Editorial: City Decay Cure A Big Disaster
A writer calls the inner city home ownership program a multi billion dollar disaster for the federal government, fettered by speculators and lenders. It praises some success while detailing fraud, panic sales, and inflated prices, noting HUD and FHA losses and urging a better approach than simply dumping billions to fix social ills.
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America
George Romney
Housing and Urban Development
Federal Housing Administration
Timely quotes on education and nature preservation
A collection of remarks criticizing the national fetish for higher education and the stigma around vocational training. It argues that forests cannot be preserved by confinement just as a child cannot be kept from growing up, highlighting concerns about progress, growth, and modernization.
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Conomety Stoner
EU Bead
Alvin Z. Owen
Ouachita National Forst
Arkansas
Baytown Sun Editorial and Publishing Staff Listing
Baytown Sun editorial department lists Wreston Pendergrass executive editor Jim Finley managing editor Wanda Orton associate managing editor Yant Puttin advertising director Wright Mandy retail manager Leon Brown classified manager. Publication details show edition dates and mailing address in Baytown Texas with subscription rates and circulation policy.
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Wreston Pendergrass
Jim Finley
Doyen Baytown
Teves
PO Bax W
HSM
Carrer
Associated Press
Apnecentra Fresci
ApsMlanrgyy Oragin
Betsy's Bits N Pieces at Harris County tally room
In the Harris County Courthouse press room after Saturday primaries, Grumpy guards tally sheets while reporters push for all precinct results. Through late night hustle, the team secures complete data from 19 East Harris precincts plus some constable and state representative races, finally obtaining the entire set around 4 a.m.
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Harris County
Grumpy
Wanda
Precinct 12
Precinct 386
Explaining Sickle Cell Anemia Dear Dr. Lamb
A reader asks about sickle cell disease linked to Africans and descendants. The text explains hemoglobin changes cause misshapen red cells that block capillaries, risk tissue death, and pain. It notes altitude sensitivity, inheritance of trait, and the role of genetic counseling and testing.
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Dear Reader
Secret health records bank used by insurers exposed
Washington reports reveal the Medical Information Bureau stores health data on about 11 million individuals across 760 life insurance firms. Central files in Boston link to member companies, enabling inquiries that flag impairments and trigger higher premiums, waivers, or refusals. Existence prompts antitrust probes and questions about public health access.
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Washington
Boston
Medical Information Bureau
MIB
J. Henry Smith
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Congress
Smith
United States
Canada
Greenwich
Conn
Joseph C. Wilberding
Joseph Spear
Wilberding
Data Bank
Philip Hart
D-Mich
Nixon Ultimatum Not So Tough in Peace Talks
Washington notes suggest Nixon's offer mirrors Hanoi demands, not a hard line. Analysis breaks down cease-fire terms, potential battlefield moves, and rumored postwar plans including a coalition government and territorial settlements in South Vietnam.
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Washington
Nixon
Hanoi
Hue
South Vietnam
Laos
Haiphong Harbor
U.S. Air Force
U.S
White House
State Department
China
Chou En-lat
Russia
Leonid Brezhnev
North Vietnam
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John
Jack Anderson
Kremlin
R. B. Allison
K. A. Trusov
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