California considers looser building rules for rural living
Gov Brown allies with the back to the earth movement as state officials ready revisions to building codes aimed at allowing cheaper homes and fewer services. Rural supporters praise the idea while critics warn of potential welfare and tax impacts and the need for safe standards.
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North Coast
Brown
Arthur E. Dreyer
Napa Valley
Dreyer
Mendocino County
United Stand
Nevada County
Mountain County
Arnold Sternberg
Sternberg
Red Bluff
Nevada City
Placerville
From rails to roads a hitchhiker seeks work across America
Charles Morris aged 63 has been unemployed and hitchhiking for a month, moving through Phoenix Tuscan Odessa and Dallas in search of jobs after leaving Greensboro. He recalls a former baseball promise and reflects on lost homes and a life of drifting with little money and limited options. He mentions visiting Salvation Army and lingering alcohol use. He blames excess job seekers for Today’s scarcity.
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Mobile
Ala
UPI
Charles Morris
Atlanta
Morris
Greensboro
N.C
Phoenix
Tuscan
Odessa
Tex
Dallas
Houston
New Orleans
North Carolina
Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem
The
Salvation Army
Phillis Wheatley the First Black American Poet
A former slave born in Africa, Phillis Wheatley was enslaved in Boston after being kidnapped in 1761. She learned to read and write, earned freedom, and in 1794 became the first Black American to publish a book of poetry.
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Phillis Wheatley
Senegal
Africa
Phillis
Wheatley
Boston
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Edmund G. Brown Jr
Mountains
Eau de Parfum
Helena Rubinstein
Valley Rexa
Osilands
North H St
Lompoc Plaza
Northside Shopping
Maytag Dishwasher
Maytag
Appliance Center
John
John Silva
World Almanac
Westside Furniture
W. Laurel
Lompoc
H”’ Street
Zenith-Dahlberg
Oticon
Custom
Monterey
San Luis Obispo
Lompoc. Calif
By Bob Lilley
Robert C
Lilley Insurance Realtors
H’ Street
Bailey Goose Down
Ladies Western
Pico* Sporting Goods & Western
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