One Year After the San Fernando Quake A Portrait
A year after the San Fernando quake in Los Angeles, aftershocks persist and recovery continues. Federal and state aid totals exceed $200 million in loans for about 70,000 homeowners and businesses. Despite damage, many homes are repaired, hospitals rebuilt, and fears subside amid renewed optimism about future quakes.
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Los Angeles
San Fernando Valley
San Gabriel Mountains
San Fernando Veterans Administration
Los Angeles County Earthquake Commission
California Institute of Technology
California
The
Small Business Administration
Barstow News Highlights Local Visits and Highlights
Barstow residents share family visits across Texas and Maryland. Mrs. Dora Bain returns home from hospital in Farmville California. families in Lubbock Midland Monahans Sherman and Barstow surface in notes. Freshman A basketball team at Barstow High reports a 21 0 record.
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Stacy Bratcher
Josie Crider
Farmville
California
Dora Bain
Crider
Bratcher
Barstow
David Abila
David Dominguez
David Palominio
Inez D. Rogers
Frank A. Loving
Hagerstown
Maryland
T. C
Nan) Vinson
Sherman
Texas
Mineral Deeds and Warranty Deeds Recorded in Local Land Transfers
A compilation of recorded real estate transfers lists multiple mineral deeds and warranty deeds. Names include William D Hudson, Nora F Boyd, Ernest Angelo Jr, Carroll M Thomas, Jack O McCall, Edith M MeIlvain, D L Kite, Leslie Howard, J E Howard, Mattye Sullivan, Hubert L Howard, Joe Harvey Howard, Minnie McMurry, Edward L Whittenburg, Joe Gieb Jr, Lamesa Federal Savings & Loan, The First National Bank in Mineral Wells, Reeves Co, Ivey, Van Horn State Bank, Sharon B St Clair, Bill Hubbs, Bernice McRea, Carlton D Williams, and James K Stewart among numerous lot, block, and section references in H&GN and PSL districts. The entries include undivided interest fractions, lot and block designations, section numbers, and references to various counties and subdivisions.
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William D
Hudson
Nora F
Boyd Et al
Noraf
Ernest Angelo, Jr
Carroll M. Thomas
Joe Gieb, Jr
George R. Locker
Jack O
McCall
Wm. M. Cotton
H&gn Jack O, McCall To Wm. M, Cotton
Edith McIlvain
Jess McIlvain
Edith M. MeIlvain
Tom McIlvain
T&p Lamesa Federal Savings & Loan
Dawson Co
Tex
Secretary of Housing & Urban Development
West Park
First National Bank
Mineral Wells
Firstron Corp of Palo Pinto Co
T&p
T&p Reeves Co
Andrew Vinez
Jacko. McCall
Midland
Township
Bill Hubbs
Robert E. Miles
Orig
Pecos
Democrats file for statewide offices in Texas primary
A flood of filings marks one of the longest Texas primary ballots with 52 Democrats and 10 Republicans seeking statewide seats. The court order allowing 400 dollar fees to be paid via petitions spurred the surge as several candidates enter races for U S Senator Governor and other top posts.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Supreme Court
Court of Criminal Appeals
Atty
Crawford Hartin
John Hill
Houston
Democratic
Secretary of State
U. S
Barefoot Sanders
Dallas
Ralph Yarborough
Hugh Wilson
Port Arthur
Thomas M. Cartlidge
Tyler
Floresville
Curtis Ford
Spring x
Bill Jones
Odessa
Robert E. McCord
Corpus Christi
John Armstrong Standley
Mathis
Ralph Hall
Rockwall
Troy Skates
William Hobby
Crawford Martin
Robert S. Calvert
J. E. Anderson
Houston x
Dallas Blankenship
Paris x
Jay Floyd Lanier
South Houston x
William J. Robertson
Randy Pendleton
Andrews
Jim
Marijuana suspect enters Democratic primary in Precinct One
Ovide Duncantell, a 35 year old black activist charged with marijuana possession, filed Monday to run against Justice of the Peace Ovide Duncantell’s examining trial was held December 3 before JP Millard after police found a matchbox full of marijuana in his car. Six candidates seek the post, including incumbent Richard W. Millard. Harris County Democratic Party finance rules waived filing fees due to a federal ruling, but a $50 party donation was requested to support primary costs.
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Houston
Justice of the Peace
Ovide Duncantell
Richard W. Millard
Duncantell
Millard
Harris County
Democratic Party
Bill V. Williams
Nixon signs $2.74 billion foreign aid bill
President Nixon criticized the authorization as below minimum levels while signing a $2.74 billion foreign aid measure. The act trims U.N. funding, restricts aid to the Greek junta, limits Cambodia aid, and halts military credit sales unless social program funding is released.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Senate
U.S
United Nations
U.N
Cambodia
Vietnam
Suit filed over racial steering by Houston realty firm
The Justice Department sues Suburban Homes Realty Co and four officers for allegedly steering black buyers to black areas and white buyers to white areas. It claims ongoing violations of the Fair Housing Act with separate ads and media targeting creating segregated neighborhoods.
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Houston
Justice Department
Suburban Homes Realty Co
Lawrence O’donnel
Eugene O’donnell
John Donnelly
Suburban Homes
Missing V. A. Fogg Tanker Search Slashed by Coast Guard
The Coast Guard trimmed the week long hunt for the missing tanker V. A. Fogg and its 39 crew by half after debris and lifesaving gear were found 50 miles off Freeport. Search now centers on one cutter and three aircraft, as officials evaluate a door seen in the area and its possible link to the vessel.
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Galveston
Tex
Coast Guard
V. A. Fogg
New Orleans
Freeport
Cherry C. Mapes
Gineer
Bullock rejects single polling places for primaries
Secretary of State Bob Bullock announces separate Democratic and Republican polling locations for the May elections, reversing a plan to consolidate to save money. The state will fund the primaries after a federal court struck down the 1971 filing fee statute, leaving candidate filing fees as the sole funding source.
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Austin
Bob Bullock
Bullock
Dallas
Researchers seek dog's origin in Kiel study
The Kiel University project led by Prof. Wolf Herre traces dog ancestry to the wolf, noting humans selected tamer wolves 10,000 years ago. Experiments crossbreeding poodle and wolf yield poono hybrids. jackal and coyote mixes prove difficult or fail in some cases. The study concludes the wolf is the forefather of all domestic dogs.
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Otto Doelling
Associated Press
Kiel
Germany
Mans Best Frien
Kiel University
Wolf Herre
Herre
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San Fernando
UCLA
Survey Research Center
Sylmar
Insurance Information Institute
Gulf States
London
J.H. Freeland
Lubbock
Bennie Longbine
Cinnamon
David and
Danny Longbine
Laddie Long
Scott, David and
Michael
J. E Echols
Bobby and
Phyllis Doggett
Loving
Mrs
Bob Allgood
Lillian King
Anne Garrett
Albert Rices
Mans Barstow
Congo
Vinson
Austin Presbyterian Theology Seminary
William M. Morrison
Belgian Congo
Nan Vinson
Presbyterian Church
Lawrence
University Presbyterian Church
Conway
Vinsons
Catherine Gray
Mrs. Vinson
Benny Gresham
Arizona
Tyndall Afb
Florida
Sharon
Mary Ann Diehl
Wac
Alabama
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Leslie Howard
H.H. Howard
Bernice McRea
Carlton D
Williams
Mountain View
James K
Stewart
Robert L. Armstrong
Che Cisneros
Byron Tunnell
Connie Lawson
Taylor x
Edward E. Gonzalez
Gene B. West
San Antonio
Joe Grenhill
Price Daniel
Sam Johnson
Wendell A. Odom
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