Atlas Lions Return to U S National Zoo in Washington
The National Zoo in Washington received a pride of rare Atlas lions from Rabat Morocco under an agreement with the Rabat Zoo. The male and three females are the only Atlas lions in the United States, a lineage once common in North Africa but now surviving only in captivity.
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Washington, D.C
Rabat
Morocco
National Zoological Park
United States
Natinal Geographic Society
Theodore H. Reed
National Zoo
National
North
Africa
Rome
Colosseum
Algeria
Bentsen Praises Texas Economy At Houston Reception
Senator Lloyd Bentsen told a Saturday night audience of Senate District Six Democrats in Houston that Texas has one of the nation’s strongest economies. He cited unemployment declines from 8.5 percent nationally in 1975 to 6.1 percent in Texas and 5.5 percent presently, plus 18.5 percent five year employment growth in Texas versus slower national growth.
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Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Bentsen
Senate District Six
Houston
Specialist Warns About Mail Order Frauds
Consumer specialist Claudia Mitzel of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service warns readers about deceptive mail order ads promising easy money at home. She cautions homemakers, the elderly, and others to beware ads demanding money for details or tests. She urges checking with the Better Business Bureau before investing and to think twice before paying for a work from home opportunity.
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Claudia Mitzel
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University System
Better Business Bureau
Retail Merchants Association
Tax Evasion Case Sends Westlake to Probation
Vernon A. Westlake, 68, of Temple, was sentenced in U S District Court to one year suspended prison time and $1000 fine. He pled guilty to failing to file an income tax return for 1974 with $18,598.97 gross income and will pay back taxes plus penalties and interest under three years of supervised probation.
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Austin
U. S
Vernon A. Westlake
North Main
Temple
U. S. District Court
Jack Roberts
Westlake
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Turkey
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