Mobile Home Advances Change Image and Size
A UPI report notes mobile homes now feature basements crawl spaces and two bedroom layouts with modern amenities. Forecasts include high rise units modular sections and trailer town houses to meet housing demand. About 4.5 to 5 million people live in mobile homes with 21 million projected by 1972.
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Family Economical Bureau
Northwestern National Life Insurance Co
Minneapolis
Atlanta
U.S
Oscar Winner Rose Bowl Star Oscar Winner Rose Bowl Star
Irvine Cotton Warburton, an All American USC quarterback of the 1930s, is the only man to star in the Rose Bowl and win an Oscar. Warburton, now a leading Hollywood film editor, earned the industry award in 1965.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Irvine
Cotton) Warburton
University of Southern California
Warburton
Hollywood
Quebec Tourism Minister Opens Talks With France
Gabriel Loubiere of Quebec met with French leaders in Paris to discuss developing ties between France and Quebec. The talks mark a push to strengthen cooperation in tourism and cultural exchange between the French-speaking regions.
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Paris
UPI
Gabriel Loubier
Quebec
France
FHA Buys Insurance Edge for Mobile Homes
The FHA in 1966 began insuring mortgages on trailer camps and some permanent mobile homes with neighborhood tests including accessible routes sanitation and year round community location. Insurance rates mirror conventional homes while large trailer parks like Landfall Terrace show growth potential. Examples include Vern and Mrs Hall who own mobile homes in multiple states.
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Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Landfall Terrace
St. Paul
Minn
Vern Hall
Waterloo
Iowa
Florida
Eugene Register-Guard marks 100 years of publication
The Eugene Register-Guard celebrated its centennial with a $5 million remodeling of its downtown building. Editor Alton F. Baker Jr., a grandson of former Plain Dealer publisher Elbert H. Baker, oversees the 1890 startup to daily paper journey and the modernization of one of the nation’s most modern newsrooms.
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Eugene, Ore
UPI
Eugene Register-Guard
Alton F. Baker Jr
Elbert H. Baker
Cleveland
Ohio
Plain Dealer
Register-Guard
Chief's First Name Eludes Caruthersville Police Chief
In Caruthersville Missouri residents and even the police directory know only Chief Edwards. A UPI report notes the 57 year old chief has served eight years and colleagues say his full given name remains unknown.
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Caruthersville, Mo
UPI
H. Edwards
Missouri
Short Cut Across Russia Changes Far East Travel Times
UPI reports a new SAS trans Asian Express route cutting about seven hours and 1,350 miles from Copenhagen to Bangkok via a one hour refueling stop in Tashkent. The flight covers 5,350 miles in about 12 hours, with inaugural coverage featuring Knud Viking and a Moscow welcome.
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North Pole
United States
Europe
Asia
Scandinavia
Soviet Union
Russia
Far East
Tashkent
Soviet Central Asia
Scandinavian Airlines
Copenhagen
Bangkok
Singapore
SAS
Middle East
Indian Subcontinent
Moscow
Knud Viking
Uzbekistan
Help Wanted Ads Dominate Tokyo Classifieds
In booming 1967 Japan the labor shortage is reflected by 70 percent of classified columns filled with Help Wanted ads. Overall advertising outlays rise 20 percent from the prior year, per a UPI survey.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Creswell Councilmembers Given Extra Year In Office
In Creswell Oregon the city council including the mayor received an additional year in office after a 20 year error in the city charter was found. The state constitution requires elections every two years. Creswell had been electing officials annually.
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Creswell, Ore
UPI
Creswell
New Towns Aim to Coordinate Planned Urban Growth
New Towns will be larger than suburbs, with Litchfield Park Arizona a planned 75 000 to 100 000 residents and Reston Virginia about 75 000. Columbia Maryland is slated for 110 000. The towns will be built on extensive land with six communities around a central core offering homes jobs schools stores and recreational facilities connected by expressways.
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New York
UPI
Litchfield Park
Arizona
Columbia
Maryland
Reston
Virginia
California
Texas
Louisiana
Patrick Cusick
Lichfield Park
Manhattan Island
Cusick
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