Corpus councilman sues taxpayer group over recall graft
Corpus Christi councilman Jack Best filed a libel suit against the Corpus Christi Taxpayers Association seeking 17 million dollars in damages. The suit accuses the 15 member board and secretary Joe O'Brien of defaming him in recall petitions aimed at ousting the whole council after a Proposition 14 tax limitation dispute. The group says signatures exceed 5,000 with a June 12 deadline of 9,400.
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Citizens’ Group
Jack Best
Corpus Christi Taxpayers Association
Taxpayers Association
Best
Association
Joe O'Brien
O’brien
Housing costs rise as buyers devote more income
Washington AP report summarizes a nationwide survey by the U S League of Savings Associations showing nearly 46 percent of 1979 home buyers spent more than a quarter of their income on housing. Prices rose from 44 000 in 1977 to 58 000 in 1979 and first time buyers fell to 18 percent.
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U.S. League of Savings Associations
Savings and Loan Associations
League
Jim Christian
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Washington, D.C
Skyscraper plan unveiled for Houston downtown
AP reports a 970 foot Allied Bank Plaza 71 story skyscraper planned for downtown Houston, second tallest behind the 1002 foot Texas Commerce Tower under construction. Texas Commerce claims status as the nation's tallest outside Chicago and New York. Kenneth Schnitzer, chairman, says the 71 story project will be the city’s most expensive yet at about 200 million dollars. The Texas Commerce Tower is estimated at 170 million dollars.
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Houston
Allied Bank Plaza
Texas Commerce
Kenneth Schnitzer
Texas Commerce Tower
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