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...Denver's venture does run into trouble, the gags will probably be about crystal palaces. Though the buildings are no-nonsense functional, the place will still be a local monument because of its lofty "Galleria." This 76-ft.-high arched glass roof, only one section of which is up, was inspired by the ethereal vaulting in Milan's Galleria. Denver's will unify the complex, shelter the promenades and impart its own blend of airiness and intimacy to the neighborhood...
LAST SEPTEMBER the entire population of a puny but spunky south Texas town had the guts to do what most of us just fantasize about. After experiencing a 600-per-cent increase in its gas bill over the past five years, Crystal City up and decided it couldn't and wouldn't take it any more, and its 8000 residents defied the gas king of south and central Texas, LoVaca Gathering Company. They said no to exorbitant rates, and have borne the consequences. Crystal City has been without natural gas since September...
...those who think gas deregulation would result in unchanged or even lower prices--be warned. From 1972 to 1977 the cost of gas per 1000 cubic feet (mcf) for LoVaca's 400 clients, including both industries and cities, soared from 36 cents to $2.05. In Crystal City where the average annual per capita income is $1600, the cost of a hot shower, a warm house, and gas-cooked food was just too high...
...even more ominous ring now,"... there is potential war profiteering in the impending energy crisis. This could develop with the passing months as the biggest ripoff in history." Perhaps when considering this issue it would be wise to keep the independence cry of modern-day Texans in mind. "Remember Crystal City...
...Everly Brothers (the "little Suzie" who gets mangled by the excitable boy is a wry nod at them), got' a song onto the sound track of Midnight Cowboy and made one album called Wanted Dead or Alive that attracted scant attention. Eventually he met up with Crystal, and took off to Spain, where he sang for his supper in a Costa Brava saloon run by a soldier of fortune named David Lindell (coauthor of Roland). Lindell held Zevon's wages in escrow, in case of either dire need or sudden good fortune. Jackson Browne, who had got friendly...