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...There's a lot of loose talk about this being the most beautiful spot in the world," mused Architect Nathaniel Owings last week. "Well, it is.'' More and more people are coming to agree with him about the stretch of Cali fornia coastline known as Big Sur. thereby causing Architect Owings and his fellow settlers much mental anguish. He and the settlers were glad to have people look on Big Sur's beauty. But if too many lookers decided to stay, it would no longer be worth looking at. Today, thanks to a combination of thoughtful...
Howard Ellis, University of Cali fornia: The depression - and when you have 7% unemployed, it is a depression - is serious enough to demand vigorous action. It may be with us for a year. I favor a tax cut immediately...
...complaints are not merely on size alone. In today's buyers' market, people are no longer satisfied with yesterday's dominolike housing developments. Location and landscaping have become vital. In Southern Cali fornia's Orange County, long one of the state's boomingest areas, thousands of houses are going begging, while developments in the San Fernando Valley are still a sellout. One big reason is that Orange County is becoming heavily industrialized; people would rather live in pleasant, factory-free surroundings even though they may have to drive 30 miles to work. The story...
...together. Brit ain sent 16 hand-picked diplomats to Teheran; the mission showed none of the oldtime superciliousness, and impressed Zahedi. In London, the oil world's Big Eight-Anglo-Iranian, Royal Dutch Shell, Compagnie Française des Pétroles, New Jersey Standard, Socony, Texaco, Cali fornia Standard and Gulf-were secretly hammering out a tentative agreement to market Iran's oil through an international consortium. In Washington, the National Security Council directed the Attorney General to grant the five U.S. companies immunity from antitrust prosecution if they joined the combine...
...Italian Swiss Colony, Louis Petri should be the man to do it. Behind him is a family tradition of winemaking started by his grandfather Raffaello, who began a small winery in the San Joaquin Valley in 1886, built it into one of the best-known vintners in Cali fornia. During prohibition, the Petris got out of the business, and made Italian-style stogies in Tennessee, got back in again after repeal by buying three California wineries...