Word: beaching
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Bryant's legions have been equally active. The Save Our Children coalition attracted some 10,000 people to the Miami Beach Convention Hall last month for a "God and Decency Rally." More than $140,000 has been raised in contributions, some from as far away as Southern California and Texas. Florida Governor Reubin Askew is supporting the movement. Orthodox Jews and the Catholic hierarchy, concerned about their private schools, have come out firmly against the ordinance. The Rev. F. William Chapman, pastor of Bryant's church, insists he would burn down his parochial school "rather than permit...
This spring's prom-trotters are crowding into fancy nightclubs like the Chateau de Ville in Framingham, Mass., where as many as four dances may be going on in one evening, and the management hopes that the girls will come back some day for their weddings. Around Long Beach, Calif., one of the most popular prom spots is aboard the Queen Mary, now serving as a floating hostelry in her genteel retirement. The ballrooms of the onetime grande dame of the North Atlantic are crowded with ten or so dances a week, and the demand is so high, says...
...Viet Nam veteran who employs 30 Vietvets as salesmen, Byers in the past four years has sold more houses than any other real estate agent in the county. A bachelor, he inhabits some fancy real estate of his own in Newport Beach and several days a month jets off to wherever sun or snow may beckon. Byers' secret has been to specialize in selling fellow veterans relatively inexpensive homes with VA-guaranteed loans. Says he: "We sell an average of 100 houses a month in the $60,000-and-below market. We make money on volume, not high-priced...
Huntington Beach, Calif...
...what has Jimmy Carter done lately for his mentor? Not much. As one of his first major acts, he moved to spike the admiral's guns by slashing from the Navy's proposed budget $733.3 million -to be used to convert the nuclear-powered cruiser Long Beach into an antimissile defense ship and to begin building a nuclear strike cruiser and a fifth nuclear aircraft carrier. The President apparently agreed with other Navy brass that money for new surface ships would be better spent on less costly oil-fired craft, such as frigates. This would leave Rickover with...