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Except for the spots vacated by Ray and Louria, Jordan's lineup is fairly constant. This means Dave Coombs at 121, Dave Smith at 128, Roger Wach at 136, Bob Claflin at 175, and Howie Houston, unlimited. The 145-pound slot is also somewhat doubtful...
Roger Wach's strained leg muscle is on the mend and he will probably be ready for Army. If not, Shapiro or Bob Abboud, who took Wach's place at Columbia, will handle the 136-pound duties. Bob Claffin is a reliable 175-pounder and heavyweight Howle Houston is picking up more and more wrestling know-how to go along with his tremendous strength and cat-like reflexes. He should be able to hold his own against the rest of the heavyweight opposition...
...barred from all extracurricular activities. A few days later, the San Antonio Express denounced the ban as violating "the rights of privacy and assembly." Violation or not, San Antonio's school board was not alone last week. Other large Texas cities that have decreed similar bans: Dallas and Houston...
...rollicking Houston is still barreling along on its "hundred-year boom." It has 700,000 people (almost five times the number it had when Holcombe first took office), a $500 million chemical industry, and oil, cattle, cotton and wheat businesses totaling $750 million. It also has more than 100 resident multimillionaires. By 1980, it might, according to Lloyd's of London, bulge with 3,000,000 people. Construction this year will total a skyscraping $500 million. Downtown property is selling for $2,000 a front inch...
Apparently Houston needs and likes and can keep its businessman-showman mayor. "I ought to quit," Holcombe said after last week's election. "I'm at my highest peak ever. You can't stay there, but I don't think there's much chance of my quitting. I love this...