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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1977
Page
30
A reader recalls the Carter energy speech and mocks the idea of higher gas taxes and car excise taxes. He jokes about family reactions and references a 1959 cranberry crisis while treating the threat as humorous.
Atlanta housewife Frankie Van Cleave has expanded The Back Yard Team Inc. from 270 to 600 customers, aiming for 1,000 next year. She pitches affordable backyard service and envisions franchising or consulting to other cities while competing with city curb service. Her venture counts national figures among supporters and plans further expansion despite city disputes over rates.
A chess puzzle declares White to play and mate in two with a long notation from a 1971 game in Leste Poland, mentioning Owadowicz and CK J renmanna. The text shifts to a feature on Van Cleave's clientele in West Paces Ferry Road Atlanta, listing Griffin Bell Anne Cox Chambers and Phillip Alston as notable figures, and notes Mayor Maynard Jackson's 1975 city tension with Van Cleave over payments and public battle with officials.
Alfred Sheinwold reports on conflicts over backyard garbage pickup permits in Cartagena and a humorous bridge column. Mrs. Van Cleave and partner faced permit denial, threatened court action, and later obtained a one year license. She aims to dominate city paid backyard service contracts while predicting tight competition.
Alfred Sheinwold discusses how to play a 2 1 position with two and one moves and the risks of leaving blots. He argues for precise moves and examines responses to 6 4 6 3 rolls while promoting a 12 lesson booklet offered by mail with a 50 cent fee.
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