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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1972
Page
10
A RECORD BUDGET DALLAS AP The Dallas Chamber of Commerce has approved the first million-dollar budget in its history. The 1971 budget had originally stood at about $800,000 and was pared by roughly $75,000 earlier in the year.
LIVERPOOL England AP Paula Fudge runs a betting shop becoming a rare female bookie She opened a second shop with a five person staff after four years and keeps independence despite British industry consolidations She initially used the name P Whelan to hide her gender and paid up clients now know her well Paula married Malcolm Fudge who sold her security services and now helps run the business from Woodford near London with occasional home days.
The AP notes that 1972 housing projections edge toward three million units, powered by population growth and mortgage funds. Mobile homes, now exceeding half a million yearly, reshape taxes and zoning as land costs and rents influence the market.
Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite, hoped for a substance so frightful it would make wars unthinkable. He shared this idea with Bertha von Suttner, a peace advocate, amid imperial age tensions before World War I. The piece also notes the Victor Herbert Foundation gift of 15000 dollars to Juilliard, announced by Herbert’s daughter.
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