Cost of living squeeze hits Houston family hard
Bob Connors 36, once earning about 19666 plus his wife 6000, lost his furniture sales job and saw family income drop 36 percent. The Connors downsized from a twin-engine boat and luxury spending to a 1967 station wagon, monthly barbecue dinners, and tighter finances as four children and inflation strain their four-bedroom home.
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Jurate Kazickas
Associated Press
Houston, Tex
Bob Connors
Connor
Connors
Vin
Nancy
Paula
Theresa
Jay
Butch
Conners
Dee
Bob
American Express
Reader’s Digest
National Geographic
Bon Appetit
Vintage
Nuits St. Georges
Hospitals target as source of smallpox risk
Dr. Alexander D. Langmuir warns hospitals are the weak link in smallpox prevention and urges universal vaccination for new staff and triannual renewals. He spoke at the American College of Physicians meeting amid debate over voluntary vaccination since 1971.
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Chicago
Alexander D. Langmuir
Harvard University Medical School
U. S. Public Health Service
American College of Physicians
United
Langmuir
Galveston to Get New Grain Elevator Facility
Galveston Wharves and Cook Industries announce a new multi million dollar grain elevator in Galveston. Construction begins this summer pending financing and contracts with operation set for early 1975. The facility will receive grain by rail truck and barge enhancing port traffic and deep draft channel plans.
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Galveston, Tex
Galveston Wharves
Cook Industries, Inc
J. W. Cook
Cook
Harry H. Levy, Jr
Galveston
Levy
Cook Industries
Bayside Warehouse Co
Nuclear power urged as essential national energy source
Houston Lighting and Power official Karl Kreamer told a civic club that the nation must switch to nuclear plants despite high costs. HL&P plans two plants in Allen Creek and Hill Creek, Austin County, with the total price likely surpassing 500 million and possibly nearing 1 billion when they start operation around 1980 or 1981.
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Houston
Houston Lighting & Power Co
Karl Kreamer
Kreamer
Hl&p
Allen Creek
Hill Creek
Austin County
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