Word: beaches
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...says one knowing source, "was a lot of garbage. They claimed that they had found that an insurrection was in the works, but, of course, it never came off. And you didn't need spies to tell you about the roads. There was only one road to the beach that Castro could have used...
Like troops storming the beach at Normandy, Parker commanded four boatloads of rowers to take the rock. While Al Shealey and Co, were showing off their painting skills, freshman coach Ted Washburn was holding opposing Yale forces at bay. Action actually got a little hot and heavy with near fisticuffs resulting (Washburn's launch suffered a broken windshield from a frustrated and defeated...
Until last week, state officials had taken only one case to court. During the proceedings, Equitable Development Inc. of Miami Beach, which had sold some $8 million worth of notes to 700 investors, agreed not to sell any more without the state's consent. Controller Gerald Lewis is now seeking to have the firm put into receivership. Equitable President Bernard Horowitz says the state is indulging in a "witch hunt" and claims that "all land-development companies work in the same fashion...
...Exchange Commission forced Homestate to stop selling notes, but within a few days, three of Homestate's officers had opened new securities-sales companies. Apparently the authorities will use more forceful tactics now. At week's end they were preparing criminal prosecutions in both West Palm Beach and Fort Myers...
Near Los Angeles, a 20-sq.-mi. depression has formed around the Wilmington oilfield after 35 years of exploitation. At the center of the great bowl lies the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, where a 29-ft. decline in the land level has forced the Navy, oil companies and others to build flood-control dikes. Besides twisting railroad tracks, crushing oil-well casings and undermining buildings, the slumping of the ground has also triggered small earthquakes. To jack up the sunken terrain, the city of Long Beach has been forcing water back into the ground...