chinese remedies for headaches, toothaches, and illnesses. He notes massage on the hand as an anesthesia aid and cites pills with anteLOpe horn, turtle shell tonics, and herbal syrups for arthritis and insomnia.
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United States
Hsu
Goose Creek School Reopens After Clash
Goose Creek High School reopened with about 25 percent of the 1400 students absent after Friday disturbances. Superintendent Henry Bonner said no incidents were reported and police will patrol until normalcy returns. Principal Harry D. Calvert planned a parent meeting to ease tensions and urge student return.
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Charleston
Goose Creek High School
Henry Bonner
Bonner
Harry D. Calvert
Berkeley County Sheriff's Deputies
State Law Enforcement Division
SLED
FBI Agent Urges Citizens to Help Fight Crime
Special agent in charge Thomas W. Leavitt told the Aiken Men's Club at the Commercial Hotel that citizen involvement aids police and FBI inquiries. He cited cases across the country including South Carolina and Georgia where federal agents contributed to solving crimes.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Thomas W. Leavitt
Columbia
FBI
Aiken Men's Club
Leavitt
South Carolina
Georgia
Judges Rule Against Taking Property For Back Rent
Three federal judges ruled state laws allowing seizure of personal property for unpaid rent unconstitutional. The decision involved Wade and Vertelle Jenkins versus Richland County officials over a distress warrant to sell the couple’s furnishings for $84 after they were behind $62 in rent. A restraining order halted the sale pending the suit.
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Columbia
Solomon Blatt Jr
Robert Chapman
Donald Russell
Wade
Vertelle Jenkins
Richland County
John Halloran
W.H. Womble Jr
John C. Carter
Palmetto Terrace
Jenkinses
Jenkins
Halloran
Carter
Womble
U. S
Robert F Chapman
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Milwaukee
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Baltimore
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Boise
Idaho
Associated Press
Jeh Market
Horsemeat
Ed Fair
Thomas Leavitt
Columbia Bureau
Cooley
Spartanburg
Thomas W. Cooley
Aubrey
Social Security Office
Aiken Social Security Office
Alton Blakeslee
AP Science
Shanghai
China
Hsu Chia-Yu
Ziness
Mao Kuo-Hua
Mao
Yuing Hwang
Goose Creek
Lominick
John Hellweg
Kimberly- Clark
Beech Island
Kimberly-Clark
Conway
Ark
Hellweg
Aiken
Hellwegs
Ron Henderson
Newberry
Orrowinds
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