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...former defensive tackle for East Los Angeles College, Jaramillo enlisted in the Army because he "wanted some action." He has had plenty. He was awarded a Purple Heart and has been recommended for a Bronze Star for his leadership and courage during a mortar attack on his unit. He shrugs off the recognition: "I couldn't use no medals. Now if it were beer or money, O.K. But what's a medal gonna give...
Indeed he was not. Lacking a paid campaign staff, he relied on 800 volunteer workers to spread his message. Three-quarters of the city's 796-man police force helped. The Rev. Joseph Head, former national chaplain of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, summed up the winner's appeal: "Our community is plagued by militants, beating up kids, raping women. Somebody had to take over...
...housing corporation will be headed by Chairman Carter Burgess, former head of American Machine & Foundry, and President Ray Watt, a large West Coast builder. It aims to raise $50 million from large corporations and banks and a public sale of stock. Then it will invest most of the money in a number of partnerships of local builders and small investors. For every dollar that the corporation puts up, each local partnership will put up about three dollars. In addition, these partnerships will get FHA-insured loans under the National Housing Act for up to 90% of the costs of construction...
...congressional committees are also scrutinizing the industry. The inquiry is likely to be more intense than in the past, since many of oil's longtime friends in high places have departed. Lyndon Johnson has retired; former House Speaker Sam Rayburn and Senator Robert Kerr are dead. Louisiana's Rus sell Long is left to defend the industry against such Senate reformers as Edward Kennedy, Edmund Muskie, Philip Hart and William Proxmire. Oilmen have mobilized their own forces in a desperate battle to protect their interests...
Meyer's stern philosophy, applied to 16 nudie films, has helped make him one of the most successful independent film makers in Hollywood. His first movie, The Immoral Mr. Teas, was made for $24,000, but when it brought in over $1,000,000 Meyer, a former industrial film cameraman, found himself on top of the bottom of the business...