Editorial: City decay and a disaster in home ownership
An editorial argues the inner city home ownership program has become a multibillion-dollar disaster for the federal government, with speculation, fraud, and panic sales harming low income buyers. It cites HUD secretary George Romney predicting billions in lapsed mortgages and calls for seeking better approaches beyond heavy federal subsidies.
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America
George Romney
Housing and Urban Development
Federal Housing Administration
Timely quotes on education and growth from leaders
Dr Sadie PC Marland Jr US Commissioner of Bite COE warns against fetishizing higher education as a measure of success. Alvin Z. Owen, Ouachita National Forest supervisor, argues forests must grow and change like children, resisting containment.
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Sadie PC Marland Jr
Bite Coe
Alvin Z. Owen
Ouachita
Baytown Sun masthead and staff notes as printed
The Baytown Sun lists staff roles including General Manager Assistant to Publisher Office Manager and editors with names such as Jim Finley Wanda Orton Pendergrass and others. Advertising and circulation details appear, along with mailing address Memorial Ore Baytown Texas and subscription rates and policy notes from the paper.
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Enet
Foi Hal Department
Pendergrass
Jim Finley
Wanda Orton Advertising Department
AcYot Congress Maren
Baytown
Texas
P.O
Associated Press
Neuve Tor
Betsy’s Bits N Pieces at Harris County primaries
In the Harris County Courthouse press room after Saturdays primaries, reporters haggled for tally sheets. Grumpy guarded the sheets, offering limited, staggered precinct results while the duo pressed for nineteen precincts plus several races.
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Harris County
Grumpy
East
Wanda
Sickle cell anemia explained and inherited risks
A concise overview of sickle cell disease focusing on its genetic basis, predominance among Africans and people of African descent, and how a hemoglobin variation distorts red blood cells. It notes effects on circulation and organs, dangers at high altitude, carrier trait transmission, testing, and emerging treatments plus guidance on genetic counseling. The passage ends with a biblical verse.
Late Night Ballot Scramble in Precincts 12 and 385
A witness recalls a long dawn vote count where candidates crowded a crowded room. Grumpy argues over ballot arrival as cleaning crews sweep trash and spilled drinks after 3 a.m. Precinct 12 and Precinct 385 delays push counts toward 4 a.m. before completion.
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Precinct 12
Health records secret bank flags insurance risks
More than 11 million health records are stored in the Medical Information Bureau in Boston and accessed by about 760 life insurance companies. The computerized system can reveal medical impairments and may bar coverage or raise premiums. The MIB operates with 80,000 daily inquiries and is criticized for undermining universal health insurance goals. The Hart antitrust subcommittee is opening hearings on the health insurance industry.
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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
Philip Hart
D-Mich
Nixon Ultimatum Not So Tough
Washington dispatch analyzes Nixon's Hanoi demands as less hard than portrayed. It argues the offer largely accepts North Vietnam's territorial gains, allows continued troop withdrawals, and signals a cease-fire with the Communists holding captured areas. It notes mined Haiphong and potential Russian and Chinese reactions amid shifting Hanoi propaganda.
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Washington
NEAI
Nixon
Hanoi
Mr. Nixon
Manii
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Hue
South Vietnam
Laos
U.S. Air Force
U.S
White House
State Department
China
Chou En-tai
Russia
Leonid Brezhnev
Viet Cong
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